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Candidates Of The 1919 Australian Federal Election
This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1919 Australian federal election. The election was held on 13 December 1919. By-elections, appointments and defections By-elections and appointments *On 30 June 1917, William Spence ( Nationalist) was elected to succeed Charles Howroyd ( Nationalist) as the member for Darwin. *On 27 October 1917, Edmund Jowett ( Nationalist) was elected to succeed Carty Salmon ( Nationalist) as the member for Grampians. *On 11 May 1918, Stanley Bruce ( Nationalist) was elected to succeed Sir William Irvine ( Nationalist) as the member for Flinders. *On 26 October 1918, Edwin Corboy ( Labor) was elected to succeed Sir John Forrest ( Nationalist) as the member for Swan. *On 14 December 1918, William Gibson ( VFU) was elected to succeed Chester Manifold ( Nationalist) as the member for Corangamite. *On 15 January 1919, Edward Mulcahy ( Nationalist) was appointed as a Tasmanian Senator to replace James Long ( Labor). *On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1919 Australian Federal Election
The 1919 Australian federal election was held on 13 December 1919 to elect members to the Parliament of Australia. All 75 seats in the House of Representatives and 19 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Nationalist Party government won re-election, with Prime Minister Billy Hughes continuing in office. The 1919 election was the first held since the passage of the ''Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918'', which introduced preferential voting for both houses of parliament – instant-runoff voting for the House of Representatives and preferential block voting for the Senate. It was held several months earlier than constitutionally required, so that the government could capitalise on the popularity of Hughes after his return from the Paris Peace Conference. The Nationalists campaigned on the government's war record and appealed to return soldiers. The Australian Labor Party (ALP), in opposition since the 1916 party split, contested a second election under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Forrest
Sir John Forrest (22 August 1847 – 2 SeptemberSome sources give the date as 3 September 1918 1918) was an Australian explorer and politician. He was the first premier of Western Australia (1890–1901) and a long-serving cabinet minister in federal politics. Forrest was born in Bunbury, Western Australia, to Scottish immigrant parents. He was the colony's first locally born surveyor, coming to public notice in 1869 when he led an expedition into the interior in search of Ludwig Leichhardt. The following year, Forrest accomplished the first land crossing from Perth to Adelaide across the Nullarbor Plain. His third expedition in 1874 travelled from Geraldton to Adelaide through the centre of Australia. Forrest's expeditions were characterised by a cautious, well-planned approach and diligent record-keeping. He received the Patron's Medal of the Royal Geographical Society in 1876. Forrest became involved in politics through his promotion to surveyor-general, a powerful posi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Considine
Michael Patrick Considine (c. 26 January 1885 – 2 November 1959) was an Irish-born Australian politician and unionist. He represented the seat of Barrier in the House of Representatives from 1917 to 1922. A controversial figure, Considine was pressured to resign from the Australian Labor Party (ALP). He won in 1919 as an independent before joining the Socialist Labor Party in 1920, but his seat was abolished for the 1922 election and he was defeated in an attempt to transfer to the seat of Darling. Early life Considine was born in County Mayo, Ireland, the son of Michael Patrick Considine and Margaret Josephine, née Lowney. He and his mother came to New South Wales in 1890, living first at Kempsey and then at Sydney. He was prominent in the 1908 tramway worker strike, and was a member of the Socialist Federation of Australia, resigning in 1909 after the Broken Hill strike of 1909. In 1910, he was sentenced to six months in gaol after demonstrating against Charles Wade's go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of Echuca ...
The Division of Echuca was an Australian electoral division in the state of Victoria. The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 65 divisions to be contested at the first federal election. It was abolished in 1937. It was named for the town of Echuca. It was located in the Murray Valley area, including the towns of Echuca, Kyabram, Rochester and Shepparton. After 1919, it was a safe seat for the Country Party. Members Election results {{DEFAULTSORT:Echuca, Division Of 1901 establishments in Australia Constituencies established in 1901 Echuca Echuca ( ) is a town on the banks of the Murray River and Campaspe River in Victoria, Australia. The border town of Moama is adjacent on the northern side of the Murray River in New South Wales. Echuca is the administrative centre and largest s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Palmer (Australian Politician)
Albert Clayton Palmer (1859 – 14 August 1919) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1906 to 1907 and from 1907 until his death, representing the electorate of Echuca for the Anti-Socialist Party and its successors the Commonwealth Liberal Party and Nationalist Party. Palmer was born in the Melbourne suburb of Collingwood, and later moved to Euroa with his father and brother when his father purchased the Euroa flour mill. Upon the death of their father, the brothers inherited the mill and operated the business as Palmer Brothers; Palmer also held grazing interests. He was a Shire of Euroa councillor from 1888 to 1893. He was involved with the Australian Natives Association and was a supporter of Federation before becoming involved in a number of influential conservative organisations. In 1901–02, he was one of the leaders and the second president of the Kyabram Reform Movement, a rural group that aimed to reduce the nu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1919 Echuca By-election
