COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 21 AUGUST 1943 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== WESTERN AUSTRALIA ==================================================================== FORREST, WA ==================================================================== Southern Western Australia: Albany, Collie, Nelson, Williams -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 05.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 47,767 -01.2 Votes cast: 46,578 97.5 +03.4 Informal votes: 1,343 02.9 +00.6 Formal votes: 45,235 97.1 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Fergusson-Stewart 3,264 07.2 Nelson LEMMON ALP 23,931 52.9 +08.3 Wildred Lewis 377 00.8 John Prowse * CP 15,507 34.3 -21.1 Arthur West 2,156 04.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,235 08.4 e 13.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- West was an independent Country Nationalist candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > John Henry Prowse (1871-1944): Elected 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940. Defeated 1943 Died 20 May 1944 > Nelson Lemmon (1908-89): Elected 1943 Born: 22 March 1908, Melbourne. Career: Educated state schools, Melbourne. Farmer at Ongrenup, Western Australia. Son of John Lemmon, Vic MLA for Williamstown 1904-55, longest-serving member of the Victorian Parliament. -------------------------------------------------------------------- FREMANTLE, WA ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Claremont, Fremantle, Leederville, South Perth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 69,677 +13.0 Votes cast: 69,020 99.1 +04.4 Informal votes: 1,226 01.8 -00.8 Formal votes: 67,794 98.2 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Bracks UAP 9,396 13.9 Rt Hon John CURTIN * ALP 45,352 66.9 +18.9 Frederick Lee 13,046 19.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 67,794 19.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lee was an independent Nationalist candidate. Her had been the UAP candidate in 1940. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Curtin (1885-1945): Elected 1928, 1929. Defeated 1931. Elected 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943 Prime Minister to 5 July 1945 Minister for Defence to 5 July 1945 Leader of the Australian Labor Party to 5 July 1945 Died 5 July 1945 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Curtin died in Canberra of heart disease aggravated by stress. He was the second Prime Minister to die in office. -------------------------------------------------------------------- KALGOORLIE, WA ==================================================================== Outback Western Australia: Boulder, Geraldton, Hannans, Kalgoorlie -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 majority: none (ALP unopposed) 1940 by-election two-party majority: ALP over UAP 04.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 37,418 -12.8 Votes cast: 35,746 95.5 Informal votes: 1,092 03.1 Formal votes: 34,654 96.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kevin Healy CPA 3,002 08.7 Lance Horley UAP 6,227 18.0 Victor JOHNSON * ALP 23,424 67.6 William McGhie 463 01.3 Ralph Shaw UAP 1,538 04.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,654 25.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- The combined UAP vote was 22.4%. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Herbert Victor Johnson (1889-1962): Elected 1940 by, 1943 Minister for the Interior from 13 July 1945 Minister assisting the Minister for Works and Housing from 13 July 1945 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PERTH, WA ==================================================================== Inner Perth: Maylands, Nedlands, North Perth, Subiaco -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 14.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 64,882 +07.9 Votes cast: 64,243 99.0 +05.5 Informal votes: 4,311 06.7 +03.6 Formal votes: 59,932 93.3 -03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clarence Boyd CPA 3,639 06.1 Thomas Burke ALP 25,376 42.3 +10.8 Dorothea Foster 495 00.8 Stephenson Fox 2,611 04.4 Thomas Groves 169 00.3 William Herbert 419 00.7 Thomas Hughes 8,112 13.5 Hon Walter Nairn * UAP 17,610 29.4 -33.0 Robert Nicholson 1,501 02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 59,932 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hughes was WA MLA for East Perth 1922-27, 1936-43. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Groves's 169 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Boyd 13 07.7 3,652 06.1 Burke 19 11.2 25,395 42.4 Foster 22 13.0 517 00.9 Fox 38 22.5 2,649 04.4 Herbert 33 19.5 452 00.8 Hughes 27 16.0 8,139 13.6 Nairn * 15 08.9 17,625 29.4 Nicholson 2 01.2 1,503 02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 169 59,932 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Herbert's 452 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Boyd 39 08.6 3,691 06.2 Burke 32 07.1 25,427 42.4 Foster 23 05.1 540 00.9 Fox 104 23.0 2,753 04.6 Hughes 154 34.1 8,293 13.8 Nairn * 74 16.4 17,699 29.5 Nicholson 26 05.8 1,529 02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 452 59,932 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Foster's 540 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Boyd 82 15.2 3,773 06.3 Burke 178 33.0 25,605 42.7 Fox 127 23.5 2,880 04.8 Hughes 68 12.6 8,361 14.0 Nairn * 54 10.0 17,753 29.6 Nicholson 31 05.7 1,560 02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 540 59,932 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Nicholson's 1,560 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Boyd 93 06.0 3,866 06.5 Burke 158 10.1 25,763 43.0 Fox 341 21.9 3,221 05.4 Hughes 349 22.4 8,710 14.5 Nairn * 619 39.7 18,372 30.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,560 59,932 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Fox's 3,221 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Boyd 223 06.9 4,089 06.8 Burke 474 14.7 26,237 43.8 Hughes 1,082 33.6 9,792 16.3 Nairn * 1,442 44.8 19,814 33.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,221 59,932 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Boyd's 4,089 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Burke 3,558 87.0 29,795 49.7 Hughes 323 07.9 10,115 16.9 Nairn * 208 05.1 20,022 33.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,089 59,932 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Hughes's 10,115 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BURKE 3,786 37.4 33,581 56.0 Nairn * 6,329 62.6 26,351 44.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,115 59,932 06.0 20.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Walter Maxwell Nairn (1878-1958): Elected 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943 Later career: Lawyer. Died 12 December 1958 > Thomas Patrick Burke (1910-73): Elected 1943 Born: 28 August 1910, Moora, Western Australia. Career: Educated state schools. Farm worker. Studied part-time, accountant. Military Service 1939-43. Father of Hon Brian Burke, Premier of WA 1983-88. -------------------------------------------------------------------- SWAN, WA ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Canning, Guildford, Northam, Swan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 07.5 1940 by-election two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 55,568 +05.2 Votes cast: 52,674 94.8 -02.4 Informal votes: 1,369 02.6 -01.6 Formal votes: 51,305 97.4 +01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cecil Elsegood CP 5,632 11.0 Thomas Marwick * CP 18,124 35.3 Donald MOUNTJOY ALP 25,690 50.1 +21.9 John Tregenza 1,859 03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 51,305 03.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- The 46.3% polled by two CP candidates was a decrease of 6.7% from the 53.0% polled by two CP candidates in 1940. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Thomas William Marwick (1895-1960): Elected 1940 By. Defeated 1943 Later career: Farmer. Died 3 April 1960 > Donald Alfred Mountjoy (1906-88): Elected 1943 Born: 19 October 1906, Middle Swan, Western Australia. Career: Educated state schools. Laborer, railwayman. Official, Australian Railways Union. --------------------------------------------------------------------