COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 22 NOVEMBER 1958 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== SOUTH AUSTRALIA ==================================================================== ADELAIDE, SA ==================================================================== Inner Adelaide: Adelaide, Brompton, North Adelaide, Prospect -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 05.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,543 -04.4 Votes cast: 37,267 94.2 -01.6 Informal votes: 1,530 04.1 -01.7 Formal votes: 35,737 95.9 +01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Baylon Ryan DLP 3,642 10.2 -01.6 Joseph SEXTON ALP 17,869 50.0 -00.6 Ian Wilson Lib 14,226 39.8 +03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 35,737 02.8 e 02.5 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Wilson, see Sturt 1966. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Clement Leonard Sexton (1905-74): Elected 1958 Born: 24 November 1905, Strathalbyn, South Australia Career: Educated public schools. Building worker. Assistant Secretary Building Workers Industrial Union. Secretary, South Australian ALP 1953-58. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ANGAS, SA ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Angaston, Mt Barker, Murray Bridge, Renmark -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 22.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,662 +01.0 Votes cast: 40,413 97.0 +00.3 Informal votes: 1,336 03.3 -00.5 Formal votes: 39,077 96.7 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Susan Critchley DLP 2,581 06.6 Hon Alexander DOWNER * Lib 23,987 61.4 -08.6 Sydney Edwards 677 01.7 Darcy Nielsen ALP 11,832 30.3 +04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,077 17.7 e 04.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Russell Downer (1910-81): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 Minister for Immigration -------------------------------------------------------------------- BARKER, SA ==================================================================== South-East South Australia: Millicent, Mt Gambier, Naracoorte, Victor Harbour -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 17.7 1956 by-election two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 07.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,974 +06.9 Votes cast: 42,783 97.3 +01.0 Informal votes: 1,107 02.6 -00.5 Formal votes: 41,676 97.4 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Norman Alcock ALP 14,860 35.7 +03.4 Dr James FORBES * Lib 25,146 60.3 -07.4 Frank Marshall DLP 1,670 04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,676 13.5 e 04.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander James Forbes born 1923): Elected 1956 By, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BONYTHON, SA ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Ferryden Park, Gawler, Kilburn, Northfield -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 19.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 48,655 +26.8 Votes cast: 47,031 96.7 +01.1 Informal votes: 1,976 04.2 -00.2 Formal votes: 45,055 95.8 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Buchanan CPA 2,470 05.5 Thomas Foale Lib 12,781 28.4 -02.2 Hon Norman MAKIN * ALP 27,598 61.3 -08.1 Edward Timlin DLP 2,206 04.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,055 16.3 e 03.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Norman John Oscar Makin (1888-1982): Elected 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943. Retired 1946. Elected 1954, 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BOOTHBY, SA ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Blackwood, Mitcham, Parkside, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 12.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,003 -00.8 Votes cast: 41,510 96.5 +00.4 Informal votes: 1,244 03.0 -00.7 Formal votes: 40,266 97.0 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Dettman ALP 14,958 37.1 +01.5 George Hodgson DLP 2,907 07.2 -01.0 Hon John McLEAY * Lib 22,401 55.6 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,266 11.4 e 01.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John McLeay (1893-1982): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 Speaker of the House of Representatives -------------------------------------------------------------------- GREY, SA ==================================================================== Outback South Australia: Port Augusta, Port Lincoln, Port Pirie, Whyalla -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 06.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,641 +03.5 Votes cast: 40,980 96.1 -00.4 Informal votes: 1,156 02.8 +00.4 Formal votes: 39,824 97.2 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Gunn Lib 16,233 40.8 -02.5 Richard Mills DLP 1,755 04.4 Frank Rieck 513 01.3 Edgar RUSSELL * ALP 21,323 53.5 -03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,824 05.0 e 01.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edgar Hugo Degenaart Russell (1890-1963): Elected 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HINDMARSH, SA ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Henley Beach, Hindmarsh, Plympton, Thebarton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 12.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 46,636 +08.7 Votes cast: 44,997 96.5 +00.3 Informal votes: 1,535 03.4 -00.8 Formal votes: 43,462 96.6 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clyde CAMERON * ALP 27,141 62.4 +02.2 Francis Moran DLP 2,771 06.4 -02.5 Alan Smith Lib 13,550 31.2 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,462 13.7 e 01.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clyde Robert Cameron (1914-2008): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KINGSTON, SA ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Ascot Park, Brighton, Edwardstown, Glenelg -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 53,361 +19.9 Votes cast: 51,662 96.8 +00.3 Informal votes: 1,292 02.5 -00.8 Formal votes: 50,370 97.5 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cecil Anderson Lib 21,442 42.6 -05.8 Brian Crowe DLP 3,321 06.6 Patrick GALVIN * ALP 25,607 50.8 -00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 50,370 02.1 e 00.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Galvin (1911-80): Elected 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PORT ADELAIDE, SA ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Albert Park, Port Adelaide, Semaphore, Woodville -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 majority: Labor over CPA 34.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,842 +03.4 Votes cast: 43,366 96.7 +00.6 Informal votes: 1,683 03.9 -03.1 Formal votes: 41,683 96.1 +03.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Garvie Lib 9,875 23.7 Gerald Shinnick DLP 2,386 05.7 Peter Symon CPA 795 01.9 -13.4 Bert THOMPSON * ALP 28,627 68.7 -16.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,683 21.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Victor Albert Thompson (1886-1966): Elected 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- STURT, SA ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Burnside, Norwood, Rose Park, St Peters -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 10.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,563 +04.4 Votes cast: 43,937 96.4 +00.3 Informal votes: 1,333 03.0 -00.9 Formal votes: 42,604 97.0 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Siegfried Hausler ALP 16,013 37.6 -02.1 Norman Vowles DLP 2,266 05.3 Keith WILSON * Lib 24,325 57.1 -03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,604 11.3 e 01.0 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Keith Cameron Wilson (1900-87): Elected 1949, 1951. Defeated 1954. Elected 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WAKEFIELD, SA ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Highbury, Maitland, Peterborough, Wallaroo -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 14.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,050 -01.5 Votes cast: 39,886 97.2 +00.5 Informal votes: 1,427 03.6 +00.5 Formal votes: 38,459 96.4 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hector Henstridge 2,518 06.5 Bert KELLY + Lib 21,844 56.8 -05.4 Leonard Krieg ALP 11,899 30.9 -01.5 Leo Redden DLP 2,198 05.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,459 15.1 e 00.2 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Robert Kelly (1912-97): Elected 1958 Born: 22 June 1912, Riverton, South Australia. Career: Educated Prince Alfred College, Adelaide. Farmer at Tarlu, South Australia. Nuffield Scholarship 1951. Journalist, prominent free trader. --------------------------------------------------------------------