COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 15 SEPTEMBER 1934 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== WESTERN AUSTRALIA ==================================================================== FORREST, WA ==================================================================== Southern Western Australia: Albany, Katanning, Nelson, Williams -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 majority: none (Country Party unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,423 +05.2 Votes cast: 41,809 92.0 Informal votes: 1,593 03.8 Formal votes: 40,216 96.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edwin Davies ALP 11,660 29.0 Cecil Elsegood CP 4,826 12.0 John Prowse * CP 18,996 47.2 Henry Squance 4,734 11.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,216 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The combined Country Party vote was 59.2%. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Squance's 4,734 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Davies 2,338 49.4 13,998 34.8 Elsegood 716 15.1 5,542 13.8 PROWSE * 1,680 35.5 20,676 51.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,734 40,216 13.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Henry Prowse (1871-1944): Elected 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- FREMANTLE, WA ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Balcatta, Claremont, Fremantle, West Subiaco -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 majority: UAP over ALP 05.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 53,584 Votes cast: 50,312 93.9 Informal votes: 1,438 02.9 Formal votes: 48,874 97.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Buchan DSC 6,782 13.9 Florence Cardell-Oliver + UAP 19,761 40.4 +09.5 John Curtin ALP 22,331 45.7 +03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 48,874 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Cardell-Oliver (later Dame Florence) was WA MLA for Subiaco 1936- 56. She was the first woman to be a Cabinet minister in Australia (in 1949). She was also the first woman endorsed by a major party for a winnable seat in the House of Representatives. 2. Curtin was member for Fremantle 1928-31. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Buchan's 6,782 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cardell-Oliver + 4,162 61.4 23,923 48.9 CURTIN 2,620 38.6 24,951 51.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,782 48,874 01.1 06.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Curtin (1885-1945): Elected 1928, 1929. Defeated 1931. Elected 1934 Leader of the Opposition from 1 October 1935 Leader of the Australian Labor Party from 1 October 1935 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Curtin was elected leader of the ALP following the resignation of Scullin. He defeated Frank Forde, the Deputy Leader, by one vote. His accession to the leadership was mainly due to the fact that he (unlike Forde) had opposed the Premiers' Plan in 1931 (Sydney Morning Herald 2 October 1935). His election led directly to the reunification of the federal ALP and the NSW Branch in March 1936. -------------------------------------------------------------------- KALGOORLIE, WA ==================================================================== Outback Western Australia: Geraldton, Irwin, Kalgoorlie, Yilgarn -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: ALP over Country Party 09.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,238 +19.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Albert GREEN * ALP Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Albert Ernest Green (1869-1940): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PERTH, WA ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: East Perth, Maylands, North Perth, Subiaco -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 10.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,422 +08.2 Votes cast: 41,859 92.2 +00.9 Informal votes: 1,667 04.0 -00.6 Formal votes: 40,192 96.0 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Carlyle Ferguson 3,015 07.5 Herbert Graham ALP 13,737 34.2 -05.3 Thomas Hartrey 6,713 16.7 Walter Nairn * UAP 16,727 41.6 -18.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,192 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Ferguson was an independent Liberal candidate. 2. Graham was WA MLA for East Perth 1943-62, Balcatta 1962-73. 3. Hartrey was WA MLA for Boulder-Dundas 1971-77. He was a Western Australian Nationalist candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Ferguson's 3,015 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Graham 1,776 58.9 15,513 38.6 Hartrey 525 17.4 7,238 18.0 Nairn * 714 23.7 17,441 43.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,015 40,192 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Hartrey's 7,238 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Graham 1,858 25.7 17,371 43.2 NAIRN * 5,380 74.3 22,821 56.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,238 40,192 06.8 03.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Maxwell Nairn (1878-1958): Elected 1929, 1931, 1934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SWAN, WA ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Canning, Guildford, Northam, Swan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 13.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 58,436 +08.0 Votes cast: 52,953 90.6 -01.9 Informal votes: 2,139 04.0 -00.3 Formal votes: 50,814 96.0 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry GREGORY * CP 32,101 63.2 +08.5 Frederick Law ALP 18,713 36.8 +07.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 50,814 13.2 00.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Gregory (1860-1940): Elected 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934 --------------------------------------------------------------------