COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 21 SEPTEMBER 1940 ==================================================================== THE SENATE ==================================================================== NEW SOUTH WALES (Three senators to be elected) ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 1,667,194 +04.4 Votes cast: 1,575,949 94.5 -02.1 Informal votes: 183,015 11.6 +02.7 Formal votes: 1,392,934 88.4 -02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stanley Allen ALPNC 263,096 18.9 Group A John Kerin ALPNC 5,503 00.4 James Walker ALPNC 6,262 00.4 Edwin Barker SL 65,096 04.7 Group B Clarence Campbell SL 3,262 00.2 Albert Crowe SL 1,733 00.1 Peter Pollack 7,399 00.5 Group C William Hulks 803 00.1 Wilbred Taylor 1,334 00.1 William Ashley * ALP 404,247 29.0 Group D James Arnold ALP 4,006 00.3 William Large ALP 4,736 00.3 Adam Dein * UAP 542,859 39.0 Group E Macartney Abbott * CP 27,801 02.0 James Patrick UAP 33,800 02.4 Adela Walsh 3,962 00.3 Stanley White 1,699 00.1 Lance Sharkey 11,010 00.8 Harry Bohland 514 00.0 William Adkins 582 00.0 John O'Carroll 3,230 00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,392,934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The high informal vote was attributed to the increased number of candidates, the presence of three groups claiming to be "Labor", and a change to the design of Senate ballot papers (The Sun, 15 September 1940). 2. Sharkey was the General Secretary of the Communist Party, which was illegal 1939-42. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st vacancy, 2nd count: Bohland's 514 votes, Adkins's 582 votes, Hulks's 803 votes, Taylor's 1,334 votes, White's 1,699 votes, Crowe's 1,733 votes, O'Carroll's 3,230 votes Campbell's 3,262 votes, Walsh's 3,962 votes, Arnold's 4,006 votes, Large's 4,736 votes, Kerin's 5,503 votes, Walker's 6,262 votes, Pollack's 7,399 votes, Sharkey's 11,010 votes, Abbott's 27,801 votes, Patrick's 33,800 and Barker's 65,096 votes distributed total 182,732) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nicholls 88 00.0 32,866 00.7 Allen 42,501 23.3 305,597 21.9 Ashley * 73,294 40.1 477,541 34.3 Dein * 66,937 36.6 609,796 43.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 182,732 1,392,934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- All candidates who could not be elected were eliminated in the second count for each vacancy and their preferences distributed among the candidates who could be elected. Thus, only Dein, Ashley and Allen were capable of winning the first vacancy: Barker, the fourth-highest candidate on primary votes, could not have overtaken Allen even if he had received every preference from the candidates who received fewer votes than he did. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st vacancy, 3rd count: Allen's 305,597 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ASHLEY * 292,325 95.7 769,866 55.3 ELECTED 1 Dein * 13,272 04.3 623,068 44.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 305,597 1,392,934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd vacancy: Ashley's 404,247 second preferences distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Allen 1,149 00.3 264,245 19.0 Kerin 197 00.0 5,700 00.4 Walker 93 00.0 6,355 00.5 Barker 162 00.0 65,258 04.7 Campbell 119 00.0 3,381 00.2 Crowe 66 00.0 1,799 00.1 Pollack 274 00.1 7,673 00.6 Hulks 167 00.0 970 00.1 Taylor 101 00.0 1,435 00.1 ASHLEY * E ELECTED 1 Arnold 398,666 98.6 402,672 28.9 Large 1,344 00.3 6,080 00.4 Dein * 729 00.2 543,588 39.0 Abbott * 646 00.2 28,447 02.0 Patrick 326 00.1 34,126 02.4 Walsh 62 00.0 4,024 00.3 White 13 00.0 1,712 00.1 Sharkey 74 00.0 11,084 00.8 Bohland 4 00.0 518 00.0 Adkins 11 00.0 593 00.0 O'Carroll 44 00.0 3,274 00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 404,247 1,392,934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd vacancy, 2nd count: Bohland's 518 votes, Adkins's 593 votes, Hulks's 970 votes, Taylor's 1,435 votes, White's 1,712 votes, Crowe's 1,799 votes, O'Carroll's 3,274 votes Campbell's 3,381 votes, Walsh's 4,024 votes, Kerin's 5,700 votes, Large's 6,080 votes, Walker's 6,355 votes, Pollack's 7,673 votes, Sharkey's 11,084 votes, Abbott's 28,447 votes, Patrick's 34,126 votes and Barker's 65,258 votes distributed (total 182,429) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Allen 43,376 23.8 307,621 22.1 ASHLEY * E ELECTED 1 Arnold 71,373 39.1 474,045 34.0 Dein * 67,680 37.1 611,268 43.