Results of the 1919 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)

This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 1919 federal election.

Australian federal election, 13 December 1919[1]
House of Representatives
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Enrolled voters 2,849,862
Votes cast 1,977,843 Turnout 71.59 –6.71
Informal votes 68,612 Informal 2.64 +0.32
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Nationalist 860,519 45.07% –9.15% 37 – 16
  Labor 811,244 42.49% –1.45% 26 + 4
  Country 176,884 9.26% * 11 + 11
  Ind. Socialist Labor 3,637 0.19% +0.19% 0 ± 0
  Independent 56,947 2.98% +1.13% 2 + 2
Total 1,909,231     75  

New South Wales

Barrier
1919 Australian federal election: Barrier
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Michael Considine 8,786 51.7 +1.8
Returned Soldiers Arthur Lawrence 4,735 27.9 +27.9
Nationalist Charles McAllister 3,476 20.5 +15.3
Total formal votes 16,997 96.4
Informal votes 637 3.6
Turnout 17,634 65.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Michael Considine 53.8 +53.8
Returned Soldiers Arthur Lawrence 46.2 +46.2
Labor hold Swing+53.8

Calare
1919 Australian federal election: Calare
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Lavelle 12,628 52.3 +4.1
Nationalist Henry Pigott 11,526 47.7 −4.1
Total formal votes 24,154 98.6
Informal votes 340 1.4
Turnout 24,494 75.0
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing+4.1

Cook
1919 Australian federal election: Cook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Catts 14,559 62.3 −2.1
Nationalist George Holt 7,248 31.0 −4.6
Ind. Socialist Labor William McCristal 1,562 6.7 +6.7
Total formal votes 23,369 90.2
Informal votes 2,540 9.8
Turnout 25,909 66.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor James Catts 65.7 +1.3
Nationalist George Holt 34.3 −1.3
Labor hold Swing+1.3

Cowper
1919 Australian federal election: Cowper
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Farmers and Settlers Earle Page 11,372 52.4 +52.4
Labor Ross Pryor 5,712 26.3 +26.3
Nationalist John Thomson 4,524 21.3 −78.7
Total formal votes 21,708 94.8
Informal votes 1,197 5.2
Turnout 22,905 65.0
Two-party-preferred result
Farmers and Settlers Earle Page 71.6 +71.6
Labor Ross Pryor 28.4 +28.4
Farmers and Settlers gain from Nationalist Swing+71.6

Dalley
1919 Australian federal election: Dalley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Mahony 16,242 59.7 +5.7
Nationalist Walter Clutton 10,956 40.3 −5.7
Total formal votes 27,198 97.6
Informal votes 657 2.4
Turnout 27,855 69.1
Labor hold Swing+5.7

Darling
1919 Australian federal election: Darling
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Blakeley 11,344 61.8 +8.5
Nationalist Alfred Perkins 7,004 38.2 −8.5
Total formal votes 18,348 97.8
Informal votes 417 2.2
Turnout 18,765 67.8
Labor hold Swing+8.5

East Sydney
1919 Australian federal election: East Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John West 12,751 57.8 -42.2
Nationalist John Willson 9,327 42.2 +42.2
Total formal votes 22,078 97.3
Informal votes 617 2.7
Turnout 22,695 58.1
Labor hold Swing-42.2

Eden-Monaro
1919 Australian federal election: Eden-Monaro
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Austin Chapman 10,253 51.2 -6.0
Labor Harry Brown 9,770 48.8 +6.0
Total formal votes 20,023 98.4
Informal votes 330 1.6
Turnout 20,353 69.8
Nationalist hold Swing-6.0

Gwydir
1919 Australian federal election: Gwydir
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Lou Cunningham 10,333 49.1 +5.6
Nationalist William Webster 8,699 41.4 -15.1
Independent James Bell 1,992 9.5 +9.5
Total formal votes 21,024 93.4
Informal votes 1,477 6.6
Turnout 22,501 69.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Lou Cunningham 11,183 53.2 +9.7
Nationalist William Webster 9,841 46.8 -9.7
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing+9.7