A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Echuca on 20 September 1919. This was triggered by the death of Nationalist MP Albert Palmer. The by-election was won by William Hill, endorsed by the Victorian Farmers' Union, who became the second "Country" member of the Parliament following William Gibson's victory in the 1918 Corangamite by-election A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Division of Corangamite, Corangamite on 14 December 1918. This was triggered by the death of Nationalist Party of Australia, Nationalist MP James Chester Manifold, Chester M .... Results References {{Aus by-elections 7th parl 1919 elections in Australia Victorian federal by-elections 1910s in Victoria (state) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hill (Australian Politician)
William Caldwell Hill (14 April 1866 – 15 November 1939) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Country Party and served in the House of Representatives from 1919 to 1934. He was Minister for Works and Railways in the Bruce–Page government from 1924 to 1928. Early life Hill was born on 14 April 1866 at Burnt Creek near Dunolly, Victoria. He was the son of English immigrants Sarah (née Baker) and John Hill; his mother was illiterate. His father and uncle ran the local flour mill, but after the mill burned down the family moved to Stradbroke to take up a selection of uncleared forest. Hill was educated at a part-time school in Stradbroke before joining the clerical division of Victorian Railways. He served as stationmaster at Elphinstone, during which time he would walk several miles to Castlemaine to attend evening classes. He married Lucy Shields in 1892; her father Edward Shields was mayor of Chewton. Following the death of his father-in-law, Hill left t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Long (Australian Politician)
James Joseph Long (1870 – 23 December 1932) was an Australian politician. Born at Hamilton-on-Forth, Tasmania, he received a primary education before becoming a miner, and later President of the Federated Mining Enginedrivers' Association. In 1903 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as the Labor member for Lyell, transferring to Darwin in 1909. In 1909 he also served as Minister for Lands and Works, Minister for Mines and Minister for Agriculture. In 1910, he left the Assembly and was elected to the Australian Senate as a Labor Senator for Tasmania. He resigned his place in 1918, simultaneously resigning from the Labor Party. He was appointed commissioner enquiring into trade between Australia and the East Indies. After retiring from public life he became a publican in Victoria and finally a businessman in Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Mulcahy (politician)
Edward Mulcahy (28 March 1850 – 23 October 1927) was an Irish-born Australian politician. Born in County Limerick, he migrated to Australia as a child and was educated in Tasmania. He became an apprentice compositor and established a soft goods business in Hobart. In 1891 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly for West Hobart, serving until 1903, including a period from 1899 to 1903 when he was Minister for Lands and Works and Minister for Mines. In 1904, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Protectionist Senator for Tasmania. Defeated as a Liberal in 1910, he returned to the House of Assembly as the member for Wilmot, serving as Minister for Lands and Works, Minister for Mines and Minister for Railways 1912–1914. In 1919, he left the Assembly and was appointed to the Senate as a Nationalist, filling the vacancy caused by Labor Labour or labor may refer to: * Childbirth, the delivery of a baby * Labour (human activity), or work ** Manual labour, physica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of Corangamite
The Division of Corangamite is an Australian electoral division in the state of Victoria. The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 65 divisions to be contested at the first federal election. It is named for Lake Corangamite, although the lake no longer falls within the division's boundaries. The division was redrawn in 2021, becoming a much smaller seat due to increased population growth. It now covers (down from ) along the Victorian coast, including the growing surf coast area, the southern suburbs of Geelong as well as rural areas to the west. Starting at in the east, the electorate takes in the entire Bellarine Peninsula, then runs down the surf coast as far as . The electorate then extends north into the Golden Plains Shire, where it includes the towns of , and . Since the 2019 federal election, the current Member for Corangamite is Libby Coker, a member of the Australian Labor Party. Geography Since 1984, federal electoral division boundari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Chester Manifold
James Chester Manifold (10 February 1867 – 30 October 1918) was an Australian politician and philanthropist. Early life Manifold was born in Camperdown, Victoria, attended Geelong Grammar School, and went to England with his family in 1881. However, the family returned to Australia because the northern climate did not agree with his health, and he subsequently attended Melbourne Church of England Grammar School. When he came into possession of a property left to him by his father, he mostly rented it to dairy farmers, to whom he later sold the land on liberal terms. He was a director of the Camperdown Cheese and Butter Factory, established in 1891, and was its chairman after 1907. He was a member of Hampden Shire Council in the 1890s, being its president twice. On 11 March 1891, he married Lilian Eva Curle. Federal politics Manifold was elected to the Australian House of Representatives in 1901 as the inaugural member for Corangamite, representing the Protectionist Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1918 Corangamite By-election
A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Division of Corangamite, Corangamite on 14 December 1918. This was triggered by the death of Nationalist Party of Australia, Nationalist MP James Chester Manifold, Chester Manifold. In October, the Australian Labor Party, Labor Party had won a 1918 Swan by-election, by-election for the safe conservative seat of Division of Swan, Swan when the entry of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association had split the conservative vote. The Nationalists quickly introduced Ranked voting systems, preferential voting, which was first practiced at the Corangamite by-election. Although the Labor candidate, future Prime Minister of Australia, Prime Minister James Scullin, came first on the primary vote, Nationalist preferences elected William Gibson (Australian politician), William Gibson of the Victorian Farmers' Union, who thus became the first "Country" member of the Australian Parliament. Results R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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