ELECTIONS FOR THE DIVISION OF BALACLAVA, VICTORIA ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 29-30 MARCH 1901 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Balaclava, Brighton, Orrong, Prahran -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 12,247 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rt Hon Sir George TURNER Prot Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Turner (1851-1916): Elected 1901 Born: 5 August 1851, Melbourne. Career: Educated Model School, University of Melbourne. Lawyer. St Kilda City Council 1885-1900. Colonial politics: Vic MLA for St Kilda 1889-1901, Minister for Health 1891-93, Commissioner for Trade and Customs 1891-93 1990, Solicitor-General 1892-93, Premier and Treasurer 1894-99, 1900-01. Delegate to Federal Convention 1897. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Treasurer from 1 January 1901 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1903 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Balaclava, Brighton, Orrong, Prahran -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 majority: none (Protectionist unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 34,412 +181.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rt Hon Sir George TURNER * Prot Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Turner (1851-1916): Elected 1901, 1903 Treasurer to 27 April 1904 Treasurer 18 August 1904 to 5 July 1905 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Turner was a member of the group of conservative Protectionists who supported an alliance with Reid against Labour. He accepted office under Reid, effectively ending his connection with the Deakinite Protectionists. Turner retired in 1906. Died 12 August 1916 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 12 DECEMBER 1906 ==================================================================== Melbourne suburban: Balaclava, Brighton, Orrong, St Kilda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: none (Protectionist unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 31,649 -08.0 Votes cast: 17,088 54.0 Informal votes: 431 02.5 Formal votes: 16,657 97.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Hampson Lab 3,263 19.6 Joseph Hewison 5,651 33.9 Edwards Roberts Prot 786 04.7 Agar WYNNE + AS 6,957 41.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 16,657 04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Hampson, see Bendigo 1915 by-election 2. Wynne was endorsed by the Anti-Socialists, but campaigned as an independent protectionist. He did not sit with Anti-Socialists in the Third Parliament. 3. Hewison was an independent free trade candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Agar Wynne (1850-1934): Elected 1906 Born: 15 July 1850, Ballaarat, Victoria. Career: Educated Melbourne Grammar. Solicitor 1869. Pastoralist and stockbreeder, businessman and investor. Colonial/State politics: Vic MLC for Western Province 1888-1902. Postmaster-General 1893-94, Solicitor-General 1893-94, 1900-02. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wynne joined the Liberal Party in 1909. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 APRIL 1910 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Balaclava, Brighton, Orrong, St Kilda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1906 two-party majority: Anti-Socialist over Independent 04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,346 Votes cast: 20,405 57.7 Informal votes: 358 01.8 Formal votes: 20,047 98.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Mead ALP 7,615 38.0 +18.4 Agar WYNNE * Lib 12,432 62.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 20,047 12.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Liberal vote of 62.0% was a decline of 18.4% from the 80.4% polled by one Protectionist, one Anti-Socialist (independent protectionist) candidate (Wynne) and one independent free trade candidate in 1906. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Agar Wynne (1850-1934): Elected 1906, 1910 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 31 MAY 1913 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Balaclava, Prahran Gardens, St Kilda, Toorak -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1910 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 12.0 Effect of 1912 redistribution: 02.6 shift to Liberal New notional majority: Liberal over ALP 14.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,884 +12.8 Votes cast: 28,835 72.3 +14.6 Informal votes: 571 02.0 +00.2 Formal votes: 28,264 98.0 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Louis Holmes ALP 9,895 35.0 -00.4 Agar WYNNE * Lib 18,369 65.0 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 28,264 15.0 00.4 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Agar Wynne (1850-1934): Elected 1906, 1910, 1913 Postmaster-General from 24 June 1913 Wynne retired in 1914. His ministerial term ended on 17 September 1914. Later career: Vic MLA for St Kilda 1917-20. Solicitor-General 1917- 18, Attorney-General 1917-18, Minister for Railways 1917-18, Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works 1917-18. After politics pastoralist, horse-breeder and investor, Melbourne and Queensland. Died 12 May 1934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 SEPTEMBER 1914 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Balaclava, Prahran Gardens, St Kilda, Toorak -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 15.