COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 9 MAY 1953 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications THE SENATE ==================================================================== WESTERN AUSTRALIA (Six senators to be elected) ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 329,192 +03.4 Votes cast: 310,459 94.3 -01.3 Informal votes: 22,322 07.2 -01.7 Formal votes: 288,137 92.8 +01.7 Quota for election: 41,163 14.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Malcolm SCOTT * Lib 130,986 45.5 ELECTED 2 Harrie Seward * CP 3,802 01.3 Group A Shane Paltridge * Lib 2,022 00.7 Q:3.396 William Robinson * CP 2,994 01.0 Joseph COOKE * ALP 134,854 46.8 ELECTED 1 Hon James Fraser * ALP 4,138 01.4 Group B John Harris ALP 977 00.3 Q:3.436 Charles Golding ALP 1,447 00.5 Sam Aarons CPA 2,098 00.7 Group C John Coleman CPA 309 00.1 Q:0.065 John Gandini CPA 255 00.1 Carlyle Ferguson 2,510 00.9 Group D Colin Unwin 324 00.1 Q:0.069 Frederick Swaine 994 00.3 Group E Robert Salter 427 00.1 Q:0.033 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 288,137 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Western Australia elected six Senators because of the death of Edmund Piesse, a long-term Senator, in 1952. The sixth Senator elected filled the remainder of Piesse's term. 2. Harris was a Senator for Western Australia 1947-51. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Cooke's 93,691 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- SCOTT * E 130,986 45.5 ELECTED 2 Seward * 253 00.3 4,055 01.4 Paltridge * 44 00.0 2,066 00.7 Robinson * 26 00.0 3,020 01.0 COOKE * E 41,163 14.3 ELECTED 1 FRASER * 92,717 99.0 96,855 33.6 ELECTED 3 Harris 362 00.4 1,339 00.5 Golding 173 00.2 1,620 00.6 Aarons 37 00.0 2,135 00.7 Coleman 26 00.0 335 00.1 Gandini 8 00.0 263 00.1 Ferguson 23 00.0 2,533 00.9 Unwin 4 00.0 328 00.1 Swaine 14 00.0 1,008 00.3 Salter 4 00.0 431 00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 93,691 288,137 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Scott's 89,823 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- SCOTT * E 41,163 14.3 ELECTED 2 SEWARD * 88,144 98.1 92,199 32.0 ELECTED 4 Paltridge * 734 00.8 2,800 01.0 Robinson * 487 00.5 3,507 01.2 COOKE * E 41,163 14.3 ELECTED 1 FRASER * 201 00.2 97,056 33.7 ELECTED 3 Harris 31 00.0 1,370 00.5 Golding 22 00.0 1,642 00.6 Aarons 79 00.1 2,214 00.7 Coleman 21 00.0 356 00.1 Gandini 7 00.0 270 00.1 Ferguson 62 00.1 2,595 00.9 Unwin 7 00.0 335 00.1 Swaine 20 00.0 1,028 00.4 Salter 8 00.0 439 00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 89,823 288,137 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Fraser's 55,893 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- SCOTT * E 41,163 14.3 ELECTED 2 SEWARD * E 92,199 32.0 ELECTED 4 Paltridge * 133 00.2 2,933 01.0 Robinson * 30 00.1 3,537 01.2 COOKE * E 41,163 14.3 ELECTED 1 FRASER * E 41,163 14.3 ELECTED 3 HARRIS 55,441 99.2 56,811 19.7 ELECTED 5 Golding 207 00.4 1,849 00.6 Aarons 26 00.0 2,240 00.8 Coleman 16 00.0 372 00.1 Gandini 4 00.0 274 00.1 Ferguson 27 00.0 2,622 00.9 Unwin 0 00.0 335 00.1 Swaine 6 00.0 1,034 00.4 Salter 3 00.0 442 00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 55,893 288,137 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Seward's 51,036 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- SCOTT * E 41,163 14.3 ELECTED 2 SEWARD * E 41,163 14.3 ELECTED 4 PALTRIDGE * 50,627 99.2 53,560 18.6 ELECTED 6 Robinson * 303 00.6 3,840 01.3 COOKE * E 41,163 14.3 ELECTED 1 FRASER * E 41,163 14.3 ELECTED 3 HARRIS 50 00.1 56,861 19.7 ELECTED 5 Golding 8 00.0 1,857 00.6 Aarons 10 00.0 2,250 00.8 Coleman 6 00.0 378 00.1 Gandini 2 00.0 276 00.1 Ferguson 16 00.0 2,638 00.9 Unwin 3 00.0 338 00.1 Swaine 8 00.0 1,042 00.4 Salter 3 00.0 445 00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 51,036 288,137 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Senators' terms began 1 July 1953. Cooke, Fraser, Harris, Scott and Seward elected for a term ending 30 June 1959. Paltridge elected for a term ending 30 June 1956 (remainder of Piesse's term). Continuing Senators (term to end 30 June 1956): Agnes ROBERTSON (Lib), Dorothy TANGNEY (ALP), Victor VINCENT (Lib), Donald WILLESEE (ALP). -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Joseph Alfred Cooke (1904-81): Elected 1946. Defeated 1951. Appointed 1952. Elected 1953 > James Mackintosh Fraser (1908-70): Elected 1937, 1943, 1949, 1951, 1953 > John Harris (1890-1974): Elected 1946. Defeated 1951. Elected 1953 > Shane Dunne Paltridge (1910-66): Elected 1951, 1953 > Agnes Robertson (1882-1968): Elected 1949, 1951 > William Charles Robinson (1907-81): Appointed 1952. Defeated 1953 > Malcolm Fox Scott (1911-89): Elected 1949, 1951, 1953 > Harrie Stephen Seward (1884-1958): Elected 1951, 1953 > Dorothy Margaret Tangney (1911-85): Elected 1943, 1946, 1951 > Victor Seddon Vincent (1908-64): Elected 1949, 1951 > Donald Robert Willesee (1916-2003): Elected 1949, 1951 --------------------------------------------------------------------