Results_of_the_1922_Australian_federal_election_(House_of_Representatives)

Results of the 1922 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)

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This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 1922 federal election.

Australian federal election, 16 December 1922^[1] House of Representatives << 1919–1925 >>
Enrolled voters		2,980,424
Votes cast		1,646,863		Turnout	59.36	–12.23
Informal votes		74,349		Informal	4.51	+1.87
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	665,145	42.30%	–0.19%	29	+ 3
	Nationalist	553,920	35.23%	–9.85%	26	– 11
	Country	197,513	12.56%	+3.30%	14	+ 3
	Liberal	73,939	4.70%	+4.70%	5	+ 5
	Majority Labor	10,303	0.66%	+0.66%	0	± 0
	Ind. Socialist Labor	4,331	0.28%	+0.09%	0	± 0
	Protestant Labor	3,631	0.23%	+0.23%	0	± 0
	Independent	63,712	4.05%	+1.07%	1	– 1
Total		1,572,514			75

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frederick McDonald	13,349	57.6	+16.3
	Nationalist	Hector Lamond	9,828	42.4	−11.3
Total formal votes			23,177	96.2
Informal votes			914	3.8
Turnout			24,091	56.8
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing	+13.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Lavelle	10,263	42.0	−10.2
	Nationalist	Sir Neville Howse	8,449	34.6	−11.2
	Country	Henry Pigott	5,278	21.6	+21.6
	Country	Selina Siggins	421	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			24,411	94.0
Informal votes			1,560	6.0
Turnout			45,971	65.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Sir Neville Howse	13,507	55.3	+8.5
	Labor	Thomas Lavelle	10,904	44.7	−8.5
	Nationalist gain from Labor		Swing	+8.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edward Riley	14,644	65.0	+2.7
	Nationalist	William Pritchard	4,749	21.1	−9.9
	Majority Labor	James Catts	3,122	13.9	+13.9
Total formal votes			22,515	95.4
Informal votes			1,085	4.6
Turnout			23,600	57.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Edward Riley		74.9	+9.0
	Nationalist	William Pritchard		25.1	−9.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Earle Page	13,157	67.3	+14.9
	Nationalist	John Thomson	6,398	32.7	+11.4
Total formal votes			19,555	94.9
Informal votes			1,060	5.1
Turnout			20,615	52.9
	Country hold		Swing	−4.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Mahony	16,104	66.7	+7.0
	Nationalist	William Simpson	6,017	24.9	−15.4
	Majority Labor	Herbert Mitchell	2,034	8.4	+8.4
Total formal votes			24,155	95.5
Informal votes			1,125	4.5
Turnout			25,280	59.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	William Mahony		70.9	+11.2
	Nationalist	William Simpson		29.1	−11.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+11.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Blakeley	8,820	45.3	−16.5
	Nationalist	Walter Wright	6,329	32.5	−5.7
	Industrial Labor	Michael Considine	4,331	22.2	+22.2
Total formal votes			19,480	95.2
Informal votes			976	4.8
Turnout			20,456	55.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Arthur Blakeley	12,682	65.1	+3.3
	Nationalist	Walter Wright	6,798	34.9	−3.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John West	10,885	59.1	+1.3
	Nationalist	Sir Benjamin Fuller	7,518	40.9	-1.3
Total formal votes			18,403	95.8
Informal votes			801	4.2
Turnout			19,204	47.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Austin Chapman	14,892	61.1	+9.5
	Labor	Ulric Walsh	9,495	38.9	-6.8
Total formal votes			24,387	94.4
Informal votes			906	3.6
Turnout			25,293	64.7
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+8.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lou Cunningham	11,056	46.3	-5.5
	Country	Gordon Wilkins	8,688	36.4	+36.4
	Nationalist	William Ashford	4,121	17.3	-24.3
Total formal votes			23,865	96.1
Informal votes			972	3.9
Turnout			24,837	64.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lou Cunningham	11,951	50.1	-5.0
	Country	Gordon Wilkins	11,914	49.9	+5.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Parker Moloney	12,494	52.9	+1.1
	Nationalist	Fred Belbridge	6,518	27.6	+4.1
	Country	Cyril James	4,616	19.5	−4.0
Total formal votes			23,628	95.5
Informal votes			1,111	4.5
Turnout			24,739	62.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Parker Moloney		54.9	+0.7
	Nationalist	Fred Belbridge		45.1	−0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Sir Elliot Johnson	10,786	49.3	-9.3
	Labor	George Smith	9,117	41.7	+0.6
	Majority Labor	Percy Evans	1,974	9.0	+9.0
Total formal votes			21,877	95.7
Informal votes			992	4.3
Turnout			22,869	53.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Sir Elliot Johnson	11,911	54.4	-4.3
	Labor	George Smith	9,966	45.6	+4.3
	Nationalist hold		Swing	-4.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Samuel Nicholls	10,406	48.0	-2.4
	Nationalist	Arthur Manning	9,595	44.3	-5.3
	Independent	John Miller	1,674	7.7	+7.7
Total formal votes			21,675	95.3
Informal votes			1,073	4.7
Turnout			22,748	59.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Arthur Manning	10,880	50.2	+0.6
	Labor	Samuel Nicholls	10,795	49.8	-0.6
	Nationalist gain from Labor		Swing	+0.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Herbert Pratten	unopposed
	Nationalist hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Watkins	12,362	54.6	-45.4
	Nationalist	John Willings	5,580	24.6	+24.6
	Independent Labor	Arthur Gardiner	4,695	20.7	+20.7
Total formal votes			22,637	96.0
Informal votes			932	4.0
Turnout			23,569	55.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	David Watkins		69.4	-30.6
	Nationalist	John Willings		30.6	+30.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-30.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Victor Thompson	7,726	35.6	+35.6
	Labor	Sydney Kearney	7,683	35.4	-6.9
	Independent	Alexander Hay	6,282	29.0	+29.0
Total formal votes			21,691	95.7
Informal votes			985	4.3
Turnout			22,676	57.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Victor Thompson	12,695	58.5	+58.5
	Labor	Sydney Kearney	8,996	41.5	-1.0
	Country gain from Nationalist		Swing	+58.5

