COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 15 SEPTEMBER 1934 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== NORTHERN TERRITORY ==================================================================== 1931 two-party majority: ALP over Independent 05.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 2,410 +07.5 Votes cast: 1,898 78.8 +11.1 Informal votes: 37 01.9 -00.5 Formal votes: 1,861 98.1 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adair Blain 926 49.8 Harold Nelson * ALP 850 45.7 -04.7 Charles Priest 85 04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,861 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Priest's 85 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BLAIN 38 44.7 964 51.8 Nelson * 47 55.3 897 48.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 85 1,861 01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Harold George Nelson (1881-1947): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931. Defeated 1934 Died 26 April 1947 > Adair MacAlister Blain (1894-1983): Elected 1934 Born: 21 November 1894, Queensland. Career: Educated Perth Modern School. Military Service 1915-19. Surveyor. Staff surveyor, Northern Australia Commission, Darwin. -------------------------------------------------------------------- The member for the Northern Territory could vote only on matters affecting the Territory. --------------------------------------------------------------------