1937 Australian House of Representatives election

Australian federal election, 23 October 1937 [1] House of Representatives << 1934–1940 >>
Enrolled voters		4,080,038
Votes cast		3,699,269		Turnout	95.17	–0.96
Informal votes		95,928		Informal	2.59	–0.85
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	1,555,737	43.17%	+16.36%	29	+ 11
	United Australia	1,214,526	33.71%	+0.73%	28	± 0
	Country	560,279	12.61%	+2.93%	15	+ 1
	Social Credit	79,432	2.20%	–2.49%	0	± 0
	Communist	17,153	0.48%	–0.86%	0	± 0
	Independent	176,214	4.89%	+2.38%	2	+ 2
Total		3,603,341			74

This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 1937 federal election.

New South Wales

Barton

1937 Australian federal election: Barton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Albert Lane	28,342	49.3	+2.9
	Labor	John Donovan	23,539	41.0	+41.0
	Social Credit	Stanley Allen	5,562	9.7	−1.4
Total formal votes			57,443	97.9
Informal votes			1,254	2.1
Turnout			58,697	98.0
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Albert Lane	29,780	51.8	+0.4
	Labor	John Donovan	27,663	48.2	−0.4
	United Australia hold		Swing	+0.4

Calare

1937 Australian federal election: Calare

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Harold Thorby	26,378	52.2	+17.0
	Labor	William Folster	24,114	47.8	+41.5
Total formal votes			50,492	98.2
Informal votes			921	1.8
Turnout			51.413	96.5
	Country hold		Swing	−1.8

Cook

1937 Australian federal election: Cook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Sheehan	38,201	70.3	+45.2
	Independent Labor	Cyril Glassop	16,125	29.7	+29.7
Total formal votes			56,642	95.9
Informal votes			2,316	4.1
Turnout			56,642	97.0
	Labor gain from Labor (NSW)		Swing	+78.6

Cowper

1937 Australian federal election: Cowper

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Earle Page	32,000	63.2	−1.0
	Labor	Abraham Brindley	18,646	36.8	+36.8
Total formal votes			50,646	98.3
Informal votes			888	1.7
Turnout			51,534	95.9
	Country hold		Swing	−7.2

Dalley

1937 Australian federal election: Dalley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Sol Rosevear	32,646	57.7	+51.0
	United Australia	Arthur Brough	23,961	42.3	+4.0
Total formal votes			56,607	97.7
Informal votes			1,305	2.3
Turnout			57,912	96.9
	Labor gain from Labor (NSW)		Swing	−0.1

Darling

1937 Australian federal election: Darling

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joe Clark	32,515	66.2	+37.6
	Independent	Alexander Huie	16,581	33.8	+33.8
Total formal votes			49,096	97.3
Informal votes			1,347	2.7
Turnout			50,443	94.6
	Labor gain from Labor (NSW)		Swing	+66.2

East Sydney

1937 Australian federal election: East Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eddie Ward	28,484	56.0	+51.3
	United Australia	Arthur Butterell	20,429	40.2	−2.1
	Independent	Thomas Grant	1,603	3.2	+3.2
	Independent	Louis Phillips	348	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			50,864	97.0
Informal votes			1,587	3.0
Turnout			52,451	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Eddie Ward		58.0	+58.0
	United Australia	Arthur Butterell		42.0	−2.1
	Labor gain from Labor (NSW)		Swing	+2.1

Eden-Monaro

1937 Australian federal election: Eden-Monaro

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	John Perkins	28,872	57.5	+0.9
	Labor	Claude Allen	21,299	42.5	+33.7
Total formal votes			50,171	98.3
Informal votes			863	1.7
Turnout			51,034	97.3
	United Australia hold		Swing	−1.3

Gwydir

1937 Australian federal election: Gwydir

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Scully	27,140	52.4	+0.1
	Country	Ernest Batchelor	24,679	47.6	−4.9
Total formal votes			51,819	98.9
Informal votes			601	1.1
Turnout			52,420	96.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.9

Hume

1937 Australian federal election: Hume

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Thomas Collins	27,784	54.1	+1.2
	Labor	Essell Hoad	23,526	45.9	+32.1
Total formal votes			51,310	98.4
Informal votes			853	1.6
Turnout			52,163	96.4
	Country hold		Swing	−2.3