1922 Australian federal election: North Sydney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Billy Hughes	16,475	58.2	-11.2
	Constitutionalist	Albert Piddington	11,812	41.8	+41.8
Total formal votes			28,287	97.3
Informal votes			775	2.7
Turnout			29,062	65.5
	Nationalist hold		Swing	-11.2

1922 Australian federal election: Richmond
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Roland Green	9,848	45.7	+45.7
	Nationalist	Walter Massy-Greene	9,660	44.8	-20.6
	Independent	John Steel	2,039	9.5	+9.5
Total formal votes			21,547	96.8
Informal votes			716	3.2
Turnout			22,263	55.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Roland Green	11,491	53.3	+53.3
	Nationalist	Walter Massy-Greene	10,056	46.7	-24.0
	Country gain from Nationalist		Swing	+24.0

1922 Australian federal election: Riverina
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Hoad	8,609	41.1	-5.3
	Country	William Killen	5,551	26.5	+26.5
	Nationalist	John Chanter	4,342	20.7	-31.9
	Country	William Bartram	1,832	8.7	+8.7
	Country	John Lorimer	606	2.9	+2.9
Total formal votes			20,940	91.5
Informal votes			1,946	8.5
Turnout			22,886	58.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	William Killen	11,378	54.3	+54.3
	Labor	James Hoad	9,562	45.7	-3.0
	Country gain from Nationalist		Swing	N/A

