Results of the 1929 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)

Australian federal election, 12 October 1929[1]
House of Representatives
<< 1928–1931 >>

Enrolled voters 3,539,120
Votes cast 2,957,549 Turnout 94.85 +1.21
Informal votes 78,299 Informal 2.65 –2.25
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 1,406,327 48.84% +4.20% 46 + 15
  Nationalist 975,979 33.90% –5.20% 14 – 15
  Country 295,640 10.27% –0.20% 10 – 3
  Country Progressive 27,942 0.97% –0.64% 1 ± 0
  Independent 173,362 6.02% +1.83% 4 + 3
Total 2,879,250     75  

This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 1929 federal election.

New South Wales

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Barton

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1929 Australian federal election: Barton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Tully 43,207 67.6 +11.3
Nationalist William Myhill 20,722 32.4 −11.3
Total formal votes 63,929 97.5
Informal votes 1,596 2.5
Turnout 65,535 97.3
Labor hold Swing +11.3

Calare

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1929 Australian federal election: Calare
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Gibbons 20,492 51.6 +12.3
Nationalist Sir Neville Howse 19,252 48.4 −12.3
Total formal votes 39,744 96.7
Informal votes 1,376 3.3
Turnout 41,120 95.8
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +12.3

Cook

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1929 Australian federal election: Cook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edward Riley 34,221 84.2 +8.7
Nationalist William Pickup 6,409 15.8 −8.7
Total formal votes 40,630 97.0
Informal votes 1,263 3.0
Turnout 41,893 95.3
Labor hold Swing +8.7

Cowper

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1929 Australian federal election: Cowper
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Earle Page unopposed
Country hold Swing

Dalley

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1929 Australian federal election: Dalley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ted Theodore 31,276 77.9 +13.7
Nationalist Thomas Morrow 8,870 22.1 +1.8
Total formal votes 40,146 97.3
Informal votes 1,126 2.7
Turnout 41,272 96.2
Labor hold Swing +3.6

Darling

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1929 Australian federal election: Darling
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Blakeley 24,124 70.2 −0.7
Nationalist Brian Doe 10,259 29.8 +0.7
Total formal votes 34,383 96.6
Informal votes 1,215 3.4
Turnout 35,598 90.0
Labor hold Swing −0.7

East Sydney

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1929 Australian federal election: East Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John West 25,105 68.4 +10.0
Nationalist Hyman Diamond 11,583 31.6 −10.0
Total formal votes 36,688 96.2
Informal votes 1,451 3.8
Turnout 38,139 89.1
Labor hold Swing +10.0

Eden-Monaro

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1929 Australian federal election: Eden-Monaro
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Cusack 19,732 50.1 +7.7
Nationalist John Perkins 19,692 49.9 −7.7
Total formal votes 39,424 97.0
Informal votes 1,233 3.0
Turnout 40,657 93.6
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +7.7

Gwydir

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1929 Australian federal election: Gwydir
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Lou Cunningham 20,873 53.7 +6.0
Country Aubrey Abbott 18,014 46.3 −6.0
Total formal votes 38,887 97.9
Informal votes 831 2.1
Turnout 39,718 92.7
Labor gain from Country Swing +6.0

Hume

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1929 Australian federal election: Hume
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Parker Moloney 23,144 56.6 +3.9
Country Thomas Fitzpatrick 17,743 43.4 +16.1
Total formal votes 40,887 97.9
Informal votes 878 2.1
Turnout 41,765 95.9
Labor hold Swing +1.9

Hunter

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1929 Australian federal election: Hunter
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Rowley James unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Lang

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1929 Australian federal election: Lang
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Long 28,898 66.2 +12.7
Nationalist Dick Dein 14,736 33.8 −12.7
Total formal votes 43,634 97.4
Informal votes 1,150 2.6
Turnout 44,784 94.3
Labor hold Swing +12.7

Macquarie

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1929 Australian federal election: Macquarie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ben Chifley 25,349 65.6 +10.7
Nationalist Charles Dash 13,271 34.4 −10.7
Total formal votes 38,620 97.0
Informal votes 1,204 2.0
Turnout 39,824 96.0
Labor hold Swing +10.7

