COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 28 SEPTEMBER 1946 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== VICTORIA ==================================================================== BALACLAVA, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brighton, Caulfield, Elsternwick, St Kilda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 06.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 84,126 +06.1 Votes cast: 78,572 93.4 -05.0 Informal votes: 1,348 01.7 -02.1 Formal votes: 77,224 98.3 +02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Maurice Ashkenasy ALP 32,087 41.6 +05.3 Hon Thomas WHITE * Lib 45,137 58.4 +06.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 77,224 08.4 01.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Walter White (1888-1957): Elected 1929 By, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BALLAARAT, Vic ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Ballarat, Castlemaine, Daylesford, Warrenheip -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 07.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 51,495 +02.6 Votes cast: 49,256 95.7 -01.9 Informal votes: 617 01.3 +00.3 Formal votes: 48,639 98.7 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arnold Caddy Lib 22,812 46.9 +06.2 Reginald POLLARD * ALP 25,827 53.1 -01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 48,639 03.1 04.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reginald Thomas Pollard (1894-1981): Elected 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946 Minister for Commerce and Agriculture from 1 November 1946 Pollard contested Lalor in 1949. -------------------------------------------------------------------- BATMAN, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Fitzroy North, Northcote, Preston, Westgarth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 24.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 73,180 +06.7 Votes cast: 70,037 95.7 -02.7 Informal votes: 1,881 02.7 -00.4 Formal votes: 68,156 97.3 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Allan Brennan 4,250 06.2 Hon Frank BRENNAN * ALP 39,754 58.3 -06.0 John McColl Lib 20,930 30.7 +09.8 George Oke CPA 3,222 04.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 68,156 16.7 e 07.9 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Brennan (1880-1950): Elected 1911 By, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929. Defeated 1931. Elected 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946 Brennan retired at the 1949 election. Died 5 November 1950 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BENDIGO, Vic ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Eaglehawk, Echuca, Rochester -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 48,629 +02.6 Votes cast: 46,380 95.4 -01.2 Informal votes: 664 01.4 -01.4 Formal votes: 45,716 98.6 +01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ernest Duus ALP 19,613 42.9 +00.1 Joseph Hall Lib 10,323 22.6 George Rankin * CP 15,780 34.5 -10.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,716 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Hall's 10,323 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Duus 931 09.0 20,544 44.9 RANKIN * 9,392 91.0 25,172 55.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,323 45,716 05.1 02.8 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- George James Rankin (1887-1957): Elected 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946 Rankin contested the Senate in 1949. -------------------------------------------------------------------- BOURKE, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Blyth, Brunswick, Coburg, Edward -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 majority: ALP over Independent 03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 74,839 +07.8 Votes cast: 69,809 93.3 -03.3 Informal votes: 2,342 03.4 +01.2 Formal votes: 67,467 96.6 -01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Doris Blackburn 18,625 27.6 Henry Brand 1,333 02.0 William Bryson * ALP 30,620 45.4 +07.7 Russell Stokes Lib 16,889 25.0 +06.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 67,467 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Blackburn was an independent Labor candidate. 2. Brand was a Services Party candidate. 3. Stokes was Vic MLA for Evelyn 1958-73. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Brand's 1,333 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Blackburn 650 48.8 19,275 28.6 Bryson * 302 22.7 30,922 45.8 Stokes 381 28.6 17,270 25.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,333 67,467 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Stokes's 17,270 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BLACKBURN 15,203 88.0 34,478 51.1 Bryson * 2,067 12.0 32,989 48.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 17,270 67,467 01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William George Bryson (1898-1973): Elected 1943. Defeated 1946 Later career: See Wills 1949 > Doris Amelia Blackburn (1889-1970): Elected 1946 Born: 18 September 1889, Melbourne. Nee Hordern. Career: Educated secondary school. Feminist and social activist. Widow of Maurice Blackburn MP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Blackburn's vote of 27.6% was a decrease of 12.8% from the 40.4% polled by her husband, Maurice Blackburn MP, as an independent in 1943. She won the seat because the Liberal Party directed its preferences to her, whereas in 1943 the UAP had directed its preferences to the ALP. 2. Bourke was abolished at the 1948 redistribution. Blackburn contested Wills in 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CORANGAMITE, Vic ==================================================================== South-western Victoria: Ararat, Camperdown, Colac, Maryborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 03.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 50,367 +05.0 Votes cast: 47,709 94.7 -01.9 Informal votes: 393 00.8 -00.3 Formal votes: 47,316 99.2 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Allan McDONALD * Lib 25,999 54.9 +07.7 Henry Stacpoole ALP 21,317 45.1 +00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 47,316 04.9 01.