COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 21 AUGUST 1943 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== VICTORIA ==================================================================== BALACLAVA, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brighton, Caulfield, Elsternwick, St Kilda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 18.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 79,326 +08.2 Votes cast: 78,019 98.4 +03.4 Informal votes: 2,964 03.8 +02.3 Formal votes: 75,055 96.2 -02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Barnes 4,087 05.4 John Barry ALP 27,281 36.3 +11.3 Ada Duncan 2,900 03.9 Helen Maxwell 1,680 02.2 George Morris 409 00.5 Hon Thomas WHITE * UAP 38,698 51.6 -12.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 75,055 06.6 e 12.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Maxwell was a Progressive candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Walter White (1888-1957): Elected 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943 Military Service 1941-44. -------------------------------------------------------------------- BALLAARAT, Vic ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Ballarat, Castlemaine, Daylesford, Warrenheip -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 50,214 +01.1 Votes cast: 48,991 97.6 +00.8 Informal votes: 480 01.0 00.0 Formal votes: 48,511 99.0 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon Irish 2,333 04.8 Reginald POLLARD * ALP 26,428 54.5 +06.7 William Roff UAP 19,750 40.7 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 48,511 07.9 e 07.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reginald Thomas Pollard (1894-1981): Elected 1937, 1940, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BATMAN, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Fitzroy North, Northcote, Preston, Westgarth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 09.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 68,596 +08.8 Votes cast: 67,485 98.4 +02.0 Informal votes: 2,070 03.1 +01.3 Formal votes: 65,415 96.9 -01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Frank BRENNAN * ALP 42,073 64.3 +04.6 Joseph Cahir 1,090 01.7 Gordon Currie 380 00.6 Christina Debney 590 00.9 Arthur McAdam UAP 13,647 20.9 -19.4 George Malloch DSC 7,635 11.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 65,415 24.6 e 14.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Currie was a Services Party candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Brennan (1880-1950): Elected 1911 By, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929. Defeated 1931. Elected 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BENDIGO, Vic ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Eaglehawk, Echuca, Rochester -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 07.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 47,412 Votes cast: 45,858 96.7 Informal votes: 1,169 02.5 Formal votes: 44,689 97.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Banks 1,292 02.9 John Crawford 2,089 04.7 Albert de Grandi ALP 19,107 42.8 +04.7 Morton Garner 2,151 04.8 George Rankin * CP 20,050 44.9 -04.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,689 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Banks was an independent Labour candidate. 2. Garner was an independent United Australia candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Banks's 1,292 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Crawford 828 64.1 2,917 06.5 De Grandi 224 17.3 19,331 43.3 Garner 107 08.3 2,258 05.1 Rankin * 133 10.3 20,183 45.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,292 44,689 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Garner's 2,258 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Crawford 675 29.9 3,592 08.0 De Grandi 177 07.8 19,508 43.7 Rankin * 1,406 62.3 21,589 48.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,258 44,689 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Crawford's 3,592 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- De Grandi 1,795 50.0 21,303 47.7 RANKIN * 1,797 50.0 23,386 52.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,592 44,689 02.3 05.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- George James Rankin (1887-1957): Elected 1937, 1940, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BOURKE, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Blyth, Brunswick, Coburg, Edward -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 16.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 69,446 +07.7 Votes cast: 67,092 96.6 +01.4 Informal votes: 1,468 02.2 00.0 Formal votes: 65,624 97.8 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Maurice Blackburn * 26,494 40.4 William Bryson + ALP 24,722 37.7 -28.5 John March 2,404 03.7 David Smith UAP 12,004 18.3 -15.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 65,624 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Blackburn had been expelled from the Victorian ALP and stood as an independent Labor candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: March's 2,404 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Blackburn * 361 15.0 26,855 40.9 Bryson 266 11.1 24,988 38.1 Smith 1,777 73.9 13,781 21.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,404 65,624 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Smith's 13,781 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Blackburn * 3,607 26.2 30,462 46.4 BRYSON 10,174 73.8 35,162 53.