1922 Australian House of Representatives election

Australian federal election, 16 December 1922 [1] House of Representatives << 1919–1925 >>
Enrolled voters		2,980,424
Votes cast		1,646,863		Turnout	59.36	–12.23
Informal votes		74,349		Informal	4.51	+1.87
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	665,145	42.30%	–0.19%	29	+ 3
	Nationalist	553,920	35.23%	–9.85%	26	– 11
	Country	197,513	12.56%	+3.30%	14	+ 3
	Liberal	73,939	4.70%	+4.70%	5	+ 5
	Majority Labor	10,303	0.66%	+0.66%	0	± 0
	Ind. Socialist Labor	4,331	0.28%	+0.09%	0	± 0
	Protestant Labour	3,631	0.23%	+0.23%	0	± 0
	Independent	63,712	4.05%	+1.07%	1	– 1
Total		1,572,514			75

This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 1922 federal election.

New South Wales

Barton

1922 Australian federal election: Barton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frederick McDonald	13,349	57.6	+16.3
	Nationalist	Hector Lamond	9,828	42.4	−11.3
Total formal votes			23,177	96.2
Informal votes			914	3.8
Turnout			24,091	56.8
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing	+13.8

Calare

1922 Australian federal election: Calare

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Lavelle	10,263	42.0	−10.2
	Nationalist	Sir Neville Howse	8,449	34.6	−11.2
	Country	Henry Pigott	5,278	21.6	+21.6
	Country	Selina Siggins	421	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			24,411	94.0
Informal votes			1,560	6.0
Turnout			45,971	65.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Sir Neville Howse	13,507	55.3	+8.5
	Labor	Thomas Lavelle	10,904	44.7	−8.5
	Nationalist gain from Labor		Swing	+8.5

Cook

1922 Australian federal election: Cook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edward Riley	14,644	65.0	+2.7
	Nationalist	William Pritchard	4,749	21.1	−9.9
	Majority Labor	James Catts	3,122	13.9	+13.9
Total formal votes			22,515	95.4
Informal votes			1,085	4.6
Turnout			23,600	57.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Edward Riley		74.9	+9.0
	Nationalist	William Pritchard		25.1	−9.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.0

Cowper

1922 Australian federal election: Cowper

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Earle Page	13,157	67.3	+14.9
	Nationalist	John Thomson	6,398	32.7	+11.4
Total formal votes			19,555	94.9
Informal votes			1,060	5.1
Turnout			20,615	52.9
	Country hold		Swing	−4.3

Dalley

1922 Australian federal election: Dalley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Mahony	16,104	66.7	+7.0
	Nationalist	William Simpson	6,017	24.9	−15.4
	Majority Labor	Herbert Mitchell	2,034	8.4	+8.4
Total formal votes			24,155	95.5
Informal votes			1,125	4.5
Turnout			25,280	59.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	William Mahony		70.9	+11.2
	Nationalist	William Simpson		29.1	−11.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+11.2

Darling

1922 Australian federal election: Darling

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Blakeley	8,820	45.3	−16.5
	Nationalist	Walter Wright	6,329	32.5	−5.7
	Industrial Labor	Michael Considine	4,331	22.2	+22.2
Total formal votes			19,480	95.2
Informal votes			976	4.8
Turnout			20,456	55.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Arthur Blakeley	12,682	65.1	+3.3
	Nationalist	Walter Wright	6,798	34.9	−3.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.3

East Sydney

1922 Australian federal election: East Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John West	10,885	59.1	+1.3
	Nationalist	Sir Benjamin Fuller	7,518	40.9	−1.3
Total formal votes			18,403	95.8
Informal votes			801	4.2
Turnout			19,204	47.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.3

Eden-Monaro

1922 Australian federal election: Eden-Monaro

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Austin Chapman	14,892	61.1	+9.5
	Labor	Ulric Walsh	9,495	38.9	−6.8
Total formal votes			24,387	94.4
Informal votes			906	3.6
Turnout			25,293	64.7
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+8.5

