Results_of_the_1924_South_Australian_state_election_(House_of_Assembly)

Results of the 1924 South Australian state election (House of Assembly)

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This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 1924 South Australian state election. Each district elected multiple members.

South Australian state election, 5 April 1924^[1] House of Assembly << 1921–1927 >>
Enrolled voters		289,843
Votes cast		161,165		Turnout	62.71%	-1.06%
Informal votes		1,774		Informal	N/A
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	192,256	48.35%	+3.73%	27	+ 11
	Liberal Federation	165,802	41.70%	+6.80%	17	- 8
	Country	35,551	8.94%	+4.85%	2	- 2
	Protestant Labor	10,560	2.08%	+2.08%	1	+ 1
	Single Tax League	1,923	0.40%	–0.20%	0	± 0
	Independent	20,720	5.10%	+4.60%	1	+ 1
Total		507,320			46

Every voter would receive a ballot paper where they would cast 2 or 3 votes for different candidates. In electorates that were not unopposed, the 2 or 3 candidates with the most votes would be elected.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Gunn (elected)	7,013	31.2	+0.1
	Labor	Bill Denny (elected)	6,786	30.2	-0.3
	Labor	Bert Edwards (elected)	6,653	29.6	+1.4
	Liberal Federation	Agnes Goode	1,526	6.8	+6.8
	Independent	Joshua Pedlar	471	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			22,449 8,288 ballots	98.0	-0.1
Informal votes			167	2.0	+0.1
Turnout			8,455	50.7	-0.6
Party total votes
	Labor		20,452	91.1	+1.3
	Liberal Federation		1,526	6.8	+6.8
	Independent		471	2.1	+2.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Malcolm McIntosh (elected)	4,929	38.2	+19.5
	Country	Frederick McMillan (elected)	4,822	37.4	+18.8
	Liberal Federation	P J Edwards	1,644	12.8	+12.8
	Liberal Federation	F S Wyllie	1,498	11.6	+11.6
Total formal votes			12,893 6,473 ballots	99.4	+1.3
Informal votes			109	0.6	-1.3
Turnout			6,510	53.3	-3.0
Party total votes
	Country		9,751	75.6	+38.3
	Liberal Federation		3,142	24.4	-11.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Federation	Percy Heggaton (elected)	3,719	18.7	+18.7
	Liberal Federation	Herbert Hudd (elected)	3,671	18.5	-8.3
	Liberal Federation	George Laffer (elected)	3,586	18.1	-9.3
	Labor	Albert Davies	1,914	9.6	+9.6
	Labor	Harold Pearce	1,866	9.4	+9.4
	Labor	Harry Newell	1,841	9.3	+9.3
	Country	Frederick Ayers	1,181	6.0	+6.0
	Country	James Cheriton	1,046	5.3	+5.3
	Country	Walter Furler	1,024	5.2	-2.4
Total formal votes			19,848 6,743 ballots	99.3	+0.5
Informal votes			46	0.7	-0.5
Turnout			6,789	54.6	+2.7
Party total votes
	Liberal Federation		10,976	55.3	-26.6
	Labor		5,621	28.3	+17.7
	Country		3,251	16.4	+8.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Cooke (elected)	4,015	16.3	+1.3
	Liberal Federation	William Hague (elected)	4,007	16.3	-2.4
	Labor	Leonard Hopkins (elected)	3,833	15.6	+1.7
	Liberal Federation	Henry Crosby	3,776	15.3	-3.0
	Liberal Federation	Richard Butler	3,574	14.5	-2.3
	Labor	Tom Howard	3,407	13.8	+13.8
	Independent	Herbert Basedow	2,017	8.2	+8.2
Total formal votes			24,629 8,497 ballots	98.5	-0.5
Informal votes			133	1.5	+0.5
Turnout			8,630	70.4	-4.0
Party total votes
	Liberal Federation		11,357	46.1	-7.7
	Labor		11,255	45.7	+3.8
	Independent	Herbert Basedow	2,017	8.2	+8.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mick O'Halloran (elected)	4,246	16.0	+1.1
	Labor	Sydney McHugh (elected)	3,972	15.0	+15.0
	Labor	Albert Hawke (elected)	3,915	14.8	+14.8
	Liberal Federation	George Jenkins	3,334	12.6	-3.6
	Liberal Federation	Samuel Dickson	3,313	12.5	-2.8
	Liberal Federation	Francis Jettner	2,900	10.9	+10.9
	Country	Thomas Hawke	1,831	6.9	-9.7
	Country	Archibald McDonald	1,676	6.3	+6.3
	Country	Reginald Carter	1,359	5.1	+5.1
Total formal votes			26,546 8,964 ballots	98.0	-0.6
Informal votes			185	2.0	+0.6
Turnout			9,149	69.0	+0.1
Party total votes
	Labor		12,133	45.8	+2.6
	Liberal Federation		9,547	36.0	+4.5
	Country		4,866	18.3	+1.7

