This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Evans in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1949 until its abolition in 1977.
Members
Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
Frederick Osborne | Liberal | 1949—1961 | |
James Monaghan | Labor | 1961—1963 | |
Malcolm Mackay | Liberal | 1963—1972 | |
Allan Mulder | Labor | 1972—1975 | |
John Abel | Liberal | 1975—1977 |
Election results
Elections in the 1970s
1975
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Abel | 29,762 | 51.1 | +7.5 | |
Labor | Allan Mulder | 27,357 | 46.9 | -6.0 | |
Australia | Graham Roll | 489 | 0.8 | -1.0 | |
Independent | Warren Wilson | 421 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Independent | Frederick Keoghan | 254 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 58,283 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 1,273 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 59,556 | 94.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | John Abel | 52.0 | +6.9 | ||
Labor | Allan Mulder | 48.0 | -6.9 | ||
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +6.9 |
1974
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Allan Mulder | 29,502 | 52.9 | +4.7 | |
Liberal | John Abel | 24,299 | 43.6 | +3.2 | |
Independent | John McGarity | 991 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Australia | Paul Flottmann | 977 | 1.8 | -3.2 | |
Total formal votes | 55,769 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 1,379 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 57,148 | 94.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Allan Mulder | 54.9 | +2.2 | ||
Liberal | John Abel | 45.1 | -2.2 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +2.2 |
1972
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Allan Mulder | 25,623 | 48.2 | +2.8 | |
Liberal | Malcolm Mackay | 21,453 | 40.4 | -4.0 | |
Australia | John Dease | 2,644 | 5.0 | +2.1 | |
Independent | Noel MacDonald | 1,714 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
Democratic Labor | Gary Doherty | 1,705 | 3.2 | -2.1 | |
Total formal votes | 53,139 | 97.2 | |||
Informal votes | 1,536 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 54,675 | 94.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Allan Mulder | 28,021 | 52.7 | +3.9 | |
Liberal | Malcolm Mackay | 25,118 | 47.3 | -3.9 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.9 |
Elections in the 1960s
1969
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | James Monaghan | 24,054 | 45.4 | +8.9 | |
Liberal | Malcolm Mackay | 23,527 | 44.4 | -8.1 | |
Democratic Labor | Kevin Davis | 2,798 | 5.3 | +0.3 | |
Australia | John Fisher | 1,550 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
Independent | Hal Saunders | 1,010 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Total formal votes | 52,939 | 96.4 | |||
Informal votes | 1,950 | 3.6 | |||
Turnout | 54,889 | 93.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Malcolm Mackay | 27,100 | 51.2 | -9.0 | |
Labor | James Monaghan | 25,839 | 48.8 | +9.0 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -9.0 |
1966
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Malcolm Mackay | 20,342 | 55.1 | +4.0 | |
Labor | James Monaghan | 12,857 | 34.9 | -7.1 | |
Democratic Labor | Francis Collins | 2,071 | 5.6 | -0.4 | |
Liberal Reform Group | John Gunn | 1,619 | 4.4 | +4.4 | |
Total formal votes | 36,889 | 96.5 | |||
Informal votes | 1,327 | 3.5 | |||
Turnout | 38,216 | 93.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Malcolm Mackay | 61.8 | +5.2 | ||
Labor | James Monaghan | 38.2 | -5.2 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +5.2 |
1963
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Malcolm Mackay | 19,306 | 51.1 | +5.0 | |
Labor | James Monaghan | 15,863 | 42.0 | -3.3 | |
Democratic Labor | Jack Kane | 2,263 | 6.0 | -0.8 | |
Independent | Harold O'Reilly | 187 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Independent | Stanislaus Kelly | 177 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Total formal votes | 37,796 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 847 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 38,643 | 95.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Malcolm Mackay | 56.6 | +6.7 | ||
Labor | James Monaghan | 43.4 | -6.7 | ||
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +6.7 |
1961
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frederick Osborne | 17,623 | 46.1 | -5.9 | |
Labor | James Monaghan | 17,305 | 45.3 | +3.5 | |
Democratic Labor | Francis Collins | 2,580 | 6.8 | +0.6 | |
Independent | Harold O'Reilly | 702 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Total formal votes | 38,210 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 1,051 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 39,261 | 95.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | James Monaghan | 19,141 | 50.1 | +7.1 | |
Liberal | Frederick Osborne | 19,069 | 49.9 | -7.1 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +7.1 |
Elections in the 1950s
1958
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frederick Osborne | 20,488 | 52.0 | -8.9 | |
Labor | James Monaghan | 16,482 | 41.8 | +2.7 | |
Democratic Labor | Lawrence Pedemont | 2,440 | 6.2 | +6.2 | |
Total formal votes | 39,410 | 97.1 | |||
Informal votes | 1,170 | 2.9 | |||
Turnout | 40,580 | 95.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Frederick Osborne | 57.0 | -3.9 | ||
Labor | James Monaghan | 43.0 | +3.9 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -3.9 |
1955
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frederick Osborne | 25,236 | 60.9 | +7.6 | |
Labor | Sidney Pollard | 16,179 | 39.1 | -7.6 | |
Total formal votes | 41,415 | 97.1 | |||
Informal votes | 1,228 | 2.9 | |||
Turnout | 42,643 | 95.7 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +7.6 |
1954
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frederick Osborne | 19,413 | 55.0 | -3.6 | |
Labor | Robert Bailey | 15,876 | 45.0 | +3.6 | |
Total formal votes | 35,289 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 397 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 35,686 | 96.0 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -3.6 |
1951
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frederick Osborne | 21,936 | 58.6 | +2.0 | |
Labor | Robert Bailey | 15,467 | 41.4 | -2.0 | |
Total formal votes | 37,403 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 666 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 38,069 | 96.3 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.0 |
Elections in the 1940s
1949
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frederick Osborne | 21,616 | 56.6 | +5.6 | |
Labor | Ronald Nicholls | 16,588 | 43.4 | -5.6 | |
Total formal votes | 38,204 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 734 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 38,938 | 96.8 | |||
Liberal notional hold | Swing | +5.6 |
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