COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 28 SEPTEMBER 1946 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== WESTERN AUSTRALIA ==================================================================== FORREST, WA ==================================================================== Southern Western Australia: Albany, Collie, Nelson, Williams -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: ALP over Country Party 08.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 51,647 +08.1 Votes cast: 48,823 94.5 -03.0 Informal votes: 1,064 02.2 -00.7 Formal votes: 47,759 97.8 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Cumming Lib 13,349 28.0 Nelson LEMMON * ALP 23,944 50.1 -02.8 Jasper Norton CP 10,466 21.9 -12.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 47,759 02.3 e 06.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- The ALP majority over the Liberals is compared with the ALP majority over the Country Party in 1943. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nelson Lemmon (1908-89): Elected 1943, 1946 Minister for Works and Housing from 1 November 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- FREMANTLE, WA ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Claremont, Fremantle, Leederville, South Perth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 19.3 e 1945 by-election two-party majority: ALP over Lib 12.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 77,301 +10.9 Votes cast: 72,719 94.1 -05.0 Informal votes: 1,908 02.6 -00.8 Formal votes: 70,811 97.4 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kim BEAZLEY * ALP 45,383 64.1 -02.8 Claude Henderson Lib 25,428 35.9 +22.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 70,811 14.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kim Edward Beazley (1917-2007): Elected 1945 By, 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KALGOORLIE, WA ==================================================================== Outback Western Australia: Boulder, Geraldton, Hannans, Kalgoorlie -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 25.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 37,833 +01.1 Votes cast: 34,050 90.0 -05.5 Informal votes: 749 02.2 -00.8 Formal votes: 33,301 98.7 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Victor JOHNSON * ALP 22,655 68.0 +00.4 Victor Vincent Lib 10,646 32.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 33,301 18.0 07.4 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Vincent, see Senate Western Australia 1949. 2. The Liberal vote of 32.0% was an increase of 9.6% from the 22.4% polled by two UAP candidates in 1943. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Herbert Victor Johnson (1889-1962): Elected 1940 By, 1943, 1946 Minister for the Interior -------------------------------------------------------------------- PERTH, WA ==================================================================== Inner Perth: Maylands, Nedlands, North Perth, Subiaco -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 06.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 71,817 +10.7 Votes cast: 66,530 92.6 -06.4 Informal votes: 2,820 04.2 -02.5 Formal votes: 63,710 95.8 +02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Burke * ALP 31,231 49.0 +06.7 John Graham 2,157 03.4 Kevin Healy CPA 2,004 03.1 -03.0 James Paton Lib 27,429 43.1 +13.7 Robert Salter 889 01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 63,710 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Graham was a Services Party candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Salter's 889 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Burke * 139 15.6 31,370 49.2 Graham 161 18.1 2,318 03.6 Healy 99 11.1 2,103 03.3 Paton 490 55.1 27,919 43.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 889 63,710 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Healy's 2,103 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BURKE * 1,334 63.4 32,704 51.3 Graham 444 21.1 2,762 04.3 Paton 325 15.5 28,244 44.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 2,103 63,710 02.4 e 03.6 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Patrick Burke (1910-73): Elected 1943, 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SWAN, WA enrolled, %) voted ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Canning, Guildford, Northam, Swan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 majority: ALP over Independent 03.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 61,739 +11.1 Votes cast: 56,944 92.2 -02.6 Informal votes: 1,605 02.8 +00.2 Formal votes: 55,339 97.2 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Grayden 12,856 23.2 Leonard Hamilton CP 17,223 31.1 +20.1 Donald Mountjoy * ALP 25,260 45.6 -04.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 55,339 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The CP vote of 31.1% was a decrease of 15.2% from the 46.3% polled by two CP candidates in 1943. 2. For Grayden, see Swan 1949. He was an independent Liberal candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Grayden's 12,856 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HAMILTON 10,567 82.2 27,790 50.2 Mountjoy * 2,289 17.8 27,549 49.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 12,856 55,339 00.2 03.2 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Donald Alfred Mountjoy (born 1906): Elected 1943. Defeated 1946 Later career: Executive member, CSIRO 1946-49. > Leonard William Hamilton (1899-1987): Elected 1946 Born: 7 July 1899, Jarrahdale, Western Australia. Career: Educated Perth Boys School. Wheat and sheep farmer. Military Service 1917-20, 1940-45. Hamilton contested Canning in 1949. --------------------------------------------------------------------