This is a list of electoral results for the Division of La Trobe in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1949 until the present.
Members
Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
Richard Casey | Liberal | 1949–1960 | |
John Jess | 1960 by–1972 | ||
Tony Lamb | Labor | 1972–1975 | |
Marshall Baillieu | Liberal | 1975–1980 | |
Peter Milton | Labor | 1980–1990 | |
Bob Charles | Liberal | 1990–2004 | |
Jason Wood | 2004–2010 | ||
Laura Smyth | Labor | 2010–2013 | |
Jason Wood | Liberal | 2013–present |
Election results
Elections in the 2020s
2022
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jason Wood | 41,786 | 45.58 | −0.20 | |
Labor | Abi Kumar | 23,918 | 26.09 | −7.55 | |
Greens | Michael Schilling | 9,980 | 10.89 | +3.32 | |
United Australia | Merryn Mott | 6,182 | 6.74 | +3.80 | |
One Nation | Hadden Ervin | 4,555 | 4.97 | −0.62 | |
Animal Justice | Helen Jeges | 2,450 | 2.67 | +2.67 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Abelman | 1,911 | 2.08 | +2.08 | |
Australian Federation | Rebecca Skinner | 890 | 0.97 | +0.97 | |
Total formal votes | 91,672 | 95.34 | −0.11 | ||
Informal votes | 4,483 | 4.66 | +0.11 | ||
Turnout | 96,155 | 90.89 | +1.67 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Jason Wood | 53,803 | 58.69 | +3.56 | |
Labor | Abi Kumar | 37,869 | 41.31 | −3.56 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.56 |
Elections in the 2010s
2019
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jason Wood | 45,123 | 45.72 | +1.59 | |
Labor | Simon Curtis | 34,040 | 34.49 | +2.35 | |
Greens | Amy Gregorovich | 7,752 | 7.86 | −0.43 | |
One Nation | Esther Baker | 4,796 | 4.86 | +4.86 | |
Justice | Asher Calwell-Browne | 3,525 | 3.57 | +0.70 | |
United Australia | Duncan Dean | 2,506 | 2.54 | +2.54 | |
Rise Up Australia | Norman Baker | 947 | 0.96 | −1.01 | |
Total formal votes | 98,689 | 95.53 | +1.21 | ||
Informal votes | 4,616 | 4.47 | −1.21 | ||
Turnout | 103,305 | 93.30 | +5.19 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Jason Wood | 53,776 | 54.49 | +1.27 | |
Labor | Simon Curtis | 44,913 | 45.51 | −1.27 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.27 |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jason Wood | 39,108 | 42.23 | −3.82 | |
Labor | Simon Curtis | 29,052 | 31.37 | −0.69 | |
Greens | Tom Cummings | 9,773 | 10.55 | +0.53 | |
Justice | Julieanne Doidge | 3,922 | 4.24 | +4.24 | |
Animal Justice | Leah Folloni | 2,677 | 2.89 | +2.89 | |
Family First | Jeffrey Bartram | 2,273 | 2.45 | +0.56 | |
Sex Party | Martin Leahy | 2,103 | 2.27 | −0.52 | |
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | David Fent | 1,321 | 1.43 | +1.43 | |
Liberal Democrats | Leslie Hughes | 1,188 | 1.28 | +1.28 | |
Rise Up Australia | Margaret Quinn | 1,180 | 1.27 | +0.47 | |
Total formal votes | 92,597 | 94.44 | −1.17 | ||
Informal votes | 5,454 | 5.56 | +1.17 | ||
Turnout | 98,051 | 92.74 | −2.10 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Jason Wood | 47,649 | 51.46 | −2.55 | |
Labor | Simon Curtis | 44,948 | 48.54 | +2.55 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.55 |
2013
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jason Wood | 40,925 | 46.05 | +3.01 | |
Labor | Laura Smyth | 28,488 | 32.06 | −7.35 | |
Greens | Michael Schilling | 8,905 | 10.02 | −1.98 | |
Palmer United | Jason Kennedy | 4,514 | 5.08 | +5.08 | |
Sex Party | Martin Leahy | 2,475 | 2.79 | +0.46 | |
Family First | Daniel Martin | 1,680 | 1.89 | −0.68 | |
Democratic Labour | Rachel Jenkins | 1,168 | 1.31 | +1.31 | |
Rise Up Australia | Kevin Seaman | 711 | 0.80 | +0.80 | |
Total formal votes | 88,866 | 95.61 | −0.35 | ||
Informal votes | 4,083 | 4.39 | +0.35 | ||
Turnout | 92,949 | 94.84 | +0.41 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Jason Wood | 47,998 | 54.01 | +5.67 | |
Labor | Laura Smyth | 40,868 | 45.99 | −5.67 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +5.67 |
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jason Wood | 39,053 | 43.88 | −2.60 | |
Labor | Laura Smyth | 33,970 | 38.17 | −2.22 | |
Greens | Jim Reiher | 10,931 | 12.28 | +3.44 | |
Sex Party | Martin Leahy | 2,539 | 2.85 | +2.85 | |
Family First | David Barrow | 1,917 | 2.15 | −0.69 | |
Liberal Democrats | Shem Bennett | 587 | 0.66 | +0.56 | |
