ELECTIONS FOR THE DIVISION OF DARLING DOWNS, QUEENSLAND ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 29-30 MARCH 1901 ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Dalby, Pittsworth, Toowoomba, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 11,067 Votes cast: 6,192 56.0 Informal votes: 224 03.6 Formal votes: 5,968 96.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William GROOM 4,685 78.5 Horace Ransome 1,283 21.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,968 28.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Groom and Ransome described themselves as protectionist candidates (there was no Protectionist organisation in Queensland). Groom joined the Protectionists when the Parliament assembled. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Henry Groom (1833-1901): Elected 1901 Born: 9 March 1833, Plymouth, England. Career: Baker's apprentice. Transported for theft 1846, released 1856. Shopkeeper and publican Toowoomba. Newspaper publisher. Toowoomba Alderman 1861-1900. Father of Hon Sir Littleton Groom MP. Colonial politics: Qld MLA for Drayton and Toowoomba 1862-1901. Speaker 1883-1888. Died 8 August 1901 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Groom was regarded as the "Father" of the House of Representatives since he had the longest service in colonial parliaments (39 years): he was not, however, the oldest member of the House, as is sometimes stated (Sir Edward Braddon, Tasmania, was older). Groom was also the only former convict ever elected to the Commonwealth Parliament. -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTION OF 14 SEPTEMBER 1901 ==================================================================== SouthEast Queensland: Dalby, Pittsworth, Toowoomba, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the death of Hon William Groom (the first federal by-election) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 majority: W H Groom over another independent protectionist 28.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: unknown Votes cast: unknown Informal votes: unknown Formal votes: 7,219 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joshua Bell 2,687 37.2 Littleton GROOM 4,532 62.8 -15.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,219 12.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Bell was Qld MLA for Dalby 1893-1911. 2. Groom campaigned as a supporter of the Barton ministry and joined the Protectionists upon election. His vote is compared with that of W H Groom at the 1901 elections. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Littleton Ernest Groom (1867-1936): Elected 1901 By Born: 22 April 1867, Toowoomba, Queensland. Career: Educated Toowoomba Grammar School, University of Melbourne. Lawyer, Crown Prosecutor, Acting Judge. Son of Hon William Groom MP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1903 ==================================================================== South-East Queensland: Dalby, Pittsworth, Toowoomba, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 majority: Protectionist over Independent 28.5 1901 by-election majority: Protectionist over Independent 12.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 24,155 +118.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Littleton GROOM * NLU Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Groom was a Deakinite Protectionist -------------------------------------------------------------------- Littleton Ernest Groom (1867-1936): Elected 1901 By, 1903 Minister for Home Affairs 5 July 1905 to 12 October 1906 Attorney-General from 12 October 1906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 12 DECEMBER 1906 ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Gatton, Pittsworth, Toowoomba, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: none (NLU unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 31,548 +30.6 Votes cast: 11,919 37.8 Informal votes: 488 04.1 Formal votes: 11,431 95.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Littleton GROOM * Prot 7,440 65.1 Horace Ransome Lab 3,991 34.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,431 15.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Littleton Ernest Groom (1867-1936): Elected 1901by, 1903, 1906 Attorney-General to 13 November 1908 Minister for External Affairs from 2 June 1909 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 APRIL 1910 ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Gatton, Pittsworth, Toowoomba, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1906 majority: Protectionist over Labour 15.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 33,506 +06.2 Votes cast: 19,159 57.2 +19.4 Informal votes: 540 02.8 -01.3 Formal votes: 18,619 97.2 +01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Littleton GROOM * Lib 13,010 69.9 +04.8 Morris Harland ALP 5,609 30.1 -04.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 18,619 19.9 04.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Littleton Ernest Groom (1867-1936): Elected 1901 By, 1903, 1906, 1910 Minister for External Affairs to 29 April 1910 ------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 31 MAY 1913 ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Jondaryan, Pittsworth, Toowoomba, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1910 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 19.9 Effect of 1912 redistribution: 01.1 shift to Liberal New notional majority: Liberal over ALP 18.