Hume
1919 Australian federal election: Hume
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Parker Moloney 11,702 52.6 +4.5
Nationalist Edwin Townsend 5,288 23.8 −28.1
Farmers and Settlers Charles Milthorpe 5,149 23.1 +23.1
Independent Andrew Scambler 125 0.6 +0.6
Total formal votes 22,264 92.8
Informal votes 1,735 7.2
Turnout 23,999 70.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Parker Moloney 57.5 +9.4
Nationalist Edwin Townsend 42.5 −9.4
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing+9.4

Hunter
1919 Australian federal election: Hunter
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Matthew Charlton 13,692 58.9 +5.5
Nationalist John Lee 9,558 41.1 -5.5
Total formal votes 23,250 98.0
Informal votes 485 2.0
Turnout 23,735 60.9
Labor hold Swing+5.5

Illawarra
1919 Australian federal election: Illawarra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Hector Lamond 15,419 50.6 -3.7
Labor Bertie Sheiles 12,520 41.1 -4.6
Ind. Socialist Labor George Burns 2,075 6.8 +6.8
Independent Thomas Marshall 446 1.5 +1.5
Total formal votes 30,460 90.8
Informal votes 4,080 9.2
Turnout 33,540 71.8
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Hector Lamond 53.1 -1.2
Labor Bertie Sheiles 46.9 +1.2
Nationalist hold Swing-1.2

Lang
1919 Australian federal election: Lang
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Elliot Johnson 18,939 57.3 -3.1
Labor Archibald Moate 14,105 42.7 +3.1
Total formal votes 33,044 98.5
Informal votes 515 1.5
Turnout 33,559 67.6
Nationalist hold Swing-3.1

Macquarie
1919 Australian federal election: Macquarie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Samuel Nicholls 13,455 53.2 +3.2
Nationalist Ernest Carr 11,859 46.8 -3.2
Total formal votes 25,314 98.4
Informal votes 407 1.6
Turnout 25,721 73.3
Labor hold Swing+3.2

Nepean
1919 Australian federal election: Nepean
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Eric Bowden 20,630 57.1 -3.4
Labor Con Wallace 15,524 42.9 +3.4
Total formal votes 36,154 97.8
Informal votes 814 2.2
Turnout 36,968 68.6
Nationalist hold Swing-3.4

New England
1919 Australian federal election: New England
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Alexander Hay 12,622 57.3 -42.7
Labor James Tully 9,390 42.7 +42.7
Total formal votes 22,012 98.0
Informal votes 442 2.0
Turnout 22,454 69.7
Nationalist hold Swing-42.7

Newcastle
1919 Australian federal election: Newcastle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor David Watkins unopposed
Labor hold Swing

North Sydney
1919 Australian federal election: North Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Sir Granville Ryrie 26,438 75.5 -24.5
Labor Cecil Murphy 8,558 24.5 +24.5
Total formal votes 34,996 98.2
Informal votes 643 1.8
Turnout 35,639 66.9
Nationalist hold Swing-24.5

Parkes
1919 Australian federal election: Parkes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Charles Marr 18,276 45.6 -19.8
Labor Arthur Jones 13,807 34.4 -0.2
Ind. Nationalist Bruce Smith 8,032 20.0 +20.0
Total formal votes 40,115 92.1
Informal votes 3,437 7.9
Turnout 43,552 66.0
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Charles Marr 25,512 63.6 -1.8
Labor Arthur Jones 14,603 36.4 +1.8
Nationalist hold Swing-1.8

Parramatta
1919 Australian federal election: Parramatta
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Sir Joseph Cook 27,000 72.6 -1.2
Labor William Hutchinson 10,205 27.4 +27.4
Total formal votes 37,205 98.6
Informal votes 536 1.4
Turnout 37,741 66.2
Nationalist hold Swing-1.2

Richmond
1919 Australian federal election: Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Walter Massy-Greene 14,215 66.9 -8.3
Labor Ernest O'Dea 4,650 21.9 -2.9
Independent John Steel 2,384 11.2 +11.2
Total formal votes 21,249 93.8
Informal votes 1,412 6.2
Turnout 22,661 66.7
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Walter Massy-Greene 72.5 -2.7
Labor Ernest O'Dea 27.5 +2.7
Nationalist hold Swing-2.7

