COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA FOURTEENTH PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== DARLING DOWNS, Qld ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Esk, Gatton, Toowoomba, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 19 December 1936, following the death of Hon Sir Littleton Groom -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1934 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 10.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 51,519 +01.0 Votes cast: 47,491 92.2 -04.6 Informal votes: 1,472 03.1 +01.1 Formal votes: 46,019 96.9 -01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Annand + UAP 8,725 19.0 -41.8 Leslie Boyce 5,809 12.6 John Buchanan ALP 13,321 29.0 -10.2 Arthur Fadden CP 15,235 33.1 Denis Hannay 2,929 06.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 46,019 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Annand was Qld MLA for Toowoomba 1929-32, East Toowoomba 1934-35. 2. Boyce was a Conservative candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Hannay's 2,929 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Annand + 502 17.1 9,227 20.1 Boyce 522 17.8 6,331 13.8 Buchanan 1,042 35.6 14,363 31.2 Fadden 863 29.5 16,098 35.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,929 46,019 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Boyce's 6,331 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Annand + 3,139 49.6 12,366 26.9 Buchanan 1,051 16.6 15,414 33.5 Fadden 2,141 33.8 18,239 39.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,331 46,019 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Annand's 12,366 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Buchanan 4,225 34.2 19,639 42.7 FADDEN 8,141 65.8 26,380 57.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,366 46,019 07.3 03.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Country Party majority over the ALP is compared with the UAP majority over the ALP at the general election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur William Fadden (1895-1973): Elected 1936 By Born: 13 April 1895, Ingham, Queensland. Career: Primary education. Clerk, later studied accountancy. Town Clerk, Mackay. Successful chartered accountant. Townsville City Council. State politics: Qld MLA for Kennedy 1932-35. --------------------------------------------------------------------