COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 12 OCTOBER 1929 ==================================================================== Parties -------------------------------------------------------------------- * ALP - Australian Labor Party * CP - Country Party * Nat - Nationalist Party BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== FRANKLIN, Tas 24,473 enrolled, 22,520 (92.0%) voted ==================================================================== Southern Tasmania: Kingborough, Moonah, Nelson, New Norfolk -------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 December 1929, following the death of William McWilliams -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 majority: Independent over Nationalist 04.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Archibald Blacklow Nat 5,003 23.2 Francis Foster 820 03.8 Charles Frost ALP 9,615 44.5 Peter Murdoch 1,476 06.8 Alfred Seabrook Nat 4,675 21.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 931 (04.1%) informal 21,589 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Blacklow, see Franklin 1931. 2. Foster was Tas MHA for Wilmot 1937-41. He was an independent Nationalist candidate. 3. Murdoch was Tas MHA for Franklin 1922-28. 4. Seabrook was member for Franklin 1922-28. 5. The combined Nationalist vote was 44.9%, a decrease of 0.2% from the 45.1% polled by one Nationalist candidate (Seabrook) at the 1929 general election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Foster's 820 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Blacklow 402 (49.0) 5,405 25.0 Frost 213 (26.0) 9,828 45.5 Murdoch 132 (16.1) 1,608 07.4 Seabrook 73 (08.9) 4,748 22.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 820 21,589 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Murdoch's 1,608 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Blacklow 648 (40.3) 6,053 28.0 Frost 398 (24.8) 10,226 47.4 Seabrook 562 (35.0) 5,310 24.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 1,608 21,589 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Seabrook's 5,310 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Blacklow 4,332 (81.6) 10,385 48.1 FROST 978 (18.4) 11,204 51.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 5,310 21,589 01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles William Frost (1881-1964): Elected 1929 By Born: 1881, Tasmania. Career: Primary education. Orchardist, Margate, Tasmania. Kingsborough Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------- PARKES, NSW 63,552 enrolled, 56,420 (88.8%) voted ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Ashbury, Ashfield, Earlwood, Haberfield -------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 January 1931, following the resignation of Edward McTiernan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 07.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Blake 986 01.8 Joseph Martin ALP 22,394 40.7 (-17.1) Hon Charles MARR Nat 31,227 56.8 (+14.6) Edward Tripp CPA 382 00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,431 (02.5%) informal 54,989 07.8 e 15.6 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Marr was member for Parkes 1919-29. 2. Martin was a NSW MLC 1931-34. 3. Tripp was the first Communist candidate to stand for a House of Representatives seat. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles William Clanan Marr (1880-1960): Elected 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928. Defeated 1929. Elected 1931 By -------------------------------------------------------------------- EAST SYDNEY, NSW 46,700 enrolled, 37,987 (81.3%) voted ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Darlinghurst, Glenmore, King, Paddington -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 March 1931, following the death of John West -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 18.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lionel Courtenay Nat 16,333 44.2 (+12.6) Wilfred Mountjoy CPA 611 01.7 Eddie WARD ALP 19,975 54.1 (-14.3) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,068 (02.8%) informal 36,919 05.7 e 14.3 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Courtenay, see Senate NSW 1934. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward John Ward (1899-1963): Elected 1931 By Born: 7 March 1899, Sydney. Career: Educated state schools. Laborer, boilermaker, clerk. Tramways worker, dismissed for striking. Sydney City Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ward was an endorsed candidate of the NSW ALP, but he campaigned in opposition to the Scullin Government's policies and was not supported by the ALP's federal leaders. As a result he was not admitted to the federal ALP Caucus. This precipitated the split between the NSW ALP and the federal party. Ward voted against the Scullin Government in the censure motion of 26 November 1931. --------------------------------------------------------------------