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,963 +07.3 Votes cast: 26,840 74.6 +17.4 Informal votes: 741 02.8 00.0 Formal votes: 26,099 97.2 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Barnett Allen ALP 10,451 40.0 +08.8 Hon Littleton GROOM * Lib 15,648 60.0 -08.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 26,099 10.0 08.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Littleton Ernest Groom (1867-1936): Elected 1901 By, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913 Minister for Trade and Customs from 24 June 1913 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 SEPTEMBER 1914 ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Jondaryan, Pittsworth, Toowoomba, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 10.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,339 -01.7 Votes cast: 27,557 78.0 +03.4 Informal votes: 914 03.3 +00.5 Formal votes: 26,643 96.7 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Bauers ALP 11,495 43.1 +03.1 Hon Littleton GROOM * Lib 15,148 56.9 -03.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 26,643 06.9 03.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Littleton Ernest Groom (1867-1936): Elected 1901 By, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914 Minister for Trade and Customs to 17 September 1914 Honorary Minister from 17 February 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 MAY 1917 ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Jondaryan, Pittsworth, Toowoomba, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 06.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,702 +01.0 Votes cast: 32,296 90.5 +12.5 Informal votes: 544 01.7 -01.6 Formal votes: 31,752 98.3 +01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Littleton GROOM * Nat 17,815 56.1 -00.8 John Wilson ALP 13,937 43.9 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 31,752 06.1 00.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Littleton Ernest Groom (1867-1936): Elected 1901 By, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917 Honorary Minister to 16 November 1917 Vice-President of the Executive Council 16 November 1917 to 27 March 1918 Minister for Works and Railways from 27 March 1918 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The swing to the ALP in this seat was generally attributed to the ethnic German vote in this part of Queensland. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1919 ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Jondaryan, Pittsworth, Toowoomba, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 06.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,441 +02.1 Votes cast: 31,723 87.1 -03.4 Informal votes: 569 01.8 +00.1 Formal votes: 31,154 98.2 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Alke ALP 13,180 42.3 -01.6 Hon Littleton GROOM * Nat 17,974 57.7 +01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 31,154 07.7 01.6 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Littleton Ernest Groom (1867-1936): Elected 1901 By, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919 Minister for Works and Railways to 21 December 1921 Attorney-General from 21 December 1921 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1922 ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Gatton, Pittsworth, Toowoomba, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 07.7 Effect of redistribution: 01.8 shift to Nationalist New notional majority: Nationalist over ALP 09.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,547 +11.3 Votes cast: 34,541 85.2 -01.9 Informal votes: 1,092 03.2 +01.4 Formal votes: 33,449 96.8 -01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Littleton GROOM * Nat 19,592 58.6 -00.9 James MacDougall ALP 13,857 41.4 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 33,449 08.6 00.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Littleton Ernest Groom (1867-1936): Elected 1901 By, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922 Attorney-General Deputy Leader of the Nationlist Party from 9 February 1923 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 14 NOVEMBER 1925 ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Gatton, Pittsworth, Toowoomba, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 08.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,375 +02.0 Votes cast: 38,514 93.1 +07.9 Informal votes: 1,063 02.8 -00.4 Formal votes: 37,451 97.2 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Sir Littleton GROOM * Nat 23,648 63.1 +04.5 Duncan McInnes ALP 13,803 36.9 -04.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,451 13.1 04.5 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Littleton Ernest Groom (1867-1936): Elected 1901 By, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925 Attorney-General to 18 December 1925 Deputy Leader of the Nationalist Party to 18 December 1925 Speaker of the House of Representatives from 13 January 1926 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Groom resigned as Attorney-General following the government's unsuccessful attempt to deport two trade union officials, Walsh and Johnson, in 1925. