Results of the 1930 South Australian state election (House of Assembly)

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South Australian state election, 5 April 1930[1]
House of Assembly
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Enrolled voters 325,244
Votes cast 222,819 Turnout 71.36% –6.07%
Informal votes 12,715 Informal 5.71%
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 102,194 48.64% +0.65% 30 + 14
  Liberal Federation 74,930 35.66% –4.34% 13 – 10
  Country 14,555 6.93% +1.43% 2 – 3
  Single Tax League 2,777 1.32% +1.32% 1 + 1
  Communist 696 0.33% +0.33% 0 ± 0
  Independent 14,952 7.11% +0.57% 0 ± 0
Total 210,104     46  

This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 1930 South Australian state election. Each district elected multiple members.

Results by electoral district[edit]

Adelaide[edit]

1930 South Australian state election: Adelaide
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Denny (elected) 5,761 81.7
Labor Bert Edwards (elected) 317 4.5
Labor Herbert George (elected) 241 3.4
Independent Labor Alfred Wilson 401 5.7
Communist James Cullen 336 4.8
Total formal votes 7,056 92.2
Informal votes 597 7.8
Turnout 7,653 58.9
Party total votes
Labor 6,319 89.6
Independent Labor Alfred Wilson 401 5.7
Communist 336 4.8

Albert[edit]

1930 South Australian state election: Albert
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Federation Malcolm McIntosh (elected) 3,613 36.7
Liberal Federation Frederick McMillan (elected) 256 2.6
Labor Henry Dalziel 3,303 33.5
Labor Richard McKenzie 416 4.2
Country Arthur Petch 1,799 18.3
Country Ernest Rowe 461 4.7
Total formal votes 9,848 94.1
Informal votes 612 5.9
Turnout 10,460 74.0
Party total votes
Liberal Federation 3,869 39.3
Labor 3,719 37.8
Country 2,260 22.9

Alexandra[edit]

1930 South Australian state election: Alexandra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Federation Percy Heggaton (elected) 3,209 42.3
Liberal Federation Herbert Hudd (elected) 946 12.5
Liberal Federation George Laffer (elected) 635 8.4
Country Frederick Ayers 1,936 25.5
Country William Scarborough 508 6.7
Country Lindsay Yelland 352 4.6
Total formal votes 7,586 91.5
Informal votes 706 8.5
Turnout 8,292 61.4
Party total votes
Liberal Federation 4,790 63.1
Country 2,796 36.9

Barossa[edit]

1930 South Australian state election: Barossa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Cooke (elected) 4,114 43.0
Labor Thomas Edwards (elected) 235 2.5
Labor Leonard Hopkins (elected) 116 1.2
Liberal Federation Henry Crosby 3,276 34.2
Liberal Federation Herbert Lyons 299 3.1
Independent Herbert Basedow 1,383 14.5
People Richard Thompson 80 0.8
People Horace Barnes 66 0.7
Total formal votes 9,569 93.5
Informal votes 666 6.5
Turnout 10,235 78.5
Party total votes
Labor 4,465 46.7
Liberal Federation 3,575 37.4
Independent Herbert Basedow 1,383 14.5
People 146 1.5

Burra Burra[edit]

1930 South Australian state election: Burra Burra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Critchley (elected) 3,983 41.0
Labor Sydney McHugh (elected) 990 10.2
Labor Even George (elected) 144 1.5
Liberal Federation George Jenkins 3,604 37.1
Liberal Federation Reginald Carter 575 5.9
Liberal Federation Philip McBride 413 4.3
Total formal votes 9,709 93.8
Informal votes 636 6.2
Turnout 10,345 78.3
Party total votes
Labor 5,117 52.7
Liberal Federation 4,592 47.3

East Torrens[edit]

1930 South Australian state election: East Torrens
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Beasley Kearney (elected) 11,240 44.8
Labor Frank Nieass (elected) 864 3.5
Labor Arthur McArthur (elected) 460 1.8
Liberal Federation Frederick Coneybeer 10,426 41.6
Liberal Federation Walter Hamilton 1,538 6.1
Liberal Federation Albert Sutton 541 2.2
Total formal votes 25,069 94.7
Informal votes 1,389 5.3
Turnout 26,458 69.9
Party total votes
Labor 12,564 50.1
Liberal Federation 12,505 49.9

Flinders[edit]

1930 South Australian state election: Flinders
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Single Tax League Edward Craigie (elected) 2,777 34.0
Liberal Federation James Moseley (elected) 1,927 23.6
Liberal Federation Alfred Barns 518 6.4
Labor Myles Cronin 1,014 12.4
Labor David Whait 340 4.2
Country Edwin Barraud 511 6.3
Country Albert Wishart 311 3.8
Independent Labor John O'Connor 763 9.4
Total formal votes 8,161 95.6
Informal votes 377 4.4
Turnout 8,538 70.6
Party total votes
Single Tax League 2,777 34.0
Liberal Federation 2,445 30.0
Labor 1,354 16.6
Country 822 10.1
Independent Labor John O'Connor 763 9.4

Murray[edit]

1930 South Australian state election: Murray
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Federation Hermann Homburg 2,436 26.8
Liberal Federation Ernest Hannaford 1,061 11.7
Liberal Federation George Morphett 1,027 11.3
Labor Clement Collins (elected) 3,622 29.8
Labor Frank Staniford (elected) 613 6.7
Labor Robert Hunter (elected) 81 0.9
Independent Raphael Cilento 264 2.9
Total formal votes 9,104 91.4
Informal votes 857 8.6
Turnout 9,961 75.3
Party total votes
Liberal Federation 4,524 49.7
Labor 4,316 47.4
Independent Raphael Cilento 264 2.9