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 182,429 1,392,934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd vacancy, 3rd count: Allen's 307,621 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ASHLEY * E ELECTED 1 ARNOLD 292,436 95.1 766,481 55.0 ELECTED 2 Dein * 15,185 04.9 626,453 45.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 307,621 1,392,934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd vacancy: Ashley's 404,247 second preferences distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Allen 1,428 00.4 264,524 19.0 Kerin 222 00.1 5,725 00.4 Walker 119 00.0 6,381 00.5 Barker 207 00.1 65,303 04.7 Campbell 136 00.0 3,398 00.2 Crowe 89 00.0 1,822 00.1 Pollack 346 00.1 7,745 00.6 Hulks 203 00.1 1,006 00.1 Taylor 146 00.0 1,480 00.1 ASHLEY * E ELECTED 1 ARNOLD E 4,006 00.3 ELECTED 2 Large 398,824 98.7 403,560 29.0 Dein * 937 00.2 543,796 39.0 Abbott * 838 00.2 28,639 02.1 Patrick 470 00.1 34,270 02.5 Walsh 77 00.0 4,039 00.3 White 17 00.0 1,716 00.1 Sharkey 100 00.0 11,110 00.8 Bohland 5 00.0 519 00.0 Adkins 20 00.0 602 00.0 O'Carroll 63 00.0 3,293 00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 404,247 1,392,934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd vacancy: Arnold's 4,006 second preferences distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Allen 216 05.4 264,740 19.0 Kerin 25 00.6 5,750 00.4 Walker 28 00.7 6,409 00.5 Barker 34 00.8 65,337 04.7 Campbell 41 01.0 3,439 00.2 Crowe 14 00.3 1,836 00.1 Pollack 88 02.2 7,833 00.6 Hulks 59 01.5 1,065 00.1 Taylor 58 01.4 1,538 00.1 ASHLEY * E ELECTED 1 ARNOLD E ELECTED 2 Large 2,949 73.6 406,509 29.2 Dein * 170 04.2 543,966 39.1 Abbott * 226 05.6 28,865 02.1 Patrick 68 01.7 34,338 02.5 Walsh 9 00.2 4,048 00.3 White 4 00.1 1,720 00.1 Sharkey 5 00.1 11,115 00.8 Bohland 1 00.0 520 00.0 Adkins 2 00.0 604 00.0 O'Carroll 9 00.2 3,302 00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,006 1,392,934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd vacancy, 2nd count: Bohland's 520 votes, Adkins's 604 votes, Hulks's 1,065 votes, Taylor's 1,538 votes, White's 1,720 votes, Crowe's 1,836 votes, O'Carroll's 3,302 votes Campbell's 3,439 votes, Walsh's 4,048 votes, Kerin's 5,750 votes, Walker's 6,409 votes, Pollack's 7,833 votes, Sharkey's 11,115 votes, Abbott's 28,865 votes, Patrick's 34,338 votes and Barker's 65,337 votes distributed (total 177,719) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Allen 43,661 24.6 308,401 22.1 ASHLEY * E ELECTED 1 ARNOLD E ELECTED 2 Large 65,834 37.0 472,343 33.9 Dein * 68,224 38.4 612,190 43.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 177,719 1,392,934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd vacancy, 3rd count: Allen's 308,401 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ASHLEY * E ELECTED 1 ARNOLD E ELECTED 2 LARGE 291,008 94.4 763,351 54.8 ELECTED 3 Dein * 17,393 05.6 629,583 45.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 308,401 1,392,934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Senators' terms began 1 July 1941. Arnold, Ashley and Large elected for a term ending 30 June 1947. Continuing senators (term to end 30 June 1944): Stanley ARMOUR (ALP), John ARMSTRONG (ALP), Thomas ARTHUR (ALP). -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Macartney Abbott (1877-1960): Elected 1934. Defeated 1940 Died 30 November 1960 > Stanley Kerrin Amour (1900-79): Elected 1937 > John Ignatius Armstrong (1908-77): Elected 1937 > James Jarvist Arnold (1902-67): Elected 1940 Born: 12 April 1902, Wallaroo, South Australia Career: Educated Christian Brothers College, Adelaide. Railway worker, firefighter, South Australia. To Newcastle, NSW, qualified as accountant. > Thomas Christopher Arthur (1884-1953): Elected 1937 > William Patrick Ashley (1886-1958): Elected 1937 Postmaster-General from 7 October 1941 > Adam Kemball Dein (1889-1969): Elected 1934. Defeated 1940 Died 9 May 1969 > William James Large (1878-1964): Elected 1940 Born: 28 March 1878, Kent, England. Career: Educated St Botolph's School, Northfield, England. Migrated as young man. Public servant, NSW Department of Labour. Official, Amalgamated Engineering Union. Importer and company director. --------------------------------------------------------------------