Election figures

1929 (12 October)

Enrolment 48,151 Total votes 43,822 (91.01%) Informal 914 (1.90%)

Valid votes 42,908

*John Curtin

Labor

24,482

57.06%

Henry Keith Watson

Nationalist

18,426

42.94%

* Sitting member

Majority for Curtin 6,056

Percentage of primary valid votes in each subdivision

 

Curtin

Watson

Total valid votes

Balkatta

55.33%

44.67%

11,216

Claremont

41.44%

58.56

10,438

East Fremantle

67.19%

32.81%

5,544

Fremantle

65.85%

34.15%

2,003

North Fremantle

73.25%

26.75%

2,426

South Fremantle

73.59%

26.41%

4,672

West Subiaco

56.73%

43.27%

3,970

Postal votes

53.70%

46.30%

896

Absent votes

54.83%

45.17%

1,719

Section votes

57.14%

42.86%

85

Total

57.06%

42.94%

42,908

 

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