Riverina
1919 Australian federal election: Riverina
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist John Chanter 11,114 51.3 -7.9
Labor James Hoad 10,530 48.7 +7.9
Total formal votes 21,644 97.8
Informal votes 480 2.2
Turnout 22,124 63.8
Nationalist hold Swing-7.9

Robertson
1919 Australian federal election: Robertson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist William Fleming 11,468 53.5 -2.7
Labor James Kelly 9,987 46.5 +2.7
Total formal votes 21,455 98.3
Informal votes 367 1.7
Turnout 21,822 65.7
Nationalist hold Swing-2.7

South Sydney
1919 Australian federal election: South Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edward Riley 17,521 68.3 +5.0
Nationalist Frederick Sykes 8,123 31.7 -5.0
Total formal votes 25,644 97.9
Informal votes 559 2.1
Turnout 26,203 59.9
Labor hold Swing+5.0

Wentworth
1919 Australian federal election: Wentworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Walter Marks 20,768 61.5 -7.0
Labor James Dunn 12,998 38.5 +7.0
Total formal votes 33,766 98.3
Informal votes 595 1.7
Turnout 34,361 63.9
Nationalist hold Swing-7.0

Werriwa
1919 Australian federal election: Werriwa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bert Lazzarini 11,948 49.6 +2.4
Nationalist John Lynch 7,600 31.6 −21.2
Independent William Wright 4,536 18.8 +18.8
Total formal votes 24,084 92.1
Informal votes 2,063 7.9
Turnout 26,147 71.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bert Lazzarini 12,275 51.0 +3.8
Nationalist John Lynch 11,809 49.0 −3.8
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing+3.8

West Sydney
1919 Australian federal election: West Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Ryan 14,234 72.2 +5.7
Nationalist Richard Sleath 5,488 27.8 -5.7
Total formal votes 19,722 96.4
Informal votes 738 3.6
Turnout 20,460 66.7
Labor hold Swing+5.7

Victoria

Balaclava
1919 Australian federal election: Balaclava
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist William Watt 19,051 58.2 −8.4
Labor Percy Smith 9,311 28.4 −5.0
Returned Services Norman Worrall 4,388 13.4 +13.4
Total formal votes 32,750 95.7
Informal votes 1,457 4.3
Turnout 34,207 73.4
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist William Watt 64.9 −1.7
Labor Percy Smith 35.1 +1.7
Nationalist hold Swing−1.7

Ballaarat
1919 Australian federal election: Ballaarat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Edwin Kerby 13,569 50.0 +50.0
Labor Charles McGrath 13,568 50.0 −50.0
Total formal votes 27,137 99.3
Informal votes 202 0.7
Turnout 27,339 82.5
Nationalist gain from Labor Swing+50.0
  • This result was declared void and a by-election was held in the following year.
1920 Ballaarat by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Charles McGrath 15,058 51.7 +1.7
Nationalist Edwin Kerby 11,443 39.3 −10.7
Farmers John Troup 2,413 8.3 +8.3
Independent Edward Callow 186 0.6 +0.6
Total formal votes 29,100 99.3
Informal votes 214 0.7
Turnout 29,314 76.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Charles McGrath 56.1 +6.1
Nationalist Edwin Kerby 45.9 −6.1
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing+6.1

Batman
1919 Australian federal election: Batman
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Brennan 16,039 57.1 -3.8
Nationalist William Spence 12,064 42.9 +3.8
Total formal votes 28,103 98.4
Informal votes 466 1.6
Turnout 28,569 76.8
Labor hold Swing-3.8

Bendigo
1919 Australian federal election: Bendigo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Billy Hughes 14,291 55.0 −2.4
Labor Alfred Hampson 11,676 45.0 +2.4
Total formal votes 25,967 99.3
Informal votes 186 0.7
Turnout 26,153 82.8
Nationalist hold Swing−2.4

Bourke
1919 Australian federal election: Bourke
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Anstey 21,359 53.2 −1.3
Nationalist Reginald Tracey 18,814 46.8 +1.3
Total formal votes 40,173 99.0
Informal votes 390 1.0
Turnout 40,563 76.0
Labor hold Swing−1.3

