ELECTIONS FOR THE DIVISION OF HENTY, VICTORIA ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 31 MAY 1913 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brighton, Malvern, Oakleigh, Sandringham -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat: 1910 notional two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 18.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,417 Votes cast: 29,637 71.5 Informal votes: 769 02.6 Formal votes: 28,868 97.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James BOYD + Lib 19,138 66.3 +04.6 Joseph Hewison 446 01.5 William Miles ALP 9,284 32.2 +07.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 28,868 17.1 01.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Arthur Boyd (1867-1941): Elected 1913 Born: 7 July 1867, Ayrshire, Scotland. Career: Educated St John's Academy, Glasgow. Apprentice painter. Migrated 1885. Many occupations, Melbourne. Port Melbourne Council. State politics: Vic MLA for Melbourne 1901-08. Honorary Minister 1907-08. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 SEPTEMBER 1914 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brighton, Malvern, Oakleigh, Sandringham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 17.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,944 +10.9 Votes cast: 34,340 74.7 +03.2 Informal votes: 753 02.2 -00.4 Formal votes: 33,587 97.8 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Albert Andrews ALP 12,607 37.5 +05.3 James BOYD * Lib 17,742 52.8 -13.5 Hon Richard Crouch 3,238 09.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 33,587 07.7 09.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Crouch was member for Corio 1901-10. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Arthur Boyd (1867-1941): Elected 1913, 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 MAY 1917 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brighton, Malvern, Oakleigh, Sandringham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 07.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 53,356 +16.1 Votes cast: 43,553 81.6 +06.9 Informal votes: 908 02.1 -00.1 Formal votes: 42,645 97.9 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James BOYD * Nat 30,119 70.6 +17.8 William Smith ALP 12,526 29.4 -08.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,645 20.6 12.9 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Arthur Boyd (1867-1941): Elected 1913, 1914, 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1919 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brighton, Malvern, Oakleigh, Sandringham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 20.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 59,214 +11.0 Votes cast: 44,218 74.7 -06.9 Informal votes: 1,864 04.2 +02.1 Formal votes: 42,354 95.8 -02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Boyd * Nat 17,293 40.8 -29.8 Frederick Francis 12,382 29.2 Norman Grant ALP 9,582 22.6 -06.8 Edwin Purbrick 3,097 07.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,354 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis and Purbrick were independent Nationalist candidates. Francis, a protectionist, was opposed to Boyd's "free trade tendencies." (Age, 6 December 1919) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Purbrick's 3,097 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Boyd * 984 31.8 18,277 43.2 Francis 1,602 51.7 13,984 33.0 Grant 511 16.5 10,093 23.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,097 42,354 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Grant's 10,093 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Boyd * 1,681 16.7 19,958 47.1 FRANCIS 8,412 83.3 22,396 52.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,093 42,354 02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > James Arthur Boyd (1867-1941): Elected 1913, 1914, 1917. Defeated 1919 Later career: Businessman. President, Melbourne Chamber of Commerce 1920-22, Associated Chambers of Australia 1922-23. Died 12 April 1941 > Frederick Henry Francis (1881-1949): Elected 1919 Born: 1881, Melbourne. Career: Builder. Malvern City Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1922 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brighton, Gardiner, Oakleigh, Sandringham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 majority: Independent over Nationalist 02.9 Effect of redistribution: cannot be calculated -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 47,386 -20.0 Votes cast: 29,856 63.0 -11.7 Informal votes: 1,545 05.2 +01.0 Formal votes: 28,311 94.8 -01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Roy Beardsworth ALP 5,615 19.8 -03.0 James Boyd Nat 3,269 11.5 Frederick Francis * Nat 10,794 38.1 Eleanor Glencross Lib 3,551 12.5 Henry Gullett Lib 5,082 18.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 28,311 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Boyd was member for Henty 1913-19. 2. Francis stood as a Nationalist after having sat as an Independent. Glencross and Gullett were sometimes referred to as Nationalists. The Argus (28 November 1922) said they were standing as Liberals. Glencross was supported by the Housewives Association. 3. For Gullett, see Henty 1925. 4. The combined Nationalist vote was 49.6%, an increase of 8.8% from the 40.8% polled by one Nationalist candidate (Boyd) in 1919. