1917 Australian House of Representatives election

none April 2024 April 2022 float:right;clear:right;margin-left:1em; Australian federal election, 5 May 1917Details of Australian election results, 1917 http://elections.uwa.edu.au/elecdetail.lasso?keyvalue=692 University of Western Australia 26 June 2018 House of Representatives Australian federal election 1914 1919 2,835,327 1,934,478 78.30 +4.77 51,044 2.64 +0.32 yes Nationalist 1,021,138 54.22% +7.01% 53 + 21 Labor 827,541 43.94% –6.96% 22 – 20 Independent 34,755 1.85% –0.04% 0 – 0 1,883,434 75 |} This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 1917 federal election. New South Wales Barrier 1917 Australian federal election: Barrier Michael Considine Labor 9,710 49.9 −29.8 William Montgomery Independent Nationalist 8,734 44.9 +44.9 Brian Doe Nationalist 1,004 5.2 −15.1 19,448 97.5 502 2.5 19,950 60.3 Labor −27.2 Calare 1917 Australian federal election: Calare Henry Pigott Nationalist 13,222 51.8 +0.6 Thomas Lavelle Labor 12,320 48.2 −0.6 25,542 97.3 717 2.7 26,259 80.3 Nationalist +0.6 Cook 1917 Australian federal election: Cook James Catts Labor 18,101 64.4 +3.7 Richard Sleath Nationalist 9,985 35.6 −1.8 28,086 96.7 950 3.3 29,036 70.7 Labor +2.7 Cowper 1917 Australian federal election: Cowper John Thomson Nationalist unopposed Nationalist Dalley 1917 Australian federal election: Dalley William Mahony Labor 15,658 54.0 −7.3 Albert Lane Nationalist 13,352 46.0 +7.3 29,010 97.2 845 2.8 29,855 72.3 Labor −7.3 Darling 1917 Australian federal election: Darling Arthur Blakeley Labor 11,523 53.3 −7.2 William Spence Nationalist 10,081 46.7 +7.2 21,604 97.1 651 2.9 22,255 74.7 Labor −7.2 East Sydney 1917 Australian federal election: East Sydney John West Labor unopposed Labor Eden-Monaro 1917 Australian federal election: Eden-Monaro Austin Chapman Nationalist 12,879 57.2 -2.0 John Bailey Labor 9,623 42.8 +2.0 22,502 97.7 521 2.3 23,023 77.4 Nationalist -2.0 Gwydir 1917 Australian federal election: Gwydir William Webster Nationalist 13,275 56.5 +10.3 Cecil Last Labor 10,239 43.5 -10.3 23,514 96.8 781 3.2 24,295 69.4 Nationalist Labor +10.3 Hume 1917 Australian federal election: Hume Franc Falkiner Nationalist 13,714 51.9 +0.9 Robert Cruickshank Labor 12,732 48.1 −0.9 26,446 97.2 772 2.8 27,218 75.1 Nationalist +0.9 Hunter 1917 Australian federal election: Hunter Matthew Charlton Labor 13,327 53.4 -1.2 William Ferguson Nationalist 11,633 46.6 +1.2 24,960 97.7 585 2.3 25,545 67.8 Labor -1.2 Illawarra 1917 Australian federal election: Illawarra Hector Lamond Nationalist 19,301 54.3 +8.5 George Burns Labor 16,243 45.7 -8.5 35,544 97.8 802 2.2 36,346 75.7 Nationalist Labor +8.5 Lang 1917 Australian federal election: Lang Elliot Johnson Nationalist 21,495 60.4 +6.9 Percy Evans Labor 14,081 39.6 -6.9 35,576 97.8 1,030 2.8 36,606 72.7 Nationalist +6.9 Macquarie 1917 Australian federal election: Macquarie Samuel Nicholls Labor 13,566 50.0 -3.3 Ernest Carr Nationalist 13,557 50.0 +3.3 27,123 97.6 655 2.4 27,778 76.3 Labor -3.3 Nepean 1917 Australian federal election: Nepean Richard Orchard Nationalist 22,402 60.5 +7.8 Tom Arthur Labor 14,600 39.5 -7.8 37,002 97.3 1,034 2.7 38,036 72.8 Nationalist +7.8 New England 1917 Australian federal election: New England Percy Abbott Nationalist unopposed Nationalist Newcastle 1917 Australian federal election: Newcastle David Watkins Labor 17,643 58.0 -42.0 Arthur Griffith Nationalist 12,784 42.0 +42.0 30,427 97.5 789 2.5 31,216 69.5 Labor -42.0 North Sydney 1917 Australian federal election: North Sydney Granville Ryrie Nationalist unopposed Nationalist Parkes 1917 Australian federal election: Parkes Bruce Smith Nationalist 26,432 65.4 +6.9 Mark Gosling Labor 13,982 34.6 -6.9 40,414 96.9 1,288 3.1 41,702 68.8 Nationalist +6.9 Parramatta 1917 Australian federal election: Parramatta Joseph Cook Nationalist 26,869 73.8 -26.2 Alfred Conroy Independent 9,551 26.2 +26.2 36,420 95.8 1,585 4.2 38,005 70.9 Nationalist -26.2 Richmond 1917 Australian federal election: Richmond Walter Massy-Greene Nationalist 17,732 75.2 -24.8 John Steele Labor 5,843 24.8 +24.8 23,575 96.1 966 3.9 24,541 71.3 Nationalist -24.8 Riverina 1917 Australian federal election: Riverina John Chanter Nationalist 14,140 59.2 +11.3 Arthur Williams Labor 9,726 40.8 -11.3 23,866 96.8 786 3.2 24,652 70.6 Nationalist Labor +11.3 Robertson 1917 Australian federal election: Robertson William Fleming Nationalist 12,827 56.2 +2.8 Eva Seery Labor 10,008 43.8 -2.8 22,835 97.2 655 2.8 23,490 71.6 Nationalist +2.8 South Sydney 1917 Australian federal election: South Sydney Edward Riley Labor 17,056 63.3 -5.5 Alick Kay Nationalist 9,898 36.7 -5.5 26,954 96.0 1,112 4.0 28,066 65.8 Labor -5.5 Wentworth 1917 Australian federal election: Wentworth Willie Kelly Nationalist 22,653 68.5 +12.0 Henrietta Greville Labor 10,437 31.5 -12.0 33,090 96.1 1,340 3.9 64,430 67.4 Nationalist +12.0 Werriwa 1917 Australian federal election: Werriwa John Lynch Nationalist 14,607 52.8 +2.8 Jack Christopher Labor 13,071 47.2 −2.8 27,678 97.3 769 2.7 28,447 75.9 Nationalist Labor +2.8 West Sydney 1917 Australian federal election: West Sydney Con Wallace Labor 14,664 66.5 -8.8 Gideon Gillespie Nationalist 7,389 33.5 +8.8 22,053 96.8 739 3.2 22,792 63.4 Labor -8.8 Victoria Balaclava 1917 Australian federal election: Balaclava William Watt Nationalist 23,308 66.6 +8.2 Alfred Foster Labor 11,690 33.4 −8.2 34,998 97.6 848 2.4 35,846 84.0 Nationalist +8.2 Ballaarat 1917 Australian federal election: Ballaarat Charles McGrath Labor unopposed Labor Batman 1917 Australian federal election: Batman Frank Brennan Labor 18,868 60.9 -39.1 Frederick O'Neill Nationalist 12,098 39.1 +39.1 30,966 97.0 950 3.0 31,916 88.9 Labor -39.1 Bendigo 1917 Australian federal election: Bendigo Billy Hughes Nationalist 16,272 57.4 +12.5 Alfred Hampson Labor 12,091 42.6 −12.5 28,363 97.9 618 2.1 28,981 89.7 Nationalist Labor +12.5 Bourke 1917 Australian federal election: Bourke Frank Anstey Labor 22,814 54.5 −11.4 Arthur May Nationalist 19,033 45.5 +11.4 41,847 98.6 596 1.4 42,443 83.5 Labor −11.4 Corangamite 1917 Australian federal election: Corangamite Chester Manifold Nationalist 18,432 60.4 +8.8 Christopher Bennett Labor 12,067 39.6 −8.8 30,499 98.2 562 1.8 31,061 84.6 Nationalist +8.8 Corio 1917 Australian federal election: Corio John Lister Nationalist 18,902 57.3 +8.5 Alfred Ozanne Labor 14,102 42.7 −8.5 33,004 98.4 536 1.6 33,540 86.8 Nationalist Labor +8.5 Echuca 1917 Australian federal election: Echuca Albert Palmer Nationalist 17,585 60.7 +2.5 Thomas Power Labor 11,371 39.3 -2.5 28,956 98.1 554 1.9 29,510 83.3 Nationalist +2.5 Fawkner 1917 Australian federal election: Fawkner George Maxwell Nationalist 16,907 51.1 +10.4 Joseph Hannan Labor 15,976 48.3 -11.0 Frank Henty Independent 203 0.6 +0.6 33,086 97.2 959 2.8 34,045 84.7 Nationalist Labor +10.7 Flinders 1917 Australian federal election: Flinders Sir William Irvine Nationalist 19,398 61.2 +8.5 David