VICTORIA ==================================================================== LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 5 JUNE 1919 ==================================================================== Shows ministerial and parliamentary offices held by MLCs in the period from 5 June 1919 to 31 May 1922 Voting figures are taken from Colin Hughes and Don Aitkin, "Voting for the Australian state upper houses, 1890-1984," ANU Press 1986. Candidates' given names are taken from "The Argus." Non-Labor MLCs are identified as Nationalists or Farmers Union from this election, but many still regarded themselves as independents. SUMMARY OF VOTES AND SEATS ========================================================================= Voters enrolled: 317,619 Total votes cast: 40,397 12.7 Informal votes: 851 02.1 Formal votes 39,546 97.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % 1916 1919 Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nationalist 21,572 54.5 14 13 27 -02 Farmers Union - - 1 1 +01 Labor Party 9,419 23.8 -07.7 3 3 6 +01 Others 8,555 21.6 - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,546 17 17 34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Four of 17 Provinces were contested. Turnout in contested provinces averaged 30.1%. 3. Three Provinces were contested by Labor candidates (one unopposed). In 1916 Labor had won two seats, but gained a third at a by-election held on the same day as the 1919 election. 4. The Farmers Union contested one Province, in which it was unopposed. 5. The table shows members elected in 1916, for terms ending in 1922, and members elected at this election, for terms ending in 1925. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- VOTING BY PROVINCE ==================================================================== BENDIGO PROVINCE 10,685 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Alfred HICKS * Nationalist Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Hicks (1860-1921): Elected 1904 by, 1907, 1913, 1919 Died 6 September 1921 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without office 18 May 1920 to 6 September 1921 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Bendigo Province 1919-22 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Sternberg (1852-1928): Elected 1891 by, 1894, 1900, 1904, 1910, 1916 -------------------------------------------------------------------- EAST YARRA PROVINCE 34,862 enrolled, 8,558 (23.5%) voted ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Cornwall 3,530 41.6 Hon William EDGAR * Nationalist 4,953 58.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 75 (00.9%) informal 8,483 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Haslem Edgar (1858-1948): Elected 1904, 1907. Defeated 1913. Elected 1917 by, 1919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for East Yarra Province 1919-22 -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Kerr Merritt (1856-1943): Elected 1913 by, 1916 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without office from 17 January 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- GIPPSLAND PROVINCE 13,528 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon George DAVIS * Nationalist Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Martley Davis (1860-1938): Elected 1917 by, 1919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without office from 17 January 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Gippsland Province 1919-22 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Jolley Crooke (1861-1940): Elected 1893 by, 1898, 1904, 1910, 1916 Resigned May 1922 Died 23 October 1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE PROVINCE 19,826 enrolled, 8,547 (43.1%) voted ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John D Pearson 3,220 38.1 Sir Henry WEEDON Nationalist 3,425 40.5 Harold S K Ward 1,815 21.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 97 (01.1%) informal 8,449 01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Weedon was MLA for East Melbourne 1907-11. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Weedon (1859-1921): Elected 1907, 1908. Defeated 1911. Elected 1919 Died 26 March 1921 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Melbourne Province 1919-22 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John McWhae (1858-1927): Elected 1910, 1916 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without portfolio to 22 November 1921 Resigned November 1921 Died 17 September 1927 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE EAST PROVINCE 19,823 enrolled, 3,492 (17.6%) voted ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick W Dawborn Nationalist 1,019 29.5 Hon Daniel L McNAMARA * Labor Party 2,438 70.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 35 (01.0%) informal 3,457 20.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Laurence McNamara (1876-1947): Elected 1916. Disqualified 1916. Elected 1917 by, 1919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Melbourne East Province 1919-22 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Percy Jones (1872-1955): Elected 1910, 1916 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE NORTH PROVINCE 32,996 enrolled, 12,451 (37.7%) voted ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon William J BECKETT * Labor Party 6,981 58.6 Thomas Griffin Nationalist 4,929 41.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 541 (04.4%) informal 11,910 08.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William James Beckett (1870-1965): Elected 1914 by, 1919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Melbourne North Province 1919-22 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Vacant: see by-election below -------------------------------------------------------------------- This seat was vacant following the death of Hon Donald Melville on 20 March 1919. The by-election to fill the vacancy was held on the same day as this election. (Colin Hughes and Don Aitkin, "Voting for the Australian state upper houses, 1890-1984," has transposed these two elections.) -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE SOUTH PROVINCE 25,297 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Arthur ROBINSON * Nationalist Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Robinson (1872-1945): Elected 1912 by, 1913, 1919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Commissioner of Public Works to 21 October 1919 Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works