COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 19 DECEMBER 1931 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== NEW SOUTH WALES ==================================================================== BARTON, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Bexley, Kogarah, Oatley, Rockdale -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 17.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 70,576 +04.8 Votes cast: 68,469 97.0 -00.3 Informal votes: 1,697 02.5 00.0 Formal votes: 66,772 97.5 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Eldridge * ALPN 22,669 33.9 Albert Lane UAP 31,226 46.8 +14.4 James Tully * ALP 12,877 19.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 66,772 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Eldridge was member for Martin 1929-31. 2. The combined ALP and ALP (NSW) vote was 53.2%, a decrease of 14.4% from the 67.7% polled by the ALP in 1929. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Tully's 12,877 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Eldridge * 8,565 66.5 31,234 46.8 LANE 4,312 33.5 35,538 53.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,877 66,772 03.2 20.8 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The UAP majority over the ALP (NSW) is compared with the ALP majority over the Nationalists in 1929. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > James Thomas Tully (1877-1962): Elected 1928, 1929. Defeated 1931 Later career: Teacher. Died 15 October 1962 > John Chambers Eldridge (1872-1954): Elected 1929. Defeated 1931 Later career: Award inspector for Commonwealth Arbitration Court. Died 17 April 1954 > Albert Lane (1873-1950): Elected 1931 Born: 1873, Windsor, NSW. Career: Educated state schools. Accountant and business manager. State politics: NSW MLA for Balmain 1922-27. -------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the only occasion on which two sitting members have been defeated simultaneously in the same seat. -------------------------------------------------------------------- CALARE, NSW ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Cowra, Forbes, Orange, Parkes -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,462 +03.6 Votes cast: 42,272 95.1 -00.7 Informal votes: 963 02.3 -01.0 Formal votes: 41,309 97.3 +01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Gibbons * ALP 7,863 19.0 Harold THORBY CP 22,842 55.3 Thomas Watson ALPN 10,604 25.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,309 10.1 e 11.7 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The combined ALP and ALP (NSW) vote was 44.7%, a decrease of 6.9% from the 51.6% polled by the ALP in 1929. 2. The Country Party majority over the ALP (NSW) is compared with the ALP majority over the Nationalists in 1929. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > George Albert Gibbons (1887-1956): Elected 1929. Defeated 1931 Later career: Farmer. Died 11 August 1956 > Harold Victor Charles Thorby (1888-1960): Elected 1931 Born: 2 October 1888, Sydney. Career: Educated Sydney Grammar School. Farmer and grazier. State politics: NSW MLA for Wammerawa 1922-27, Castlereagh 1927-30. Minister for Agriculture 1927-30. -------------------------------------------------------------------- COOK, NSW ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Alexandria, Camperdown, Mascot, Newtown -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 34.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,042 +00.2 Votes cast: 42,468 96.4 +01.1 Informal votes: 2,063 04.9 +01.9 Formal votes: 40,405 95.1 -01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Garden ALPN 19,352 47.9 Edward Riley * ALP 12,531 31.0 Charles Robinson UAP 7,986 19.8 +04.0 Thomas Wright CPA 536 01.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,405 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The combined ALP and ALP (NSW) vote was 78.9%, a decrease of 5.3% from the 84.2% polled by the ALP in 1929. 2. For Garden, see Cook 1934. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Wright's 536 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Garden 323 60.3 19,675 48.7 Riley * 78 14.6 12,609 31.2 Robinson 135 25.2 8,121 20.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 536 40,405 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Robinson's 8,121 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Garden 170 02.1 19,845 49.1 RILEY * 7,951 97.9 20,560 50.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,121 40,405 00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Charles Riley (1892-1969): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931 -------------------------------------------------------------------- COWPER, NSW ==================================================================== North Coast NSW: Grafton, Kempsey, Macksville, Taree -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 majority: none (Country Party unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,233 +07.7 Votes cast: 41,386 95.7 Informal votes: 913 02.2 Formal votes: 40,473 97.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Cusack * ALP 6,417 15.9 Rt Hon Dr Earle PAGE * CP 29,266 72.3 Thomas Roach ALPN 4,790 11.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,473 25.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cusack was member for Eden-Monaro 1929-31. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > John Joseph Cusack (1867-1956): Elected 1929. Defeated 1931 Later career: Public servant. Died 8 September 1956 > Earle Christmas Grafton Page (1880-1961): Elected 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931 Leader of the Country Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- DALLEY, NSW ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Annandale, Balmain, Leichhardt, Rozelle -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 22.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,682 -02.9 Votes cast: 39,971 95.9 -00.3 Informal votes: 2,832 07.1 +04.4 Formal votes: 37,139 92.9 -04.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Little 902 02.4 Sidney Massey UAP 10,459 28.2 +06.1 Sol Rosevear ALPN 17,835 48.0 John Sylvester CPA 671 01.8 Hon Edward Theodore * ALP 7,272 19.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,139 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The combined ALP and ALP (NSW) vote was 67.6%, a decrease of 10.3% from the 77.9% polled by the ALP in 1929. 2. Little was an independent Nationalist candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Sylvester's 671 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Little 100 14.9 1,002 02.7 Massey 43 06.4 10,502 28.3 Rosevear 421 62.7 18,256 49.2 Theodore * 107 15.9 7,379 19.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 671 37,139 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Little's 1,002 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Massey 826 82.4 11,328 30.5 Rosevear 105 10.5 18,361 49.4 Theodore * 71 07.1 7,450 20.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,002 37,139 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Theodore's 7,450 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Massey 2,027 27.2 13,355 36.0 ROSEVEAR 5,423 72.8 23,784 64.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,450 37,139 14.0 08.9 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The ALP (NSW) majority over the UAP is compared with the ALP majority over the Nationalists in 1929. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Edward Granville Theodore (1884-1950): Elected 1927 By, 1928, 1929. Defeated 1931 Treasurer to 6 January 1932 Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party to 16 February 1932 Later career: Director of Consolidated Press and goldmining companies. Director, Allied Works Council 1942-44. Died 28 February 1950 > John Solomon Rosevear (1892-1953): Elected 1931 Born: 4 April 1892, Sydney. Career: Primary education. Timberworker, Secretary Timberworkers Union. -------------------------------------------------------------------- DARLING, NSW ==================================================================== Western NSW: Broken Hill, Condoblin, Coonamble, Nyngan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 20.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,842 +03.2 Votes cast: 37,695 92.3 +02.3 Informal votes: 1,950 05.2 +01.8 Formal votes: 35,745 94.8 -01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Arthur Blakeley * ALP 14,581 40.8 Harold Campbell CP 11,847 33.1 Richard Quintrell ALPN 8,795 24.6 Edward Tripp CPA 522 01.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 35,745 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The combined ALP and ALP (NSW) vote was 65.4%, a decrease of 4.8% from the 70.2% polled by the ALP in 1929. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Tripp's 522 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Blakeley * 112 21.5 14,693 41.1 Campbell 75 14.4 11,922 33.4 Quintrell 335 64.2 9,130 25.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 522 35,745 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Quintrell's 9,130 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BLAKELEY * 8,135 89.1 22,828 63.9 Campbell 995 10.9 12,917 36.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,130 35,745 13.9 06.3 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Blakeley (1886-1972): Elected 1917, 1919, 1922 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931 Minister for Home Affairs to 6 January 1932 -------------------------------------------------------------------- EAST SYDNEY, NSW ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Darlinghurst, Glenmore, King, Paddington -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 18.4 1931 by-election two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 05.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,489 +01.6 Votes cast: 39,894 91.7 +02.6 Informal votes: 1,514 03.8 00.0 Formal votes: 38,380 96.2 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Buckland ALP 5,112 13.3 John Clasby UAP 16,977 44.2 +12.6 Eddie Ward * ALPN 16,291 42.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,380 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The combined ALP and ALP (NSW) vote was 55.7%, a decrease of 12.7% from the 68.4% polled by the ALP in 1929. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Buckland's 5,112 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CLASBY 2,854 55.8 19,831 51.7 Ward * 2,258 44.2 18,549 48.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,112 38,380 01.7 11.7 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The UAP majority over the ALP (NSW) is compared with the ALP majority over the Nationalists in 1929. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Edward John Ward (1899-1963): Elected 1931 By. Defeated 1931 Later career: See East Sydney by-election 1932. > John Joseph Clasby (1891-1932): Elected 1931 Born: 1891, Warragul, Victoria. Career: Educated Victoria. Military Service 1914-17. Commercial traveller, lecturer. Died 15 January 1932 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- EDEN-MONARO, NSW ==================================================================== South Coast NSW: Bega, Moss Vale, Nowra, Yass -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,869 +01.0 Votes cast: 41,839 95.4 +01.8 Informal votes: 998 02.4 -00.6 Formal votes: 40,841 97.6 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Christian CP 11,334 27.8 Gerald O'Sullivan + ALP 12,619 30.9 -19.2 John Perkins UAP 16,888 41.4 -08.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,841 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Perkins was member for Eden-Monaro 1926-29. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Christian's 11,334 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- O'Sullivan + 2,242 19.8 14,861 36.4 PERKINS 9,092 80.2 25,980 63.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,334 40,841 13.6 13.7 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Arthur Perkins (1878-1954): Elected 1926 By, 1928. Defeated 1929. Elected 1931 Assistant Minister for Trade and Customs 6 January 1932 to 13 October 1932 Minister for the Interior from 13 October 1932 -------------------------------------------------------------------- GWYDIR, NSW ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Dubbo, Gunnedah, Moree, Warialda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: ALP over Country Party 03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,359 +03.6 Votes cast: 41,566 93.7 +01.0 Informal votes: 1,419 03.4 -01.3 Formal votes: 40,147 96.6 +01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Aubrey Abbott CP 18,321 45.6 Arnold Brown CP 3,900 09.7 Edward Cummins ALPN 7,931 19.8 Hon Lou Cunningham * ALP 9,995 24.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,147 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Abbott was member for Gwydir 1925-29. 2. The combined ALP and ALP (NSW) vote was 44.7%, a decrease of 9.0% from the 53.7% polled by the ALP in 1929. 3. The combined Country Party vote was 55.3%, an increase of 9.0% from the 46.3% polled by one Country Party candidate (Abbott) in 1929. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Brown's 3,900 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ABBOTT 3,698 94.8 22,019 54.8 Cummins 66 01.7 7,997 19.9 Cunningham * 136 03.5 10,131 25.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,900 40,147 09.8 e 13.5 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Lucien Lawrence Cunningham (1889-1948): Elected 1919, 1922. Defeated 1925. Elected 1929. Elected 1931 Assistant Minister to 6 January 1932 Later career: NSW MLA for Coogee 1941-48. Died 23 March 1948 > Charles Lydiard Aubrey Abbott (1886-1975): Elected 1925, 1928. Defeated 1929. Elected 1931 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HUME, NSW ==================================================================== Southern NSW: Albury, Cootamundra, Wagga Wagga, Young -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: ALP over Country Party 06.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,175 +01.4 Votes cast: 42,590 96.4 +00.5 Informal votes: 775 01.8 -00.3 Formal votes: 41,815 98.2 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas COLLINS CP 22,836 54.6 +11.2 Hon Parker Moloney * ALP 14,208 34.0 Lynden Regan ALPN 4,771 11.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,815 07.5 e 14.1 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The combined ALP and ALP (NSW) vote was 45.4%, a decrease of 11.2% from the 56.6% polled by the ALP in 1929. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Parker John Moloney (1879-1961): Elected 1910. Defeated 1913. Elected 1914. Defeated 1917. Elected 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929. Defeated 1931 Minister for Markets to 6 January 1932 Minister for Transport to 6 January 1932 Later career: Chairman Victorian Dried Fruits Board 1937-57. Died 8 May 1961 > Thomas Joseph Collins (1886-1945): Elected 1931 Born: 6 April 1886, Yass, NSW. Career: Educated Yass. Stock and station agent, Young, NSW. Large property owner. -------------------------------------------------------------------- HUNTER, NSW ==================================================================== North Central NSW: Cessnock, Maitland, Wallsend, Weston -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 majority: none (ALP unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 52,061 +02.0 Votes cast: 50,185 96.4 Informal votes: 2,008 04.0 Formal votes: 48,177 96.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arnold Bailey 18,879 39.2 Harris Burnham 1,891 03.9 Allan Howie ALP 4,213 08.7 Rowland James * ALPN 23,194 48.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 48,177 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The combined ALP and ALP (NSW) vote was 56.8%. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Burnham's 1,891 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bailey 557 29.5 19,436 40.3 Howie 419 22.2 4,632 09.6 JAMES * 915 48.4 24,109 50.