AuspolDB: Elections

1928 Federal Election

Electoral System	FPV
Government Type	Majority
Outgoing Government Party	Nationalist
Incoming Government Party	Nationalist
Government Seats	42
Nongovernment Seats	34
Majority The difference between the number of Government seats and non-government seats.	8
Date	17/10/1928
House Composition	31 Australian Labor Party 29 Nationalist 13 The Nationals/Country Party 3 Independent

Candidate	Party	Electorate	Votes	Swing	Status
Rowland James	Australian Labor Party	Hunter	28331	-9.10	Incoming
Paul Jones	Australian Labor Party	Indi	0	0.00	Incoming
Thomas Wilson	Australian Labor Party	Bass	8621	0.00	Incoming
Maurice Collins	The Nationals/Country Party	Wakefield	18813	0.00	Incoming
John Curtin	Australian Labor Party	Fremantle	19433	7.30	Incoming
James Tully	Australian Labor Party	Barton	32316	7.30	Incoming
William Long	Australian Labor Party	Lang	21918	9.40	Incoming
Jack Beasley	Australian Labor Party	West Sydney	25286	7.70	Incoming
James Mcdonald	Australian Labor Party	Bendigo	15849	-4.10	Incoming
Ben Chifley	Australian Labor Party	Macquarie	20155	6.20	Incoming
John Price	Australian Labor Party	Boothby	20666	7.70	Incoming
George Martens	Australian Labor Party	Herbert	25462	0.50	Incoming
Sydney Jackson	Nationalist	Bass	5991	0.00	Outgoing
Richard Foster	Nationalist	Wakefield	12755	-24.40	Outgoing
Elliot Johnson	Nationalist	Lang	19082	-9.40	Outgoing
John Duncan-Hughes	Nationalist	Boothby	20582	-7.70	Outgoing
Lewis Nott	Nationalist	Herbert	25308	-0.50	Outgoing
Geoffry Hurry	Nationalist	Bendigo	14074	-15.90	Outgoing
Arthur Manning	Nationalist	Macquarie	16577	-6.20	Outgoing
Thomas John Ley	Nationalist	Barton	25070	-7.30	Outgoing

Name	Jurisdiction	Type
Adelaide	SA	Division
Angas	SA	Division
Balaclava	VIC	Division
Ballaarat	VIC	Division
Barker	SA	Division
Barton	NSW	Division
Bass	TAS	Division
Batman	VIC	Division
Bendigo	VIC	Division
Boothby	SA	Division
Bourke	VIC	Division
Brisbane	QLD	Division
Calare	NSW	Division
Capricornia	QLD	Division
Cook	NSW	Division
Corangamite	VIC	Division
Corio	VIC	Division
Cowper	NSW	Division
Dalley	NSW	Division
Darling	NSW	Division
Darling Downs	QLD	Division
Darwin	TAS	Division
Denison	TAS	Division
East Sydney	NSW	Division
Echuca	VIC	Division
Eden-Monaro	NSW	Division
Fawkner	VIC	Division
Flinders	VIC	Division
Forrest	WA	Division
Franklin	TAS	Division
Fremantle	WA	Division
Gippsland	VIC	Division
Grey	SA	Division
Gwydir	NSW	Division
Henty	VIC	Division
Herbert	QLD	Division
Hindmarsh	SA	Division
Hume	NSW	Division
Hunter	NSW	Division
Indi	VIC	Division
Kalgoorlie	WA	Division
Kennedy	QLD	Division
Kooyong	VIC	Division
Lang	NSW	Division
Lilley	QLD	Division
Macquarie	NSW	Division
Maranoa	QLD	Division
Maribyrnong	VIC	Division
Martin	NSW	Division
Melbourne	VIC	Division
Melbourne Ports	VIC	Division
Moreton	QLD	Division
New England	NSW	Division
Newcastle	NSW	Division
North Sydney	NSW	Division
Northern Territory	NT	Division
Oxley	QLD	Division
Parkes	NSW	Division
Parramatta	NSW	Division
Perth	WA	Division
Reid	NSW	Division
Richmond	NSW	Division
Riverina	NSW	Division
Robertson	NSW	Division
South Sydney	NSW	Division
Swan	WA	Division
Wakefield	SA	Division
Wannon	VIC	Division
Warringah	NSW	Division
Wentworth	NSW	Division
Werriwa	NSW	Division
West Sydney	NSW	Division
Wide Bay	QLD	Division
Wilmot	TAS	Division
Wimmera	VIC	Division
Yarra	VIC	Division

Candidate	Party	State	Votes	Elected
John Dooley	Australian Labor Party	NSW	561149	Yes (1)
James Dunn	Australian Labor Party	NSW	24618	Yes (2)
Arthur Rae	Australian Labor Party	NSW	18505	Yes (3)
Percy Abbott	The Nationals/Country Party	NSW	200089	No
Richard Orchard	Nationalist	NSW	305355	No
Josiah Thomas	Nationalist	NSW	25482	No
John Barnes	Australian Labor Party	VIC	385161	Yes (1)
Albert Blakey	Australian Labor Party	VIC	16537	No
Edward Findley	Australian Labor Party	VIC	25381	No
Robert Elliott	The Nationals/Country Party	VIC	86729	Yes (3)
Harry Lawson	Nationalist	VIC	344206	Yes (2)
Walter Cooper	The Nationals/Country Party	QLD	37937	Yes (4)
Thomas Crawford	Nationalist	QLD	189701	Yes (1)
Harry Foll	Nationalist	QLD	4492	Yes (2)
Matthew Reid	Nationalist	QLD	6163	Yes (3)
Robert Horn	Australian Labor Party	QLD	134846	No
George Lawson	Australian Labor Party	QLD	4266	No
John Macdonald	Australian Labor Party	QLD	4261	No
John Valentine	Australian Labor Party	QLD	3978	No
Harald Jensen	Independent	QLD	11226	No
Ernest Barker	Australian Labor Party	WA	18675	No
Charles Graham	Australian Labor Party	WA	3475	No
Edward Needham	Australian Labor Party	WA	53585	No
Hal Colebatch	Nationalist	WA	47462	Yes (1)
Edward Johnston	The Nationals/Country Party	WA	20946	Yes (2)
Walter Kingsmill	Nationalist	WA	16763	Yes (3)
John Daly	Australian Labor Party	SA	124077	Yes (1)
Albert Hoare	Australian Labor Party	SA	6265	Yes (2)
Mick O`Halloran	Australian Labor Party	SA	4389	Yes (3)
Edward Lucas	Nationalist	SA	18210	No
Albert Robinson	Nationalist	SA	4749	No
John Verran	Nationalist	SA	84676	No
Raphael Cilento	Independent	SA	5866	No
Ernest Rowe	The Nationals/Country Party	SA	17154	No
John Hayes	Nationalist	TAS	18953	Yes (2)
Herbert Hays	Nationalist	TAS	8399	Yes (3)
Andrew Lawson	Nationalist	TAS	3486	No
James Ogden	Nationalist	TAS	25371	Yes (1)
Henry Lane	Australian Labor Party	TAS	15736	No
William Sheridan	Australian Labor Party	TAS	17514	No

1928 Federal Election

Incoming/Outgoing Members

Lower House

Upper House