Martin

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1929 Australian federal election: Martin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Eldridge 31,804 51.73 +8.61
Nationalist Graham Pratten 25,218 41.02 −15.86
People's Party Edward Beeby 4,459 7.25 +7.25
Total formal votes 61,481 98.15 +2.69
Informal votes 1,160 1.85 –2.69
Turnout 62,641 96.94 +2.47
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Eldridge 56.4 +13.3
Nationalist Graham Pratten 45.6 −13.3
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +13.3

New England

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1929 Australian federal election: New England
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Victor Thompson 21,005 54.6 −45.4
Labor Thomas Wilson 17,489 45.4 +45.4
Total formal votes 38,494 97.3
Informal votes 1,063 2.7
Turnout 39,557 93.6
Country hold Swing −45.4

Newcastle

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1929 Australian federal election: Newcastle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor David Watkins unopposed
Labor hold Swing

North Sydney

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1929 Australian federal election: North Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Nationalist Billy Hughes 33,263 61.2 +61.2
Nationalist Lewis Nott 20,298 37.3 −28.9
Independent Labor Clifford Banks 618 1.1 +1.1
Socialist Labor Ernie Judd 180 0.3 +0.3
Total formal votes 54,359 97.9
Informal votes 1,169 2.1
Turnout 55,528 95.7
Two-party-preferred result
Ind. Nationalist Billy Hughes 66.1 +66.1
Nationalist Lewis Nott 33.9 −32.3
Ind. Nationalist gain from Nationalist Swing +32.3

Parkes

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1929 Australian federal election: Parkes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edward McTiernan 32,387 57.8 +15.2
Nationalist Charles Marr 23,618 42.2 −15.2
Total formal votes 56,005 97.8
Informal votes 1,268 2.2
Turnout 57,273 95.5
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +15.2

Parramatta

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1929 Australian federal election: Parramatta
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Albert Rowe 30,686 53.3 +13.4
Nationalist Eric Bowden 26,874 46.7 −13.4
Total formal votes 57,560 97.3
Informal votes 1,582 2.7
Turnout 59,142 95.0
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +13.4

Reid

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1929 Australian federal election: Reid
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Percy Coleman 49,909 74.6 +8.5
Nationalist Ernest Carr 16,977 25.4 −8.5
Total formal votes 66,886 97.1
Informal votes 1,964 2.9
Turnout 68,850 94.7
Labor hold Swing +8.5

Richmond

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1929 Australian federal election: Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Roland Green 24,400 64.0 +64.0
Country Robert Gibson 13,748 36.0 +36.0
Total formal votes 38,148 95.3
Informal votes 1,883 4.7
Turnout 40,031 94.2
Country hold Swing +0.0

Riverina

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1929 Australian federal election: Riverina
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country William Killen 22,200 51.6 −3.1
Labor William Nulty 19,606 45.6 +3.1
Country Horace Nock 1,224 2.8 +2.8
Total formal votes 43,030 97.7
Informal votes 1,022 2.3
Turnout 44,052 93.9
Two-party-preferred result
Country William Killen 54.2 −3.3
Labor William Nulty 45.8 +3.3
Country hold Swing −3.3

Robertson

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1929 Australian federal election: Robertson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Sydney Gardner 19,188 51.5 −48.5
Labor Michael Fitzgerald 18,077 48.5 +48.5
Total formal votes 37,265 96.2
Informal votes 1,478 3.8
Turnout 38,743 92.4
Nationalist hold Swing −48.5

South Sydney

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1929 Australian federal election: South Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edward Riley 34,978 66.3 +12.1
Nationalist William Adkins 17,782 33.7 −12.1
Total formal votes 52,760 96.9
Informal votes 1,696 3.1
Turnout 54,456 92.8
Labor hold Swing +12.1

Warringah

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1929 Australian federal election: Warringah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Archdale Parkhill 25,129 52.6 −47.4
Ind. People's Party Richard Windeyer 22,688 47.4 +47.4
Total formal votes 47,817 97.2
Informal votes 1,391 2.8
Turnout 49,208 95.7
Nationalist hold Swing −47.4