Newcastle[edit]

1930 South Australian state election: Newcastle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Butterfield (elected) unopposed
Labor William Harvey (elected) unopposed

North Adelaide[edit]

1930 South Australian state election: North Adelaide
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frederick Birrell (elected) 6,953 45.9
Labor Walter Warne (elected) 977 6.5
Liberal Federation Shirley Jeffries 5,955 39.3
Liberal Federation Victor Newland 1,265 8.4
Total formal votes 15,150 97.0
Informal votes 465 3.0
Turnout 15,615 72.4
Party total votes
Labor 7,930 52.4
Liberal Federation 7,220 47.6

Port Adelaide[edit]

1930 South Australian state election: Port Adelaide
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Jonas (elected) 13,460 68.5
Labor Albert Thompson (elected) 2,073 10.5
Independent Labor Harold Butler 3,544 18.0
Independent Labor Joshua Pedlar 588 3.0
Total formal votes 19,665 95.0
Informal votes 1,024 5.0
Turnout 20,689 70.8
Party total votes
Labor 15,533 79.0
Independent Labor 4,132 21.0

Port Pirie[edit]

1930 South Australian state election: Port Pirie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Lionel Hill (elected) unopposed
Labor John Fitzgerald (elected) unopposed

Stanley[edit]

1930 South Australian state election: Stanley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Federation John Lyons (elected) 2,802 43.1
Liberal Federation Robert Nicholls (elected) 914 14.1
Country Oliver Badman 2,512 38.6
Country Henry Sargent 273 4.2
Total formal votes 6,501 94.9
Informal votes 346 5.1
Turnout 6,847 73.7
Party total votes
Liberal Federation 3,716 57.2
Country 2,785 42.8

Sturt[edit]

1930 South Australian state election: Sturt
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bob Dale (elected) 16,116 47.1
Labor Thomas Grealy 1,218 3.6
Labor Edgar Dawes (elected) 511 1.5
Liberal Federation Ernest Anthoney (elected) 13,034 38.1
Liberal Federation Herbert Richards 1,413 4.1
Liberal Federation Edward Vardon 646 1.9
Women's Non-Party Leonora Polkinghorne 1,255 3.7
Total formal votes 34,193 93.4
Informal votes 2,423 6.6
Turnout 36,616 69.5
Party total votes
Labor 17,845 52.2
Liberal Federation 15,093 44.1
Women's Non-Party Leonora Polkinghorne 1,255 3.7

Victoria[edit]

1930 South Australian state election: Victoria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Federation Peter Reidy (elected) 4,217 41.2
Liberal Federation Vernon Petherick 1,066 10.4
Labor Eric Shepherd (elected) 4,614 45.1
Labor Francis Young 329 3.2
Total formal votes 10,226 94.3
Informal votes 612 5.7
Turnout 10,838 94.5
Party total votes
Liberal Federation 5,283 51.7
Labor 4,913 48.3

Wallaroo[edit]

1930 South Australian state election: Wallaroo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Pedler (elected) 2,263 50.1
Labor Robert Richards (elected) 423 9.4
Independent Frank Filmer 1,039 23.0
Independent Richard Kitto 551 12.2
Independent William Price 238 5.3
Total formal votes 4,514 96.1
Informal votes 183 3.9
Turnout 4,697 83.7
Party total votes
Labor 2,686 59.5
Independent Frank Filmer 1,039 23.0
Independent Richard Kitto 551 12.2
Independent William Price 238 5.3

West Torrens[edit]

1930 South Australian state election: West Torrens
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alfred Blackwell (elected) 14,311 69.7
Labor John McInnes (elected) 1,092 5.3
Independent Labor Clive Caldicott 3,638 17.7
Independent Labor Louis Crosby 1,142 5.6
Communist Thomas McGillick 360 1.8
Total formal votes 20,543 94.8
Informal votes 1,131 5.2
Turnout 21,674 65.3
Party total votes
Labor 15,403 75.0
Independent Labor 4,780 23.3
Communist 360 1.8

Wooroora[edit]

1930 South Australian state election: Wooroora
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Archie Cameron (elected) 3,970 48.8
Country Brian Richardson 106 1.3
Country Samuel Dennison (elected) 95 1.2
Liberal Federation Richard Butler (elected) 3,714 45.6
Liberal Federation Friedrich Heinrich 143 1.8
Liberal Federation William Marshman 114 1.4
Total formal votes 8,142 95.0
Informal votes 429 5.0
Turnout 8,571 81.2
Party total votes
Country 4,171 51.2
Liberal Federation 3,971 48.8

Yorke Peninsula[edit]

1930 South Australian state election: Yorke Peninsula
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Federation Edward Giles (elected) 1,987 39.2
Liberal Federation Baden Pattinson (elected) 1,360 26.8
Country Joseph Honner 1,509 29.8
Country Stepney Pontifex 212 4.2
Total formal votes 5,068 95.1
Informal votes 262 4.9
Turnout 5,330 73.5
Party total votes
Liberal Federation 3,347 66.0
Country 1,721 34.0

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Summary of 1930 Election". University of Western Australia. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
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