COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 9 DECEMBER 1961 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== SOUTH AUSTRALIA ==================================================================== ADELAIDE, SA ==================================================================== Inner Adelaide: Adelaide, Brompton, North Adelaide, Prospect -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 02.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,878 -07.7 Votes cast: 35,045 95.0 +00.8 Informal votes: 1,317 03.8 -00.3 Formal votes: 33,728 96.2 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ursula Cock DLP 3,276 09.7 -00.5 John Rundle Lib 11,648 34.5 -05.3 Joseph SEXTON * ALP 18,804 55.8 +05.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 33,728 07.5 e 04.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Clement Leonard Sexton (1905-74): Elected 1958, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ANGAS, SA ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Angaston, Mt Barker, Murray Bridge, Renmark -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 17.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,671 +02.4 Votes cast: 41,403 97.0 00.0 Informal votes: 1,165 02.8 -00.5 Formal votes: 40,238 97.2 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Balogh DLP 2,853 07.1 +00.5 Arnold Busbridge ALP 14,587 36.3 +06.0 Hon Alexander DOWNER * Lib 22,798 56.7 -04.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,238 11.6 e 06.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Russell Downer (1910-81): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961 Minister for Immigration -------------------------------------------------------------------- BARKER, SA ==================================================================== South-East South Australia: Millicent, Mt Gambier, Naracoorte, Victor Harbour -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 13.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 46,088 +04.8 Votes cast: 44,707 97.0 -00.3 Informal votes: 1,094 02.4 -00.2 Formal votes: 43,613 97.6 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Norman Alcock ALP 17,428 40.0 +04.3 Charles Coffey DLP 1,364 03.1 -00.9 Dr James FORBES * Lib 23,732 54.4 -05.9 John Gartner 1,089 02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,613 08.2 e 05.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander James Forbes (born 1923): Elected 1956 By, 1958, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BONYTHON, SA ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Ferryden Park, Gawler, Kilburn, Northfield -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 16.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 60,934 +25.2 Votes cast: 58,430 95.9 -00.8 Informal votes: 2,659 04.6 -00.4 Formal votes: 55,771 95.4 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Ellis 2,938 05.3 Margaret McLachlan Lib 13,562 24.3 -04.1 Hon Norman MAKIN * ALP 35,245 63.2 +01.9 Alan Miller CPA 695 01.2 -04.3 Edward Timlin DLP 3,331 06.0 +01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 55,771 17.7 e 01.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Norman John Oscar Makin (1888-1982): Elected 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943. Retired 1946. Elected 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961 Makin retired at the 1963 election. Died 20 July 1982 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BOOTHBY, SA ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Blackwood, Mitcham, Parkside, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 11.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,120 +02.6 Votes cast: 42,050 95.3 -01.2 Informal votes: 1,208 02.9 -00.1 Formal votes: 40,842 97.1 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ronald Basten ALP 17,206 42.1 +05.0 Edward Farrell DLP 2,660 06.5 -00.7 Hon John McLEAY * Lib 20,976 51.4 -04.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,842 06.6 e 04.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Farrell was the father of Senator Don Farrell. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John McLeay (1893-1982): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961 Speaker of the House of Representatives -------------------------------------------------------------------- GREY, SA ==================================================================== Outback South Australia: Port Augusta, Port Lincoln, Port Pirie, Whyalla -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 05.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,255 +06.1 Votes cast: 43,436 96.0 -00.1 Informal votes: 1,127 02.6 -00.2 Formal votes: 42,309 97.4 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Dodgson Lib 16,155 38.2 -02.6 Richard Mills DLP 1,512 03.6 -00.8 Edgar RUSSELL * ALP 24,642 58.2 +04.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,309 08.8 e 03.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edgar Hugo Degenaart Russell (1890-1963): Elected 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961 Died 31 March 1963 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- HINDMARSH, SA ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Henley Beach, Hindmarsh, Plympton, Thebarton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 13.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 49,475 +06.1 Votes cast: 47,473 96.0 -00.5 Informal votes: 1,563 03.3 -00.1 Formal votes: 45,910 96.7 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clyde CAMERON * ALP 31,194 67.9 +05.5 Cyril Holasek DLP 2,097 04.6 -01.8 Karl-Juergen Liebetrau Lib 12,619 27.5 -03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,910 18.8 e 05.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clyde Robert Cameron (1914-2008): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KINGSTON, SA ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Ascot Park, Brighton, Edwardstown, Glenelg -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 02.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 60,975 +14.3 Votes cast: 58,765 96.4 -00.4 Informal votes: 1,316 02.2 -00.3 Formal votes: 57,449 97.8 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Crowe DLP 5,026 08.7 +02.1 Patrick GALVIN * ALP 32,279 56.2 +05.4 John McCoy Lib 20,144 35.1 -07.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 57,449 08.7 e 06.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Galvin (1911-80): Elected 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PORT ADELAIDE, SA ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Albert Park, Port Adelaide, Semaphore, Woodville -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 21.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,489 +01.4 Votes cast: 43,759 96.2 -00.5 Informal votes: 1,929 04.4 +00.5 Formal votes: 41,830 95.6 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Basisovs DLP 3,290 07.9 +02.2 Kimball Kelly Lib 7,556 18.1 -05.6 Peter Symon CPA 938 02.2 +00.3 Bert THOMPSON * ALP 30,046 71.8 +03.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,830 25.2 e 03.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Victor Albert Thompson (1886-1966): Elected 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961 Thompson retired at the 1963 election. Died 13 January 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- STURT, SA ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Burnside, Norwood, Rose Park, St Peters -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 11.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 48,254 +05.9 Votes cast: 46,189 95.7 -00.7 Informal votes: 1,367 03.0 00.0 Formal votes: 44,822 97.0 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Doran DLP 4,000 08.9 +03.6 Arthur Penn ALP 17,430 38.9 +01.3 Keith WILSON * Lib 23,392 52.2 -04.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,822 08.5 e 02.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Keith Cameron Wilson (1900-87): Elected 1949, 1951. Defeated 1954. Elected 1955, 1958, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WAKEFIELD, SA ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Highbury, Maitland, Peterborough, Wallaroo -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 15.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,351 +00.7 Votes cast: 40,055 96.9 -00.3 Informal votes: 884 02.2 +01.4 Formal votes: 39,171 97.8 -01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bert KELLY * Lib 22,759 58.1 +01.3 John McMahon DLP 2,048 05.2 -00.5 Collin Wood ALP 14,364 36.7 +05.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,171 12.3 e 02.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Robert Kelly (1912-97): Elected 1958, 1961 --------------------------------------------------------------------