Wentworth

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1929 Australian federal election: Wentworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Nationalist Walter Marks 31,991 58.3 +58.3
Nationalist Arthur Manning 22,878 41.7 −19.8
Total formal votes 54,869 96.5
Informal votes 1,982 3.5
Turnout 56,851 94.0
Ind. Nationalist gain from Nationalist Swing +19.8

Werriwa

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1929 Australian federal election: Werriwa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bert Lazzarini 28,213 65.4 +3.7
Nationalist Bernard Grogan 14,903 34.6 −3.7
Total formal votes 43,116 97.3
Informal votes 1,204 2.7
Turnout 44,320 94.7
Labor hold Swing +3.7

West Sydney

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1929 Australian federal election: West Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Beasley 28,121 86.5 +4.8
Nationalist Lindsay Thompson 4,404 13.5 −4.8
Total formal votes 32,525 97.1
Informal votes 973 2.9
Turnout 33,498 94.2
Labor hold Swing +4.8

Victoria

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Balaclava

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1929 Australian federal election: Balaclava
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Thomas White 31,751 58.5 −4.7
Labor Don Cameron 22,480 41.5 +41.5
Total formal votes 54,231 95.6
Informal votes 2,404 4.4
Turnout 56,635 97.7
Nationalist hold Swing −4.7

Ballaarat

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1929 Australian federal election: Ballaarat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Charles McGrath 21,760 57.4 +4.8
Nationalist Fred Edmunds 16,129 42.6 −4.8
Total formal votes 37,889 99.2
Informal votes 337 0.8
Turnout 38,226 97.5
Labor hold Swing +4.8

Batman

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1929 Australian federal election: Batman
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Brennan 46,666 75.8 +12.0
Nationalist Cecil Keeley 14,891 24.2 −12.0
Total formal votes 61,557 98.2
Informal votes 1,158 1.8
Turnout 62,715 94.9
Labor hold Swing +12.0

Bendigo

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1929 Australian federal election: Bendigo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Richard Keane 21,111 55.1 +12.7
Nationalist Geoffry Hurry 17,177 44.9 +7.3
Total formal votes 38,288 99.0
Informal votes 390 1.0
Turnout 38,678 96.6
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +8.2

Bourke

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1929 Australian federal election: Bourke
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Anstey 43,714 77.4 +8.7
Nationalist Lionel Hahn 12,763 22.6 −8.7
Total formal votes 56,477 98.4
Informal votes 913 1.6
Turnout 57,390 96.5
Labor hold Swing +8.7

Corangamite

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1929 Australian federal election: Corangamite
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Richard Crouch 20,924 52.1 +5.1
Country William Gibson 19,244 47.9 −5.1
Total formal votes 40,168 98.9
Informal votes 461 1.1
Turnout 40,629 95.3
Labor gain from Country Swing +5.1

Corio

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1929 Australian federal election: Corio
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Lewis 27,525 56.0 +14.5
Nationalist John Lister 21,639 44.0 −14.5
Total formal votes 49,164 98.9
Informal votes 533 1.1
Turnout 49,697 94.8
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +14.5

Echuca

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1929 Australian federal election: Echuca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country William Hill 21,750 53.7 −6.3
Labor Edward Hill 18,734 46.3 +46.3
Total formal votes 40,484 98.3
Informal votes 712 1.7
Turnout 41,196 96.1
Country hold Swing −6.3

Fawkner

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1929 Australian federal election: Fawkner
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Nationalist George Maxwell 25,564 59.4 +59.4
Nationalist Arthur Robinson 16,547 38.4 −23.3
Independent James Ronald 950 2.2 +2.2
Total formal votes 43,061 98.7
Informal votes 584 1.3
Turnout 43,645 93.5
Two-party-preferred result
Ind. Nationalist George Maxwell 61.4 +61.4
Nationalist Arthur Robinson 38.6 −23.1
Ind. Nationalist gain from Nationalist Swing +23.1