Hunter

1937 Australian federal election: Hunter

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Rowley James	unopposed
	Labor gain from Labor (NSW)		Swing

Lang

1937 Australian federal election: Lang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Dan Mulcahy	28,379	50.4	+43.3
	United Australia	Matthew Calman	25,547	45.3	+7.4
	Social Credit	Ernest Carr	2,435	4.3	−6.7
Total formal votes			56,361	97.5
Informal votes			1,437	2.5
Turnout			57,798	97.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Dan Mulcahy		52.6	+52.6
	United Australia	Matthew Calman		47.4	+4.5
	Labor gain from Labor (NSW)		Swing	−4.5

Macquarie

1937 Australian federal election: Macquarie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	John Lawson	26,392	52.1	+6.8
	Labor	Tony Luchetti	24,272	47.9	+27.1
Total formal votes			50,664	98.4
Informal votes			827	1.6
Turnout			51,491	98.6
	United Australia hold		Swing	−1.3

Martin

1937 Australian federal election: Martin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	William McCall	30,971	56.1	+2.5
	Labor	Stan Taylor	20,186	36.6	+29.4
	Social Credit	George Carruthers	4,009	7.3	−3.0
Total formal votes			55,166	97.7
Informal votes			1,304	2.3
Turnout			56,470	97.6
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	William McCall		60.3	−0.2
	Labor	Stan Taylor		39.7	+0.2
	United Australia hold		Swing	−0.2

New England

1937 Australian federal election: New England

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Victor Thompson	29,994	61.0	+16.9
	Labor	Leigh Cuthbertson	19,196	39.0	+39.0
Total formal votes			49,190	97.7
Informal votes			1,141	2.3
Turnout			50,331	96.4
	Country hold		Swing	−0.7

Newcastle

1937 Australian federal election: Newcastle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Watkins	44,085	79.3	+21.2
	Independent	Hilton Sykes	11,579	20.7	+20.7
Total formal votes			55,579	95.9
Informal votes			2,379	4.1
Turnout			57,958	97.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+21.2

North Sydney

1937 Australian federal election: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Billy Hughes	38,386	65.9	+0.8
	Labor	Henry Clayden	16,254	27.9	+27.9
	Social Credit	Percival Minahan	3,568	6.1	−5.6
Total formal votes			58,208	97.7
Informal votes			1,344	2.3
Turnout			59,552	97.2
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Billy Hughes		69.0	−2.0
	Labor	Henry Clayden		31.0	+31.0
	United Australia hold		Swing	−2.0

Parkes

1937 Australian federal election: Parkes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Sir Charles Marr	35,468	63.7	+3.7
	Labor	Karl Guhl	20,217	36.3	+36.3
Total formal votes			55,685	98.1
Informal votes			1,050	1.9
Turnout			56,735	96.8
	United Australia hold		Swing	−2.6

Parramatta

1937 Australian federal election: Parramatta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Sir Frederick Stewart	37,972	67.9	+2.8
	Labor	Albert Rowe	14,747	26.4	+22.4
	Independent	Dick George	2,118	3.8	+3.8
	Independent	Harold Meggitt	1,100	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			55,937	97.4
Informal votes			1,504	2.6
Turnout			57,441	96.4
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Sir Frederick Stewart		69.8	+0.4
	Labor	Albert Rowe		30.2	+30.2
	United Australia hold		Swing	+0.4

Reid

1937 Australian federal election: Reid

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joe Gander	33,738	60.3	+3.5
	United Australia	Reuben Jenner	22,239	39.7	+7.7
Total formal votes			55,977	96.4
Informal votes			1,468	2.6
Turnout			57,445	96.8
	Labor gain from Labor (NSW)		Swing	+60.3

Richmond

1937 Australian federal election: Richmond

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Roland Green	15,842	30.3	−1.2
	Labor	Jim Fredericks	15,253	29.3	+29.3
	Country	Larry Anthony	12,524	24.1	+24.1
	Country	Robert Gibson	8,433	16.2	+16.2
Total formal votes			52,052	97.6
Informal votes			1,276	2.4
Turnout			53,328	97.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Larry Anthony	28,940	55.6	+4.5
	Country	Roland Green	23,112	44.4	+44.4
	Country hold		Swing	+4.5