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,891 48,177 07.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rowland James (1885-1962): Elected 1928, 1929, 1931 -------------------------------------------------------------------- LANG, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Marrickville, Lewisham, Petersham, Sydenham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 16.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 46,951 -01.1 Votes cast: 44,570 94.9 +00.6 Informal votes: 1,355 03.0 +00.4 Formal votes: 43,215 97.0 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Bennett UAP 8,439 19.5 Adam Dein UAP 12,858 29.8 William Long * ALP 8,669 20.1 Daniel Mulcahy ALPN 13,249 30.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,215 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Mulcahy, see Lang 1934. 2. The combined ALP and ALP (NSW) vote was 50.8%, a decrease of 15.4% from the 66.2% polled by the ALP in 1929. 3. The combined UAP vote was 49.3%, an increase of 15.5% from the 33.8% polled by one Nationalist candidate (Dein) in 1929. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Bennett's 8,439 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dein 7,839 92.9 20,697 47.9 Long * 502 05.9 9,171 21.2 Mulcahy 98 01.2 13,347 30.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,439 43,215 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Long's 9,171 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- DEIN 2,707 29.5 23,404 54.2 Mulcahy 6,464 70.5 19,811 45.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,171 43,215 04.2 20.4 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The UAP majority over the ALP (NSW) is compared with the ALP majority over the Nationalists in 1929. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William John Long (1885-1957): Elected 1928, 1929. Defeated 1931 Died 3 March 1957 > Adam Kemball Dein (1889-1969): Elected 1931 Born: 1889, Orange, NSW. Career: Educated public schools. Goldminer, farmer. Teacher, Sydney. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dein contested the Senate in 1934, after the 1934 redistribution weakened Lang for the UAP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MACQUARIE, NSW ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Bathurst, Lithgow, Penrith, Portland -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 15.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,353 +04.5 Votes cast: 41,086 94.8 -01.2 Informal votes: 1,582 03.9 +00.9 Formal votes: 39,504 96.1 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Ben Chifley * ALP 11,085 28.1 Robert Deveney CPA 499 01.3 John Lawson UAP 19,381 49.1 +14.7 Tony Luchetti ALPN 8,539 21.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,504 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Luchetti, see Macquarie 1951 by-election. 2. The combined ALP and ALP (NSW) vote was 49.7%, a decrease of 15.9% from the 65.6% polled by the ALP in 1929. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Deveney's 499 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chifley * 157 31.5 11,242 28.5 Lawson 78 15.6 19,459 49.3 Luchetti 264 52.9 8,803 22.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 499 39,504 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Luchetti's 8,803 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chifley * 8,282 94.1 19,524 49.4 LAWSON 521 05.9 19,980 50.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,803 39,504 00.6 16.2 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Joseph Benedict Chifley (1885-1951): Elected 1928, 1929. Defeated 1931 Minister for Defence to 6 January 1932 Later career: Member of Royal Commission on Monetary and Banking Reform 1935-36. Worked for federal ALP in NSW, opposed Lang in his state electorate 1935. Director of Labour Supply, Ministry of Munitions 1940. See Macquarie 1940. > John Norman Lawson (1897-1955): Elected 1931 Born: 1897, Sydney. Career: Educated University of Sydney. Veterinary expert, New Zealand, then Maitland, NSW. Pastoralist, Nyngan, NSW. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MARTIN, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Burwood, Drummoyne, Gordon, Hunters Hill -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 06.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 68,313 +05.7 Votes cast: 65,683 96.2 -00.7 Informal votes: 2,469 03.8 +01.9 Formal votes: 63,214 96.2 -01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Macartney Abbott UAP 15,741 24.9 James Catts + ALP 7,098 11.2 Charles Hankin ALPN 14,300 22.6 Hon William Holman UAP 26,075 41.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 63,214 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Catts was member for Cook 1906-22. 2. For Abbott, see Senate NSW 1934. 3. The combined ALP and ALP (NSW) vote was 33.8%, a decrease of 17.9% from the 51.7% polled by the ALP in 1929. 4. Both Abbott and Holman were endorsed UAP candidates (Sydney Morning Herald, 19 December 1931). The combined UAP vote was 66.1%, an increase of 25.1% from the 41.0% polled by one Nationalist candidate in 1929. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Catts's 7,098 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Abbott 1,551 21.9 17,292 27.4 Hankin 4,609 64.9 18,909 29.9 Holman 938 13.2 27,013 42.