COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 23 OCTOBER 1937 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== WESTERN AUSTRALIA ==================================================================== FORREST, WA ==================================================================== Southern Western Australia: Albany, Collie, Nelson, Williams -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1934 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 13.8 e Effect of 1937 redistribution: no change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 46,170 +01.6 Votes cast: 43,477 94.2 +02.2 Informal votes: 1,430 03.3 -00.5 Formal votes: 42,047 96.7 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ernest Hoar ALP 19,153 45.6 +17.0 John PROWSE * CP 22,894 54.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,047 04.4 09.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Hoar was WA MLA for Nelson 1943-57. 2. The Country Party vote of 54.4% was a decrease of 5.7% from the 60.1% polled by two Country Party candidates in 1934. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Henry Prowse (1871-1944): Elected 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937 -------------------------------------------------------------------- FREMANTLE, WA ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Claremont, Fremantle, Leederville, South Perth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1934 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 01.1 Effect of 1937 redistribution: 01.5 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over UAP 02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 58,434 +09.1 Votes cast: 55,313 94.7 +00.8 Informal votes: 1,827 03.3 +00.4 Formal votes: 53,486 96.7 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John CURTIN * ALP 29,548 55.2 +09.5 Eric Isaachsen UAP 21,857 40.9 +00.5 Henry Wright 2,081 03.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 53,486 07.2 e 04.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Curtin (1885-1945): Elected 1928, 1929. Defeated 1931. Elected 1934, 1937 Leader of the Opposition Leader of the Australian Labor Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- KALGOORLIE, WA ==================================================================== Outback Western Australia: Boulder, Geraldton, Hannans, Kalgoorlie -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1934 majority: none (ALP unopposed) Effect of 1937 redistribution: cannot be calculated -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,248 +07.9 Votes cast: 36,463 88.4 Informal votes: 1,457 04.0 Formal votes: 35,006 96.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Albert GREEN * ALP 25,771 73.6 Stephen Kellow UAP 9,235 26.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 35,006 23.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Albert Ernest Green (1869-1940): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PERTH, WA ==================================================================== Inner Perth: Maylands, Nedlands, North Perth, Subiaco -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1934 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 06.8 Effect of 1937 redistribution: 00.6 shift to UAP New notional majority: UAP over ALP 07.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 58,765 +29.4 Votes cast: 54,991 93.6 +01.4 Informal votes: 1,980 03.6 -00.4 Formal votes: 53,011 96.4 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Burke ALP 18,091 34.1 +00.1 Vivian James 3,085 05.8 Walter Nairn * UAP 21,800 41.1 John Simons UAP 10,035 18.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 53,011 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Burke, see Perth 1943. 2. Simons was WA MLA for East Perth 1921-22. 3. The combined UAP vote was 60.0%, an increase of 22.6% from the 37.4% polled by one UAP candidate in 1934. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: James's 3,085 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Burke 1,189 38.5 19,280 36.4 Nairn * 1,255 40.7 23,055 43.5 Simons 641 20.8 10,676 20.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 3,085 53,011 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Simons's 10,676 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Burke 1,789 16.8 21,069 39.7 NAIRN * 8,887 83.2 31,942 60.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 10,676 53,011 10.3 02.9 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Maxwell Nairn (1878-1958): Elected 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SWAN, WA ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Canning, Guildford, Northam, Swan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1934 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 13.2 Effect of 1937 redistribution: 00.8 shift to Country Party New notional majority: Country Party over ALP 14.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 50,685 -13.3 Votes cast: 46,873 92.5 +01.9 Informal votes: 1,623 03.5 -00.5 Formal votes: 45,250 96.5 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry GREGORY * CP 26,299 58.1 -05.9 John Steele ALP 18,951 41.9 +05.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,250 08.1 05.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Gregory (1860-1940): Elected 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937 --------------------------------------------------------------------