to 21 October 1919 Solicitor-General to 20 January 1920 Attorney-General from 21 October 1919 Solicitor-General from 21 September 1920 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Melbourne South Province 1919-22 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Henry Payne (1862-1932): Elected 1901 by, 1904, 1910, 1916 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE WEST PROVINCE 27,545 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon James DISNEY * Labor Party Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Herbert Disney (1864-1943): Elected 1916 by, 1919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Melbourne West Province 1919-22 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John George Aikman (1858-1928): Elected 1904, 1910. Defeated 1916. Declared elected on petition 1916. -------------------------------------------------------------------- NELSON PROVINCE 10,453 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon J Drysdale BROWN * Nationalist Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Drysdale Brown (1850-1922): Elected 1904, 1907, 1913, 1919 Died 5 April 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The by-election to fill this vacancy was held on the same date as the 1922 Legislative Council election, and appears on that page. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Nelson Province 1919-22 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Theodore Beggs (1859-1940): Elected 1910, 1916 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTHERN PROVINCE 12,965 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Francis G CLARKE * Nationalist Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Grenville Clarke (1879-1955): Elected 1913, 1919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Commissioner of Crown Lands and Survey to 21 October 1919 Minister of Water Supply to 22 February 1921 President of the Board of Land and Works to 21 October 1919 Commissioner of Public Works from 21 October 1919 Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works from 21 October 1919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Northern Province 1919-22 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Lawrence Baillieu (1859-1936): Elected 1901 by, 1902, 1904. Accepted office 1909. Elected 1909 by, 1910 Baillieu retired in 1922 Died 6 February 1936 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH-EASTERN PROVINCE 13,076 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon William KENDELL * Nationalist Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Kendell (1851-1922): Elected 1916 by, 1919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without office to 9 July 1919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for North-Eastern Province 1919-22 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Otto Sachse (1860-1920): Elected 1892 by, 1894, 1900. Accepted office 1903. Elected 1903 by, 1904, 1910 Died 25 July 1920 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCE 16,646 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- George L GOUDIE Farmers Union Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Louis Goudie (1866-1949): Elected 1919 Born: 30 April 1866, near Avoca Career: Farmer at Birchip and Hopetoun. Birchip Shire Council, President 1898. Ballan Shire Council. Karcarook Shire Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for North-Western Province 1919-22 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Bloomfield Rees (1859-1935): Elected 1903 by, 1904, 1910, 1916 Resigned October 1919 Later career: Contested Senate in 1919 federal election, defeated. Died 25 June 1935 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTHERN PROVINCE 13,846 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon L R Russell CLARKE * Nationalist Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Lionel Russell Clarke (1876-1954): Elected 1910 by, 1913, 1919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Southern Province 1919-22 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Charles Angliss (1865-1957): Elected 1912 by, 1916 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH-EASTERN PROVINCE 25,558 enrolled, 7,349 (28.7%) voted ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred E CHANDLER Nationalist 3,243 44.8 William P Francis Nationalist 1,521 21.0 Hon Frederick W Hagelthorn * Nationalist 2,482 34.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 103 (01.4%) informal 7,246 05.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hagelthorn was MLC for North Western Province 1907-19. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick William Hagelthorn (1864-1943): Elected 1907, 1913. Defeated 1919. Died 21 July 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Elliott Chandler (1873-1935): Elected 1919 Career: Educated state school. Horticulturalist, Boronia (town of Boronia named for his property). Ferntree Gully Shire Council, President many times from 1908. Father of Hon Sir Gilbert Chandler MLC. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for South-Eastern Province 1919-22 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Addison Adamson (1858-1924): Elected 1910, 1916 Adamson retired in 1922. Died 10 June 1924 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH-WESTERN PROVINCE 16,903 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Austin A AUSTIN * Nationalist Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Austin Albert Austin (1855-1925): Elected 1910 by, 1913, 1919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for South-Western Province 1919-22 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Horace Frank Richardson (1854-1935): Elected 1912 by, 1916 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WELLINGTON PROVINCE 10,345 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander BELL * Nationalist Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Bell (1851-1931): Elected 1917 by, 1919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Wellington Province 1916-19 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick William Brawn (1857-1936): Elected 1907 by, 1910, 1916 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTERN PROVINCE 13,265 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Edward J WHITE * Nationalist Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward James White (1869-1959): Elected 1907, 1913, 1919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Wellington Province 1919-22 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Synnot Manifold (1849-1928): Elected 1901 by, 1904, 1910, 1916 -------------------------------------------------------------------- President of the Legislative Council from 8 July 1919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTIONS 1919-22 ==================================================================== MELBOURNE NORTH PROVINCE 32,996 enrolled, 12,451 (37.7%) voted ==================================================================== 5 June 1919, following the death of Hon Donald Melville -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Esmond L KIERNAN Labor Party 6,486 54.3 Alexander G Wales Nationalist 5,468 45.