COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1949 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== WESTERN AUSTRALIA ==================================================================== CANNING, WA ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Armadale, Harvey, Mandurah, Wagin -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat: 1946 notional two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 06.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,407 Votes cast: 33,841 95.6 Informal votes: 842 02.5 Formal votes: 32,999 97.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Gillespie Lib 10,244 31.0 Leonard Hamilton * CP 12,159 36.8 -20.1 Arthur Neville 594 01.8 Thomas Scaddan ALP 10,002 30.3 -12.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 32,999 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Hamilton was member for Swan 1946-49. 2. Neville was an independent Country candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Neville's 594 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gillespie 163 27.4 10,407 31.5 Hamilton * 243 40.9 12,402 37.6 Scaddan 188 31.6 10,190 30.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 594 32,999 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Scaddan's 10,190 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gillespie 4,952 48.6 15,359 46.5 HAMILTON * 5,238 51.4 17,640 53.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,190 32,999 03.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Leonard William Hamilton (1899-1987): Elected 1946, 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CURTIN, WA ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Leederville, Mt Hawthorn, Nedlands, Subiaco -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat: 1946 notional two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,559 Votes cast: 41,441 95.1 Informal votes: 803 01.9 Formal votes: 40,638 98.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul HASLUCK Lib 24,857 61.2 +15.7 William Lonnie + ALP 15,781 38.8 -12.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,638 11.2 13.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Meernaa Caedwalla Hasluck (1905-93): Elected 1949 Born: 1 April 1905, Perth. Career: Educated Perth Modern School, University of Western Australia. Journalist. Lecturer and Reader in History University of Western Australia 1939-49. Seconded to Department of External Affairs 1941-47. Attended San Francisco UN Conference 1945. Author two volumes of official history, Australia in the War of 1939-45. -------------------------------------------------------------------- FORREST, WA ==================================================================== South-western Western Australia: Albany, Bunbury, Collie, Katanning -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: ALP over Country Party 02.3 Effect of 1948 redistribution: 00.7 shift to Country Party New notional majority: ALP over Country Party 01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,108 -26.2 Votes cast: 37,157 97.5 +03.4 Informal votes: 749 02.0 -00.6 Formal votes: 36,408 98.0 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Bolitho 642 01.8 Gordon Freeth Lib 9,828 27.0 -00.2 Hon Nelson Lemmon * ALP 15,935 43.8 -07.8 Arnold Potts CP 10,003 27.5 +06.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 36,408 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Bolitho's 642 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Freeth 488 76.0 10,316 28.3 Lemmon * 70 10.9 16,005 44.0 Potts 84 13.1 10,087 27.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 642 36,408 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Potts's 10,087 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- FREETH 8,901 88.2 19,217 52.8 Lemmon * 1,186 11.8 17,191 47.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,087 36,408 02.8 04.4 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Nelson Lemmon (1908-89): Elected 1943, 1946. Defeated 1949 Minister for Works and Housing to 19 December 1949 Later career: See St George 1954. > Gordon Freeth (1914-2001): Elected 1949 Born: 6 August 1914, Angaston, South Australia Career: Educated Guildford Grammar, Perth, University of Western Australia. Barrister 1938. Military Service 1942-45. -------------------------------------------------------------------- FREMANTLE, WA ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Claremont, Fremantle, Wembley Park -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 14.1 Effect of 1948 redistribution: 00.4 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 14.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,467 -43.8 Votes cast: 41,918 96.4 +02.3 Informal votes: 862 02.1 -00.5 Formal votes: 41,056 97.9 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kim BEAZLEY * ALP 22,463 54.7 -09.8 Billy Snedden Lib 17,918 43.6 +08.1 Patrick Troy CPA 675 01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,056 06.2 e 08.3 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Snedden, See Bruce, Victoria, 1955. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kim Edward Beazley (1917-2007): Elected 1945 By, 1946, 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KALGOORLIE, WA ==================================================================== Outback Western Australia: Boulder, Geraldton, Hannans, Kalgoorlie -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 18.0 Effect of 1948 redistribution: 03.7 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 21.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 31,619 -16.4 Votes cast: 29,682 93.9 +03.9 Informal votes: 653 02.2 00.0 Formal votes: 29,029 07.8 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Victor JOHNSON * ALP 18,127 62.4 -09.3 John Porteus Lib 10,902 37.6 +09.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 29,029 12.4 09.3 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Herbert Victor Johnson (1889-1962): Elected 1940 By, 1943, 1946, 1949 Minister for the Interior to 19 December 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MOORE, WA ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Balcatta, Northam, Toodyay, Swan -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat: 1946 notional two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 05.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,195 Votes cast: 33,256 94.5 Informal votes: 894 02.7 Formal votes: 32,362 97.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kevin Byrne ALP 12,282 38.0 -07.0 Kenneth Jones Lib 7,836 24.2 Hugh Leslie + CP 12,244 37.8 -17.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 32,362 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Jones's 7,836 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Byrne 982 12.5 13,264 41.0 LESLIE + 6,854 87.5 19,098 59.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,836 32,362 09.0 04.0 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hugh Alan Leslie (1900-74): Elected 1949 Born: 17 April 1900, Durban, South Africa. Career: Educated private schools, South Africa. Journalist. Military Service 1918-19. To Australia 1927. Journalist and proprietor of country newspapers, Western Australia. Military Service 1940-43. State politics: WA MLA for Mt Marshall 1943-49. -------------------------------------------------------------------- PERTH, WA ==================================================================== Inner Perth: East Perth, Maylands, North Perth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 02.4 e Effect of 1948 redistribution: 09.0 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 11.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,627 -42.0 Votes cast: 39,504 94.9 +02.3 Informal votes: 992 02.5 -01.7 Formal votes: 38,512 97.5 +01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Burke * ALP 18,412 47.8 -07.7 James Collins 1,756 04.6 Gordon Hack Lib 17,858 46.4 +10.9 James Kelly CPA 486 01.3 -02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,512 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Kelly's 486 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Burke * 374 77.0 18,786 48.8 Collins 45 09.3 1,801 04.7 Hack 67 13.8 17,925 46.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 486 38,512 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Collins's 1,801 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BURKE * 508 28.2 19,294 50.1 Hack 1,293 71.8 19,218 49.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,801 38,512 00.1 11.3 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Patrick Burke (1910-73): Elected 1943, 1946, 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SWAN, WA ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Belmont, Guildford, South Perth, Victoria Park -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 00.2 Effect of 1948 redistribution: 08.0 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 07.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 46,789 -24.2 Votes cast: 44,530 95.2 +03.0 Informal votes: 1,010 02.3 -00.5 Formal votes: 43,520 97.7 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William GRAYDEN Lib 22,821 52.4 +11.1 Harry Webb + ALP 20,699 47.6 -09.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,520 02.4 10.2 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The redistribution removed nearly all of the rural areas from this seat, leaving it a largely suburban seat. The Country Party did not contest it. Following the redistribution, Labor is shown as the defending party. 2. For Webb, see Swan 1954. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Leonard Grayden (born 1920): Elected 1949 Born: 5 August 1920, Perth. Career: Educated state schools, Perth Technical College. Mechanical engineer. Military Service 1940-46. State politics: WA MLA for Middle Swan 1947-49. --------------------------------------------------------------------