COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 23 OCTOBER 1937 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== TASMANIA ==================================================================== BASS, Tas ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Launceston, Ringarooma, Scottsdale, St Leonards -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1934 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 26,517 +03.3 Votes cast: 25,576 96.5 +00.3 Informal votes: 612 02.4 -01.2 Formal votes: 24,964 97.6 +01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Claude BARNARD * ALP 12,583 50.4 +22.8 Hon Allan Guy UAP 9,760 39.1 -02.4 John Watson 2,621 10.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 24,964 05.7 e 05.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Guy was member for Bass 1929-34. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Herbert Claude Barnard (1890-1957): Elected 1934, 1937 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DARWIN, Tas ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Circular Head, Devonport, Emu Bay, Leven -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1934 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 04.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 27,540 +04.6 Votes cast: 26,386 95.8 +00.6 Informal votes: 559 02.1 -00.5 Formal votes: 25,827 97.9 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon George BELL * UAP 13,557 52.5 -01.9 Edwin Brown ALP 12,270 47.5 +01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 25,827 02.5 01.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- George John Bell (1872-1944): Elected 1919. Defeated 1922. Elected 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937 Speaker of the House of Representatives -------------------------------------------------------------------- DENISON, Tas ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Hobart North, New Town, Queenborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1934 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 26,575 +04.4 Votes cast: 25,601 96.3 +01.1 Informal votes: 1,067 04.2 -02.6 Formal votes: 24,534 95.8 +02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Maxwell Hickman 2,159 08.8 John McPhee UAP 10,123 41.3 -00.7 Gerald Mahoney * ALP 11,652 47.5 Athol Smith DSC 600 02.4 -06.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 24,534 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Hickman was an independent Labor candidate. 2. McPhee was Tas MHA for Denison 1919-34, Franklin 1941-46. 3. The ALP vote of 47.5% was a decrease of 1.7% from the 49.2% polled by four ALP candidates in 1934. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Smith's 600 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hickman 208 34.7 2,367 09.6 McPhee 118 19.7 10,241 41.7 Mahoney * 274 45.7 11,926 48.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 600 24,534 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Hickman's 2,367 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McPhee 1,075 45.4 11,316 46.1 MAHONEY * 1,292 54.6 13,218 53.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 2,367 24,534 03.9 03.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gerald William Mahoney (1892-1955): Elected 1934, 1937 -------------------------------------------------------------------- FRANKLIN, Tas ==================================================================== Southern Tasmania: Kingborough, Moonah, Nelson, New Norfolk -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1934 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 27,913 +03.0 Votes cast: 27,080 97.0 +00.5 Informal votes: 599 02.2 -01.6 Formal votes: 26,481 97.8 +01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles FROST * ALP 15,348 58.0 +14.9 Hugh Warner UAP 11,133 42.0 +02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 26,481 08.0 05.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles William Frost (1881-1964): Elected 1929 By. Defeated 1931. Elected 1934, 1937 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WILMOT, Tas ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Deloraine, Evandale, Latrobe, Longford -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1934 majority: UAP over SC 09.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 25,491 +03.2 Votes cast: 24,036 94.3 -00.2 Informal votes: 776 03.2 -00.6 Formal votes: 23,260 96.8 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rt Hon Joseph LYONS * UAP 12,365 53.2 -04.3 Lancelot Spurr ALP 6,384 27.4 Maurice Weston ALP 4,511 19.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 23,260 05.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The combined ALP vote was 46.8%. 2. For Spurr, see Wilmot by-election 1939 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Aloysius Lyons (1867-1939): Elected 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937 Prime Minister to 7 April 1939 Treasurer to 7 April 1939 Vice-President of the Executive Council to 29 November 1937 Minister for Defence 20 November 1937 to 29 November 1937 Leader of the United Australia Party to 7 April 1939 Died 7 April 1939 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lyons suffered a heart attack while driving from Canberra to Sydney and died in hospital shortly after. He was the first Prime Minister to die in office. --------------------------------------------------------------------