Results_of_the_1924_South_Australian_state_election_(House_of_Assembly)

Results of the 1924 South Australian state election (House of Assembly)

Results by electoral district

Adelaide

Albert

Alexandra

Barossa

Burra Burra

East Torrens

Flinders

Murray

Newcastle

North Adelaide

Port Adelaide

Port Pirie

Stanley

Sturt

Victoria

Wallaroo

West Torrens

Wooroora

Yorke Peninsula

See also

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Leslie Hunkin (elected)	10,760	18.1	+5.3
	Labor	Harry Kneebone (elected)	10,173	17.1	+17.1
	Liberal Federation	Frederick Coneybeer (elected)	9,948	16.8	+6.8
	Labor	Herbert George	9,912	16.7	+4.6
	Liberal Federation	Walter Hamilton	9,310	15.7	+1.6
	Liberal Federation	Albert Sutton	9,301	15.7	-3.1
Total formal votes			59,404 20,122 ballots	99.0	+0.1
Informal votes			194	1.0	-0.1
Turnout			20,316	62.7	-0.5
Party total votes
	Labor		30,845	51.9	+15.3
	Liberal Federation		28,559	48.1	+8.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Federation	James Moseley (elected)	1,987	17.5	-8.7
	Labor	John O'Connor (elected)	1,631	14.4	+14.4
	Labor	James Pollard	1,605	14.2	+14.2
	Country	John Chapman	1,458	12.9	-11.7
	Country	Edwin Barraud	1,261	11.1	+11.1
	Liberal Federation	Frank Masters	1,229	10.8	+10.8
	Single Tax League	Edward Craigie	1,176	10.4	+10.4
	Single Tax League	Harr Frick	1,000	8.8	-2.7
Total formal votes			11,347 5,768 ballots	98.6	+0.2
Informal votes			83	1.4	-0.2
Turnout			5,851	63.8	+2.4
Party total votes
	Labor		3,236	28.6	+4.4
	Liberal Federation		3,216	28.3	+2.1
	Country		2,719	24.0	-0.6
	Single Tax League		2,176	19.2	+19.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Staniford (elected)	4,212	17.7	+3.9
	Liberal Federation	Harry Young (elected)	4,126	17.4	-1.7
	Labor	Clement Collins (elected)	3,975	16.7	+16.7
	Liberal Federation	John Randell	3,927	16.5	-0.5
	Labor	Michael Woods	3,789	15.9	+15.9
	Liberal Federation	Hermann Homburg	3,745	15.8	+15.8
Total formal votes			23,774 8,097 ballots	99.4	+0.2
Informal votes			51	0.6	-0.2
Turnout			8,148	63.6	+2.3
Party total votes
	Labor		11,976	50.3	+10.0
	Liberal Federation		11,798	49.7	-3.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Butterfield (elected)	2,905	39.9	+9.5
	Labor	William Harvey (elected)	2,745	37.7	+9.3
	Liberal Federation	Charles Butler	1,627	22.4	+22.4
Total formal votes			7,277 4,350 ballots	98.3	-0.6
Informal votes			74	1.7	+0.6
Turnout			4,424	64.4	+4.8
Party total votes
	Labor		5,650	77.6	+18.8
	Liberal Federation		1,627	22.4	+0.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frederick Birrell (elected)	6,329	27.5	+4.4
	Labor	Stanley Whitford (elected)	6,229	27.1	+5.0
	Liberal Federation	Shirley Jeffries	5,343	23.2	+23.2
	Liberal Federation	William Angus	5,095	22.2	+22.2
Total formal votes			22,996 11,678 ballots	99.0	+0.4
Informal votes			114	1.0	-0.4
Turnout			11,792	62.6	-2.8
Party total votes
	Labor		12,558	54.6	+9.4
	Liberal Federation		10,438	45.4	+23.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Price (elected)	11,928	44.4	+8.9
	Labor	Frank Condon (elected)	10,996	41.0	+41.0
	Liberal Federation	Joseph Lambert	3,920	14.6	-1.7
Total formal votes			26,844 14,954 ballots	99.0	-0.1
Informal votes			151	1.0	+0.1
Turnout			15,105	64.1	+3.0
Party total votes
	Labor		22,924	85.4	+16.5
	Liberal Federation		3,920	14.6	-0.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Fitzgerald (elected)	unopposed
	Labor	Lionel Hill (elected)	unopposed

