COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 21 AUGUST 1943 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications THE SENATE ==================================================================== NEW SOUTH WALES (Three senators to be elected) ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 1,741,406 +04.5 Votes cast: 1,680,329 96.5 +02.0 Informal votes: 201,052 12.0 +00.4 Formal votes: 1,479,227 87.0 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Pollack 91,545 06.2 Group A Julius Burnham 4,834 00.3 George Southern 4,868 00.3 James Arkins UAP 392,368 26.5 Group B Adam Dein UAP 14,738 01.0 Horace Nock CP 82,786 05.6 Stanley ARMOUR * ALP 765,221 51.7 ELECTED 1 John Armstrong * ALP 24,880 01.7 Group C Donald Grant ALP 23,426 01.6 Harold Sterling OPA 22,276 01.5 Group D William O'Sullivan OPA 5,805 00.4 Sylvan Deloraine OPA 1,619 00.1 Ada Beveridge OPA 28,014 01.9 Francis Walter 894 00.1 Gilbert Leitch 489 00.0 Valdemar Olling 989 00.1 Thomas Arthur * 7,684 00.5 Claude Sugden 1,011 00.1 Edith Cook 5,830 00.4 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,479,227 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Arkins was a Senator for NSW 1935-37. 2. Dein was MHR for Lang 1931-34 and a Senator for NSW 1935-41. 3. Nock was MHR for Riverina 1931-40. 4. Arthur had lost his ALP endorsement. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st vacancy: Armour elected with an absolute majority of first preference votes --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd vacancy: Armour's 765,221 second preferences distributed --------------------------------------------------------------------- Pollack 870 00.1 92,415 06.2 Burnham 153 00.0 4,987 00.3 Southern 65 00.0 4,933 00.3 Arkins 1,558 00.2 393,926 26.6 Dein 889 00.1 15,627 01.1 Nock 398 00.1 83,184 05.6 ARMOUR * E ELECTED 1 ARMSTRONG * 755,146 98.7 780,026 52.7 ELECTED 2 Grant 3,996 00.5 27,422 01.9 Sterling 575 00.1 22,851 01.5 O'Sullivan 429 00.1 6,234 00.4 Deloraine 73 00.0 1,692 00.1 Beveridge 249 00.0 28,263 01.9 Walter 27 00.0 921 00.1 Leitch 21 00.0 510 00.0 Olling 17 00.0 1,006 00.1 Arthur * 636 00.1 8,320 00.6 Sugden 31 00.0 1,042 00.1 Cook 88 00.0 5,918 00.4 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 765,221 1,479,227 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd vacancy: Armour's 765,221 second preferences distributed --------------------------------------------------------------------- Pollack 1,791 00.2 93,336 06.3 Burnham 202 00.0 5,036 00.3 Southern 170 00.0 5,038 00.3 Arkins 3,581 00.5 395,949 26.8 Dein 1,501 00.2 16,239 01.1 Nock 1,310 00.2 84,096 05.7 ARMOUR * E ELECTED 1 ARMSTRONG * E 24,880 01.7 ELECTED 2 GRANT 745,691 97.4 769,117 52.0 ELECTED 3 Sterling 2,592 00.3 24,868 01.7 O'Sullivan 1,421 00.2 7,226 00.5 Deloraine 199 00.0 1,818 00.1 Beveridge 822 00.1 28,836 01.9 Walter 79 00.0 973 00.1 Leitch 52 00.0 541 00.0 Olling 68 00.0 1,057 00.1 Arthur * 5,276 00.7 12,960 00.9 Sugden 92 00.0 1,103 00.1 Cook 374 00.0 6,204 00.4 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 765,221 1,479,227 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Senators' terms began 1 July 1944. Armour, Armstrong and Grant elected for a term ending 30 June 1950. Continuing senators (term to end 30 June 1947): James ARNOLD (ALP), Hon William ASHLEY (ALP), William LARGE (ALP) --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Stanley Kerrin Armour (1900-79): Elected 1937, 1943 > John Ignatius Armstrong (1908-77): Elected 1937, 1943 > James Jarvist Arnold (1902-67): Elected 1940 > Thomas Christopher Arthur (1884-1953): Elected 1937. Defeated 1943 Later career: Public servant. Died 6 June 1953 > William Patrick Ashley (1886-1958): Elected 1937, 1943 Postmaster-General to 2 February 1945 Minister for Supply and Shipping from 2 February 1945 > Donald Mackinnon Grant (1890-1970): Elected 1943 Born: 26 February 1890, Inverness-shire, Scotland Career: Educated Scotland. Migrated 1910. Dental mechanic. Member, Industrial Workers of the World, imprisoned 1916. Sydney City Council 1931-44. State politics: NSW MLC 1931-40 > William James Large (1878-1964): Elected 1940 ---------------------------------------------------------------------