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,309 -01.6 Votes cast: 30,852 78.5 +06.2 Informal votes: 719 02.3 +00.3 Formal votes: 30,133 97.7 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Curtin ALP 12,526 41.6 +06.6 Hon William WATT Lib 17,607 58.4 -06.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 30,133 08.4 06.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Curtin, see Fremantle 1928. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Alexander Watt (1871-1946): Elected 1914 Born: 23 November 1871, Kyneton, Victoria. Career: Educated state schools. Clerk, hay and grain merchant. Colonial/State politics: Vic MLA for North Melbourne 1897-1900, East Melbourne 1902-04, Essendon 1904-14. Postmaster-General 1899-1900, Premier and Treasurer 1912-13, 1913-14. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister for Works and Railways from 17 February 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 MAY 1917 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Balaclava, Prahran Gardens, St Kilda, Toorak -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 08.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,676 +08.6 Votes cast: 35,846 84.0 +05.5 Informal votes: 848 02.4 +00.1 Formal votes: 34,998 97.6 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Foster ALP 11,690 33.4 -08.2 Hon William WATT * Nat 23,308 66.6 +08.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,998 16.6 08.2 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Foster was Deputy President of the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission 1944-62. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Alexander Watt (1871-1946): Elected 1914, 1917 Minister for Works and Railways to 27 March 1918 Treasurer from 17 March 1918 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1919 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Balaclava, Prahran Gardens, St Kilda, Toorak -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 16.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 46,625 +09.3 Votes cast: 34,207 73.4 -10.6 Informal votes: 1,457 04.3 +01.9 Formal votes: 32,750 95.7 -01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy Smith ALP 9,311 28.4 -05.0 Rt Hon William WATT * Nat 19,051 58.2 -08.4 Norman Worrall 4,388 13.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 32,750 14.9 e 01.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Worrall was a Returned Services candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Alexander Watt (1871-1946): Elected 1914, 1917, 1919 Treasurer to 15 June 1920 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Watt resigned while on an overseas financial mission after a series of disputes with Hughes. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1922 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Alma, Caulfield, Elsternwick, St Kilda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 14.9 e Effect of redistribution: 01.4 shift to ALP New notional majority: Nationalist over ALP 13.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 46,647 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rt Hon William WATT * Nat Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Alexander Watt (1871-1946): Elected 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922 Speaker of the House of Representatives from 28 February 1923 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 14 NOVEMBER 1925 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Alma, Caulfield, Elsternwick, St Kilda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 majority: none (Nationalist unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 54,048 +35.9 Votes cast: 51,491 95.3 Informal votes: 654 01.3 Formal votes: 50,837 98.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John McKellar ALP 15,379 30.3 Rt Hon William WATT * Nat 35,458 69.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 50,837 19.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Alexander Watt (1871-1946): Elected 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925 Speaker of the House of Representatives to 12 January 1926 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 17 NOVEMBER 1928 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Alma, Caulfield, Elsternwick, St Kilda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 19.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 56,211 +04.0 Votes cast: 53,478 95.1 -00.2 Informal votes: 2,850 05.3 +04.0 Formal votes: 50,628 94.7 -04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Price 18,651 36.8 Rt Hon William WATT * Nat 31,977 63.2 -06.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 50,628 13.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Price was "a Nationalist, an individualist and an uncompromising opponent of the Labor Party." (The Age, 19 October 1928) -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Alexander Watt (1871-1946): Elected 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928 Resigned seat 5 July 1929 (see By-elections) Later career: Company director. Died 13 September 1946. -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTION OF 3 AUGUST 1929 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Alma, Caulfield, Elsternwick, St Kilda -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the resignation of Rt Hon William Watt -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 majority: Nationalist over Independent 13.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 55,121 -01.9 Votes cast: 45,472 82.5 -12.6 Informal votes: 769 01.7 +03.6 Formal votes: 44,703 98.3 -03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Francis 16,048 35.9 Thomas WHITE Nat 28,655 64.1 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,703 14.