1928 (17 November)
Enrolment 43,864 Total votes 40,785 (92.98%) Informal 1,253 (3.07%)
Valid votes 39,532
John Curtin |
Labor |
19,433 |
49.16% |
Frank Ernest Gibson |
Nationalist |
11,402 |
28.84% |
Henry Keith Watson |
Independent |
8,697 |
22.00% |
Final count after distribution of preferences
Curtin |
ALP |
19,433 |
1,156 (13.29%) |
20,589 |
52.08% |
Gibson |
Nat |
11,402 |
7,541 (86.71%) |
18,943 |
47.92% |
Watson |
Ind |
8697 |
Excluded |
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Majority (after preferences) for Curtin 1,646
Percentage of primary valid votes in each subdivision
|
Curtin |
Gibson |
Watson |
Total valid votes |
Balkatta |
47.27% |
25.36% |
27.37% |
10,081 |
Claremont |
33.97% |
33.61 |
32.42% |
9,327 |
East Fremantle |
59.41% |
28.72% |
11.88% |
5,119 |
Fremantle |
59.05% |
31.51% |
9.44% |
1,917 |
North Fremantle |
66.98% |
20.98% |
12.05% |
2,283 |
South Fremantle |
65.73% |
23.56% |
10.70% |
4,363 |
West Subiaco |
48.28% |
29.42% |
22.30% |
3,107 |
Postal votes |
45.54% |
37.85% |
16.62% |
662 |
Absent votes |
42.42% |
36.20% |
21.39% |
2,733 |
Section votes |
39.04% |
34.25% |
26.71% |
154 |
Total |
49.16% |
28.84% |
22.00% |
39,532 |
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