COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 12 OCTOBER 1929 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== SOUTH AUSTRALIA ==================================================================== ADELAIDE, SA ==================================================================== Inner Adelaide: East Adelaide, North Adelaide, Prospect, St Peters -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 05.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,520 -03.6 Votes cast: 41,136 94.5 +02.4 Informal votes: 1,791 04.4 -05.7 Formal votes: 39,345 95.6 +05.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Wreford Nat 15,171 38.6 -05.5 Edwin YATES * ALP 24,174 61.4 +05.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,345 11.4 05.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Edwin Yates (1871-1959): Elected 1914 By, 1917. Defeated 1919. Elected 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ANGAS, SA ==================================================================== East of Adelaide: Angaston, Gawler, Magill, Mitcham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 09.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 50,603 +01.8 Votes cast: 48,742 96.3 +01.0 Informal votes: 1,824 03.7 -06.2 Formal votes: 46,918 96.3 +06.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Moses GABB ALP 25,679 54.7 +14.1 Walter Parsons * Nat 21,239 45.3 -14.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 46,918 04.7 14.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gabb was member for Angas 1919-25. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Walter Langdon Parsons (1881-1955): Elected 1925, 1928. Defeated 1929 Later career: Insurance agent. Died 2 March 1955 > Joel Moses Gabb (1882-1951): Elected 1919, 1922. Defeated 1925. Elected 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gabb resigned from the ALP Caucus in March 1931 and sat as an independent. He voted against the Scullin Government in the censure motion of 26 November 1931. -------------------------------------------------------------------- BARKER, SA ==================================================================== South-east South Australia: Glenelg, Mt Barker, Mt Gambier, Plympton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 majority: Nationalist over Country Party 02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 49,910 +03.3 Votes cast: 47,715 95.6 +00.2 Informal votes: 2,459 05.1 -04.7 Formal votes: 45,256 94.9 +04.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Malcolm CAMERON * Nat 23,189 51.2 -01.4 Frank Nieass ALP 22,067 48.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,256 01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nieass was SA MHA for East Torrens 1930-33, Norwood 1938-41, 1944-47. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Malcolm Duncan Cameron (1873-1935): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BOOTHBY, SA ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Burnside, Goodwood, Norwood, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 49,275 +02.4 Votes cast: 46,236 93.8 00.0 Informal votes: 1,548 03.3 -05.3 Formal votes: 44,688 96.7 +05.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William McCann Nat 19,847 44.4 -05.5 John PRICE * ALP 24,841 55.6 +05.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,688 05.6 05.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Lloyd Price (1882-1941): Elected 1928, 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Price resigned from the ALP Caucus in March 1931 and joined the UAP. He voted against the Scullin Government in the censure motion of 26 November 1931. -------------------------------------------------------------------- GREY, SA ==================================================================== Outback South Australia: Peterborough, Port Lincoln, Port Pirie, Streaky Bay -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 05.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 37,555 -01.0 Votes cast: 34,800 92.7 +00.7 Informal votes: 1,485 04.3 -03.8 Formal votes: 33,315 95.7 +03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Albert Badman CP 13,445 40.4 Andrew LACEY * ALP 19,870 59.6 +03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 33,315 09.6 03.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Badman, see Senate South Australia 1931. -------------------------------------------------------------------- The ALP majority over the Country Party is compared to the ALP majority over the Nationalists in 1928. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew William Lacey (1887-1946): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HINDMARSH, SA ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Hindmarsh, Port Adelaide, Semaphore, Thebarton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 23.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 54,806 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Norman MAKIN * ALP Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Norman John Oswald Makin (1889-1982): Elected 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929 Speaker of the House of Representatives from 20 November 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WAKEFIELD, SA ==================================================================== North-central South Australia: Balaklava, Kapunda, Renmark, Wallaroo -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 09.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 37,078 +00.9 Votes cast: 35,608 96.0 -00.1 Informal votes: 1,251 03.5 -07.1 Formal votes: 34,357 96.5 +07.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Maurice Collins * CP 9,437 27.5 -32.1 Charles Hawker Nat 12,417 36.1 -04.3 Sydney McHugh ALP 12,503 36.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,357 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For McHugh, see Wakefield by-election 1938. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Collins's 9,437 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HAWKER 7,130 75.6 19,547 56.9 McHugh 2,307 24.4 14,810 43.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 9,437 34,357 06.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Maurice Collins (1878-1945): Elected 1928. Defeated 1929 Later career: To Adelaide 1932. Author. Died 9 August 1945 > Charles Allan Seymour Hawker (1894-1938): Elected 1929 Born: 16 May 1894, Clare, South Australia. Career: Educated Geelong Grammar School and Cambridge University, MA. Military Service 1914-18, lost legs. Pastoralist, Hallett, South Australia. Traveller, writer. Fellow Royal Society of South Australia. --------------------------------------------------------------------