Corangamite
1919 Australian federal election: Corangamite
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edward Malone 10,280 37.4 −2.2
Victorian Farmers William Gibson 8,632 31.4 +31.4
Nationalist Allan McDonald 8,563 31.2 −29.2
Total formal votes 27,475 96.6
Informal votes 969 3.4
Turnout 28,444 80.3
Two-party-preferred result
Victorian Farmers William Gibson 16,864 61.4 +61.4
Labor Edward Malone 10,611 38.6 −1.0
Victorian Farmers hold Swing+1.0

Corio
1919 Australian federal election: Corio
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist John Lister 13,702 45.3 −12.0
Labor Alfred Ozanne 11,658 38.5 −4.2
Victorian Farmers Arthur Walter 4,623 15.3 +15.3
Ind. Nationalist Anwoth Brown 282 0.9 +0.9
Total formal votes 30,265 96.6
Informal votes 1,056 3.4
Turnout 31,321 80.6
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist John Lister 17,406 57.5 +0.2
Labor Alfred Ozanne 12,859 42.5 −0.2
Nationalist hold Swing+0.2

Echuca
1919 Australian federal election: Echuca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Victorian Farmers William Hill 11,411 43.3 +43.3
Nationalist James Stewart 8,734 33.1 -27.6
Labor Edward Russell 6,218 23.6 -15.7
Total formal votes 26,363 96.9
Informal votes 852 3.1
Turnout 27,215 76.9
Two-party-preferred result
Victorian Farmers William Hill 16,878 64.0 +64.0
Nationalist James Stewart 9,485 36.0 -24.7
Victorian Farmers hold Swing+24.7

Fawkner
1919 Australian federal election: Fawkner
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist George Maxwell 15,819 51.5 +0.4
Labor Joseph Hannan 14,927 48.5 +0.2
Total formal votes 30,746 99.2
Informal votes 251 0.8
Turnout 30,997 77.1
Nationalist hold Swing+0.1

Flinders
1919 Australian federal election: Flinders
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Stanley Bruce 12,968 48.0 -13.2
Labor Frederick Riley 7,926 29.3 -9.5
Victorian Farmers William Burrage 6,126 22.7 +22.7
Total formal votes 27,020 94.0
Informal votes 1,713 6.0
Turnout 28,733 70.1
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Stanley Bruce 17,693 65.5 +4.3
Labor Frederick Riley 9,327 34.5 -4.3
Nationalist hold Swing+4.3

Gippsland
1919 Australian federal election: Gippsland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist George Wise 14,367 55.2 -17.5
Victorian Farmers Erland Erlandson 11,675 44.8 +44.8
Total formal votes 26,042 98.7
Informal votes 344 1.3
Turnout 26,386 73.5
Nationalist hold Swing-17.5

Grampians
1919 Australian federal election: Grampians
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Victorian Farmers Edmund Jowett 13,736 58.2 +58.2
Labor Mark Lazarus 9,855 41.8 -1.2
Total formal votes 23,591 98.6
Informal votes 343 1.4
Turnout 23,934 78.2
Victorian Farmers gain from Nationalist Swing+1.2

Henty
1919 Australian federal election: Henty
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist James Boyd 17,293 40.8 -29.8
Ind. Nationalist Frederick Francis 12,382 29.2 +29.2
Labor Norman Grant 9,582 22.6 -6.8
Ind. Nationalist Edwin Purbrick 3,097 7.3 +7.3
Total formal votes 42,354 95.8
Informal votes 1,864 4.2
Turnout 44,218 74.7
Two-party-preferred result
Independent Frederick Francis 22,396 52.9 +52.9
Nationalist James Boyd 19,958 47.1 -23.2
Independent gain from Nationalist Swing+23.2

Indi
1919 Australian federal election: Indi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Joseph Hanigan 8,668 36.4 −7.4
Victorian Farmers Robert Cook 7,673 32.2 +32.2
Nationalist John Leckie 7,492 31.4 −24.8
Total formal votes 23,833 96.4
Informal votes 889 3.6
Turnout 24,722 78.0
Two-party-preferred result
Victorian Farmers Robert Cook 14,922 62.6 +62.6
Labor Joseph Hanigan 8,911 37.4 −6.4
Victorian Farmers gain from Nationalist Swing+6.4

