COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 21 SEPTEMBER 1940 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== QUEENSLAND ==================================================================== BRISBANE, Qld ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Ithaca, Kelvin Grove, Merthyr, Toowong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 03.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 60,348 -01.6 Votes cast: 55,925 92.7 -01.9 Informal votes: 1,396 02.5 -01.0 Formal votes: 54,529 97.5 +01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Fletcher UAP 27,055 49.6 +05.3 George LAWSON * ALP 27,474 50.4 -01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 54,529 00.4 03.2 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fletcher was Qld MLA for Port Curtis 1920-23. -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Lawson (1881-1966): Elected 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940 Minister for Transport from 7 October 1941 Minister assisting the Postmaster-General from 7 October 1941 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CAPRICORNIA, Qld ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Bundaberg, Fitzroy, Gladstone, Rockhampton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 two-party majority: ALP over Country Party 06.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 60,508 +06.1 Votes cast: 57,274 94.7 -01.5 Informal votes: 733 01.3 -00.2 Formal votes: 56,541 98.7 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Frank FORDE * ALP 33,211 58.7 +08.3 Edwin Hiskens CP 23,330 41.3 +03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 56,541 08.7 02.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Michael Forde (1890-1983): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940 Minister for the Army from 7 October 1941 Deputy Leader of the Opposition to 7 October 1941 Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- DARLING DOWNS, Qld ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Esk, Gatton, Toowoomba, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 13.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 52,961 +00.7 Votes cast: 51,356 97.0 -00.7 Informal votes: 675 01.3 -00.2 Formal votes: 50,681 98.7 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Leslie Bailey ALP 21,316 42.1 +08.0 Hon Arthur FADDEN * CP 29,365 57.9 -02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 50,681 07.9 05.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur William Fadden (1895-1973): Elected 1936 By, 1937, 1940 Minister for Air to 28 October 1940 Minister for Civil Aviation to 28 October 1940 Treasurer 28 October 1940 to 7 October 1941 Prime Minister 29 August 1941 to 7 October 1941 Leader of the Opposition from 7 October 1941 Deputy Leader of the Country Party 28 October 1940 to 12 March 1941 Acting Leader of the Country Party 28 October 1940 to 12 March 1941 Leader of the Country Party from 12 March 1941 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fadden was chosen as Acting Leader of the Country Party after the resignation of Cameron, when a ballot of Country Party MPs was deadlocked between Page and McEwen. He was later confirmed as Leader. He was chosen to succeed Menzies as Prime Minister by a joint meeting of UAP and Country Party members. He resigned when he was defeated in the House by a combination of the ALP and the two independent members, Coles and Wilson. -------------------------------------------------------------------- GRIFFITH, Qld ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Bulimba, Coorparoo, Kurilpa, Maree -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 00.3 1939 by-election two-party majority: ALP over UAP 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 64,039 +05.0 Votes cast: 61,755 96.4 -01.0 Informal votes: 1,347 02.2 +00.6 Formal votes: 60,408 97.8 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William CONELAN * ALP 30,529 50.5 +02.2 Peter McCowan UAP 29,879 49.5 +08.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 60,408 00.5 00.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Patrick Conelan (1893-1983): Elected 1939 By, 1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HERBERT, Qld ==================================================================== North Queensland: Ayr, Mackay, Mirani, Townsville -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 two-party majority: ALP over Country Party 16.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 68,348 +03.8 Votes cast: 63,072 92.3 -02.1 Informal votes: 2,365 03.7 -01.2 Formal votes: 60,707 96.3 +01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Louis Haydon 3,346 05.5 Thomas Mann CP 21,545 35.5 +06.3 George Martens * ALP 24,712 40.7 -02.9 Frederick Paterson 11,104 18.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 60,707 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Haydon was an independent Returned Services candidate. 2. Paterson was Qld MLA for Bowen 1944-50. He was a member of the Communist Party, which was illegal 1939-42. He was the only Communist ever elected to an Australian parliament. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Haydon's 3,346 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mann 2,673 79.9 24,218 39.9 Martens * 389 11.6 25,101 41.3 Paterson 284 08.5 11,388 18.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,346 60,707 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Paterson's 11,388 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mann 2,228 19.6 26,446 43.6 MARTENS * 9,160 80.4 34,261 56.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,388 60,707 06.4 10.0 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- George William Martens (1874-1949): Elected 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KENNEDY, Qld ==================================================================== North Queensland: Atherton, Cairns, Charters Towers, Gordonvale -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 two-party majority: ALP over Country Party 16.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 54,010 +00.8 Votes cast: 47,903 88.7 -02.6 Informal votes: 1,209 02.5 -00.5 Formal votes: 46,694 97.5 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William RIORDAN * ALP 29,988 64.2 +00.2 Wilfred Simmonds CP 16,706 35.8 +04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 46,694 14.2 02.2 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Simmonds, see Senate Queensland 1949. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William James Frederick Riordan (1908-73): Elected 1936 By, 1937, 1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- LILLEY, Qld ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Enoggera, Nundah, Sandgate, Toombul -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 10.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 64,386 +08.1 Votes cast: 61,731 95.9 -01.4 Informal votes: 1,399 02.3 -00.7 Formal votes: 60,332 97.7 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William JOLLY * UAP 35,047 58.1 +01.5 Gordon Lovell ALP 23,485 38.9 +00.9 Charles Mitchell 1,800 03.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 60,332 09.6 e 00.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Alfred Jolly (1882-1955): Elected 1937, 1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MARANOA, Qld ==================================================================== South-west Queensland: Dalby, Gayndah, Nanango, Stanthorpe -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 04.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 56,788 +01.2 Votes cast: 51,304 90.3 -03.0 Informal votes: 939 01.8 00.0 Formal votes: 50,365 98.2 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Baker ALP 24,105 47.9 +06.5 Henry Madden 3,808 07.6 Robert McGeoch + CP 22,452 44.6 -03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 50,365 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Madden's 3,808 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BAKER 1,882 49.4 25,987 51.6 McGeoch + 1,926 50.6 24,378 48.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,808 50,365 01.6 05.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Patrick Baker (1873-1959): Elected 1940 Born: 30 May 1873, Leyburn, Queensland. Career: Educated private schools. Teacher in Queensland state schools for 30 years. Inspector of schools. Father of Francis Matthew John Baker MP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- F M J Baker was member for Oxley 1931-34 and for Griffith 1934-39. Of the many pairs of fathers and sons elected the House, this is the only case in which the father was elected after the son. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MORETON, Qld ==================================================================== South of Brisbane: Ipswich, Sherwood, Southport, Wynnum -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 09.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 65,213 +05.0 Votes cast: 62,471 95.8 -01.9 Informal votes: 1,268 02.0 -00.2 Formal votes: 61,203 98.0 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Josiah FRANCIS * UAP 36,265 59.3 +04.0 Henry Herbert ALP 24,938 40.7 +03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 61,203 09.3 00.2 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Josiah Francis (1890-1964): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WIDE BAY, Qld ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Gympie, Maryborough, North Pine, Widgee -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 majority: Country Party over SC 00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 56,083 +02.3 Votes cast: 53,123 94.7 +00.8 Informal votes: 825 01.5 -00.3 Formal votes: 52,298 98.5 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bernard CORSER * CP 28,693 54.9 +17.1 John Rex 8,300 15.9 Samuel Round ALP 15,305 29.3 +06.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 52,298 08.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rex was a Protestant Labor candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bernard Henry Corser (1882-1967): Elected 1928 By, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940 --------------------------------------------------------------------