Gwydir

1922 Australian federal election: Gwydir

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lou Cunningham	11,056	46.3	−5.5
	Country	Gordon Wilkins	8,688	36.4	+36.4
	Nationalist	William Ashford	4,121	17.3	−24.3
Total formal votes			23,865	96.1
Informal votes			972	3.9
Turnout			24,837	64.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lou Cunningham	11,951	50.1	−5.0
	Country	Gordon Wilkins	11,914	49.9	+5.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.0

Hume

1922 Australian federal election: Hume

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Parker Moloney	12,494	52.9	+1.1
	Nationalist	Fred Belbridge	6,518	27.6	+4.1
	Country	Cyril James	4,616	19.5	−4.0
Total formal votes			23,628	95.5
Informal votes			1,111	4.5
Turnout			24,739	62.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Parker Moloney		54.9	+0.7
	Nationalist	Fred Belbridge		45.1	−0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.7

Hunter

1922 Australian federal election: Hunter

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Matthew Charlton	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Lang

1922 Australian federal election: Lang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Sir Elliot Johnson	10,786	49.3	−9.3
	Labor	George Smith	9,117	41.7	+0.6
	Majority Labor	Percy Evans	1,974	9.0	+9.0
Total formal votes			21,877	95.7
Informal votes			992	4.3
Turnout			22,869	53.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Sir Elliot Johnson	11,911	54.4	−4.3
	Labor	George Smith	9,966	45.6	+4.3
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−4.3

Macquarie

1922 Australian federal election: Macquarie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Samuel Nicholls	10,406	48.0	−2.4
	Nationalist	Arthur Manning	9,595	44.3	−5.3
	Independent	John Miller	1,674	7.7	+7.7
Total formal votes			21,675	95.3
Informal votes			1,073	4.7
Turnout			22,748	59.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Arthur Manning	10,880	50.2	+0.6
	Labor	Samuel Nicholls	10,795	49.8	−0.6
	Nationalist gain from Labor		Swing	+0.6

Martin

1922 Australian federal election: Martin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Herbert Pratten	unopposed
	Nationalist hold		Swing

Newcastle

1922 Australian federal election: Newcastle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Watkins	12,362	54.6	−45.4
	Nationalist	John Willings	5,580	24.6	+24.6
	Independent Labor	Arthur Gardiner	4,695	20.7	+20.7
Total formal votes			22,637	96.0
Informal votes			932	4.0
Turnout			23,569	55.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	David Watkins		69.4	−30.6
	Nationalist	John Willings		30.6	+30.6
	Labor hold		Swing	−30.6

New England

1922 Australian federal election: New England

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Victor Thompson	7,726	35.6	+35.6
	Labor	Sydney Kearney	7,683	35.4	−6.9
	Independent	Alexander Hay	6,282	29.0	+29.0
Total formal votes			21,691	95.7
Informal votes			985	4.3
Turnout			22,676	57.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Victor Thompson	12,695	58.5	+58.5
	Labor	Sydney Kearney	8,996	41.5	−1.0
	Country gain from Nationalist		Swing	+58.5

North Sydney

1922 Australian federal election: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Billy Hughes	16,475	58.2	−11.2
	Constitutionalist	Albert Piddington	11,812	41.8	+41.8
Total formal votes			28,287	97.3
Informal votes			775	2.7
Turnout			29,062	65.5
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−11.2

Parkes

1922 Australian federal election: Parkes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Charles Marr	12,970	61.8	+17.6
	Labor	Edward Cohen	8,008	38.2	+0.1
Total formal votes			20,978	96.6
Informal votes			737	3.4
Turnout			21,715	50.1
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+1.7

Parramatta

1922 Australian federal election: Parramatta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Eric Bowden	12,793	65.4	+2.3
	Labor	James Stone	6,776	34.6	−1.6
Total formal votes			19,569	95.9
Informal votes			830	4.1
Turnout			20,399	48.4
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−1.0