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 17 NOVEMBER 1928 ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Gatton, Pittsworth, Toowoomba, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 13.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,145 +01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Sir Littleton GROOM * Nat Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Littleton Ernest Groom (1867-1936): Elected 1901 By, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928 Speaker of the House of Representatives to 11 October 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- As Speaker of the House, Groom declined on 10 September 1929 to cast a vote in committee which would have saved the Bruce Government from defeat on the Maritime Services Bill. This led to the fall of the Government. Groom was expelled from the Nationalist Party as a result. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 12 OCTOBER 1929 ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Gatton, Pittsworth, Toowoomba, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 majority: none (Nationalist unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,326 +02.8 Votes cast: 42,130 97.2 Informal votes: 864 02.1 Formal votes: 41,266 97.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Sir Littleton Groom * 9,290 22.5 Evan Llewellyn ALP 12,738 30.9 Arthur Morgan + Nat 19,238 46.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,266 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Groom stood as an Independent Nationalist after having been expelled from the Nationalist Party. 2. Llewellyn was Qld MLA for Toowoomba 1925-29, 1932-35. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Groom's 9,290 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Llewellyn 4,655 50.1 17,393 42.1 MORGAN + 4,635 49.9 23,873 57.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 9,290 41,266 07.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Littleton Ernest Groom (1867-1936): Elected 1901 By, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928. Defeated 1929 Later career: See Darling Downs 1931. > Arthur Clinton Morgan (1881-1957): Elected 1929 Born: 1881, Warwick, Queensland. Career: Educated state schools. Journalist, Warwick. Military Service 1914-17. Associate editor, Brisbane. Editor Graziers Review 1921-27. Son of Hon Sir Arthur Morgan, Qld MLA and Premier. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 19 DECEMBER 1931 ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Gatton, Pittsworth, Toowoomba, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 07.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,427 +04.8 Votes cast: 44,053 97.0 -00.2 Informal votes: 879 02.0 -00.1 Formal votes: 43,174 98.0 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Sir Littleton GROOM 23,597 54.7 Arthur Morgan * UAP 15,212 35.2 -11.4 Herbert Yeates 4,365 10.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,174 09.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Groom was member for Darling Downs 1901-29. His vote of 54.7% was an increase of 31.2% from the 22.5% he polled in 1929. This was partly because he had the support of Labor voters. The Qld Premier A E Moore said that Groom would be "virtually a Labor member" (Toowoomba Chronicle, 17 December 1931). 2. Yeates was Qld MLA for Toowoomba 1938-45. He was an independent but was referred to in the press as a Country Party candidate (Toowoomba Chronicle, 17 December 1931). -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Arthur Clinton Morgan (1881-1957): Elected 1929. Defeated 1931 Died 2 August 1957 > Littleton Ernest Groom (1867-1936): Elected 1901 By, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928. Defeated 1929. Elected 1931 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Groom joined the UAP in 1933. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 15 SEPTEMBER 1934 ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Esk, Gatton, Toowoomba, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 majority: Independent over UAP 09.8 e Effect of 1934 redistribution: cannot be calculated -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 51,010 +12.3 Votes cast: 49,367 96.8 -00.2 Informal votes: 999 02.0 00.0 Formal votes: 48,368 98.0 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Alke ALP 18,940 39.2 Hon Sir Littleton GROOM * UAP 29,428 60.8 +25.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 48,368 10.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Littleton Ernest Groom (1867-1936): Elected 1901 By, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928. Defeated 1929. Elected 1931, 1934 Died 6 November 1936 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTION OF 19 DECEMBER 1936 ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Esk, Gatton, Toowoomba, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the death of Hon Sir Littleton Groom -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1934 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 10.