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,098 63,214 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Abbott's 17,292 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hankin 2,419 14.0 21,328 33.7 HOLMAN 14,873 86.0 41,886 66.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 17,292 63,214 16.3 22.7 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Arthur Holman (1871-1934): Elected 1931 Born: 4 August 1871, London, England. Career: Primary education, England. Apprentice cabinet-maker. To Australia 1888. Organiser, Australian Workers Union. Labor journalist, organiser and speaker. Colonial/State politics: NSW MLA for Grenfell 1898-1904, Cootamundra 1904-06, 06-20. Attorney-General 1910-14, Minister for Justice 1910- 12. Premier 1913-20, Colonial Secretary 1913-14, Treasurer 1914-18. Left ALP 1916. Died 5 June 1934 (no By-election held) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Holman was the last person elected to the House of Representatives who had served in a colonial parliament. -------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW ENGLAND, NSW ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Armidale, Glen Innes, Inverell, Tamworth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,168 +04.5 Votes cast: 41,763 94.6 +01.0 Informal votes: 1,913 04.6 +01.9 Formal votes: 39,850 95.4 -01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Angus Campbell 13,295 33.4 Victor THOMPSON * CP 26,555 66.6 +12.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,850 16.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Campbell ran as a "non-party candidate, not an independent." (Armidale Express, 9 December 1931) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Victor Charles Thompson (1885-1968): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWCASTLE, NSW ==================================================================== North Central NSW: Adamstown, Hamilton, Newcastle, Wickham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 majority: none (ALP unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 54,720 +01.4 Votes cast: 52,861 96.6 Informal votes: 2,665 05.0 Formal votes: 50,196 95.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clifton Clark 10,726 21.4 James Kidd ALPN 13,233 26.4 John Simpson CPA 910 01.8 Walter Skelton 10,037 20.0 Hon David Watkins * ALP 15,290 30.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 50,196 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The combined ALP and ALP (NSW) vote was 56.9%. 2. Clark was an All For Australia League candidate. 3. Skelton was NSW MLA for Newcastle 1922-27. He was an independent Labour candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Simpson's 910 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clark 70 07.7 10,796 21.5 Kidd 545 59.9 13,778 27.4 Skelton 112 12.3 10,149 20.2 Watkins * 183 20.1 15,473 30.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 910 50,196 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Skelton's 10,149 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clark 5,837 57.5 16,633 33.1 Kidd 802 07.9 14,580 29.0 Watkins * 3,510 34.6 18,983 37.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,149 50,196 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Kidd's 14,580 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clark 1,369 09.4 18,002 35.9 WATKINS * 13,211 90.6 32,194 64.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,580 50,196 14.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Watkins (1865-1935): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH SYDNEY, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Artarmon, Chatswood, Crows Nest, Milsons Point -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 majority: Independent over Nationalist 16.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 59,115 +01.8 Votes cast: 55,657 94.2 -01.5 Informal votes: 920 01.7 -00.5 Formal votes: 54,737 98.3 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Norman Cowper UAP 19,724 36.0 Rt Hon Billy Hughes * UAP 22,317 40.8 Lockhart Nelson ALPN 12,696 23.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 54,737 07.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Cowper was a prominent barrister and grandson of Hon Sir Charles Cowper, five times NSW Premier. His candidacy was a protest by some UAP supporters against Hughes's action in bringing down the Bruce government in 1929 2. Hughes stood for the UAP having been elected as an independent in 1929. He and Cowper were both endorsed UAP candidates (Sydney Morning Herald, 2 December 1931). 2. The combined UAP vote was 76.8%, an increase of 39.5% from the 37.3% polled by one Nationalist candidate in 1929. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Nelson's 12,696 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cowper 3,543 27.9 23,267 42.5 HUGHES * 9,153 72.1 31,470 57.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,696 54,737 07.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Morris Hughes (1862-1952): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PARKES, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Ashbury, Ashfield, Earlwood, Haberfield -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 07.8 1931 by-election two-party majority: UAP over Lab 07.