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Allan McKenzie McDonald (1888-1953): Elected 1940, 1943, 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CORIO, Vic ==================================================================== South-western Victoria: Essendon North, Geelong, Newtown, Sunshine -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 majority: ALP over Ind 04.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 65,186 +06.7 Votes cast: 61,682 94.6 -02.5 Informal votes: 838 01.4 -00.1 Formal votes: 60,844 98.6 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon John DEDMAN * ALP 34,330 56.4 +04.1 Frederick Wallace Lib 25,546 42.0 +24.5 Winifred West 968 01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 60,844 07.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Johnstone Dedman (1896-1973): Elected 1940 By, 1940, 1943, 1946 Minister for Defence from 1 November 1946 Minister for Aircraft Production to 1 November 1946 Minister for Munitions to 1 November 1946 Minister for Post-war Reconstruction Minister in charge of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research -------------------------------------------------------------------- DEAKIN, Vic ==================================================================== North-east of Melbourne: Box Hill, Croydon, Ivanhoe, Mitcham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 06.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 69,363 +09.6 Votes cast: 64,974 93.7 -02.7 Informal votes: 1,002 01.5 -01.4 Formal votes: 63,972 98.5 +01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William HUTCHINSON * Lib 36,262 56.7 +24.0 Arthur Smith ALP 27,710 43.3 +05.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 63,972 06.7 no swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Joseph Hutchinson (1904-67): Elected 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946 Hutchison retired at the 1949 election. Later career: Grazier. Died 29 September 1967 -------------------------------------------------------------------- FAWKNER, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Armadale, Malvern, Prahran, South Yarra -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 08.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 84,060 +04.2 Votes cast: 75,200 89.5 -03.4 Informal votes: 2,155 02.9 -01.5 Formal votes: 73,045 97.1 +01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Bourke ALP 30,835 42.2 +09.4 Coralie Brown 2,121 02.9 Hon Harold HOLT * Lib 39,047 53.5 +20.1 Harold Rettig 1,042 01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 73,045 06.2 e 01.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Bourke, see Fawkner 1949. 2. Rettig was a Services Party candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Harold Edward Holt (1908-67): Elected 1935 By, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946 Holt contested Higgins in 1949. -------------------------------------------------------------------- FLINDERS, Vic ==================================================================== South of Melbourne: Dandenong, Ferntree Gully, Frankston, Mentone -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 73,181 +11.1 Votes cast: 68,400 93.5 -01.7 Informal votes: 1,087 01.6 -01.3 Formal votes: 67,313 98.4 +01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Lee ALP 30,698 45.6 +06.0 Rupert RYAN * Lib 36,615 54.4 +17.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 67,313 04.4 02.6 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rupert Sumner Ryan (1884-1952): Elected 1940, 1943, 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- GIPPSLAND, Vic ==================================================================== Eastern Victoria: Morwell, Trafalgar, Wonthaggi, Yallourn -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 55,556 +06.7 Votes cast: 52,540 94.6 -02.8 Informal votes: 824 01.6 -00.5 Formal votes: 51,716 98.6 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George BOWDEN * CP 28,526 55.2 +18.7 Adam Keltie ALP 20,196 39.1 -06.0 Walter Williams CPA 2,994 05.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 51,716 05.8 e 03.4 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Williams had been the ALP candidate in Gippsland in 1943. -------------------------------------------------------------------- George James Bowden (1888-1962): Elected 1943, 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HENTY, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Bentleigh, East Malvern, Oakleigh, Sandringham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 majority: Independent over UAP 05.5 e 1946 by-election two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 04.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 84,247 +07.5 Votes cast: 80,050 95.0 -02.5 Informal votes: 1,196 01.5 -01.9 Formal votes: 78,854 98.5 +01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Valentine Doube ALP 37,785 47.9 Jo GULLETT * Lib 41,069 52.1 +14.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 78,854 02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Doube was Vic MLA for Oakleigh 1950-61, Albert Park 1970-79. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Baynton Somer Gullett (1914-99): Elected 1946 By, 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- INDI, Vic ==================================================================== North-east Victoria: Benalla, Kyabram, Shepparton, Wangaratta -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 09.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 56,051 +06.0 Votes cast: 52,045 92.9 -03.1 Informal votes: 1,005 01.9 +00.7 Formal votes: 51,040 98.1 -00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Chanter 17,406 34.1 Hon John McEWEN * CP 33,634 65.9 +07.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 51,040 15.