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 51,519 +01.0 Votes cast: 47,491 92.2 -04.6 Informal votes: 1,472 03.1 +01.1 Formal votes: 46,019 96.9 -01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Annand + UAP 8,725 19.0 -41.8 Leslie Boyce 5,809 12.6 John Buchanan ALP 13,321 29.0 -10.2 Arthur Fadden CP 15,235 33.1 Denis Hannay 2,929 06.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 46,019 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Annand was Qld MLA for Toowoomba 1929-32, East Toowoomba 1934-35. 2. Boyce was a Conservative candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Hannay's 2,929 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Annand + 502 17.1 9,227 20.1 Boyce 522 17.8 6,331 13.8 Buchanan 1,042 35.6 14,363 31.2 Fadden 863 29.5 16,098 35.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,929 46,019 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Boyce's 6,331 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Annand + 3,139 49.6 12,366 26.9 Buchanan 1,051 16.6 15,414 33.5 Fadden 2,141 33.8 18,239 39.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,331 46,019 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Annand's 12,366 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Buchanan 4,225 34.2 19,639 42.7 FADDEN 8,141 65.8 26,380 57.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,366 46,019 07.3 03.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Country Party majority over the ALP is compared with the UAP majority over the ALP at the general election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur William Fadden (1895-1973): Elected 1936 By Born: 13 April 1895, Ingham, Queensland. Career: Primary education. Clerk, later studied accountancy. Town Clerk, Mackay. Successful chartered accountant. Townsville City Council. State politics: Qld MLA for Kennedy 1932-35. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 23 OCTOBER 1937 ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Esk, Gatton, Toowoomba, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1934 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 10.8 1936 by-election two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 07.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 52,599 +03.1 Votes cast: 51,412 97.7 +00.9 Informal votes: 784 01.5 -00.5 Formal votes: 50,628 98.5 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Leslie Bailey ALP 17,264 34.1 -05.1 Arthur FADDEN * CP 30,747 60.7 Arthur Rushton DSC 2,617 05.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 50,628 13.3 e 02.5 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Country Party majority over the ALP is compared with the UAP majority over the ALP in 1934. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur William Fadden (1895-1973): Elected 1936 By, 1937 Minister for Air from 14 August 1940 Minister for Civil Aviation from 14 August 1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fadden was the leader of a group of Country Party members (the others were Badman, Collins and Corser) who dissociated themselves from Page's attack on Menzies in April 1939, and who also rejected Cameron's leadership of the Country Party in September. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 SEPTEMBER 1940 ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Esk, Gatton, Toowoomba, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 13.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 52,961 +00.7 Votes cast: 51,356 97.0 -00.7 Informal votes: 675 01.3 -00.2 Formal votes: 50,681 98.7 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Leslie Bailey ALP 21,316 42.1 +08.0 Hon Arthur FADDEN * CP 29,365 57.9 -02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 50,681 07.9 05.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur William Fadden (1895-1973): Elected 1936 By, 1937, 1940 Minister for Air to 28 October 1940 Minister for Civil Aviation to 28 October 1940 Treasurer 28 October 1940 to 7 October 1941 Prime Minister 29 August 1941 to 7 October 1941 Leader of the Opposition from 7 October 1941 Deputy Leader of the Country Party 28 October 1940 to 12 March 1941 Acting Leader of the Country Party 28 October 1940 to 12 March 1941 Leader of the Country Party from 12 March 1941 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fadden was chosen as Acting Leader of the Country Party after the resignation of Cameron, when a ballot of Country Party MPs was deadlocked between Page and McEwen. He was later confirmed as Leader. He was chosen to succeed Menzies as Prime Minister by a joint meeting of UAP and Country Party members. He resigned when he was defeated in the House by a combination of the ALP and the two independent members, Coles and Wilson. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 AUGUST 1943 ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Esk, Gatton, Toowoomba, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 07.