COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 28 APRIL 1951 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications THE SENATE ==================================================================== VICTORIA (Ten senators to be elected) ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 1,388,116 +01.3 Votes cast: 1,332,339 96.0 +00.1 Informal votes: 90,887 06.8 -03.9 Formal votes: 1,241,452 93.2 +03.9 Quota for election: 112,860 09.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Donald CAMERON * ALP 615,098 49.5 ELECTED 1 Charles Sandford * ALP 1,759 00.1 Group A James Sheehan * ALP 2,741 00.2 Q:5.519 John Devlin * ALP 1,285 00.1 Albion Hendrickson * ALP 821 00.1 Frederick Katz * ALP 1,187 00.1 Ralph Gibson CPA 16,645 01.3 Group B William Bird CPA 508 00.0 Q:0.162 William Tregear CPA 204 00.0 Agnes Doig CPA 179 00.0 Ted Bull CPA 122 00.0 Arthur O'Donoghue CPA 606 00.0 Hon John SPICER * Lib 585,694 47.2 ELECTED 2 George Rankin * CP 3,395 00.3 Group C John Gorton * Lib 643 00.1 Q:5.266 Ivy Wedgwood * Lib 1,822 00.1 Magnus Cormack Lib 430 00.0 William Moss CP 2,298 00.2 Leslie Bawden 4,614 00.4 Group D Lancelot Hutchinson 447 00.0 Q:0.053 Walter Tindall 954 00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,241,452 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Cameron's 502,238 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CAMERON * E 112,860 09.1 ELECTED 1 SANDFORD * 498,507 99.3 500,266 40.3 ELECTED 3 Sheehan * 1,424 00.3 4,165 00.3 Devlin * 438 00.1 1,723 00.1 Hendrickson * 356 00.1 1,177 00.1 Katz * 200 00.0 1,387 00.1 Gibson 565 00.1 17,210 01.4 Bird 141 00.0 649 00.1 Tregear 56 00.0 260 00.0 Doig 38 00.0 217 00.0 Bull 33 00.0 155 00.0 O'Donoghue 36 00.0 642 00.1 SPICER * E 585,694 47.2 ELECTED 2 Rankin * 217 00.0 3,612 00.3 Gorton * 20 00.0 663 00.1 Wedgwood * 39 00.0 1,861 00.1 Cormack 28 00.0 458 00.0 Moss 23 00.0 2,321 00.2 Bawden 56 00.0 4,670 00.4 Hutchinson 41 00.0 488 00.0 Tindall 20 00.0 974 00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 502,238 1,241,452 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Spicer's 472,834 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CAMERON * E 112,860 09.1 ELECTED 1 SANDFORD * 119 00.0 500,385 40.3 ELECTED 3 Sheehan * 29 00.0 4,194 00.3 Devlin * 8 00.0 1,731 00.1 Hendrickson * 10 00.0 1,187 00.1 Katz * 7 00.0 1,394 00.1 Gibson 57 00.0 17,267 01.4 Bird 26 00.0 675 00.1 Tregear 15 00.0 275 00.0 Doig 2 00.0 219 00.0 Bull 3 00.0 158 00.0 O'Donoghue 9 00.0 651 00.1 SPICER * E 112,860 09.1 ELECTED 2 RANKIN * 471,370 99.7 474,982 38.3 ELECTED 4 Gorton * 505 00.1 1,168 00.1 Wedgwood * 312 00.1 2,173 00.2 Cormack 104 00.0 562 00.0 Moss 162 00.0 2,483 00.2 Bawden 64 00.0 4,734 00.4 Hutchinson 26 00.0 514 00.0 Tindall 6 00.0 980 00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 472,834 1,241,452 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Sandford's 387,525 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CAMERON * E 112,860 09.1 ELECTED 1 SANDFORD * E 112,860 09.1 ELECTED 3 SHEEHAN * 386,277 99.7 390,471 31.5 ELECTED 5 Devlin * 393 00.1 2,124 00.2 Hendrickson * 366 00.1 1,553 00.1 Katz * 83 00.0 1,477 00.1 Gibson 165 00.0 17,432 01.4 Bird 37 00.0 712 00.1 Tregear 17 00.0 292 00.0 Doig 12 00.0 231 00.0 Bull 4 00.0 162 00.0 O'Donoghue 4 00.0 655 00.1 SPICER * E 112,860 09.1 ELECTED 2 RANKIN * E 474,982 38.3 ELECTED 4 Gorton * 59 00.0 1,227 00.1 Wedgwood * 34 00.0 2,207 00.2 Cormack 8 00.0 570 00.0 Moss 9 00.0 2,492 00.2 Bawden 33 00.0 4,767 00.4 Hutchinson 16 00.0 530 00.0 Tindall 8 00.0 988 00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 387,525 1,241,452 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Rankin's 362,122 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CAMERON * E 112,860 09.1 ELECTED 1 SANDFORD * E 112,860 09.1 ELECTED 3 SHEEHAN * 58 00.0 390,529 31.5 ELECTED 5 Devlin * 15 00.0 2,139 00.2 Hendrickson * 9 00.0 1,562 00.1 Katz * 2 00.0 1,479 00.1 Gibson 32 00.0 17,464 01.4 Bird 8 00.0 720 00.1 Tregear 10 00.0 302 00.0 Doig 2 00.0 233 00.0 Bull 5 00.0 167 00.0 O'Donoghue 1 00.0 656 00.1 SPICER * E 112,860 09.1 ELECTED 2 RANKIN * E 112,860 09.1 ELECTED 4 GORTON * 361,528 99.8 362,755 29.2 ELECTED 6 Wedgwood * 224 00.1 2,431 00.2 Cormack 74 00.0 644 00.1 Moss 97 00.0 2,589 00.2 Bawden 34 00.0 4,801 00.4 Hutchinson 18 00.0 548 00.0 Tindall 5 00.0 993 00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 362,122 1,241,452 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Sheehan's 277,669 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CAMERON * E 112,860 09.1 ELECTED 1 SANDFORD * E 112,860 09.1 ELECTED 3 SHEEHAN * E 112,860 09.1 ELECTED 5 DEVLIN * 277,333 99.9 279,472 22.5 ELECTED 7 Hendrickson * 148 00.1 1,710 00.1 Katz * 52 00.0 1,531 00.1 Gibson 51 00.0 17,515 01.4 Bird 12 00.0 732 00.1 Tregear 3 00.0 305 00.0 Doig 9 00.0 242 00.0 Bull 2 00.0 169 00.0 O'Donoghue 3 00.0 659 00.1 SPICER * E 112,860 09.1 ELECTED 2 RANKIN * E 112,860 09.1 ELECTED 4 GORTON * E 362,755 29.2 ELECTED 6 Wedgwood * 29 00.0 2,460 00.2 Cormack 4 00.0 648 00.1 Moss 6 00.0 2,595 00.2 Bawden 12 00.0 4,813 00.4 Hutchinson 2 00.0 550 00.0 Tindall 3 00.0 996 00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 277,669 1,241,452 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Gorton's 249,895 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CAMERON * E 112,860 09.1 ELECTED 1 SANDFORD * E 112,860 09.1 ELECTED 3 SHEEHAN * E 112,860 09.1 ELECTED 5 DEVLIN * 25 00.0 279,497 22.5 ELECTED 7 Hendrickson * 6 00.0 1,716 00.1 Katz * 0 00.0 1,531 00.1 Gibson 10 00.0 17,525 01.4 Bird 1 00.0 733 00.1 Tregear 3 00.0 308 00.0 Doig 3 00.0 245 00.0 Bull 1 00.0 170 00.0 O'Donoghue 3 00.0 662 00.1 SPICER * E 112,860 09.1 ELECTED 2 RANKIN * E 112,860 09.1 ELECTED 4 GORTON * E 112,860 09.1 ELECTED 6 WEDGWOOD * 249,639 99.9 252,099 20.3 ELECTED 8 Cormack 112 00.0 760 00.1 Moss 57 00.0 2,652 00.2 Bawden 28 00.0 4,841 00.4 Hutchinson 6 00.0 556 00.0 Tindall 1 00.0 997 00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 249,895 1,241,452 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Devlin's 