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Boyd's 3,269 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Beardsworth 219 06.7 5,834 20.6 Francis * 1,625 49.7 12,419 43.9 Glencross 362 11.1 3,913 13.8 Gullett 1,063 32.5 6,145 21.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,269 28,311 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Glencross's 3,913 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Beardsworth 554 14.2 6,388 22.6 Francis * 1,339 34.2 13,758 48.6 Gullett 2,020 51.6 8,165 28.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,913 28,311 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Beardsworth's 6,388 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- FRANCIS * 2,053 32.1 15,811 55.8 Gullett 4,335 67.9 12,500 44.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,388 28,311 05.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Henry Francis (1881-1949): Elected 1919, 1922 Francis retired at the 1925 election. Died 15 August 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 14 NOVEMBER 1925 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brighton, Gardiner, Oakleigh, Sandringham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 majority: Nationalist over Nationalist 05.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 64,723 +36.6 Votes cast: 61,234 94.6 +31.6 Informal votes: 909 01.5 -03.7 Formal votes: 60,325 98.5 +03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry GULLETT Nat 31,077 51.5 Donald Mackinnon 11,318 18.8 Edward Stewart ALP 17,930 29.7 +09.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 60,325 10.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Mackinnon was Vic MLA for Prahran 1900-20. He was an independent Nationalist candidate. 2. The Nationalist vote of 51.5% was a decline of 28.7% from the 80.2% polled by four Nationalist candidates in 1922. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Somer Gullett (1878-1940): Elected 1925 Born: 26 March 1878, Herston, Victoria. Career: Educated state schools. Journalist, Sydney and Britain. War correspondent. Military Service 1916-19. Attended Versailles Peace Conference. Director, Australian War Memorial. Journalist and author. Father of Henry Baynton Somer Gullett MP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 17 NOVEMBER 1928 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brighton, Gardiner, Oakleigh, Sandringham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 10.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 74,801 +15.6 Votes cast: 70,577 94.4 -00.2 Informal votes: 2,249 03.2 +01.7 Formal votes: 68,328 96.8 -01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry GULLETT * Nat 45,489 66.6 +15.1 Edward Stewart ALP 22,839 33.4 +03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 68,328 16.6 05.7 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Somer Gullett (1878-1940): Elected 1925, 1928 Minister for Trade and Customs from 24 November 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 12 OCTOBER 1929 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brighton, Gardiner, Oakleigh, Sandringham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 16.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 77,700 +03.9 Votes cast: 73,977 95.2 +00.8 Informal votes: 870 01.2 -02.0 Formal votes: 73,107 98.8 +02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Bolton 4,355 06.0 William Duggan ALP 33,195 45.4 +12.0 Hon Henry Gullett * Nat 35,557 48.6 -18.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 73,107 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bolton was a Senator for Victoria 1917-23. He was an independent Nationalist candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Bolton's 4,355 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Duggan 2,479 56.9 35,674 48.8 GULLETT * 1,876 43.1 37,433 51.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 4,355 73,107 01.2 15.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Somer Gullett (1878-1940): Elected 1925, 1928, 1929 Minister for Trade and Customs to 22 October 1949 Deputy Leader of the Opposition 20 November 1929 to 7 May 1931 Deputy Leader of the Nationalist Party 20 November 1929 to 7 May 1931 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 19 DECEMBER 1931 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brighton, Gardiner, Oakleigh, Sandringham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 81,974 +05.5 Votes cast: 77,224 94.2 -01.0 Informal votes: 1,985 02.6 +01.4 Formal votes: 75,239 97.4 -01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Henry GULLETT * UAP 56,404 75.0 +26.4 Frederick Katz ALP 18,835 25.0 -20.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 75,239 25.0 23.8 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Katz, see Senate Victoria 1946. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Somer Gullett (1878-1940): Elected 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931 Minister for Trade and Customs 6 January 1932 to 14 January 1933 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gullett resigned for health reasons. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 15 SEPTEMBER 1934 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brighton, Gardiner, Oakleigh, Sandringham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 25.