COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 19 DECEMBER 1931 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== QUEENSLAND ==================================================================== BRISBANE, Qld ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Fortitude Valley, Ithaca, Merthyr, Toowong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,111 +03.2 Votes cast: 41,799 92.7 -01.9 Informal votes: 957 02.3 -00.6 Formal votes: 40,842 97.7 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald Cameron * UAP 19,965 48.9 -03.5 George Lawson ALP 19,152 46.9 -00.7 Hugh Talty 1,725 04.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,842 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Talty was a Lang Labor candidate. The Lang supporters in Queensland were a splinter group from the ALP and are not classed with the ALP (NSW). -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Talty's 1,725 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cameron * 186 10.8 20,151 49.3 LAWSON 1,539 89.2 20,691 50.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,725 40,842 00.7 03.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Donald Charles Cameron (1879-1960): Elected 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929. Defeated 1931 Later career: See Lilley 1934. > George Lawson (1880-1966): Elected 1931 Born: 14 August 1880, Pine River, Queensland. Career: Educated state schools. Military Service 1900-01. Secretary Queensland Carters Union. President, Brisbane Trades and Labor Council. Member, Queensland Executive ALP. State politics: Qld MLC 1919-22. -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Parliamentary Handbook says that Lawson was born in 1881. The Australian Dictionary of Biography says he was born on 14 August 1880. -------------------------------------------------------------------- CAPRICORNIA, Qld ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Bundaberg, Fitzroy, Gladstone, Rockhampton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 3.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 52,143 +02.7 Votes cast: 49,848 95.6 +01.5 Informal votes: 1,455 02.9 -01.5 Formal votes: 48,393 97.1 +01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Frank FORDE * ALP 28,449 58.8 +05.4 Robert Staines CP 19,944 41.2 -05.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 48,393 08.8 05.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The ALP majority over the Country Party is compared with the ALP majority over the Nationalists in 1929. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Michael Forde (1890-1982): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931 Minister for Trade and Customs to 6 January 1932 Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 16 February 1932 Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party from 16 February 1932 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DARLING DOWNS, Qld ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Gatton, Pittsworth, Toowoomba, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 07.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,427 +04.8 Votes cast: 44,053 97.0 -00.2 Informal votes: 879 02.0 -00.1 Formal votes: 43,174 98.0 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Sir Littleton GROOM 23,597 54.7 Arthur Morgan * UAP 15,212 35.2 -11.4 Herbert Yeates 4,365 10.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,174 09.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Groom was member for Darling Downs 1901-29. His vote of 54.7% was an increase of 31.2% from the 22.5% he polled in 1929. This was partly because he had the support of Labor voters. The Qld Premier A E Moore said that Groom would be "virtually a Labor member" (Toowoomba Chronicle, 17 December 1931). 2. Yeates was Qld MLA for Toowoomba 1938-45. He was an independent but was referred to in the press as a Country Party candidate (Toowoomba Chronicle, 17 December 1931). -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Arthur Clinton Morgan (1881-1957): Elected 1929. Defeated 1931 Died 2 August 1957 > Littleton Ernest Groom (1867-1936): Elected 1901 By, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928. Defeated 1929. Elected 1931 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Groom joined the UAP in 1933. -------------------------------------------------------------------- HERBERT, Qld ==================================================================== North Queensland: Cairns, Mackay, Mirani, Townsville -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 63,564 +03.6 Votes cast: 59,072 92.9 -00.3 Informal votes: 2,473 04.2 -00.3 Formal votes: 56,599 95.8 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Grosvenor Francis UAP 24,733 43.7 -03.5 George MARTENS * ALP 31,866 56.3 +03.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 56,599 06.3 03.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis was member for Kennedy 1925-29. -------------------------------------------------------------------- George William Martens (1874-1949): Elected 1928, 1929, 1931 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KENNEDY, Qld ==================================================================== North Queensland: Atherton, Charters Towers, Cloncurry, Longreach -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 03.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 34,395 +01.6 Votes cast: 30,372 88.3 +01.6 Informal votes: 1,112 03.7 -01.0 Formal votes: 29,260 96.3 +01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Clarke UAP 11,655 39.8 -07.1 Darby RIORDAN * ALP 17,605 60.2 +07.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 29,260 10.2 07.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Riordan (1888-1936): Elected 1929, 1931 -------------------------------------------------------------------- LILLEY, Qld ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Enoggera, Nundah, Sandgate, Windsor -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 17.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 61,029 +05.6 Votes cast: 58,364 95.6 -00.4 Informal votes: 1,769 03.0 -03.8 Formal votes: 56,595 97.0 +03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Costello 18,988 33.6 George MACKAY * UAP 30,422 53.8 -13.3 Frank Mason 7,185 12.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 56,595 10.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Costello was an independent Labor candidate (Daily Standard, 22 December 1931). 2. Mason was a Douglas Social Credit candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Hugh Mackay (1872-1961): Elected 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931 Speaker of the House of Representatives 17 February 1932 to 7 August 1934 Mackay retired at the 1934 election. Died 5 November 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MARANOA, Qld ==================================================================== South-west Queensland: Charleville, Dalby, Roma, Stanthorpe -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 04.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 34,654 -00.6 Votes cast: 31,961 92.2 -00.2 Informal votes: 564 01.8 -01.0 Formal votes: 31,397 98.2 +01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Myles Ferricks ALP 15,119 48.2 +03.1 James HUNTER * CP 16,278 51.8 -03.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 31,397 01.8 03.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ferricks was a Senator for Queensland 1913-20. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Aitchison Johnston Hunter (1882-1968): Elected 1921 By, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MORETON, Qld ==================================================================== South of Brisbane: Bremer, Coorparoo, Ipswich, Southport -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 10.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 51,443 +03.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Josiah FRANCIS * UAP Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Josiah Francis (1890-1964): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931 Minister in charge of War Service Homes from 6 January 1932 Assistant Minister for Defence from 6 January 1932 -------------------------------------------------------------------- OXLEY, Qld ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Bulimba, Buranda, Kurilpa, Maree -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 57,908 +02.3 Votes cast: 55,389 95.6 +00.1 Informal votes: 1,480 02.7 -00.2 Formal votes: 53,909 97.3 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis BAKER ALP 29,252 54.3 +04.4 James Bayley * UAP 23,563 43.7 -06.4 Francis Pforr 1,094 02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 53,909 05.8 e 05.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Pforr was a Lang Labor candidate. The Lang supporters in Queensland were a splinter group from the ALP and are not classed with the ALP (NSW). -------------------------------------------------------------------- > James Garfield Bayley (1882-1968): Elected 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929. Defeated 1931 Later career: Qld MLA for Wynnum 1933-35. Died 14 January 1968 > Francis Matthew John Baker (1903-39): Elected 1931 Born: 1903, Bundaberg, Queensland. Career: Educated Queensland. Public servant. Vice-President State Service Union. Son of Francis Patrick Baker MP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Baker and William Hutchinson (Indi, Victoria) were the first members of the House born after Federation. 2. Oxley was abolished at the 1934 redistribution. Baker contested Griffith in 1934. -------------------------------------------------------------------- WIDE BAY, Qld ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Gympie, Maryborough, Nanango, Widgee -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 17.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 50,181 +04.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bernard CORSER * CP Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bernard William Corser (1882-1967): Elected 1928 By, 1928, 1929, 1931 --------------------------------------------------------------------