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 55,807 +05.4 Votes cast: 54,631 97.9 +00.9 Informal votes: 868 01.6 +00.3 Formal votes: 53,763 98.4 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Leslie Bailey ALP 23,253 43.3 +01.2 Rt Hon Arthur Fadden * CP 26,123 48.6 -09.3 Raymond Mullaly 3,398 06.3 Hugh Phair OPA 989 01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 53,763 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Phair's 989 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bailey 183 (18.5 23,436 43.6 Fadden * 354 35.8 26,477 49.2 Mullaly 452 45.7 3,850 07.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 989 53,763 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Mullaly's 3,850 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bailey 2,095 54.4 25,531 47.5 FADDEN * 1,755 45.6 28,232 52.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,850 53,763 02.5 05.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur William Fadden (1895-1973): Elected 1936 By, 1937, 1940, 1943 Leader of the Opposition to 23 September 1943 Leader of the Country Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fadden resigned as Opposition Leader when Menzies, having regained the UAP leadership, reclaimed the post as the leader of the larger of the two opposition parties. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 SEPTEMBER 1946 ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Esk, Gatton, Toowoomba, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 55,701 -00.2 Votes cast: 53,562 96.2 -01.6 Informal votes: 901 01.7 +00.1 Formal votes: 52,661 98.3 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William English ALP 17,902 34.0 -09.3 Rt Hon Arthur FADDEN * CP 31,550 59.9 +11.3 Maxwell Owen 3,209 06.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 52,661 11.9 e 09.4 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Owen was a Services Party candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur William Fadden (1895-1973): Elected 1936 By, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946 Leader of the Country Party Fadden contested McPherson in 1949. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1949 ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Crows Nest, Jandaryan, Pittsworth, Toowoomba -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 11.9 e Effect of 1948 redistribution: 01.3 shift to ALP New notional majority: Country Party over ALP 10.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 37,757 -32.2 Votes cast: 36,711 97.2 +01.0 Informal votes: 587 01.6 -00.1 Formal votes: 36,124 98.4 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Farquharson 3,041 08.4 James Kane ALP 11,281 31.2 -05.0 Charles Lacaze 260 00.7 Raymond Mullaly CPA 281 00.8 Reginald SWARTZ Lib 21,261 58.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 36,124 12.5 e 01.9 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kane was Qld MLA for East Toowoomba 1935-38. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reginald William Colin Swartz (1911-2006): Elected 1949 Born: 14 April 1911, Brisbane. Career: Educated Toowoomba and Brisbane Grammar schools. Oil company executive. Military Service 1940-46. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Although this was a Country Party seat on the 1946 figures, the Country Party agreed not to contest it against the Liberals in exchange for an uncontested return for the sitting member, Arthur Fadden, in the new seat of McPherson (Courier-Mail, 29 November 1949). 2. The Liberal majority over the ALP is compared with the Country Party majority over the ALP in 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 APRIL 1951 ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Crows Nest, Jandaryan, Pittsworth, Toowoomba -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 12.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,469 +01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reginald SWARTZ * Lib Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reginald William Colin Swartz (1911-2006): Elected 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 29 MAY 1954 ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Crows Nest, Jandaryan, Pittsworth, Toowoomba -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 majority: none (Liberal unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,742 +03.3 Votes cast: 38,399 96.6 Informal votes: 267 00.7 Formal votes: 38,132 99.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reginald SWARTZ * Lib 24,801 65.0 William Watson ALP 13,331 35.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,132 15.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reginald William Colin Swartz (1911-2006): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1955 ==================================================================== South-East Queensland: Crows Nest, Oakey, Pittsworth, Toowoomba -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1954 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 15.0 Effect of 1955 redistribution: 00.2 shift to Liberal New notional majority: Liberal over Labor 15.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,279 +06.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reginald SWARTZ * Lib Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reginald William Colin Swartz (1911-2006): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 22 NOVEMBER 1958 ==================================================================== South-East Queenaland: Crows Nest, Oakey, Pittsworth, Toowoomba -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 majority: none (Lib unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,246 -00.1 Votes cast: 40,509 95.9 Informal votes: 737 01.8 Formal votes: 39,772 98.