COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 12 OCTOBER 1929 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== NEW SOUTH WALES ==================================================================== BARTON, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Bexley, Kogarah, Oatley, Rockdale -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 06.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 67,322 +08.2 Votes cast: 65,525 97.3 +00.6 Informal votes: 1,596 02.5 -02.1 Formal votes: 63,929 97.5 +02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Myhill Nat 20,722 32.4 -11.3 James TULLY * ALP 43,207 67.6 +11.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 63,929 17.6 11.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Thomas Tully (1877-1962): Elected 1928, 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CALARE, NSW ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Cowra, Forbes, Orange, Parkes -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 10.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,923 +03.3 Votes cast: 41,120 95.8 +02.1 Informal votes: 1,376 03.3 -00.8 Formal votes: 39,744 96.7 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George GIBBONS ALP 20,492 51.6 +12.3 Hon Sir Neville Howse * Nat 19,252 48.4 -12.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,744 01.6 12.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Neville Reginald Howse (1864-1930): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928. Defeated 1929 Minister for Health to 22 October 1929 Died 22 September 1930 > George Albert Gibbons (1887-1956): Elected 1929 Born: 1887, Tichborne, NSW. Career: Primary education. Farmworker. Secretary Rural Workers Union, later Organiser, Australian Workers Union. Farmer. -------------------------------------------------------------------- COOK, NSW ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Alexandria, Camperdown, Mascot, Newtown -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 25.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,955 +05.2 Votes cast: 41,893 95.3 +00.2 Informal votes: 1,263 03.0 -02.5 Formal votes: 40,630 97.0 +02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Pickup Nat 6,409 15.8 -08.7 Edward RILEY * ALP 34,221 84.2 +08.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,630 34.2 08.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Charles Riley (1892-1969): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- COWPER, NSW ==================================================================== North Coast NSW: Grafton, Kempsey, Macksville, Taree -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 26.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,125 +02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rt Hon Dr Earle PAGE * CP Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Earle Christmas Grafton Page (1880-1961): Elected 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929 Treasurer to 22 October 1929 Leader of the Country Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- DALLEY, NSW ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Annandale, Balmain, Leichhardt, Rozelle -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 19.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,916 +02.1 Votes cast: 41,272 96.2 +00.5 Informal votes: 1,126 02.7 -03.1 Formal votes: 40,146 97.3 +03.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Morrow Nat 8,870 22.1 +01.8 Hon Edward THEODORE * ALP 31,276 77.9 +13.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,146 22.9 03.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Morrow was NSW MLA for Parramatta 1922-25. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Granville Theodore (1884-1950): Elected 1927 By, 1928, 1929 Treasurer 22 October 1929 to 9 July 1930 Treasurer from 29 January 1931 Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- Theodore resigned as Treasurer following the finding of a Royal Commission that he had profited from the sale of a mine at Mungana (in which he had an interest) to the Queensland Government while he was Premier of Queensland. When it became apparent, however, that the Queensland Government did not intend laying charges against Theodore, Prime Minister Scullin reinstated him. This decision was opposed by Lyons and Fenton, and led them and four followers to leave the ALP Caucus and join with the Nationalist Party to form the UAP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- DARLING, NSW ==================================================================== Western NSW: Broken Hill, Condoblin, Coonamble, Nyngan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 20.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,566 -04.0 Votes cast: 35,598 90.0 +03.1 Informal votes: 1,215 03.4 -01.9 Formal votes: 34,383 96.6 +01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur BLAKELEY * ALP 24,124 70.2 -00.7 Brian Doe Nat 10,259 29.8 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,383 20.2 00.7 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Doe was NSW MLA for Murray 1917-20, Sturt 1920-27. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Blakeley (1886-1972): Elected 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929 Minister for Home Affairs from 22 October 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- EAST SYDNEY, NSW ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Darlinghurst, Glenmore, King, Paddington -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 08.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,807 +06.0 Votes cast: 38,139 89.1 +01.1 Informal votes: 1,451 03.8 -01.4 Formal votes: 36,688 96.2 +01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hyman Diamond Nat 11,583 31.6 -10.0 John WEST * ALP 25,105 68.4 +10.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 36,688 18.4 10.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Edward West (1851-1931): Elected 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929 Died 5 February 1931 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- EDEN-MONARO, NSW ==================================================================== South Coast NSW: Bega, Moss Vale, Nowra, Yass -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 07.