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,781 65,624 03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Maurice McCrae Blackburn (1880-1944): Elected 1934, 1937, 1940. Defeated 1943 Died 31 March 1944 > William George Bryson (1898-1973): Elected 1943 Born: 24 February 1898, Maldon, Victoria. Career: Primary education. Clerk and postoffice worker. Assistant Secretary Postal Workers Union. -------------------------------------------------------------------- CORANGAMITE, Vic ==================================================================== South-western Victoria: Ararat, Camperdown, Colac, Maryborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 06.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 47,978 -04.0 Votes cast: 46,360 96.6 +00.9 Informal votes: 515 01.1 +00.3 Formal votes: 45,845 98.9 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Elsie Brushfield 1,856 04.0 Sydney Donaldson 1,643 03.6 Hon Allan McDonald * UAP 21,655 47.2 -09.0 Harold Miller ALP 20,691 45.1 +01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,845 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donaldson was an independent Country candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Donaldson's 1,643 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brushfield 540 32.9 2,396 05.2 McDonald * 889 54.1 22,544 49.2 Miller 214 13.0 20,905 45.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,643 45,845 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Brushfield's 2,396 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McDONALD * 1,798 75.0 24,342 53.1 Miller 598 25.0 21,503 46.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,396 45,845 03.1 03.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Allan McKenzie McDonald (1888-1953): Elected 1940, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CORIO, Vic ==================================================================== South-western Victoria: Essendon North, Geelong, Newtown, Sunshine -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 06.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 61,094 +09.6 Votes cast: 59,343 97.1 +00.5 Informal votes: 908 01.5 +00.6 Formal votes: 58,435 98.5 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Baker 1,589 02.7 Rupert Curnow UAP 10,255 17.5 -22.4 Hon John DEDMAN * ALP 30,578 52.3 -00.3 Neil Freeman 16,013 27.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 58,435 04.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Baker was a Progressive candidate. 2. Curnow was Vic MLA for Ivanhoe 1947-50. 3. Bridadier Freeman was an independent "opposed to socialism", but denied he was a "camouflaged UAP or Country Party candidate." (Werribee Shire Banner, 5 August 1943) -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Johnstone Dedman (1896-1973): Elected 1940 By, 1940, 1943 Minister for War Organisation of Industry Minister in charge of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Minister for Post-war Reconstruction from 2 February 1945 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DEAKIN, Vic ==================================================================== North-east of Melbourne: Box Hill, Croydon, Ivanhoe, Mitcham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 12.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 63,291 +10.4 Votes cast: 60,991 96.4 +01.4 Informal votes: 1,760 02.9 +00.8 Formal votes: 59,231 97.1 -00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alan Coffey 4,185 07.1 Arthur Coles 1,471 02.5 Robert Elliott 10,318 17.4 William Hutchinson * UAP 19,375 32.7 -22.1 Dick Radclyffe 1,526 02.6 Francis Williamson ALP 22,356 37.7 +05.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 59,231 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Coffey was a Middle Class Party candidate. 2. Elliott was a Senator for Victoria 1929-35. He was an Independent National Government candiate. 3. Radclyffe was an independent United Australia candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Coles's 1,471 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Coffey 479 32.6 4,664 07.9 Elliott 533 36.2 10,851 18.3 Hutchinson * 239 16.2 19,614 33.1 Radclyffe 105 07.1 1,631 02.8 Williamson 115 07.8 22,471 37.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,471 59,231 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Radclyffe's 1,631 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Coffey 181 11.1 4,845 08.2 Elliott 293 (18.0 11,144 18.8 Hutchinson * 1,038 63.6 20,652 34.9 Williamson 119 07.3 22,590 38.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,631 59,231 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Coffey's 4,845 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Elliott 3,049 62.9 14,193 24.0 Hutchinson * 1,375 28.4 22,027 37.2 Williamson 421 08.7 23,011 38.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,845 59,231 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Elliott's 14,193 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HUTCHINSON * 11,550 81.4 33,577 56.7 Williamson 2,643 (18.6 25,654 43.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,193 59,231 06.7 05.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Joseph Hutchinson (1904-67): Elected 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- FAWKNER, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Armadale, Malvern, Prahran, South Yarra -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 12.