ELECTIONS FOR THE DIVISION OF MARTIN, NEW SOUTH WALES ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1922 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Concord, Five Dock, Mortlake -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat: 1919 notional two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 21.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,637 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Herbert PRATTEN * Nat Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Pratten was member for Parramatta 1921-22. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Herbert Edward Pratten (1865-1928): Elected 1921 By, 1922 Minister for Trade and Customs from 13 June 1924 Minister for Health 13 June 1924 to 16 January 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 14 NOVEMBER 1925 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Burwood, Drummoyne, Gordon, Hunters Hill -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 majority: none (Nationalist unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 53,259 +22.1 Votes cast: 49,979 93.8 Informal votes: 986 02.0 Formal votes: 48,993 98.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry McDicken ALP 17,263 35.2 Hon Herbert PRATTEN * Nat 31,730 64.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 48,993 14.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- McDicken was NSW MLA for Ryde 1927-30, Concord 1930-32. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Herbert Edward Pratten (1865-1928): Elected 1921 By, 1922, 1925 Minister for Trade and Customs to 7 May 1928 Died 7 May 1928 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTION OF 16 JUNE 1928 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Burwood, Drummoyne, Gordon, Hunters Hill -------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 June 1928, following the death of Hon Herbert Pratten -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 14.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 59,535 +11.8 Votes cast: 52,039 87.4 -06.4 Informal votes: 3,635 07.0 +05.0 Formal votes: 48,404 93.0 -05.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy Hannett ALP 18,922 39.1 +03.9 Graham PRATTEN Nat 29,482 60.9 -03.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 48,404 10.9 03.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Graham Pratten (1899-1977): Elected 1928 By Born: 3 December 1899, Sydney. Career: Educated North Sydney Grammar School, University of Sydney. Military Service 1917-18. Managing director, family companies. Nephew of Hon Herbert Pratten MP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 17 NOVEMBER 1928 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Burwood, Drummoyne, Gordon, Hunters Hill -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 14.8 1928 by-election two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 10.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 60,764 +14.1 Votes cast: 57,406 94.5 +00.7 Informal votes: 2,609 04.5 +02.5 Formal votes: 54,797 95.5 -02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy Hannett ALP 23,631 43.1 +07.9 Graham PRATTEN * Nat 31,166 56.9 -07.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 54,797 06.9 07.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Graham Pratten (1899-1977): Elected 1928 By, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 12 OCTOBER 1929 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Burwood, Drummoyne, Gordon, Hunters Hill -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 06.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 64,618 +06.3 Votes cast: 62,641 96.9 +02.4 Informal votes: 1,160 01.9 -02.6 Formal votes: 61,481 98.1 +02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Beeby 4,459 07.3 John ELDRIDGE ALP 31,804 51.7 +08.6 Graham Pratten * Nat 25,218 41.0 -15.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 61,481 06.4 e 13.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Beeby was an Australian People's Party candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Frederick Graham Pratten (1899-1977): Elected 1928 By, 1928. Defeated 1929 Later career: NSW MLC 1937-76. Company director, Sydney. Died 18 December 1977 > John Chambers Eldridge (1872-1954): Elected 1929 Born: 1872, India (son of British civil servant). Career: To Australia as child. Educated public schools and University of Sydney. Public servant. Military Service 1914-18. Labor lecturer and pamphleteer. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the split between the federal ALP and the NSW Branch, Eldridge resigned from the ALP Caucus in March 1931. He voted against the Scullin Government in the censure motion of 26 November 1931. He contested Barton in 1931. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 19 DECEMBER 1931 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Burwood, Drummoyne, Gordon, Hunters Hill -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 06.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 68,313 +05.7 Votes cast: 65,683 96.2 -00.7 Informal votes: 2,469 03.8 +01.9 Formal votes: 63,214 96.2 -01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Macartney Abbott UAP 15,741 24.9 James Catts + ALP 7,098 11.2 Charles Hankin ALPN 14,300 22.6 Hon William Holman UAP 26,075 41.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 63,214 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Catts was member for Cook 1906-22. 2. For Abbott, see Senate NSW 1934. 3. The combined ALP and ALP (NSW) vote was 33.8%, a decrease of 17.9% from the 51.7% polled by the ALP in 1929. 4. Both Abbott and Holman were endorsed UAP candidates (Sydney Morning Herald, 19 December 1931). The combined UAP vote was 66.1%, an increase of 25.1% from the 41.0% polled by one Nationalist candidate in 1929. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Catts's 7,098 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Abbott 1,551 21.9 17,292 27.4 Hankin 4,609 64.9 18,909 29.9 Holman 938 13.2 27,013 42.