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 85,346 +04.1 Votes cast: 80,777 94.6 +00.4 Informal votes: 2,544 03.1 +00.5 Formal votes: 78,233 96.9 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Henry GULLETT * UAP 47,010 60.1 -14.9 Alexander Steele 8,315 10.6 Lockhart Stewart DSC 6,030 07.7 William Turner ALP 16,878 21.6 -03.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 78,233 19.3 e 05.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Somer Gullett (1878-1940): Elected 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934 Minister without portfolio 12 October 1934 to 11 March 1937 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gullett was minister without portfolio directing negotiations for trade treaties. He resigned because he believed his views were not supported in the Cabinet. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 23 OCTOBER 1937 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Bentleigh, East Malvern, Oakleigh, Sandringham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1934 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 19.3 e Effect of 1937 redistribution: 03.1 shift to ALP New notional majority: UAP over ALP 16.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 63,413 -25.7 Votes cast: 60,995 96.2 +01.6 Informal votes: 1,450 02.4 -00.7 Formal votes: 59,545 97.6 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Sir Henry GULLETT * UAP 31,574 53.0 -03.5 Rupert Hornabrook 8,647 14.5 Sydney Walker ALP 19,324 32.5 +08.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 59,545 10.3 e 05.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Somer Gullett (1878-1940): Elected 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937 Minister for Information 12 September 1939 to 14 March 1940 Vice-President of the Executive Council 14 March 1940 to 13 August 1940 Minister in charge of Scientific and Industrial Research 14 March 1940 to 13 August 1940 Died 13 August 1940 (no By-election held) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gullett was one of three Cabinet ministers killed in a plane crash at Canberra on 13 August 1940. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 SEPTEMBER 1940 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Bentleigh, East Malvern, Oakleigh, Sandringham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 10.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 68,723 +08.4 Votes cast: 66,427 96.7 +00.5 Informal votes: 1,368 02.1 -00.3 Formal votes: 65,059 97.9 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur COLES 35,542 54.6 Arthur Haywood ALP 23,319 35.8 +03.3 Edward Riley 567 00.9 Samuel Thomas 704 01.1 Eric Young 4,927 07.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 65,059 13.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur William Coles (1892-1982): Elected 1940 Born: 7 August 1892, Geelong, Victoria. Career: Educated Geelong College. Military Service 1914-18. Worked in family retailing business (G J Coles and Co). Manager and company director. Melbourne City Council 1934-44, Lord Mayor 1938-40. Geelong Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Coles stood on a "non-party, win the war" platform, but he was in effect a UAP candidate. He joined the parliamentary UAP in early 1941, but resigned again in August following the deposition of Menzies. He joined with the other independent, Alex Wilson, in voting against the budget on 7 October 1941, bringing down the Fadden government. Thereafter he supported the Curtin government. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 AUGUST 1943 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Bentleigh, East Malvern, Oakleigh, Sandringham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 majority: Independent over ALP 13.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 78,388 +14.1 Votes cast: 76,452 97.5 +00.8 Informal votes: 2,596 03.4 +01.3 Formal votes: 73,856 96.6 -01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Coles * 32,885 44.5 Carlyle Ferguson 928 01.3 Jo Gullett UAP 28,123 38.1 Edmund Lind DSC 4,437 06.0 Bernard Rees 4,598 06.2 Ivy Weber 2,885 03.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 73,856 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Coles had been elected in 1940 with the support of the UAP but had supported the Curtin Government since 1941. His vote of 44.5% was a decrease of 10.1% from the 54.6% he polled in 1940 (when there was no UAP candidate). 2. Ferguson was a Liberal candidate. 3. For Gullett, see Henty 1946 by-election 4. Rees was an independent Labor candidate. 5. Weber was Vic MLA for Nunanwading 1937-43. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Ferguson's 928 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Coles * 289 31.1 33,174 44.9 Gullett 220 23.7 28,343 38.4 Lind 177 19.1 4,614 06.2 Rees 120 12.9 4,718 06.4 Weber 122 13.1 3,007 04.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 928 73,856 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Weber's 3,007 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Coles * 810 26.9 33,984 46.0 Gullett 1,222 40.6 29,565 40.0 Lind 625 20.8 5,239 07.1 Rees 350 11.6 5,068 06.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,007 73,856 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Rees's 5,068 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- COLES * 3,802 75.0 37,786 51.2 Gullett 416 08.2 29,981 40.6 Lind 850 16.8 6,089 08.