Flinders

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1929 Australian federal election: Flinders
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Holloway 30,114 48.2 +10.0
Nationalist Stanley Bruce 30,054 48.1 −11.3
Independent Liberal Joseph Burch 2,267 3.6 +3.6
Total formal votes 62,435 98.6
Informal votes 903 1.4
Turnout 63,338 96.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jack Holloway 31,370 50.2 +10.9
Nationalist Stanley Bruce 31,065 49.8 −10.9
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +10.9

Gippsland

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1929 Australian federal election: Gippsland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Thomas Paterson 25,056 58.2 +0.5
Labor Michael Buckley 18,030 41.8 +41.8
Total formal votes 43,086 98.0
Informal votes 889 2.0
Turnout 43,975 96.4
Country hold Swing +0.5

Henty

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1929 Australian federal election: Henty
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Henry Gullett 35,557 48.6 −18.0
Labor Billy Duggan 33,195 45.4 +12.0
Ind. Nationalist William Bolton 4,355 6.0 +6.0
Total formal votes 73,107 98.8
Informal votes 870 1.2
Turnout 73,977 95.2
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Henry Gullett 37,433 51.2 −15.4
Labor Billy Duggan 35,674 48.8 +15.4
Nationalist hold Swing −15.4

Indi

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1929 Australian federal election: Indi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Paul Jones 19,319 49.4 −50.6
Country Robert Cook 11,493 29.4 +29.4
Country Arthur Walter 6,124 15.7 +15.7
Country Leslie Sambell 2,180 5.6 +5.6
Total formal votes 39,116 98.2
Informal votes 721 1.8
Turnout 39,837 96.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Paul Jones 20,110 51.4 −48.6
Country Robert Cook 19,006 48.6 +48.6
Labor hold Swing −48.6

Kooyong

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1929 Australian federal election: Kooyong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist John Latham 34,909 55.2 −11.3
Labor Albert Langker 28,276 44.8 +11.3
Total formal votes 63,185 98.6
Informal votes 898 1.4
Turnout 64,083 95.4
Nationalist hold Swing −11.3

Maribyrnong

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1929 Australian federal election: Maribyrnong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Fenton 39,409 73.2 +13.3
Nationalist Percy Anderson 14,441 26.8 −13.3
Total formal votes 53,850 98.6
Informal votes 740 1.4
Turnout 54,590 97.7
Labor hold Swing +13.3

Melbourne

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1929 Australian federal election: Melbourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Maloney unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Melbourne Ports

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1929 Australian federal election: Melbourne Ports
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Mathews unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Wannon

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1929 Australian federal election: Wannon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John McNeill 21,338 52.0 +4.8
Nationalist Arthur Rodgers 19,720 48.0 −4.8
Total formal votes 41,058 98.7
Informal votes 541 1.3
Turnout 41,599 97.0
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +4.8

Wimmera

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1929 Australian federal election: Wimmera
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Progressive Percy Stewart 27,942 60.0 +1.6
Country John Harris 16,551 40.0 −1.6
Total formal votes 46,551 98.6
Informal votes 650 1.4
Turnout 47,201 94.9
Country Progressive hold Swing +1.6

Yarra

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1929 Australian federal election: Yarra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Scullin unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Queensland

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Brisbane

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1929 Australian federal election: Brisbane
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Donald Cameron 21,048 52.4 −4.3
Labor Myles Ferricks 19,103 47.6 +4.3
Total formal votes 40,151 97.1
Informal votes 1,202 2.9
Turnout 41,353 94.6
Nationalist hold Swing −4.3

Capricornia

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1929 Australian federal election: Capricornia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Forde 24,362 53.4 +0.9
Nationalist Robert Staines 21,277 46.6 +46.6
Total formal votes 45,639 95.6
Informal votes 2,116 4.4
Turnout 47,755 94.1
Labor hold Swing +0.9

Darling Downs

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1929 Australian federal election: Darling Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Arthur Morgan 19,238 46.6 −53.4
Labor Evan Llewelyn 12,738 30.9 +30.9
Ind. Nationalist Sir Littleton Groom 9,290 22.5 +22.5
Total formal votes 41,266 97.9
Informal votes 864 2.1
Turnout 42,130 97.2
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Arthur Morgan 23,873 57.9 −42.1
Labor Evan Llewelyn 17,393 42.1 +42.1
Nationalist hold Swing −42.1