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 62,694 +04.6 Votes cast: 59,081 94.2 -01.3 Informal votes: 1,460 02.5 +00.3 Formal votes: 57,621 97.5 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Herbert Garden ALPN 16,483 28.6 William Gibbs ALP 6,636 11.5 Hon Charles MARR * UAP 34,502 59.9 +17.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 57,621 12.8 e 20.6 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Gibbs was a Senator for NSW 1925. 2. The combined ALP and ALP (NSW) vote was 40.1%, a decrease of 17.7% from the 57.8% polled by the ALP in 1929. 3. The UAP majority over the ALP (NSW) is compared with the ALP majority over the Nationalists in 1929. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles William Clanan Marr (1880-1960): Elected 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928. Defeated 1929. Elected 1931 By Minister for Works and Railways 6 January 1932 to 12 April 1932 Minister for Health 6 January 1932 to 12 April 1932 Minister in charge of Territories from 6 January 1932 Minister for Repatriation from 12 April 1932 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PARRAMATTA, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Liverpool, Parramatta, Ryde West, Sutherland -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 69,721 +12.0 Votes cast: 66,250 95.0 00.0 Informal votes: 2,313 03.5 +00.8 Formal votes: 63,937 96.5 -00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Anwoth Brown 1,134 01.8 Valentine Patterson ALPN 13,727 21.5 Albert Rowe * ALP 9,456 14.8 Frederick STEWART UAP 39,620 62.0 +15.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 63,937 16.2 e 19.5 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The combined ALP and ALP (NSW) vote was 36.6%, a decrease of 17.0% from the 53.3% polled by the ALP in 1929. 2. The UAP majority over the ALP (NSW) is compared with the ALP majority over the Nationalists in 1929. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Albert Edward Rowe (1872-1955): Elected 1929. Defeated 1931 Died 14 August 1955 > Frederick Harold Stewart (1884-1961): Elected 1931 Born: 14 August 1884, Newcastle, NSW. Career: Educated public schools, Newcastle. Administrative officer, NSW Railways. Land developer, transport operator, Sydney. Pioneer financier in aviation and broadcasting. Director of many companies, philanthropist. Minister for Commerce from 13 October 1932 -------------------------------------------------------------------- REID, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Auburn, Bankstown, Granville, Homebush -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 24.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 74,165 +02.0 Votes cast: 72,435 97.7 +03.0 Informal votes: 1,962 02.7 -00.2 Formal votes: 70,473 97.3 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy Coleman * ALP 19,724 28.0 Joseph Gander ALPN 26,032 36.9 Robert Uebel UAP 24,717 35.1 +09.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 70,473 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The combined ALP and ALP (NSW) vote was 64.9%, a decrease of 9.7% from the 74.6% polled by the ALP in 1929. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Coleman's 19,724 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- GANDER 12,942 65.6 38,974 55.3 Uebel 6,782 34.4 31,499 44.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 19,724 70,473 05.3 19.3 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The ALP (NSW) majority over the UAP is compared with the ALP majority over the Nationalists in 1929. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Percy Edmund Coleman (1892-1934): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929. Defeated 1931 Later career: Studied law, barrister 1933. NSW State President of the (federal) ALP. Died 25 May 1934 > Joseph Herbert Gander (1888-1954): Elected 1931 Born: 1888, Dubbo, NSW. Career: Primary education. Billiardmaker, public servant. Newtown Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------- RICHMOND, NSW ==================================================================== North Coast NSW: Byron Bay, Casino, Lismore, Murwillumbah -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 majority: Country Party over Country Party 14.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 46,080 +08.4 Votes cast: 43,535 94.5 +00.3 Informal votes: 2,736 06.3 +01.6 Formal votes: 40,799 93.7 -01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Fredericks ALP 8,383 20.5 Robert Gibson CP 10,874 26.7 Roland Green * CP 14,342 35.2 Leonard Greening CP 1,370 03.4 Percy Tighe CP 5,830 14.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,799 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The combined Country Party vote was 79.5%. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Greening's 1,370 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fredericks 57 04.2 8,440 20.7 Gibson 505 36.9 11,379 27.9 Green * 523 38.2 14,865 36.4 Tighe 285 20.8 6,115 15.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,370 40,799 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Tighe's 6,115 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Federicks 1,336 21.8 9,776 24.0 Gibson 2,078 34.0 13,457 33.0 Green * 2,701 44.2 17,566 43.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,115 40,799 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Fredericks's 9,776 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gibson 6,780 69.4 20,237 49.6 GREEN * 2,996 30.6 20,562 50.