COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 21 AUGUST 1943 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== TASMANIA ==================================================================== BASS, Tas ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Launceston, Ringarooma, Scottsdale, St Leonards -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 04.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 27,103 +02.9 Votes cast: 26,678 98.4 +03.0 Informal votes: 1,039 03.9 +00.7 Formal votes: 25,639 96.1 -00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Claude BARNARD * ALP 13,136 51.2 +01.8 Harold Harward 440 01.7 Desmond Oldham UAP 7,085 27.6 John Orchard 4,509 17.6 John Watson 469 01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 25,639 07.3 e 03.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Orchard was Tas MHA for Bass 1948-54, Tas LC for Cornwall 1954-61, Launceston 1966-68. He was a Christian Independent (Burnie Advocate, 29 July 1943) 2. The UAP vote of 27.6% was a decrease of 17.1% from the 44.7% polled by two UAP candidates in 1940. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Herbert Claude Barnard (1890-1957): Elected 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DARWIN, Tas ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Circular Head, Devonport, Emu Bay, Leven -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 09.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 29,850 +01.8 Votes cast: 28,649 96.0 +02.0 Informal votes: 1,355 04.7 +02.1 Formal votes: 27,294 95.3 -02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Carrol Bramich ALP 3,832 14.0 Roy Harvey CPA 616 02.3 John Leary + UAP 3,104 11.4 Dame Enid Lyons + UAP 7,349 26.9 Edgar Nicholls 1,709 06.3 Eric Reece ALP 7,799 28.6 John Wright + UAP 2,885 10.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 27,294 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Bramich was Tas MHA Darwin 1946-55, Braddon 1955-64. 2. Nicholls was an independent Labor candidate. 3. Reece was Tas MHA for Darwin 1946-55, Braddon 1955-75. He was Premier of Tasmaia 1958-69 and 1972-75. 4. Wright was Tas MHA for Darwin 1940-41. 5. The combined UAP vote was 48.9%, a decrease of 10.3% from the 59.2% polled by one UAP candidate in 1940. 6. The combined ALP vote was 42.6%, an increase of 1.8% from the 40.8% polled by one ALP candidate in 1940. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Harvey's 616 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bramich 200 32.5 4,032 14.8 Leary + 45 07.3 3,149 11.5 Lyons + 41 06.7 7,390 27.1 Nicholls 105 17.0 1,814 06.6 Reece 209 33.9 8,008 29.3 Wright + 16 02.6 2,901 10.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 616 27,294 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Nicholls's 1,814 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bramich 493 27.2 4,525 16.6 Leary + 51 02.8 3,200 11.7 Lyons + 84 04.6 7,474 27.4 Reece 1,144 63.1 9,152 33.5 Wright + 42 02.3 2,943 10.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,814 27,294 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Wright's 2,943 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bramich 131 04.5 4,656 17.1 Leary + 1,487 50.5 4,687 17.2 Lyons + 1,131 38.4 8,605 31.5 Reece 194 06.6 9,346 34.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,943 27,294 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Bramich's 4,656 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Leary + 1,035 22.2 5,722 21.0 Lyons + 289 06.2 8,894 32.6 Reece 3,332 71.6 12,678 46.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,656 27,294 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Leary's 5,722 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- LYONS + 5,161 90.2 14,055 51.5 Reece 561 09.8 13,239 48.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,722 27,294 01.5 07.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enid Muriel Lyons (1897-1981): Elected 1943 Born: 9 July 1897, Duck River, Tasmania. Nee Burnell. Career: Educated Teachers Training College, Hobart. Trainee teacher, married at 17. Wife of Rt Hon Joseph Lyons MP. DBE 1937. After death of husband, broadcaster and columnist. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lyons was the first woman elected to the House of Representatives. -------------------------------------------------------------------- DENISON, Tas ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Hobart North, New Town, Queenborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 29,460 +04.3 Votes cast: 28,998 98.4 +05.4 Informal votes: 1,094 03.8 +00.5 Formal votes: 27,904 96.2 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Beck * UAP 10,803 38.7 -12.4 Hon Dr John Gaha ALP 13,208 47.3 -01.6 Gerald Mahoney 3,120 11.2 George Walliss CPA 773 02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 27,904 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mahoney was member for Denison 1934-40. He was an independent Labor candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Walliss's 773 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Beck * 85 11.0 10,888 39.0 Gaha 482 62.4 13,690 49.1 Mahoney 206 26.6 3,326 11.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 773 27,904 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Mahoney's 3,326 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Beck * 523 15.7 11,411 40.9 GAHA 2,803 84.3 16,493 59.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,326 27,904 09.0 10.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Arthur James Beck (1882-1965): Elected 1940. Defeated 1943 Later career: Businessman, Hobart City Council. Died 28 November 1965 > John Francis Gaha (1894-1966): Elected 1943 Born: 14 April 1894, Narrabri, NSW. Career: Educated St Joseph's College, Sydney, and National University of Ireland. Doctor. House surgeon, Dublin. To Tasmania 1920, private practice, Hobart. Health Officer 1925-29. State politics: Tas MLC for Hobart 1933-43. Minister for Health 1934-43. -------------------------------------------------------------------- FRANKLIN, Tas ==================================================================== Southern Tasmania: Kingborough, Moonah, Nelson, New Norfolk -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 03.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 31,206 +08.2 Votes cast: 30,030 96.2 +00.2 Informal votes: 831 02.8 -00.5 Formal votes: 29,199 97.2 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Charles FROST * ALP 17,195 58.9 +05.4 Charles Tennant UAP 2,903 09.9 Denis Warner UAP 9,101 31.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 29,199 09.9 e 06.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Warner was a distinguished war correspondent and later had a long career in journalism. 2. The combined UAP vote was 41.1%, a decrease of 5.4% from the 46.5% polled by one UAP candidate in 1940. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles William Frost (1881-1964): Elected 1929 By. Defeated 1931. Elected 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943 Minister for Repatriation Minister in charge of War Service Homes to 13 July 1945 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WILMOT, Tas ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Deloraine, Evandale, Latrobe, Longford -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 05.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 25,793 +02.2 Votes cast: 24,761 96.0 +00.4 Informal votes: 656 02.6 -00.7 Formal votes: 24,105 97.4 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Allan Guy * UAP 11,852 49.2 John McGeary 1,259 05.2 Ernest Pinkard ALP 10,994 45.6 +02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 24,105 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The UAP vote of 49.2% was a decrease of 7.5% from the 56.7% polled by two UAP candidates in 1940. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: McGeary's 1,259 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- GUY * 611 48.5 12,463 51.7 Pinkard 648 51.5 11,642 48.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,259 24,105 01.7 03.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Allan Guy (1890-1979): Elected 1929, 1931. Defeated 1934. Elected 1940, 1943 --------------------------------------------------------------------