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chanter was an independent Country candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John McEwen (1900-80): Elected 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946 Deputy Leader of the Country Party McEwen contested Murray in 1949. -------------------------------------------------------------------- KOOYONG, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Camberwell, Deepdene, Glen Iris, Kew -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 12.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 86,688 +05.5 Votes cast: 81,225 93.7 -03.6 Informal votes: 1,299 01.6 -00.4 Formal votes: 79,926 98.4 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Laurie CPA 5,134 06.4 -01.8 Rt Hon Robert MENZIES * Lib 49,298 61.7 +13.1 Albert Nicholls ALP 25,494 31.9 +05.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 79,926 13.3 e 00.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Gordon Menzies (1894-1978): Elected 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946 Leader of the Opposition Leader of the Liberal Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- MARIBYRNONG, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Ascot Vale, Essendon, Footscray, Moonee Ponds -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 24.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 78,271 +04.2 Votes cast: 74,876 95.7 -01.8 Informal votes: 1,297 01.7 -00.5 Formal votes: 73,579 98.3 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adrian Cole Lib 25,155 34.2 +14.0 Hon Arthur DRAKEFORD * ALP 48,424 65.8 -01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 73,579 15.8 08.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Samuel Drakeford (1881-1957): Elected 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946 Minister for the Navy to 1 November 1946 Minister for Air Minister for Civil Aviation -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Carlton, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Newmarket -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 25.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 67,516 -01.9 Votes cast: 60,729 89.9 -01.6 Informal votes: 2,235 03.7 -02.4 Formal votes: 58,494 96.3 +02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Arthur CALWELL * ALP 42,922 73.4 +09.6 Reginald Cooper Lib 15,572 26.6 +09.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 58,494 23.4 01.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Augustus Calwell (1896-1973): Elected 1940, 1943, 1946 Minister for Immigration Minister for Information -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE PORTS, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Albert Park, St Kilda West, South Melbourne, Williamstown -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 22.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 73,198 +05.5 Votes cast: 67,494 92.2 -03.5 Informal votes: 1,705 02.5 +00.1 Formal votes: 65,789 97.5 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Douglas Dennis Lib 21,884 33.3 +06.1 Hon Jack HOLLOWAY * ALP 43,905 66.7 -06.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 65,789 16.7 06.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward James Holloway (1875-1967): Elected 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946 Minister for Labour and National Service -------------------------------------------------------------------- WANNON, Vic ==================================================================== South-western Victoria: Hamilton, Horsham, Portland, Warrnambool -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: ALP over Country Party 04.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 53,823 +05.1 Votes cast: 52,155 96.9 +01.4 Informal votes: 551 01.1 00.0 Formal votes: 51,604 98.9 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Mackinnon Lib 15,262 29.6 +11.0 Donald McLeod * ALP 24,387 47.3 -04.1 Leonard Rodda CP 11,955 23.1 +01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 51,604 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Mackinnon, see Wannon 1949. 2. Rodda was Vic MLC for Western 1937-43, 1943-46. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Rodda's 11,955 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mackinnon 9,933 83.1 25,195 48.8 McLEOD * 2,022 16.9 26,409 51.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,955 51,604 01.2 02.9 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald McLeod (1892-1963): Elected 1940, 1943, 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WIMMERA, Vic ==================================================================== North-western Victoria: Kerang, Mildura, St Arnaud, Swan Hill -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 majority: Independent over Independent 17.2 1946 by-election majority: CP over CP 09.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 46,086 +02.5 Votes cast: 43,368 94.1 -02.5 Informal votes: 601 01.4 -00.7 Formal votes: 42,767 98.6 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Loveridge ALP 16,216 37.9 Winton TURNBULL * CP 26,551 62.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,767 12.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Winton George Turnbull (1899-1980): Elected 1946 By, 1946 Turnbull contested Mallee in 1949. -------------------------------------------------------------------- YARRA, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Clifton Hill, Collingwood, Hawthorn, Richmond -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 24.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 69,675 +04.3 Votes cast: 64,873 93.1 -01.8 Informal votes: 2,221 03.4 -00.7 Formal votes: 62,652 96.6 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kenneth Bisney Lib 18,934 30.2 +11.6 Kenneth Miller CPA 3,838 06.1 -04.7 Rt Hon James SCULLIN * ALP 39,880 63.7 +03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 62,652 19.3 e 05.0 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Henry Scullin (1876-1953): Elected 1910. Defeated 1913. Elected 1922 By, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946 Scullin retired at the 1949 election. Died 28 January 1953 --------------------------------------------------------------------