COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 15 SEPTEMBER 1934 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== VICTORIA ==================================================================== BALACLAVA, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Alma, Caulfield, Elsternwick, St Kilda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 26.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 61,100 +05.1 Votes cast: 58,053 95.0 -02.1 Informal votes: 1,788 03.1 +01.0 Formal votes: 56,265 96.9 -01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Nolan ALP 15,248 27.1 +06.5 Hon Thomas WHITE * UAP 41,017 72.9 -02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 56,265 22.9 03.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Walter White (1888-1957): Elected 1929 By, 1929, 1931, 1934 Minister for Trade and Customs -------------------------------------------------------------------- BALLAARAT, Vic ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Ballarat, Creswick, Daylesford, Warrenheip -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 13.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,174 +03.4 Votes cast: 40,991 97.2 -00.4 Informal votes: 658 01.6 +00.3 Formal votes: 40,333 98.4 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederic Edmunds 10,752 26.7 Archibald Fisken + UAP 11,856 29.4 -19.6 William McAdam ALP 17,725 43.9 +09.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,333 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Edmunds was an independent United Australia candidate. He had been defeated by Fisken for the UAP nomination (The Argus, 17 August 1934). 2. McAdam was Vic MLA for Ballarat East 1924-27, Ballarat 1927-32. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Edmunds's 10,752 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- FISKEN + 9,890 92.0 21,746 53.9 McAdam 862 08.0 18,587 46.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,752 40,333 03.9 09.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Archibald Clyde Wanliss Fisken (1897-1970): Elected 1934 Born: 11 March 1897, Ballarat, Victoria. Career: Educated Geelong Grammar School. Military Service 1916-19. Insurance executive. Buninyong Shire Council. Grandfather of Hon Michael Ronaldson, MP and Senator. Fisken retired at the 1937 election. Later career: Chairman, Australian Meat Board 1936-46. Died 20 June 1970 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BATMAN, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Alphington, Fitzroy North, Northcote, Preston -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 70,364 +03.6 Votes cast: 67,546 96.0 +01.1 Informal votes: 1,790 02.7 -01.3 Formal votes: 65,756 97.3 +01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Frank BRENNAN ALP 36,910 56.1 +10.5 Samuel Dennis * UAP 28,846 43.9 -04.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 65,756 06.1 06.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brennan was member for Batman 1911-31. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Samuel Dennis (1870-1945): Elected 1931. Defeated 1934 Later career: Businessman. Died 28 January 1945 > Frank Brennan (1880-1950): Elected 1911 By, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929. Defeated 1931. Elected 1934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BENDIGO, Vic ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Eaglehawk, Kyneton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 09.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,786 +06.6 Votes cast: 42,583 95.1 -01.1 Informal votes: 522 01.2 -00.1 Formal votes: 42,061 98.8 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric HARRISON * UAP 21,683 51.6 -07.9 Richard Keane ALP 20,378 48.4 +07.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,061 01.6 07.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Keane was member for Bendigo 1929-31. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric Fairweather Harrison (1880-1948): Elected 1931, 1934 Harrison retired at the 1937 election. Later career: President, Australian Council of Employers' Federations 1937-43. Died 15 April 1948 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BOURKE, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Blyth, Brunswick, Carlton North, Coburg -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 64,565 +06.1 Votes cast: 61,751 95.6 -01.7 Informal votes: 2,338 03.8 -00.8 Formal votes: 59,413 96.2 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Maurice BLACKBURN + ALP 35,728 60.1 +12.4 Robert McCrae CPA 3,509 05.9 +03.0 Henry Stubbs UAP 20,176 34.0 -11.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 59,413 15.6 e 14.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Maurice McCrae Blackburn (1880-1944): Elected 1934 Born: 19 November 1880, Inglewood, Victoria. Career: Educated Melbourne Grammar School and University of Melbourne. Barrister 1910. Labor lawyer, editor, publicist. Husband of Doris Blackburn MP. State politics: Vic MLA for Essendon 1914-17, Fitzroy 1925-27, Clifton Hill 1927-34. Speaker 1933-34. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Blackburn was expelled from the Victorian ALP in December 1935 because of his links with Communist-controlled organisations and as a result was excluded from the ALP Caucus. He was readmitted in June 1937. -------------------------------------------------------------------- CORANGAMITE, Vic ==================================================================== South-west Victoria: Ararat, Camperdown, Colac, Stawell -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 12.