COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1919 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== TASMANIA ==================================================================== BASS, Tas ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Fingal, Launceston, Ringarooma, Scottsdale -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 09.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 24,786 +07.8 Votes cast: 13,311 53.7 -18.5 Informal votes: 1,155 08.7 -05.8 Formal votes: 12,156 91.3 +05.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Luke Bryant 167 01.4 Timothy Earley 328 02.7 Alfred Higgins ALP 4,292 35.3 -04.8 Sydney Jackson + Nat 3,127 25.7 Hon Jens Jensen * 1,689 13.9 Stephen Margetts Nat 2,553 21.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,156 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Jensen stood as an independent Nationalist candidate having lost his Nationalist endorsement. 2. The combined Nationalist vote of 46.7% was a decrease of 13.2% from the vote polled by one Nationalist candidate in 1917. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Bryant's 167 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Earley 114 68.3 442 03.6 Higgins 17 10.2 4,309 35.4 Jackson + 19 11.4 3,146 25.9 Jensen * 7 04.2 1,696 14.0 Margetts 10 06.0 2,563 21.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 167 12,156 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Earley's 442 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Higgins 348 78.7 4,657 38.3 Jackson + 41 09.3 3,187 26.2 Jensen * 35 07.9 1,731 14.2 Margetts (18 04.1 2,581 21.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 442 12,156 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Jensen's 1,731 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Higgins 556 32.1 5,213 42.9 Jackson + 773 44.7 3,960 32.6 Margetts 402 23.2 2,983 24.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,731 12,156 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Margetts's 2,983 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Higgins 164 05.5 5,377 44.2 JACKSON + 2,819 94.5 6,779 55.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,983 12,156 05.8 04.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jens August Jensen (1856-1936): Elected 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917. Defeated 1919 Later career: Tas MHA for Bass 1922-25, Wilmot 1928-34. Rejoined ALP 1927. Died 16 November 1936 > David Sydney Jackson (1889-1949): Elected 1919 Born: 6 June 1889, Launceston, Tasmania. Career: Educated state schools. Manufacturing locksmith. President Tasmanian Chamber of Manufacturers. -------------------------------------------------------------------- DARWIN, Tas ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Emu Bay, Leven, Queenstown, Zeehan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 08.8 1917 by-election two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 05.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 18,661 -02.0 Votes cast: 12,549 67.2 -16.0 Informal votes: 274 02.2 -00.3 Formal votes: 12,275 97.8 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George BELL + Nat 6,630 54.0 -04.8 Joseph Lyons ALP 5,645 46.0 +04.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,275 04.0 04.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Lyons, see Wilmot 1929. -------------------------------------------------------------------- George John Bell (1872-1944): Elected 1919 Born: 29 November 1872, Sale, Victoria. Career: Educated Victoria. Grazier. Military Service 1899-1902, 1914-19. -------------------------------------------------------------------- DENISON, Tas ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Hobart South, New Town, Queenborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 06.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 26,946 +06.3 Votes cast: 17,944 66.6 -12.5 Informal votes: 298 01.7 -01.2 Formal votes: 17,646 98.3 +01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon King O'Malley ALP 8,141 46.1 +02.4 Hon William LAIRD SMITH * Nat 9,505 53.9 -02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 17,646 03.9 02.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Laird Smith appeared second on the ballot paper because his name was legally Smith. 2. O'Malley was a member for Tasmania 1901-03 and member for Darwin 1903-17. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Henry Laird Smith (1869-1942): Elected 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919 Honorary Minister 4 February 1920 to 28 July 1920 Minister for the Navy from 28 July 1920 -------------------------------------------------------------------- FRANKLIN, Tas ==================================================================== Southern Tasmania: Brighton, Huon, New Norfolk, Port Cygnet -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 majority: none (Nationalist unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 23,737 +05.1 Votes cast: 12,608 53.1 Informal votes: 866 06.9 Formal votes: 11,742 93.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William McWILLIAMS * Nat 7,291 62.1 Louis Shoobridge Nat 4,451 37.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,742 12.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The combined Nationalist vote was 100%. 2. Shoobridge was Tas MLC for Derwent 1921-37. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William James McWilliams (1860-1929): Elected 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919 Leader of the Country Party 5 January 1920 to 5 April 1921 -------------------------------------------------------------------- McWilliams joined the Country Party when it was formed in 1920 and was elected its leader. He stood down from this position in April 1921. -------------------------------------------------------------------- WILMOT, Tas ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Deloraine, Devonport, Kentish, Longford -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 14.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 17,906 -04.2 Votes cast: 9,304 52.0 -19.5 Informal votes: 711 07.6 +03.4 Formal votes: 8,593 92.4 -03.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Llewellyn Atkinson * Nat 4,015 46.7 Hon Donald Cameron CP 2,210 25.7 Henry McFie Nat 2,368 27.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,593 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The combined Nationalist vote of 74.3% was an increase of 12.8% over the 61.5% polled by one Nationalist candidate in 1917. 2. Cameron was a member for Tasmania 1901-03 and member for Wilmot 1904-06. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Cameron's 2,210 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ATKINSON * 1,154 52.2 5,169 60.2 McFie 1,056 47.8 3,424 39.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,210 8,593 10.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Llewellyn Atkinson (1867-1945): Elected 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Atkinson joined the Country Party in 1922. --------------------------------------------------------------------