Riverina

1937 Australian federal election: Riverina

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Horace Nock	24,756	49.4	−5.6
	Labor	William Quirk	20,182	40.3	+27.2
	Independent	Robert Ballantyne	5,165	10.3	+10.3
Total formal votes			50,103	98.1
Informal votes			975	1.9
Turnout			51,078	95.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Horace Nock	28,661	57.2	−2.1
	Labor	William Quirk	21,442	42.8	+2.1
	Country hold		Swing	−2.1

Robertson

1937 Australian federal election: Robertson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Sydney Gardner	24,691	47.6	+5.0
	Labor	Gordon Cross	22,923	44.2	+44.2
	Independent	John Metcalfe	4,220	8.1	+8.1
Total formal votes			51,834	97.1
Informal votes			1,553	2.9
Turnout			53,387	96.2
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Sydney Gardner	27,544	53.1	−3.1
	Labor	Gordon Cross	24,290	46.9	+46.9
	United Australia hold		Swing	−3.1

Warringah

1937 Australian federal election: Warringah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Sir Archdale Parkhill	26,568	43.9	−27.4
	Ind. United Australia	Percy Spender	17,322	28.6	+28.6
	Labor	Walter Salter	8,494	14.0	+14.0
	Ind. United Australia	Joseph Hamlet	8,200	13.5	+13.5
Total formal votes			60,584	98.2
Informal votes			1,118	1.8
Turnout			61,702	97.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Ind. United Australia	Percy Spender	31,446	51.9	+51.9
	United Australia	Sir Archdale Parkhill	29,138	48.1	−29.4
	Ind. United Australia gain from United Australia		Swing	+29.4

Watson

1937 Australian federal election: Watson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	John Jennings	31,187	53.8	−1.1
	Labor	William Dignam	26,788	46.2	+39.7
Total formal votes			57,975	98.0
Informal votes			1,157	2.0
Turnout			59,132	96.5
	United Australia hold		Swing	−4.9

Wentworth

1937 Australian federal election: Wentworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Eric Harrison	40,398	67.4	+1.7
	Labor	Thomas Conway	19,499	32.6	+32.6
Total formal votes			59,897	97.8
Informal votes			1,343	2.2
Turnout			61,240	96.1
	United Australia hold		Swing	−3.6

Werriwa

1937 Australian federal election: Werriwa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bert Lazzarini	31,188	55.3	+51.9
	United Australia	Henry Storey	25,190	44.7	−1.4
Total formal votes			56,378	97.8
Informal votes			1,241	2.2
Turnout			57,619	96.9
	Labor gain from Labor (NSW)		Swing	+55.3

West Sydney

1937 Australian federal election: West Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Beasley	unopposed
	Labor gain from Labor (NSW)		Swing

Victoria

Balaclava

1937 Australian federal election: Balaclava

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Thomas White	36,602	58.1	−13.7
	Labor	Phillip Nash	13,746	21.8	−2.0
	Independent	John Atkinson	12,613	20.0	+20.0
Total formal votes			62,961	97.9
Informal votes			1,321	2.1
Turnout			64,282	96.5
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Thomas White		67.1	−6.9
	Labor	Phillip Nash		32.9	+6.9
	United Australia hold		Swing	−6.9

Ballaarat

1937 Australian federal election: Ballaarat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Reg Pollard	24,784	50.6	+5.7
	United Australia	Stanley Walker	24,186	49.4	+16.1
Total formal votes			48,970	99.1
Informal votes			467	0.9
Turnout			49,437	97.1
	Labor gain from United Australia		Swing	+3.5

Batman

1937 Australian federal election: Batman

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Brennan	36,439	63.4	+8.6
	United Australia	Albert Peters	21,013	36.6	−8.6
Total formal votes			57,452	98.2
Informal votes			1,037	1.8
Turnout			58,489	96.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.6

Bendigo

1937 Australian federal election: Bendigo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernest Duus	18,834	39.5	−0.5
	Country	George Rankin	15,081	31.6	+7.6
	United Australia	Walter Pearce	13,748	28.8	−6.4
Total formal votes			47,663	98.5
Informal votes			740	1.5
Turnout			48,403	96.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	George Rankin	27,100	56.9	−0.3
	Labor	Ernest Duus	20,563	43.1	+0.3
	Country gain from United Australia		Swing	−0.3

