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The Commonwealth of Syndic Australia: The 1923 Special Federal Election Results

The Commonwealth of Syndic Australia

An am fìrin a unsiač, nì Astrālēa adhartas - In Truth and Solidarity, Australia Advances

The Commonwealth of Syndic Australia - The 1923 Special Federal Election

The 1923 Special Federal Election was held following the Syndic Revolution and the Labor Day Coup to replace the Nationalist MPs who were exiled or retired as a result. The Labor Party, led by former Queensland Premier T.J. Ryan, went into the election with a distinct advantage; though they had lost ten of their own to the Industrial Socialist Party, they had also come to a coalition agreement with the ISP which guaranteed neither party would run against each other. The Country Party, though they had been the lesser partner in the outgoing Nationalist coalition, had weathered the revolution relatively unharmed under the leadership of Earle Page. The Nationalist Party's name effectively blacklisted from politics, the few remaining members willing to contest their electorates threw their lot in with the anti-Nationalist Liberal Union Party, now the de-facto conservative force in politics.

Whilst the introduction of compulsory voting was on the agenda, it would not yet be implemented, along with other electoral legislation, meaning this election was carried out with the exact same methods of voting as the last; Instant Run-off for the House of Representatives and Preferential Block Voting for the Senate.

All Parliamentary seats, including all Senate seats, were up for election, though newly inaugurated senators would inherit the remaining terms of their predecessor rather than beginning a new term outright.

Party Leaders are shown in Bold; all incumbents shows as Nationalists either resigned or were exiled, those who contested the election joined the Liberal Union Party


New South Wales

Electorate

Incumbent

Result

Barton

Frederick McDonald (Labor )

Seat Retained

Calare

Henry Pigott (Nationalist )

Lost to Ben Chifley (Industrial Socialist )

Cook

Edward Riley Jr. (Labor )

Seat Retained

Cowper

Earle Page (Country )

Seat Retained

Dalley

William Mahony (Industrial Socialist )

Seat Retained

Darling

Arthur Blakeley (Industrial Socialist )

Seat Retained

East Sydney

John West (Labor )

Seat Retained

Eden-Monaro

Austin Chapman (Nationalist )

Lost to Ulrich Walsh (Labor )

Gwydir

Lou Cunningham (Labor )

Seat Retained

Hume

Parker Moloney (Labor )

Seat Retained

Hunter

Matthew Charlton (Labor )

Seat Retained

Lang

Sir Elliot Johnson (Nationalist )

Lost to Sam Toombs (Industrial Socialist )

Macquarie

Arthur Manning (Nationalist )

Lost to Samuel Nicholls (Labor )

Martin

Herbert Pratten (Nationalist )

Lost to George Mullins (Industrial Socialist )

Newcastle

David Watkins (Industrial Socialist )

Seat Retained

New England

Victor Thompson (Country )

Seat Retained

North Sydney

Billy Hughes (Nationalist )

Lost to Donald Grant (Industrial Socialist )

Parkes

Bruce Smith (Liberal Union )

Seat Retained

Parramatta

Eric Bowden (Liberal Union )

Seat Retained

Reid

Percy Coleman (Labor )

Seat Retained

Richmond

Roland Green (Country )

Seat Retained

Riverina

William Killen (Country )

Seat Retained

Robertson

Sydney Gardener (Nationalist )

Lost to William Fleming (Country )

South Sydney

Edward Riley Sr. (Labor )

Seat Retained

Warringah

Granville Ryrie (Liberal Union )

Seat Retained

Wentworth

Walter Marks (Nationalist )

Lost to xxxxxxxxxx (Liberal Union )

Werriwa

Bert Lazzirini (Labor )

Seat Retained

West Sydney

T.J. Ryan (Labor )

Seat Retained

Labor: 12 Industrial Socialist: 7 Country: 5 Liberal Union: 4 Total: 28


Victoria

Electorate

Incumbent

Result

Balaclava

William Watt (Liberal Union )

Seat Retained

Ballaarat

Charles McGrath (Labor )

Seat Retained

Batman

Frank Brennan (Labor )

Seat Retained

Bendigo

Geoffry Hurry (Nationalist )

Lost to Edmund Jowett (Country )

Bourke

Frank Anstey (Industrial Socialist )

Seat Retained

Corangamite

William Gibson (Country )

Seat Retained

Corio

John Lister (Nationalist )

Lost to Alfred Hampson (Labor )

Echuca

William Hill (Country )

Seat Retained

Fawkner

George Maxwell (Nationalist )

Lost to Alfred Foster (Industrial Socialist )

Flinders

Stanley Bruce (Nationalist )

Lost to Stephen Thompson (Liberal Union )

Gippsland

Thomas Paterson (Country )

Seat Retained

Henty

Frederick Francis (Nationalist )

Lost to Henry Gullett (Liberal Union )