Reid

1922 Australian federal election: Reid

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Percy Coleman	12,316	54.5	+4.7
	Nationalist	Frederick Reed	9,057	40.1	−9.7
	Majority Labor	Howard Fowles	1,226	5.4	+5.4
Total formal votes			22,599	94.9
Informal votes			1,214	5.1
Turnout			23,813	56.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Percy Coleman		58.6	+8.2
	Nationalist	Frederick Reed		41.4	−8.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.2

Richmond

1922 Australian federal election: Richmond

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Roland Green	9,848	45.7	+45.7
	Nationalist	Walter Massy-Greene	9,660	44.8	−20.6
	Independent	John Steel	2,039	9.5	+9.5
Total formal votes			21,547	96.8
Informal votes			716	3.2
Turnout			22,263	55.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Roland Green	11,491	53.3	+53.3
	Nationalist	Walter Massy-Greene	10,056	46.7	−24.0
	Country gain from Nationalist		Swing	+24.0

Riverina

1922 Australian federal election: Riverina

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Essell Hoad	8,609	41.1	−5.3
	Country	William Killen	5,551	26.5	+26.5
	Nationalist	John Chanter	4,342	20.7	−31.9
	Country	William Bartram	1,832	8.7	+8.7
	Country	John Lorimer	606	2.9	+2.9
Total formal votes			20,940	91.5
Informal votes			1,946	8.5
Turnout			22,886	58.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	William Killen	11,378	54.3	+54.3
	Labor	Essell Hoad	9,562	45.7	−3.0
	Country gain from Nationalist		Swing	N/A

Robertson

1922 Australian federal election: Robertson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Sydney Gardner	7,366	38.0	−17.4
	Labor	Alfred Roberts	6,713	34.6	−10.0
	Country	William Fleming	5,310	27.4	+27.4
Total formal votes			19,389	95.1
Informal votes			996	4.9
Turnout			20,385	52.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Sydney Gardner	11,987	61.8	+6.4
	Labor	Alfred Roberts	7,411	38.2	−6.4
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+6.4

South Sydney

1922 Australian federal election: South Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edward Riley	10,902	58.9	+2.4
	Nationalist	Robert Moore	6,752	36.5	−7.0
	Majority Labor	Vivian Deacon	870	4.7	+4.7
Total formal votes			18,524	94.9
Informal votes			998	5.1
Turnout			19,522	46.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Edward Riley		61.7	+5.2
	Nationalist	Robert Moore		38.3	−5.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.2

Warringah

1922 Australian federal election: Warringah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Sir Granville Ryrie	unopposed
	Nationalist hold		Swing

Wentworth

1922 Australian federal election: Wentworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Walter Marks	9,843	49.7	−11.4
	Labor	William Fitzgerald	6,455	32.6	−6.3
	Ind. Nationalist	Henry Morton	3,502	17.7	+17.7
Total formal votes			19,800	96.2
Informal votes			776	3.8
Turnout			20,575	50.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Walter Marks	12,251	61.9	+0.8
	Labor	William Fitzgerald	7,549	38.1	−0.8
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+0.8

Werriwa

1922 Australian federal election: Werriwa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bert Lazzarini	12,397	53.1	+1.3
	Nationalist	Henry Bate	8,881	38.0	+1.4
	Country	James Newman	2,085	8.9	+8.9
Total formal votes			23,363	95.0
Informal votes			1,242	5.0
Turnout			24,605	61.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bert Lazzarini		53.9	−0.1
	Nationalist	Henry Bate		46.1	+0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.1

West Sydney

1922 Australian federal election: West Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Lambert	13,359	73.9	−3.8
	Protestant Labour	Thomas Bryde	3,631	20.1	+20.1
	Majority Labor	Arthur O'Donnell	1,077	6.0	+6.0
Total formal votes			18,067	94.3
Informal votes			1,102	5.7
Turnout			19,169	47.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	William Lambert		75.4	−2.3
	Independent Labor	Thomas Bryde		24.6	+24.6
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.3