1922 Australian federal election: Robertson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Sydney Gardner	7,366	38.0	-17.4
	Labor	Alfred Roberts	6,713	34.6	-10.0
	Country	William Fleming	5,310	27.4	+27.4
Total formal votes			19,389	95.1
Informal votes			996	4.9
Turnout			20,385	52.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Sydney Gardner	11,987	61.8	+6.4
	Labor	Alfred Roberts	7,411	38.2	-6.4
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+6.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Charles Marr	12,970	61.8	+17.6
	Labor	Edward Cohen	8,008	38.2	+0.1
Total formal votes			20,978	96.6
Informal votes			737	3.4
Turnout			21,715	50.1
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+1.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Eric Bowden	12,793	65.4	+2.3
	Labor	James Stone	6,776	34.6	-1.6
Total formal votes			19,569	95.9
Informal votes			830	4.1
Turnout			20,399	48.4
	Nationalist hold		Swing	-1.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Percy Coleman	12,316	54.5	+4.7
	Nationalist	Frederick Reed	9,057	40.1	-9.7
	Majority Labor	Howard Fowles	1,226	5.4	+5.4
Total formal votes			22,599	94.9
Informal votes			1,214	5.1
Turnout			23,813	56.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Percy Coleman		58.6	+8.2
	Nationalist	Frederick Reed		41.4	-8.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edward Riley	10,902	58.9	+2.4
	Nationalist	Robert Moore	6,752	36.5	-7.0
	Majority Labor	Vivian Deacon	870	4.7	+4.7
Total formal votes			18,524	94.9
Informal votes			998	5.1
Turnout			19,522	46.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Edward Riley		61.7	+5.2
	Nationalist	Robert Moore		38.3	-5.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Sir Granville Ryrie	unopposed
	Nationalist hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Walter Marks	9,843	49.7	-11.4
	Labor	William Fitzgerald	6,455	32.6	-6.3
	Ind. Nationalist	Henry Morton	3,502	17.7	+17.7
Total formal votes			19,800	96.2
Informal votes			776	3.8
Turnout			20,575	50.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Walter Marks	12,251	61.9	+0.8
	Labor	William Fitzgerald	7,549	38.1	-0.8
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+0.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bert Lazzarini	12,397	53.1	+1.3
	Nationalist	Henry Bate	8,881	38.0	+1.4
	Country	James Newman	2,085	8.9	+8.9
Total formal votes			23,363	95.0
Informal votes			1,242	5.0
Turnout			24,605	61.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bert Lazzarini		53.9	−0.1
	Nationalist	Henry Bate		46.1	+0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Lambert	13,359	73.9	-3.8
	Protestant Labor	Thomas Bryde	3,631	20.1	+20.1
	Majority Labor	Arthur O'Donnell	1,077	6.0	+6.0
Total formal votes			18,067	94.3
Informal votes			1,102	5.7
Turnout			19,169	47.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	William Lambert		75.4	-2.3
	Independent Labor	Thomas Bryde		24.6	+24.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Watt	unopposed
	Liberal gain from Nationalist		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles McGrath	14,200	50.4	+1.7
	Nationalist	Russell Coldham	10,098	35.8	−14.8
	Liberal	Sydney King	3,878	13.8	+13.8
Total formal votes			28,176	97.7
Informal votes			657	2.3
Turnout			28,833	72.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Charles McGrath		51.7	+2.6
	Nationalist	Russell Coldham		48.3	−2.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.6