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,842 +04.8 Votes cast: 43,536 95.0 -00.7 Informal votes: 1,687 03.9 +02.6 Formal votes: 41,849 96.1 -02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lindsay Bristow + CP 4,334 10.4 Arthur Haywood ALP 15,222 36.4 -00.7 Gordon McGregor + CP 5,217 12.5 Geoffrey Street UAP 15,400 36.8 Bevis Walters 1,676 04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,849 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The combined Country Party vote was 22.9%, a decrease of 40.0% from the 62.9% polled by one Country Party candidate in 1931. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Walters's 1,676 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bristow + 292 17.4 4,626 11.1 Haywood 311 18.6 15,533 37.1 McGregor + 367 21.9 5,584 13.3 Street 706 42.1 16,106 38.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,676 41,849 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Bristow's 4,626 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Haywood 1,474 31.9 17,007 40.6 McGregor + 2,161 46.7 7,745 18.5 Street 991 21.4 17,097 40.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,626 41,849 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: McGregor's 7,745 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Haywood 1,546 20.0 18,553 44.3 STREET 6,199 80.0 23,296 55.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,745 41,849 05.7 07.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The UAP majority over the ALP is compared with the Country Party majority over the ALP in 1931. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Geoffrey Austin Street (1894-1940): Elected 1934 Born: 21 January 1894, Sydney Career: Educated Sydney Grammar School, University of Sydney. Lawyer. Military service 1914-19. Farmer at Lismore, Victoria. Hampden Shire Council. Father of Hon Tony Street, MP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- CORIO, Vic ==================================================================== South-west Victoria: Geelong, Newtown, Sunshine, Werribee -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 10.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 56,538 +03.4 Votes cast: 53,411 94.5 +00.6 Informal votes: 1,040 01.9 +00.4 Formal votes: 52,371 98.1 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Richard CASEY * UAP 30,622 58.5 +21.5 John Dedman ALP 20,394 38.9 +04.0 William Morrison CPA 1,355 02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 52,371 08.8 e 01.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Dedman, see Corio 1940 by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Gardiner Casey (1890-1976): Elected 1931, 1934 Assistant Minister (Treasury) to 12 October 1935 Assistant Treasurer 12 October 1935 to 3 October 1936 Treasurer from 3 October 1935 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ECHUCA, Vic ==================================================================== Northern Victoria: Echuca, Kyabram, Rochester, Shepparton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 majority: Country Party over Independent 02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,888 +04.6 Votes cast: 43,648 95.1 -00.5 Informal votes: 1,132 02.6 -00.7 Formal votes: 42,516 97.4 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Hartshorne ALP 12,407 29.2 John McEwen + CP 11,371 26.7 William Moss + CP 8,663 20.4 Galloway Stewart + CP 10,075 23.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,516 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The combined Country Party vote was 70.8%, an increase of 31.1% from the 39.7% polled by one Country Party candidate in 1931. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Moss's 8,663 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hartshorne 387 04.5 12,794 30.1 McEwen + 5,427 62.6 16,798 39.5 Stewart + 2,849 32.9 12,924 30.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,663 42,516 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Hartshorne's 12,794 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McEWEN + 10,801 84.4 27,599 64.9 Stewart 1,993 15.6 14,917 35.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,794 42,516 14.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John McEwen (1900-80): Elected 1934 Born: 29 March 1900, Chiltern, Victoria. Career: Educated state schools. Military Service 1918. Dairy farmer, Stanhope, Victoria. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Echuca was abolished at the 1937 redistribution. McEwen contested Indi in 1937. -------------------------------------------------------------------- FAWKNER, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Armadale, Malvern, Prahran, South Yarra -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 20.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 49,835 +07.5 Votes cast: 46,705 93.7 +00.6 Informal votes: 1,569 03.4 +01.4 Formal votes: 45,136 96.6 -01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George MAXWELL * UAP 30,029 66.5 -01.2 Frederick Paice DSC 2,592 05.7 William Smith ALP 12,515 27.7 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,136 19.4 e 00.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Arnot Maxwell (1859-1935): Elected 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934 Died 25 June 1935 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- FLINDERS, Vic ==================================================================== South-east of Melbourne: Box Hill, Dandenong, Ferntree Gully, Frankston -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 18.3 1933 by-election two-party majority: UAP over ALP 09.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 73,856 +04.3 Votes cast: 70,579 95.6 -00.1 Informal votes: 2,343 03.3 +01.2 Formal votes: 68,236 96.7 -01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James FAIRBAIRN * UAP 41,565 60.9 -07.4 William Fullerton CP 5,860 08.6 Ralph Gibson CPA 4,750 07.0 Joseph Hannan ALP 16,061 23.5 -08.