COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 21 SEPTEMBER 1940 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== SOUTH AUSTRALIA ==================================================================== ADELAIDE, SA ==================================================================== Inner Adelaide: East Adelaide, Norwood, Prospect, St Peters -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 65,174 -00.1 Votes cast: 61,926 95.0 -01.5 Informal votes: 3,090 05.0 -01.7 Formal votes: 58,836 95.0 +01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Raymond Davis 4,906 08.3 Edgar Dawes ALP 19,950 33.9 Bert Edwards 4,587 07.8 Fred Stacey * UAP 29,393 50.0 +04.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 58,836 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Davis was an independent Labor candidate. 2. Dawes was SA MHA for Sturt 1930-33. 3. Edwards was SA MHA for Adelaide 1917-31. He was an independent Labor candidate. In 1931 he had been convicted and imprisoned for homosexual offences. 4. The ALP vote of 33.9% was a decrease of 20.8% from the 54.7% polled by three ALP candidates in 1937. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Edwards's 4,587 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Davis 1,674 36.5 6,580 11.2 Dawes 1,789 39.0 21,739 36.9 STACEY * 1,124 24.5 30,517 51.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,587 58,836 04.7 e 00.7 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fred Hurtle Stacey (1879-1964): Elected 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stacey joined the "National Service" group under the leadership of Menzies on 1 April 1943. -------------------------------------------------------------------- BARKER, SA ==================================================================== South-east South Australia: Glenelg, Mt Barker, Mt Gambier, Murray Bridge -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 majority: Country Party over Independent 13.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 63,503 +04.9 Votes cast: 60,955 96.0 -00.9 Informal votes: 1,861 03.1 -01.5 Formal votes: 59,094 96.9 +01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Archie CAMERON * CP 34,649 58.6 -05.0 Charles Lloyd 8,659 14.7 Cecil Skitch ALP 15,786 26.7 -09.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 59,094 15.9 e 02.3 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Archie Galbraith Cameron (1895-1956): Elected 1934, 1937, 1940 Minister for the Navy to 28 October 1940 Minister for Commerce to 28 October 1940 Leader of the Country Party to 16 October 1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- After losing the Country Party leadership in a post-election ballot, Cameron left the parliamentary Country Party and sat with the UAP. He joined the "National Service" group under the leadership of Menzies. -------------------------------------------------------------------- BOOTHBY, SA ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Burnside, Edwardstown, Mitcham, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 09.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 70,663 +06.0 Votes cast: 67,108 95.0 -01.4 Informal votes: 2,279 03.4 -02.6 Formal votes: 64,829 96.6 +02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Adey 9,479 14.6 John PRICE * UAP 37,219 57.4 +05.5 Edwin Yates ALP 18,131 28.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 64,829 15.2 e 05.0 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Yates was member for Adelaide 1914-19 and 1922-31. 2. The ALP vote of 28.0% was a decrease of 5.0% from the 33.0% polled by two ALP candidates in 1937. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Lloyd Price (1882-1941): Elected 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940 Died 23 April 1941 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- GREY, SA ==================================================================== Outback South Australia: Port Lincoln, Port Pirie, Wallaroo, Whyalla -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 07.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 52,010 +04.3 Votes cast: 50,231 96.6 -00.6 Informal votes: 1,580 03.1 -01.1 Formal votes: 48,651 96.9 +01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Albert BADMAN * CP 25,683 52.8 +00.8 Charles Davis ALP 18,178 37.4 -00.4 Percy McFarlane 4,790 09.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 48,651 07.7 e 00.6 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Davis was SA MHA for Port Pirie 1946-59. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Albert Oliver Badman (1885-1977): Elected 1937, 1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HINDMARSH, SA ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Hindmarsh, Port Adelaide, Semaphore, Thebarton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 20.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 69,033 +05.1 Votes cast: 66,006 95.6 -01.5 Informal votes: 2,530 03.8 -00.4 Formal votes: 63,476 96.2 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Harry Hatwell UAP 21,758 34.3 +05.0 Hon Norman MAKIN * ALP 41,718 65.7 -05.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 63,476 15.7 05.0 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Norman John Oswald Makin (1889-1982): Elected 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940 Minister for the Navy from 7 October 1941 Minister for Munitions from 7 October 1941 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WAKEFIELD, SA ==================================================================== North-east South Australia: Angaston, Gawler, Kapunda, Renmark -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 13.4 1938 by-election two-party majority: ALP over UAP 06.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 54,820 +00.4 Votes cast: 52,774 96.3 -00.2 Informal votes: 1,547 02.9 -01.0 Formal votes: 51,227 97.1 +01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John DUNCAN-HUGHES UAP 27,357 53.4 -10.0 Sydney McHugh * ALP 23,870 46.6 +10.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 51,227 03.4 10.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Duncan-Hughes was member for Boothby 1922-28. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Sydney McHugh (1892-1952): Elected 1938 By. Defeated 1940 Later career: SA MHA for Light 1941-44. Died 21 September 1952 > John Grant Duncan-Hughes (1882-1962): Elected 1922, 1925. Defeated 1928. Elected 1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Duncan-Hughes joined the "National Service" group under the leadership of Menzies. --------------------------------------------------------------------