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,068 73,856 05.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur William Coles (1892-1982): Elected 1940, 1943 Resigned seat 11 February 1946 (see By-elections) Later career: Businessman. Chairman, Commonwealth Rationing Commission 1942-50, Chairman, Australian National Airlines Commission 1946-50. Executive, CSIRO 1956-65. Geelong Council to 1969. Knighted. Died 14 June 1982 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTION OF 30 MARCH 1946 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Bentleigh, East Malvern, Oakleigh, Sandringham -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the resignation of Arthur Coles -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 majority: Indpendent over UAP 05.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 80,883 +03.2 Votes cast: 72,360 89.5 -08.0 Informal votes: 1,086 01.5 -01.9 Formal votes: 71,274 98.5 +01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Valentine Doube ALP 32,556 45.7 Jo GULLETT Lib 38,718 54.3 +16.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 71,274 04.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Doube was Vic MLA for Oakleigh 1950-61, Albert Park 1970-79. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Baynton Somer Gullett 1914-99): Elected 1946 By Born: 16 December 1914, London, England. Career: Educated Geelong Grammar School, Oxford University, Sorbonne MA). Journalist. Military Service 1939-45. Farmer, Yea, Victoria. Son of Hon Sir Henry Gullett MP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 SEPTEMBER 1946 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Bentleigh, East Malvern, Oakleigh, Sandringham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 majority: Independent over UAP 05.5 e 1946 by-election two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 04.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 84,247 +07.5 Votes cast: 80,050 95.0 -02.5 Informal votes: 1,196 01.5 -01.9 Formal votes: 78,854 98.5 +01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Valentine Doube ALP 37,785 47.9 Jo GULLETT * Lib 41,069 52.1 +14.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 78,854 02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Doube was Vic MLA for Oakleigh 1950-61, Albert Park 1970-79. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Baynton Somer Gullett (1914-99): Elected 1946 By, 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1949 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Carnegie, East Caulfield, East Malvern, Oakleigh -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 02.1 Effect of 1948 redistribution: 01.0 shift to ALP New notional majority: Liberal over ALP 01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,971 -49.0 Votes cast: 41,566 96.7 +01.7 Informal votes: 510 01.2 -00.3 Formal votes: 41,056 98.8 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Dicker ALPN 858 02.1 Valentine Doube ALP 17,548 42.7 -06.2 Jo GULLETT * Lib 22,650 55.2 +04.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,056 05.4 e 04.3 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Doube was Vic MLA for Oakleigh 1950-61, Albert Park 1970-79. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Baynton Somer Gullett (1914-99): Elected 1946 By, 1946, 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 APRIL 1951 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Carnegie, East Caulfield, East Malvern, Oakleigh -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 05.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,374 +00.9 Votes cast: 41,821 96.4 -00.3 Informal votes: 584 01.4 +00.2 Formal votes: 41,237 98.6 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jo GULLETT * Lib 23,642 57.3 +02.1 Doris McRae CPA 781 01.9 Percy Treyvaud ALP 16,814 40.8 -01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,237 07.5 e 02.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Baynton Somer Gullett (1914-99): Elected 1946 By, 1946, 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 29 MAY 1954 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Carnegie, East Caulfield, East Malvern, Oakleigh -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 07.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,399 -02.2 Votes cast: 40,774 96.2 -00.2 Informal votes: 392 01.0 -00.4 Formal votes: 40,382 99.9 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jo GULLETT * Lib 22,858 56.6 -00.7 Alexander Miller ALP 16,400 40.6 -00.2 Noel Schafer 1,124 02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,382 08.0 e 00.5 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Baynton Somer Gullett (1914-99): Elected 1946 By, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954 Gullett retired at the 1955 election. Later career: Farmer at Thaarwa, ACT. Ambassador to Greece 1965-68. Died 24 August 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1955 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Bentleigh North, Carnegie, Glenhuntly, Oakleigh -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1954 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 08.0 Effect of 1955 redistribution: 03.7 shift to Labor New notional majority: Liberal over Labor 04.