COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1955 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications THE SENATE ==================================================================== WESTERN AUSTRALIA (Five senators to be elected) ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 343,013 +04.2 Votes cast: 325,763 95.0 +00.7 Informal votes: 32,612 10.0 +02.8 Formal votes: 293,151 90.0 -02.8 Quota for election: 48,859 16.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Gandini CPA 5,516 01.9 Group A Annette Aarons CPA 312 00.1 Q:0.127 Albert Marks CPA 397 00.1 Shane PALTRIDGE * Lib 126,397 43.1 ELECTED 1 Victor Vincent * Lib 2,698 00.9 Group B George Branson Lib 1,349 00.5 Q:2.670 Agnes Robertson * CP 26,284 09.0 Group C Reginald Davies CP 1,566 00.5 Q:0.570 Frederick Swaine 1,009 00.3 Group D Robert Salter 204 00.1 Q:0.248 Ian Handcock ALP-AC 9,351 03.2 Group E Olive Anstey ALP-AC 726 00.2 Q:0.206 Dorothy TANGNEY * ALP 111,457 38.0 ELECTED 2 Donald Willesee * ALP 2,553 00.9 Group F Charles Golding ALP 1,357 00.5 Q:2.361 Carlyle Ferguson 1,975 00.7 Q:0.040 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 293,151 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Branson, see Senate Western Australia 1958. 2. Robertson had lost her Liberal endorsement and was instead endorsed by the CP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Paltridge's 77,538 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gandini 72 00.1 5,588 01.9 Aarons 19 00.0 331 00.1 Marks 16 00.0 413 00.1 PALTRIDGE * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 1 VINCENT * 76,526 98.7 79,224 27.0 ELECTED 3 Branson 316 00.4 1,665 00.6 Robertson * 371 00.5 26,655 09.1 Davies 70 00.1 1,636 00.6 Swaine 26 00.0 1,035 00.4 Salter 8 00.0 212 00.1 Handcock 29 00.0 9,380 03.2 Anstey 8 00.0 734 00.3 TANGNEY * E 111,457 38.0 ELECTED 2 Willesee * 52 00.1 2,605 00.9 Golding 5 00.0 1,362 00.5 Ferguson 20 00.0 1,995 00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 77,538 293,151 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Tangney's 62,598 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gandini 59 00.1 5,647 01.9 Aarons 13 00.0 344 00.1 Marks 16 00.0 429 00.1 PALTRIDGE * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 1 VINCENT * 148 00.2 79,372 27.1 ELECTED 3 Branson 22 00.0 1,687 00.6 Robertson * 456 00.7 27,111 09.2 Davies 48 00.1 1,684 00.6 Swaine 75 00.1 1,110 00.4 Salter 29 00.0 241 00.1 Handcock 176 00.3 9,556 03.3 Anstey 126 00.2 860 00.3 TANGNEY * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 2 WILLESEE * 60,619 96.8 63,224 21.6 ELECTED 4 Golding 527 00.8 1,889 00.6 Ferguson 284 00.5 2,279 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 62,598 293,151 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Vincent's 30,513 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gandini 10 00.0 5,657 01.9 Aarons 4 00.0 348 00.1 Marks 1 00.0 430 00.1 PALTRIDGE * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 1 VINCENT * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 3 Branson 30,383 99.6 32,070 10.9 Robertson * 76 00.2 27,187 09.3 Davies 16 00.1 1,700 00.6 Swaine 3 00.0 1,113 00.4 Salter 0 00.0 241 00.1 Handcock 4 00.0 9,560 03.3 Anstey 3 00.0 863 00.3 TANGNEY * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 2 WILLESEE * E 63,224 21.6 ELECTED 4 Golding 8 00.0 1,897 00.6 Ferguson 5 00.0 2,284 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 30,513 293,151 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Willesee's 14,365 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gandini 4 00.0 5,661 01.9 Aarons 0 00.0 348 00.1 Marks 0 00.0 430 00.1 PALTRIDGE * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 1 VINCENT * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 3 Branson 7 00.0 32,077 10.9 Robertson * 13 00.1 27,200 09.3 Davies 2 00.0 1,702 00.6 Swaine 5 00.0 1,118 00.4 Salter 1 00.0 242 00.1 Handcock 15 00.1 9,575 03.3 Anstey 11 00.1 874 00.3 TANGNEY * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 2 WILLESEE * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 4 Golding 14,280 99.4 16,177 05.5 Ferguson 27 00.2 2,311 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,365 293,151 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Salter's 242 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gandini 6 02.5 5,667 01.9 Aarons 0 00.0 348 00.1 Marks 1 00.4 431 00.1 PALTRIDGE * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 1 VINCENT * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 3 Branson 17 07.0 32,094 10.9 Robertson * 28 11.6 27,228 09.3 Davies 20 08.3 1,722 00.6 Swaine 103 42.6 1,221 00.4 Handcock 32 13.2 9,607 03.3 Anstey 8 03.3 882 00.3 TANGNEY * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 2 WILLESEE * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 4 Golding 11 04.5 16,188 05.5 Ferguson 16 06.6 2,327 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 242 293,151 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Aarons's 348 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gandini 227 65.2 5,894 02.0 Marks 41 11.8 472 00.2 PALTRIDGE * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 1 VINCENT * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 3 Branson 18 05.2 32,112 11.0 Robertson * 24 06.9 27,252 09.3 Davies 15 04.3 1,737 00.6 Swaine 3 00.9 1,224 00.4 Handcock 4 01.1 9,611 03.3 Anstey 3 00.9 885 00.3 TANGNEY * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 2 WILLESEE * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 4 Golding 11 03.2 16,199 05.5 Ferguson 2 00.6 2,329 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 348 293,151 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Marks's 472 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gandini 345 73.1 6,239 02.1 PALTRIDGE * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 1 VINCENT * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 3 Branson 53 11.2 32,165 11.0 