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 80,702 +17.7 Votes cast: 74,986 92.9 -01.0 Informal votes: 3,275 04.4 +02.4 Formal votes: 71,711 95.6 -02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Cremor 15,958 22.3 Malcolm Good CPA 3,300 04.6 Hon Harold Holt * UAP 23,931 33.4 -27.4 Thomas Jude ALP 23,508 32.8 -03.0 Charles Kennett 1,196 01.7 Vernon Margetts 3,437 04.8 Ruth Ravenscroft 381 00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 71,711 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brigadier Cremor campaigned for "the formation of a National Ministry. " (The Age, 2 March 1943) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Ravenscroft's 381 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cremor 50 13.1 16,008 22.3 Good 34 08.9 3,334 04.6 Holt * 49 12.9 23,980 33.4 Jude 45 11.8 23,553 32.8 Kennett 41 10.8 1,237 01.7 Margetts 162 42.5 3,599 05.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 381 71,711 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Kennett's 1,237 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cremor 324 26.2 16,332 22.8 Good 66 05.3 3,400 04.7 Holt * 253 20.5 24,233 33.8 Jude 173 14.0 23,726 33.1 Margetts 421 34.0 4,020 05.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,237 71,711 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Good's 3,400 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cremor 510 15.0 16,842 23.5 Holt * 308 09.1 24,541 34.2 Jude 2,433 71.6 26,159 36.5 Margetts 149 04.4 4,169 05.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,400 71,711 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Margetts's 4,169 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cremor 1,418 34.0 18,260 25.5 Holt * 983 23.6 25,524 35.6 Jude 1,768 42.4 27,927 38.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,169 71,711 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Cremor's 18,260 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLT * 16,078 88.1 41,602 58.0 Jude 2,182 11.9 30,109 42.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 18,260 71,711 08.0 04.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Harold Edward Holt (1908-67): Elected 1935 By, 1937, 1940, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- FLINDERS, Vic ==================================================================== South of Melbourne: Dandenong, Ferntree Gully, Frankston, Mentone -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 08.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 65,866 +11.4 Votes cast: 62,714 95.2 -00.7 Informal votes: 1,817 02.9 +01.2 Formal votes: 60,897 97.1 -01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mabel Brookes 5,305 08.7 Rupert Clark 2,198 03.6 Thomas Lee ALP 24,132 39.6 +11.9 Morton Moyes CP 6,867 11.3 Rupert Ryan * UAP 22,395 36.8 -02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 60,897 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lady Brookes was a member of the Country Party but stood as a "Woman for Canberra" candidate. (The Age, 12 January 1943, Australian Dictionary of Biography) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Clark's 2,198 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brookes 840 38.2 6,145 10.1 Lee 622 28.3 24,754 40.6 Moyes 357 16.2 7,224 11.9 Ryan * 379 17.2 22,774 37.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,198 60,897 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Brookes's 6,145 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lee 2,824 46.0 27,578 45.3 Moyes 1,480 24.1 8,704 14.3 Ryan * 1,841 30.0 24,615 40.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,145 60,897 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Moyes's 8,704 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lee 1,801 20.7 29,379 48.2 RYAN * 6,903 79.3 31,518 51.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,704 60,897 01.8 06.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rupert Sumner Ryan (1884-1952): Elected 1940, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- GIPPSLAND, Vic ==================================================================== Eastern Victoria: Morwell, Trafalgar, Wonthaggi, Yallourn -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 06.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 52,075 +02.5 Votes cast: 50,712 97.4 +01.4 Informal votes: 1,084 02.1 +00.6 Formal votes: 49,628 97.9 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen Ashton 2,734 05.5 Herbert Birch SC 5,313 10.7 George Bowden + CP 18,104 36.5 Mervyn Morgan OPA 1,119 02.3 Walter Williams ALP 22,358 45.1 +11.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 49,628 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Country Party vote of 36.5% was a decrease of 23.0% from the 59.5% polled by two Country Party candidates (one of them Bowden) in 1940. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Morgan's 1,119 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ashton 174 15.5 2,908 05.9 Birch 189 16.9 5,502 11.1 Bowden + 440 39.3 18,544 37.4 Williams 316 28.2 22,674 45.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,119 49,628 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Ashton's 2,908 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Birch 1,877 64.5 7,379 14.9 Bowden + 751 25.8 19,295 38.9 Williams 280 09.6 22,954 46.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,908 49,628 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Birch's 7,379 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BOWDEN + 6,690 90.7 25,985 52.4 Williams 689 09.3 23,643 47.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,379 49,628 02.4 04.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- George James Bowden (1888-1962): Elected 1943 Born: 17 March 1888, Oxley, Victoria. Career: Educated state schools. Farmer. Military Service 1914-18. Cranbourne Shire Council. President, Country Party. -------------------------------------------------------------------- HENTY, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Bentleigh, East Malvern, Oakleigh, Sandringham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 majority: Independent over ALP 13.