COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 2 DECEMBER 1972 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== WESTERN AUSTRALIA ==================================================================== CANNING, WA ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Katanning, Kwinana, Rockingham, Williams -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1969 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 04.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 64,865 +25.1 Votes cast: 61,362 94.6 -00.9 Informal votes: 2,335 03.8 +00.8 Formal votes: 59,027 96.2 -00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Burns 1,301 02.2 John Hallett * CP 15,461 26.2 -03.9 Thomas Hartigan AP 1,436 02.4 Patrick Hickey DLP 1,558 02.6 -02.8 Ian Pratt Lib 15,873 26.9 +04.6 Allan Scott ALP 23,398 39.6 -02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 59,027 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Pratt was WA MLC for Lower West 1974-86. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Burns's 1,301 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hallett * 774 59.5 16,235 27.5 Hartigan 193 14.8 1,629 02.8 Hickey 115 08.8 1,673 02.8 Pratt 89 06.8 15,962 27.0 Scott 130 10.0 23,528 39.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,301 59,027 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Hartigan's 1,629 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hallett * 453 27.8 16,688 28.3 Hickey 223 13.7 1,896 03.2 Pratt 187 11.5 16,149 27.4 Scott 766 47.0 24,294 41.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,629 59,027 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Hickey's 1,896 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hallett * 1,262 66.6 17,950 30.4 Pratt 387 20.4 16,536 28.0 Scott 247 13.0 24,541 41.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,896 59,027 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Pratt's 16,536 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HALLETT * 15,082 91.2 33,032 56.0 Scott 1,454 08.8 25,995 44.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 16,536 59,027 06.0 01.2 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Mead Hallett (1917-99): Elected 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CURTIN, WA ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Cottesloe, Leederville, Nedlands, Subiaco -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1969 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 10.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 54,299 +01.4 Votes cast: 50,827 93.6 -01.7 Informal votes: 1,037 02.0 -00.3 Formal votes: 49,790 98.0 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Victor GARLAND * Lib 29,131 58.5 +08.7 Maurene Locke AP 2,652 05.3 +03.0 Peter McGowan DLP 2,634 05.3 -01.8 Susan Neacy ALP 15,373 30.9 -03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 49,790 14.9 e 04.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ransley Victor Garland (born 1934): Elected 1969 By, 1969, 1972 Minister for Supply to 5 December 1972 -------------------------------------------------------------------- FORREST, WA ==================================================================== Southern Western Australia: Albany, Bunbury, Plantagenet, Sussex -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1969 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 51,020 +02.9 Votes cast: 48,951 95.9 -00.3 Informal votes: 1,143 02.3 -00.1 Formal votes: 47,808 97.7 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Drummond Lib 15,304 32.0 -10.9 John Fleeton DLP 1,483 03.1 -04.1 Frank Kirwan * ALP 20,843 43.6 -04.0 Russell Moffet AP 455 01.0 -01.4 David Reid CP 9,723 20.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 47,808 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Reid, see Senate 1970, Appointments -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Moffet's 455 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Drummond 51 11.2 15,355 32.1 Fleeton 48 10.5 1,531 03.2 Kirwan * 250 54.9 21,093 44.1 Reid 106 23.3 9,829 20.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 455 47,808 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Fleeton's 1,531 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Drummond 464 30.3 15,819 33.1 Kirwan * 170 11.1 21,263 44.5 Reid 897 58.6 10,726 22.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,531 47,808 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Reid's 10,726 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- DRUMMOND 9,796 91.3 25,615 53.6 Kirwan * 930 08.7 22,193 46.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,726 47,808 03.6 04.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Frank McLeod Kirwan (1937-76): Elected 1969. Defeated 1972 Died 28 October 1976 > Peter Hertford Drummond (1931-2013): Elected 1972 Born: 21 August 1931, Wagga Wagga, NSW Career: Farmer at Mt Barker, Western Australia -------------------------------------------------------------------- FREMANTLE, WA ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Coolbellup, Fremantle, Melville, Palmyra -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1969 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 14.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 62,769 +07.6 Votes cast: 59,505 94.8 -00.3 Informal votes: 1,515 02.5 +00.3 Formal votes: 57,990 97.5 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kim BEAZLEY * ALP 32,803 56.6 -06.7 Erica Lawton Lib 22,637 39.0 +06.7 Albert Marks CPA 786 01.4 Rosemary Tobori DLP 1,764 03.0 -01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 57,990 08.5 e 05.