Victoria

Balaclava

1922 Australian federal election: Balaclava

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Watt	unopposed
	Liberal gain from Nationalist		Swing

Ballaarat

1922 Australian federal election: Ballaarat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles McGrath	14,200	50.4	+1.7
	Nationalist	Russell Coldham	10,098	35.8	−14.8
	Liberal	Sydney King	3,878	13.8	+13.8
Total formal votes			28,176	97.7
Informal votes			657	2.3
Turnout			28,833	72.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Charles McGrath		51.7	+2.6
	Nationalist	Russell Coldham		48.3	−2.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.6

Batman

1922 Australian federal election: Batman

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Brennan	14,042	51.0	−1.9
	Independent Labor	Martin Hannah	7,174	26.1	+26.1
	Nationalist	George Mackay	6,531	22.9	−24.2
Total formal votes			27,531	96.9
Informal votes			867	3.1
Turnout			28,398	60.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Frank Brennan		53.3	+0.4
	Independent Labor	Martin Hannah		46.7	+46.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.4

Bendigo

1922 Australian federal election: Bendigo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Jude	10,854	43.1	+0.0
	Nationalist	Geoffry Hurry	7,961	31.6	−10.2
	Country	Edmund Jowett	6,348	25.2	+10.1
Total formal votes			25,163	96.8
Informal votes			826	3.2
Turnout			25,989	63.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Geoffry Hurry	13,016	51.7	−3.8
	Labor	Thomas Jude	12,147	48.3	+3.8
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−3.8

Bourke

1922 Australian federal election: Bourke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Anstey	17,068	70.1	+11.0
	Nationalist	John March	7,290	29.9	−11.0
Total formal votes			24,358	97.6
Informal votes			588	2.4
Turnout			24,946	53.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+11.0

Corangamite

1922 Australian federal election: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Richard Crouch	10,788	44.5	+5.0
	Country	William Gibson	6,908	28.5	−8.2
	Nationalist	Allan McDonald	6,530	27.0	+3.2
Total formal votes			24,226	97.2
Informal votes			688	2.8
Turnout			24,914	62.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	William Gibson	13,059	53.9	−4.3
	Labor	Richard Crouch	11,167	46.1	+4.3
	Country hold		Swing	−4.3

Corio

1922 Australian federal election: Corio

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	John Lister	12,046	50.8	+5.0
	Labor	Alfred Hampson	11,646	49.2	+11.0
Total formal votes			23,692	98.1
Informal votes			463	1.9
Turnout			24,155	57.5
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−6.9

Echuca

1922 Australian federal election: Echuca

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	William Hill	13,991	70.3	+27.0
	Nationalist	James Stewart	5,914	29.7	−3.4
Total formal votes			19,905	95.9
Informal votes			854	4.1
Turnout			20,759	52.2
	Country hold		Swing	+27.0

Fawkner

1922 Australian federal election: Fawkner

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	George Maxwell	12,472	52.2	−6.3
	Labor	Alfred Foster	9,881	41.4	+5.3
	Liberal	John Murphy	1,533	6.4	+6.4
Total formal votes			23,886	96.9
Informal votes			766	3.1
Turnout			24,652	55.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	George Maxwell		58.0	−5.5
	Labor	Alfred Foster		42.0	+5.5
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−5.5

Flinders

1922 Australian federal election: Flinders

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Stanley Bruce	10,689	55.6	+4.5
	Liberal	Stephen Thompson	8,532	44.4	+44.4
Total formal votes			19,221	95.9
Informal votes			832	4.1
Turnout			20,053	43.6
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−15.1