Herbert

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1929 Australian federal election: Herbert
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Martens 28,813 52.8 +2.6
Nationalist William Amiet 25,772 47.2 −2.6
Total formal votes 54,585 95.5
Informal votes 2,593 4.5
Turnout 57,178 93.2
Labor hold Swing +2.6

Kennedy

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1929 Australian federal election: Kennedy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Darby Riordan 15,392 53.1 +5.5
Nationalist Grosvenor Francis 13,593 46.9 −5.5
Total formal votes 28,985 95.3
Informal votes 1,436 4.7
Turnout 30,421 89.9
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +5.5

Lilley

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1929 Australian federal election: Lilley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist George Mackay 34,726 67.1 −32.9
Independent Frederick O'Keefe 17,010 32.9 +32.9
Total formal votes 51,736 93.2
Informal votes 3,776 6.8
Turnout 55,512 96.0
Nationalist hold Swing −32.9

Maranoa

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1929 Australian federal election: Maranoa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country James Hunter 17,215 54.9 −3.4
Labor Robert Munro 14,123 45.1 +3.4
Total formal votes 31,338 97.2
Informal votes 891 2.8
Turnout 32,229 92.4
Country hold Swing −3.4

Moreton

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1929 Australian federal election: Moreton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Josiah Francis 27,716 60.1 −39.9
Labor Robert Taylor 18,371 39.9 +39.9
Total formal votes 46,087 96.4
Informal votes 1,733 3.6
Turnout 47,820 96.2
Nationalist hold Swing −39.9

Oxley

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1929 Australian federal election: Oxley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist James Bayley 26,308 50.1 −3.6
Labor Francis Baker 26,208 49.9 +3.6
Total formal votes 52,516 97.1
Informal votes 1,575 2.9
Turnout 54,091 95.5
Nationalist hold Swing −3.6

Wide Bay

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1929 Australian federal election: Wide Bay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Bernard Corser 29,249 67.2 −32.8
Labor John O'Keefe 14,307 32.8 +32.8
Total formal votes 43,556 95.6
Informal votes 2,023 4.4
Turnout 45,59 95.1
Country hold Swing −32.8

South Australia

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Adelaide

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1929 Australian federal election: Adelaide
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Edwin Yates 24,174 61.4 +5.5
Nationalist Arthur Wreford 15,171 38.6 −5.5
Total formal votes 39,345 95.6
Informal votes 1,791 4.4
Turnout 41,136 94.5
Labor hold Swing +5.5

Angas

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1929 Australian federal election: Angas
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Moses Gabb 25,679 54.7 +14.1
Nationalist Walter Parsons 21,239 45.3 −14.1
Total formal votes 46,918 96.3
Informal votes 1,824 3.7
Turnout 48,742 96.3
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +14.1

Barker

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1929 Australian federal election: Barker
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Malcolm Cameron 23,189 51.2 −1.4
Labor Frank Nieass 22,067 48.8 +48.8
Total formal votes 45,256 94.9
Informal votes 2,459 5.1
Turnout 47,715 95.6
Nationalist hold Swing −1.4

Boothby

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1929 Australian federal election: Boothby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Price 24,841 55.6 +5.5
Nationalist Bill McCann 19,847 44.4 −5.5
Total formal votes 44,688 96.7
Informal votes 1,548 3.3
Turnout 46,236 93.8
Labor hold Swing +5.5

Grey

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1929 Australian federal election: Grey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Andrew Lacey 19,870 59.6 +3.8
Country Oliver Badman 13,445 40.4 +40.4
Total formal votes 33,315 95.7
Informal votes 1,485 4.3
Turnout 34,800 92.7
Labor hold Swing +3.8

Hindmarsh

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1929 Australian federal election: Hindmarsh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Norman Makin unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Wakefield