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,776 40,799 00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Roland Frederick Herbert Green (1895-1947): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931 -------------------------------------------------------------------- RIVERINA, NSW ==================================================================== Southern NSW: Griffith, Leeton, Narrandera, West Wyalong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 04.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 47,885 +02.1 Votes cast: 45,004 94.0 +00.1 Informal votes: 1,875 04.2 +01.9 Formal votes: 43,129 95.8 -01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Hankinson + CP 14,778 34.3 John Heiss ALPN 8,882 20.6 Louis Levy ALP 5,951 13.8 Horace Nock + CP 13,518 31.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,129 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Hankinson was NSW MLA for Murrumbidgee 1932-41. 2. The combined ALP and ALP (NSW) vote was 34.4%, a decrease of 11.2% from the 45.6% polled by the ALP in 1929. 3. The combined Country Party vote was 65.6%, an increase of 11.2% from the 54.4% polled by two Country Party candidates in 1929. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Levy's 5,951 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hankinson + 669 11.2 15,447 35.8 Heiss 4,557 76.6 13,439 31.2 Nock + 725 12.2 14,243 33.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,951 43,129 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Heiss's 13,439 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hankinson + 5,561 41.4 21,008 48.7 NOCK + 7,878 58.6 22,121 51.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,439 43,129 01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Horace Keyworth Nock (1879-1958): Elected 1931 Born: 26 October 1879, Salisbury, South Australia. Career: Educated Prince Alfred College, Adelaide. Shopkeeper and wheatbuyer. Farmed at Nelungaloo, NSW, from 1915. President Farmers and Settlers 1928-32. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ROBERTSON, NSW ==================================================================== North Central NSW: Gosford, Mudgee, Muswellbrook, Singleton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,452 +06.0 Votes cast: 42,775 96.2 +03.8 Informal votes: 1,546 03.6 -00.2 Formal votes: 41,229 96.4 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Fleming 8,246 20.0 Sydney GARDNER * UAP 21,669 52.6 +01.1 Peter Robb ALPN 7,300 17.7 Wilfred Turnbull ALP 4,014 09.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,229 22.5 e 21.0 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Fleming was member for Robertson 1913-22. He was an independent Country candidate. 2. The combined ALP and ALP (NSW) vote was 27.4%, a decrease of 21.1% from the 48.5% polled by the ALP in 1929. 3. The UAP majority over the ALP (NSW) is compared with the ALP majority over the Nationalists in 1929. This majority assumes that Turnbull's preferences would have placed Robb ahead of Fleming. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sydney Lane Gardner (1884-1965): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH SYDNEY, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Coogee, Kensington, Randwick, Redfern -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 16.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 60,128 +02.5 Votes cast: 55,659 92.6 -00.2 Informal votes: 1,365 02.5 -00.6 Formal votes: 54,294 97.5 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Jennings UAP 26,711 49.2 +15.5 Edward Riley * ALP 10,512 19.4 John Stewart ALPN 17,071 31.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 54,294 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Stewart was a NSW MLC 1941-57. 2. The combined ALP and ALP (NSW) vote was 50.8%, a decrease of 15.5% from the 66.3% polled by the ALP in 1929. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Riley's 10,512 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- JENNINGS 3,186 30.3 29,897 55.1 Stewart 7,326 69.7 24,397 44.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,512 54,294 05.1 21.4 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The UAP majority over the ALP (NSW) is compared with the ALP majority over the Nationalists in 1929. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Edward Riley (1859-1943): Elected 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929. Defeated 1931 Died 21 July 1943 > John Thomas Jennings (1878-1968): Elected 1931 Born: 19 December 1878, Melbourne. Career: Educated state schools. Retailer of dentists' supplies. Military Service 1899-1901. -------------------------------------------------------------------- South Sydney was abolished at the 1934 redistribution. Jennings contested Watson in 1934. -------------------------------------------------------------------- WARRINGAH, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Manly, Mosman, Narrabeen, Neutral Bay -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 majority: Nationalist over Independent 02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 52,540 +02.2 Votes cast: 50,356 95.8 +00.1 Informal votes: 1,187 02.4 -00.4 Formal votes: 49,169 97.6 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Duncan UAP 19,989 40.7 Archdale PARKHILL * UAP 29,180 59.