1936 Central Shaneville Presidential election

1936 Central Shanevlle presidential election

9 October 1936 (1936-10-09)
180 seats in the Central Shaneville Parliament (CSP) 91 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	88%
First party Second party Third party   Leader George Hargrave John Tait Thomas Valentine Party National Workers' Alliance Conservative Progressive Party Leader since March 1932 October 1928 October 1932 Leader's seat Ajaccio Sassari Grass Hill Last election 73,048 (27%) 74,132 (27.4%) 54,221 (20%) Seats before 72 77 0 Seats won 85 53 37 Seat change +13 -24 +37 FPTP vote 71,862 70,169 69,593 Percentage 26.5% 25.9% 25.6% Swing - - -   Fourth party   Leader William Griesinger Party Democratic Liberal Leader since March 1928 Leader's seat Northern Territory Last election 69,436 (25.6%) Seats before 31 Seats won 5 Seat change -26 FPTP vote 59,735 Percentage 22% Swing -
President of Central Shaneville before election John Tait Conservative President of Central Shaneville George Hargrave National Workers' Alliance

The 1936 Central Shaneville Presidential election was held on the 9 October 1936. John Tait and the Conservative Party were in the incumbent president and party respectively following their minority victory in 1932.

John Tait's first term as President in the Conservative minority government is promising and successful, the economy is growing and welfare reform is passed leading to a decreased amount of poor people, for the 1936 election, Tait runs for a second term whilst George Hargrave also runs again for the NWA, the Liberal nomination is once again William Griesinger whilst the Progressives go for a last ditch attempt at keeping afloat nominating Thomas Valentine.

Pre-election, the predictions are that Tait will win a second term with a minority government, he would be the first President since Liberals' Ben Murker in 1916 and 1920 to win back to back terms.

At the end of the election, George Hargrave's 1936 vision was realized and after their 2nd place finish in 1932, Hargrave captured the Presidency with a minority - only 6 seats away from a majority.

The Liberals suffered their worst defeat only getting 5 seats.

Exit Poll

The Exit Poll took place a week before the election and predicted the following:

Parties		Seats	Change
	National Workers' Alliance	38	-
	Conservative Party	30	-
	Progressive Party	30	-
	Liberal Party	27	-
	Undecided	55	-
NATIONAL WORKERS' ALLIANCE WINS A MINORITY GOVERNMENT

Results

After all electoral districts had been declared, the results were:

Party		Leader	MLs			Votes
				Of total			Of total
National Workers' Alliance		George Hargrave	85	47.2%	85 / 180	xxx	26.5%	26.5%
Conservative Party		John Tait (incumbent)	53	29.4%	53 / 180	xxx	25.9%	25.9%
Progressive Party		Thomas Valentine	37	20.6%	37 / 180	xxx	25.6%	25.6%
Liberal Party		William Griesinger	5	3.8%	5 / 180	xxx	22.0%	22.0%

Voting summary

Popular vote National Workers' Alliance   26.5% Conservative Party   25.9% Progressive Party   25.6% Liberal Party   22.0%