COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 18 MAY 1974 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== WESTERN AUSTRALIA ==================================================================== The National Alliance NA) in Western Australia was a coalition of the Country Party and the DLP. The NA vote is compared with the combined CP and DLP vote in 1972. CANNING, WA ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Armadale, Mandurah, Rockingham, Williams -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1972 two-party majority: CP over ALP 06.0 Effect of 1974 redistribution: 05.8 shift to CP New notional two-party majority: CP over ALP 11.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 57,456 -11.4 Votes cast: 54,992 95.7 +01.1 Informal votes: 1,427 02.6 -01.2 Formal votes: 53,565 97.4 +01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Melville Bungey Lib 19,133 35.7 +08.8 John Duncan AP 1,093 02.0 -00.4 John Hallett * NA 16,961 31.7 -02.9 James Laffer ALP 16,378 30.6 -03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 53,565 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Duncan's 1,093 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bungey 440 40.3 19,573 36.5 Hallett * 370 33.9 17,331 32.4 Laffer 283 25.9 16,661 31.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,093 53,565 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Laffer's 16,661 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BUNGEY 14,844 89.1 34,417 64.3 Hallett * 1,817 10.9 19,148 35.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 16,661 53,565 14.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > John Mead Hallett (1917-99): Elected 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972. Defeated 1974 Died 9 August 1999 > Melville Harold Bungey (born 1934): Elected 1974 Born: 30 August 1934, Gnowangerup, Western Australia Career: Educated University of Western Australia. Farmer. Vice- President Wool Section, Farmers Union of Western Australia. -------------------------------------------------------------------- CURTIN, WA ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Floreat Park, Leederville, Nedlands, Subiaco -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1972 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 14.9 e Effect of 1974 redistribution: 02.7 shift to ALP New notional two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 12.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 67,023 +23.4 Votes cast: 63,222 94.3 +00.7 Informal votes: 1,460 02.3 +00.3 Formal votes: 61,762 97.7 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Crouch ALP 24,016 38.9 +05.3 Jeannette Forsyth 700 01.1 Dennis Fyfe AP 728 01.2 -04.1 Hon Victor GARLAND * Lib 33,267 53.9 -01.9 Terence McDonnell NA 3,051 04.9 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 61,762 09.3 e 02.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ransley Victor Garland (born 1934): Elected 1969 By, 1969, 1972, 1974 -------------------------------------------------------------------- FORREST, WA ==================================================================== Southern Western Australia: Albany, Bunbury, Nelson, Sussex -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1972 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 03.6 Effect of 1974 redistribution: no change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 56,292 +10.3 Votes cast: 54,281 96.4 +00.5 Informal votes: 1,084 02.0 -00.3 Formal votes: 53,197 98.0 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Terence Best NA 7,967 15.0 -08.4 Peter Drummond * Lib 24,860 46.7 +14.7 Lawrence Gibson AP 569 01.1 +00.1 Albert Newman ALP 19,801 37.2 -06.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 53,197 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Gibson's 569 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Best 131 23.0 8,098 15.2 Drummond * 166 29.2 25,026 47.0 Newman 272 47.8 20,073 37.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 569 53,197 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Best's 8,098 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- DRUMMOND * 7,663 94.6 32,689 61.4 Newman 435 05.4 20,508 38.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,098 53,197 11.4 07.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Hertford Drummond (1931-2013): Elected 1972, 1974 -------------------------------------------------------------------- FREMANTLE, WA ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Cottesloe, Fremantle, Melville, Palmyra -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1972 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 08.5 e Effect of 1974 redistribution: 00.4 shift to Lib New notional two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 08.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 65,013 +03.6 Votes cast: 62,056 95.5 +00.7 Informal votes: 1,554 02.5 00.0 Formal votes: 60,502 97.5 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Kim BEAZLEY * ALP 35,932 59.4 +03.2 Douglas Fernihough Lib 21,711 35.9 -03.5 Peter Moorehouse NA 2,136 03.5 +00.5 Charles Pierce AP 723 01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 60,502 10.6 e 02.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kim Edward Beazley (1917-2007): Elected 1945 By, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1974 Minister for Education to 11 November 1975 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KALGOORLIE, WA ==================================================================== Outback Western Australia: Geraldton, Kalgoorlie, Kimberley, Pilbara -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1972 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 10.0 e Effect of 1974 redistribution: 00.6 shift to Lib New notional two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 09.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 53,066 +02.1 Votes cast: 46,775 88.1 -01.3 Informal votes: 1,216 02.6 +00.1 Formal votes: 45,559 97.4 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fred COLLARD * ALP 22,925 50.3 -08.5 John Cotter Lib 19,072 41.9 +06.9 James Jackson 487 01.1 Ian Kelly AP 555 01.2 George Kyros NA 2,520 05.5 -00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,559 02.1 e 07.3 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Cotter, see Kalgoorlie 1975. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Walter Collard (1912-86): Elected 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1974 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MOORE, WA ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Greenmount, Kalamunda, Northam, Pearce -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1972 two-party majority: CP over ALP 09.1 Effect of 1974 redistribution: no change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 60,959 +04.1 Votes cast: 58,462 95.9 +00.6 Informal votes: 1,322 02.3 -00.2 Formal votes: 57,140 97.3 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rodney Boland ALP 21,220 37.1 -01.6 Sydney Hickman AP 752 01.3 John Hyde Lib 20,279 35.5 +07.6 Donald Maisey * NA 14,889 26.1 -07.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 57,140 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Hickman's 752 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Boland 420 55.9 21,640 37.9 Hyde 227 30.2 20,506 35.9 Maisey * 105 14.0 14,994 26.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 752 57,140 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Maisey's 14,994 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Boland 935 06.2 22,575 39.5 HYDE 14,059 93.8 34,565 60.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,994 57,140 10.5 01.4 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Liberal majority over the ALP is compared with the CP majority over the ALP in 1972. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Donald William Maisey (1915-2005): Elected 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972. Defeated 1974 Died 20 April 2005 > John Martin Hyde (born 1936): Elected 1974 Born: 2 February 1936, Perth Career: Farmer at Dalwallinu, Western Australia. Dalwallinu Shire Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------- PERTH, WA ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Bassendean, Bayswater, Morley, Mt Lawley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1972 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 02.4 e Effect of 1974 redistribution: 01.2 shift to ALP New notional two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 65,829 +07.2 Votes cast: 61,829 93.9 +01.6 Informal votes: 2,077 03.4 +00.5 Formal votes: 59,752 96.6 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph BERINSON * ALP 33,786 56.5 +04.0 Wilfred Campin AP 411 00.7 Dorothy Cranley NA 2,487 04.2 -01.1 Paul Marsh CPA 539 00.9 Derrick Tomlinson Lib 22,529 37.7 -04.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 59,752 08.2 e 04.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tomlinson was WA MLC from East Metropolitan 1989-2005. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Maxwell Berinson (1932-2018): Elected 1969, 1972, 1974 Minister for Environment 14 July 1975 to 11 November 1975 -------------------------------------------------------------------- STIRLING, WA ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Balcatta, Balga, North Beach, Yokine -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1972 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 02.9 Effect of 1974 redistribution: no change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 58,150 -16.3 Votes cast: 55,058 94.7 +00.1 Informal votes: 1,200 02.2 +00.1 Formal votes: 53,858 97.8 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Marie Clark NA 2,797 05.2 -01.4 Graham Reece ALP 25,648 47.6 +01.5 Carolyn Tonge AP 471 00.9 Ian Viner * Lib 24,942 46.3 -01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 53,858 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Tonge's 471 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clark 92 (19.5 2,889 05.4 Reece 285 60.5 25,933 48.2 Viner * 94 20.0 25,036 46.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 471 53,858 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Clark's 2,889 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reece 990 34.3 26,923 50.0 VINER * 1,899 65.7 26,935 50.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,889 53,858 00.0 02.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Ian Viner (born 1933): Elected 1972, 1974 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SWAN, WA ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Belmont, Como, Midland, Rivervale -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1972 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 02.2 e Effect of 1974 redistribution: 00.5 shift to Lib New notional two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 68,011 +08.2 Votes cast: 64,193 94.4 +00.6 Informal votes: 1,816 02.8 -00.1 Formal votes: 62,377 97.2 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Pietro Bendotti NA 4,087 06.6 +02.8 Adrian BENNETT * ALP 33,225 53.3 +04.3 Geoffrey Hale Lib 24,251 38.9 -04.8 Archelaus Marshall AP 814 01.3 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 62,377 05.6 e 03.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adrian Frank Bennett (1933-2006): Elected 1969, 1972, 1974 -------------------------------------------------------------------- TANGNEY, WA ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Bentley, Gosnells, Kwinana, Riverton -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat: Notional two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 60,217 Votes cast: 57,121 94.9 Informal votes: 1,419 02.5 Formal votes: 55,702 97.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- June Bunce NA 3,430 06.2 John DAWKINS ALP 28,176 50.6 Wendy Russell-Brown AP 900 01.6 Peter Whyte Lib 23,196 41.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 55,702 03.1 e 02.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Sydney Dawkins (born 1947): Elected 1974 Born: 2 March 1947, Perth Career: Educated University of Western Australia, Roseworthy Agricultural College, South Australia. 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