Results of the 1924 South Australian state election (House of Assembly)

South Australian state election, 5 April 1924^[1] House of Assembly << 1921–1927 >>
Enrolled voters		289,843
Votes cast		161,165		Turnout	62.71%	-1.06%
Informal votes		1,774		Informal	N/A
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	192,256	48.35%	+3.73%	27	+ 11
	Liberal Federation	165,802	41.70%	+6.80%	17	- 8
	Country	35,551	8.94%	+4.85%	2	- 2
	Protestant Labor	10,560	2.08%	+2.08%	1	+ 1
	Single Tax League	1,923	0.40%	–0.20%	0	± 0
	Independent	20,720	5.10%	+4.60%	1	+ 1
Total		507,320			46

This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 1924 South Australian state election. Each district elected multiple members.

Every voter would receive a ballot paper where they would cast 2 or 3 votes for different candidates. In electorates that were not unopposed, the 2 or 3 candidates with the most votes would be elected.

Results by electoral district

Adelaide

1924 South Australian state election: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Gunn (elected)	7,013	31.2	+0.1
	Labor	Bill Denny (elected)	6,786	30.2	-0.3
	Labor	Bert Edwards (elected)	6,653	29.6	+1.4
	Liberal Federation	Agnes Goode	1,526	6.8	+6.8
	Independent	Joshua Pedlar	471	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			22,449 8,288 ballots	98.0	−0.1
Informal votes			167	2.0	+0.1
Turnout			8,455	50.7	−0.6
Party total votes
	Labor		20,452	91.1	+1.3
	Liberal Federation		1,526	6.8	+6.8
	Independent		471	2.1	+2.1

Albert

1924 South Australian state election: Albert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Malcolm McIntosh (elected)	4,929	38.2	+19.5
	Country	Frederick McMillan (elected)	4,822	37.4	+18.8
	Liberal Federation	P J Edwards	1,644	12.8	+12.8
	Liberal Federation	F S Wyllie	1,498	11.6	+11.6
Total formal votes			12,893 6,473 ballots	99.4	+1.3
Informal votes			109	0.6	−1.3
Turnout			6,510	53.3	−3.0
Party total votes
	Country		9,751	75.6	+38.3
	Liberal Federation		3,142	24.4	-11.8

Alexandra

1924 South Australian state election: Alexandra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Federation	Percy Heggaton (elected)	3,719	18.7	+18.7
	Liberal Federation	Herbert Hudd (elected)	3,671	18.5	-8.3
	Liberal Federation	George Laffer (elected)	3,586	18.1	-9.3
	Labor	Albert Davies	1,914	9.6	+9.6
	Labor	Harold Pearce	1,866	9.4	+9.4
	Labor	Harry Newell	1,841	9.3	+9.3
	Country	Frederick Ayers	1,181	6.0	+6.0
	Country	James Cheriton	1,046	5.3	+5.3
	Country	Walter Furler	1,024	5.2	-2.4
Total formal votes			19,848 6,743 ballots	99.3	+0.5
Informal votes			46	0.7	−0.5
Turnout			6,789	54.6	+2.7
Party total votes
	Liberal Federation		10,976	55.3	-26.6
	Labor		5,621	28.3	+17.7
	Country		3,251	16.4	+8.8

Barossa

1924 South Australian state election: Barossa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Cooke (elected)	4,015	16.3	+1.3
	Liberal Federation	William Hague (elected)	4,007	16.3	-2.4
	Labor	Leonard Hopkins (elected)	3,833	15.6	+1.7
	Liberal Federation	Henry Crosby	3,776	15.3	-3.0
	Liberal Federation	Richard Butler	3,574	14.5	-2.3
	Labor	Tom Howard	3,407	13.8	+13.8
	Independent	Herbert Basedow	2,017	8.2	+8.2
Total formal votes			24,629 8,497 ballots	98.5	−0.5
Informal votes			133	1.5	+0.5
Turnout			8,630	70.4	−4.0
Party total votes
	Liberal Federation		11,357	46.1	-7.7
	Labor		11,255	45.7	+3.8
	Independent	Herbert Basedow	2,017	8.2	+8.2

Burra Burra

1924 South Australian state election: Burra Burra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mick O'Halloran (elected)	4,246	16.0	+1.1
	Labor	Sydney McHugh (elected)	3,972	15.0	+15.0
	Labor	Albert Hawke (elected)	3,915	14.8	+14.8
	Liberal Federation	George Jenkins	3,334	12.6	-3.6
	Liberal Federation	Samuel Dickson	3,313	12.5	-2.8
	Liberal Federation	Francis Jettner	2,900	10.9	+10.9
	Country	Thomas Hawke	1,831	6.9	-9.7
	Country	Archibald McDonald	1,676	6.3	+6.3
	Country	Reginald Carter	1,359	5.1	+5.1
Total formal votes			26,546 8,964 ballots	98.0	−0.6
Informal votes			185	2.0	+0.6
Turnout			9,149	69.0	+0.1
Party total votes
	Labor		12,133	45.8	+2.6
	Liberal Federation		9,547	36.0	+4.5
	Country		4,866	18.3	+1.7