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kim Edward Beazley (1917-2007): Elected 1945 By, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972 Minister for Education from 19 December 1972 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KALGOORLIE, WA ==================================================================== Outback Western Australia: Dundas, Geraldton, Greenough, Kalgoorlie -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1969 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 10.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 51,968 +16.6 Votes cast: 46,468 89.4 -00.2 Informal votes: 1,182 02.5 +00.6 Formal votes: 45,286 97.5 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fred COLLARD * ALP 26,648 58.8 -00.2 Gerald Gloster Lib 15,837 35.0 -00.9 Geoffrey Sands DLP 2,801 06.2 +01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,286 10.0 e no swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Walter Collard (1912-86): Elected 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MOORE, WA ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Kalamunda, Midland, Moora, Northam -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1969 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 05.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 58,554 +19.9 Votes cast: 55,778 95.3 +00.7 Informal votes: 1,380 02.5 00.0 Formal votes: 54,398 97.5 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Benjamin Ballantyne DLP 2,480 04.6 -00.7 John Hyde Lib 15,197 27.9 +06.0 Donald Maisey * CP 15,647 28.8 -02.2 Peter Walsh ALP 21,074 38.7 -03.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 54,398 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Hyde, see Moore 1974. 2. For Walsh, see Senate WA 1974. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Ballantyne's 2,480 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hyde 1,073 43.3 16,270 29.9 Maisey * 1,115 45.0 16,762 30.8 Walsh 292 11.8 21,366 39.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,480 54,398 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Hyde's 16,270 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- MAISEY * 15,382 94.5 32,144 59.1 Walsh 888 05.5 22,254 40.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 16,270 54,398 09.1 03.6 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald William Maisey (1915-2005): Elected 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PERTH, WA ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Bassendean, Bayswater, Mt Lawley, Perth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1969 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 08.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 61,410 +04.6 Votes cast: 56,688 92.3 -01.4 Informal votes: 1,623 02.9 -00.5 Formal votes: 55,065 97.1 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph BERINSON * ALP 28,226 51.3 -03.8 Dorothy Cranley DLP 2,928 05.3 +01.2 Derrick Tomlinson Lib 23,911 43.4 +05.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 55,065 02.4 e 05.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tomlinson was WA MLC for East Metropolitan 1989-2005. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Max Berinson (1932-2018): Elected 1969, 1972 -------------------------------------------------------------------- STIRLING, WA ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Doubleview, Innaloo, Mt Hawthorn, Yokine -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1969 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 05.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 69,511 +19.5 Votes cast: 65,789 94.6 -00.2 Informal votes: 1,414 02.1 -00.7 Formal votes: 64,375 97.9 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Peachey DLP 4,243 06.6 +00.2 Ian Viner Lib 30,446 47.3 +09.7 Harry Webb * ALP 29,686 46.1 -07.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 64,375 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Peachey's 4,243 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- VINER 3,583 84.4 34,029 52.9 Webb * 660 15.6 30,346 47.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,243 64,375 02.9 08.4 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Charles Harry Webb (1908-2000): Elected 1954, 1955. Defeated 1958. Elected 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969. Defeated 1972 Died 15 November 2000 > Robert Ian Viner (born 1933): Elected 1972 Born: 21 January 1933, Perth Career: Educated University of Western Australia. Barrister and solicitor. -------------------------------------------------------------------- SWAN, WA ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Belmont, Bentley, Rivervale, Victoria Park -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1969 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 04.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 62,844 +03.8 Votes cast: 58,929 93.8 00.0 Informal votes: 1,699 02.9 +00.5 Formal votes: 57,230 97.1 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adrian Bennett * ALP 28,347 49.5 -02.7 Richard Cleaver Lib 24,724 43.2 +01.7 Archelaus Marshall AP 1,075 01.9 +00.3 David Milne DLP 2,163 03.8 -00.9 David Smith 921 01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 57,230 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cleaver was member for Swan 1955-69. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Smith's 921 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bennett * 247 26.8 28,594 50.0 Cleaver 323 35.1 25,047 43.8 Marshall 144 15.6 1,219 02.1 Milne 207 22.5 2,370 04.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 921 57,230 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Marshall's 1,219 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BENNETT * 742 60.9 29,336 51.3 Cleaver 275 22.6 25,322 44.2 Milne 202 16.6 2,572 04.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,219 57,230 02.2 e 01.9 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adrian Frank Bennett (1933-2006): Elected 1969, 1972 --------------------------------------------------------------------