COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1975 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== WESTERN AUSTRALIA ==================================================================== CANNING, WA ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Armadale, Mandurah, Rockingham, Williams -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1974 two-party majority: Liberal over NA 14.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 63,659 +10.8 Votes cast: 60,954 95.8 +00.1 Informal votes: 1,288 02.1 -00.5 Formal votes: 59,666 97.9 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Marilyn Anthony ALP 17,916 30.0 -00.6 Melville Bungey * Lib 28,002 46.9 +11.2 John Hallett NCP 13,748 23.0 -08.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 59,666 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Hallett was member for Canning 1963-74. 2. The NCP vote is compared with the National Alliance vote in 1974. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Hallett's 13,748 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Anthony 1,029 07.5 18,945 31.8 BUNGEY * 12,720 92.5 40,721 68.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,748 59,666 18.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Melville Harold Bungey (born 1934): Elected 1974, 1975 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CURTIN, WA ==================================================================== Perth Suburban: Floreat Park, Leederville, Nedlands, Subiaco -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1974 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 09.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 68,128 +01.6 Votes cast: 64,525 94.7 +00.4 Informal votes: 1,371 02.1 -00.2 Formal votes: 63,154 97.9 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Crouch ALP 21,253 33.7 -05.2 Hon Victor GARLAND * Lib 41,901 66.3 +12.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 63,154 16.3 07.0 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ransley Victor Garland (born 1934): Elected 1969 By, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975 Minister for Post and Telecommunications 22 December 1975 to 6 February 1976 Minister for Veterans' Affairs from 6 September 1977 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Garland resigned as Minister for Post and Telecommunications following allegations of bribery, of which he was later acquitted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- FORREST, WA ==================================================================== Southern Western Australia: Albany, Bunbury, Nelson, Sussex -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1974 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 11.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 58,296 +03.6 Votes cast: 56,358 96.7 +00.3 Informal votes: 1,217 02.2 +00.2 Formal votes: 55,141 97.8 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Geoffrey Davy ALP 19,075 34.6 -02.6 Peter DRUMMOND * Lib 30,158 54.7 +08.0 Noel Duggan 484 00.9 Duncan Hordacre 290 00.5 Noel Klopper NCP 5,134 09.3 -05.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 55,141 13.8 e 02.4 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- The NCP vote is compared with the National Alliance vote in 1974. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Hertford Drummond (1931-2013): Elected 1972, 1974, 1975 -------------------------------------------------------------------- FREMANTLE, WA ==================================================================== Perth Suburban: Cottesloe, Fremantle, Melville, Palmyra -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1974 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 10.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 67,674 +04.1 Votes cast: 64,647 95.5 00.0 Informal votes: 1,568 02.4 -00.1 Formal votes: 63,079 96.6 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Kim BEAZLEY * ALP 32,570 51.6 -07.8 Leon Lapinski Lib 30,509 48.4 +12.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 63,079 01.6 09.0 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kim Edward Beazley (1917-2007): Elected 1945 By, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975 Beazley retired at the 1977 election. Died 12 October 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Beazley was the last living member of the 1943 and 1946 Parliaments. -------------------------------------------------------------------- KALGOORLIE, WA ==================================================================== Outback Western Australia: Geraldton, Kalgoorlie, Kimberley, Pilbara -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1974 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 02.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 57,171 +07.7 Votes cast: 51,321 89.8 +01.7 Informal votes: 1,055 02.1 -00.5 Formal votes: 50,266 97.9 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fred Collard * ALP 22,734 45.2 -05.1 John COTTER Lib 25,994 51.7 +09.8 Graham Mills 1,538 03.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 50,266 04.2 e 06.3 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Frederick Walter Collard (1912-86): Elected 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975 Died 1 December 1986 > John Francis Cotter (born 1935): Elected 1975 Born: 21 March 1935, Yarram, Victoria Career: Pastoralist, prospector, miner and contractor. Coolgardie Shire Council 1965-74. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MOORE, WA ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Greenmount, Kalamunda, Northam, Pearce -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1974 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 10.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 74,466 +22.1 Votes cast: 70,970 95.3 -00.6 Informal votes: 1,583 02.2 -00.1 Formal votes: 69,387 97.8 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Graham Anderson NCP 9,312 13.4 -12.7 Allen Blanchard ALP 21,230 30.6 -06.5 John HYDE * Lib 38,845 56.0 +20.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 69,387 17.2 e 06.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The NCP vote is compared with the National Alliance vote in 1974. 2. For Blanchard, see Moore 1983 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Martin Hyde (born 1936): Elected 1974, 1975 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PERTH, WA ==================================================================== Perth Suburban: Bassendean, Bayswater, Morley, Mt Lawley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1974 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 08.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 68,197 +03.6 Votes cast: 64,295 94.3 +00.4 Informal votes: 1,845 02.9 -00.5 Formal votes: 62,450 97.1 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Joseph Berinson * ALP 29,902 47.9 -08.6 Ross McLEAN Lib 31,658 50.7 +13.0 Victor Slater CPA 890 01.4 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 62,450 00.8 e 09.0 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Joseph Maxwell Berinson (1932-2018): Elected 1969, 1972, 1974. Defeated 1975 Later career: WA MLC for North-East Metropolitan 1980-83, North- Central Metropolitan 1983-89, North Metropolitan 1989-93. Attorney- General 1983-93. Died 2 June 2018 > Ross Malcolm McLean (born 1944): Elected 1975 Born: 30 June 1944, Perth Career: Educated University of Western Australia. Senior administrative assistant, University of Western Australia. -------------------------------------------------------------------- STIRLING, WA ==================================================================== Perth Suburban: Balcatta, Balga, North Beach, Yokine -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1974 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 62,866 +08.1 Votes cast: 59,888 95.3 +00.6 Informal votes: 1,151 01.9 -00.3 Formal votes: 58,737 98.1 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Butterworth 1,643 02.8 Graham Reece ALP 23,073 39.3 -08.3 Ian VINER * Lib 34,021 57.9 +11.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 58,737 09.3 e 09.3 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Ian Viner (born 1933): Elected 1972, 1974, 1975 Minister for Aboriginal Affairs from 22 December 1975 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SWAN, WA ==================================================================== Perth Suburban: Belmont, Como, Midland, Rivervale -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1974 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 05.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 69,090 +01.6 Votes cast: 65,149 94.3 -00.1 Informal votes: 1,748 02.7 -00.1 Formal votes: 63,401 97.3 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adrian Bennett * ALP 29,954 47.2 -06.1 John Martyr Lib 30,914 48.8 +09.9 Peter Masson NCP 2,533 04.0 -02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 63,401 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The NCP vote is compared with the National Alliance vote in 1974. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Masson's 2,533 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bennett * 418 16.5 30,372 47.9 MARTYR 2,115 83.5 33,029 52.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,533 63,401 02.1 07.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Adrian Frank Bennett (1933-2006): Elected 1969, 1972, 1974. Defeated 1975 Died 9 May 2006 > John Raymond Martyr (born 1932): Elected 1975 Born: 25 May 1932, Melbourne Career: Political and economic consultant. Official and candidate, Democratic Labour Party. -------------------------------------------------------------------- TANGNEY, WA ==================================================================== Perth Suburban: Bentley, Gosnells, Kwinana, Riverton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1974 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 03.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 68,872 +14.4 Votes cast: 65,277 94.8 -00.1 Informal votes: 1,508 02.3 -00.2 Formal votes: 63,769 97.7 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Warwick Agnew 2,395 03.8 John Dawkins * ALP 26,697 41.9 -08.7 Dr Peter RICHARDSON Lib 34,677 54.4 +12.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 63,769 06.6 e 09.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- > John Sydney Dawkins (born 1947): Elected 1974. Defeated 1975 Later career: See Fremantle 1977 > Peter Anthony Richardson (born 1939): Elected 1975 Born: 23 January 1939, Perth Career: Educated University of Western Australia, London University. Gynaecologist. Richardson resigned from the Liberal Party in October 1977. He contested the Senate in 1977. --------------------------------------------------------------------