Book reviews

Australian books

L. L. Robson, The First A.I.F. A Study of Its Recruitment 1914–1918, Melbourne University Press, 1970, pp. 227 + ix, $6.75.

Richard Gordon (ed.), The Australian New Left: Critical Essays and Strategy, Heinemann Australia, Melbourne, 1970, pp. 304 + x, $1.75.

D. J. Murphy, R. B. Joyce and Colin A. Hughes (eds.), Prelude to Power. The Rise of the Labour Party in Queensland 1885–1915, Queensland University Press, 1970, pp. 336 + xx, $6.95.

J. T. Lang, The Turbulent Years, Alpha Books, Sydney, 1970, pp. 319, $4.95.

C. B. Schedvin, Australia and the Great Depression. A Study of Economic Development and Policy in the 1920s and 1930s, Sydney University Press, Sydney, 1970, pp. 419 + xvi, $10.00.

K. D. Buckley, The Amalgamated Engineers in Australia, 1852–1920, Department of Economic History, A.N.U., Canberra, 1970, pp. 318, $5.00.

W. M. Hughes, The Case for Labor, Sydney University Press, Sydney, 1970, pp. 144 + xxxiv, $1.75 (paper).

W. J. Hudson, Australia and the Colonial Question at the United Nations, Sydney University Press, 1970, pp. ix + 214, $6.00.

W. E. Tomasetti, Australia and the United Nations: New Guinea Trusteeship Issues from 1946–1966, New Guinea Research Bulletin No. 36, pp. viii + 110, Australian National University, 1970.

E. M. Andrews, Isolationism and Appeasement in Australia. Reactions to the European Crises, 1935–1939, Australian National University Press, 1970, pp. 236 + xv, $6.95.

W. Macmahon Ball, Australia and Japan, Nelson, Melbourne, 1969, pp. 172 + xii, $1.95

H. I. London, Non‐White Immigration and the “White Australia” Policy, Sydney University Press, 1970, pp. 318, $7.00.

J. M. Bennett (ed.), A History of the New South Wales Bar, Law Book Company for the Bar Association of New South Wales, Sydney, 1969, pp. 282 + xiv, $10.25.

R. McMurchie (ed.), Australia 1980: Australian Finance Conference — International Seminar, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1969, pp. 154, $3.50.

Julie Rigg (ed.), In Her Own Right, Nelson, Melbourne, 1969, pp. 184 + viii, $4.95.

Non‐Australian books

Trevor R. Reese, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. A Survey of International Relations 1941–1968 (Royal Institute of International Affairs), Oxford University Press, London, 1969, pp. 376 + x, $9.35.

Austin Mitchell, Politics and People in New Zealand, Whitcombe and Tombs, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1969, pp. 323, $4.75.

Max Beloff, Imperial Sunset Vol. 1, Britain's Liberal Empire 1897–1921, Methuen & Co. Ltd., London, 1969, pp. 387 + xii, $9.60.

Grant Hugo, Britain in Tomorrow's World, Principles of Foreign Policy, Chatto & Windus, London, 1969, pp. 256, $5.40.

G. St. J. Barclay, Commonwealth or Europe, Queensland University Press, St. Lucia, Queensland, 1970, pp. 210 + xi, $4.95.

J. D. Simmonds, China's World, The Foreign Policy of a Developing State, Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1970, pp. 260 + ix, $6.95.

Haruhiro Fukui, Party in Power. The Japanese Liberal‐Democrats and Policy‐Making, Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1970, pp. 301, $8.50.

S. M. Lipset (ed.), Politics and the Social Sciences, Oxford University Press, New York, 1969, pp. 328 + xxii, $7.50 (Aust.).

J. B. Sanderson, An Interpretation of the Political Ideas of Marx and Engels, Longmans, London, pp. 118, 18/‐ stg.

Peter Bachrach and Morton S. Baratz, Power and Poverty: Theory and Practice, Oxford University Press, New York, 1970, pp. 220 + xiv, $2.95 paper, $6.75 cloth.

Robin Farquharson, Theory of Voting, Yale University Press, New Haven, 1969, pp. 83 + xii, $US5.00.

Stein Rokkan and Jean Meyriat, International Guide to Electoral Statistics. Volume I: National Elections in Western Europe, Mouton, The Hague, 1969, pp. 351 + vi. $13.50.

S. K. Panter‐Brick (ed.), Nigerian Politics and Military Rule: Prelude to the Civil War, Athlone Press, London, 1970, pp. 267, 55/‐ stg.     

Do Lawyers Get More Votes?

ABSTRACT

In many western democracies, law has been the dominant occupational background of politicians. This raises the question whether lawyers get more votes when they run for election compared to non-lawyers. To our knowledge, this question has not been examined empirically over an extended period of time. Our study aims to fill this lacuna. We collected longitudinal data about the careers of all candidates in Canadian federal elections from 1921 to 2015. Our dataset is composed of about 32,000 observations including the occupation and electoral performance of every candidate who ran for office. Our analysis shows that lawyers do get more votes but that their personal electoral boost is very small.