COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 28 SEPTEMBER 1946 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== SOUTH AUSTRALIA ==================================================================== ADELAIDE, SA ==================================================================== Inner Adelaide: East Adelaide, Norwood, Prospect, St Peters -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 15.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 75,747 +04.3 Votes cast: 70,667 93.3 -02.5 Informal votes: 2,805 04.0 +00.1 Formal votes: 67,862 96.0 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cyril CHAMBERS * ALP 40,638 59.9 -00.1 Ian Hayward Lib 24,238 35.7 +01.9 Alfred Watt CPA 2,986 04.4 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 67,862 13.9 e 01.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cyril Chambers (1897-1975): Elected 1943, 1946 Minister for the Army from 1 November 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BARKER, SA ==================================================================== South-east South Australia: Glenelg, Mt Barker, Mt Gambier, Murray Bridge -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 68,738 +07.4 Votes cast: 65,892 95.9 -01.6 Informal votes: 1,781 02.7 -00.2 Formal votes: 64,111 97.3 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Archie CAMERON * Lib 34,619 54.0 +13.4 David Eddy 2,992 04.7 Harry Krantz ALP 26,500 41.3 +01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 64,111 06.4 e 04.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Archie Galbraith Cameron (1895-1956): Elected 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BOOTHBY, SA ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Burnside, Edwardstown, Mitcham, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 82,412 +06.0 Votes cast: 78,834 95.7 -01.7 Informal votes: 2,169 02.8 -00.6 Formal votes: 76,665 97.2 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas SHEEHY * ALP 39,724 51.8 +09.5 Keith Wilson Lib 36,941 48.2 +03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 76,665 01.8 00.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilson was a Senator for South Australia 1938-44. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Neil Sheehy (1899-1984): Elected 1943, 1946 Sheehy contested Kingston in 1949. -------------------------------------------------------------------- GREY, SA ==================================================================== Outback South Australia: Port Lincoln, Port Pirie, Wallaroo, Whyalla -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 53,177 +02.1 Votes cast: 50,623 95.2 -01.3 Informal votes: 1,128 02.2 -00.3 Formal votes: 49,495 97.8 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Albert Badman Lib 22,016 44.5 -03.0 Edgar RUSSELL * ALP 27,479 55.5 +03.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 49,495 05.5 03.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Badman was a Senator for South Australia 1932-37 and member for Grey 1937-43. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edgar Hugo Degenaart Russell (1890-1963): Elected 1943, 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HINDMARSH, SA ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Hindmarsh, Port Adelaide, Semaphore, Thebarton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 26.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 83,570 +08.3 Votes cast: 79,599 95.2 -02.3 Informal votes: 2,931 03.7 +01.3 Formal votes: 76,668 96.3 -01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Alan Finger CPA 7,731 10.1 William Palmer Lib 16,462 21.5 -01.7 Bert THOMPSON + ALP 52,475 68.4 -08.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 76,668 26.5 e 00.3 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Albert Victor Thompson (1886-1966): Elected 1946 Born: 14 November 1886, Adelaide. Career: Educated public schools. Dairy farmer. Later carter, President Carters and Drivers Union. President, Port Adelaide Trades and Labor Council. President, South Australian ALP. Salvation Army preacher. State politics: SA MHA for Port Adelaide 1930-38, Semaphore 1938-46. Thompson contested Port Adelaide in 1949. -------------------------------------------------------------------- WAKEFIELD, SA ==================================================================== North-east South Australia: Angaston, Gawler, Kapunda, Renmark -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 56,717 +03.3 Votes cast: 53,686 94.7 +01.8 Informal votes: 1,486 02.8 +00.3 Formal votes: 52,200 97.2 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Philip McBRIDE Lib 26,894 51.5 +02.7 Frank Rieck 1,260 02.4 Albert Smith * ALP 24,046 46.1 -05.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 52,200 02.7 e 03.9 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- McBride was member for Grey 1931-37 and a Senator for South Australia 1937-44. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Albert Edward Smith (1881-1965): Elected 1943. Defeated 1946 Died 5 January 1965 > Philip Albert Martin McBride (1892-1982): Elected 1931, 1934. Retired 1937. Elected 1946 --------------------------------------------------------------------