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,427 +04.5 Votes cast: 40,657 93.6 +00.1 Informal votes: 1,233 03.0 -02.5 Formal votes: 39,424 97.0 +02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John CUSACK ALP 19,732 50.1 +07.7 John Perkins * Nat 19,692 49.9 -07.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,424 00.1 07.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > John Arthur Perkins (1878-1954): Elected 1926 By, 1928. Defeated 1929 Later career: See Eden-Monaro 1931. > John Joseph Cusack (1867-1956): Elected 1929 Born: 1867, Yass, NSW. Career: Primary education. Blacksmith, coachbuilder. Largest employer in Yass. Yass Council. State politics: NSW MLA for Queanbeyan 1910-13, Albury 1913-17. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cusack contested Cowper in 1931. -------------------------------------------------------------------- GWYDIR, NSW ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Dubbo, Gunnedah, Moree, Warialda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,825 +03.7 Votes cast: 39,718 92.7 -00.6 Informal votes: 831 02.1 -02.7 Formal votes: 38,887 97.9 +02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Aubrey Abbott * CP 18,014 46.3 -06.0 Lou CUNNINGHAM ALP 20,873 53.7 +06.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,887 03.7 06.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cunningham was member for Gwydir 1919-25. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Charles Lydiard Aubrey Abbott (1886-1975): Elected 1925, 1928. Defeated 1929 Minister for Home Affairs to 22 October 1929 Later career: See Gwydir 1931. > Lucien Lawrence Cunningham (1889-1948): Elected 1919, 1922. Defeated 1925. Elected 1929 Assistant Minister from 26 June 1931 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HUME, NSW ==================================================================== Southern NSW: Albury, Cootamundra, Wagga Wagga, Young -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: ALP over Country Party 04.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,569 +00.2 Votes cast: 41,765 95.9 +02.1 Informal votes: 878 02.1 -00.9 Formal votes: 40,887 97.9 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Fitzpatrick CP 17,743 43.4 +16.1 Parker MOLONEY * ALP 23,144 56.6 +03.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,887 06.6 01.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Parker John Moloney (1879-1951): Elected 1910. Defeated 1913. Elected 1914. Defeated 1917. Elected 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929 Minister for Markets and Transport 22 October 1929 to 21 April 1930 Minister for Markets from 21 April 1930 Minister for Transport from 21 April 1930 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HUNTER, NSW ==================================================================== North Central NSW: Cessnock, Maitland, Wallsend, Weston -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 20.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 51,038 +01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rowland JAMES * ALP Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rowland James (1885-1962): Elected 1928, 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the split between the federal ALP and the NSW Branch, James resigned from the ALP Caucus in March 1931. He voted against the Scullin Government in the censure motion of 26 November 1931. -------------------------------------------------------------------- LANG, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Marrickville, Lewisham, Petersham, Sydenham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 03.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 47,493 +01.8 Votes cast: 44,784 94.3 +01.4 Informal votes: 1,150 02.6 -02.7 Formal votes: 43,634 97.4 +02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adam Dein Nat 14,736 33.8 -12.7 William LONG * ALP 28,898 66.2 +12.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,634 16.2 12.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Dein, see Lang 1931. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William John Long (1885-1957): Elected 1928, 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MACQUARIE, NSW ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Bathurst, Lithgow, Penrith, Portland -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 04.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,480 +02.7 Votes cast: 39,824 96.0 +01.5 Informal votes: 1,204 03.0 -00.8 Formal votes: 38,620 97.0 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ben CHIFLEY * ALP 25,349 65.6 +10.7 Charles Dash Nat 13,271 34.4 -10.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,620 15.6 10.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Benedict Chifley (1885-1951): Elected 1928, 1929 Minister for Defence from 3 March 1931 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MARTIN, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Burwood, Drummoyne, Gordon, Hunters Hill -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 06.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 64,618 +06.3 Votes cast: 62,641 96.9 +02.4 Informal votes: 1,160 01.9 -02.6 Formal votes: 61,481 98.1 +02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Beeby 4,459 07.3 John ELDRIDGE ALP 31,804 51.7 +08.6 Graham Pratten * Nat 25,218 41.0 -15.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 61,481 06.4 e 13.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Beeby was an Australian People's Party candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Frederick Graham Pratten (1899-1977): Elected 1928 By, 1928. Defeated 1929 Later career: NSW MLC 1937-76. Company director, Sydney. Died 18 December 1977 > John Chambers Eldridge (1872-1954): Elected 1929 Born: 1872, India (son of British civil servant). Career: To Australia as child. Educated public schools and University of Sydney. Public servant. Military Service 1914-18. Labor lecturer and pamphleteer. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the split between the federal ALP and the NSW Branch, Eldridge resigned from the ALP Caucus in March 1931. He voted against the Scullin Government in the censure motion of 26 November 1931. He contested Barton in 1931. -------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW ENGLAND, NSW ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Armidale, Glen Innes, Inverell, Tamworth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 majority: none (Country Party unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,282 +03.6 Votes cast: 39,557 93.6 Informal votes: 1,063 02.7 Formal votes: 38,494 97.