Bourke

1937 Australian federal election: Bourke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Maurice Blackburn	38,793	68.1	+8.4
	United Australia	Richard Griffiths	18,162	31.9	−2.6
Total formal votes			56,955	97.5
Informal votes			1,460	2.5
Turnout			58,415	96.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.2

Corangamite

1937 Australian federal election: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Geoffrey Street	25,788	53.9	+13.8
	Labor	Arthur Haywood	22,096	46.1	+9.3
Total formal votes			47,884	99.0
Informal votes			494	1.0
Turnout			48,378	96.5
	United Australia hold		Swing	−5.7

Corio

1937 Australian federal election: Corio

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Richard Casey	28,845	56.5	−1.5
	Labor	Leo Carmody	22,170	43.5	+4.1
Total formal votes			51,015	98.6
Informal votes			701	1.4
Turnout			51,716	96.7
	United Australia hold		Swing	−1.8

Deakin

1937 Australian federal election: Deakin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	William Hutchinson	30,442	59.7	+5.5
	Labor	Paul Jones	20,512	40.3	+9.5
Total formal votes			50,954	98.2
Informal votes			911	1.8
Turnout			51,865	95.8
	United Australia hold		Swing	−6.7

Fawkner

1937 Australian federal election: Fawkner

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Harold Holt	33,277	55.1	−12.4
	Labor	William Doran	17,124	28.4	+2.7
	Independent	William Bottomley	9,941	16.5	+16.5
Total formal votes			60,342	97.4
Informal votes			1,602	2.6
Turnout			61,944	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Harold Holt		62.4	−8.5
	Labor	William Doran		37.6	+8.5
	United Australia hold		Swing	−8.5

Flinders

1937 Australian federal election: Flinders

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	James Fairbairn	27,085	53.0	−7.9
	Country	Reginald Skeat	12,497	24.5	−15.9
	Social Credit	Alexander Amess	6,884	13.5	+13.5
	Communist	Ralph Gibson	4,630	9.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			51,096	96.8
Informal votes			1,709	3.2
Turnout			52,805	96.5
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	James Fairbairn		61.7	−9.6
	Country	Reginald Skeat		38.3	+38.3
	United Australia hold		Swing	−9.6

Gippsland

1937 Australian federal election: Gippsland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Thomas Paterson	29,069	61.1
	Labor	James McKenna	18,483	38.9
Total formal votes			47,552	98.4
Informal votes			765	1.6
Turnout			48,317	96.2
	Country hold		Swing

Henty

1937 Australian federal election: Henty

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Sir Henry Gullett	31,574	53.0	−3.5
	Labor	Sydney Walker	19,324	32.5	+8.3
	Independent	Rupert Hornabrook	8,647	14.5	+14.5
Total formal votes			59,545	97.6
Informal votes			1,450	2.4
Turnout			60,995	96.2
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Sir Henry Gullett		60.3	−5.9
	Labor	Sydney Walker		39.7	+5.9
	United Australia hold		Swing	−5.9

Indi

1937 Australian federal election: Indi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John McEwen	30,660	61.2	+13.2
	Labor	William Hartshorne	19,478	38.8	+3.3
Total formal votes			50,138	98.6
Informal votes			699	1.4
Turnout			50,837	96.7
	Country hold		Swing	−1.7

Kooyong

1937 Australian federal election: Kooyong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Robert Menzies	31,690	51.3	−11.4
	Labor	Thomas Brennan	15,247	24.7	+6.6
	Independent	Leslie Hollins	14,841	24.0	+24.0
Total formal votes			61,778	97.9
Informal votes			1,326	2.1
Turnout			63,104	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Robert Menzies		57.3	−15.0
	Labor	Thomas Brennan		42.7	+15.0
	United Australia hold		Swing	−15.0

Maribyrnong

1937 Australian federal election: Maribyrnong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Drakeford	37,111	62.3	+12.5
	United Australia	Malcolm Fenton	20,799	34.9	−6.1
	Independent	Edward Turner	1,703	2.9	+2.9
Total formal votes			59,613	97.7
Informal votes			1,376	2.3
Turnout			60,989	97.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Arthur Drakeford		63.7	+6.0
	United Australia	Malcolm Fenton		36.3	−6.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.0

Melbourne

1937 Australian federal election: Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Maloney	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Melbourne Ports

1937 Australian federal election: Melbourne Ports

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Holloway	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Wannon