Indi

Robert Cook (Country )

Seat Retained

Kooyong

John Latham (Liberal Union )

Seat Retained

Maribyrnong

James Fenton (Labor )

Seat Retained

Melbourne

William Maloney (Labor )

Seat Retained

Melbourne Ports

James Mathews (Labor )

Seat Retained

Wannon

John McNeill (Labor )

Seat Retained

Wimmera

Percy Stewart (Country )

Seat Retained

Yarra

James Scullin (Labor )

Seat Retained

Labor: 8 Industrial Socialist: 2 Country: 6 Liberal Union: 4 Total: 20


Queensland

Electorate

Incumbent

Result

Brisbane

Donald Cameron (Liberal Union )

Seat Retained

Capricornia

Frank M. Forde (Labor )

Seat Retained

Darling Downs

Littleton Groom (Liberal Union )

Seat Retained

Herbert

Fred Bamford (Nationalist )

Lost to Mossy Hynes (Industrial Socialist )

Kennedy

Charles McDonald (Labor )

Seat Retained

Lilley

George Mackay (Liberal Union )

Seat Retained

Maranoa

William Dunstan (Labor )

Seat Retained

Moreton

Josiah Francis (Liberal Union )

Seat Retained

Oxley

James Bayley (Nationalist )

Lost to James Sharpe (Labor )

Wide Bay

Edward Corser (Nationalist )

Lost to James Heading (Country )

Labor: 4 Industrial Socialist: 1 Country: 1 Liberal Union: 4 Total: 10


South Australia

Electorate

Incumbent

Result

Adelaide

Gunner Yates (Labor )

Seat Retained

Angus

Moses Gabb (Labor )

Seat Retained

Barker

Malcolm Cameron (Liberal Union )

Seat Retained

Boothby

Jack Duncan-Hughes (Liberal Union )

Seat Retained

Grey

Andrew Lacey (Industrial Socialist )

Seat Retained

Hindmarsh

Norman Makin (Labor )

Seat Retained

Wakefield

Richard Foster (Liberal Union )

Seat Retained

Labor: 3 Industrial Socialist: 1 Country: 0 Liberal Union: 3 Total: 7


Tasmania

Electorate

Incumbent

Result

Bass

Syd Jackson (Nationalist )

Lost to King O'Malley (Industrial Socialist )

Darwin

Joshua Whittsitt (Country )

Seat Retained

Denison

David O'Keefe (Industrial Socialist )

Seat Retained

Franklin

William McWilliams (Country )

Seat Retained

Wilmot

Llewellyn Atkinson (Country )

Seat Retained

Labor: 0 Industrial Socialist: 2 Country: 3 Liberal Union: 0 Total: 5


Western Australia

Electorate

Incumbent

Result

Forrest

John Prowse (Country )

Seat Retained

Fremantle

William Watson (Independent)

Lost to John Curtin (Industrial Socialist )

Kalgoorlie

Albert Green (Industrial Socialist )

Seat Retained

Perth

James Fowler (Nationalist )

Lost to Andrew Clementson (Industrial Socialist )

Swan

Henry Gregory (Country )

Seat Retained

Labor: 0 Industrial Socialist: 3 Country: 2 Liberal Union: 0 Total: 5


Northern Territory

Electorate

Incumbent

Result

Northern Territory

H.G. Nelson (Industrial Socialist )

Seat Retained

Labor: 0 Industrial Socialist: 1 Country: 0 Liberal Union: 0 Total: 1


National Results
Labor: 27 Industrial Socialist: 17 Country: 17 Liberal Union: 15 Total: 76


Senate Results

Neither Labor nor the Country Party lost an incumbent seat; both making gains against outgoing Nationalists. The Industrial Socialists also made gains, almost doubling their representation in the House of Representatives. Surprisingly to most, the Liberal Union was able to salvage a decent number of former Nationalist electorates; it would seem that even a revolution hadn't entirely dislodged the nation's conservative voters, at least not in Wentworth.

The Senate saw major swings towards the Industrial Socialists and Country Party; the Senate was not included in Labour's non-competition agreement with the ISP:

Western Australia returned 6 Industrial Socialist Senators, a total wipeout.
South Australia returned 3 Labor and 3 Liberal Union Senators.
Victoria returned 5 Industrial Socialist Senators and 1 Country Senator
New South Wales returned 4 Industrial Socialist Senators and 2 Country Senators.
Queensland returned 4 Labor Senators and 2 Liberal Union Senators.
Tasmania returned 4 Country Senators and 2 Industrial Socialist Senators.

With the total being 17 Industrial Socialist Senators, 7 Country Senators, 5 Liberal Union Senators, and 7 Labor Senators.


Federal Election Results (With Coalitions)

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Information derrived from the Federal Parliament of Australia et al ℅ the Australic Syndicated Intranet, last updated on the 19° of March, 2024


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