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Victor THOMPSON * CP 21,005 54.6 Thomas Wilson ALP 17,489 45.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,494 04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Victor Charles Thompson (1885-1968): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWCASTLE, NSW ==================================================================== North Central NSW: Adamstown, Hamilton, Newcastle, Wickham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 07.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 53,941 +03.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon David WATKINS * ALP Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Watkins (1865-1935): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH SYDNEY, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Artarmon, Chatswood, Crows Nest, Milsons Point -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 16.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 58,053 +05.2 Votes cast: 55,528 95.7 +01.1 Informal votes: 1,169 02.1 -03.1 Formal votes: 54,359 97.9 +03.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clifford Banks 618 01.1 Rt Hon Billy HUGHES * 33,263 61.2 Ernest Judd 180 03.3 Dr Lewis Nott + Nat 20,298 37.3 -28.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 54,359 16.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Hughes stood as an independent Nationalist candidate after having been expelled from the Nationalist Party. 2. Nott was member for Herbert, Queensland, 1925-28. 3. Banks was an independent Labor candidate. 4. Judd was a Socialist candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Morris Hughes (1862-1952): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hughes formed and led a short-lived Australian Party in 1930-31, then joined the UAP in March 1931. -------------------------------------------------------------------- PARKES, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Ashbury, Ashfield, Earlwood, Haberfield -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 07.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 59,944 +06.2 Votes cast: 57,273 95.5 +02.0 Informal votes: 1,268 02.2 -04.2 Formal votes: 56,005 97.8 +04.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward McTIERNAN ALP 32,387 57.8 +15.2 Hon Charles Marr * Nat 23,618 42.2 -15.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 56,005 07.8 15.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Marr was in Geneva representing Australia at the League of Nations when the election was called, and was unable to return in time to campaign in his electorate. (Sydney Morning Herald, 11 October 1929) -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Charles William Clanan Marr (1880-1960): Elected 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928. Defeated 1929 Honorary Minister to 22 October 1929 Later career: See Parkes by-election 1930. > Edward Aloysius McTiernan (1892-1990): Elected 1929 Born: 16 February 1892, Glen Innes, NSW Career: Educated Catholic schools, University of Sydney. Barrister 1916. Lecturer in law, University of Sydney. Papal Chamberlain. State politics: NSW MLA for Western Suburbs 1920-27. Minister for Justice 1920-21, Attorney-General 1920-21. Resigned seat 19 December 1930 (see By-elections) Later career: Justice of the High Court of Australia 1931-77. KBE 1951. Died 9 January 1990 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PARRAMATTA, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Liverpool, Parramatta, Ryde West, Sutherland -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 10.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 62,246 +07.8 Votes cast: 59,142 95.0 +01.2 Informal votes: 1,582 02.7 -02.5 Formal votes: 57,560 97.3 +02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Eric Bowden * Nat 26,874 46.7 -13.4 Albert ROWE ALP 30,686 53.3 +13.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 57,560 03.3 13.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Eric Kendall Bowden (1872-1931): Elected 1906. Defeated 1910. Elected 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929 Died 13 February 1931 > Albert Edward Rowe (1872-1955): Elected 1929 Born: 1872, England. Career: Primary education in England. Migrated 1915. Compositor. Official, Printing Industry Employees Union. -------------------------------------------------------------------- REID, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Auburn, Bankstown, Granville, Homebush -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 16.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 72,717 +06.5 Votes cast: 68,850 94.7 +00.3 Informal votes: 1,964 02.9 -02.0 Formal votes: 66,886 97.1 +02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ernest Carr Nat 16,977 25.4 -08.5 Percy COLEMAN * ALP 49,909 74.6 +08.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 66,886 24.6 08.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Carr was member for Macquarie 1906-17. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy Edmund Coleman (1892-1934): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- RICHMOND, NSW ==================================================================== North Coast NSW: Byron Bay, Casino, Lismore, Murwillumbah -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 majority: none (Country Party unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,512 -00.5 Votes cast: 40,031 94.2 Informal votes: 1,883 04.7 Formal votes: 38,148 95.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Gibson CP 13,748 36.0 Roland GREEN * CP 24,400 64.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,148 14.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Both candidates put themselves forward as endorsed Country Party candidates and supporters of the Bruce-Page government. Gibson was regional secretary of the Primary Producers Union. