COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 12 OCTOBER 1929 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== WESTERN AUSTRALIA ==================================================================== FORREST, WA ==================================================================== Southern Western Australia: Albany, Katanning, Nelson, Williams -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 10.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,866 +02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John PROWSE * CP Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Henry Prowse (1871-1944): Elected 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- FREMANTLE, WA ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Balcatta, Claremont, Fremantle, West Subiaco -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 48,151 +09.8 Votes cast: 43,822 91.0 -02.0 Informal votes: 914 02.1 -01.0 Formal votes: 42,980 97.9 +01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John CURTIN * ALP 24,482 57.0 +07.8 Keith Watson Nat 18,426 43.0 +14.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,980 07.0 04.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Watson was WA MLC for Metropolitan 1948-68. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Joseph Ambrose Curtin (1885-1945): Elected 1928, 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KALGOORLIE, WA ==================================================================== Outback Western Australia: Geraldton, Irwin, Kalgoorlie, Yilgarn -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 majority: none (ALP unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 29,734 +02.0 Votes cast: 25,153 84.6 Informal votes: 505 02.0 Formal votes: 24,648 98.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Albert GREEN * ALP 15,761 63.9 William Greenard Nat 3,203 13.0 William Pickering CP 5,684 23.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 24,648 15.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Pickering was WA MLA for Sussex 1917-24. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Albert Ernest Green (1869-1940): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929 Minister for Defence 22 October 1929 to 4 February 1931 Minister for Works and Railways from 4 February 1931 Postmaster-General from 4 February 1931 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PERTH, WA ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: East Perth, Maylands, North Perth, Subiaco -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 14.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,532 +06.9 Votes cast: 39,119 89.9 +01.9 Informal votes: 1,020 02.6 -02.2 Formal votes: 38,099 97.4 +02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John McCoo 522 01.4 Edward Mann * 7,645 20.1 Walter Nairn Nat 13,521 35.5 -26.3 Edward Needham ALP 16,411 43.1 +09.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,099 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Mann stood as an independent Nationalist candidate having been expelled from the Nationalist Party. 2. Needham was a Senator for Western Australia 1907-20 and 1923-29. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: McCoo's 522 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mann * 226 43.3 7,871 20.7 Nairn 153 29.3 13,674 35.9 Needham 143 27.4 16,554 43.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 522 38,099 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Mann's 7,871 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- NAIRN 5,580 70.9 19,254 50.5 Needham 2,291 29.1 18,845 49.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 7,871 38,099 00.5 14.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Edward Alexander Mann (1874-1951): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928. Defeated 1929 Later career: Influential news commentator for ABC and commercial radio (as "Watchman"). Died 13 November 1951 > Walter Maxwell Nairn (1878-1958): Elected 1929 Born: 1878, Victoria. Career: Educated Victoria. To Western Australia 1894. Journalist. Studied law, barrister 1909. -------------------------------------------------------------------- SWAN, WA ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Canning, Guildford, Northam, Swan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 majority: none (Country Party unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 50,701 +04.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry GREGORY * CP Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Gregory (1860-1940): Elected 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929 --------------------------------------------------------------------