Total formal votes | 88,997 | 95.93 | −0.79 | ||
Informal votes | 3,773 | 4.07 | +0.79 | ||
Turnout | 92,770 | 94.70 | −1.14 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Laura Smyth | 45,308 | 50.91 | +1.42 | |
Liberal | Jason Wood | 43,689 | 49.09 | −1.42 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.42 |
Elections in the 2000s
2007
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jason Wood | 39,636 | 46.48 | −4.74 | |
Labor | Rodney Cocks | 34,448 | 40.39 | +6.62 | |
Greens | Bree Taylor | 7,539 | 8.84 | −0.57 | |
Family First | Jim Zubic | 2,423 | 2.84 | +0.49 | |
Democrats | Craig Beale | 1,012 | 1.19 | −0.30 | |
Citizens Electoral Council | Kurt Beilharz | 140 | 0.16 | −0.01 | |
Liberty & Democracy | Surome Singh | 85 | 0.10 | +0.10 | |
Total formal votes | 85,283 | 96.72 | +0.74 | ||
Informal votes | 2,896 | 3.28 | −0.74 | ||
Turnout | 88,179 | 95.82 | +0.36 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Jason Wood | 43,077 | 50.51 | −5.32 | |
Labor | Rodney Cocks | 42,206 | 49.49 | +5.32 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −5.32 |
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jason Wood | 39,810 | 51.22 | +4.68 | |
Labor | Susan Davies | 26,251 | 33.77 | −0.45 | |
Greens | Craig Smith | 7,313 | 9.41 | +2.01 | |
Democrats | Tony Holland | 1,160 | 1.49 | −6.53 | |
Family First | Darryl Bridges | 1,830 | 2.35 | +2.35 | |
Independent | Frank Dean | 777 | 1.00 | +0.52 | |
Christian Democrats | Wolf Voigt | 459 | 0.59 | −0.45 | |
Citizens Electoral Council | Kurt Beilharz | 131 | 0.17 | +0.17 | |
Total formal votes | 77,731 | 95.98 | +0.20 | ||
Informal votes | 3,254 | 4.02 | −0.20 | ||
Turnout | 80,985 | 95.46 | +0.59 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Jason Wood | 43,394 | 55.83 | +2.16 | |
Labor | Susan Davies | 34,337 | 44.17 | −2.16 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.16 |
2001
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Bob Charles | 37,641 | 46.59 | +3.75 | |
Labor | Philip Staindl | 27,912 | 34.55 | −3.22 | |
Democrats | Tony Holland | 6,424 | 7.95 | −0.83 | |
Greens | Craig Smith | 5,740 | 7.10 | +3.29 | |
One Nation | June Scott | 1,304 | 1.61 | −2.71 | |
Christian Democrats | Wolfgang Voigt | 861 | 1.07 | +0.06 | |
Independent | Jason Allen | 530 | 0.66 | +0.66 | |
Independent | Frank Dean | 386 | 0.48 | +0.03 | |
Total formal votes | 80,798 | 95.80 | −0.59 | ||
Informal votes | 3,544 | 4.20 | +0.59 | ||
Turnout | 84,342 | 95.92 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Bob Charles | 43,366 | 53.67 | +2.68 | |
Labor | Philip Staindl | 37,432 | 46.33 | −2.68 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.68 |
Elections in the 1990s
1998
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Bob Charles | 31,456 | 42.84 | −1.62 | |
Labor | Carolyn Hirsh | 27,733 | 37.77 | −1.06 | |
Democrats | Amanda Leeper | 6,447 | 8.78 | −0.67 | |
One Nation | Jeff Thomas | 3,173 | 4.32 | +4.32 | |
Greens | Robyn Holtham | 2,801 | 3.81 | −0.90 | |
Christian Democrats | Wolf Voigt | 740 | 1.01 | −0.25 | |
Unity | Assyl Haidar | 411 | 0.56 | +0.56 | |
Independent | Frank Dean | 331 | 0.45 | −0.33 | |
Abolish Child Support | Graham Woolley | 186 | 0.25 | +0.25 | |
Natural Law | Andrew Stenberg | 152 | 0.21 | −0.31 | |
Total formal votes | 73,430 | 96.39 | −1.08 | ||
Informal votes | 2,751 | 3.61 | +1.08 | ||
Turnout | 76,181 | 96.10 | −0.36 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Bob Charles | 37,442 | 50.99 | −0.38 | |
Labor | Carolyn Hirsh | 35,988 | 49.01 | +0.38 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −0.38 |
1996
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Bob Charles | 30,806 | 44.46 | −2.90 | |
Labor | Carolyn Hirsh | 26,905 | 38.83 | −3.28 | |
Democrats | John Hastie | 6,549 | 9.45 | +5.02 | |
Greens | John Benton | 3,264 | 4.71 | +1.04 | |
Call to Australia | Wolf Voigt | 874 | 1.26 | +0.12 | |
Independent | Frank Dean | 542 | 0.78 | +0.78 | |
Natural Law | Andrew Stenberg | 350 | 0.51 | −0.11 | |
Total formal votes | 69,290 | 97.47 | −0.16 | ||
Informal votes | 1,799 | 2.53 | +0.16 | ||
Turnout | 71,089 | 96.45 | +0.03 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Bob Charles | 35,396 | 51.37 | +0.10 | |