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 49,169 09.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Duncan was a Senator for NSW 1920-31. He was dropped from the UAP Senate ticket, then resigned from the Senate to stand in Warringah. He was supported by the All for Australia League. The Labor Daily (2 December 1941) alleged that he was also supported by the former Prime Minister Stanley Bruce. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Archdale Parkhill (1878-1947): Elected 1927 By, 1928, 1929, 1931 Minister for Home Affairs 6 January 1932 to 12 April 1932 Minister for Transport 6 January 1932 to 12 April 1932 Minister for the Interior 12 April 1932 to 13 October 1932 Postmaster-General from 13 October 1932 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WENTWORTH, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Bellevue Hill, Bondi, Waverley, Woollahra -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 majority: Independent over Nationalist 08.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 61,625 +01.9 Votes cast: 57,187 92.8 -01.2 Informal votes: 3,293 05.8 +02.3 Formal votes: 53,894 94.2 -02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric HARRISON UAP 35,460 65.8 Walter Marks * UAP 18,434 34.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 53,894 15.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Marks stood for the UAP having been elected as an independent in 1929. Harrison was supported by the All for Australian League, and had the support of most local party activists. His candidacy was a protest by UAP supporters against Marks's role in bringing down the Bruce government in 1929 (Sydney Morning Herald, 3 December 1931). -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Walter Moffit Marks (1875-1951): Elected 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929. Defeated 1931 Later career: Lawyer and businessman. Died 31 March 1951 > Eric John Harrison (1892-1974): Elected 1931 Born: 1892, Sydney. Career: Educated Crown St School, Sydney. Military Service 1916-19. Businessman. Father of Senator Shirley Walters. -------------------------------------------------------------------- WERRIWA, NSW ==================================================================== Southern NSW: Goulburn, Thirroul, Wollongong, Woonona -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 15.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 49,836 +06.5 Votes cast: 47,139 94.6 -00.1 Informal votes: 1,679 03.6 +00.9 Formal votes: 45,460 96.4 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hubert Lazzarini * ALPN 18,948 41.7 Walter McNicoll CP 21,762 47.9 Mont Sheppard 496 01.1 Ernest Tully ALP 4,254 09.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,460 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The combined ALP and ALP (NSW) vote was 51.1%, a decrease of 14.3% from the 65.4% polled by the ALP in 1929. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Sheppard's 496 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lazzarini * 61 12.3 19,009 41.8 McNicoll 309 62.3 22,071 48.6 Tully 126 25.4 4,380 09.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 496 45,460 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Tully's 4,380 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lazzarini * 2,933 67.0 21,942 48.3 McNICOLL 1,447 33.0 23,518 51.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,380 45,460 01.7 17.1 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Country Party majority over the ALP (NSW) is compared with the ALP majority over the Nationalists in 1929. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Hubert Peter Lazzarini (1886-1952): Elected 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929. Defeated 1931 Later career: See Werriwa 1934. > Walter Ramsay McNicoll (1877-1947): Elected 1931 Born: 27 May 1877, Melbourne. Career: Educated Technical College, Melbourne, and University of Melbourne. Teacher and headmaster. Military Service 1914-18, ADC to Governor-General. Resigned seat 2 August 1934 (no By-election held) Later career: Administrator Mandated Territory of New Guinea 1934- 41. Knighted 1937. Died 24 December 1947 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WEST SYDNEY, NSW ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Darling Harbour, Glebe, Surry Hills, Toxteth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 36.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,066 -02.4 Votes cast: 32,315 92.2 -02.0 Informal votes: 1,372 04.2 +01.3 Formal votes: 30,943 95.8 -01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon John BEASLEY * ALPN 19,768 63.9 Arthur Butterell UAP 6,579 21.3 +07.8 James Donaldson ALP 4,596 14.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 30,943 25.1 e 11.4 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The combined ALP and ALP (NSW) vote was 78.8%, a decrease of 7.7% from the 86.5% polled by the ALP in 1929. 2. The ALP (NSW) majority over the UAP is compared with the ALP majority over the Nationalists in 1929. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Albert Beasley (1895-1949): Elected 1928, 1929, 1931 Leader of the Australian Labor Party NSW --------------------------------------------------------------------