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,785 +05.6 Votes cast: 42,442 94.8 -01.4 Informal votes: 1,146 02.7 +01.7 Formal votes: 41,296 97.3 -01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Max FOX + Lib 22,377 54.2 +00.6 Henry Moore ALPAC 4,966 12.0 Percy Trevaud ALP 13,953 33.8 -11.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,296 13.8 e 09.5 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edmund Maxwell Cameron Fox (1912-88): Elected 1955 Born: 27 April 1912, Melbourne. Career: Educated state schools. Clerk and salesman. Military Service 1942-45. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 22 NOVEMBER 1958 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Bentleigh North, Carnegie, Glenhuntly, Oakleigh -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 13.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 47,327 +05.7 Votes cast: 45,511 96.2 +01.4 Informal votes: 987 02.2 -00.5 Formal votes: 44,524 97.8 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Max FOX * Lib 22,506 50.5 -03.7 Tom Gilhooley ALP 16,276 36.6 +02.8 Henry Moore DLP 5,742 12.9 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,524 12.1 e 01.7 to ALP ------------------------------------------------------------------- Edmund Maxwell Cameron Fox (1912-88): Elected 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 9 DECEMBER 1961 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Bentleigh North, Carnegie, Glenhuntly, Oakleigh -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 12.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 48,523 +02.5 Votes cast: 46,585 96.0 -00.2 Informal votes: 856 01.8 -00.4 Formal votes: 45,729 98.2 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Max Fox * Lib 21,011 45.9 -04.6 George Jones ALP 18,416 40.3 +03.7 Henry Moore DLP 6,302 13.8 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,729 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Moore's 6,302 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- FOX * 5,366 85.1 26,377 57.7 Jones 936 14.9 19,352 42.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,302 45,729 07.7 04.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edmund Maxwell Cameron Fox (1912-88): Elected 1955, 1958, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 30 NOVEMBER 1963 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Bentleigh North, Carnegie, Glenhuntly, Oakleigh -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 07.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 48,915 +00.8 Votes cast: 47,293 96.7 +00.7 Informal votes: 564 01.2 -00.6 Formal votes: 46,729 98.8 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Max FOX * Lib 24,110 51.6 +05.7 Joseph McHugh DLP 4,694 10.0 -03.8 George Taylor ALP 15,425 33.0 -07.3 Herbert Viney 2,500 05.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 46,729 09.3 e 01.6 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edmund Maxwell Cameron Fox (1912-88): Elected 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 26 NOVEMBER 1966 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Bentleigh North, Carnegie, Glenhuntly, Oakleigh -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 09.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 49,751 +01.7 Votes cast: 47,593 95.7 -01.0 Informal votes: 1,354 02.8 +01.6 Formal votes: 46,239 97.2 -01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Maureen Campbell-Teich ALP 18,053 39.0 +06.0 Max Fox * Lib 23,072 49.9 -01.7 Henry Moore DLP 5,114 11.1 +01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 46,239 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Moore's 5,114 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Campbell-Teich 403 07.9 18,456 39.9 FOX * 4,711 92.1 27,783 60.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,114 46,239 10.1 00.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edmund Maxwell Cameron Fox (1912-88): Elected 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 25 OCTOBER 1969 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Bentleigh, Carnegie, Malvern East, Oakleigh -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1966 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 10.1 Effect of 1968 redistribution: 01.6 shift to Liberal New notional majority: Liberal over Labor 11.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 56,488 +13.5 Votes cast: 53,685 95.0 -00.7 Informal votes: 1,440 02.7 -00.1 Formal votes: 52,245 97.3 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Herman Crowther 4,172 08.0 Max Fox * Lib 24,353 46.6 -04.9 John Launder DLP 5,050 09.7 -01.4 Robert Ray ALP 18,670 35.7 -01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 52,245 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Crowther was a Defence of Government Schools candidate. 2. For Ray, See Senate Victoria 1980. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Crowther's 4,172 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- FOX * 1,845 44.2 26,198 50.1 Launder 309 07.4 5,359 10.3 Ray 2,018 48.4 20,688 39.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,172 52,245 09.4 e 02.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edmund Maxwell Cameron Fox (1912-88): Elected 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 2 DECEMBER 1972 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Bentleigh, Carnegie, Malvern East, Oakleigh -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1969 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 09.