Gippsland

1922 Australian federal election: Gippsland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Thomas Paterson	9,132	39.4	−5.4
	Nationalist	George Wise	7,682	33.2	−22.0
	Labor	James Bermingham	6,357	27.4	+27.4
Total formal votes			23,171	96.1
Informal votes			950	3.9
Turnout			24,121	56.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Thomas Paterson	14,563	62.9	+18.1
	Nationalist	George Wise	8,608	37.1	−18.1
	Country gain from Nationalist		Swing	+18.1

Henty

1922 Australian federal election: Henty

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Frederick Francis	10,794	38.1	+39.4
	Labor	Roy Beardsworth	5,615	19.8	−3.0
	Liberal	Henry Gullett	5,082	18.0	+18.0
	Liberal	Eleanor Glencross	3,551	12.5	+12.5
	Nationalist	James Boyd	3,269	11.5	+11.5
Total formal votes			28,311	94.8
Informal votes			1,545	5.2
Turnout			29,856	63.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Frederick Francis	15,811	55.8	+8.7
	Liberal	Henry Gullett	12,500	44.2	+44.2
	Nationalist gain from Independent		Swing	+8.7

Indi

1922 Australian federal election: Indi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Robert Cook	8,723	39.3	+9.6
	Labor	John Minogue	7,768	35.0	+1.9
	Nationalist	Donald Mackinnon	5,695	25.7	−11.5
Total formal votes			22,186	96.8
Informal votes			705	3.2
Turnout			22,891	58.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Robert Cook	14,027	63.2	−0.8
	Labor	John Minogue	8,159	36.8	+0.8
	Country hold		Swing	−0.8

Kooyong

1922 Australian federal election: Kooyong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Sir Robert Best	13,459	47.4	−15.1
	Liberal	John Latham	9,591	33.8	+33.8
	Labor	Jean Daley	5,341	18.8	+0.0
Total formal votes			28,391	97.8
Informal votes			629	2.2
Turnout			29,020	61.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Latham	14,360	50.6	+50.6
	Nationalist	Sir Robert Best	14,031	49.4	−14.9
	Liberal gain from Nationalist		Swing	+14.9

Maribyrnong

1922 Australian federal election: Maribyrnong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Fenton	17,153	63.2	+9.7
	Nationalist	James Stephens	9,976	36.8	−9.7
Total formal votes			27,129	97.7
Informal votes			636	2.3
Turnout			27,765	62.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.7

Melbourne

1922 Australian federal election: Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Maloney	16,991	77.2	+11.4
	Nationalist	Ernest Nicholls	5,022	22.8	−11.4
Total formal votes			22,013	96.3
Informal votes			837	3.7
Turnout			22,850	49.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+11.4

Melbourne Ports

1922 Australian federal election: Melbourne Ports

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Mathews	17,628	73.1	−26.9
	Nationalist	Selwyn Neale	6,485	26.9	+26.9
Total formal votes			24,113	97.0
Informal votes			745	3.0
Turnout			24,858	54.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−26.9

Wannon

1922 Australian federal election: Wannon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John McNeill	10,795	41.1	−4.1
	Nationalist	Arthur Rodgers	8,841	33.7	−18.3
	Country	David Gibson	6,625	25.2	+22.4
Total formal votes			26,261	96.8
Informal votes			872	3.2
Turnout			27,133	67.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John McNeill	13,334	50.8	+4.9
	Nationalist	Arthur Rodgers	12,927	49.2	−4.9
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing	+4.9

Wimmera

1922 Australian federal election: Wimmera

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Percy Stewart	13,614	71.2	+11.7
	United Country	Alfred Shaw	5,503	28.8	+28.8
Total formal votes			19,117	96.2
Informal votes			765	3.8
Turnout			19,882	46.9
	Country hold		Swing	+11.7

Yarra

1922 Australian federal election: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Scullin	17,897	78.0	+8.4
	Nationalist	Thomas Fitzgerald	5,042	22.0	−8.4
Total formal votes			22,939	96.4
Informal votes			864	3.6
Turnout			23,803	51.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.4