East Torrens

1924 South Australian state election: East Torrens
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Leslie Hunkin (elected)	10,760	18.1	+5.3
	Labor	Harry Kneebone (elected)	10,173	17.1	+17.1
	Liberal Federation	Frederick Coneybeer (elected)	9,948	16.8	+6.8
	Labor	Herbert George	9,912	16.7	+4.6
	Liberal Federation	Walter Hamilton	9,310	15.7	+1.6
	Liberal Federation	Albert Sutton	9,301	15.7	-3.1
Total formal votes			59,404 20,122 ballots	99.0	+0.1
Informal votes			194	1.0	−0.1
Turnout			20,316	62.7	−0.5
Party total votes
	Labor		30,845	51.9	+15.3
	Liberal Federation		28,559	48.1	+8.1

Flinders

1924 South Australian state election: Flinders
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Federation	James Moseley (elected)	1,987	17.5	-8.7
	Labor	John O'Connor (elected)	1,631	14.4	+14.4
	Labor	James Pollard	1,605	14.2	+14.2
	Country	John Chapman	1,458	12.9	-11.7
	Country	Edwin Barraud	1,261	11.1	+11.1
	Liberal Federation	Frank Masters	1,229	10.8	+10.8
	Single Tax League	Edward Craigie	1,176	10.4	+10.4
	Single Tax League	Harr Frick	1,000	8.8	-2.7
Total formal votes			11,347 5,768 ballots	98.6	+0.2
Informal votes			83	1.4	−0.2
Turnout			5,851	63.8	+2.4
Party total votes
	Labor		3,236	28.6	+4.4
	Liberal Federation		3,216	28.3	+2.1
	Country		2,719	24.0	-0.6
	Single Tax League		2,176	19.2	+19.2

Murray

1924 South Australian state election: Murray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Staniford (elected)	4,212	17.7	+3.9
	Liberal Federation	Harry Young (elected)	4,126	17.4	-1.7
	Labor	Clement Collins (elected)	3,975	16.7	+16.7
	Liberal Federation	John Randell	3,927	16.5	-0.5
	Labor	Michael Woods	3,789	15.9	+15.9
	Liberal Federation	Hermann Homburg	3,745	15.8	+15.8
Total formal votes			23,774 8,097 ballots	99.4	+0.2
Informal votes			51	0.6	−0.2
Turnout			8,148	63.6	+2.3
Party total votes
	Labor		11,976	50.3	+10.0
	Liberal Federation		11,798	49.7	-3.9

Newcastle

1924 South Australian state election: Newcastle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Butterfield (elected)	2,905	39.9	+9.5
	Labor	William Harvey (elected)	2,745	37.7	+9.3
	Liberal Federation	Charles Butler	1,627	22.4	+22.4
Total formal votes			7,277 4,350 ballots	98.3	−0.6
Informal votes			74	1.7	+0.6
Turnout			4,424	64.4	+4.8
Party total votes
	Labor		5,650	77.6	+18.8
	Liberal Federation		1,627	22.4	+0.9

North Adelaide

1924 South Australian state election: North Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frederick Birrell (elected)	6,329	27.5	+4.4
	Labor	Stanley Whitford (elected)	6,229	27.1	+5.0
	Liberal Federation	Shirley Jeffries	5,343	23.2	+23.2
	Liberal Federation	William Angus	5,095	22.2	+22.2
Total formal votes			22,996 11,678 ballots	99.0	+0.4
Informal votes			114	1.0	−0.4
Turnout			11,792	62.6	−2.8
Party total votes
	Labor		12,558	54.6	+9.4
	Liberal Federation		10,438	45.4	+23.8

Port Adelaide

1924 South Australian state election: Port Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Price (elected)	11,928	44.4	+8.9
	Labor	Frank Condon (elected)	10,996	41.0	+41.0
	Liberal Federation	Joseph Lambert	3,920	14.6	-1.7
Total formal votes			26,844 14,954 ballots	99.0	−0.1
Informal votes			151	1.0	+0.1
Turnout			15,105	64.1	+3.0
Party total votes
	Labor		22,924	85.4	+16.5
	Liberal Federation		3,920	14.6	-0.1

Port Pirie

1924 South Australian state election: Port Pirie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Fitzgerald (elected)	unopposed
	Labor	Lionel Hill (elected)	unopposed