Kooyong
1919 Australian federal election: Kooyong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Sir Robert Best 22,732 62.5 −37.5
Ind. Nationalist Stephen Thompson 7,025 19.3 +19.3
Labor Mary Grant 6,589 18.1 +18.1
Total formal votes 36,346 96.5
Informal votes 1,331 3.5
Turnout 37,677 76.6
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Sir Robert Best 64.3 −35.7
Ind. Nationalist Stephen Thompson 35.7 +35.7
Nationalist hold Swing−35.7

Maribyrnong
1919 Australian federal election: Maribyrnong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Fenton 20,165 52.1 -0.1
Nationalist Arthur Thompson 18,509 47.9 +0.1
Total formal votes 38,674 98.8
Informal votes 467 1.2
Turnout 39,141 78.2
Labor hold Swing-0.1

Melbourne
1919 Australian federal election: Melbourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Maloney 15,179 65.6 +5.3
Nationalist Ernest Nicholls 7,949 34.4 -5.3
Total formal votes 23,128 98.1
Informal votes 458 1.9
Turnout 23,586 71.5
Labor hold Swing+5.3

Melbourne Ports
1919 Australian federal election: Melbourne Ports
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Mathews unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Wannon
1919 Australian federal election: Wannon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Arthur Rodgers 14,806 54.1 -0.7
Labor John Collins 12,577 45.9 +0.7
Total formal votes 27,383 99.1
Informal votes 261 0.9
Turnout 27,644 79.3
Nationalist hold Swing-0.7

Wimmera
1919 Australian federal election: Wimmera
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Victorian Farmers Percy Stewart 15,963 59.5 +59.5
Nationalist Sydney Sampson 10,875 40.5 -59.5
Total formal votes 26,838 98.3
Informal votes 476 1.7
Turnout 27,314 73.0
Victorian Farmers gain from Nationalist Swing+59.5

Yarra
1919 Australian federal election: Yarra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Tudor 19,843 70.3 -1.0
Nationalist Andrew Davidson 8,398 29.7 +1.0
Total formal votes 28,241 98.7
Informal votes 372 1.3
Turnout 28,613 73.2
Labor hold Swing-1.0

Queensland

Brisbane
1919 Australian federal election: Brisbane
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Donald Cameron 17,804 49.2 −0.8
Labor William Finlayson 17,576 48.6 −1.4
Independent Sine Boland 773 2.1 +2.1
Total formal votes 36,153 94.7
Informal votes 2,035 5.3
Turnout 38,188 85.5
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Donald Cameron 18,436 51.0 +1.0
Labor William Finlayson 17,717 49.0 −1.0
Nationalist gain from Labor Swing+1.0

Capricornia
1919 Australian federal election: Capricornia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Higgs 15,134 52.8 +0.5
Nationalist Alexander Cameron 13,521 47.2 −0.5
Total formal votes 28,655 98.0
Informal votes 577 2.0
Turnout 29,232 87.5
Labor hold Swing+0.5

Darling Downs
1919 Australian federal election: Darling Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Littleton Groom 17,974 57.7 +1.6
Labor Phil Alke 13,180 42.3 -1.6
Total formal votes 31,154 98.2
Informal votes 569 1.8
Turnout 31,723 87.1
Nationalist hold Swing+1.6

Herbert
1919 Australian federal election: Herbert
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Fred Bamford 17,470 51.0 -0.3
Labor Eugene McKenna 15,872 46.3 -2.4
Independent Henry Madden 493 1.4 +1.4
Independent Terence Haren 443 1.3 +1.3
Total formal votes 34,278 90.5
Informal votes 3,583 9.5
Turnout 37,861 87.3
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Fred Bamford 52.4 +1.1
Labor Eugene McKenna 47.6 -1.1
Nationalist hold Swing+1.1

Kennedy
1919 Australian federal election: Kennedy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Charles McDonald 13,360 61.7 -1.1
Nationalist James Suter 8,283 38.3 +1.1
Total formal votes 21,643 96.8
Informal votes 704 3.2
Turnout 22,347 76.4
Labor hold Swing-1.1