Queensland

Brisbane

1922 Australian federal election: Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Donald Cameron	16,417	52.0	+3.6
	Labor	Frank Burke	15,183	48.0	−3.6
Total formal votes			31,600	96.1
Informal votes			1,285	3.9
Turnout			32,885	80.7
	Nationalist gain from Labor		Swing	+2.5

Capricornia

1922 Australian federal election: Capricornia

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Forde	19,904	51.9	+0.5
	Nationalist	William Higgs	16,079	41.9	−6.7
	Country	Albert Gorrie	2,362	6.2	+6.2
Total formal votes			38,345	96.5
Informal votes			1,403	3.5
Turnout			39,748	88.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Frank Forde		52.5	+1.1
	Nationalist	William Higgs		47.5	−1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.1

Darling Downs

1922 Australian federal election: Darling Downs

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Littleton Groom	19,592	58.6	−0.9
	Labor	James MacDougall	13,857	41.4	+0.9
Total formal votes			33,449	96.8
Informal votes			1,092	3.2
Turnout			34,541	85.2
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−0.9

Herbert

1922 Australian federal election: Herbert

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Fred Bamford	17,396	51.7	+0.9
	Labor	Maurice Hynes	16,259	48.3	+1.8
Total formal votes			33,655	93.3
Informal votes			2,435	6.7
Turnout			36,090	83.4
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−0.5

Kennedy

1922 Australian federal election: Kennedy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles McDonald	14,824	61.6	+0.8
	Country	Robert Nowland	9,257	38.4	+37.0
Total formal votes			24,081	94.8
Informal votes			1,333	5.2
Turnout			25,414	74.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.7

Lilley

1922 Australian federal election: Lilley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	George Mackay	19,842	65.2	+3.2
	Independent	Alexander Costello	10,576	34.8	+34.8
Total formal votes			30,418	93.2
Informal votes			2,218	6.8
Turnout			32,636	80.2
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+3.2

Maranoa

1922 Australian federal election: Maranoa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	James Hunter	13,207	54.4	+11.9
	Labor	John Durkin	11,086	45.6	−5.5
Total formal votes			24,293	96.2
Informal votes			951	3.8
Turnout			25,244	76.7
	Country hold		Swing	+6.1

Moreton

1922 Australian federal election: Moreton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Josiah Francis	14,762	44.5	−12.0
	Labor	Horace Lee	12,676	38.2	−5.3
	Country	Francis Brewer	5,714	17.2	+17.2
Total formal votes			33,152	94.7
Informal votes			1,852	5.3
Turnout			35,004	85.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Josiah Francis	19,730	59.5	+3.0
	Labor	Horace Lee	13,422	40.5	−3.0
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+3.0

Oxley

1922 Australian federal election: Oxley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	James Bayley	19,552	53.3	−0.5
	Labor	James Sharpe	17,146	46.7	+0.5
Total formal votes			36,698	95.8
Informal votes			1,615	4.2
Turnout			38,313	84.6
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−0.5

Wide Bay

1922 Australian federal election: Wide Bay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Edward Corser	13,069	38.4	−20.8
	Labor	Joseph Johnston	11,580	34.0	−6.8
	Country	James Heading	9,427	27.7	+27.7
Total formal votes			34,076	94.9
Informal votes			1,830	5.1
Turnout			35,906	84.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Edward Corser	20,633	60.5	+1.3
	Labor	Joseph Johnston	13,443	39.5	−1.3
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+1.3

South Australia

Adelaide

1922 Australian federal election: Adelaide

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Edwin Yates	10,714	51.7	+6.8
	Liberal Union	George McLeay	5,872	28.4	+28.4
	National Party	Reginald Blundell	4,123	19.9	−33.8
Total formal votes			20,709	92.7
Informal votes			1,629	7.3
Turnout			22,338	63.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	George Edwin Yates		53.6	+8.0
	Liberal Union	George McLeay		46.4	+46.4
	Labor gain from National Party		Swing	+8.0

