COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1955 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications THE SENATE ==================================================================== SOUTH AUSTRALIA (Five senators to be elected) ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 462,747 +02.0 Votes cast: 444,827 96.1 -00.4 Informal votes: 39,802 08.9 +04.0 Formal votes: 405,025 91.1 -04.0 Quota for election: 67,505 16.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Boylan ALP-AC 32,756 08.1 Group A Daniel Smith ALP-AC 1,322 00.3 Q:0.520 Norman Vowles ALP-AC 1,020 00.3 Hon Edward MATTNER * Lib 180,738 44.6 ELECTED 1 Douglas Hannaford * Lib 2,839 00.7 Group B Nancy Buttfield * Lib 5,935 01.5 Q:2.807 Sidney O'FLAHERTY * ALP 172,935 42.7 ELECTED 2 Theophilus Nicholls * ALP 1,649 00.4 Group C Joseph Sexton ALP 1,739 00.4 Q:2.612 Dr Alan Finger CPA 2,884 00.7 Group D Edward Robertson CPA 290 00.1 Q:0.061 James Doyle CPA 918 00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 405,025 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Sexton, see House of Representatives, Adelaide 1958. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Mattner's 113,233 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Boylan 323 00.3 33,079 08.2 Smith 119 00.1 1,441 00.4 Vowles 54 00.0 1,074 00.3 MATTNER * E 67,505 16.7 ELECTED 1 HANNAFORD * 111,526 98.5 114,365 28.2 ELECTED 3 Buttfield * 875 00.8 6,810 01.7 O'FLAHERTY * E 172,935 42.7 ELECTED 2 Nicholls * 189 00.2 1,838 00.5 Sexton 51 00.0 1,790 00.4 Finger 38 00.0 2,922 00.7 Robertson 41 00.0 331 00.1 Doyle 17 00.0 935 00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 113,233 405,025 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: O'Flaherty's 105,430 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Boylan 129 00.1 33,208 08.2 Smith 35 00.0 1,476 00.4 Vowles 21 00.0 1,095 00.3 MATTNER * E 67,505 16.7 ELECTED 1 HANNAFORD * 207 00.2 114,572 28.3 ELECTED 3 Buttfield * 90 00.1 6,900 01.7 O'FLAHERTY * E 67,505 16.7 ELECTED 2 NICHOLLS * 104,368 99.0 106,206 26.2 ELECTED 4 Sexton 352 00.3 2,142 00.5 Finger 150 00.1 3,072 00.8 Robertson 38 00.0 369 00.1 Doyle 40 00.0 975 00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 105,430 405,025 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Hannaford's 47,067 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Boylan 145 00.3 33,353 08.2 Smith 47 00.1 1,523 00.4 Vowles 32 00.1 1,127 00.3 MATTNER * E 67,505 16.7 ELECTED 1 HANNAFORD * E 67,505 16.7 ELECTED 3 Buttfield * 46,704 99.2 53,604 13.2 O'FLAHERTY * E 67,505 16.7 ELECTED 2 NICHOLLS * E 106,206 26.2 ELECTED 4 Sexton 100 00.2 2,242 00.6 Finger 17 00.0 3,089 00.8 Robertson 13 00.0 382 00.1 Doyle 9 00.0 984 00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 47,067 405,025 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Nicholls's 38,701 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Boylan 17 00.0 33,370 08.2 Smith 6 00.0 1,529 00.4 Vowles 3 00.0 1,130 00.3 MATTNER * E 67,505 16.7 ELECTED 1 HANNAFORD * E 67,505 16.7 ELECTED 3 Buttfield * 43 00.1 53,647 13.2 O'FLAHERTY * E 67,505 16.7 ELECTED 2 NICHOLLS * E 67,505 16.7 ELECTED 4 Sexton 38,601 99.7 40,843 10.1 Finger 17 00.0 3,106 00.8 Robertson 9 00.0 391 00.1 Doyle 5 00.0 989 00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,701 405,025 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Robertson's 391 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Boylan 28 07.2 33,398 08.2 Smith 36 09.2 1,565 00.4 Vowles 10 02.6 1,140 00.3 MATTNER * E 67,505 16.7 ELECTED 1 HANNAFORD * E 67,505 16.7 ELECTED 3 Buttfield * 48 12.3 53,695 13.3 O'FLAHERTY * E 67,505 16.7 ELECTED 2 NICHOLLS * E 67,505 16.7 ELECTED 4 Sexton 56 14.3 40,899 10.1 Finger 106 27.1 3,212 00.8 Doyle 107 27.4 1,096 00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 391 405,025 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Doyle's 1,096 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Boylan 62 05.7 33,460 08.3 Smith 14 01.3 1,579 00.4 Vowles 13 01.2 1,153 00.3 MATTNER * E 67,505 16.7 ELECTED 1 HANNAFORD * E 67,505 16.7 ELECTED 3 Buttfield * 74 06.8 53,769 13.3 O'FLAHERTY * E 67,505 16.7 ELECTED 2 NICHOLLS * E 67,505 16.7 ELECTED 4 Sexton 126 11.5 41,025 10.1 Finger 807 73.6 4,019 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,096 405,025 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Vowles's 1,153 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Boylan 266 23.1 33,726 08.3 Smith 687 59.6 2,266 00.6 MATTNER * E 67,505 16.7 ELECTED 1 HANNAFORD * E 67,505 16.7 ELECTED 3 Buttfield * 119 10.3 53,888 13.3 O'FLAHERTY * E 67,505 16.7 ELECTED 2 NICHOLLS * E 67,505 16.7 ELECTED 4 Sexton 66 05.7 41,091 10.1 Finger 15 01.3 4,034 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,153 405,025 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9th count: Smith's 2,266 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Boylan 1,850 81.6 35,576 08.8 MATTNER * E 67,505 16.7 ELECTED 1 HANNAFORD * E 67,505 16.7 ELECTED 3 Buttfield * 263 11.6 54,151 13.4 O'FLAHERTY * E 67,505 16.7 ELECTED 2 NICHOLLS * E 67,505 16.7 ELECTED 4 Sexton 107 04.7 41,198 10.2 Finger 46 02.0 4,080 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,266 405,025 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 10th count: Finger's 4,080 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Boylan 405 09.9 35,981 08.9 MATTNER * E 67,505 16.7 ELECTED 1 HANNAFORD * E 67,505 16.7 ELECTED 3 Buttfield * 339 08.3 54,490 13.5 O'FLAHERTY * E 67,505 16.7 ELECTED 2 NICHOLLS * E 67,505 16.7 ELECTED 4 Sexton 3,336 81.8 44,534 11.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,080 405,025 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 11th count: Boylan's 35,981 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- MATTNER * E 67,505 16.7 ELECTED 1 HANNAFORD * E 67,505 16.7 ELECTED 3 BUTTFIELD * 32,364 89.9 86,854 21.4 ELECTED 5 O'FLAHERTY * E 67,505 16.7 ELECTED 2 NICHOLLS * E 67,505 16.7 ELECTED 4 Sexton 3,617 10.1 48,151 11.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 35,981 405,025 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Senators' terms began 1 July 1956. Buttfield, Hannaford, Mattner, Nicholls and O'Flaherty elected for a term ending 30 June 1962. Continuing Senators (term to end 30 June 1959): John CRITCHLEY (ALP), Keith LAUGHT (Lib), Rex PEARSON (Lib), John RYAN (ALP), James TOOHEY (ALP). -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Nancy Eileen Buttfield (1912-2005): Appointed 1955. Elected 1955 > John Owen Critchley (1892-1964): Elected 1946, 1951, 1953 Critchley retired at the 1958 election. Died 27 April 1964 > Douglas Clive Hannaford (1903-67): Elected 1949, 1951, 1955 > Keith Alexander Laught (1907-69): Elected 1951, 1953 > Edward William Mattner (1893-1977): Appointed 1944. Defeated 1946. Elected 1949, 1951, 1955 > Theophilus Martin Nicholls (1894-1977): Elected 1943, 1949, 1951, 1955 > Sidney Wainman O'Flaherty (1886-1967): Elected 1943, 1949, 1951, 1955 > Rex Whiting Pearson (1905-61): Elected 1951, 1953 > John Victor Ryan (1890-1974): Elected 1949, 1951, 1953 Ryan retired at the 1958 election. Died 13 October 1974 > James Philip Toohey (1909-92): Elected 1953 --------------------------------------------------------------------