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John McCafferty ALP 13,623 34.3 Reginald SWARTZ * Lib 22,469 56.5 Margaret Walsh QLP 3,680 09.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,772 13.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reginald William Colin Swartz (1911-2006): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 9 DECEMBER 1961 ==================================================================== South-East Queenaland: Crows Nest, Oakey, Pittsworth, Toowoomba -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 13.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,095 +02.0 Votes cast: 41,952 97.3 +01.4 Informal votes: 803 01.9 +00.1 Formal votes: 41,149 98.1 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John McCafferty ALP 17,153 41.7 +07.4 Reginald SWARTZ * Lib 20,971 51.0 -05.5 Margaret Walsh QLP 3,025 07.4 -01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,149 06.9 e 07.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reginald William Colin Swartz (1911-2006): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961 Minister for Repatriation from 22 December 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 30 NOVEMBER 1963 ==================================================================== South-East Queenaland: Crows Nest, Oakey, Pittsworth, Toowoomba -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 06.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,499 +03.3 Votes cast: 43,157 97.0 -00.3 Informal votes: 589 01.4 -00.5 Formal votes: 42,568 98.6 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cyril Mitchell ALP 14,418 33.9 -07.8 Kenneth Rawle DLP 2,078 04.9 -02.5 Hon Reginald SWARTZ * Lib 26,072 61.2 +10.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,568 15.1 e 08.2 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reginald William Colin Swartz (1911-2006): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963 Minister for Repatriation to 22 December 1964 Minister for Health 21 November 1964 to 26 January 1966 Minister for Social Services 21 January 1965 to 22 February 1965 Minister for Civil Aviation from 26 January 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 26 NOVEMBER 1966 ==================================================================== South-East Queenaland: Crows Nest, Oakey, Pittsworth, Toowoomba -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 15.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,938 +03.2 Votes cast: 44,515 96.9 -00.1 Informal votes: 573 01.3 -00.1 Formal votes: 43,942 98.7 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Desmond Hare ALP 13,413 30.5 -03.4 Francis Mullins DLP 3,944 09.0 +04.1 Hon Reginald SWARTZ * Lib 26,585 60.5 -00.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,942 17.7 e 02.6 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reginald William Colin Swartz (1911-2006): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 Minister for Civil Aviation -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 25 OCTOBER 1969 ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Clifton, Pittsworth, Toowoomba, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1966 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 17.7 e Effect of 1968 redistribution: 00.7 shift to ALP New notional majority: Liberal over Labor 18.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 54,360 +18.3 Votes cast: 52,157 95.9 -01.0 Informal votes: 480 00.9 -00.4 Formal votes: 51,677 99.1 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Mullins DLP 5,177 10.0 +01.0 Eugene Salas ALP 16,785 32.5 +01.3 Hon Reginald SWARTZ * Lib 29,715 57.5 -02.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 51,677 14.7 e 03.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reginald William Colin Swartz (1911-2006): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969 Minister for Civil Aviation to 12 November 1969 Minister for National Development from 12 November 1969 Swartz retired at the 1972 election. His ministerial term ended on 5 December 1972. Later career: Knighted 1972. Died 2 February 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 2 DECEMBER 1972 ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Clifton, Pittsworth, Toowoomba, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1969 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 14.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 54,804 Votes cast: 52,892 96.5 Informal votes: 895 01.7 Formal votes: 51,997 98.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ronald Alford 1,312 02.5 Colin Brimblecombe + Lib 11,695 22.5 -35.0 Eugene Connolly DLP 3,341 06.4 -03.6 Tom McVeigh CP 16,783 32.3 James Thomas ALP 18,866 36.3 +03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 51,997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Alford's 1,312 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brimblecombe + 609 46.4 12,304 23.7 Connolly 274 20.9 3,615 07.0 McVeigh 228 17.4 17,011 32.7 Thomas 201 15.3 19,067 36.