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Federation	Robert Nicholls (elected)	3,807	30.6	-0.9
	Liberal Federation	Henry Barwell (elected)	3,261	26.2	-4.7
	Country	Oliver Badman	2,349	18.9	+18.9
	Country	John Aughey	1,763	14.2	+8.6
	Independent	Duncan Menzies	1,247	10.0	+10.0
Total formal votes			12,427 6,450 ballots	98.2	+0.6
Informal votes			163	1.8	-0.6
Turnout			6,566	70.0	-3.0
Party total votes
	Liberal Federation		7,068	56.9	-5.5
	Country		4,112	33.1	+21.3
	Independent	Duncan Menzies	1,247	10.0	+10.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Federation	Herbert Richards (elected)	12,041	17.7	+3.5
	Liberal Federation	Ernest Anthoney (elected)	11,924	17.5	+4.0
	Liberal Federation	Edward Vardon (elected)	11,667	17.1	+17.1
	Labor	Thomas Grealy	11,212	16.5	+6.1
	Labor	John Verran	10,771	15.8	+15.8
	Labor	Frank Lundie	10,516	15.4	+15.4
Total formal votes			68,131 23,112 ballots	99.2	+0.2
Informal votes			177	0.8	-0.2
Turnout			23,289	57.8	-6.4
Party total votes
	Liberal Federation		35,632	52.3	+11.1
	Labor		32,499	47.7	+16.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Federation	Peter Reidy (elected)	4,943	27.4	-0.1
	Labor	Eric Shepherd (elected)	4,655	25.8	+1.8
	Liberal Federation	Vernon Petherick	4,443	24.6	-2.0
	Labor	James Connell	3,994	22.2	+22.2
Total formal votes			18,035 9,089 ballots	99.3	0.0
Informal votes			60	0.7	0.0
Turnout			9,149	74.6	+4.8
Party total votes
	Liberal Federation		9,386	52.0	+25.4
	Labor		8,649	48.0	+2.1

1924 South Australian state election: Wooroora
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Federation	James McLachlan (elected)	3,138	13.4	-5.3
	Liberal Federation	Richard Butler (elected)	2,991	12.7	-5.3
	Labor	Allan Robertson (elected)	2,846	12.1	-2.3
	Liberal Federation	Albert Robinson	2,806	11.9	-3.8
	Labor	Alfred Tonkin	2,647	11.3	-1.3
	Labor	Horace Bowden	2,591	11.0	+11.0
	Country	Archie Cameron	2,302	9.8	+9.8
	Country	Henry Queale	2,104	9.0	+9.0
	Country	Oscar Duhst	2,079	8.9	+8.9
Total formal votes			23,504 7,929 ballots	99.2	0.0
Informal votes			67	0.8	0.0
Turnout			7,996	72.9	+1.2
Party total votes
	Liberal Federation		8,935	38.0	-14.4
	Labor		8,084	34.4	-5.5
	Country		6,485	27.6	+27.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robert Richards (elected)	3,256	33.0	-2.2
	Labor	John Pedler (elected)	3,118	31.6	-2.5
	Liberal Federation	John Verran	1,848	18.8	-11.9
	Liberal Federation	John Dunstone	1,526	15.5	+15.5
	Independent	Richard Gully	109	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			9,857 5,003 ballots	98.9	-0.6
Informal votes			58	1.1	+0.6
Turnout			5,061	77.1	-3.0
Party total votes
	Labor		6,374	64.7	-4.6
	Liberal Federation		3,374	34.2	+34.2
	Independent	Richard Gully	109	1.1	+1.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alfred Blackwell (elected)	unopposed
	Labor	John McInnes (elected)	unopposed

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Federation	Henry Tossell (elected)	2,689	35.1
	Liberal Federation	Peter Allen (elected)	2,612	34.1
	Country	Alfred Rodda	1,253	16.4
	Country	H A Montgomery	1,097	14.3
Total formal votes			7,651 3,874 ballots	98.5
Informal votes			61	1.5
Turnout			3,935	56.0
Party total votes
	Liberal Federation		5,301	69.3	N/A
	Country		2,350	30.7	N/A