Labor | Carolyn Hirsh | 33,508 | 48.63 | −0.10 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.10 |
1993
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Bob Charles | 35,306 | 48.17 | +4.49 | |
Labor | Geoff Pain | 29,715 | 40.54 | +5.78 | |
Greens | Rebecca Wigney | 3,317 | 4.53 | +4.53 | |
Democrats | Raymond Jungwirth | 3,106 | 4.24 | −13.71 | |
Call to Australia | Wolfgang Voigt | 866 | 1.18 | −2.44 | |
Independent EFF | Peter Herbert | 552 | 0.75 | +0.75 | |
Natural Law | Juliana Kendi | 436 | 0.59 | +0.59 | |
Total formal votes | 73,298 | 97.64 | +0.06 | ||
Informal votes | 1,772 | 2.36 | −0.06 | ||
Turnout | 75,070 | 96.42 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Bob Charles | 38,348 | 52.36 | +1.01 | |
Labor | Geoff Pain | 34,893 | 47.64 | −1.01 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.01 |
1990
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Bob Charles | 29,805 | 43.7 | +1.9 | |
Labor | Peter Milton | 23,720 | 34.8 | −12.9 | |
Democrats | Greta Jungwirth | 12,246 | 17.9 | +7.5 | |
Call to Australia | Teresa Kemp | 2,468 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
Total formal votes | 68,239 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 1,690 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 69,929 | 96.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Bob Charles | 34,980 | 51.4 | +5.6 | |
Labor | Peter Milton | 33,138 | 48.6 | −5.6 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +5.6 |
Elections in the 1980s
1987
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Peter Milton | 31,510 | 50.8 | −3.2 | |
Liberal | Bob Charles | 24,013 | 38.7 | +2.3 | |
Democrats | John Benton | 6,461 | 10.4 | +2.6 | |
Total formal votes | 61,984 | 95.2 | |||
Informal votes | 3,121 | 4.8 | |||
Turnout | 65,105 | 95.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Peter Milton | 35,539 | 57.3 | −1.4 | |
Liberal | Bob Charles | 26,439 | 42.7 | +1.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −1.4 |
1984
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Peter Milton | 28,853 | 54.0 | +1.6 | |
Liberal | Ted French | 19,438 | 36.4 | +2.0 | |
Democrats | Andrew McCann | 4,185 | 7.8 | −2.7 | |
Democratic Labor | Julie Garratt | 976 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Total formal votes | 53,452 | 92.1 | |||
Informal votes | 4,574 | 7.9 | |||
Turnout | 58,026 | 95.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Peter Milton | 31,370 | 58.7 | −1.8 | |
Liberal | Ted French | 22,077 | 41.3 | +1.8 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −1.8 |
1983
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Peter Milton | 40,493 | 52.8 | +7.6 | |
Liberal | Peter Nugent | 26,045 | 34.0 | −6.7 | |
Democrats | Milton Blake | 8,010 | 10.5 | +0.1 | |
Christian | Cornelis Hellema | 2,085 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
Total formal votes | 76,633 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 1,439 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 78,072 | 96.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Peter Milton | 60.9 | +8.6 | ||
Liberal | Peter Nugent | 39.1 | −8.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +8.6 |
1980
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Peter Milton | 31,439 | 45.2 | +4.9 | |
Liberal | Marshall Baillieu | 28,282 | 40.7 | −0.9 | |
Democrats | James Leicester | 7,201 | 10.4 | −3.7 | |
United Christian | Cornelis Hellema | 1,487 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
Democratic Labor | Desmond Burke | 867 | 1.2 | −1.1 | |
Independent | Wilhelm Kapphan | 262 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 69,538 | 97.2 | |||
Informal votes | 2,015 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 71,553 | 95.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Peter Milton | 36,360 | 52.3 | +3.1 | |
Liberal | Marshall Baillieu | 33,178 | 47.7 | −3.1 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.1 |
Elections in the 1970s
1977
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Marshall Baillieu | 26,060 | 41.6 | −8.9 | |
Labor | Tony Lamb | 25,250 | 40.3 | −3.2 | |
Democrats | Andrew McCann | 8,827 | 14.1 | +14.1 | |
Democratic Labor | James Penna | 1,410 | 2.3 | +0.0 | |