Stanley

1924 South Australian state election: Stanley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Federation	Robert Nicholls (elected)	3,807	30.6	-0.9
	Liberal Federation	Henry Barwell (elected)	3,261	26.2	-4.7
	Country	Oliver Badman	2,349	18.9	+18.9
	Country	John Aughey	1,763	14.2	+8.6
	Independent	Duncan Menzies	1,247	10.0	+10.0
Total formal votes			12,427 6,450 ballots	98.2	+0.6
Informal votes			163	1.8	−0.6
Turnout			6,566	70.0	−3.0
Party total votes
	Liberal Federation		7,068	56.9	-5.5
	Country		4,112	33.1	+21.3
	Independent	Duncan Menzies	1,247	10.0	+10.0

Sturt

1924 South Australian state election: Sturt
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Federation	Herbert Richards (elected)	12,041	17.7	+3.5
	Liberal Federation	Ernest Anthoney (elected)	11,924	17.5	+4.0
	Liberal Federation	Edward Vardon (elected)	11,667	17.1	+17.1
	Labor	Thomas Grealy	11,212	16.5	+6.1
	Labor	John Verran	10,771	15.8	+15.8
	Labor	Frank Lundie	10,516	15.4	+15.4
Total formal votes			68,131 23,112 ballots	99.2	+0.2
Informal votes			177	0.8	−0.2
Turnout			23,289	57.8	−6.4
Party total votes
	Liberal Federation		35,632	52.3	+11.1
	Labor		32,499	47.7	+16.2

Victoria

1924 South Australian state election: Victoria
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Federation	Peter Reidy (elected)	4,943	27.4	-0.1
	Labor	Eric Shepherd (elected)	4,655	25.8	+1.8
	Liberal Federation	Vernon Petherick	4,443	24.6	-2.0
	Labor	James Connell	3,994	22.2	+22.2
Total formal votes			18,035 9,089 ballots	99.3	0.0
Informal votes			60	0.7	0.0
Turnout			9,149	74.6	+4.8
Party total votes
	Liberal Federation		9,386	52.0	+25.4
	Labor		8,649	48.0	+2.1

Wallaroo

1924 South Australian state election: Wallaroo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robert Richards (elected)	3,256	33.0	-2.2
	Labor	John Pedler (elected)	3,118	31.6	-2.5
	Liberal Federation	John Verran	1,848	18.8	-11.9
	Liberal Federation	John Dunstone	1,526	15.5	+15.5
	Independent	Richard Gully	109	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			9,857 5,003 ballots	98.9	−0.6
Informal votes			58	1.1	+0.6
Turnout			5,061	77.1	−3.0
Party total votes
	Labor		6,374	64.7	-4.6
	Liberal Federation		3,374	34.2	+34.2
	Independent	Richard Gully	109	1.1	+1.1

West Torrens

1924 South Australian state election: West Torrens
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alfred Blackwell (elected)	unopposed
	Labor	John McInnes (elected)	unopposed

Wooroora

1924 South Australian state election: Wooroora
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Federation	James McLachlan (elected)	3,138	13.4	-5.3
	Liberal Federation	Richard Butler (elected)	2,991	12.7	-5.3
	Labor	Allan Robertson (elected)	2,846	12.1	-2.3
	Liberal Federation	Albert Robinson	2,806	11.9	-3.8
	Labor	Alfred Tonkin	2,647	11.3	-1.3
	Labor	Horace Bowden	2,591	11.0	+11.0
	Country	Archie Cameron	2,302	9.8	+9.8
	Country	Henry Queale	2,104	9.0	+9.0
	Country	Oscar Duhst	2,079	8.9	+8.9
Total formal votes			23,504 7,929 ballots	99.2	0.0
Informal votes			67	0.8	0.0
Turnout			7,996	72.9	+1.2
Party total votes
	Liberal Federation		8,935	38.0	-14.4
	Labor		8,084	34.4	-5.5
	Country		6,485	27.6	+27.6

Yorke Peninsula

1924 South Australian state election: Yorke Peninsula
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Federation	Henry Tossell (elected)	2,689	35.1
	Liberal Federation	Peter Allen (elected)	2,612	34.1
	Country	Alfred Rodda	1,253	16.4
	Country	H A Montgomery	1,097	14.3
Total formal votes			7,651 3,874 ballots	98.5
Informal votes			61	1.5
Turnout			3,935	56.0
Party total votes
	Liberal Federation		5,301	69.3	N/A
	Country		2,350	30.7	N/A

References

^ "Summary of 1924 Election". University of Western Australia. Retrieved 7 July 2015.

[1] "Summary of 1924 Election". University of Western Australia. Retrieved 7 July 2015.

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