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Roland Frederick Herbert Green (1895-1947): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- RIVERINA, NSW ==================================================================== Southern NSW: Griffith, Leeton, Narrandera, West Wyalong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 07.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 46,923 +03.3 Votes cast: 44,052 93.9 +03.5 Informal votes: 1,022 02.3 -02.9 Formal votes: 43,030 97.7 +02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William KILLEN * CP 22,200 51.6 Horace Nock CP 1,224 02.8 William Nulty ALP 19,606 45.6 +03.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,030 04.2 e 03.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Nock, see Riverina 1931. 2. The combined Country Party vote was 54.4%, a decrease of 3.1% from the 57.5% polled by one Country Party candidate in 1928. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Wilson Killen (1860-1939): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929 Killen retired in 1931. Later career: Grazier. Died 20 February 1939 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ROBERTSON, NSW ==================================================================== North Central NSW: Gosford, Mudgee, Muswellbrook, Singleton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 majority: none (Nationalist unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,939 +00.9 Votes cast: 38,743 92.4 Informal votes: 1,478 03.8 Formal votes: 37,265 96.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Fitzgerald ALP 18,077 48.5 Sydney GARDNER * Nat 19,188 51.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,265 01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sydney Lane Gardner (1884-1965): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH SYDNEY, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Coogee, Kensington, Randwick, Redfern -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 04.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 58,672 +05.3 Votes cast: 54,456 92.8 +02.9 Informal votes: 1,696 03.1 -01.5 Formal votes: 52,760 96.9 +01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Adkins Nat 17,782 33.7 -12.1 Edward RILEY * ALP 34,978 66.3 +12.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 52,760 16.3 12.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Riley (1859-1943): Elected 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WARRINGAH, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Manly, Mosman, Narrabeen, Neutral Bay -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 majority: none (Nationalist unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 51,431 +04.7 Votes cast: 49,208 95.7 Informal votes: 1,391 02.8 Formal votes: 47,817 97.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Archdale PARKHILL * Nat 25,129 52.6 Richard Windeyer 22,688 47.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 47,817 02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Windeyer was an Independent People's Party candidate. He was a prominent Sydney barrister. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Archdale Parkhill (1879-1947): Elected 1927 By, 1928, 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WENTWORTH, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Bellevue Hill, Bondi, Waverley, Woollahra -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 11.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 60,459 +07.8 Votes cast: 56,851 94.0 +04.3 Informal votes: 1,982 03.5 -00.8 Formal votes: 54,869 96.5 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Manning + Nat 22,878 41.7 -19.8 Walter MARKS * 31,991 58.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 54,869 08.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Manning was member for Macquarie 1922-28. 2. Marks stood as an independent Nationalist candidate having been expelled from the Nationalist Party. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Moffit Marks (1875-1951): Elected 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Marks joined the UAP in March 1931. -------------------------------------------------------------------- WERRIWA, NSW ==================================================================== Southern NSW: Goulburn, Thirroul, Wollongong, Woonona -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 11.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 46,816 +03.4 Votes cast: 44,320 94.7 +01.6 Informal votes: 1,204 02.7 -01.8 Formal votes: 43,116 97.3 +01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bernard Grogan Nat 14,903 34.6 -03.7 Hubert LAZZARINI * ALP 28,213 65.4 +03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,116 15.4 03.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hubert Peter Lazzarini (1886-1952): Elected 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the split between the federal ALP and the NSW Branch, Lazzarini resigned from the ALP Caucus in March 1931. He voted against the Scullin Government in the censure motion of 26 November 1931. -------------------------------------------------------------------- WEST SYDNEY, NSW ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Darling Harbour, Glebe, Surry Hills, Toxteth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 31.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,553 -01.1 Votes cast: 33,498 94.2 +02.8 Informal votes: 973 02.9 -03.0 Formal votes: 32,525 97.1 +03.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack BEASLEY * ALP 28,121 86.5 +04.8 Osterley Thompson Nat 4,404 13.5 -04.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 32,525 36.5 04.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Albert Beasley (1895-1949): Elected 1928, 1929 Assistant Minister Assisting the Minister for Industry 22 October 1929 to 3 March 1931 Leader of the Australian Labor Party NSW) from 12 March 1931 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the split between the federal ALP and the NSW Branch, Beasley was removed from the ministry in the Caucus ballot of 2 March. He then resigned from the ALP Caucus in March 1931 and became Leader of the breakway group supporting the NSW Branch of the ALP and known as the Australian Labor Party (NSW) or Lang Labor. He voted against the Scullin Government in the censure motion of 26 November 1931. --------------------------------------------------------------------