Robertson * 22 04.7 27,274 09.3 Davies 12 02.5 1,749 00.6 Swaine 4 00.8 1,228 00.4 Handcock 2 00.4 9,613 03.3 Anstey 0 00.0 885 00.3 TANGNEY * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 2 WILLESEE * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 4 Golding 26 05.5 16,225 05.5 Ferguson 8 01.7 2,337 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 472 293,151 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9th count: Anstey's 885 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gandini 9 01.0 6,248 02.1 PALTRIDGE * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 1 VINCENT * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 3 Branson 35 04.0 32,200 11.0 Robertson * 72 08.1 27,346 09.3 Davies 16 01.8 1,765 00.6 Swaine 17 01.9 1,245 00.4 Handcock 631 71.3 10,244 03.5 TANGNEY * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 2 WILLESEE * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 4 Golding 71 08.0 16,296 05.6 Ferguson 34 03.8 2,371 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 885 293,151 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 10th count: Swaine's 1,245 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gandini 57 04.6 6,305 02.2 PALTRIDGE * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 1 VINCENT * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 3 Branson 115 09.2 32,315 11.0 Robertson * 326 26.2 27,672 09.4 Davies 81 06.5 1,846 00.6 Handcock 398 32.0 10,642 03.6 TANGNEY * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 2 WILLESEE * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 4 Golding 131 10.5 16,427 05.6 Ferguson 137 11.0 2,508 00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,245 293,151 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 11th count: Davies's 1,846 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gandini 42 02.3 6,347 02.2 PALTRIDGE * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 1 VINCENT * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 3 Branson 291 15.8 32,606 11.1 Robertson * 1,368 74.1 29,040 09.9 Handcock 72 03.9 10,714 03.7 TANGNEY * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 2 WILLESEE * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 4 Golding 43 02.3 16,470 05.6 Ferguson 30 01.6 2,538 00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,846 293,151 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 12th count: Ferguson's 2,538 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gandini 86 03.4 6,433 02.2 PALTRIDGE * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 1 VINCENT * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 3 Branson 298 11.7 32,904 11.2 Robertson * 403 15.9 29,443 10.0 Handcock 341 13.4 11,055 03.8 TANGNEY * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 2 WILLESEE * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 4 Golding 1,410 55.6 17,880 06.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,538 293,151 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 13th count: Gandini's 6,433 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- PALTRIDGE * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 1 VINCENT * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 3 Branson 4,115 64.0 37,019 12.6 Robertson * 543 08.4 29,986 10.2 Handcock 109 01.7 11,164 03.8 TANGNEY * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 2 WILLESEE * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 4 Golding 1,666 25.9 19,546 06.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,433 293,151 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 14th count: Handcock's 11,164 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- PALTRIDGE * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 1 VINCENT * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 3 Branson 2,677 24.0 39,696 13.5 Robertson * 4,094 36.7 34,080 11.6 TANGNEY * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 2 WILLESEE * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 4 Golding 4,393 39.3 23,939 08.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,164 293,151 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 15th count: Golding's 23,939 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- PALTRIDGE * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 1 VINCENT * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 3 Branson 3,263 13.6 42,959 14.7 ROBERTSON * 20,676 86.4 54,756 18.7 ELECTED 5 TANGNEY * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 2 WILLESEE * E 48,859 16.7 ELECTED 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 23,939 293,151 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Senators' terms began 1 July 1956. Paltridge, Robertson, Tangney, Vincent and Willesee elected for a term ending 30 June 1962. Continuing Senators (term to end 30 June 1959): Joseph COOKE (ALP), Hon James FRASER (ALP), John HARRIS (ALP), Malcolm SCOTT (Lib), Harrie SEWARD (CP). -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Joseph Alfred Cooke (1904-81): Elected 1946. Defeated 1951. Appointed 1952, 1953 > James Mackintosh Fraser (1890-61): Elected 1937, 1943, 1949, 1951, 1953 Fraser retired at the 1958 election. Died 27 August 1961 > John Harris (1890-1974): Elected 1946. Defeated 1951. Elected 1953 Harris retired at the 1958 election. Died 5 October 1974 > Shane Dunne Paltridge (1910-66): Elected 1951, 1955 Minister for Shipping and Transport from 27 September 1955 Minister for Civil Aviation from 24 October 1956 > Agnes Robertson (1882-1968): Elected 1949, 1951, 1955 > Malcolm Fox Scott (1911-89): Elected 1949, 1951, 1953 > Harrie Stephen Seward (1884-1958): Elected 1951, 1953 Died 23 July 1958 (no Appointment made) > Dorothy Margaret Tangney (1911-85): Elected 1943, 1946, 1951, 1955 > Victor Seddon Vincent (1908-64): Elected 1949, 1951, 1955 > Donald Robert Willesee (1916-2003): Elected 1949, 1951, 1955 --------------------------------------------------------------------