ELECTIONS FOR THE DIVISION OF WATSON, NEW SOUTH WALES ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 15 SEPTEMBER 1934 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Coogee, Kensington, Maroubra, Randwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat: 1931 notional two-party majority: UAP over ALP (NSW) 14.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 56,501 -06.0 Votes cast: 53,881 95.4 +02.8 Informal votes: 1,537 02.9 +00.4 Formal votes: 52,344 97.1 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John JENNINGS * UAP 28,758 54.9 -01.4 Joseph Lamaro ALPN 17,817 34.0 +13.4 William Murphy ALP 3,398 06.5 -10.9 Vincent Murtagh DSC 2,371 04.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 52,344 08.7 e 05.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Enrolment and formality are compared with South Sydney in 1931. 2. Jennings was member for South Sydney 1931-34 South Sydney was abolished at the 1934 redistribution). 3. Lamaro was NSW MLA for Enmore 1927-30, Petersham 1930-32, Leichhardt 1932-34. 4. The combined ALP and ALP (NSW) vote was 40.5%, an increase of 2.5% from the 38.0% notionally polled by the two parties in 1931. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Thomas Jennings (1878-1968): Elected 1931, 1934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 23 OCTOBER 1937 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Coogee, Kensington, Maroubra, Randwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1934 two-party majority: UAP over ALP (NSW) 08.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 61,255 +08.4 Votes cast: 59,132 96.5 +01.1 Informal votes: 1,157 02.0 -00.9 Formal votes: 57,975 98.0 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Dignam ALP 26,788 46.2 John JENNINGS * UAP 31,187 53.8 -01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 57,975 03.8 04.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The ALP vote of 46.2% was an increase of 5.7% from the combined vote of 40.5% polled by the ALP and the ALP (NSW) in 1934. 2. The UAP majority over the ALP is compared with the UAP majority over the ALP (NSW) in 1934. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Thomas Jennings (1878-1968): Elected 1931, 1934, 1937 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 SEPTEMBER 1940 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Coogee, Kensington, Maroubra, Randwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 66,056 +07.8 Votes cast: 62,538 94.7 -01.8 Informal votes: 1,290 02.1 +00.1 Formal votes: 61,248 97.9 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Max Falstein ALP 21,101 34.5 -11.7 Cecil Irwin ALPNC 6,693 10.9 John Jennings * UAP 27,586 45.0 -08.8 Richard Wilson SL 5,868 09.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 61,248 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The combined ALP and ALP (NC) vote was 45.4%, a decrease of 0.8% from the 46.2% polled by the ALP in 1937. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Wilson's 5,868 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Falstein 4,159 70.9 25,260 41.2 Irwin 875 14.9 7,568 12.4 Jennings * 834 14.2 28,420 46.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,868 61,248 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Irwin's 7,568 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- FALSTEIN 6,571 86.8 31,831 52.0 Jennings * 997 13.2 29,417 48.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,568 61,248 02.0 05.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > John Thomas Jennings (1878-1968): Elected 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940 Later career: Managing director, dental supply company. Died 20 December 1968 > Sydney Max Falstein (1914-67): Elected 1940 Born: 30 May 1914, Coffs Harbour, NSW. Career: Educated Sydney Grammar School and University of Sydney. Barrister. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 AUGUST 1943 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Coogee, Kensington, Maroubra, Randwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 71,999 +09.0 Votes cast: 70,566 98.0 +03.3 Informal votes: 2,873 04.1 +02.0 Formal votes: 67,693 95.9 -02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Dudley LD 2,218 03.3 Max FALSTEIN * ALP 35,400 52.3 +18.0 Leslie Fingleton 2,304 03.4 Herbert O'Connell 1,579 02.3 Norman Whitfield UAP 18,588 27.5 -17.5 Richard Wilson SL 5,662 08.4 -01.2 Harry Yates 1,942 02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 67,693 12.1 e 10.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Fingleton and O'Connell were independent United Australia candidates. 2. The ALP vote of 52.3% was an increase of 6.9% from the combined vote of 45.4% polled by the ALP and the ALP (NC) in 1940. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sydney Max Falstein 1914-67): Elected 1940, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 SEPTEMBER 1946 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Coogee, Kensington, Maroubra, Randwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 12.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 76,624 +06.4 Votes cast: 72,621 94.8 -03.2 Informal votes: 1,809 02.5 -01.6 Formal votes: 70,812 97.5 +01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles de Monchaux Lib 24,246 34.2 +06.7 Max FALSTEIN * ALP 38,025 53.7 +01.4 Wallace Knox 2,364 03.3 Charles Wilson 6,177 08.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 70,812 06.7 e 05.4 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Knox was a Services Party candidate. 2. Wilson was a Protestant People's Party candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sydney Max Falstein (1914-67): Elected 1940, 1943, 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1949 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Banksmeadow, Kensington, La Perouse, Maroubra -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 06.7 e Effect of 1948 redistribution: 05.8 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 12.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,097 -45.1 Votes cast: 40,607 96.5 +01.7 Informal votes: 1,079 02.7 +00.2 Formal votes: 39,528 97.3 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stanley Card Lib 15,147 38.3 +12.5 Daniel Curtin + ALP 19,515 49.4 -05.9 Max Falstein * 3,656 09.2 Harold O'Reilly ALPN 1,210 03.1 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,528 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Falstein had lost his ALP endorsement. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: O'Reilly's 1,210 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Card 236 19.5 15,383 38.9 CURTIN + 394 32.6 19,909 50.4 Falstein * 580 47.9 4,236 10.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,210 39,528 09.0 e 03.5 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Sydney Max Falstein (1914-67): Elected 1940, 1943, 1946. Defeated 1949 Later career: Barrister, Sydney. Died 18 May 1967 > Daniel James Curtin (1898-1980): Elected 1949 Born: 4 February 1898, Sydney. Career: Educated Catholic primary school. Boilermaker. Organiser, Boilermakers' Society. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 APRIL 1951 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Banksmeadow, Kensington, La Perouse, Maroubra -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 09.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,576 +01.1 Votes cast: 40,719 95.6 -00.9 Informal votes: 1,051 02.6 -00.1 Formal votes: 39,668 97.4 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald Clark Lib 17,158 43.3 +05.0 Daniel CURTIN * ALP 22,510 56.7 +07.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,668 06.7 02.3 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel James Curtin (1898-1980): Elected 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 29 MAY 1954 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Banksmeadow, Kensington, La Perouse, Maroubra -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 06.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,708 +00.3 Votes cast: 41,081 96.2 +00.6 Informal votes: 728 01.8 -00.8 Formal votes: 40,353 98.2 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel CURTIN * ALP 25,507 63.2 +06.5 Hubert O'Connell Lib 14,846 36.8 -06.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,353 13.2 06.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- O'Connell was a NSW MLC 1967-71. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel James Curtin (1898-1980): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954 Curtin contested Kingsford-Smith in 1955. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1955 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Banksmeadow, Mascot, Redfern, Tempe -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1954 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 13.2 Effect of 1955 redistribution: 17.8 shift to Labor New notional majority: Labor over Liberal 31.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,151 +03.4 Votes cast: 42,119 95.4 -00.8 Informal votes: 1,649 03.9 +02.1 Formal votes: 40,470 96.1 -02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James COPE * ALP 30,129 74.4 -03.8 Henry Hatfield CPA 2,025 05.0 +02.4 Jill Huxtable Lib 8,316 20.5 +02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,470 28.9 e 02.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cope was member for Cook 1955. (Cook had been abolished at the 1955 redistribution.) -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Francis Cope (1907-99): Elected 1955 By, 1955 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 22 NOVEMBER 1958 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Banksmeadow, Mascot, Redfern, Tempe -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 28.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,641 -05.7 Votes cast: 39,760 95.5 +00.1 Informal votes: 1,397 03.5 -00.4 Formal votes: 38,363 96.5 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Bampton Lib 9,628 25.1 +04.6 Kenneth Collins DLP 1,503 03.9 James COPE * ALP 27,232 71.0 -03.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,363 21.8 e 07.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Francis Cope (1907-99): Elected 1955 By, 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 9 DECEMBER 1961 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Banksmeadow, Mascot, Redfern, Tempe -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 21.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,531 -05.1 Votes cast: 37,435 94.7 -00.8 Informal votes: 1,141 03.0 -00.5 Formal votes: 36,294 97.0 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James COPE * ALP 29,079 80.1 +09.1 Mary Nappa DLP 1,081 03.0 -00.9 Sidney Pitkethly Lib 6,134 16.9 -08.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 36,294 30.7 e 08.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Francis Cope (1907-99): Elected 1955 By, 1955, 1958, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 30 NOVEMBER 1963 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Banksmeadow, Mascot, Redfern, Tempe -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 30.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,186 -00.9 Votes cast: 36,812 93.9 -00.8 Informal votes: 1,143 03.1 +00.1 Formal votes: 35,669 96.9 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bernard Atkinson DLP 2,136 06.0 +03.0 James COPE * ALP 24,280 68.1 -12.0 Henry Hatfield CPA 951 02.7 Louis Mamo Lib 8,302 23.3 +06.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 35,669 22.5 e 08.2 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Francis Cope (1907-99): Elected 1955 By, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 26 NOVEMBER 1966 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Banksmeadow, Mascot, Redfern, Tempe -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 22.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,546 -01.7 Votes cast: 36,240 94.0 +00.1 Informal votes: 1,608 04.4 +01.3 Formal votes: 34,632 95.6 -01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Colman DLP 2,664 07.7 +01.7 James COPE * ALP 21,492 62.1 -06.0 Peter Lowe Lib 10,476 30.2 +06.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,632 14.4 e 08.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Francis Cope (1907-99): Elected 1955 By, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 Watson was abolished at the 1968 redistribution. Cope contested Sydney in 1969. --------------------------------------------------------------------