COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 29 MAY 1954 ==================================================================== Parties -------------------------------------------------------------------- * ALP - Australian Labor Party * CP - Country Party * CPA - Communist Party of Australia * Lib - Liberal Party VOTING BY CONSTITUENCY ==================================================================== SOUTH AUSTRALIA ==================================================================== ADELAIDE, SA 35,332 enrolled, 33,992 (96.2%) voted ==================================================================== Inner Adelaide: East Adelaide, Nailsworth, North Adelaide, Prospect -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 11.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nancy Buttfield Lib 14,266 42.8 (+04.5) Hon Cyril CHAMBERS * ALP 18,446 55.3 (-06.5) Charles McCaffrey CPA 625 01.9 (+00.0) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 655 (01.9%) informal 33,337 07.0 e 04.6 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Buttfield, see Senate South Austrlia 1953, Appointments -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cyril Chambers (1897-1975): Elected 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ANGAS, SA 42,395 enrolled ==================================================================== Eastern South Australia: Angaston, Murray Bridge, Renmark, Waikerie -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 13.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander DOWNER * Lib Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Russell Downer (1910-81): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BARKER, SA 45,419 enrolled, 44,068 (97.0%) voted ==================================================================== South-east South Australia: Mt Gambier, Naracoorte, Stathalbyn, Victor Harbour -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 12.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Archie CAMERON * Lib 27,255 62.9 (+01.5) Ralph Dettman ALP 16,107 37.1 (+00.9) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 706 (01.6%) informal 43,362 12.9 00.2 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Archie Galbraith Cameron (1895-1956): Elected 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954 Speaker of the House of Representatives -------------------------------------------------------------------- BOOTHBY, SA 40,098 enrolled, 38,782 (96.7%) voted ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Mitcham, Parkside, Rose Park, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 11.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John McLEAY * Lib 22,263 58.3 (-02.8) Rex Mathews ALP 15,930 41.7 (+02.8) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 589 (01.5%) informal 38,193 08.3 02.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John McLeay (1893-1982): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- GREY, SA 41,170 enrolled, 39,624 (96.2%) voted ==================================================================== Outback South Australia: Port Augusta, Port Lincoln, Port Pirie, Whyalla -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 06.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Cheesman Lib 16,253 41.7 (-02.2) Edgar RUSSELL * ALP 22,749 58.3 (+02.2) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 622 (01.6%) informal 39,002 08.3 02.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edgar Hugo Degenaart Russell (1890-1963): Elected 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HINDMARSH, SA 43,681 enrolled ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Hindmarsh, Lockleys, Thebarton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 majority: ALP unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clyde CAMERON * ALP Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clyde Robert Cameron (1914-2008): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KINGSTON, SA 60,064 enrolled, 58,320 (97.1%) voted ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Brighton, Edwardstown, Glandore, Glenelg -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 01.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick GALVIN * ALP 31,602 55.0 (+04.4) Howard Zelling Lib 25,888 45.0 (-03.1) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 830 (01.4%) informal 57,490 05.0 03.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Galvin (1911-80): Elected 1951, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PORT ADELAIDE, SA 56,628 enrolled, 54,483 (96.2%) voted ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Albert Park, Kilburn, Port Adelaide, Semaphore -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 23.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alan Finger CPA 3,045 06.0 (+03.3) Albert THOMPSON * ALP 47,355 94.0 (+22.7) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4,083 (07.5%) informal 50,400 44.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Albert Victor Thompson (1886-1966): Elected 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- STURT, SA 50,967 enrolled, 49,476 (97.1%) voted ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Burnside, Magill, Norwood, St Peters -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Norman MAKIN ALP 25,857 53.0 (+05.4) Keith Wilson * Lib 22,890 47.0 (-05.4) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 729 (01.5%) informal 48,747 03.0 05.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Makin was member for Hindmarsh 1919-46. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Keith Cameron Wilson (1900-87): Elected 1949, 1951. Defeated 1954 Later career: See Sturt 1955 > Norman John Oswald Makin (1889-1982): Elected 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943. Retired 1946. Elected 1954 Makin contested Bonython in 1955. -------------------------------------------------------------------- WAKEFIELD, SA 40,118 enrolled, 39,109 (97.5%) voted ==================================================================== Central South Australia: Gawler, Kapunda, Maitland, Wallaroo -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 10.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Harradine ALP 14,400 37.4 (-02.5) Hector Henstridge 2,218 05.8 Hon Philip McBRIDE * Lib 21,893 56.8 (+03.3) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 598 (01.5%) informal 38,511 09.7 e 00.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Philip Albert Martin McBride (1892-1982): Elected 1931, 1934. Retired 1937. Elected 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954 Minister for Defence --------------------------------------------------------------------