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,312 51,997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Connolly's 3,615 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brimblecombe + 718 19.9 13,022 25.0 McVeigh 2,618 72.4 19,629 37.8 Thomas 279 07.7 19,346 37.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,615 51,997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Brimblecombe's 13,022 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McVEIGH 12,246 94.0 31,875 61.3 Thomas 776 06.0 20,122 38.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,022 51,997 11.3 03.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The CP majority over the ALP is compared with the Liberal majority over the ALP in 1969. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Thomas McVeigh (born 1930): Elected 1972 Born: 7 May 1930, Allora, Queensland Career: Farmer. Father of Hon Dr John McVeigh, MLA and MHR. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 MAY 1974 ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Clifton, Pittsworth, Toowoomba, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1972 two-party majority: CP over ALP 08.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 61,859 +12.9 Votes cast: 59,227 95.7 -00.8 Informal votes: 556 00.9 -00.8 Formal votes: 58,671 99.1 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ronald Madden ALP 19,860 33.8 -02.5 Tom McVEIGH * CP 38,078 64.9 +32.6 William Nobes AP 733 01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 58,671 15.4 e 06.6 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Thomas McVeigh (born 1930): Elected 1972, 1974 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1975 ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Clifton, Pittsworth, Toowoomba, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1974 two-party majority: NCP over ALP 15.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 64,033 +03.5 Votes cast: 61,330 95.8 +00.1 Informal votes: 607 01.0 +00.1 Formal votes: 60,723 99.0 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom McVEIGH * NCP 42,133 69.4 +04.5 Peter Wood ALP 18,590 30.6 -03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 60,723 19.4 04.0 to NCP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wood was Qld MLA for Toowoomba East 1966-72, Toowoomba South 1972-74. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Thomas McVeigh (born 1930): Elected 1972, 1974, 1975 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1977 ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Gatton, Laidley, Toowoomba, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1975 two-party majority: NCP over ALP 19.4 Effect of 1977 redistribution: 02.5 shift to ALP New notional majority: NCP over ALP 16.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 66,791 +04.3 Votes cast: 63,294 94.8 -01.0 Informal votes: 677 01.1 -00.1 Formal votes: 62,617 98.9 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Lingard ALP 18,505 29.6 -03.5 Thomas McVEIGH * NCP 42,630 68.1 +01.2 David Proud 1,482 02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 62,617 20.3 e 03.4 to NCP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Thomas McVeigh (born 1930): Elected 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 OCTOBER 1980 ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Gatton, Laidley, Toowoomba, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1977 two-party majority: NCP over ALP 20.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 69,266 +03.7 Votes cast: 65,661 94.8 00.0 Informal votes: 850 01.3 +00.2 Formal votes: 64,811 98.7 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Maria Hayboer AD 3,551 05.5 Janet Hunt ALP 19,379 29.9 +00.3 Tom McVEIGH * NCP 41,011 63.3 -04.8 David Proud 870 01.3 -01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 64,811 15.8 e 04.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Thomas McVeigh (born 1930): Elected 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980 Minister for Housing and Construction 3 November 1980 to 7 May 1982 Minister for Home Affairs and Environment from 7 May 1982 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 MARCH 1983 ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Gatton, Laidley, Toowoomba, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1980 two-party majority: NCP over ALP 15.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 74,359 +07.4 Votes cast: 69,826 93.9 -00.9 Informal votes: 715 01.0 -00.3 Formal votes: 69,111 99.0 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ronald Cullin ALP 22,524 32.6 +02.7 David Groves AD 3,960 05.7 +00.2 Hon Tom McVEIGH * NPA 42,627 61.7 -01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 69,111 14.0 e 01.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Thomas McVeigh (born 1930): Elected 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1983 Minister for Home Affairs and Environment to 11 March 1983 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Darling Downs was abolished at the 1984 redistribution. McVeigh contested Groom in 1984. --------------------------------------------------------------------