Election figures

1934 (15 September)

Enrolment 53,584 Total votes 50,312 (93.89%) Informal votes 1,438 (2.86%)

Valid votes 48,874

William Forbes Stuart Erskine Buchan

Social Credit

6,782

13.88%

Annie Florence Gillies Cardell-Oliver

Nationalist

19,761

40.43%

John Curtin

Labor

22,331

45.69%

Final count after distribution of preferences

Buchan

Social Credit

6,782

excluded

 

 

Cardell-Oliver

Nat

19,761

4,162 (61.37%)

23,923

48.95%

Curtin

ALP

22,331

2,620 (38.63%)

24,951

51.05%

Majority (after preferences) for Curtin 1,028

Percentage of primary valid votes in each subdivision

 

Buchan

Cardell-Oliver

Curtin

Total valid votes

Balkatta

10.61%

40.60%

48.79%

12,564

Claremont

13.51%

53.94%

32.54%

11,618

East Fremantle

15.61%

32.87%

51.52%

6,060

Fremantle

11.53%

34.55%

53.92%

1,925

North Fremantle

19.65%

27.19%

53.17%

2,321

South Fremantle

17.00%

24.57%

58.44%

4,795

West Subiaco

13.98%

45.11%

40.90%

5,393

Postal votes

14.42%

34.16%

51.43%

770

Absent votes

16.90%

36.05%

47.05%

3,154

Section votes

15.33%

34.31%

50.36%

274

Total

13.88%

40.43%

45.69%

48,874

 

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