COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA FIFTEENTH PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== WILMOT, Tas ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Deloraine, Evandale, Latrobe, Longford -------------------------------------------------------------------- 27 May 1939, following the death of Rt Hon Joseph Lyons -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 05.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 25,275 -00.8 Votes cast: 23,360 92.4 -01.9 Informal votes: 915 03.9 +00.7 Formal votes: 22,445 96.1 -00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald Cameron + UAP 2,657 11.8 Hon Allan Guy + UAP 6,673 29.7 Cecil Parsons + UAP 1,823 08.1 Lancelot Spurr ALP 6,568 29.3 John Watson 799 03.6 Maurice Weston ALP 3,925 17.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 22,445 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Cameron was Tas MHA for Wilmot 1934-37. 2. Guy was member for Bass 1929-34. 3. The combined UAP vote was 49.6%, a decrease of 3.6% from the 53.2% polled by one UAP candidate in 1937. 4. The combined ALP vote was 46.8%, the same vote as polled by two ALP candidates in 1937. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Watson's 799 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cameron + 82 10.3 2,739 12.2 Guy + 135 16.9 6,808 30.3 Parsons + 68 08.5 1,891 08.4 Spurr 265 33.2 6,833 30.4 Weston 249 31.2 4,174 18.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 799 22,445 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Parsons's 1,891 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cameron + 623 32.9 3,362 15.0 Guy + 1,104 58.4 7,912 35.3 Spurr 99 05.2 6,932 30.9 Weston 65 03.4 4,239 18.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 1,891 22,445 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Cameron's 3,362 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Guy + 3,040 90.4 10,952 48.8 Spurr 206 06.1 7,138 31.8 Weston 116 03.5 4,355 19.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 3,362 22,445 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Weston's 4,355 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Guy + 236 05.4 11,188 49.8 SPURR 4,119 94.6 11,257 50.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 4,355 22,445 00.2 05.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lancelot Thomas Spurr (1897-1965): Elected 1939 By Born: 17 March 1897, Deloraine, Tasmania. Career: Educated Catholic schools. Draper and travelling salesman. --------------------------------------------------------------------