COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA SIXTEENTH PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== KALGOORLIE, WA ==================================================================== Outback Western Australia: Boulder, Geraldton, Hannans, Kalgoorlie -------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 November 1940, following the death of Hon Albert Green -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 majority: none (ALP unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,962 +02.5 Votes cast: 36,038 82.0 Informal votes: 567 01.6 Formal votes: 35,471 98.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Carlyle Ferguson UAP 1,140 03.2 Benjamin Finlay 1,721 04.9 Victor JOHNSON + ALP 18,228 51.4 Frederick Lee UAP 14,382 40.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 35,471 04.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- The combined UAP vote was 43.7% -------------------------------------------------------------------- Herbert Victor Johnson (1889-1962): Elected 1940 Born: 25 October 1889, Northampton, Western Australia. Career: Educated Catholic schools. Stationhand, shearer. Organiser, Australian Workers Union 1916-35. State Secretary 1935-43. --------------------------------------------------------------------