1937 Australian federal election: Wannon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don McLeod	19,520	39.3	+6.9
	United Australia	Thomas Scholfield	18,526	37.3	+0.7
	Country	Robert Rankin	11,618	23.4	−6.6
Total formal votes			49,664	98.6
Informal votes			700	1.4
Turnout			50,364	96.6
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Thomas Scholfield	25,489	51.3	−3.7
	Labor	Don McLeod	24,175	48.7	+3.7
	United Australia hold		Swing	−3.7

Wimmera

1937 Australian federal election: Wimmera

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alexander Wilson	24,179	51.9	+51.9
	Country	Hugh McClelland	22,396	48.1	+14.8
Total formal votes			46,575	98.9
Informal votes			541	1.1
Turnout			47,116	96.1
	Independent gain from Country		Swing	+2.9

Yarra

1937 Australian federal election: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Scullin	37,381	64.0	+9.0
	United Australia	Douglas Knight	20,999	36.0	+0.2
Total formal votes			58,380	97.7
Informal votes			1,393	2.3
Turnout			59,773	94.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.4

Queensland

Brisbane

1937 Australian federal election: Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Lawson	28,818	51.5	−0.4
	United Australia	Graham Hart	24,808	44.3	+5.2
	Social Credit	Ambrose Sawtell	2,362	4.2	+0.1
Total formal votes			55,988	96.5
Informal votes			2,003	3.5
Turnout			57,991	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	George Lawson		53.6	−4.9
	United Australia	Graham Hart		46.4	+4.9
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.9

Capricornia

1937 Australian federal election: Capricornia

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Forde	27,221	50.4	−9.9
	Country	Edwin Hiskens	20,543	38.0	+38.0
	Social Credit	John Harding	6,235	11.5	+11.5
Total formal votes			53,999	98.5
Informal votes			849	1.5
Turnout			54,848	96.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Frank Forde		56.2	−4.1
	Country	Edwin Hiskens		44.8	+45.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.1

Darling Downs

1937 Australian federal election: Darling Downs

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Arthur Fadden	30,747	60.7	+60.7
	Labor	Leslie Bailey	17,264	34.1	−5.1
	Social Credit	Arthur Rushton	2,617	5.2	+5.2
Total formal votes			50,628	98.5
Informal votes			784	1.5
Turnout			51,412	97.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Arthur Fadden		63.3	−2.5
	Labor	Leslie Bailey		36.7	+2.5
	Country hold		Swing	−2.5

Griffith

1937 Australian federal election: Griffith

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Francis Baker	27,864	48.3	−5.1
	United Australia	Dugald Clark	23,756	41.2	+6.1
	Social Credit	William Moore	6,108	10.6	−0.9
Total formal votes			57,728	97.2
Informal votes			1,681	2.8
Turnout			59,409	97.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Francis Baker	29,026	50.3	−8.9
	United Australia	Dugald Clark	28,702	49.7	+8.9
	Labor hold		Swing	−8.9

Herbert

1937 Australian federal election: Herbert

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Martens	25,766	43.6	−8.7
	Country	James Wilkie	17,252	29.2	+29.2
	Communist	Fred Paterson	12,523	21.2	+12.9
	Social Credit	Henry Beck	3,622	6.1	+6.1
Total formal votes			59,163	95.1
Informal votes			3,019	4.9
Turnout			62,182	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	George Martens	39,263	66.4	+5.4
	Country	James Wilkie	19,900	33.6	+33.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.4

Kennedy

1937 Australian federal election: Kennedy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Riordan	30,356	64.0	+4.3
	Country	Alex Kippen	14,812	31.2	+31.2
	Social Credit	Herbert Price	2,269	4.8	+4.8
Total formal votes			47,437	97.0
Informal votes			1,443	3.0
Turnout			48,880	91.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Riordan		66.4	+2.5
	Country	Alex Kippen		33.6	−2.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.5

Lilley

1937 Australian federal election: Lilley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	William Jolly	31,814	56.6	+5.2
	Labor	Edmund Taylor	21,386	38.0	−1.9
	Social Credit	Harry Cash	3,040	5.4	+5.4
Total formal votes			56,240	97.0
Informal votes			1,720	3.0
Turnout			57,960	97.3
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	William Jolly		60.3	+4.5
	Labor	Edmund Taylor		39.7	−4.5
	United Australia hold		Swing	+4.5