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 68,236 19.4 e 01.1 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Fullerton was Tas MHA for Denison 1913-19. 2. Hannan was member for Fawkner 1913-17 and a Senator for Victoria 1924-25. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Valentine Fairbairn (1897-1940): Elected 1933 By, 1934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- GIPPSLAND, Vic ==================================================================== Eastern Victoria: Maffra, Sale, Trafalgar, Warragul -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 majority: none (Country Party unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 50,726 +07.7 Votes cast: 48,082 94.8 Informal votes: 828 01.7 Formal votes: 47,254 98.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Thomas PATERSON * CP 32,765 69.3 Reginald Pollard 14,489 30.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 47,254 19.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Pollard, see Ballaarat 1937. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Paterson (1882-1952): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934 Minister for the Interior from 9 November 1934 Deputy Leader of the Country Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- HENTY, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brighton, Gardiner, Oakleigh, Sandringham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 25.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 85,346 +04.1 Votes cast: 80,777 94.6 +00.4 Informal votes: 2,544 03.1 +00.5 Formal votes: 78,233 96.9 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Henry GULLETT * UAP 47,010 60.1 -14.9 Alexander Steele 8,315 10.6 Lockhart Stewart DSC 6,030 07.7 William Turner ALP 16,878 21.6 -03.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 78,233 19.3 e 05.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Somer Gullett (1878-1940): Elected 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934 Minister without portfolio 12 October 1934 to 11 March 1937 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gullett was minister without portfolio directing negotiations for trade treaties. He resigned because he believed his views were not supported in the Cabinet. -------------------------------------------------------------------- INDI, Vic ==================================================================== North-east Victoria: Benalla, Croydon, Wangaratta, Warburton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 13.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 46,044 +06.7 Votes cast: 43,617 94.7 -00.4 Informal votes: 893 02.0 +00.2 Formal votes: 42,724 98.0 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Davies CP 8,894 20.8 +00.9 William Hutchinson * UAP 16,400 38.4 -06.6 Paul Jones ALP 17,430 40.8 +05.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,724 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jones was member for Indi 1928-31. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Davies's 8,894 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HUTCHINSON * 7,633 85.8 24,033 56.3 Jones 1,261 14.2 18,691 43.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,894 42,724 06.3 06.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Joseph Hutchinson (1904-67): Elected 1931, 1934 Hutchinson contested Deakin in 1937. -------------------------------------------------------------------- KOOYONG, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Auburn, Camberwell, Canterbury, Kew -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 26.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 73,299 +05.2 Votes cast: 69,853 95.3 -01.4 Informal votes: 1,946 02.8 +01.0 Formal votes: 67,907 97.2 -01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Leslie Hollins DSC 12,980 19.1 Maurice Kelly ALP 13,051 19.2 -04.3 Hon Robert MENZIES + UAP 41,876 61.7 -14.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 67,907 20.8 e 05.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hollins was Vic MLA for Hawthorn 1940-45. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Gordon Menzies (1894-1978): Elected 1934 Born: 20 December 1894, Jeparit, Victoria. Career: Educated Grenville College, Ballarat, Wesley College, Melbourne, and University of Melbourne. Barrister 1918. Leader of Victorian bar. Son-in-law of Hon John Leckie, MP and Senator, nephew of Sydney Sampson MP. State politics: Vic MLC for East Yarra 1928-29, Vic MLA for Nunawading 1929-34. Honorary Minister 1928-29, Attorney-General 1932-34, Minister for Railways 1932-34. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Attorney-General from 12 October 1934 Minister for Industry from 12 October 1934 Deputy Leader of the United Australia Party from 1935 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MARIBYRNONG, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Ascot Vale, Essendon, Footscray, Moonee Ponds -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 59,541 +05.6 Votes cast: 57,542 96.6 -01.5 Informal votes: 2,336 04.1 +01.6 Formal votes: 55,206 95.9 -01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Amess DSC 2,773 05.0 John Blake CPA 2,300 04.2 Arthur Drakeford ALP 27,485 49.8 +01.2 Hon James Fenton * UAP 22,648 41.0 -08.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 55,206 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Blake's 2,300 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Amess 697 30.3 3,470 06.3 DRAKEFORD 1,498 65.1 28,983 52.5 Fenton * 105 04.5 22,753 41.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,300 55,206 06.7 e 07.