ELECTIONS FOR THE DIVISION OF DAMPIER, WESTERN AUSTRALIA ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 31 MAY 1913 ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Irwin, Northam, Swan, Toodyay -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat: 1910 notional two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,011 Votes cast: 24,643 68.4 Informal votes: 958 03.9 Formal votes: 23,685 96.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry GREGORY + Lib 12,463 52.6 +02.2 Hon Hugh Mahon * ALP 11,222 47.4 -01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 23,685 02.6 01.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mahon was member for Coolgardie 1901-13 (Coolgardie was abolished at the 1912 redistribution). -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Hugh Mahon (1857-1931): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910. Defeated 1913 Later career: See Kalgoorlie by-election 1913. > Henry Gregory (1860-1940): Elected 1913 Born: 15 March 1860, Kyneton, Victoria. Career: Educated Kyneton. To Western Australian goldfields 1894. Mayor of Menzies. Stockbroker, farmer, press proprietor. Colonial/State politics: WA MLA for North Coolgardie 1897-1901, Menzies 1901-11. Minister for Mines 1901, 1901-04. Minister for Mines and Railways 1905-11. Acting Premier and Treasurer 1910-11. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 SEPTEMBER 1914 ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Irwin, Northam, Swan, Toodyay -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,945 -00.2 Votes cast: 24,765 68.9 +00.5 Informal votes: 1,007 04.1 +00.2 Formal votes: 23,758 95.9 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Coffey ALP 10,941 46.1 -01.3 Henry GREGORY * Lib 12,817 53.9 +01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 23,758 03.9 01.3 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Gregory (1860-1940): Elected 1913, 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 MAY 1917 ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Irwin, Northam, Swan, Toodyay -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 03.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 31,087 -15.5 Votes cast: 22,479 72.3 +03.4 Informal votes: 1,025 04.6 +00.5 Formal votes: 21,454 95.4 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Costello ALP 6,144 28.6 -17.5 Henry GREGORY * Nat 15,310 71.4 +17.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 21,454 21.4 17.5 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Gregory (1860-1940): Elected 1913, 1914, 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1919 ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Irwin, Northam, Swan, Toodyay -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 21.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 29,649 -04.6 Votes cast: 16,565 55.9 -16.4 Informal votes: 405 02.4 -02.2 Formal votes: 16,160 97.6 +02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry GREGORY * Nat/FSA 10,440 64.6 -06.8 Thomas Lowry ALP 5,720 35.4 +06.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 16,160 14.6 06.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gregory was endorsed both by the Nationalists and the FSA. He joined the Country Party when it was formed in 1920. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Gregory (1860-1940): Elected 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919 Deputy Leader of the Country Party from 5 April 1921. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dampier was abolished at the 1922 redistribution. Gregory contested Swan in 1922. --------------------------------------------------------------------