COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 28 SEPTEMBER 1946 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== QUEENSLAND ==================================================================== BRISBANE, Qld ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Ithaca, Kelvin Grove, Merthyr, Toowong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: ALP over Independent 03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 69,392 +05.0 Votes cast: 63,969 92.2 -03.1 Informal votes: 2,086 03.3 +00.3 Formal votes: 61,883 96.7 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon George LAWSON * ALP 33,763 54.6 +03.7 Charles Olive 5,806 09.4 Geoffrey Ward Lib 22,314 36.1 +18.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 61,883 07.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Olive was a Services Party candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Lawson (1881-1966): Elected 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CAPRICORNIA, Qld ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Bundaberg, Fitzroy, Gladstone, Rockhampton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 05.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 62,838 +02.5 Votes cast: 59,158 94.1 -01.6 Informal votes: 1,094 01.8 +00.7 Formal votes: 58,064 98.2 -00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Davidson Lib/CP 28,999 49.9 +05.8 Rt Hon Frank Forde * ALP 26,611 45.8 -10.1 Andrew Taylor 2,454 04.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 58,064 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Taylor was a Services Party candidate. 2. Davidson was endorsed by both the Liberal and Country parties. His vote is compared with the UAP vote in 1943. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Taylor's 2,454 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- DAVIDSON 1,732 70.6 30,731 52.9 Forde * 722 29.4 27,333 47.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,454 58,064 02.9 08.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Francis Michael Forde (1890-1983): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943. Defeated 1946 Minister for Defence to 1 November 1946 Minister for the Army to 1 November 1946 Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party to 30 October 1946 Later career: High Commissioner to Canada 1946-53. Organiser, Queensland ALP 1953-55. Qld MLA for Flinders 1955-57. Defeated by one vote in 1957 elections. Charity worker, Brisbane. Died 28 January 1983 > Charles William Davidson (1897-1985): Elected 1946 Born: 14 September 1897, Brisbane. Career: Educated Townsville Grammar School. Dairy farmer, sugar farmer. Official, Queensland Canegrowers Association. Military Service 1916-19, 1938-46. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Davidson sat as a Liberal until 1949. He contested Dawson in 1949. -------------------------------------------------------------------- DARLING DOWNS, Qld ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Esk, Gatton, Toowoomba, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 55,701 -00.2 Votes cast: 53,562 96.2 -01.6 Informal votes: 901 01.7 +00.1 Formal votes: 52,661 98.3 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William English ALP 17,902 34.0 -09.3 Rt Hon Arthur FADDEN * CP 31,550 59.9 +11.3 Maxwell Owen 3,209 06.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 52,661 11.9 e 09.4 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Owen was a Services Party candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur William Fadden (1895-1973): Elected 1936 By, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946 Leader of the Country Party Fadden contested McPherson in 1949. -------------------------------------------------------------------- GRIFFITH, Qld ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Bulimba, Coorparoo, Kurilpa, Maree -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 15.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 73,575 +03.4 Votes cast: 69,778 94.8 -01.5 Informal votes: 2,518 03.6 +00.5 Formal votes: 67,260 96.4 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Chresby 7,565 11.2 William CONELAN * ALP 33,725 50.1 -07.3 William Scott Lib 25,970 38.6 +09.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 67,260 03.9 e 11.2 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Chresby, see Griffith 1958. He was a Services Party candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Patrick Conelan (1893-1983): Elected 1939 By, 1940, 1943, 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HERBERT, Qld ==================================================================== North Queensland: Ayr, Mackay, Mirani, Townsville -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 majority: ALP over CPA 11.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 71,136 +05.1 Votes cast: 64,408 90.5 -01.1 Informal votes: 3,050 04.7 +02.0 Formal votes: 61,358 95.3 -02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Edmonds + ALP 28,246 46.0 +08.4 John Henry CPA 9,404 15.3 -18.9 Alexander McNamee 1,236 02.0 Joseph Pollard 1,668 02.7 Lloyd Roberts CP 20,804 33.9 +11.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 61,358 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. McNamee was a Services Party candidate. 2. Roberts was Qld MLA for Whitsunday 1950-61. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: McNamee's 1,236 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edmonds 274 22.2 28,520 46.5 Henry 212 17.2 9,616 15.7 Pollard 290 23.5 1,958 03.2 Roberts 460 37.2 21,264 34.