COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 15 SEPTEMBER 1934 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== SOUTH AUSTRALIA ==================================================================== In South Australia the UAP and Country Party ran joint candidates in the name of the Liberal and Country League, the amalgamated non- Labor party in SA. All those elected except Archie Cameron (Barker) sat with the UAP in the federal parliament. ADELAIDE, SA ==================================================================== Inner Adelaide: East Adelaide, Norwood, Prospect, St Peters -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 09.6 Effect of redistribution: 01.7 shift to UAP New notional majority: UAP over ALP 11.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 63,056 +43.3 Votes cast: 59,396 94.2 -00.4 Informal votes: 5,212 08.8 -00.5 Formal votes: 54,184 91.2 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Bagot 9,055 16.7 Kenneth Bardolph ALP 19,985 36.9 +06.9 Frank Blake 1,089 02.0 Ernest Hergstrom DSC 2,403 04.4 Arthur McArthur 1,711 03.2 Fred Stacey * UAP 19,941 36.8 -10.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 54,184 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Bagot was SA MLC for Southern 1938-41. He was Secretary of the Citizens League of South Australia, a "militant rightist political organisation" (Australian Dictionary of Biography). 2. Bardolph was SA MLC for Central No 1 1943-64. 3. Blake was an independent Labor candidate. 4. McArthur was SA MHA for East Torrens 1930-33. He was an independent Labor candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Blake's 1,089 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bagot 147 13.5 9,202 17.0 Bardolph 288 26.4 20,273 37.4 Hergstrom 459 42.1 2,862 05.3 McArthur 114 10.5 1,825 03.4 Stacey * 81 07.4 20,022 37.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,089 54,184 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: McArthur's 1,825 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bagot 285 15.6 9,487 17.5 Bardolph 376 20.6 20,649 38.1 Hergstrom 643 35.2 3,505 06.5 Stacey * 521 28.5 20,543 37.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,825 54,184 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Hergstrom's 3,505 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bagot 974 27.8 10,461 19.3 Bardolph 1,581 45.1 22,230 41.0 Stacey * 950 27.1 21,493 39.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 3,505 54,184 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Bagot's 10,461 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bardolph 3,106 29.7 25,336 46.8 STACEY * 7,355 70.3 28,848 53.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,461 54,184 03.2 08.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fred Hurtle Stacey (1879-1964): Elected 1931, 1934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BARKER, SA ==================================================================== South-east South Australia: Glenelg, Mt Barker, Mt Gambier, Murray Bridge -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 20.7 e Effect of 1934 redistribution: 04.4 shift to UAP New notional majority: UAP over ALP 25.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 57,353 +09.2 Votes cast: 54,516 95.1 -01.2 Informal votes: 2,684 04.9 -00.6 Formal votes: 51,832 95.1 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Archie CAMERON + CP 32,311 62.3 John Maycock DSC 6,598 12.7 Cecil Skitch ALP 12,923 24.9 +06.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 51,832 18.7 e 06.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Cameron was elected as a candidate of the LCL but chose to sit as a Country Party member. 2. The Country Party majority over the ALP is compared with the UAP majority over the ALP in 1931. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Archie Galbraith Cameron (1895-1956): Elected 1934 Born: 22 March 1895, Happy Valley, South Australia. Career: Educated state schools. Bushworker. Military Service 1916- 19. Soldier settler, Loxton. State politics: SA MHA for Wooroora 1927-34. -------------------------------------------------------------------- BOOTHBY, SA ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Burnside, Edwardstown, Mitcham, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 24.0 e Effect of 1934 redistribution: 01.6 shift to ALP New notional majority: UAP over ALP 22.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 63,298 +29.5 Votes cast: 59,992 94.8 -01.3 Informal votes: 4,359 07.3 +01.9 Formal votes: 55,633 92.7 -01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Burnard 2,953 05.3 David Fraser ALP 14,427 25.9 +01.1 James Lumbers 1,052 01.9 John Price * UAP 20,504 36.9 Norman Truscott DSC 3,293 05.9 Keith Wilson UAP 13,404 24.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 55,633 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Wilson, see Senate South Australia 1937. 2. The combined LCL vote was 61.0%, a decrease (after allowing for the effects of the redistribution) of 6.8% from the 69.4% polled by one UAP candidate in 1931. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Lumbers's 1,052 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Burnard 206 19.6 3,159 05.7 Fraser 370 35.2 14,797 26.6 Price * 261 24.8 20,765 37.3 Truscott 91 08.7 3,384 06.1 Wilson 124 11.8 13,528 24.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,052 55,633 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Burnard's 3,159 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fraser 1,695 53.7 16,492 29.6 Price * 750 23.7 21,515 38.7 Truscott 290 09.2 3,674 06.6 Wilson 424 13.4 13,952 25.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,159 55,633 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Truscott's 3,674 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fraser 2,401 65.4 18,893 34.0 Price * 701 19.1 22,216 39.9 Wilson 572 15.6 14,524 26.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,674 55,633 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Wilson's 14,524 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fraser 214 01.5 19,107 34.3 PRICE * 14,310 98.5 36,526 65.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,524 55,633 15.7 06.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Lloyd Price (1882-1941): Elected 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- GREY, SA ==================================================================== Outback South Australia: Port Lincoln, Port Pirie, Wallaroo, Whyalla -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 07.5 Effect of 1934 redistribution: 03.1 shift to UAP New notional majority: UAP over ALP 10.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 49,385 +29.5 Votes cast: 47,432 96.0 +02.1 Informal votes: 2,297 04.8 -00.2 Formal votes: 45,135 95.2 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Barns 4,781 10.6 Philip McBRIDE * UAP 24,930 55.2 +01.5 Michael Murphy ALP 15,424 34.2 +09.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,135 10.0 e 00.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Philip Albert Martin McBride (1892-1982): Elected 1931, 1934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- McBride contested the Senate in 1937. -------------------------------------------------------------------- HINDMARSH, SA ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Hindmarsh, Port Adelaide, Semaphore, Thebarton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 08.4 e Effect of 1934 redistribution: 00.9 shift to UAP New notional majority: ALP over UAP 07.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 62,414 +12.1 Votes cast: 59,192 94.8 -01.4 Informal votes: 3,790 06.4 +02.1 Formal votes: 55,402 93.6 -02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Brock DSC 6,787 12.3 Ernest Evans 13,329 24.1 Thomas Garland CPA 1,011 01.8 Hon Norman MAKIN * ALP 34,275 61.9 +08.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 55,402 16.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Evans, who had been the UAP candidate in 1931, was an independent UAP candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Norman John Oswald Makin (1889-1982): Elected 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WAKEFIELD, SA ==================================================================== North-east South Australia: Angaston, Gawler, Kapunda, Renmark -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: UAP over Independent 15.3 Effect of 1934 redistribution: cannot be calculated -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 53,504 +42.9 Votes cast: 50,983 95.3 -01.6 Informal votes: 2,601 05.1 +00.5 Formal votes: 48,382 94.9 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Duggan DSC 7,615 15.7 Hon Charles HAWKER * UAP 31,493 65.1 -02.8 Michael Smedley ALP 9,274 19.2 +05.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 48,382 24.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Allan Seymour Hawker (1894-1938): Elected 1929, 1931, 1934 --------------------------------------------------------------------