COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 19 DECEMBER 1931 ==================================================================== Parties -------------------------------------------------------------------- * ALP - Australian Labor Party * CP - Country Party * UAP – United Australia Party VOTING BY CONSTITUENCY ==================================================================== WESTERN AUSTRALIA ==================================================================== FORREST, WA ==================================================================== Southern Western Australia: Albany, Katanning, Nelson, Williams -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 majority: none (Country Party unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,171 +05.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John PROWSE * CP Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Henry Prowse (1871-1944): Elected 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931 -------------------------------------------------------------------- FREMANTLE, WA ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Balcatta, Claremont, Fremantle, West Subiaco -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 07.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 49,499 +02.8 Votes cast: 46,567 94.1 +03.1 Informal votes: 968 02.1 00.0 Formal votes: 45,599 97.9 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Curtin * ALP 19,142 42.0 -15.0 Keith Watson 12,365 27.1 William Watson UAP 14,092 30.9 -12.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,599 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Keith Watson was WA MLC for Metropolitan 1948-68. 2. William Watson was member for Fremantle 1922-28. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: K Watson's 12,365 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Curtin * 1,129 09.1 20,271 44.5 W WATSON 11,236 90.9 25,328 55.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,365 45,599 05.5 12.5 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > John Curtin (1885-1945): Elected 1928, 1929. Defeated 1931 Later career: See Fremantle 1934. > William Watson (1864-1939): Elected 1922, 1925. Retired 1928. Elected 1931 Watson retired in 1934. Died 21 December 1939 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KALGOORLIE, WA ==================================================================== Outback Western Australia: Geraldton, Irwin, Kalgoorlie, Yilgarn -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: ALP over Country Party 15.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 31,932 +07.4 Votes cast: 27,630 86.5 -01.9 Informal votes: 807 02.9 +00.9 Formal votes: 26,823 97.1 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Albert GREEN * ALP 15,419 57.5 -06.4 William Pickering CP 7,156 26.7 +03.6 George Rainsford UAP 4,248 15.8 +02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 26,823 09.1 e 06.1 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Pickering was WA MLA for Sussex 1917-24. 2. Rainsford was WA MLC for South 1928. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Albert Ernest Green (1869-1940): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931 Minister for Works and Railways to 6 January 1932 Postmaster-General to 6 January 1932 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PERTH, WA ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: East Perth, Maylands, North Perth, Subiaco -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,978 -03.6 Votes cast: 38,323 91.3 -01.4 Informal votes: 1,762 04.6 +02.0 Formal votes: 36,561 95.4 -02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Moloney ALP 14,459 39.5 -03.6 Walter NAIRN * UAP 22,102 60.5 +25.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 36,561 10.5 10.0 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Moloney was WA MLA for Subiaco 1933-36. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Maxwell Nairn (1878-1958): Elected 1929, 1931 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SWAN, WA ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Canning, Guildford, Northam, Swan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 majority: none (Country Party unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 54,089 +06.7 Votes cast: 50,002 92.5 Informal votes: 2,131 04.3 Formal votes: 47,921 95.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Carlyle Ferguson 4,623 09.6 John Fraser ALP 14,232 29.7 Henry GREGORY * CP 26,234 54.7 Alfred Reynolds 2,832 05.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 47,921 13.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reynolds was WA MLA for Forrest 1947-50. He was an independent Country candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Gregory (1860-1940): Elected 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931 --------------------------------------------------------------------