Russell Labor 12,322 38.8 -8.5 31,720 97.7 762 2.3 32,482 80.3 Nationalist +8.5 Gippsland 1917 Australian federal election: Gippsland George Wise Nationalist 21,851 72.7 +23.7 Thomas Holloway Labor 8,215 27.3 +27.3 30,066 98.3 518 1.7 30,584 84.6 Nationalist Independent Labor +24.7 Grampians 1917 Australian federal election: Grampians Carty Salmon Nationalist 15,089 57.0 +7.3 John McDougall Labor 11,390 43.0 -7.3 26,479 98.1 509 1.9 26,988 84.4 Nationalist +7.3 Henty 1917 Australian federal election: Henty James Boyd Nationalist 30,119 70.6 +17.8 William Smith Labor 12,526 29.4 -8.1 42,645 97.9 908 2.1 43,553 81.6 Nationalist +12.9 Indi 1917 Australian federal election: Indi John Leckie Nationalist 16,216 56.2 +7.2 Parker Moloney Labor 12,639 43.8 −7.2 28,855 98.6 422 1.4 29,277 89.5 Nationalist Labor +7.2 Kooyong 1917 Australian federal election: Kooyong Sir Robert Best Nationalist unopposed Nationalist Maribyrnong 1917 Australian federal election: Maribyrnong James Fenton Labor 20,156 52.2 -12.1 Edmund Jowett Nationalist 18,483 47.8 +12.1 38,639 98.3 675 1.7 39,314 84.7 Labor -12.1 Melbourne 1917 Australian federal election: Melbourne William Maloney Labor 16,871 60.3 -9.0 Reginald Tracey Nationalist 11,130 39.7 +9.0 28,001 97.1 842 2.9 28,843 80.6 Labor -9.0 Melbourne Ports 1917 Australian federal election: Melbourne Ports James Mathews Labor 22,689 66.3 -33.7 William Fozard Nationalist 11,557 33.7 +33.7 34,246 97.7 801 2.3 35,047 80.5 Labor -33.7 Wannon 1917 Australian federal election: Wannon Arthur Rodgers Nationalist 15,597 54.8 +1.2 Egerton Holden Labor 12,888 45.2 -1.2 28,485 98.3 506 1.7 28,991 83.3 Nationalist +1.2 Wimmera 1917 Australian federal election: Wimmera Sydney Sampson Nationalist unopposed Nationalist Yarra 1917 Australian federal election: Yarra Frank Tudor Labor 22,358 71.3 -28.7 Charles Copeland Nationalist 8,993 28.7 +28.7 31,351 97.5 805 2.5 32,156 84.1 Labor -28.7 Queensland Brisbane 1917 Australian federal election: Brisbane William Finlayson Labor 19,571 50.0 −10.3 Alfred Plane Nationalist 19,556 50.0 +10.3 39,127 97.8 877 2.2 40,004 90.9 Labor −10.3 Capricornia 1917 Australian federal election: Capricornia William Higgs Labor 15,544 52.3 −15.1 Robert Duncan Nationalist 14,153 47.7 +15.1 29,697 97.9 638 2.1 30,335 92.1 Labor −15.1 Darling Downs 1917 Australian federal election: Darling Downs Littleton Groom Nationalist 17,815 56.1 -0.8 John Wilson Labor 13,937 43.9 +0.8 31,752 98.3 544 1.7 32,296 90.5 Nationalist -0.8 Herbert 1917 Australian federal election: Herbert Fred Bamford Nationalist 18,583 51.3 +15.7 Eugene McKenna Labor 17,634 48.7 -15.7 36,217 97.5 921 2.5 37,138 90.0 Nationalist Labor +15.7 Kennedy 1917 Australian federal election: Kennedy Charles McDonald Labor 15,346 62.8 -37.2 Hubert Sizer Nationalist 9,076 37.2 +37.2 24,422 97.3 667 2.7 25,089 79.8 Labor -37.2 Lilley 1917 Australian federal election: Lilley George Mackay Nationalist 24,844 62.7 +10.4 Harald Jensen Labor 14,751 37.3 -10.4 39,595 98.2 746 1.8 40,341 90.4 Nationalist +10.4 Maranoa 1917 Australian federal election: Maranoa Jim Page Labor 13,850 54.8 -45.2 Herbert Yeates Nationalist 11,409 45.2 +45.2 25,259 97.1 753 2.9 26,012 84.4 Labor -45.2 Moreton 1917 Australian federal election: Moreton Hugh Sinclair Nationalist 16,292 50.1 -7.2 Cuthbert Butler Labor 16,234 49.9 +7.2 32,526 98.2 601 1.8 33,127 87.2 Nationalist -7.2 Oxley 1917 Australian federal election: Oxley James Bayley Nationalist 21,603 52.8 +9.6 James