COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 9 MAY 1953 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications THE SENATE ==================================================================== VICTORIA (Five Senators to be elected) ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 1,411,511 +01.7 Votes cast: 1,340,111 94.9 -01.1 Informal votes: 75,159 05.6 -01.2 Formal votes: 1,264,952 94.4 +01.2 Quota for election: 210,826 16.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Gibson CPA 39,826 03.1 Group A William Bird CPA 2,148 00.2 Q:0.209 Frank Hardy CPA 2,000 00.2 Albion HENDRICKSON * ALP 634,422 50.2 ELECTED 1 John Devlin * ALP 4,837 00.4 Group B Hon Patrick Kennelly ALP 4,864 00.4 Q:3.055 Leslie Bawden 12,234 01.0 Group C William Pitt 599 00.0 Q:0.064 Ivan Robinson 757 00.1 John GORTON * Lib 545,637 43.1 ELECTED 2 Ivy Wedgwood * Lib 8,048 00.6 Q:2.672 Magnus Cormack * Lib 9,580 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,264,952 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Hendrickson's 423,596 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gibson 456 00.1 40,282 03.2 Bird 144 00.0 2,292 00.2 Hardy 57 00.0 2,057 00.2 HENDRICKSON * E 210,826 16.7 ELECTED 1 DEVLIN * 421,105 99.4 425,942 33.7 ELECTED 3 Kennelly 1,028 00.2 5,892 00.5 Bawden 289 00.1 12,523 01.0 Pitt 107 00.0 706 00.1 Robinson 48 00.0 805 00.1 GORTON * E 545,637 43.1 ELECTED 2 Wedgwood * 280 00.1 8,328 00.7 Cormack * 82 00.0 9,662 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 423,596 1,264,952 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Gorton's 334,811 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gibson 55 00.0 40,337 03.2 Bird 18 00.0 2,310 00.2 Hardy 9 00.0 2,066 00.2 HENDRICKSON * E 210,826 16.7 ELECTED 1 DEVLIN * 104 00.0 426,046 33.7 ELECTED 3 Kennelly 17 00.0 5,909 00.5 Bawden 164 00.0 12,687 01.0 Pitt 90 00.0 796 00.1 Robinson 48 00.0 853 00.1 GORTON * E 210,826 16.7 ELECTED 2 WEDGWOOD * 333,127 99.5 341,455 27.0 ELECTED 4 Cormack * 1,179 00.4 10,841 00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 334,811 1,264,952 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Devlin's 215,220 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gibson 109 00.1 40,446 03.2 Bird 22 00.0 2,332 00.2 Hardy 30 00.0 2,096 00.2 HENDRICKSON * E 210,826 16.7 ELECTED 1 DEVLIN * E 210,826 16.7 ELECTED 3 KENNELLY 214,633 99.7 220,542 17.4 ELECTED 5 Bawden 254 00.1 12,941 01.0 Pitt 23 00.0 819 00.1 Robinson 21 00.0 874 00.1 GORTON * E 210,826 16.7 ELECTED 2 WEDGWOOD * E 341,455 27.0 ELECTED 4 Cormack * 128 00.1 10,969 00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 215,220 1,264,952 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Senators' terms began 1 July 1953. Devlin, Hendrickson, Gorton, Kennelly and Wedgwood elected for a term ending 30 June 1959. Continuing senators (term to end 30 June 1956): Hon Donald CAMERON (ALP), George RANKIN (CP), Charles SANDFORD (ALP), James SHEEHAN (ALP), Hon John SPICER (Lib). -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Donald Cameron (1878-1962): Elected 1937, 1943, 1949, 1951 > Magnus Cameron Cormack (1906-94): Elected 1951. Defeated 1953 Later career: See Senate Victoria 1961 > John Joseph Devlin (1900-57): Elected 1946, 1951, 1953 > John Grey Gorton (1911-2002): Elected 1949, 1951, 1953 > Albion Hendrickson (1897-1977): Elected 1946, 1951, 1953 > Patrick John Kennelly (1900-81): Elected 1953 Born: 3 June 1900, Melbourne Career: Educated Catholic schools. Clerk in ALP office, Melbourne. Organiser, Victorian ALP 1930-46, Secretary 1946-50. Federal Secretary ALP 1946-54. State politics: Vic MLC for Melbourne West 1938-52. Honorary Minister 1943, Commissioner of Public Works 1945-47, Minister in charge of Electrical Undertakings 1945-47. > George James Rankin (1887-1957): Elected 1949, 1951 Rankin retired at the 1955 election. Died 28 September 1957 > 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, 1953 --------------------------------------------------------------------