AuspolDB: Elections

1917 Federal Election

Electoral System	FPV
Government Type	Majority
Outgoing Government Party	Nationalist
Incoming Government Party	Nationalist
Government Seats	53
Nongovernment Seats	22
Majority The difference between the number of Government seats and non-government seats.	31
Date	05/05/1917
House Composition	53 Nationalist 22 Australian Labor Party

Candidate	Party	Electorate	Votes	Swing	Status
James Bayley	Nationalist	Oxley	21603	9.60	Incoming
George Maxwell	Nationalist	Fawkner	16907	10.40	Incoming
John Leckie	Nationalist	Indi	16216	7.20	Incoming
Edward Heitmann	Nationalist	Kalgoorlie	11659	0.00	Incoming
Arthur Blakeley	Australian Labor Party	Darling	11523	-7.20	Incoming
John Lister	Nationalist	Corio	18902	8.50	Incoming
Samuel Nicholls	Australian Labor Party	Macquarie	13566	-3.30	Incoming
Cornelius Wallace	Australian Labor Party	West Sydney	14664	-8.80	Incoming
Hector Lamond	Nationalist	Illawarra	19301	8.50	Incoming
William Story	Nationalist	Boothby	21293	19.80	Incoming
Franc Falkiner	Nationalist	Hume	13714	0.90	Incoming
Charles Howroyd	Nationalist	Darwin	9073	14.90	Incoming
George Mackay	Nationalist	Lilley	24844	10.40	Incoming
Michael Considine	Australian Labor Party	Barrier	9710	-29.80	Incoming
Hugh Mahon	Australian Labor Party	Kalgoorlie	11087	0.00	Outgoing
James Sharpe	Australian Labor Party	Oxley	19331	-9.60	Outgoing
Joseph Hannan	Australian Labor Party	Fawkner	15976	-11.00	Outgoing
Parker Moloney	Australian Labor Party	Indi	12639	-7.20	Outgoing
Alfred Ozanne	Australian Labor Party	Corio	14102	-8.50	Outgoing
Alfred Hampson	Australian Labor Party	Bendigo	12091	-12.50	Outgoing
Ernest Carr	Nationalist	Macquarie	13557	3.30	Outgoing
George Burns	Australian Labor Party	Illawarra	16243	-8.50	Outgoing
William Spence	Nationalist	Darling	10081	7.20	Outgoing
King O`Malley	Australian Labor Party	Darwin	6361	-14.90	Outgoing

Name	Jurisdiction	Type
Adelaide	SA	Division
Angas	SA	Division
Balaclava	VIC	Division
Ballaarat	VIC	Division
Barker	SA	Division
Barrier	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
Dampier	WA	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
Franklin	TAS	Division
Fremantle	WA	Division
Gippsland	VIC	Division
Grampians	VIC	Division
Grey	SA	Division
Gwydir	NSW	Division
Henty	VIC	Division
Herbert	QLD	Division
Hindmarsh	SA	Division
Hume	NSW	Division
Hunter	NSW	Division
Illawarra	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
Melbourne	VIC	Division
Melbourne Ports	VIC	Division
Moreton	QLD	Division
Nepean	NSW	Division
New England	NSW	Division
Newcastle	NSW	Division
North Sydney	NSW	Division
Oxley	QLD	Division
Parkes	NSW	Division
Parramatta	NSW	Division
Perth	WA	Division
Richmond	NSW	Division
Riverina	NSW	Division
Robertson	NSW	Division
South Sydney	NSW	Division
Swan	WA	Division
Wakefield	SA	Division
Wannon	VIC	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
Peter Bowling	Australian Labor Party	NSW	321789	No
Ernest Judd	Socialist Labour League	NSW	11983	No
Ludvig Klausen	Socialist Labour League	NSW	8525	No
Edward Millen	Nationalist	NSW	413774	Yes (1)
James Moroney	Socialist Labour League	NSW	12184	No
Herbert Pratten	Nationalist	NSW	407547	Yes (2)
Arthur Rae	Australian Labor Party	NSW	322991	No
Josiah Thomas	Nationalist	NSW	406892	Yes (3)
David Watson	Australian Labor Party	NSW	326411	No
Albert Blakey	Australian Labor Party	VIC	301286	No
William Bolton	Nationalist	VIC	364846	Yes (2)
George Fairbairn	Nationalist	VIC	367402	Yes (1)
Edward Findley	Australian Labor Party	VIC	295087	No
Vida Goldstein	Independent	VIC	7768	No
Andrew Mckissock	Australian Labor Party	VIC	297432	No
William Plain	Nationalist	VIC	363798	Yes (3)
John Adamson	Independent	QLD	10796	No
Thomas Crawford	Nationalist	QLD	163741	Yes (1)
Harry Foll	Nationalist	QLD	162965	Yes (3)
John Mullan	Australian Labor Party	QLD	153337	No
Matthew Reid	Nationalist	QLD	163126	Yes (2)
James Stewart	Australian Labor Party	QLD	154316	No
Henry Turley	Australian Labor Party	QLD	153894	No
Cyril Bryan	Australian Labor Party	WA	40822	No
Richard Buzacott	Nationalist	WA	84771	Yes (1)
Hugh De Largie	Nationalist	WA	84104	Yes (2)
George Dennis	Australian Labor Party	WA	38846	No
George Henderson	Nationalist	WA	84549	Yes (3)
John Lutey	Australian Labor Party	WA	38704	No
Thomas Butterfield	Australian Labor Party	SA	79751	No
Robert Guthrie	Nationalist	SA	106408	Yes (1)
Lionel Hill	Australian Labor Party	SA	79036	No
Francis Lundie	Australian Labor Party	SA	76358	No
James Rowell	Nationalist	SA	102700	Yes (3)
William Senior	Nationalist	SA	103832	Yes (2)
Thomas Bakhap	Nationalist	TAS	43972	Yes (3)
James Belton	Australian Labor Party	TAS	32470	No
Cyril Cameron	Independent	TAS	4783	No
John Earle	Nationalist	TAS	46332	Yes (1)
Henry Goodluck	Independent	TAS	1329	No
James Hirst	Australian Labor Party	TAS	32855	No
John Keating	Nationalist	TAS	45595	Yes (2)
Walter Woods	Australian Labor Party	TAS	31263	No

1917 Federal Election

Incoming/Outgoing Members

Lower House

Upper House