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis was member for Henty 1919-25. He was an independent Nationalist candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Walter White (1888-1957): Elected 1929 By Born: 26 April 1888, Melbourne. Career: Educated state schools and privately. Military Service 1911- 28. Founding member RAAF. Aviator and company director. Son-in-law of Hon Alfred Deakin MP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 12 OCTOBER 1929 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Alma, Caulfield, Elsternwick, St Kilda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 majority: Nationalist over Independent 13.2 1929 by-election two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 14.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 57,940 +03.1 Votes cast: 56,635 97.7 +02.6 Informal votes: 2,404 04.4 -00.9 Formal votes: 54,231 95.6 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald Cameron ALP 22,480 41.5 Thomas WHITE * Nat 31,751 58.5 -04.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 54,231 08.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Cameron, see Senate Victoria 1937. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Walter White (1888-1957): Elected 1929 By, 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 19 DECEMBER 1931 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Alma, Caulfield, Elsternwick, St Kilda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 08.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 58,125 +00.3 Votes cast: 56,446 97.1 -00.6 Informal votes: 1,187 02.1 -02.3 Formal votes: 55,259 97.9 +02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Denyer 2,147 03.9 Edward Stewart ALP 11,409 20.6 -20.9 Thomas WHITE * UAP 41,703 75.5 +17.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 55,259 26.5 e 18.0 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Denyer was a Democratic Party candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Walter White (1888-1957): Elected 1929 By, 1929, 1931 Minister for Trade and Customs from 14 January 1933 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 15 SEPTEMBER 1934 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Alma, Caulfield, Elsternwick, St Kilda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 26.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 61,100 +05.1 Votes cast: 58,053 95.0 -02.1 Informal votes: 1,788 03.1 +01.0 Formal votes: 56,265 96.9 -01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Nolan ALP 15,248 27.1 +06.5 Hon Thomas WHITE * UAP 41,017 72.9 -02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 56,265 22.9 03.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Walter White (1888-1957): Elected 1929 By, 1929, 1931, 1934 Minister for Trade and Customs -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 23 OCTOBER 1937 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brighton, Caulfield, Elsternwick, St Kilda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1934 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 22.9 Effect of 1937 redistribution: 01.1 shift to UAP New notional majority: UAP over ALP 24.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 66,639 +09.1 Votes cast: 64,282 96.5 +01.5 Informal votes: 1,321 02.1 -01.0 Formal votes: 62,961 97.9 +01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Atkinson 12,613 20.0 Phillip Nash ALP 13,746 21.8 -02.0 Hon Thomas WHITE * UAP 36,602 58.1 -13.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 62,961 17.1 e 06.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Atkinson stood "to give expression to his opposition to pre- selection by parties" (The Argus, 30 September 1937). -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Walter White (1888-1957): Elected 1929 By, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937 Minister for Trade and Customs to 8 November 1938 -------------------------------------------------------------------- White resigned in protest at being excluded from an inner policy- making group of Cabinet. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 SEPTEMBER 1940 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brighton, Caulfield, Elsternwick, St Kilda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 17.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 73,281 +10.0 Votes cast: 69,644 95.0 -01.5 Informal votes: 1,047 01.5 -00.6 Formal votes: 68,597 98.5 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Harry Moffat 7,586 11.1 Charles Sandford ALP 17,135 25.0 +03.2 Hon Thomas WHITE * UAP 43,876 64.0 +05.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 68,597 18.6 e 01.5 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Sandford, see Senate Victoria 1946. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Walter White (1888-1957): Elected 1929 By, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 AUGUST 1943 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brighton, Caulfield, Elsternwick, St Kilda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 18.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 79,326 +08.2 Votes cast: 78,019 98.4 +03.4 Informal votes: 2,964 03.8 +02.3 Formal votes: 75,055 96.2 -02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Barnes 4,087 05.4 John Barry ALP 27,281 36.3 +11.3 Ada Duncan 2,900 03.9 Helen Maxwell 1,680 02.2 George Morris 409 00.5 Hon Thomas WHITE * UAP 38,698 51.6 -12.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 75,055 06.6 e 12.