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1929 Australian federal election: Wakefield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Sydney McHugh 12,503 36.4 +36.4
Nationalist Charles Hawker 12,417 36.1 −4.3
Country Maurice Collins 9,437 27.5 −32.1
Total formal votes 34,357 96.5
Informal votes 1,251 3.5
Turnout 35,608 96.0
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Charles Hawker 19,547 56.9 +16.5
Labor Sydney McHugh 14,810 43.1 +43.1
Nationalist gain from Country Swing +16.5

Western Australia

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Forrest

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1929 Australian federal election: Forrest
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country John Prowse unopposed
Country hold Swing

Fremantle

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1929 Australian federal election: Fremantle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Curtin 24,482 57.0 +7.8
Nationalist Keith Watson 18,426 43.0 +14.2
Total formal votes 42,980 97.9
Informal votes 914 2.1
Turnout 43,822 91.0
Labor hold Swing +4.9

Kalgoorlie

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1929 Australian federal election: Kalgoorlie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Albert Green 15,761 63.9 −36.1
Country William Pickering 5,684 23.1 +23.1
Nationalist William Greenard 3,203 13.0 +13.0
Total formal votes 24,648 98.0
Informal votes 505 2.0
Turnout 25,153 84.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Albert Green 65.2 −34.8
Country William Pickering 34.8 +34.8
Labor hold Swing −34.8

Perth

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1929 Australian federal election: Perth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ted Needham 16,411 43.1 +9.1
Nationalist Walter Nairn 13,521 35.5 −26.3
Ind. Nationalist Edward Mann 7,645 20.1 +20.1
Independent John McCoo 522 1.4 −2.8
Total formal votes 38,099 97.4
Informal votes 1,020 2.6
Turnout 39,119 89.9
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Walter Nairn 19,254 50.5 −14.4
Labor Ted Needham 18,845 49.5 +14.4
Nationalist hold Swing −14.4

Swan

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1929 Australian federal election: Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Henry Gregory unopposed
Country hold Swing

Tasmania

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Bass

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1929 Australian federal election: Bass
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Allan Guy 13,318 60.4 +17.8
Nationalist Syd Jackson 8,741 39.6 −17.8
Total formal votes 22,059 98.6
Informal votes 324 1.4
Turnout 22,383 95.4
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +13.5

Darwin

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1929 Australian federal election: Darwin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist George Bell 11,982 53.6 −18.3
Labor Henry Lane 5,233 23.4 +23.4
Labor Thomas d'Alton 5,137 23.0 +23.0
Total formal votes 22,352 98.1
Informal votes 443 1.9
Turnout 22,795 95.1
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist George Bell 55.9 −16.0
Labor Henry Lane 44.1 +44.1
Nationalist hold Swing −16.0

Denison

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1929 Australian federal election: Denison
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Charles Culley 12,451 57.5 +5.1
Nationalist Sir John Gellibrand 5,663 26.2 −5.9
Nationalist Horace Walch 2,082 9.6 +9.6
Nationalist Hubert Brettingham-Moore 681 3.1 +3.1
Nationalist John Gage 605 2.8 +2.8
Independent David Blanchard 161 0.7 +0.7
Total formal votes 21,643 97.2
Informal votes 623 2.8
Turnout 22,266 95.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Charles Culley 59.2 +8.9
Nationalist Sir John Gellibrand 40.8 −8.9
Labor hold Swing +8.9

Franklin

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1929 Australian federal election: Franklin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent William McWilliams 12,399 54.9 +10.4
Nationalist Alfred Seabrook 10,175 45.1 −10.4
Total formal votes 22,574 98.5
Informal votes 343 1.5
Turnout 22,917 95.3
Independent hold Swing +3.3

Wilmot

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1929 Australian federal election: Wilmot
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Joseph Lyons 10,697 52.9 +52.9
Nationalist Llewellyn Atkinson 9,538 47.1 −16.5
Total formal votes 20,235 97.1
Informal votes 331 1.6
Turnout 20,566 94.5
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +16.5

Northern Territory

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Northern Territory

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1929 Australian federal election: Northern Territory
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Harold Nelson unopposed
Labor hold Swing

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Details of Australian election results, 1929". University of Western Australia. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
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