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,236 61,358 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Pollard's 1,958 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edmonds 523 26.7 29,043 47.3 Henry 377 (19.3 9,993 16.3 Roberts 1,058 54.0 22,322 36.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,958 61,358 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Henry's 9,993 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- EDMONDS 7,983 79.9 37,026 60.3 Roberts 2,010 20.1 24,332 39.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,993 61,358 10.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Frederick Edmonds (1903-68): Elected 1946 Born: 23 October 1903, Charters Towers, Queensland. Career: Educated state schools. Miner, railway worker, sugar worker. Organiser, Australian Workers Union. Queensland President, Australian Workers Union 1945-46. -------------------------------------------------------------------- KENNEDY, Qld ==================================================================== North Queensland: Atherton, Cairns, Charters Towers, Gordonvale -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: ALP over Country Party 21.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 53,915 +01.4 Votes cast: 45,293 84.0 -04.0 Informal votes: 1,120 02.5 -00.7 Formal votes: 44,173 97.5 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clement Cummings CP 18,769 42.5 +18.7 William RIORDAN * ALP 25,404 57.5 -07.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,173 07.5 14.2 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William James Riordan (1908-73): Elected 1936 By, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946 Minister for the Navy from 1 November 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- LILLEY, Qld ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Enoggera, Nundah, Sandgate, Toombul -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 77,002 +08.7 Votes cast: 73,844 95.9 -01.9 Informal votes: 2,216 03.0 +00.6 Formal votes: 71,628 97.0 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Hadley * ALP 32,780 45.8 +00.1 George Mocatta 7,776 10.9 Charles Wilson Lib 31,072 43.4 -02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 71,628 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mocatta was a Services Party candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Mocatta's 7,776 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HADLEY * 3,570 45.9 36,350 50.7 Wilson 4,206 54.1 35,278 49.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,776 71,628 00.7 00.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- James William Hadley (1893-1971): Elected 1943, 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MARANOA, Qld ==================================================================== South-west Queensland: Dalby, Gayndah, Nanango, Stanthorpe -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 57,866 -00.6 Votes cast: 51,831 89.6 -02.4 Informal votes: 909 01.8 -00.5 Formal votes: 50,922 98.2 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles ADERMANN * CP 29,547 58.0 +07.0 John Dufficy ALP 18,934 37.2 -11.8 John Walker 2,441 04.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 50,922 11.6 e 10.6 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Dufficy was Qld MLA for Warrego 1951-69. 2. Walker was a Services Party candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Frederick Adermann (1896-1979): Elected 1943, 1946 Adermann contested Fisher in 1949. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MORETON, Qld ==================================================================== South of Brisbane: Ipswich, Sherwood, Southport, Wynnum -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 06.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 76,572 +09.1 Votes cast: 72,130 94.2 -01.1 Informal votes: 1,690 02.3 00.0 Formal votes: 70,440 97.7 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Josiah FRANCIS * Lib 42,521 60.4 +10.4 Charles McCormack 4,985 07.1 John Perrett ALP 22,934 32.6 -08.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 70,440 15.7 e 09.0 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- McCormack was a Services Party candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Josiah Francis (1890-1964): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WIDE BAY, Qld ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Gympie, Maryborough, North Pine, Widgee -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 06.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 62,319 +07.7 Votes cast: 58,197 93.4 -10.6 Informal votes: 1,091 01.9 -00.4 Formal votes: 57,106 98.1 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bernard CORSER * CP 31,027 54.3 Max Julius CPA 2,142 03.8 Eric Paterson 7,866 13.8 George Watson ALP 16,071 28.1 -06.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 57,106 15.1 e 08.6 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Paterson was a Services Party candidate. 2. The Country Party vote of 54.3% was an increase of 1.5% from the 52.8% polled by two Country Party candidates in 1943. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bernard Henry Corser (1882-1967): Elected 1928 By, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946 --------------------------------------------------------------------