VICTORIA ==================================================================== LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 1 JUNE 1916 ==================================================================== Shows ministerial and parliamentary offices held by MLCs in the period from 1 June 1916 to 5 June 1919 Voting figures are taken from Colin Hughes and Don Aitkin, “Voting for the Australian state upper houses, 1890-1984,” ANU Press 1986. Candidates’ given names are taken from “The Argus.” SUMMARY OF VOTES AND SEATS ========================================================================= Voters enrolled: 300,341 Total votes cast: 29,787 09.9 Informal votes: 235 00.8 Formal votes 29,551 99.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % 1913 1916 Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Labor Party 9,295 31.5 +08.4 3 2 5 Non-Labor 39,749 76.9 14 15 29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 29,551 17 17 34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Four of 17 Provinces were contested. Turnout in contested provinces averaged 40.2%. 3. Three Provinces were contested by Labor candidates (one unopposed). All other candidates are classed as non-Labour, as they did not run as party candidates. 4. The table shows members elected in 1913, for terms ending in 1919, and members elected at this election, for terms ending in 1922. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- VOTING BY PROVINCE ==================================================================== BENDIGO PROVINCE 10,941 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Joseph STERNBERG * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Sternberg (1852-1928): Elected 1891 by, 1894, 1900, 1904, 1910, 1916 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Bendigo Province 1916-19 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Hicks (1860-1921): Elected 1904 by, 1907, 1913 -------------------------------------------------------------------- EAST YARRA PROVINCE 30,501 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon James MERRITT * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Kerr Merritt (1856-1943): Elected 1913 by, 1916 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for East Yarra Province 1916-19 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Beckett (1862-1917): Elected 1913 Died 2 June 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- GIPPSLAND PROVINCE 13,033 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Edward CROOKE * 3,043 60.1 Hon William Edgar 2,014 39.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 (00.4%) informal 9,221 10.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edgar was MLC for Melbourne West Province 1904-13 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Jolley Crooke (1861-1940): Elected 1893 by, 1898, 1904, 1910, 1916 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Gippsland Province 1916-19 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Pearson (1864-1919): Elected 1896 by, 1900, 1904, 1907, 1913 Resigned October 1916 Died 31 March 1919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE PROVINCE 18,988 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon John McWHAE * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- John McWhae (1858-1927): Elected 1910, 1916 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Commissioner of Public Works 29 November 1917 to 21 March 1918 Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works 29 November 1917 to 21 March 1918 Minister without portfolio from 21 March 1918 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Melbourne Province 1916-19 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Mark Davies (1840-1919): Elected 1889. Defeated 1895. Elected 1899 by. Accepted office 1899. Elected 1899 by, 1900. Accepted office 1902. Elected 1902 by, 1907, 1913 Davies retired in 1919. Died 12 September 1919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- President of the Legislative Council to June 1919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE EAST PROVINCE 18,783 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon John JONES * Labor Party Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Percy Jones (1872-1955): Elected 1910, 1916 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Melbourne East Province 1916-19 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adam McLellan (1865-1929): Elected 1904, 1907, 1913. Accepted office 1913. Elected 1913 by Resigned April 1917 Died 12 March 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE NORTH PROVINCE 29,868 enrolled, 8,920 (29.9%) voted ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Foley Labor Party 4,118 46.4 Hon Donald MELVILLE * 4,758 53.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 44 (00.5%) informal 8,876 03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald Melville (1829-1919): Elected 1882, 1886, 1892, 1898. Accepted office 1899. Elected 1899 by, 1904, 1910, 1916 Died 20 March 1919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The by-election to fill the vacancy caused by Melville's death was held on 5 June 1919, the same date as the 1919 Legislative Council election, and appears on that page. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Melbourne North Province 1916-19 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William James Beckett (1870-1965): Elected 1914 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE SOUTH PROVINCE 23,978 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Thomas PAYNE * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Henry Payne (1862-1932): Elected 1901 by, 1904, 1910, 1916 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Melbourne South Province 1916-19 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Robinson (1872-1945): Elected 1912 by, 1913 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without office to 21 March 1918 Solicitor-General from 21 March 1918 Commissioner of Public Works from 21 March 1918 Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works from 21 March 1918 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE WEST PROVINCE 25,448 enrolled, 10,183 (40.0%) voted ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon John Aikman * 4,927 48.8 Daniel McNAMARA Labor Party 5,177 51.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 79 (00.8%) informal 10,104 01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John George Aikman (1858-1928): Elected 1904, 1910. Defeated 1916. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Laurence McNamara (1876-1947): Elected 1916 Born 28 March 1876, Pomborneit Victoria Career: Rural worker. Organiser and founding secretary, Rural Workers’ Union 1909. AWU official from 1912. ALP official from 1910. Berwick Shire Council, President 1906. Disqualified August 1916 Later career: See Melbourne East by-election 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- On 29 August 1916 the Elections Qualifications Committee of the Legislative Council ruled that McNamara was not qualified to be a member of the Council since he did not meet the property requirement. Aikman was declared elected. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Melbourne West Province 1916-19 -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Herbert Disney (1864-1943): Elected 1916 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- NELSON PROVINCE 10,905 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Theodore BEGGS * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Theodore Beggs (1859-1940): Elected 1910, 1916 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Nelson Province 1916-19 -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Drysdale Brown (1850-1922): Elected 1904, 1907. Accepted office 1909. Elected 1909 by, 1913 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTHERN PROVINCE 12,725 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon William BAILLIEU * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Lawrence Baillieu (1859-1936): Elected 1901 by, 1904, 1910, 1916 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Lawrence Baillieu (1859-1936): Elected 1901 by, 1902, 1904. Accepted office 1909. Elected 1909 by, 1910 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without office to 29 November 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Northern Province 1916-19 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Grenville Clarke (1879-1955): Elected 1913 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Commissioner of Crown Lands and Survey from 29 November 1917 President of the Board of Land and Works from 29 November 1917 Minister of Water Supply from 29 November 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH-EASTERN PROVINCE 12,778 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon A Otto SACHSE * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Otto Sachse (1860-1920): Elected 1892 by, 1894, 1900. Accepted office 1903. Elected 1903 by, 1904, 1910 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for North-Eastern Province 1916-19 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Kendell (1851-1922): Elected 1916 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without office from 29 November 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCE 15,907 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Richard REES * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Bloomfield Rees (1859-1935): Elected 1903 by, 1904, 1910, 1916 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for North-Western Province 1916-19 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick William Hagelthorn (1864-1943): Elected 1907, 1913. Accepted office 1913. Elected 1913 by. Accepted office 1913. Elected 1913 by Hagelthorn contested South-Eastern Province in 1919. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister of Agriculture to 29 November 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTHERN PROVINCE 13,667 enrolled, 5,050 (37.0%) voted ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon William ANGLISS * 3,623 72.7 Read Murphy 1,407 28.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 70 (00.4%) informal 4,980 22.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Charles Angliss (1865-1957): Elected 1912 by, 1916 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Southern Province 1916-19 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Lionel Russell Clarke (1876-1954): Elected 1910 by, 1913 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH-EASTERN PROVINCE 22,538 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon William ADAMSON * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Addison Adamson (1858-1924): Elected 1910, 1916 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Commissioner of Public Works to 29 November 1917 Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works to 29 November 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for South-Eastern Province 1916-19 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Duncan Elphinstone McBryde (1853-1920): Elected 1901 by, 1904, 1907. Accepted office 1908. Elected 1908 by, 1913 McBryde retired in 1919. Died 24 November 1920 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH-WESTERN PROVINCE 16,366 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Horace RICHARDSON * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Horace Frank Richardson (1854-1935): Elected 1912 by, 1916 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without portfolio 29 November 1917 to 21 March 1918 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for South-Western Province 1916-19 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Austin Albert Austin (1855-1925): Elected 1910 by, 1913 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WELLINGTON PROVINCE 10,413 enrolled, 5,634 (54.1%) voted ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Frederick BRAWN * 2,983 53.3 Charles Walker 2,609 46.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 42 (00.7%) informal 5,592 03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick William Brawn (1857-1936): Elected 1907 by, 1910, 1916 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Wellington Province 1916-19 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Young McDonald (1837-1917): Elected 1898-1904, 1904, 1907, 1913 Died 7 September 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTERN PROVINCE 13,422 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Walter MANIFOLD * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Synnot Manifold (1849-1928): Elected 1901 by, 1904, 1910, 1916 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Wellington Province 1916-19 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward James White (1869-1959): Elected 1907, 1913 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTIONS 1916-19 ==================================================================== GIPPSLAND PROVINCE 13,514 enrolled ==================================================================== 31 January 1917, following the resignation of William Pearson -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- George DAVIS Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Martley Davis (1860-1938): Elected 1917 by Born 7 January 1860, Melbourne Career: Educated All Saints Grammar School, St Kilda. Stock and station agent, Sale and Morwell. Rosedale Shire Council, President 1909. -------------------------------------------------------------------- WELLINGTON PROVINCE 10,253 enrolled, 6,080 (59.3%) voted ==================================================================== 2 March 1917, following the resignation of Hon John McDonald -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander BELL 2,380 39.4 Archibald Fisken 1,803 29.8 Charles Walker 1,864 30.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 33 (00.5%) informal 6,047 04.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fisken was MHR for Ballaarat 1934-37. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Bell (1851-1931): Elected 1917 by Born 1851, Fifeshire Scotland Career: Migrated 1855. Grocer, sharebroker, auctioneer, Ballarat. Mining investor. Ballarat City Council, Mayor 1896, 1917. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE EAST PROVINCE 19,526 enrolled ==================================================================== 9 May 1917, following the resignation of Hon Adam McLellan -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel McNAMARA Labor Party Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McNamara was elected MLC for Melbourne West Province in 1916, but was disqualified. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Laurence McNamara (1876-1947): Elected 1916. Disqualified 1916. Elected 1917 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- EAST YARRA PROVINCE 31,610 enrolled, 8,392 (26.5%) voted ==================================================================== 5 July 1917, following the death of Robert Beckett -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon William EDGAR 4,374 52.7 Percy J Russell 3,920 47.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 98 (01.2%) informal 8,294 02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edgar was MLC for Melbourne West 1904-13. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Haslem Edgar (1858-1948): Elected 1904, 1907. Defeated 1913. Elected 1917 by --------------------------------------------------------------------