COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 19 DECEMBER 1931 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Electoral Commission THE SENATE ==================================================================== QUEENSLAND (Three senators to be elected) ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 495,855 +06.5 Votes cast: 467,523 94.3 +00.8 Informal votes: 40,203 08.6 -00.2 Formal votes: 427,320 91.4 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon Brown ALP 200,406 46.9 Group A Joseph Collings ALP 6,308 01.5 John MacDonald ALP 7,762 01.8 Walter Cooper * CP 23,207 05.4 Group B Hon Sir Thomas Glasgow * UAP 21,622 05.1 William Thompson * UAP 158,073 37.0 Frederick Paterson CPA 9,942 02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 427,320 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. MacDonald was a Senator for Queensland 1922 and 1928. 2. Paterson was Qld MLA for Bowen 1944-50. He was the only Communist ever elected to an Australian parliament. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st vacancy, 2nd count: Collings's 6,308 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brown 3,484 55.2 203,890 47.7 MacDonald 2,262 35.9 10,024 02.3 Cooper * 229 03.6 23,436 05.5 Glasgow * 172 02.7 21,794 05.1 Thompson * 65 01.0 158,138 37.0 Paterson 96 01.5 10,038 02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,308 427,320 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st vacancy, 3rd count: MacDonald's 10,024 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brown 7,995 79.8 211,885 49.6 Cooper * 972 09.7 24,408 05.7 Glasgow * 560 05.6 22,354 05.2 Thompson * 236 02.4 158,374 37.1 Paterson 261 02.6 10,299 02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,024 427,320 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st vacancy, 4th count: Paterson's 10,299 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BROWN 6,626 64.3 218,511 51.1 ELECTED 1 Cooper * 466 04.5 24,874 05.8 Glasgow * 625 06.1 22,979 05.4 Thompson * 2,582 25.1 160,956 37.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,299 427,320 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd vacancy: Brown's 200,406 second preferences distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BROWN E ELECTED 1 Collings 195,771 97.7 202,079 47.3 MacDonald 3,287 01.6 11,049 02.6 Cooper * 424 00.2 23,631 05.5 Glasgow * 354 00.2 21,976 05.1 Thompson * 161 00.1 158,234 37.0 Paterson 409 00.2 10,351 02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 200,406 427,320 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd vacancy, 2nd count: Paterson's 10,351 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BROWN E ELECTED 1 Collings 4,518 43.6 206,597 48.3 MacDonald 2,321 22.4 13,370 03.1 Cooper * 368 03.6 23,999 05.6 Glasgow * 585 05.7 22,561 05.3 Thompson * 2,559 24.7 160,793 37.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,351 427,320 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd vacancy, 3rd count: MacDonald's 13,370 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BROWN E ELECTED 1 COLLINGS 10,404 77.8 217,001 50.8 ELECTED 2 Cooper * 1,563 11.7 25,562 06.0 Glasgow * 938 07.0 23,499 05.5 Thompson * 465 03.5 161,258 37.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,370 427,320 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd vacancy: Brown's 200,406 second preferences distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BROWN E ELECTED 1 COLLINGS E 6,308 01.5 ELECTED 2 MacDonald 198,267 98.9 206,029 48.2 Cooper * 788 00.4 23,995 05.6 Glasgow * 495 00.2 22,117 05.2 Thompson * 233 00.1 158,306 37.0 Paterson 623 00.3 10,565 02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 200,406 427,320 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd vacancy: Collings's 6,308 second preferences distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BROWN E ELECTED 1 COLLINGS E ELECTED 2 MacDonald 5,500 87.2 211,529 49.5 Cooper * 353 05.6 24,348 05.7 Glasgow * 218 03.5 22,335 05.2 Thompson * 97 01.5 158,403 37.1 Paterson 140 02.2 10,705 02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,308 427,320 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd vacancy, 2nd count: Paterson's 10,705 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BROWN E ELECTED 1 COLLINGS E ELECTED 2 MacDONALD 6,942 64.8 218,471 51.1 ELECTED 3 Cooper * 494 04.6 24,842 05.8 Glasgow * 645 06.0 22,980 05.4 Thompson * 2,624 24.5 161,027 37.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,705 427,320 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Senators' terms began 1 July 1932. Brown, Collings and MacDonald elected for a term ending 30 June 1938. Continuing senators (term to end 30 June 1935): Hon Thomas CRAWFORD (UAP), Harry FOLL (UAP), Matthew REID (UAP). -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Gordon Brown (1885-1967): Elected 1931 Born: 11 February 1885, Derbyshire, England Career: Educated Clay Cross Grammar School, England. Printer and engineer. Migrated 1912. Organiser, Shop Assistants' Union, Socialist Party. Member, Brisbane Trades Hall Council, Central Executive Queensland ALP. > Joseph Silver Collings (1865-1955): Elected 1931 Born: 11 May 1865, Sussex, England. Career: Educated local schools. Apprentice journalist. Migrated 1883. Laborer, failed farmer. Clerk. Queensland President Federated Clerks' Union. Organiser Queensland ALP from 1912. Balmoral Shire Council. State politics: Qld MLC 1920-22 > Walter Jackson Cooper (1891-1973): Elected 1928. Defeated 1931 Later career: See Senate 1934 > Thomas William Crawford (1865-1948): Elected 1917, 1922, 1928 > Hattil Spencer Foll (1890-1977): Elected 1917, 1922, 1928 > Thomas William Glasgow (1876-1955): Elected 1919, 1925. Defeated 1931 Later career: High Commissioner to Canada 1939-45. Died 4 July 1955 > John McDonald (1880-1937): Appointed 1922. Defeated 1922. Appointed 1928. Defeated 1928. Elected 1931 > Matthew Reid (1856-1947): Elected 1917, 1922, 1928 Reid retired in 1934. Died 28 August 1947 > William George Thompson (1863-1953): Elected 1925. Defeated 1931 Died 26 March 1953 --------------------------------------------------------------------