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,098 63,214 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Abbott's 17,292 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hankin 2,419 14.0 21,328 33.7 HOLMAN 14,873 86.0 41,886 66.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 17,292 63,214 16.3 22.7 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Arthur Holman (1871-1934): Elected 1931 Born: 4 August 1871, London, England. Career: Primary education, England. Apprentice cabinet-maker. To Australia 1888. Organiser, Australian Workers Union. Labor journalist, organiser and speaker. Colonial/State politics: NSW MLA for Grenfell 1898-1904, Cootamundra 1904-06, 06-20. Attorney-General 1910-14, Minister for Justice 1910- 12. Premier 1913-20, Colonial Secretary 1913-14, Treasurer 1914-18. Left ALP 1916. Died 5 June 1934 (no By-election held) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Holman was the last person elected to the House of Representatives who had served in a colonial parliament. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 15 SEPTEMBER 1934 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Croydon, Five Dock, Gladesville, Mortlake -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: UAP over ALP (NSW) 16.3 Effect of 1934 redistribution: 01.3 shift from UAP to ALP (NSW) New notional majority: UAP over ALP (NSW) 15.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 55,884 -18.2 Votes cast: 54,433 97.4 +01.4 Informal votes: 2,031 03.7 -00.1 Formal votes: 52,402 96.3 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Hankin ALPN 15,183 29.0 +04.7 William McCALL + UAP 28,079 53.6 -09.4 John McCallum ALP 1,932 03.7 Henry McDicken ALP 1,813 03.5 William Stones DSC 5,395 10.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 52,402 10.5 e 04.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. McDicken was NSW MLA for Ryde 1927-30, Concord 1930-32. 2. The combined ALP vote was 7.2%, a decrease of 4.0% from the 11.2% polled by one ALP candidate in 1931. 3. The combined ALP and ALP (NSW) vote was 36.2%, an increase (after allowing for the effects of the redistribution) of 0.7% from the 33.8% polled by the two parties in 1931. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Victor McCall (1908-68): Elected 1934 Born: 24 May 1908, Sydney. Career: Educated Sydney Grammar School. Wool and sheepskin exporter. Sydney City Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 23 OCTOBER 1937 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Croydon, Five Dock, Gladesville, Mortlake -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1934 two-party majority: UAP over ALP (NSW) 10.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 57,885 +03.6 Votes cast: 56,470 97.6 +00.2 Informal votes: 1,304 02.3 -01.4 Formal votes: 55,166 97.7 +01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Carruthers DSC 4,009 07.3 -03.0 William McCALL * UAP 30,971 56.1 +02.5 Stanley Taylor ALP 20,186 36.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 55,166 10.3 e 00.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Carruthers was Tas MHA for Denison 1935-37. 2. The ALP vote of 36.6% was an increase of 0.4% from the combined vote of 36.2% polled by the ALP and the ALP (NSW) in 1934. 3. The UAP majority over the ALP is compared with the UAP majority over the ALP (NSW) in 1934. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Victor McCall (1908-68): Elected 1934, 1937 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 SEPTEMBER 1940 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Croydon, Five Dock, Gladesville, Mortlake -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 10.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 60,190 +04.0 Votes cast: 58,171 96.6 -01.0 Informal votes: 853 01.5 -00.8 Formal votes: 57,318 98.5 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rupert Lockwood SL 8,555 14.9 William McCALL * UAP 28,727 50.1 -06.0 Raymond Watt ALP 20,036 35.0 -01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 57,318 02.6 e 07.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lockwood was a member of the Communist Party and a prominent figure during the Royal Commission into Espionage (1954-55). -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Victor McCall (1908-68): Elected 1934, 1937, 1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 AUGUST 1943 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Croydon, Five Dock, Gladesville, Mortlake -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 02.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 65,499 +08.8 Votes cast: 63,938 97.6 +01.0 Informal votes: 4,228 06.6 +05.1 Formal votes: 59,710 93.4 -05.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gerrard Armstrong 787 01.3 Edward Beck 564 00.9 Fred Daly ALP 27,999 46.9 +11.9 Eleanor Glencross 833 01.4 John Lee 1,690 02.8 William McCall * UAP 19,886 33.3 -16.8 George Mills LD 3,591 06.0 William Milne 507 00.8 Rupert Nicholson 86 00.1 Albert Sloss SL 3,597 06.0 -08.9 Isabella Stenning 170 00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 59,710 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Milne was an independent Nationalist candidate. 2. Nicholson was an independent United Australia candidate. 3. Sloss was NSW MLA for King 1956-73. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Nicholson's 86 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Armstrong 3 03.5 790 01.3 Beck 1 01.2 565 00.9 Daly 4 04.7 28,003 46.9 Glencross 2 02.3 835 01.4 Lee 1 01.2 1,691 02.8 McCall * 42 48.8 19,928 33.4 Mills 12 14.0 3,603 06.0 Milne 12 14.0 519 00.9 Sloss 7 08.1 3,604 06.0 Stenning 2 02.3 172 00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 86 59,710 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Stenning's 172 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Armstrong 18 10.5 808 01.4 Beck 8 04.7 573 01.0 Daly 24 14.0 28,027 46.9 Glencross 30 17.4 865 01.4 Lee 8 04.7 1,699 02.8 McCall * 26 15.1 19,954 33.4 Mills 12 07.0 3,615 06.1 Milne 3 01.7 522 00.9 Sloss 43 25.0 3,647 06.