COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 28 SEPTEMBER 1946 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications THE SENATE ==================================================================== WESTERN AUSTRALIA (Three senators to be elected) ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 300,337 +09.0 Votes cast: 279,066 92.9 -04.5 Informal votes: 21,466 07.7 -00.3 Formal votes: 257,600 92.3 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Herbert Collett * Lib 92,358 35.9 Group A Ignatius Boyle CP 6,678 02.6 Allan MacDonald * Lib 12,295 04.8 Dorothy TANGNEY * ALP 137,777 53.5 ELECTED 1 John Harris ALP 2,395 00.9 Group B Joseph Cooke ALP 2,313 00.9 Frederick Swaine 2,241 00.9 Oliver Strang 1,543 00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 257,600 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Boyle was WA MLA for Avon 1935-43. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st vacancy: Tangney elected with an absolute majority of first preference votes -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd vacancy: Tangney's 137,777 second preferences distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Collett * 6,312 04.6 98,670 38.3 Boyle 2,308 01.7 8,986 03.5 MacDonald * 3,136 02.3 15,431 06.0 TANGNEY * E ELECTED 1 Harris 116,915 84.9 119,310 46.3 Cooke 5,758 04.2 8,071 03.1 Swaine 2,203 01.6 4,444 01.7 Strang 1,145 00.8 2,688 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 137,777 257,600 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd vacancy, 2nd count: Strang's 2,688 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Collett * 365 13.6 99,035 38.4 Boyle 124 04.6 9,110 03.5 MacDonald * 196 07.3 15,627 06.1 TANGNEY * E ELECTED 1 Harris 298 11.1 119,608 46.4 Cooke 186 06.9 8,257 03.2 Swaine 1,519 56.5 5,963 02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,688 257,600 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd vacancy, 3rd count: Swaine's 5,963 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Collett * 1,332 22.3 100,367 39.0 Boyle 337 05.7 9,447 03.7 MacDonald * 637 10.7 16,264 06.3 TANGNEY * E ELECTED 1 Harris 2,548 42.7 122,156 47.4 Cooke 1,109 18.6 9,366 03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,963 257,600 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd vacancy, 4th count: Cooke's 9,366 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Collett * 626 06.7 100,993 39.2 Boyle 378 04.0 9,825 03.8 MacDonald * 452 04.8 16,716 06.5 TANGNEY * E ELECTED 1 HARRIS 7,910 84.5 130,066 50.5 ELECTED 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,366 257,600 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd vacancy: Tangney's 137,777 second preferences distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Collett * 7,157 05.2 99,515 38.6 Boyle 2,544 01.8 9,222 03.6 MacDonald * 3,542 02.6 15,837 06.1 TANGNEY * E ELECTED 1 HARRIS E 2,395 00.9 ELECTED 2 Cooke 120,513 87.5 122,826 47.7 Swaine 2,700 02.0 4,941 01.9 Strang 1,321 01.0 2,864 01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 137,777 257,600 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd vacancy: Harris's 2,395 second preferences distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Collett * 185 07.7 99,700 38.7 Boyle 62 02.6 9,284 03.6 MacDonald * 122 05.1 15,959 06.2 TANGNEY * E ELECTED 1 HARRIS E ELECTED 2 Cooke 1,884 78.7 124,710 48.4 Swaine 95 04.0 5,036 02.0 Strang 47 02.0 2,911 01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,395 257,600 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd vacancy, 2nd count: Strang's 2,911 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Collett * 407 14.0 100,107 38.9 Boyle 124 04.3 9,408 03.7 MacDonald * 239 08.2 16,198 06.3 TANGNEY * E ELECTED 1 HARRIS E ELECTED 2 Cooke 451 15.5 125,161 48.6 Swaine 1,690 58.1 6,726 02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,911 257,600 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd vacancy, 3rd count: Swaine's 6,726 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Collett * 1,584 23.6 101,691 39.5 Boyle 473 07.0 9,881 03.8 MacDonald * 754 11.2 16,952 06.6 TANGNEY * E ELECTED 1 HARRIS E ELECTED 2 COOKE 3,915 58.2 129,076 50.1 ELECTED 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,726 257,600 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Senators' terms began 1 July 1947. Cooke, Harris and Tangney elected for a term ending 30 June 1953. Continuing senators (term to end 30 June 1950): Robert CLOTHIER (ALP), Hon James FRASER (ALP), Richard NASH (ALP). -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Robert Ernest Clothier (1877-1964): Elected 1937, 1943 > Herbert Brayley Collett (1877-1947): Appointed 1933. Elected 1934, 1940. Defeated 1946 Died 17 August 1947 > Joseph Alfred Cooke born 1904): Elected 1946 Born: 1904, Western Australia Career: Educated state schools. Railways officer. President Railway Officers Union. > James Mackintosh Fraser (1908-70): Elected 1937, 1943 Minister for Trade and Customs to 1 November 1946 > John Harris (1890-1974): Elected 1946 Born: 3 December 1890, Sydney Career: To Western Australia 1898, educated state schools, Perth. Blacksmith. Military Service 1916-19. Western Australian Secretary Australian Society of Engineers. > Allan Nicoll MacDonald (1892-1978): Elected 1934, 1940. Defeated 1946 Later career: Chairman Western Australian Lotteries Commission 1948-65. Died 23 January 1978 > Richard Harry Nash (1890-1951): Elected 1943 > Dorothy Margaret Tangney (1911-85): Elected 1943 --------------------------------------------------------------------