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Maxwell was a Progressive candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Walter White (1888-1957): Elected 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943 Military Service 1941-44. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 SEPTEMBER 1946 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brighton, Caulfield, Elsternwick, St Kilda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 06.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 84,126 +06.1 Votes cast: 78,572 93.4 -05.0 Informal votes: 1,348 01.7 -02.1 Formal votes: 77,224 98.3 +02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Maurice Ashkenasy ALP 32,087 41.6 +05.3 Hon Thomas WHITE * Lib 45,137 58.4 +06.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 77,224 08.4 01.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Walter White (1888-1957): Elected 1929 By, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1949 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brighton, Elsternwick, Glenhuntly -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 08.4 Effect of 1948 redistribution: 00.7 shift to Liberal New notional majority: Liberal over ALP 09.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,036 -49.8 Votes cast: 41,465 96.3 +02.9 Informal votes: 512 01.2 -00.5 Formal votes: 40,953 98.8 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Martin Dunne ALP 14,796 36.1 -04.8 Hon Thomas WHITE * Lib 26,157 63.9 +04.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,953 13.9 04.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Walter White (1888-1957): Elected 1929 By, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949 Minister for Air from 19 December 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 APRIL 1951 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brighton, Elsternwick, Glenhuntly -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 13.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,613 -01.0 Votes cast: 40,948 96.1 -00.2 Informal votes: 525 01.3 +00.1 Formal votes: 40,423 98.7 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Lewis ALP 14,845 36.7 +00.6 Hon Thomas WHITE * Lib 25,578 63.3 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,423 13.3 00.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lewis was member for Corio 1929-31. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Walter White (1888-1957): Elected 1929 By, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951 Minister for Air to 11 May 1951 Minister for Civil Aviation to 11 May 1951 Resigned seat 20 June 1951 (see By-elections) Later career: High Commissioner to Britain 1951-56. Knighted 1952. Died 13 October 1957 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTION OF 28 JULY 1951 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brighton, Elsternwick, Glenhuntly -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the resignation of Hon Thomas White -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 13.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,823 +00.5 Votes cast: 35,925 83.9 -12.2 Informal votes: 274 00.8 -00.5 Formal votes: 35,651 99.2 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy JOSKE + Lib 20,337 57.0 -06.3 Arthur Lewis ALP 13,279 37.2 +00.5 Grace Stratton 2,035 05.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 35,651 09.9 e 03.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lewis was member for Corio 1929-31. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy Ernest Joske (1895-81): Elected 1951 by Born: 5 October 1895, Melbourne Career: Educated Wesley College, Melbourne and University of Melbourne. Barrister 1917. Military Service 1943-45. Law lecturer, University of Melbourne 1949-52. Author. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 29 MAY 1954 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brighton, Elsternwick, Glenhuntly -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 13.3 1951 by-election two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 09.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,342 -05.3 Votes cast: 38,791 96.2 +00.1 Informal votes: 364 00.9 -00.4 Formal votes: 38,427 99.1 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy JOSKE * Lib 25,062 65.2 +01.9 Leonard Prior ALP 13,365 34.8 -01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,427 15.2 01.9 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy Ernest Joske (1895-1981): Elected 1951 By, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1955 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brighton, Elsternwick, Hampton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1954 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 15.2 e Effect of 1955 redistribution: 01.8 shift to Labor New notional majority: Liberal over Labor 13.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,228 +09.6 Votes cast: 41,579 94.0 -02.2 Informal votes: 896 02.2 +01.3 Formal votes: 40,683 97.8 -01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy JOSKE * Lib 26,087 64.1 +00.7 Rex Keane ALPAC 4,816 11.8 George Smith ALP 9,780 24.0 -12.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,683 23.5 e 10.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy Ernest Joske (1895-1981): Elected 1951 By, 1954, 1955 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 22 NOVEMBER 1958 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brighton, Elsternwick, Hampton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 23.