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 57,059 +01.0 Votes cast: 54,412 95.4 +00.4 Informal votes: 1,128 02.1 -00.6 Formal votes: 53,284 97.9 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joan Child ALP 24,701 46.4 +10.7 Terence Farrell DLP 3,926 07.4 -02.3 Max Fox * Lib 22,577 42.4 -04.2 Michael Hughes AP 2,080 03.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 53,284 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Child, see Henty 1974. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Hughes's 2,080 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Child 1,361 65.4 26,062 48.9 Farrell 173 08.3 4,099 07.7 Fox * 546 26.3 23,123 43.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,080 53,284 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Farrell's 4,099 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Child 426 10.4 26,488 49.7 FOX * 3,673 89.6 26,796 50.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,099 53,284 00.3 09.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edmund Cameron Maxwell Fox (1912-88): Elected 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 MAY 1974 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Bentleigh, Carnegie, Malvern East, Oakleigh -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1972 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 60,612 +06.2 Votes cast: 57,756 95.3 -00.1 Informal votes: 1,093 01.9 -00.2 Formal votes: 56,663 98.1 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joan Child ALP 28,111 49.6 +03.2 Terence Farrell DLP 2,408 04.2 -03.2 Max Fox * Lib 24,953 44.0 +01.6 Michael Hughes AP 1,191 02.1 -01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 56,663 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Hughes's 1,191 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CHILD 774 65.0 28,885 51.0 Farrell 115 09.7 2,523 04.5 Fox * 302 25.4 25,255 44.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,191 56,663 01.5 e 01.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Edmund Cameron Maxwell Fox (1912-88): Elected 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972. Defeated 1974 Died 27 November 1988 > Gloria Joan Liles Child (1921-2013): Elected 1974 Born: 3 August 1921, Melbourne Career: Educated Trade union liaison officer, research assistant. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Child was the first Labor Party woman elected to the House. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1975 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Bentleigh, Carnegie, Malvern East, Oakleigh -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1974 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 01.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 61,057 +00.7 Votes cast: 58,558 95.9 +00.6 Informal votes: 1,064 01.8 -00.1 Formal votes: 57,494 98.2 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kenneth ALDRED Lib 29,621 51.5 +07.5 Marc Aussie-Stone 190 00.3 Joan Child * ALP 25,158 43.8 -05.8 Terence Farrell DLP 1,989 03.5 -00.7 Michael Hughes AP 536 00.9 -01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 57,494 05.2 e 06.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Gloria Joan Liles Child (1921-2013): Elected 1974. Defeated 1975 Later career: See Henty 1980 > Kenneth James Aldred (1945-2016): Elected 1975 Born: 1 August 1945, Melbourne Career: Educated Monash University. Economist with Industrial Assistance Commission. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1977 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Bentleigh, Carnegie, Glenhuntly, Oakleigh -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1975 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 05.2 e Effect of 1977 redistribution: no change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 70,819 +16.0 Votes cast: 67,860 95.8 -00.1 Informal votes: 1,946 02.9 +01.1 Formal votes: 65,914 97.1 -01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kenneth Aldred * Lib 29,660 45.0 -06.5 Joan Child ALP 27,325 41.5 -02.3 Tony Dear 359 00.5 Terence Farrell DLP 2,061 03.1 -00.4 Fred Ingamells AD 6,509 09.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 65,914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Child was member for Henty 1974-75. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Dear's 359 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Aldred * 104 29.0 29,764 45.2 Child 138 38.4 27,463 41.7 Farrell 74 20.6 2,135 03.2 Ingamells 43 12.0 6,552 09.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 359 65,914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Farrell's 2,135 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Aldred * 1,769 82.9 31,533 47.8 Child 182 08.5 27,645 41.9 Ingamells 184 08.6 6,736 10.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,135 65,914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Ingamells's 6,736 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ALDRED * 3,203 47.6 34,736 52.7 Child 3,533 52.4 31,178 47.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,736 65,914 02.7 02.