Angas

1922 Australian federal election: Angas

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Moses Gabb	11,192	58.0	+8.2
	Liberal Union	George Ritchie	8,090	42.0	+42.0
Total formal votes			19,282	95.6
Informal votes			888	4.4
Turnout			20,170	51.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.8

Barker

1922 Australian federal election: Barker

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eric Shepherd	8,066	43.1	+9.4
	Liberal Union	Malcolm Cameron	7,861	42.0	+42.0
	Country	Ronald Hunt	2,791	14.9	+14.9
Total formal votes			18,718	92.6
Informal votes			1,491	7.4
Turnout			20,209	50.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal Union	Malcolm Cameron	9,789	52.3	+52.3
	Labor	Eric Shepherd	8,929	46.7	+11.0
	Liberal Union gain from National Party		Swing	−11.0

Boothby

1922 Australian federal election: Boothby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Union	Jack Duncan-Hughes	7,793	39.5	+39.5
	Labor	Harry Kneebone	7,775	39.4	+5.3
	National Party	William Story	4,179	21.2	−44.7
Total formal votes			19,747	93.3
Informal votes			1,411	6.7
Turnout			21,158	53.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal Union	Jack Duncan-Hughes	10,804	54.7	+54.7
	Labor	Harry Kneebone	8,943	45.3	+11.2
	Liberal Union gain from National Party		Swing	−11.2

Grey

1922 Australian federal election: Grey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Andrew Lacey	9,778	53.7	+5.5
	National Party	Alexander Poynton	8,425	46.3	−5.5
Total formal votes			18,203	92.9
Informal votes			1,385	7.1
Turnout			19,588	57.3
	Labor gain from National Party		Swing	+5.5

Hindmarsh

1922 Australian federal election: Hindmarsh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Norman Makin	15,111	68.6	+14.6
	National Party	Charles Hayter	6,925	31.4	−14.6
Total formal votes			22,036	94.0
Informal votes			1,409	6.0
Turnout			23,445	54.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+14.6

Wakefield

1922 Australian federal election: Wakefield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Union	Richard Foster	8,288	42.9	+42.9
	Labor	Edward Stokes	7,076	36.7	−2.2
	Country	Henry Queale	3,941	20.4	+9.5
Total formal votes			19,305	91.9
Informal votes			1,698	8.1
Turnout			21,003	54.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal Union	Richard Foster	10,680	55.3	+55.3
	Labor	Edward Stokes	8,625	44.7	+1.9
	Liberal Union gain from National Party		Swing	−1.9

Western Australia

Forrest

1922 Australian federal election: Forrest

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John Prowse	10,007	79.5	+33.1
	Nationalist	Peter Wedd	2,576	20.5	+0.3
Total formal votes			12,583	90.6
Informal votes			1,303	9.4
Turnout			13,886	40.9
	Country hold		Swing	+14.9

Fremantle

1922 Australian federal election: Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Watson	7,420	40.6	+40.6
	Labor	John Holman	7,290	39.9	−4.4
	Nationalist	William Hedges	3,550	19.4	−34.1
Total formal votes			18,260	96.1
Informal votes			742	3.9
Turnout			19,002	54.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Independent	William Watson	10,381	56.9	+56.9
	Labor	John Holman	7,879	43.1	−0.6
	Independent gain from Nationalist		Swing	+56.9

Kalgoorlie

1922 Australian federal election: Kalgoorlie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Albert Green	9,889	57.4	+8.9
	Nationalist	George Foley	7,331	42.6	+9.9
Total formal votes			17,220	94.9
Informal votes			917	5.1
Turnout			18,137	58.4
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing	+7.1

Perth

1922 Australian federal election: Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Andrew Clementson	4,951	34.2	−0.3
	Nationalist	Edward Mann	3,073	21.3	+1.0
	Nationalist	James Fowler	2,583	17.9	+1.0
	Nationalist	Alfred Carson	2,125	14.7	+1.0
	Nationalist	Harry Bolton	1,728	12.0	+12.0
Total formal votes			14,460	92.1
Informal votes			1,246	7.9
Turnout			15,706	46.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Edward Mann	8,513	58.9	−2.9
	Labor	Andrew Clementson	5,947	41.1	+2.9
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−2.9