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,218 -02.3 Votes cast: 41,397 95.8 +01.8 Informal votes: 965 02.3 +00.1 Formal votes: 40,432 97.3 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy JOSKE * Lib 24,722 61.1 -03.0 Rex Keane DLP 4,852 12.0 +00.2 Norman Rothfield ALP 10,232 25.3 +01.3 Grace Stratton 626 01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,432 22.7 e 00.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy Ernest Joske (1895-1981): Elected 1951 By, 1954, 1955, 1958 Resigned 2 June 1960 (see By-elections) Later career: Judge of the Commonwealth Industrial Court 1960-77, Supreme Court of the ACT 1960-77, Supreme Court of the Northern Territory 1961-77. Knighted 1967. Died 25 April 1981 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTION OF 16 JULY 1960 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brighton, Elsternwick, Hampton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 July 1960, following the resignation of Percy Joske -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 22.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,256 -02.2 Votes cast: 33,609 79.5 -16.3 Informal votes: 694 02.1 -00.2 Formal votes: 32,915 97.9 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Murray 865 02.6 John Ryan DLP 4,672 14.2 +02.2 George Smith ALP 9,519 28.9 +03.6 Ray WHITTORN + Lib 17,859 54.3 -06.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 32,915 16.5 e 05.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Murray was a Republican candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Raymond Harold Whittorn (1911-95): Elected 1960 By Born: 4 October 1911, Sydney. Career: Educated Sydney Technical College. Electrical engineer. General manager Olympic Cables and other companies. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 9 DECEMBER 1961 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brighton, Elsternwick, Hampton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 22.7 e 1960 by-election two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 16.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,241 -02.3 Votes cast: 40,410 95.7 -00.7 Informal votes: 888 02.2 -00.1 Formal votes: 39,522 97.8 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Murray 1,780 04.5 Ernst Platz ALP 11,892 30.1 +04.8 John Ryan DLP 5,333 13.5 +01.5 Ray WHITTORN * Lib 20,517 51.9 -09.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,522 15.8 e 06.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Murray was a Republican candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Raymond Harold Whittorn (1911-95): Elected 1960 By, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 30 NOVEMBER 1963 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brighton, Elsternwick, Hampton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 15.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,928 -00.7 Votes cast: 40,400 96.4 +00.7 Informal votes: 485 01.2 -01.0 Formal votes: 39,915 98.8 +01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ephraim Briskman ALP 11,802 29.6 -00.5 Edith Jewell 491 01.2 John Ryan DLP 4,135 10.4 -03.1 Ray WHITTORN * Lib 23,487 58.8 +06.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,915 18.8 e 03.0 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Raymond Harold Whittorn (1911-95): Elected 1960 By, 1961, 1963 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 26 NOVEMBER 1966 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brighton, Elsternwick, Hampton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 18.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,617 +01.6 Votes cast: 40,371 94.7 -01.7 Informal votes: 1,258 03.1 +00.9 Formal votes: 39,113 96.9 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph James DLP 5,552 14.2 +03.8 Brian McLure LRG 2,762 07.1 Leo Richards ALP 9,668 24.7 -04.9 Ray WHITTORN * Lib 21,131 54.0 -04.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,113 17.7 e 01.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Raymond Harold Whittorn (1911-95): Elected 1960 By, 1961, 1963, 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 25 OCTOBER 1969 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brighton, Camden, Caulfield West, Hampton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1966 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 17.7 e Effect of 1968 redistribution: 01.5 shift to Liberal New notional majority: Liberal over Labor 19.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 56,717 +33.1 Votes cast: 53,521 94.4 -00.3 Informal votes: 1,571 02.9 -00.2 Formal votes: 51,950 97.1 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Irene Dunsmuir ALP 18,949 36.5 +13.3 Ralph James DLP 4,751 09.1 -05.1 Steven Soos AP 1,398 02.7 Ray WHITTORN * Lib 26,852 51.7 -03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 51,950 10.9 e 08.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Raymond Harold Whittorn (1911-95): Elected 1960 By, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 2 DECEMBER 1972 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brighton, Camden, Caulfield West, Hampton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1969 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 10.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 56,528 -00.3 Votes cast: 53,720 95.0 +00.6 Informal votes: 1,234 02.3 -00.6 Formal votes: 52,486 97.7 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Irene Dunsmuir ALP 23,365 44.5 +08.0 Ralph James DLP 3,809 07.3 -01.8 Leslie Rubinstein 857 01.6 Ray Whittorn * Lib 24,455 46.6 -05.