COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA TWENTY-SIXTH PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== CURTIN, WA ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Leederville, Nedlands, Subiaco, Wembley Park -------------------------------------------------------------------- 19 April 1969, following the resignation of Hon Paul Hasluck -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1966 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 17.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,829 +01.3 Votes cast: 36,224 80.8 -13.8 Informal votes: 608 01.7 -02.1 Formal votes: 35,616 98.3 +02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Victor GARLAND Lib 17,983 50.5 -09.4 Hayden Jones ALP 11,047 31.0 +00.7 Robert Scoggins 6,586 18.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 35,616 09.8 e 07.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Scoggins was a candidate of the Association for the Abolition of the Means Test. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ransley Victor Garland (born 1934): Elected 1969 By Born: 5 May 1934, Western Australia Career: Educated Hale School, Perth, University of Western Australia. Accountant. University tutor in accountancy. Claremont Town Council. --------------------------------------------------------------------