Swan

1922 Australian federal election: Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Henry Gregory	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Tasmania

Bass

1922 Australian federal election: Bass

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Syd Jackson	4,819	50.2	+2.0
	Labor	Alfred Higgins	3,359	35.0	+1.3
	Independent Labor	King O'Malley	1,085	11.3	+11.3
	Ind. Nationalist	John Hegarty	337	3.5	+3.5
Total formal votes			9,600	95.3
Informal votes			478	4.7
Turnout			10,078	44.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Syd Jackson		53.6	−3.7
	Labor	Alfred Higgins		46.4	+3.7
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−3.7

Darwin

1922 Australian federal election: Darwin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	George Bell	4,533	45.1	−1.3
	Country	Joshua Whitsitt	4,051	40.3	+40.3
	Independent	James Campbell	1,473	14.6	+14.6
Total formal votes			10,057	96.0
Informal votes			424	4.0
Turnout			10,481	46.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Joshua Whitsitt	5,069	50.4	+50.4
	Nationalist	George Bell	4,988	49.6	−2.5
	Country gain from Nationalist		Swing	+2.5

Denison

1922 Australian federal election: Denison

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David O'Keefe	5,234	46.5	+0.4
	Nationalist	Edward Mulcahy	2,295	20.4	−1.9
	Nationalist	William Laird Smith	1,881	16.7	+16.7
	Nationalist	Leopold Broinowski	1,667	14.8	+14.8
	Independent	David Blanchard	170	1.5	+1.5
Total formal votes			11,247	90.7
Informal votes			1,158	9.3
Turnout			12,405	51.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	David O'Keefe	5,669	50.4	+4.3
	Nationalist	Edward Mulcahy	5,578	49.6	−4.3
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing	+4.3

Franklin

1922 Australian federal election: Franklin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Benjamin Watkins	3,364	37.6	+37.6
	Nationalist	Alfred Seabrook	2,829	31.6	+31.6
	Country	William McWilliams	2,762	30.8	+30.8
Total formal votes			8,955	95.8
Informal votes			396	4.2
Turnout			9,351	43.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Alfred Seabrook	5,040	56.3	−5.8
	Labor	Benjamin Watkins	3,915	43.7	+43.7
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−5.8

Wilmot

1922 Australian federal election: Wilmot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Palamountain	2,596	32.2	+32.2
	Nationalist	George Pullen	1,926	23.9	+29.4
	Country	Llewellyn Atkinson	1,826	22.7	+18.2
	Country	Norman Cameron	1,407	17.5	+17.5
	Country	John Campbell	302	3.7	+3.7
Total formal votes			8,057	90.5
Informal votes			850	9.5
Turnout			8,907	40.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Llewellyn Atkinson	4,930	61.2	+61.2
	Labor	John Palamountain	3,127	38.8	+38.8
	Country gain from Nationalist		Swing	+61.2

Northern Territory

Northern Territory

1922 Australian federal election: Northern Territory

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harold Nelson	452	37.4	+37.4
	NT Representation League	Arthur Love	362	30.0	+30.0
	Independent	Walter Young	218	18.1	+18.1
	Independent	George Stevens	127	10.5	+10.5
	Independent	William Byrne	43	3.6	+3.6
	Independent	Frederick Thompson	5	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			1,207	96.9
Informal votes			38	3.1
Turnout			1,245	90.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Harold Nelson	608	50.4	+50.4
	NT Representation League	Arthur Love	599	49.6	+49.6
	Labor win		(new seat)

See also

• Candidates of the 1922 Australian federal election
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1922–1925

• Results of the 1922 Australian federal election (Senate)

References

1. "Details of Australian election results, 1922". University of Western Australia. Retrieved 19 July 2018.