Sharpe Labor 19,331 47.2 -9.6 40,934 98.3 708 1.7 41,642 90.6 Nationalist Labor +9.6 Wide Bay 1917 Australian federal election: Wide Bay Edward Corser Nationalist 15,991 52.9 +52.9 Frederick Martyn Labor 14,250 47.1 -17.2 30,241 98.3 525 1.7 30,766 91.7 Nationalist +17.2 South Australia Adelaide 1917 Australian federal election: Adelaide George Edwin Yates Labor unopposed Labor Angas 1917 Australian federal election: Angas Paddy Glynn Nationalist 10,031 50.8 −49.2 Sid O'Flaherty Labor 9,700 49.2 +49.2 19,731 95.4 955 4.6 20,686 69.6 Nationalist −49.2 Barker 1917 Australian federal election: Barker John Livingston Nationalist 16,869 63.9 +7.2 Stanley Whitford Labor 9,522 36.1 −7.2 26,391 96.6 938 3.4 27,329 70.2 Nationalist +7.2 Boothby 1917 Australian federal election: Boothby William Story Nationalist 21,293 64.5 +19.8 John Gunn Labor 11,700 35.5 −19.8 32,993 96.9 1,067 3.1 34,060 74.1 Nationalist Labor +19.8 Grey 1917 Australian federal election: Grey Alexander Poynton Nationalist 13,495 57.7 +11.7 Thomas Lyons Labor 9,909 42.3 -11.7 23,404 96.5 840 3.5 24,244 70.1 Nationalist Labor +11.7 Hindmarsh 1917 Australian federal election: Hindmarsh William Archibald Nationalist 19,174 55.8 +30.2 James Cavanagh Labor 15,177 44.2 -30.2 34,351 96.5 1,264 3.5 35,615 74.9 Nationalist Labor +30.2 Wakefield 1917 Australian federal election: Wakefield Richard Foster Nationalist 13,706 56.2 +3.8 Norman Makin Labor 10,663 43.8 -3.8 24,369 96.6 849 3.4 25,218 73.0 Nationalist +3.8 Western Australia Dampier 1917 Australian federal election: Dampier Henry Gregory Nationalist 15,310 71.4 +17.5 Michael Costello Labor 6,144 28.6 −17.5 21,454 95.6 1,025 4.6 22,479 72.3 Nationalist +17.5 Fremantle 1917 Australian federal election: Fremantle Reginald Burchell Nationalist 21,773 68.9 +25.2 Jack Simons Labor 9,849 31.1 -25.2 31,622 96.8 1,034 3.2 32,656 80.1 Nationalist Labor +25.2 Kalgoorlie 1917 Australian federal election: Kalgoorlie Edward Heitmann Nationalist 11,659 51.3 +51.3 Hugh Mahon Labor 11,087 48.7 -51.3 22,746 97.3 635 2.7 23,381 84.4 Nationalist Labor +51.3 Perth 1917 Australian federal election: Perth James Fowler Nationalist 18,715 69.5 +13.7 Alexander Panton Labor 8,221 30.5 -13.7 26,936 95.8 1,191 4.2 28,127 76.5 Nationalist +13.7 Swan 1917 Australian federal election: Swan Sir John Forrest Nationalist unopposed Nationalist Tasmania Bass 1917 Australian federal election: Bass Jens Jensen Nationalist 9,669 59.9 +15.9 James Mooney Labor 6,466 40.1 −15.9 16,135 97.1 478 2.9 16,613 72.2 Nationalist Labor +15.9 Darwin 1917 Australian federal election: Darwin Charles Howroyd Nationalist 9,073 58.8 +14.9 King O'Malley Labor 6,361 41.2 -14.9 15,434 97.5 401 2.5 15,835 83.2 Nationalist Labor +14.9 Denison 1917 Australian federal election: Denison William Laird Smith Nationalist 10,964 56.3 +12.2 Benjamin Watkins Labor 8,507 43.7 -12.2 19,471 97.1 576 2.9 20,047 79.1 Nationalist Labor +12.2 Franklin 1917 Australian federal election: Franklin William McWilliams Nationalist unopposed Nationalist Wilmot 1917 Australian federal election: Wilmot Llewellyn Atkinson Nationalist 7,874 61.5 +0.6 Christopher Sheedy Labor 4,240 33.1 -6.0 Norman Cameron Independent 590 4.6 +4.6 Louis Page Independent 108 0.8 +0.8 12,812 95.8 566 4.2 13,378 71.5 Nationalist +3.3 See also Candidates of the 1917 Australian federal election Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1917–1919 1917 Australian Senate election References House of Representatives 1917