COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 15 SEPTEMBER 1934 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== TASMANIA ==================================================================== BASS, Tas ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Launceston, Ringarooma, Scottsdale, St Leonards -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 14.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 25,666 +06.3 Votes cast: 24,689 96.2 -00.3 Informal votes: 887 03.6 -01.5 Formal votes: 23,802 96.4 +01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Claude Barnard ALP 6,572 27.6 Hon Allan Guy * UAP 9,880 41.5 -05.1 George McElwee ALP 4,740 19.9 John Watson 2,610 11.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 23,802 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The combined Labor vote was 47.5%, an increase of 16.9% from the 30.6% polled by one Labor candidate in 1931. 2. McElwee was Tas MLC for Launceston 1940-46. He was Guy's uncle, although they were the same age. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Watson's 2,610 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Barnard 635 24.3 7,207 30.3 Guy * 1,279 49.0 11,159 46.9 McElwee 696 26.7 5,436 22.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,610 23,802 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: McElwee's 5,436 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BARNARD 4,777 87.9 11,984 50.3 Guy * 659 12.1 11,818 49.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,436 23,802 00.3 14.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > James Allan Guy (1890-1979): Elected 1929, 1931. Defeated 1934 Assistant Minister for Trade and Customs to 12 October 1934 Later career: See Wilmot 1940. > Herbert Claude Barnard (1890-1957): Elected 1934 Born: 1890, Deloraine, Tasmania. Career: Educated state schools. Enginedriver. Tasmanian and federal President, Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen. President, Launceston Trades Hall Council. Father of Hon Lance Barnard MP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- DARWIN, Tas ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Circular Head, Devonport, Emu Bay, Leven -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 19.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 26,326 +05.6 Votes cast: 25,060 95.2 -01.1 Informal votes: 663 02.6 +01.1 Formal votes: 24,397 97.4 -01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George BELL * UAP 13,271 54.4 -15.5 Edwin Brown ALP 11,126 45.6 +15.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 24,397 04.4 15.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- George John Bell (1872-1944): Elected 1919. Defeated 1922. Elected 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934 Speaker of the House of Representatives from 23 October 1934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DENISON, Tas ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Hobart North, New Town, Queenborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 05.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 25,463 +06.5 Votes cast: 24,551 96.4 -00.3 Informal votes: 1,424 05.8 +00.8 Formal votes: 23,127 94.2 -00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Darcey ALP 2,555 11.0 James Guthrie DSC 2,020 08.7 Arthur Hutchin * UAP 9,721 42.0 -13.0 John Lattin ALP 1,216 05.3 Gerald Mahoney ALP 4,461 19.3 Walter Woods ALP 3,154 13.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 23,127 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Darcey, see Senate Tasmania 1937. 2. Woods was Tas MHA for North Hobart 1906-09, Denison 1909-17, 1925-31. 3. The combined ALP vote was 49.2%, an increase of 4.2% from the 45.0% polled by one ALP candidate in 1931. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Lattin's 1,216 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Darcey 378 31.1 2,933 12.7 Guthrie 55 04.5 2,075 09.0 Hutchin * 49 04.0 9,770 42.2 Mahoney 371 30.5 4,832 20.9 Woods 363 29.9 3,517 15.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,216 23,127 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Guthrie's 2,075 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Darcey 832 40.1 3,765 16.3 Hutchin * 303 14.6 10,073 43.6 Mahoney 341 16.4 5,173 22.4 Woods 599 28.9 4,116 17.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,075 23,127 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Darcey's 3,765 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hutchin * 596 15.8 10,669 46.1 Mahoney 1,448 38.5 6,621 28.6 Woods 1,721 45.7 5,837 25.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,765 23,127 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Woods's 5,837 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hutchin * 836 14.3 11,505 49.7 MAHONEY 5,001 85.7 11,622 50.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,837 23,127 00.3 05.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Arthur William Hutchin (1887-1965): Elected 1931. Defeated 1934 Later career: Businessman and industrial consultant. Died 12 June 1965 > Gerald William Mahoney (1892-1955): Elected 1934 Born: 24 May 1892, Tasmania. Career: Primary education, La Trobe, Tasmania. Painter. Official, Painters Union. State politics: Tas MHA for Denison 1931-34. -------------------------------------------------------------------- FRANKLIN, Tas ==================================================================== Southern Tasmania: Kingborough, Moonah, Nelson, New Norfolk -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 13.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 27,105 +08.6 Votes cast: 26,153 96.5 +00.1 Informal votes: 981 03.8 -01.2 Formal votes: 25,172 96.2 +01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Archibald Blacklow * UAP 10,015 39.8 -16.2 George Frankcombe CP 2,086 08.3 Charles Frost ALP 10,850 43.1 +11.3 John Modridge 2,221 08.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 25,172 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frost was member for Franklin 1929-31. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Frankcombe's 2,086 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Blacklow * 1,499 71.9 11,514 45.7 Frost 438 21.0 11,288 44.8 Modridge 149 07.1 2,370 09.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,086 25,172 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Modridge's 2,370 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Blacklow * 476 20.1 11,990 47.6 FROST 1,894 79.9 13,182 52.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,370 25,172 02.4 15.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Archibald Clifford Blacklow (1879-1965): Elected 1931. Defeated 1934 Later career: Tas MLC for Pembroke 1936-53. Died 4 April 1965 > Charles William Frost (1881-1964): Elected 1929 By, 1929. Defeated 1931. Elected 1934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WILMOT, Tas ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Deloraine, Evandale, Latrobe, Longford -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 22.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 24,709 Votes cast: 23,348 94.5 Informal votes: 885 03.8 Formal votes: 22,463 96.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Bye 5,182 23.1 Rt Hon Joseph LYONS * UAP 12,924 57.5 -02.7 Hon William Laird Smith 4,357 19.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 22,463 09.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Bye and Laird Smith were both supporters of Douglas Social Credit, but were not endorsed candidates of the Douglas Credit Association (Burnie Advocate, 24 August 1934). 2. Laird Smith was Labor and Nationalist member for Denison 1910-22. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Aloysius Lyons (1879-1939): Elected 1929, 1931, 1934 Prime Minister Treasurer Minister for Health 8 November 1935 to 26 February 1936 Minister for Repatriation 8 November 1935 to 26 February 1936 Vice-President of the Executive Council from 8 November 1935 Leader of the United Australia Party --------------------------------------------------------------------