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 172 59,710 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Milne's 522 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Armstrong 15 02.9 823 01.4 Beck 12 02.3 585 01.0 Daly 18 03.4 28,045 47.0 Glencross 24 04.6 889 01.5 Lee 43 08.2 1,742 02.9 McCall * 182 34.9 20,136 33.7 Mills 198 37.9 3,813 06.4 Sloss 30 05.7 3,677 06.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 522 59,710 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Beck's 585 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Armstrong 94 16.1 917 01.5 Daly 165 28.2 28,210 47.2 Glencross 42 07.2 931 01.6 Lee 48 08.2 1,790 03.0 McCall * 85 14.5 20,221 33.9 Mills 133 22.7 3,946 06.6 Sloss 18 03.1 3,695 06.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 585 59,710 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Armstrong's 917 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daly 694 75.7 28,904 48.4 Glencross 71 07.7 1,002 01.7 Lee 52 05.7 1,842 03.1 McCall * 43 04.7 20,264 33.9 Mills 18 02.0 3,964 06.6 Sloss 39 04.3 3,734 06.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 917 59,710 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Glencross's 1,002 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daly 181 18.1 29,085 48.7 Lee 170 17.0 2,012 03.4 McCall * 347 34.6 20,611 34.5 Mills 230 23.0 4,194 07.0 Sloss 74 07.4 3,808 06.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,002 59,710 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Lee's 2,012 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daly 244 12.1 29,329 49.1 McCall * 766 38.1 21,377 35.8 Mills 956 47.5 5,150 08.6 Sloss 46 02.3 3,854 06.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,012 59,710 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9th count: Sloss's 3,854 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- DALY 3,364 87.3 32,693 54.8 McCall * 298 07.7 21,675 36.3 Mills 192 05.0 5,342 08.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,854 59,710 05.7 e 08.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Victor McCall (1908-68): Elected 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940. Defeated 1943 Later career: Company director. Died 20 August 1968 > Frederick Michael Daly (1913-95): Elected 1943 Born: 13 June 1913, Currabubula, NSW. Career: Educated Catholic schools, Sydney. Clerk, Department of the Navy. Official, Clerks Union. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 SEPTEMBER 1946 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Croydon, Five Dock, Gladesville, Mortlake -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 05.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 69,418 +06.0 Votes cast: 66,763 96.2 -01.4 Informal votes: 1,258 01.9 -04.7 Formal votes: 65,505 98.1 +04.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fred DALY * ALP 35,998 55.0 +08.1 Frederick Jacobs Lib 29,507 45.0 +11.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 65,505 05.0 00.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Michael Daly (1913-95): Elected 1943, 1946 Daly contested Grayndler in 1949. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1949 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Abbotsford, Balmain, Drummoyne, Five Dock -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 05.0 Effect of 1948 redistribution: 10.7 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 15.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,649 -41.4 Votes cast: 39,546 97.3 +01.1 Informal votes: 1,057 02.7 +00.8 Formal votes: 38,489 97.3 -00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Dowling CPA 1,847 04.8 +00.6 Malinda Ivey 681 01.8 Frederick Mann Lib 14,550 37.8 +08.2 Frank Moss ALPN 808 02.1 -03.8 William O'CONNOR * ALP 20,603 53.5 -01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,489 09.6 e 06.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- O'Connor was member for West Sydney 1946-49. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Paul O'Connor (1910-87): Elected 1946, 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 APRIL 1951 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Abbotsford, Balmain, Drummoyne, Five Dock -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 09.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,132 -01.3 Votes cast: 38,755 96.6 -00.7 Informal votes: 974 02.5 -00.2 Formal votes: 37,781 97.5 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Terence Gordon CPA 2,379 06.3 +01.5 Malinda Ivey 908 02.4 William O'CONNOR * ALP 20,362 53.9 +00.4 George Read Lib 14,132 37.4 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,781 10.8 e 01.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Paul O'Connor (1910-87): Elected 1946, 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 29 MAY 1954 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Abbotsford, Balmain, Drummoyne, Five Dock -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 10.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 37,840 -05.7 Votes cast: 36,738 97.1 +00.5 Informal votes: 466 01.3 -01.2 Formal votes: 36,272 98.7 +01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Elton Lewis Lib 13,708 37.8 +00.4 William O'CONNOR * ALP 21,430 59.1 +05.2 Ernest Thornton CPA 1,134 03.1 -03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 36,272 11.9 e 01.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Paul O'Connor (1910-87): Elected 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Martin was abolished at the 1955 redistribution. O'Connor contested Dalley in 1955. --------------------------------------------------------------------