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 52,486 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Rubinstein's 857 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dunsmuir 389 45.4 23,754 45.3 James 157 18.3 3,966 07.6 Whittorn * 311 36.3 24,766 47.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 857 52,486 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: James's 3,966 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dunsmuir 514 13.0 24,268 46.2 WHITTORN * 3,452 87.0 28,218 53.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,966 52,486 03.8 07.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Raymond Harold Whittorn (1911-95): Elected 1960 By, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972 Whittorn retired at the 1974 election. Died 10 August 1995. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 MAY 1974 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brighton, Camden, Caulfield West, Hampton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1972 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 59,142 +04.6 Votes cast: 56,288 95.2 +00.2 Informal votes: 1,186 02.1 -00.2 Formal votes: 55,102 97.9 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Irene Dunsmuir ALP 22,755 41.3 -03.2 Peter Lawlor DLP 2,569 04.7 -02.6 Ian MACPHEE + Lib 28,313 51.4 +04.8 Michael Muschamp AP 1,465 02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 55,102 06.7 e 02.9 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Malcolm Macphee (born 1938): Elected 1974 Born: 13 July 1938, Sydney Career: Educated University of Sydney, University of Hawaii. Director, Victorian Chamber of Manufacturers. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1975 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brighton, Camden, Caulfield West, Hampton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1974 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 06.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 59,378 +00.4 Votes cast: 56,495 95.1 -00.1 Informal votes: 1,122 02.0 -00.1 Formal votes: 55,373 98.0 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Howe AP 2,375 04.3 +01.6 Peter Lawlor DLP 2,214 04.0 -00.7 Ian MACPHEE * Lib 32,581 58.8 +07.4 Martin Ryan ALP 18,203 32.9 -08.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 55,373 13.7 e 07.0 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Malcolm Macphee (born 1938): Elected 1974, 1975 Minister for Productivity from 8 November 1976 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1977 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brighton, Caulfield West, Moorabbin West, Sandringham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1975 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 13.7 e Effect of 1977 redistribution: 01.2 shift to ALP New notional majority: Liberal over ALP 12.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 71,442 +20.3 Votes cast: 67,593 94.6 -00.5 Informal votes: 1,774 02.6 +00.6 Formal votes: 65,819 97.4 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Zelma Furey AD 10,129 15.4 Peter Lawlor DLP 3,321 05.0 +01.0 Hon Ian MACPHEE * Lib 33,304 50.6 -07.0 Robert Steele ALP 19,065 29.0 -05.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 65,819 13.3 e 00.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Malcolm Macphee (born 1938): Elected 1974, 1975, 1977 Minister for Productivity to 8 December 1979 Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs from 8 December 1979 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 OCTOBER 1980 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brighton, Caulfield West, Moorabbin West, Sandringham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1977 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 13.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 69,122 -03.2 Votes cast: 64,849 93.8 -00.8 Informal votes: 1,444 02.2 -00.4 Formal votes: 63,405 97.8 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Zelma Furey AD 7,743 12.2 -03.2 Christopher Kennedy ALP 22,933 36.2 +07.2 Hon Ian MACPHEE * Lib 32,729 51.6 +01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 63,405 06.1 e 07.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Malcolm Macphee (born 1938): Elected 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980 Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs to 7 May 1982 Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations from 7 May 1982 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 MARCH 1983 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brighton, Caulfield West, Moorabbin West, Sandringham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1980 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 06.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 67,738 -02.0 Votes cast: 64,331 95.0 +01.2 Informal votes: 1,218 01.9 -00.3 Formal votes: 63,113 98.1 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Zelma Furey AD 5,004 07.9 -04.3 Chris Kennedy ALP 25,867 41.0 +04.8 Hon Ian MACPHEE * Lib 31,642 50.1 -01.5 Timothy Warner 600 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 63,113 03.4 e 02.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Malcolm Macphee (born 1938): Elected 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1983 Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations to 11 March 1983 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Balaclava was abolished at the 1984 redistribution. Macphee contested Goldstein in 1984. --------------------------------------------------------------------