ELECTIONS FOR THE DIVISION OF ANGAS, SOUTH AUSTRALIA ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1903 ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Angaston, Eudunda, Gawler, Kapunda -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat (South Australia was not divided into electorates in 1901) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 24,045 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick GLYNN * FT Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Glynn was a member for South Australia 1901-03. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick McMahon Glynn (1855-1931): Elected 1901, 1903 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 12 DECEMBER 1906 ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Angaston, Eudunda, Gawler, Kapunda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: none (Free Trade unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 27,078 +12.6 Votes cast: 9,226 34.1 Informal votes: 503 05.5 Formal votes: 8,273 94.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Dey Lab 3,177 36.4 Hon Patrick GLYNN * AS 5,546 63.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,273 13.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick McMahon Glynn (1855-1931): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 Attorney-General from 2 June 1909 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 APRIL 1910 ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Angaston, Eudunda, Gawler, Kapunda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1906 two-party majority: Anti-Socialist over Labour 13.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 27,078 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Patrick GLYNN * Lib Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick McMahon Glynn (1855-1931): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910 Attorney-General to 29 April 1910 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 31 MAY 1913 ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Angaston, Eudunda, Gawler, Kapunda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1910 majority: none (Liberal unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 28,132 +03.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Patrick GLYNN * Lib Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick McMahon Glynn (1855-1931): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913 Minister for External Affairs from 24 June 1913 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 SEPTEMBER 1914 ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Angaston, Eudunda, Gawler, Kapunda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 majority: none (Liberal unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 29,387 +04.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Patrick GLYNN * Lib Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick McMahon Glynn (1855-1931): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914 Minister for External Affairs to 17 September 1914 Minister for Home and Territories from 17 February 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 MAY 1917 ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Angaston, Eudunda, Gawler, Kapunda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 majority: none (Liberal unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 29,720 +01.1 Votes cast: 20,686 69.6 Informal votes: 955 04.6 Formal votes: 19,731 95.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Patrick GLYNN * Nat 10,031 50.8 Sidney O'Flaherty ALP 9,700 49.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 19,731 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For O'Flaherty, see Senate South Australia 1943. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick McMahon Glynn (1855-1931): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917 Minister for Home and Territories -------------------------------------------------------------------- The high vote for the ALP in this seat was generally attributed to the ethnic German vote in this part of South Australia. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1919 ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Angaston, Eudunda, Gawler, Kapunda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 29,940 +00.7 Votes cast: 19,300 64.5 -05.1 Informal votes: 615 03.2 -01.3 Formal votes: 18,685 96.8 +01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Moses GABB ALP 9,468 50.7 +01.5 Hon Patrick Glynn * Nat 9,217 49.3 -01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 18,685 00.7 01.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick McMahon Glynn (1855-1931): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917. Defeated 1919 Minister for Home and Territories to 3 February 1920 Died 28 October 1931 > Joel Moses Gabb (1882-1951): Elected 1919 Born: 1882, Adelaide. Career: Educated Prince Edward College, Adelaide. Church worker, greengrocer. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1922 ==================================================================== East of Adelaide: Angaston, Gawler, Magill, Mitcham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 00.7 Effect of redistribution: 00.5 shift to Nationalist New notional majority: ALP over Nationalist 00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,548 +32.1 Votes cast: 20,170 51.0 -13.5 Informal votes: 888 04.4 +01.2 Formal votes: 19,282 95.6 -01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Moses GABB * ALP 11,192 58.0 +08.2 George Ritchie Lib 8,090 42.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 19,282 08.0 07.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Ritchie was SA MLC for Northern 1924-44. 2. The Liberal vote of 42.0% was a decrease of 7.3% from the 49.3% polled by the Nationalists in 1919. 3. The ALP majority over the Liberals is compared with the ALP majority over the Nationalists in 1919. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joel Moses Gabb (1882-1951): Elected 1919, 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 14 NOVEMBER 1925 ==================================================================== East of Adelaide: Angaston, Gawler, Magill, Mitcham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 08.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,830 +13.4 Votes cast: 42,246 94.2 +43.2 Informal votes: 1,640 03.9 -00.5 Formal votes: 40,606 96.1 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Moses Gabb * ALP 20,178 49.7 -08.3 Walter PARSONS Nat 20,428 50.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,606 00.3 08.3 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. There was no Nationalist candidate in 1922. The Nationalist vote of 50.3% was an increase of 8.3% from the 42.0% polled by the Liberal candidate in 1922. 2. The Nationalist majority over the ALP is compared with the ALP majority over the Liberals in 1922. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Joel Moses Gabb (1882-1951): Elected 1919, 1922. Defeated 1925 Later career: See Angas 1929. > Walter Langdon Parsons (1881-1955): Elected 1925 Born: 16 August 1881, Adelaide. Career: Educated Whieham College, Adelaide. Shopkeeper and citrus grower, Gladstone. Gladstone Council. Military Service 1918. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 17 NOVEMBER 1928 ==================================================================== East of Adelaide: Angaston, Gawler, Magill, Mitcham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 49,731 +10.9 Votes cast: 47,386 95.3 +01.1 Informal votes: 4,689 09.9 +06.0 Formal votes: 42,697 90.1 -06.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter PARSONS * Nat 25,372 59.4 +09.1 Michael Woods ALP 17,325 40.6 -09.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,697 09.4 09.1 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Langdon Parsons (1882-1951): Elected 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 12 OCTOBER 1929 ==================================================================== East of Adelaide: Angaston, Gawler, Magill, Mitcham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 09.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 50,603 +01.8 Votes cast: 48,742 96.3 +01.0 Informal votes: 1,824 03.7 -06.2 Formal votes: 46,918 96.3 +06.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Moses GABB ALP 25,679 54.7 +14.1 Walter Parsons * Nat 21,239 45.3 -14.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 46,918 04.7 14.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gabb was member for Angas 1919-25. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Walter Langdon Parsons (1881-1955): Elected 1925, 1928. Defeated 1929 Later career: Insurance agent. Died 2 March 1955 > Joel Moses Gabb (1882-1951): Elected 1919, 1922. Defeated 1925. Elected 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gabb resigned from the ALP Caucus in March 1931 and sat as an independent. He voted against the Scullin Government in the censure motion of 26 November 1931. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 19 DECEMBER 1931 ==================================================================== East of Adelaide: Angaston, Gawler, Magill, Mitcham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 04.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 52,698 +04.1 Votes cast: 50,952 96.7 +00.4 Informal votes: 1,843 03.6 -00.1 Formal votes: 49,109 96.4 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Moses GABB * EC 37,719 76.8 +31.5 David Fraser + ALP 11,390 23.2 -31.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 49,109 26.8 31.5 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joes Moses Gabb (1882-1951): Elected 1919, 1922. Defeated 1925. Elected 1929, 1931 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Gabb was elected as an EC candidate, but sat as an independent. 2. Angas was abolished at the 1934 redistribution. Gabb retired at the 1934 election. Died 6 March 1951 --------------------------------------------------------------------