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 497 (04.0%) informal 11,954 04.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Wales, See Melbourne Province, 1936 by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- Esmond Laurence Kiernan (1881-1967): Elected 1919 by Born: 26 December 1881, Melbourne Career: Educated state schools. Clerk and manager. Founding member Clerks Union. Furniture retailer. Henry Georgist, campaigner against death penalty. Collingwood City Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCE enrolment unknown ==================================================================== 19 November 1919, following the resignation of Richard Rees -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William P CROCKETT Farmers Union Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Paul Crockett (1864-1932): Elected 1919 by Born: 1864, Mansfield Career: Farmer at Mansfield, dried fruit grower at Mildura from 1892. Mildura Shire Council, President 1914. -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH-EASTERN PROVINCE enrolment unknown ==================================================================== 2 September 1920, following the death of Hon A Otto Sachse -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Archibald Currie Nationalist 1,678 31.8 Dr John R HARRIS Farmers Union 3,594 68.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Informal unknown 5,272 18.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Richards Harris (1868-1946): Elected 1920 by Born: 24 January 1868, Chiltern Career: Educated Grenville College Ballarat, University of Melbourne. Medical practitioner, Melbourne and Rutherglen. Military Service 1917-18. Wine-grower at Rutherglen. -------------------------------------------------------------------- This by-election does not appear in Colin Hughes and Don Aitkin, "Voting for the Australian state upper houses, 1890-1984." These figures come from the "North-Eastern Standard." -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE PROVINCE enrolment unknown ==================================================================== 5 May 1921, following the death of Hon Sir Henry Weedon -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry I COHEN Nationalist 4,567 66.6 John D Pearson Labor Party 2,293 33.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Informal unknown 6,860 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Isaac Cohen (1872-1942): Elected 1921 by Born: 21 February 1872 Career: Educated Scotch College, University of Melbourne. Barrister 1896, KC 1920. -------------------------------------------------------------------- This by-election does not appear in Colin Hughes and Don Aitkin, "Voting for the Australian state upper houses, 1890-1984." These figures come from "The Australasian." -------------------------------------------------------------------- BENDIGO PROVINCE 10,357 enrolled ==================================================================== 6 October 1921, following the death of Hon Alfred Hicks -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard A Crouch Labor Party 1,740 35.5 Herbert KECK Nationalist 3,164 64.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Informal unknown 4,904 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Crouch was MLA for Corio 1901-10. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Herbert Keck (1859-1937): Elected 1921 by Born: 28 January 1859, Bendigo Career: Nurseryman and orchardist, tobacco grower, Elmore. Company director. Strathfieldsaye Shire Council, President four times. -------------------------------------------------------------------- This by-election does not appear in Colin Hughes and Don Aitkin, "Voting for the Australian state upper houses, 1890-1984." These figures come from "The Argus." -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE PROVINCE 21,681 enrolled ==================================================================== 15 December 1921, following the resignation of Hon John McWhae -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Norman Bayles Nationalist 2,767 39.0 Herbert H SMITH Nationalist 4,329 61.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Informal unknown 7,096 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bayles was MLA for Toorak 1906-20. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Herbert Henry Smith (1871-1935): Elected 1921 by Born: 29 January 1871, Melbourne Career: Educated Alama Road Grammar School. Importer and company director. Melbourne City Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------- This by-election does not appear in Colin Hughes and Don Aitkin, "Voting for the Australian state upper houses, 1890-1984." These figures come from "The Argus." -------------------------------------------------------------------- GIPPSLAND PROVINCE 15,926 enrolled ==================================================================== 31 May 1922, following the resignation of Hon Edward Crooke -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Martin R McGREGOR Nationalist 1,783 52.8 James A McQueen Farmers Union 1,596 47.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Informal unknown 3,379 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Martin Robert McGregor (1859-1936): Elected 1922b Born: 22 February 1859, Hobart Career: To Melbourne as child. Public servant. Pastoralist and farmer, Qld and Gippsland. Narracan Shire Council, President several times. -------------------------------------------------------------------- This by-election does not appear in Colin Hughes and Don Aitkin, "Voting for the Australian state upper houses, 1890-1984." These figures come from "The Narracan Shire Advocate." --------------------------------------------------------------------