Maranoa

1937 Australian federal election: Maranoa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	James Hunter	24,846	48.4	−3.4
	Labor	Randolph Bedford	21,272	41.4	+0.5
	Social Credit	Henry Madden	5,257	10.2	+2.9
Total formal votes			51,375	98.2
Informal votes			963	1.8
Turnout			52,338	93.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	James Hunter	27,914	54.3	−5.7
	Labor	Randolph Bedford	23,461	45.7	+5.7
	Country hold		Swing	−5.7

Moreton

1937 Australian federal election: Moreton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Josiah Francis	32,813	55.3	+4.1
	Labor	John McCoy	22,021	37.1	−1.1
	Social Credit	Henry Hogg	4,508	7.6	−3.0
Total formal votes			59,342	97.8
Informal votes			1,335	2.2
Turnout			60,677	97.7
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Josiah Francis		59.1	+2.6
	Labor	John McCoy		40.9	−2.6
	United Australia hold		Swing	+2.6

Wide Bay

1937 Australian federal election: Wide Bay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Geoffrey Nichols	20,356	39.6	+27.9
	Country	Bernard Corser	19,437	37.8	−15.9
	Labor	George Watson	11,644	22.6	−9.8
Total formal votes			51,437	98.2
Informal votes			942	1.8
Turnout			52,379	95.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Bernard Corser	25,991	50.5	−9.3
	Social Credit	Geoffrey Nichols	25,446	49.5	+49.5
	Country hold		Swing	−9.3

South Australia

Adelaide

1937 Australian federal election: Adelaide

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Fred Stacey	26,575	45.3	+8.5
	Labor	Ken Bardolph	16,989	28.9	+17.8
	Labor	George Edwin Yates	9,683	16.5	+16.5
	Labor	Herbert George	5,451	9.3	+9.3
Total formal votes			58,698	93.3
Informal votes			4,196	6.7
Turnout			62,894	96.5
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Fred Stacey	31,721	54.0	+0.8
	Labor	Ken Bardolph	26,977	46.0	−0.8
	United Australia hold		Swing	+0.8

Barker

1937 Australian federal election: Barker

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Archie Cameron	35,559	63.6	+1.3
	Independent	Charles Lloyd	20,375	36.4	+36.4
Total formal votes			55,934	95.4
Informal votes			2,724	4.6
Turnout			58,658	96.9
	Country hold		Swing	−5.1

Boothby

1937 Australian federal election: Boothby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	John Price	31,362	51.9	−9.1
	Labor	Kevin McEntee	12,077	20.0	+7.1
	Independent	William Hardy	9,136	15.1	+15.1
	Labor	Leonard Pilton	7,859	13.0	+13.0
Total formal votes			60,434	94.0
Informal votes			3,831	6.0
Turnout			64,265	96.4
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	John Price		59.8	−5.9
	Labor	Kevin McEntee		40.2	+5.9
	United Australia hold		Swing	−5.9

Grey

1937 Australian federal election: Grey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Oliver Badman	24,153	52.0	+52.0
	Labor	James Marner	17,528	37.8	+3.6
	Independent	Alfred Parker	4,736	10.2	+10.2
Total formal votes			46,417	95.8
Informal votes			2,029	4.2
Turnout			48,446	97.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Oliver Badman		57.1	+57.1
	Labor	James Marner		42.9	+2.9
	Country gain from United Australia		Swing	−2.9

Hindmarsh

1937 Australian federal election: Hindmarsh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Norman Makin	43,215	70.7	+8.8
	United Australia	Harry Hatwell	17,918	29.3	+29.3
Total formal votes			61,133	95.8
Informal votes			2,662	4.2
Turnout			63,795	97.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.0

Wakefield

1937 Australian federal election: Wakefield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Charles Hawker	32,113	63.4	−1.7
	Labor	Raymond Davis	18,508	36.6	+17.4
Total formal votes			50,621	96.1
Informal votes			2,073	3.9
Turnout			52,694	96.5
	United Australia hold		Swing	−10.6

Western Australia

Forrest

1937 Australian federal election: Forrest

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John Prowse	22,894	54.4	−5.7
	Labor	Ernest Hoar	19,153	45.6	+17.0
Total formal votes			42,047	96.7
Informal votes			1,430	3.3
Turnout			43,477	94.2
	Country hold		Swing	−9.4