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New South Wales

Barton

Calare

Cook

Cowper

Dalley

Darling

East Sydney

Eden-Monaro

Gwydir

Hume

Hunter

Lang

Macquarie

Martin

Newcastle

New England

North Sydney

Parkes

Parramatta

Reid

Richmond

Riverina

Robertson

South Sydney

Warringah

Wentworth

Werriwa

West Sydney

Victoria

Balaclava

Ballaarat

Batman

Bendigo

Bourke

Corangamite

Corio

Echuca

Fawkner

Flinders

Gippsland

Henty

Indi

Kooyong

Maribyrnong

Melbourne

Melbourne Ports

Wannon

Wimmera

Yarra

Queensland

Brisbane

Capricornia

Darling Downs

Herbert

Kennedy

Lilley

Maranoa

Moreton

Oxley

Wide Bay

South Australia

Adelaide

Angas

Barker

Boothby

Grey

Hindmarsh

Wakefield

Western Australia

Forrest

Fremantle

Kalgoorlie

Perth

Swan

Tasmania

Bass

Darwin

Denison

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Brennan	14,042	51.0	-1.9
	Independent Labor	Martin Hannah	7,174	26.1	+26.1
	Nationalist	George Mackay	6,531	22.9	-24.2
Total formal votes			27,531	96.9
Informal votes			867	3.1
Turnout			28,398	60.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Frank Brennan		53.3	+0.4
	Independent Labor	Martin Hannah		46.7	+46.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Jude	10,854	43.1	+0.0
	Nationalist	Geoffry Hurry	7,961	31.6	−10.2
	Country	Edmund Jowett	6,348	25.2	+10.1
Total formal votes			25,163	96.8
Informal votes			826	3.2
Turnout			25,989	63.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Geoffry Hurry	13,016	51.7	−3.8
	Labor	Thomas Jude	12,147	48.3	+3.8
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−3.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Anstey	17,068	70.1	+11.0
	Nationalist	John March	7,290	29.9	−11.0
Total formal votes			24,358	97.6
Informal votes			588	2.4
Turnout			24,946	53.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+11.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Richard Crouch	10,788	44.5	+5.0
	Country	William Gibson	6,908	28.5	−8.2
	Nationalist	Allan McDonald	6,530	27.0	+3.2
Total formal votes			24,226	97.2
Informal votes			688	2.8
Turnout			24,914	62.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	William Gibson	13,059	53.9	−4.3
	Labor	Richard Crouch	11,167	46.1	+4.3
	Country hold		Swing	−4.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	John Lister	12,046	50.8	+5.0
	Labor	Alfred Hampson	11,646	49.2	+11.0
Total formal votes			23,692	98.1
Informal votes			463	1.9
Turnout			24,155	57.5
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−6.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	William Hill	13,991	70.3	+27.0
	Nationalist	James Stewart	5,914	29.7	-3.4
Total formal votes			19,905	95.9
Informal votes			854	4.1
Turnout			20,759	52.2
	Country hold		Swing	+27.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	George Maxwell	12,472	52.2	-6.3
	Labor	Alfred Foster	9,881	41.4	+5.3
	Liberal	John Murphy	1,533	6.4	+6.4
Total formal votes			23,886	96.9
Informal votes			766	3.1
Turnout			24,652	55.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	George Maxwell		58.0	-5.5
	Labor	Alfred Foster		42.0	+5.5
	Nationalist hold		Swing	-5.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Stanley Bruce	10,689	55.6	+4.5
	Liberal	Stephen Thompson	8,532	44.4	+44.4
Total formal votes			19,221	95.9
Informal votes			832	4.1
Turnout			20,053	43.6
	Nationalist hold		Swing	-15.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Thomas Paterson	9,132	39.4	-5.4
	Nationalist	George Wise	7,682	33.2	-22.0
	Labor	James Bermingham	6,357	27.4	+27.4
Total formal votes			23,171	96.1
Informal votes			950	3.9
Turnout			24,121	56.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Thomas Paterson	14,563	62.9	+18.1
	Nationalist	George Wise	8,608	37.1	-18.1
	Country gain from Nationalist		Swing	+18.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Frederick Francis	10,794	38.1	+39.4
	Labor	Roy Beardsworth	5,615	19.8	-3.0
	Liberal	Henry Gullett	5,082	18.0	+18.0
	Liberal	Eleanor Glencross	3,551	12.5	+12.5
	Nationalist	James Boyd	3,269	11.5	+11.5
Total formal votes			28,311	94.8
Informal votes			1,545	5.2
Turnout			29,856	63.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Frederick Francis	15,811	55.8	+8.7
	Liberal	Henry Gullett	12,500	44.2	+44.2
	Nationalist gain from Independent		Swing	+8.7