Lilley
1919 Australian federal election: Lilley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist George Mackay 25,473 63.3 +0.6
Labor Joseph Johnston 14,762 36.7 -0.6
Total formal votes 40,235 97.8
Informal votes 912 2.2
Turnout 41,147 84.3
Nationalist hold Swing+0.6

Maranoa
1919 Australian federal election: Maranoa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Page 12,127 52.7 -2.1
Primary Producers James Hunter 10,885 47.3 +47.3
Total formal votes 23,012 97.6
Informal votes 563 2.4
Turnout 23,575 77.1
Labor hold Swing-2.1

Moreton
1919 Australian federal election: Moreton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Arnold Wienholt 17,834 55.2 +5.1
Labor William Heffernan 14,491 44.8 -5.1
Total formal votes 32,325 98.3
Informal votes 572 1.7
Turnout 32,897 84.8
Nationalist hold Swing+5.1

Oxley
1919 Australian federal election: Oxley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist James Bayley 22,576 53.8 +1.0
Labor James Sharpe 19,401 46.2 -1.0
Total formal votes 41,977 98.2
Informal votes 791 1.8
Turnout 42,768 87.4
Nationalist hold Swing+1.0

Wide Bay
1919 Australian federal election: Wide Bay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Edward Corser 16,272 54.3 +1.4
Labor Frederick Martyn 13,685 45.7 -1.4
Total formal votes 29,957 98.2
Informal votes 534 1.8
Turnout 30,491 87.2
Nationalist hold Swing+1.4

South Australia

Adelaide
1919 Australian federal election: Adelaide
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Reginald Blundell 10,523 50.8 +50.8
Labor George Edwin Yates 10,184 49.2 −50.8
Total formal votes 20,707 96.3
Informal votes 785 3.7
Turnout 21,492 62.3
Nationalist gain from Labor Swing+50.8

Angas
1919 Australian federal election: Angas
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Moses Gabb 9,468 50.7 +1.5
Nationalist Paddy Glynn 9,217 49.3 −1.5
Total formal votes 18,685 96.8
Informal votes 615 3.2
Turnout 19,300 64.5
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing+1.5

Barker
1919 Australian federal election: Barker
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist John Livingston 13,233 60.0 −3.9
Labor Albert Davies 7,023 31.8 −4.3
Independent Alexander Williams 1,813 8.2 +8.2
Total formal votes 22,069 90.8
Informal votes 2,238 9.2
Turnout 24,307 62.3
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist John Livingston 64.1 +0.2
Labor Albert Davies 35.9 −0.2
Nationalist hold Swing+0.2

Boothby
1919 Australian federal election: Boothby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist William Story 18,501 63.5 −1.0
Labor Stanley Whitford 8,872 30.4 −5.1
Independent George Illingworth 1,779 6.1 +6.1
Total formal votes 29,152 92.6
Informal votes 2,341 7.4
Turnout 31,493 67.3
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist William Story 66.6 +2.1
Labor Stanley Whitford 33.4 −2.1
Nationalist hold Swing+2.1

Grey
1919 Australian federal election: Grey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Alexander Poynton 11,642 51.8 -5.9
Labor Charles Gray 10,843 48.2 +5.9
Total formal votes 22,485 97.3
Informal votes 616 2.7
Turnout 23,101 68.3
Nationalist hold Swing-5.9

Hindmarsh
1919 Australian federal election: Hindmarsh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Norman Makin 17,195 51.4 +7.2
Nationalist William Archibald 16,279 48.6 -7.2
Total formal votes 33,474 97.4
Informal votes 906 2.6
Turnout 34,380 69.1
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing+7.2

Wakefield
1919 Australian federal election: Wakefield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Richard Foster 10,872 49.7 -6.5
Labor Edward Stokes 8,067 36.9 -6.9
Farmers and Settlers Herbert Tuck 2,946 13.5 +13.5
Total formal votes 21,885 91.1
Informal votes 2,133 8.9
Turnout 24,018 69.8
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Richard Foster 12,780 58.4 +2.2
Labor Edward Stokes 9,105 41.6 -2.2
Nationalist hold Swing+2.2

