COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 12 OCTOBER 1929 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== TASMANIA ==================================================================== BASS, Tas ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Launceston, Ringarooma, Scottsdale, St Leonards -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 03.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 23,462 +02.0 Votes cast: 22,383 95.4 +02.9 Informal votes: 324 01.4 -03.6 Formal votes: 22,059 98.6 +03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Allan GUY ALP 13,318 60.4 +17.8 Sydney Jackson * Nat 8,741 39.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 22,059 10.4 13.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Nationalist vote of 39.6% was a decrease of 17.7% from the 57.3% polled by two Nationalist candidates in 1928. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > David Sydney Jackson (1889-1941): Elected 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928. Defeated 1929 Later career: Businessman. Chairman, Tasmanian Exhibition 1937. Died 28 February 1941 > James Allan Guy (1890-1979): Elected 1929 Born: 30 November 1890, Launceston, Tasmania. Career: Primary education. Butcher, waterside worker. Union official. General Secretary, Tasmanian ALP 1921-29. Launceston Council 1928-31. Son of Senator James Guy. State politics: Tas MHA for Bass 1916-29. Chief Secretary 1923-24 1924-28, Minister for Mines 1923-24, Minister for Railways 1924-28. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Guy 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------- DARWIN, Tas ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Circular Head, Devonport, Emu Bay, Leven -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 majority: Nationalist over Independent 21.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 23,973 +00.7 Votes cast: 22,795 95.1 +01.1 Informal votes: 443 01.9 -04.4 Formal votes: 22,352 98.1 +04.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George BELL * Nat 11,982 53.6 -18.3 Thomas d'Alton ALP 5,137 23.0 Henry Lane ALP 5,233 23.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 22,352 05.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. D'Alton was Tas MHA for Darwin 1931-44, Tas MLC for Gordon 1947-68. 2. Lane was Tas MHA for Darwin 1926-28, 1937-46. 3. The combined ALP vote was 46.4%. -------------------------------------------------------------------- George John Bell (1872-1944): Elected 1919. Defeated 1922. Elected 1925, 1928, 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DENISON, Tas ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Hobart North, New Town, Queenborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 23,218 +01.8 Votes cast: 22,266 95.9 +03.4 Informal votes: 623 02.8 +02.8 Formal votes: 21,643 97.2 -02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Blanchard 161 00.7 Hubert Brettingham-Moore Nat 681 03.1 Charles CULLEY * ALP 12,451 57.5 John Gage Nat 605 02.8 Sir John Gellibrand Nat 5,663 26.2 Horace Walch Nat 2,082 09.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 21,643 09.2 08.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Gellibrand was member for Denison 1925-28. 2. The ALP vote of 57.5% was an increase of 5.1% from the 52.4% polled by two ALP candidates in 1928. 3. The combined Nationalist vote was 41.7%, a decrease of 5.9% from the 47.6% polled by one Nationalist candidate in 1928. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Ernest Culley (1877-1949): Elected 1928, 1929 Assistant Minister for Transport and War Service Homes 3 March 1931 to 24 June 1931 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Culley resigned from the Cabinet in protest at the government's acceptance of the Premiers Plan for financial austerity. -------------------------------------------------------------------- FRANKLIN, Tas ==================================================================== Southern Tasmania: Kingborough, Moonah, Nelson, New Norfolk -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 majority: Independent over Nationalist 01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 24,042 +00.8 Votes cast: 22,917 95.3 +03.6 Informal votes: 343 01.5 -04.8 Formal votes: 22,574 98.5 +04.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Seabrook Nat 10,175 45.1 William McWILLIAMS * 12,399 54.9 +10.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 22,574 04.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Seabrook was member for Franklin 1922-28. 2. The Nationalist vote of 45.1% was a decline of 10.4% from the 55.5% polled by two Nationalist candidates in 1928. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William James McWilliams (1860-1929): Elected 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919. Defeated 1922. Elected 1928, 1929 Died 22 October 1929 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- WILMOT, Tas ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Deloraine, Evandale, Latrobe, Longford -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 majority: Nationalist over Independent 04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 21,764 +01.9 Votes cast: 20,566 94.5 +01.7 Informal votes: 331 01.6 -07.7 Formal votes: 20,235 98.4 +07.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Llewellyn Atkinson * Nat 9,538 47.1 Hon Joseph LYONS ALP 10,697 52.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 20,235 02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Nationalist vote of 47.1% was a decrease of 16.5% from the 63.6% polled by two Nationalist candidates in 1928. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Llewellyn Atkinson (1867-1945): Elected 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928. Defeated 1929 Later career: Tas MHA for Wilmot 1931-34. Died 1 November 1945 > Joseph Aloysius Lyons (1879-1939): Elected 1929 Born: 15 September 1879, Stanley, Tasmania. Career: Educated Catholic schools, Hobart Teaching College. Teacher in state schools. Husband of Hon Dame Enid Lyons MP. State politics: Tas MLA for Wilmot 1909-29. Minister for Education 1914-16. Minister for Railways 1914-16, 1923-24. Premier and Treasurer 1923-28. Minister for Mines 1924-27. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister for Works and Railways 22 October 1929 to 4 February 1931 Leader of the Opposition from 7 May 1931 Leader of the United Australia Party from 7 May 1931 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lyons resigned from Cabinet in protest at the reinstatement of Theodore as Treasurer. He resigned from the ALP Caucus in March 1931 and led the formation of the UAP, of which he immediately became leader. He voted against the Scullin Government in the censure motion of 26 November 1931. --------------------------------------------------------------------