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 78,388 +14.1 Votes cast: 76,452 97.5 +00.8 Informal votes: 2,596 03.4 +01.3 Formal votes: 73,856 96.6 -01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Coles * 32,885 44.5 Carlyle Ferguson 928 01.3 Jo Gullett UAP 28,123 38.1 Edmund Lind DSC 4,437 06.0 Bernard Rees 4,598 06.2 Ivy Weber 2,885 03.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 73,856 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Coles had been elected in 1940 with the support of the UAP but had supported the Curtin Government since 1941. His vote of 44.5% was a decrease of 10.1% from the 54.6% he polled in 1940 (when there was no UAP candidate). 2. Ferguson was a Liberal candidate. 3. For Gullett, see Henty 1946 by-election 4. Rees was an independent Labor candidate. 5. Weber was Vic MLA for Nunanwading 1937-43. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Ferguson's 928 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Coles * 289 31.1 33,174 44.9 Gullett 220 23.7 28,343 38.4 Lind 177 19.1 4,614 06.2 Rees 120 12.9 4,718 06.4 Weber 122 13.1 3,007 04.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 928 73,856 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Weber's 3,007 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Coles * 810 26.9 33,984 46.0 Gullett 1,222 40.6 29,565 40.0 Lind 625 20.8 5,239 07.1 Rees 350 11.6 5,068 06.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,007 73,856 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Rees's 5,068 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- COLES * 3,802 75.0 37,786 51.2 Gullett 416 08.2 29,981 40.6 Lind 850 16.8 6,089 08.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,068 73,856 05.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur William Coles (1892-1982): Elected 1940, 1943 Resigned seat 11 February 1946 (see By-elections) Later career: Businessman. Chairman, Commonwealth Rationing Commission 1942-50, Chairman, Australian National Airlines Commission 1946-50. Executive, CSIRO 1956-65. Geelong Council to 1969. Knighted. Died 14 June 1982 -------------------------------------------------------------------- INDI, Vic ==================================================================== North-east Victoria: Benalla, Kyabram, Shepparton, Wangaratta -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 11.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 52,884 -00.3 Votes cast: 50,756 96.0 +00.8 Informal votes: 599 01.2 00.0 Formal votes: 50,157 98.8 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon John McEWEN * CP 29,471 58.8 -02.7 Dr Gerald O'Day CPA 1,919 03.8 Charles Sandford ALP 18,767 37.4 -01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 50,157 09.2 e 02.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Sandford, see Senate Victoria 1946. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John McEwen (1900-80): Elected 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943 Deputy Leader of the Country Party from September 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KOOYONG, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Camberwell, Deepdene, Glen Iris, Kew -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 20.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 82,180 +09.8 Votes cast: 79,840 97.2 +01.9 Informal votes: 1,599 02.0 +00.3 Formal votes: 78,241 98.0 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Laurie CPA 6,402 08.2 Rt Hon Robert Menzies * UAP 37,988 48.6 -14.3 Albert Nicholls ALP 20,912 26.7 +06.1 John Nimmo 10,601 13.5 Gwendolyn Noad 2,338 03.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 78,241 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nimmo was a Middle Class Party candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Noad's 2,338 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Carey 34 18.0 1,176 01.6 Laurie 254 10.9 6,656 08.5 Menzies * 484 20.7 38,472 49.2 Nicholls 336 14.4 21,248 27.2 Nimmo 1,264 54.1 11,865 15.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,338 78,241 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Laurie's 6,656 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- MENZIES * 806 12.1 39,278 50.2 Nicholls 4,861 73.0 26,109 33.4 Nimmo 989 14.9 12,854 16.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,656 78,241 12.5 e 07.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Gordon Menzies (1894-1978): Elected 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943 Leader of the Opposition from 23 September 1943 Leader of the United Australia Party 22 September 1943 to 21 February 1945 Leader of the Liberal Party from 21 February 1945 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Menzies regained the UAP leadership following the resignation of Hughes. During 1944 he held a series of conferences with non-ALP political groups around Australia, culminating in the founding of the Liberal Party of Australia (Lib) at a convention in Albury, NSW, in October 1944. In February 1945 Menzies informed the House of the new party and his leadership of it. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MARIBYRNONG, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Ascot Vale, Essendon, Footscray, Moonee Ponds -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 14.