166,637 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CAMERON * E 112,860 09.1 ELECTED 1 SANDFORD * E 112,860 09.1 ELECTED 3 SHEEHAN * E 112,860 09.1 ELECTED 5 DEVLIN * E 112,860 09.1 ELECTED 7 HENDRICKSON * 166,506 99.9 168,222 13.6 ELECTED 9 Katz * 65 00.0 1,596 00.1 Gibson 18 00.0 17,543 01.4 Bird 5 00.0 738 00.1 Tregear 3 00.0 311 00.0 Doig 4 00.0 249 00.0 Bull 1 00.0 171 00.0 O'Donoghue 6 00.0 668 00.1 SPICER * E 112,860 09.1 ELECTED 2 RANKIN * E 112,860 09.1 ELECTED 4 GORTON * E 112,860 09.1 ELECTED 6 WEDGWOOD * E 252,099 20.3 ELECTED 8 Cormack 15 00.0 775 00.1 Moss 4 00.0 2,656 00.2 Bawden 7 00.0 4,848 00.4 Hutchinson 2 00.0 558 00.0 Tindall 1 00.0 998 00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 166,637 1,241,452 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9th count: Wedgwood's 139,239 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CAMERON * E 112,860 09.1 ELECTED 1 SANDFORD * E 112,860 09.1 ELECTED 3 SHEEHAN * E 112,860 09.1 ELECTED 5 DEVLIN * E 112,860 09.1 ELECTED 7 HENDRICKSON * 12 00.0 168,234 13.6 ELECTED 9 Katz * 2 00.0 1,598 00.1 Gibson 5 00.0 17,548 01.4 Bird 1 00.0 739 00.1 Tregear 2 00.0 313 00.0 Doig 0 00.0 249 00.0 Bull 0 00.0 171 00.0 O'Donoghue 2 00.0 670 00.1 SPICER * E 112,860 09.1 ELECTED 2 RANKIN * E 112,860 09.1 ELECTED 4 GORTON * E 112,860 09.1 ELECTED 6 WEDGWOOD * E 112,860 09.1 ELECTED 8 CORMACK 139,135 99.9 139,910 11.3 ELECTED 10 Moss 58 00.0 2,714 00.2 Bawden 15 00.0 4,863 00.4 Hutchinson 4 00.0 562 00.0 Tindall 3 00.0 1,001 00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 139,239 1,241,452 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Senators' terms began 28 April 1951, backdated to 1 July 1950. Cameron, Rankin, Sandford, Sheehan and Spicer elected for a term ending 30 June 1956. Cormack, Devlin, Gorton, Hendrickson and Wedgwood elected for a term ending 30 June 1953. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Donald Cameron (1878-1962): Elected 1937, 1943, 1949, 1951 > Magnus Cameron Cormack (1906-94): Elected 1951 Born: 12 February 1906, Caithness-shire, Scotland Career: Migrated as child. Educated St Peter's College, Adelaide. Farmer and grazier Western District, Victoria. Military Service 1940-45. Kowrie Shire Council. President Victorian Liberal Party 1945-49. > John Joseph Devlin (1900-57): Elected 1946, 1951 > John Grey Gorton (1911-2002): Elected 1949, 1951 > Albion Hendrickson (1897-1977): Elected 1946, 1951 > Frederick Katz (1887-1960): Elected 1946. Defeated 1951 Later career: Deputy Member, Victorian Industrial Court of Appeals. Died 13 December 1960 > George James Rankin (1887-1957): Elected 1949, 1951 > Charles Walter Sandford (1895-1966): Elected 1946, 1951 > James Michael Sheehan (1889-1967): Appointed 1938. Defeated 1940. Elected 1943, 1949, 1951 > John Armstrong Spicer (1898-1977): Appointed 1940. Defeated 1943. Elected 1949, 1951 Attorney-General > Ivy Evelyn Wedgwood (1903-75): Elected 1949, 1951 --------------------------------------------------------------------