Election figures

1943 (21 August)

Enrolment 69,677 Total votes 69,020 (99.06%) Informal 1,226 (1.78%)

Valid votes 67,794

Alexander Hammond Bracks

Nationalist

9,396

13.86%

*John Curtin

Labor

45,352

66.90%

Frederick Roy Lee

Independent Nationalist

13,046

19.24%

* Sitting member

Absolute majority for Curtin 22,910

Percentage of primary valid votes in each subdivision
– in brackets ALP Senate vote

 

Bracks

Curtin

Lee

Total valid votes

Claremont

19.17%

50.66% (42.78%)

30.17%

8,841 (8,326)

East Fremantle

13.63%

71.23% (63.82%)

15.14%

6,288 (5,997)

Fremantle

8.94%

76.37% (64.38%)

14.70%

2,395 (2,177)

Leederville

13.83%

66.89% (55.83%)

19.28%

10,047 (9,269)

North Fremantle

10.98%

75.07% (65.14%)

13.95%

2,387 (2,197)

South Fremantle

8.67%

80.77% (71.59%)

10.56%

4,904 (4,601)

South Perth

17.51%

54.15% (44.81%)

28.34%

7,032 (6,646)

Victoria Park

12.55%

69.28% (59.84%)

18.17%

6,900 (6,367)

Wembley Park

16.21%

60.04% (52.13%)

23.74%

4,132 (3,934)

Members of the Forces

10.62%

77.26% (64.24%)

12.12%

10,216 (9,822)

Postal votes

15.24%

59.53% (57.86%)

25.23%

1,411 (1,291)

Absent votes

15.28%

70.62% (58.25%)

14.10%

3,050 (3,044)

Section votes

10.47%

71.20% (72.19%)

18.32%

191 (169)

Total

13.86%

66.90%

19.24%

67,794 (63,840)

 

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