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > James Edward Fenton (1864-1950): Elected 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931. Defeated 1934 Later career: Director, Commonwealth Oil Refineries 1934-46. Died 2 December 1950 > Arthur Samuel Drakeford (1881-1957): Elected 1934 Born: 1881, Melbourne. Career: Primary education. Cleaner, Victorian railways. Enginedriver. Federal Secretary Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen. President, Victorian ALP. State politics: Vic MLA for Essendon 1927-32. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Carlton South, Melbourne East, Melbourne West, Newmarket -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 12.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,127 +03.5 Votes cast: 39,593 96.3 +02.7 Informal votes: 1,761 04.4 +00.8 Formal votes: 37,832 95.6 -00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr William MALONEY * ALP 26,256 69.4 +07.4 Francis Nelson UAP 11,576 30.6 -07.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,832 19.4 07.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Robert Nuttal Maloney (1854-1940): Elected 1904 By, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE PORTS, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Albert Park, Port Melbourne, South Melbourne, Williamstown -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 10.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 48,334 +06.9 Votes cast: 45,067 93.2 -02.0 Informal votes: 1,941 04.3 -01.4 Formal votes: 43,126 95.7 +01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Clarke 3,872 09.0 Hon Jack HOLLOWAY * ALP 27,081 62.8 +06.4 James Laurence UAP 12,173 28.2 -02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,126 20.9 e 10.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clarke was a Socialist candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward James Holloway (1875-1967): Elected 1929, 1931, 1934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WANNON, Vic ==================================================================== South-west Victoria: Casterton, Hamilton, Horsham, Warrnambool -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 12.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 46,404 +04.3 Votes cast: 44,310 95.5 -01.3 Informal votes: 604 01.4 +00.3 Formal votes: 43,706 98.6 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Bailey CP 12,703 29.1 -00.5 Donald McLeod ALP 14,515 33.2 -01.5 Thomas Scholfield * UAP 16,488 37.7 +02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,706 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Bailey was Vic MLA for Port Fairy 1914-27, Warrnambool 1927-32, 1935-50. 2. For McLeod, see Wannon 1940. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Bailey's 12,703 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McLeod 5,177 40.8 19,692 45.1 SCHOLFIELD * 7,526 59.2 24,014 54.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,703 43,706 04.9 07.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Hallett Scholfield (1894-1964): Elected 1931, 1934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WIMMERA, Vic ==================================================================== North-west Victoria: Kerang, Mildura, Ouyen, Swan Hill -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: Country Party over Independent 11.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 54,441 +08.8 Votes cast: 51,264 94.2 -01.6 Informal votes: 1,662 03.2 -01.8 Formal votes: 49,602 96.8 +01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon Anderson 7,817 15.8 Hugh McClelland * CP 16,509 33.3 William Morgan UAP 8,788 17.7 -10.3 Hugh Simpson 16,488 33.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 49,602 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Simpson was a United Country candidate. 2. The Country Party vote of 33.3% was a decrease of 11.1% from the 44.4% polled by three Country Party candidaets in 1931. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Anderson's 7,817 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McClelland * 3,743 47.9 20,252 40.8 Morgan 1,361 17.4 10,149 20.5 Simpson 2,713 34.7 19,201 38.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,817 49,602 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Morgan's 10,149 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McCLELLAND * 5,027 49.5 25,279 51.0 Simpson 5,122 50.5 24,323 49.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,149 49,602 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hugh McClelland (1875-1958): Elected 1931, 1934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- YARRA, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Abbotsford, Collingwood, Fitzroy South, Richmond -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 13.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,235 +02.6 Votes cast: 41,380 93.5 +00.7 Informal votes: 1,966 04.8 -01.4 Formal votes: 39,414 95.2 +01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Harold Holt UAP 10,741 27.3 -07.6 Rt Hon James SCULLIN * ALP 25,601 65.0 +05.1 Ernest Thornton CPA 3,072 07.8 +04.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,414 22.1 e 08.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Holt, see Fawkner 1935 by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Henry Scullin (1876-1953): Elected 1910. Defeated 1913. Elected 1922 By, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934 Leader of the Opposition to 1 October 1935 Leader of the Australian Labor Party to 1 October 1935 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Scullin resigned the ALP leadership after his second successive election loss. He had led the ALP in four elections, a record to that time and until 1977, when Gough Whitlam led the ALP in a fifth election. --------------------------------------------------------------------