COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 21 SEPTEMBER 1940 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== WESTERN AUSTRALIA ==================================================================== FORREST, WA ==================================================================== Southern Western Australia: Albany, Collie, Nelson, Williams -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 04.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 48,338 +04.7 Votes cast: 45,504 94.1 -00.1 Informal votes: 1,053 02.3 -01.0 Formal votes: 44,451 97.7 +01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Vane Green ALP 19,832 44.6 -01.0 John PROWSE * CP 24,619 55.4 +01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,451 05.4 01.0 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Henry Prowse (1871-1944): Elected 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- FREMANTLE, WA ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Claremont, Fremantle, Leederville, South Perth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 07.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 61,681 +17.5 Votes cast: 58,416 94.7 00.0 Informal votes: 1,499 02.6 -00.7 Formal votes: 56,917 97.4 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Guildford Clarke 3,344 05.9 John Curtin * ALP 27,299 48.0 -07.2 Frederick Lee UAP 26,274 46.2 +05.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 56,917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Clarke's 3,344 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CURTIN * 1,480 44.3 28,779 50.6 Lee 1,864 55.7 28,138 49.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,344 56,917 00.6 06.6 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Curtin (1885-1945): Elected 1928, 1929. Defeated 1931. Elected 1934, 1937, 1940 Prime Minister from 7 October 1941 Minister for Defence Co-ordination 7 October 1941 to 14 April 1942 Minister for Defence from 14 April 1942 Leader of the Opposition to 7 October 1941 Leader of the Australian Labor Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Curtin's near-defeat was attributed to his absence from his seat while he campaigned in the eastern states, and to his opposition to the formation of a wartime all-party "national government" (West Australian, 23 September 1940). 2. Curtin formed a minority government following the defeat of the Fadden Government's budget in the House of Representatives. He was promised the support of the two independents, Coles and Wilson. -------------------------------------------------------------------- KALGOORLIE, WA ==================================================================== Outback Western Australia: Boulder, Geraldton, Hannans, Kalgoorlie -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 23.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,900 +04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Albert GREEN * ALP Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Albert Ernest Green (1869-1940): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940 Died 2 October 1940 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- PERTH, WA ==================================================================== Inner Perth: Maylands, Nedlands, North Perth, Subiaco -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 10.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 60,138 +02.3 Votes cast: 56,207 93.5 -00.1 Informal votes: 1,738 03.1 -00.5 Formal votes: 54,469 97.9 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Bolitho 3,326 06.1 Gavan McMillan ALP 17,144 31.5 -02.6 Walter NAIRN * UAP 33,999 62.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 54,469 14.5 e 04.2 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The UAP vote of 62.4% was an increase of 2.4% from the 60.0% polled by two UAP candidates in 1937. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Maxwell Nairn (1878-1958): Elected 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940 Speaker of the House of Representatives 20 November 1940 to 21 June 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SWAN, WA ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Canning, Guildford, Northam, Swan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 08.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 52,798 +04.2 Votes cast: 48,807 92.4 -00.1 Informal votes: 2,073 04.2 -00.7 Formal votes: 46,734 95.8 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Claude Barker 7,758 16.6 James Dinan ALP 13,193 28.2 -13.7 Henry Gregory * CP 15,997 34.2 Thomas Marwick CP 8,800 18.8 John Tregenza 986 02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 46,734 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Barker was WA MLA for Irwin-Moore 1939. 2. For Marwick, See Swan 1941 by-election. 3. The combined Country Party vote was 53.0%, an increase of 5.1% from the 58.1% polled by one Country Party candidate in 1937. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Tregenza's 986 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Barker 141 14.3 7,899 16.9 Dinan 106 10.8 13,299 28.5 Gregory * 267 27.1 16,264 34.8 Marwick 472 47.9 9,272 19.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 986 46,734 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Barker's 7,899 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dinan 5,117 64.8 18,416 39.4 Gregory * 1,566 (19.8 17,830 38.2 Marwick 1,216 15.4 10,488 22.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,899 46,734 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Marwick's 10,488 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dinan 1,463 13.9 19,879 42.5 GREGORY * 9,025 86.1 26,855 57.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,488 46,734 07.5 00.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Gregory (1860-1940): Elected 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940 Died 15 November 1940 (see By-elections) --------------------------------------------------------------------