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 75,126 +11.6 Votes cast: 73,282 97.5 +01.6 Informal votes: 1,640 02.2 +00.5 Formal votes: 71,642 97.8 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Arthur DRAKEFORD * ALP 48,441 67.6 +03.0 Kenneth Kenafick 1,254 01.8 Albert Pennell UAP 14,469 20.2 -15.2 Charles Woollacott 7,478 10.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 71,642 24.5 e 09.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Kenafick was a Labor anti-conscriptionist candidate (The Herald, 4 August 1843). 2. Woollacott, headmaster of Essendon Grammar Schol, was a Christian Movement candidate. (Daily Telegraph, 17 July 1943) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Samuel Drakeford (1881-1957): Elected 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943 Minister for Air Minister for Civil Aviation -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Carlton, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Newmarket -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 21.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 68,858 +15.2 Votes cast: 63,030 91.5 -04.4 Informal votes: 3,848 06.1 +02.2 Formal votes: 59,182 93.9 -02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Louis Bickart 4,119 07.0 Arthur CALWELL * ALP 37,779 63.8 +11.9 Elizabeth Couchman UAP 10,319 17.4 -06.5 Charles Dicker 808 01.4 Noble Kerby SC 680 01.1 Kenneth Miller CPA 5,477 09.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 59,182 25.2 e 04.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Bickart was a Middle Class Party candidate. 2. Couchman (later Dame Elizabeth Couchman) was President of the Australian Women's National League and a key figure in the formation of the Liberal Party. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Augustus Calwell (1896-1973): Elected 1940, 1943 Minister for Information from 21 September 1943 Minister for Immigration from 13 July 1945 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE PORTS, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Albert Park, St Kilda West, South Melbourne, Williamstown -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 16.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 69,385 +09.2 Votes cast: 66,390 95.7 +01.0 Informal votes: 1,612 02.4 00.0 Formal votes: 64,778 97.6 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Jack HOLLOWAY * ALP 47,149 72.8 +06.7 Frank Preacher UAP 17,629 27.2 -06.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 64,778 22.8 06.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward James Holloway (1875-1967): Elected 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943 Minister for Social Services to 21 September 1943 Minister for Health to 21 September 1943 Minister for Labour and National Service from 21 September 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WANNON, Vic ==================================================================== South-western Victoria: Hamilton, Horsham, Portland, Warrnambool -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 51,206 -03.5 Votes cast: 50,380 98.3 +02.1 Informal votes: 555 01.1 -00.1 Formal votes: 49,825 98.9 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald McLEOD * ALP 25,609 51.4 +02.8 John Menadue UAP 9,248 18.6 -23.6 Leonard Rodda CP 10,778 21.6 Thomas Scholfield 4,190 08.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 49,825 04.1 e 00.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Rodda was Vic MLC for Western 1937-43, 1943-46. 2. Scholfield was member for Wannon 1931-40. He was an independent United Australia candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald McLeod (1892-1963): Elected 1940, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WIMMERA, Vic ==================================================================== North-western Victoria: Kerang, Mildura, St Arnaud, Swan Hill -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 majority: Independent over Country Party 16.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,949 -05.7 Votes cast: 43,431 96.6 +00.4 Informal votes: 930 02.1 +00.7 Formal votes: 42,501 97.9 -00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Herbert Follett 1,449 03.4 Eric Phillips 378 00.9 Reginald Skeat 10,976 25.8 Albert Thompson 3,219 07.6 Alexander WILSON * 26,479 62.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,501 17.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Skeat, Phillips, Thompson and Wilson were independent Country candidates. 2. Wilson's vote of 62.3% was an increase of 18.3% from the 44.0% he polled in 1940. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Wilson (1880-1954): Elected 1937, 1940, 1943 Resigned seat 31 December 1945 (see By-elections) Later career: Administrator, Norfolk Island, 1946-52. Farmer near Swan Hill, Victoria. Died 26 January 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- YARRA, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Clifton Hill, Collingwood, Hawthorn, Richmond -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 15.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 66,814 +07.7 Votes cast: 63,423 94.9 00.0 Informal votes: 2,632 04.1 +01.1 Formal votes: 60,791 95.9 -01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Gibson CPA 6,585 10.8 Gilbert Jenkin UAP 11,294 18.6 -14.9 William Jenkins SC 5,138 08.5 Allan MacDonald 1,065 01.8 Rt Hon James SCULLIN * ALP 36,709 60.4 +03.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 60,791 24.3 e 08.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Henry Scullin (1876-1953): Elected 1910. Defeated 1913. Elected 1922 By, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943 --------------------------------------------------------------------