COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 19 DECEMBER 1931 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Electoral Commission THE SENATE ==================================================================== VICTORIA (Three senators to be elected) ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 1,050,024 +04.3 Votes cast: 1,005,310 95.7 +01.0 Informal votes: 90,201 09.0 -01.0 Formal votes: 915,109 91.0 +01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Brennan * UAP 449,493 49.1 Group A James Guthrie * UAP 75,712 08.3 William Plain * UAP 15,894 01.7 Donald Cameron ALP 305,215 33.4 Group B James Sheehan ALP 6,553 00.7 Alfred Wallis ALP 3,354 00.4 Alured Kelly 25,056 02.7 William Murchison 27,290 03.0 Harold Partridge CPA 6,542 00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 915,109 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Cameron, see Senate Victoria 1937. 2. For Sheehan, see Senate Victoria 1937. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st vacancy, 2nd count: Wallis's 3,354 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brennan * 103 03.1 449,596 49.1 Guthrie * 127 03.8 75,839 08.3 Plain * 53 01.6 15,947 01.7 Cameron 918 27.4 306,133 33.5 Sheehan 1,952 58.2 8,505 00.9 Kelly 106 03.2 25,162 02.7 Murchison 58 01.7 27,348 03.0 Partridge 37 01.1 6,579 00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,354 915,109 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st vacancy, 3rd count: Partridge's 6,579 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brennan * 332 05.0 449,928 49.2 Guthrie * 174 02.6 76,013 08.3 Plain * 110 01.7 16,057 01.8 Cameron 2,787 42.4 308,920 33.8 Sheehan 751 11.4 9,256 01.0 Kelly 482 07.3 25,644 02.8 Murchison 1,943 29.5 29,291 03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,579 915,109 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st vacancy, 4th count: Sheehan's 9,256 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brennan * 465 05.0 450,393 49.2 Guthrie * 203 02.2 76,216 08.3 Plain * 134 01.4 16,191 01.8 Cameron 7,861 84.9 316,781 34.6 Kelly 476 05.1 26,120 02.9 Murchison 117 01.3 29,408 03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,256 915,109 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st vacancy, 5th count: Plain's 16,191 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brennan * 2,100 13.0 452,493 49.4 Guthrie * 12,241 75.6 88,457 09.7 Cameron 1,018 06.3 317,799 34.7 Kelly 426 02.6 26,546 02.9 Murchison 406 02.5 29,814 03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 16,191 915,109 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st vacancy, 6th count: Kelly's 26,546 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brennan * 3,041 11.5 455,534 49.8 Guthrie * 15,117 56.9 103,574 11.3 Cameron 3,510 13.2 321,309 35.1 Murchison 4,878 18.4 34,692 03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 26,546 915,109 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st vacancy, 7th count: Murchison's 34,692 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BRENNAN * 4,386 12.6 459,920 50.3 ELECTED 1 Guthrie * 23,831 68.7 127,405 13.9 Cameron 6,475 18.7 327,784 35.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,692 915,109 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd vacancy: Brennan's 449,493 second preferences distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BRENNAN * E ELECTED 1 GUTHRIE * 438,940 97.7 514,652 56.2 ELECTED 2 Plain * 4,842 01.1 20,736 02.3 Cameron 2,288 00.5 307,503 33.6 Sheehan 1,850 00.4 8,403 00.9 Wallis 232 00.1 3,586 00.4 Kelly 970 00.2 26,026 02.8 Murchison 236 00.1 27,526 03.0 Partridge 135 00.0 6,677 00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 449,493 915,109 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd vacancy: Brennan's 449,493 second preferences distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BRENNAN * E ELECTED 1 GUTHRIE * E 75,712 08.3 ELECTED 2 Plain * 439,850 97.9 455,744 49.8 Cameron 3,767 00.8 308,982 33.8 Sheehan 2,412 00.5 8,965 01.0 Wallis 382 00.1 3,736 00.4 Kelly 2,367 00.5 27,423 03.0 Murchison 506 00.1 27,796 03.0 Partridge 209 00.0 6,751 00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 449,493 915,109 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd vacancy: Guthrie's 75,712 second preferences distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BRENNAN * E ELECTED 1 GUTHRIE * E ELECTED 2 PLAIN * 65,902 87.0 521,646 57.0 ELECTED 3 Cameron 4,424 05.8 313,406 34.2 Sheehan 461 00.6 9,426 01.0 Wallis 359 00.5 4,095 00.4 Kelly 3,024 04.0 30,447 03.0 Murchison 1,410 01.9 29,206 03.2 Partridge 132 00.2 6,883 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 75,712 915,109 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Senators' terms began 1 July 1932. Brennan, Guthrie and Plain elected for a term ending 30 June 1938. Continuing senators (term to end 30 June 1935): Hon John BARNES (ALP), Robert ELLIOTT (CP), Sir Harry LAWSON (UAP). -------------------------------------------------------------------- > John Barnes (1868-1938): Elected 1913, 1914. Defeated 1919. Elected 1922, 1928 Vice-President of the Executive Council to 6 January 1932 > Thomas Cornelius Brennan (1869-1944): Appointed 1931. Elected 1931 > Robert Charles Dunlop Elliott (1886-1950): Elected 1928 > James Francis Guthrie (1872-1958): Elected 1919, 1925, 1931 > Harry Sutherland Wightman Lawson (1875-1952): Elected 1928 Assistant Minister 17 October 1933 to 12 October 1934 Lawson retired in 1934. Later career: Chairman Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society. Knighted 1933. Died 12 June 1952 > William Plain (1868-1961): Elected 1917. Defeated 1922. Appointed 1925. Elected 1925, 1931 --------------------------------------------------------------------