Independent | Cornelus Hellema | 1,099 | 1.8 | −0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 62,646 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 1,725 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 64,371 | 95.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Marshall Baillieu | 31,845 | 50.8 | −3.5 | |
Labor | Tony Lamb | 30,801 | 49.2 | +3.5 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −3.5 |
1975
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Marshall Baillieu | 41,276 | 50.5 | +8.5 | |
Labor | Tony Lamb | 35,504 | 43.5 | −9.4 | |
Democratic Labor | James Penna | 1,889 | 2.3 | −0.4 | |
Independent | Cornelus Hellema | 1,837 | 2.2 | +2.2 | |
Australia | Don Walters | 1,029 | 1.3 | −0.7 | |
Independent | Ronald Neilsen | 169 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Total formal votes | 18,704 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 1,647 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 83,351 | 95.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Marshall Baillieu | 54.3 | +8.9 | ||
Labor | Tony Lamb | 45.7 | −8.9 | ||
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | −3.5 |
1974
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Tony Lamb | 40,444 | 52.9 | +2.4 | |
Liberal | Marshall Baillieu | 32,126 | 42.0 | +4.1 | |
Democratic Labor | Daniel Mason | 2,051 | 2.7 | −2.5 | |
Australia | Don Walters | 1,501 | 2.0 | −1.3 | |
Independent | William Bryant | 323 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 76,445 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 1,467 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 77,912 | 95.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Tony Lamb | 54.6 | −0.4 | ||
Liberal | Marshall Baillieu | 45.4 | +0.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −0.4 |
1972
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Tony Lamb | 31,885 | 50.5 | +8.8 | |
Liberal | John Jess | 23,961 | 37.9 | −6.7 | |
Democratic Labor | George Noone | 3,292 | 5.2 | −3.6 | |
Australia | Don Walters | 2,083 | 3.3 | −1.7 | |
Defence of Government Schools | Eileen Fowler | 1,238 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
Independent | Jeffrey Gill | 700 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
Total formal votes | 63,159 | 97.7 | |||
Informal votes | 1,505 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 64,664 | 96.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Tony Lamb | 55.0 | +10.2 | ||
Liberal | John Jess | 45.0 | −10.2 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | −3.5 |
Elections in the 1960s
1969
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Jess | 22,343 | 44.6 | −3.2 | |
Labor | Pauline McCarthy | 20,898 | 41.7 | +9.6 | |
Democratic Labor | Peter Tunstall | 4,393 | 8.8 | −4.0 | |
Australia | Brenda Elliott | 2,484 | 5.0 | +5.0 | |
Total formal votes | 50,118 | 96.8 | |||
Informal votes | 1,658 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 51,776 | 94.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | John Jess | 27,641 | 55.2 | −5.7 | |
Labor | Pauline McCarthy | 22,477 | 44.8 | +5.7 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −5.7 |
1966
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Jess | 38,427 | 47.6 | −1.1 | |
Labor | Don Pritchard | 26,847 | 33.3 | −7.6 | |
Democratic Labor | Kevin Adamson | 10,311 | 12.8 | +2.4 | |
Liberal Reform Group | Leonard Weber | 5,075 | 6.3 | +6.3 | |
Total formal votes | 80,660 | 97.0 | |||
Informal votes | 2,471 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 83,131 | 95.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | John Jess | 48,873 | 60.6 | +3.8 | |
Labor | Don Pritchard | 31,787 | 39.4 | −3.8 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.8 |
1963
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Jess | 35,050 | 48.7 | +5.0 | |
Labor | Moss Cass | 29,466 | 40.9 | −1.1 | |
Democratic Labor | Kevin Adamson | 7,490 | 10.4 | −3.1 | |
Total formal votes | 72,006 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 797 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 72,803 | 96.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | John Jess | 40,866 | 56.8 | +0.2 | |
Labor | Moss Cass | 31,140 | 43.2 | −0.2 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.2 |
1961