Fremantle

1937 Australian federal election: Fremantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Curtin	29,548	55.2	+9.5
	United Australia	Eric Isaachsen	21,857	40.9	+0.5
	Independent	Henry Wright	2,081	3.9	+3.9
Total formal votes			53,486	96.7
Informal votes			1,827	3.3
Turnout			55,313	94.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Curtin		57.2	+4.6
	United Australia	Eric Isaachsen		42.8	−4.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.6

Kalgoorlie

1937 Australian federal election: Kalgoorlie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Albert Green	25,771	73.6	−26.4
	United Australia	Stephen Kellow	9,235	26.4	+26.4
Total formal votes			35,006	96.0
Informal votes			1,457	4.0
Turnout			36,463	88.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−26.4

Perth

1937 Australian federal election: Perth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Walter Nairn	21,800	41.1	+22.6
	Labor	Tom Burke	18,091	34.1	+0.1
	United Australia	Jack Simons	10,035	18.9	+18.9
	Independent	Viv James	3,085	5.8	+5.8
Total formal votes			53,011	96.4
Informal votes			1,980	3.6
Turnout			54,991	93.6
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Walter Nairn	31,942	60.3	+2.9
	Labor	Tom Burke	21,069	39.7	−2.9
	United Australia hold		Swing	+2.9

Swan

1937 Australian federal election: Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Henry Gregory	26,299	58.1	−5.9
	Labor	John Steele	18,951	41.9	+5.9
Total formal votes			45,250	96.5
Informal votes			1,623	3.5
Turnout			46,873	92.5
	Country hold		Swing	−5.9

Tasmania

Bass

1937 Australian federal election: Bass

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Claude Barnard	12,583	50.4	+22.8
	United Australia	Allan Guy	9,760	39.1	−2.4
	Independent	John Watson	2,621	10.5	−0.5
Total formal votes			24,964	97.6
Informal votes			612	2.4
Turnout			25,576	96.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Claude Barnard		55.7	+5.4
	United Australia	Allan Guy		44.3	−5.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.4

Darwin

1937 Australian federal election: Darwin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	George Bell	13,557	52.5	−1.9
	Labor	Edwin Brown	12,270	47.5	+1.9
Total formal votes			25,827	97.9
Informal votes			559	2.1
Turnout			26,386	95.8
	United Australia hold		Swing	−1.9

Denison

1937 Australian federal election: Denison

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gerald Mahoney	11,652	47.5	−1.7
	United Australia	John McPhee	10,123	41.3	−0.7
	Independent Labor	Maxwell Hickman	2,159	8.8	+8.8
	Social Credit	Athol Smith	600	2.4	−6.3
Total formal votes			24,534	96.8
Informal votes			1,067	4.2
Turnout			25,601	96.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gerald Mahoney	13,218	53.9	+3.6
	United Australia	John McPhee	11,316	46.1	−3.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.6

Franklin

1937 Australian federal election: Franklin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Frost	15,348	58.0	+14.9
	United Australia	Hugh Warner	11,133	42.0	+2.2
Total formal votes			26,481	97.8
Informal votes			599	2.2
Turnout			27,080	97.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.6

Wilmot

1937 Australian federal election: Wilmot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Joseph Lyons	12,365	53.2	−4.3
	Labor	Lancelot Spurr	6,384	27.4	+27.4
	Labor	Maurice Weston	4,511	19.4	+19.4
Total formal votes			23,260	96.8
Informal votes			776	3.2
Turnout			24,036	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Joseph Lyons		55.1	−4.3
	Labor	Lancelot Spurr		44.9	+4.3
	United Australia hold		Swing	−4.3

Northern Territory

Northern Territory

1937 Australian federal election: Northern Territory

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Adair Blain	963	38.2	−11.6
	Labor	Robert Toupein	920	36.5	−9.2
	Independent	Ronald Hughes-Jones	333	13.2	+13.2
	Independent	Harold Nelson	305	12.1	+12.1
Total formal votes			2,521	98.8
Informal votes			32	1.2
Turnout			2,553	80.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Independent	Adair Blain	1,310	52.0	+0.2
	Labor	Robert Toupein	1,211	48.0	−0.2
	Independent hold		Swing	+0.2

See also

• Candidates of the 1937 Australian federal election
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1937–1940

References

1. "Details of Australian election results, 1937". University of Western Australia. Retrieved 2 October 2018.