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kenneth James Aldred (1945-2016): Elected 1975, 1977 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 OCTOBER 1980 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Bentleigh, Carnegie, Glenhuntly, Oakleigh -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1977 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 70,216 -00.9 Votes cast: 66,869 95.2 -00.6 Informal votes: 1,441 02.2 -00.7 Formal votes: 65,428 97.8 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kenneth Aldred * Lib 27,702 42.3 -02.7 Joan Child ALP 32,102 49.1 +07.6 Jonathan Melland AD 3,926 06.0 -03.9 John Mulholland DLP 1,698 02.6 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 65,428 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Child was member for Henty 1974-75. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Mulholland's 1,698 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Aldred * 1,342 79.0 29,044 44.4 Child 147 08.7 32,249 49.3 Melland 209 12.3 4,135 06.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,698 65,428 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Melland's 4,135 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Aldred * 1,843 44.6 30,887 47.2 CHILD 2,292 55.4 34,541 52.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,135 65,428 02.8 05.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Kenneth James Aldred (1945-2016): Elected 1975, 1977. Defeated 1980 Later career: See Bruce by-election 1983 > Joan Child (1921-2013): Elected 1974. Defeated 1975. Elected 1980 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 MARCH 1983 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Bentleigh, Carnegie, Glenhuntly, Oakleigh -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1980 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 70,589 +00.5 Votes cast: 67,424 95.5 +00.3 Informal votes: 1,169 01.7 -00.5 Formal votes: 66,255 98.3 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Craig Baxter Lib 25,709 38.8 -03.5 Paul Carroll DLP 1,442 02.2 -00.4 Joan CHILD * ALP 36,259 54.7 +05.6 Harry Eichler AD 2,845 04.3 -01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 66,255 07.5 e 04.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joan Child (1921-2013): Elected 1974. Defeated 1975. Elected 1980, 1983 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 1 DECEMBER 1984 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Carnegie, Chadstone, East Malvern, Oakleigh -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 69,488 -01.6 Votes cast: 65,568 94.4 -01.1 Informal votes: 4,492 06.9 +05.2 Formal votes: 61,076 93.1 -05.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1983 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 07.5 e Effect of 1984 redistribution: 00.6 shift to Liberal New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 06.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joan CHILD * ALP 32,297 52.9 -01.2 Martin Callanan DLP 988 01.6 -00.6 Rudi Michelson Lib 23,885 39.1 -00.3 Margaret Moore AD 3,216 05.3 +01.0 Peter Ryan NPA 690 01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 61,076 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Ryan's 690 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CHILD * 76 11.0 32,373 53.0 Callanan 52 07.5 1,040 01.7 Michelson 386 56.0 24,271 39.7 Moore 175 25.4 3,391 05.6 (exhausted 1 1 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 690 61,076 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Callanan's 1,040 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CHILD * 288 27.7 32,661 53.5 Michelson 523 50.4 24,794 40.6 Moore 227 21.9 3,618 05.9 (exhausted 2 3 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,040 61,076 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Moore's 3,618 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CHILD * 1,966 54.4 34,627 56.7 Michelson 1,647 45.6 26,441 43.3 (exhausted 5 8 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,618 61,076 06.7 00.2 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gloria Joan Liles Child (1921-2013): Elected 1974. Defeated 1975. Elected 1980, 1983, 1984 Speaker of the House of Representatives from 11 February 1986 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 11 JULY 1987 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Carnegie, Chadstone, East Malvern, Oakleigh -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 06.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 68,263 -01.8 Votes cast: 64,351 94.3 -00.1 Informal votes: 3,526 05.5 -01.4 Formal votes: 60,825 94.5 +01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Hegarty AD 4,992 08.2 +02.9 Rudi Michelson Lib 25,138 41.3 +02.2 Hon Joan CHILD * ALP 30,695 50.5 -02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 60,825 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Hegarty's 4,992 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michelson 2,358 47.5 27,496 45.2 CHILD * 2,606 52.5 33,301 54.8 (exhausted 28 28 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,992 60,825 04.8 01.9 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gloria Joan Liles Child (1921-2013): Elected 1974. Defeated 1975. Elected 1980, 1983, 1984, 1987 Speaker of the House of Representatives to 28 August 1989 Henty was abolished at the 1989 redistribution. Child retired in 1990. Died 23 February 2013 --------------------------------------------------------------------