Western Australia

Dampier
1919 Australian federal election: Dampier
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Henry Gregory 10,440 64.6 −6.8
Labor Thomas Lowry 5,720 35.4 +6.8
Total formal votes 16,160 97.6
Informal votes 405 2.4
Turnout 16,565 55.9
Nationalist hold Swing−6.8

Fremantle
1919 Australian federal election: Fremantle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Reginald Burchell 15,988 60.8 -8.1
Labor Andrew Clementson 10,294 39.2 +8.1
Total formal votes 26,282 97.6
Informal votes 660 2.4
Turnout 26,942 62.0
Nationalist hold Swing-8.1

Kalgoorlie
1919 Australian federal election: Kalgoorlie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Hugh Mahon 9,220 52.1 +3.4
Nationalist Edward Heitmann 8,480 47.9 -3.4
Total formal votes 17,700 98.7
Informal votes 237 1.3
Turnout 17,937 79.3
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing+3.4

Perth
1919 Australian federal election: Perth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist James Fowler 7,721 38.4 -7.7
Labor John Curtin 6,877 34.2 +3.7
Nationalist Lionel Carter 4,699 23.4 +23.4
Ind. Free Trade Gerald Hartrey 811 4.0 +4.0
Total formal votes 20,108 93.4
Informal votes 1,419 6.6
Turnout 21,527 58.4
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist James Fowler 12,275 61.0 -8.5
Labor John Curtin 7,833 39.0 +8.5
Nationalist hold Swing-8.5

Swan
1919 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edwin Corboy 7,444 39.1 +39.1
Farmers and Settlers John Prowse 7,313 38.5 +38.5
Nationalist William Hedges 4,260 22.4 -77.6
Total formal votes 19,017 93.9
Informal votes 1,246 6.1
Turnout 20,263 65.4
Two-party-preferred result
Farmers and Settlers John Prowse 11,039 58.0 +58.0
Labor Edwin Corboy 7,978 42.0 +42.0
Farmers and Settlers gain from Labor Swing+58.0

Tasmania

Bass
1919 Australian federal election: Bass
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alfred Higgins 4,292 35.3 −4.8
Nationalist Syd Jackson 3,127 25.7 −13.2
Nationalist Stephen Margetts 2,553 21.0 +21.0
Ind. Nationalist Jens Jensen 1,689 13.9 +13.9
Independent Timothy Earley 328 2.7 +2.7
Independent Luke Bryant 167 1.4 +1.4
Total formal votes 12,156 91.3
Informal votes 1,155 8.7
Turnout 13,311 53.7
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Syd Jackson 6,779 55.8 −4.1
Labor Alfred Higgins 5,377 44.2 +4.1
Nationalist hold Swing−4.1

Darwin
1919 Australian federal election: Darwin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist George Bell 6,630 54.0 -4.8
Labor Joseph Lyons 5,645 46.0 +4.8
Total formal votes 12,275 97.8
Informal votes 274 2.2
Turnout 12,549 67.2
Nationalist hold Swing-4.8

Denison
1919 Australian federal election: Denison
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist William Laird Smith 9,505 53.9 -2.4
Labor King O'Malley 8,141 46.1 +2.4
Total formal votes 17,646 98.3
Informal votes 298 1.7
Turnout 17,944 66.6
Nationalist hold Swing-2.4

Franklin
1919 Australian federal election: Franklin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist William McWilliams 7,291 62.1 -37.9
Nationalist Louis Shoobridge 4,451 37.9 +37.9
Total formal votes 11,742 93.1
Informal votes 866 6.9
Turnout 12,608 53.1
Nationalist hold Swing-37.9

Wilmot
1919 Australian federal election: Wilmot
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Llewellyn Atkinson 4,015 46.7 +12.8
Nationalist Henry McFie 2,368 27.6 +27.6
Country Norman Cameron 2,210 25.7 +25.7
Total formal votes 8,593 93.4
Informal votes 711 7.6
Turnout 9,304 52.0
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Llewellyn Atkinson 5,169 60.2 +4.0
Nationalist Henry McFie 3,424 39.8 +39.8
Nationalist hold Swing+4.0

See also

References
  1. "Details of Australian election results, 1919". University of Western Australia. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
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