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Jess | 27,952 | 43.7 | −10.0 | |
Labor | Don Pritchard | 26,875 | 42.0 | +5.1 | |
Democratic Labor | John Hoare | 8,651 | 13.5 | +4.2 | |
Centre | Bernard Rees | 554 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
Total formal votes | 64,032 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 1,344 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 65,376 | 96.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | John Jess | 36,236 | 56.6 | −5.5 | |
Labor | Don Pritchard | 27,797 | 43.4 | +5.5 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −5.5 |
1960 by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Don Pritchard | 23,387 | 43.7 | +6.8 | |
Liberal | John Jess | 22,880 | 42.8 | −10.9 | |
Democratic Labor | John Martyr | 6,834 | 12.8 | +3.5 | |
Republican | John Murray | 406 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Total formal votes | 53,507 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 872 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 54,379 | 91.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | John Jess | 28,999 | 54.2 | −6.9 | |
Labor | Don Pritchard | 24,508 | 45.8 | +6.9 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −6.9 |
Elections in the 1950s
1958
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Richard Casey | 28,570 | 53.7 | −3.9 | |
Labor | Sam Goldbloom | 19,623 | 36.9 | +3.5 | |
Democratic Labor | Terence Kirley | 4,963 | 9.3 | +0.3 | |
Total formal votes | 53,156 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 1,031 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 54,187 | 95.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Richard Casey | 62.1 | −2.7 | ||
Labor | Sam Goldbloom | 37.9 | +2.7 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.7 |
1955
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Richard Casey | 24,442 | 57.6 | +5.8 | |
Labor | Bill Webber | 14,177 | 33.4 | −14.8 | |
Labor (A-C) | George Noone | 3,830 | 9.0 | +9.0 | |
Total formal votes | 42,449 | 97.5 | |||
Informal votes | 1,101 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 43,550 | 94.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Richard Casey | 64.8 | +13.0 | ||
Labor | Bill Webber | 35.2 | −13.0 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +13.0 |
1954
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Richard Casey | 34,585 | 55.1 | −2.9 | |
Labor | Edward Smith | 26,943 | 42.9 | +0.9 | |
Communist | Gerry O'Day | 1,227 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
Total formal votes | 62,755 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 699 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 63,454 | 96.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Richard Casey | 55.3 | −2.7 | ||
Labor | Edward Smith | 44.7 | +2.7 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.7 |
1951
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Richard Casey | 26,920 | 58.0 | −0.6 | |
Labor | Bernard Rees | 19,464 | 42.0 | +0.6 | |
Total formal votes | 46,384 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 877 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 47,261 | 96.0 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −0.6 |
Elections in the 1940s
1949
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Richard Casey | 23,645 | 58.6 | +4.1 | |
Labor | Robert Balcombe | 16,714 | 41.4 | −4.1 | |
Total formal votes | 40,359 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 698 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 41,057 | 94.6 | |||
Liberal notional hold | Swing | +4.1 |
References
🔥 Top keywords: Main PageSpecial:SearchPage 3Wikipedia:Featured picturesHouse of the DragonUEFA Euro 2024Bryson DeChambeauJuneteenthInside Out 2Eid al-AdhaCleopatraDeaths in 2024Merrily We Roll Along (musical)Jonathan GroffJude Bellingham.xxx77th Tony AwardsBridgertonGary PlauchéKylian MbappéDaniel RadcliffeUEFA European Championship2024 ICC Men's T20 World CupUnit 731The Boys (TV series)Rory McIlroyN'Golo KantéUEFA Euro 2020YouTubeRomelu LukakuOpinion polling for the 2024 United Kingdom general electionThe Boys season 4Romania national football teamNicola CoughlanStereophonic (play)Gene WilderErin DarkeAntoine GriezmannProject 2025