COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA FIFTEENTH PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== CORIO, Vic ==================================================================== South-western Victoria: Essendon North, Geelong, Newtown, Sunshine -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 March 1940, following the resignation of Hon Richard Casey -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 06.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 54,942 Votes cast: 51,252 93.3 Informal votes: 786 01.5 Formal votes: 50,466 98.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John DEDMAN ALP 26,122 51.8 +08.3 Dr Gerald O'Day CPA 1,466 02.9 James Smith UAP 22,878 45.3 -11.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 50,466 04.4 e 10.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Smith was Vic MLA for Oakleigh 1932-37. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Johnstone Dedman (1896-1973): Elected 1940 By Born: 2 June 1896, Scotland. Career: Educated Scotland, University of Edinburgh. Military Service 1915-20. Migrated 1922. Dairy farmer, Launching Place, Victoria. Worked Forestry Department, studied University of Melbourne. Official, Australian Workers Union. --------------------------------------------------------------------