AuspolDB: Elections

1946 Federal Election

Electoral System	FPV
Government Type	Majority
Outgoing Government Party	Australian Labor Party
Incoming Government Party	Australian Labor Party
Government Seats	43
Nongovernment Seats	32
Majority The difference between the number of Government seats and non-government seats.	11
Date	28/09/1946
House Composition	42 Australian Labor Party 17 Liberal 11 The Nationals/Country Party 3 Independent 1 Lang Labor

Candidate	Party	Electorate	Votes	Swing	Status
Bert Thompson	Australian Labor Party	Hindmarsh	52475	-8.40	Incoming
Gilbert Duthie	Australian Labor Party	Wilmot	13032	6.10	Incoming
Charles Falkinder	Liberal	Franklin	15678	0.00	Incoming
Philip Mcbride	Liberal	Wakefield	26894	2.70	Incoming
Charles Davidson	Independent	Capricornia	28999	5.80	Incoming
William Edmonds	Australian Labor Party	Herbert	28246	8.40	Incoming
Ernest Duus	Australian Labor Party	Bendigo	19613	0.10	Incoming
William O`Connor	Australian Labor Party	West Sydney	29417	-13.10	Incoming
Howard Beale	Liberal	Parramatta	43070	21.80	Incoming
George Rankin	The Nationals/Country Party	Bendigo	15780	-10.40	Outgoing
Frank Forde	Australian Labor Party	Capricornia	26611	-10.10	Outgoing
Albert Smith	Australian Labor Party	Wakefield	24046	-5.10	Outgoing
Charles Frost	Australian Labor Party	Franklin	15605	-9.00	Outgoing
Allan Guy	Liberal	Wilmot	12177	-0.90	Outgoing

Name	Jurisdiction	Type
Adelaide	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
Deakin	VIC	Division
Denison	TAS	Division
East Sydney	NSW	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
Griffith	QLD	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
Parkes	NSW	Division
Parramatta	NSW	Division
Perth	WA	Division
Reid	NSW	Division
Richmond	NSW	Division
Riverina	NSW	Division
Robertson	NSW	Division
Wakefield	SA	Division
Wannon	VIC	Division
Warringah	NSW	Division
Watson	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
George Durrance	Protestant People`s Party	NSW	107267	No
Thomas Fleming	Protestant People`s Party	NSW	7558	No
Dorothy Rogerson	Protestant People`s Party	NSW	8716	No
William Ashley	Australian Labor Party	NSW	808850	Yes (1)
James Arnold	Australian Labor Party	NSW	10319	Yes (2)
William Large	Australian Labor Party	NSW	8619	Yes (3)
Alexander Mair	Liberal	NSW	613417	No
Albert Reid	The Nationals/Country Party	NSW	16487	No
Maurice Fergusson	Liberal	NSW	9782	No
Alexander Alexander	Independent	NSW	5859	No
Michael Satwell	Independent	NSW	3425	No
Louis Phillips	Independent	NSW	1953	No
Edith Cook	Independent	NSW	6945	No
Albion Hendrickson	Australian Labor Party	VIC	625906	Yes (1)
Charles Sandford	Australian Labor Party	VIC	9253	Yes (2)
Frederick Katz	Australian Labor Party	VIC	3300	Yes (3)
John Devlin	Australian Labor Party	VIC	9591	Yes (4)
Charles Brand	Liberal	VIC	488388	No
Alexander Fraser	The Nationals/Country Party	VIC	13839	No
John Leckie	Liberal	VIC	6517	No
William Moss	The Nationals/Country Party	VIC	12114	No
Walter Cooper	The Nationals/Country Party	QLD	263159	Yes (1)
Neil O`Sullivan	Liberal	QLD	9119	Yes (2)
Annabelle Rankin	Liberal	QLD	17565	Yes (3)
George Cameron	Services Party of Australia	QLD	32365	No
Cranston Mceachern	Services Party of Australia	QLD	2573	No
Winifred Payne	Services Party of Australia	QLD	2786	No
Harold Boland	Australian Labor Party	QLD	226836	No
George Burns	Australian Labor Party	QLD	4998	No
Thomas Rasey	Australian Labor Party	QLD	11524	No
Herbert Collett	Liberal	WA	92358	No
Ignatius Boyle	The Nationals/Country Party	WA	6678	No
Allan Macdonald	Liberal	WA	12295	No
Dorothy Tangney	Australian Labor Party	WA	137777	Yes (1)
John Harris	Australian Labor Party	WA	2395	Yes (2)
Joseph Cooke	Australian Labor Party	WA	2313	Yes (3)
Frederick Swaine	Independent	WA	2241	No
Oliver Strang	Independent	WA	1543	No
Frederick Beerworth	Australian Labor Party	SA	187007	Yes (1)
John Critchley	Australian Labor Party	SA	6399	Yes (2)
Frederick Ward	Australian Labor Party	SA	13262	Yes (3)
George Mcleay	Liberal	SA	143069	No
Edward Mattner	Liberal	SA	7716	No
James Murdoch	Liberal	SA	5477	No
Reginald Murray	Australian Labor Party	TAS	35423	Yes (1)
William Morrow	Australian Labor Party	TAS	10952	Yes (2)
Justin O`Byrne	Australian Labor Party	TAS	11337	Yes (3)
William Ritchie	Australian Labor Party	TAS	7211	No
Arthur Beck	Liberal	TAS	24789	No
Herbert Hays	Liberal	TAS	14324	No
Burford Sampson	Liberal	TAS	17929	No
Neil Burbury	Independent	TAS	5801	No

1946 Federal Election

Incoming/Outgoing Members

Lower House

Upper House