COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA SEVENTEENTH PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== FREMANTLE, WA ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Claremont, Fremantle, Leederville, South Perth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 August 1945, following the death of Rt Hon John Curtin -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: ALP over Ind 19.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 72,421 +03.9 Votes cast: 61,091 84.4 -14.7 Informal votes: 1,769 02.9 +01.1 Formal votes: 59,322 97.1 -01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kim BEAZLEY + ALP 34,009 57.3 -09.6 Donald Cleland Lib 19,880 33.5 +19.6 Carlyle Ferguson 1,273 02.1 Thomas Hughes 2,210 03.7 Louis Phillips 143 00.2 Patrick Troy CPA 1,807 03.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 59,322 12.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Brigadier Cleland was Administrator of Papua and New Guinea 1953- 64. He was the first federal parliamentary candidate of the newly- established Liberal Party. 2. Ferguson was an independent Liberal candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kim Edward Beazley (1917-2007): Elected 1945 By Born: 30 September 1917, Northam, Western Australia. Career: Educated Perth Modern School, University of Western Australia. Teacher in state schools. Tutor, University of Western Australia. Vice-President, Teachers Union of Western Australia. Father of Hon Kim Christian Beazley MP. --------------------------------------------------------------------