This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Batman in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1906 until its abolition in 2019. The Division was then renamed Cooper
Members
editMember | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
Jabez Coon | Protectionist | 1906–1909 | |
Liberal | 1909–1910 | ||
Henry Beard | Labour | 1910–1910 | |
Frank Brennan | Labor | 1911–1931 | |
Samuel Dennis | United Australia | 1931–1934 | |
Frank Brennan | Labor | 1934–1949 | |
Alan Bird | Labor | 1949–1962 | |
Sam Benson | Labor | 1962–1966 | |
Independent | 1966–1969 | ||
Horrie Garrick | Labor | 1969–1977 | |
Brian Howe | Labor | 1977–1996 | |
Martin Ferguson | Labor | 1996–2013 | |
David Feeney | Labor | 2013–2018 | |
Ged Kearney | Labor | 2018–2019 |
Election results
editElections in the 2010s
edit2018 by-election
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ged Kearney | 36,840 | 43.14 | +7.87 | |
Greens | Alex Bhathal | 33,725 | 39.49 | +3.26 | |
Conservatives | Kevin Bailey | 5,471 | 6.41 | +6.41 | |
Animal Justice | Miranda Smith | 2,528 | 2.96 | +1.29 | |
Rise Up Australia | Yvonne Gentle | 2,217 | 2.60 | +2.60 | |
Independent | Teresa van Lieshout | 1,245 | 1.46 | +1.46 | |
Liberty Alliance | Debbie Robinson | 1,186 | 1.39 | +1.39 | |
Sustainable Australia | Mark McDonald | 951 | 1.11 | +1.11 | |
Adrian Whitehead | 745 | 0.87 | +0.87 | ||
People's Party | Tegan Burns | 496 | 0.58 | +0.58 | |
Total formal votes | 85,404 | 93.79 | +1.57 | ||
Informal votes | 5,650 | 6.21 | −1.57 | ||
Turnout | 91,054 | 81.40 | −8.28 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ged Kearney | 46,446 | 54.38 | +3.35 | |
Greens | Alex Bhathal | 38,958 | 45.62 | −3.35 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.35 |
2016
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Greens | Alex Bhathal | 32,645 | 36.23 | +9.83 | |
Labor | David Feeney | 31,780 | 35.27 | −6.02 | |
Liberal | George Souris | 17,924 | 19.89 | −2.57 | |
Sex Party | Joel Murray | 2,317 | 2.57 | −0.01 | |
Independent | Philip Sutton | 1,509 | 1.67 | +0.86 | |
Animal Justice | Caitlin Evans | 1,503 | 1.67 | +0.27 | |
Marriage Equality | Elizabeth Syber | 682 | 0.76 | +0.76 | |
Renewable Energy | Maurice Oldis | 593 | 0.66 | +0.66 | |
Independent | Franco Guardiani | 480 | 0.53 | +0.53 | |
Cyclists | Geoffrey Cicuto | 386 | 0.43 | +0.43 | |
Progressives | Russell Hayward | 282 | 0.31 | +0.31 | |
Total formal votes | 90,101 | 92.22 | −2.02 | ||
Informal votes | 7,601 | 7.78 | +2.02 | ||
Turnout | 97,702 | 89.69 | −1.91 | ||
Notional two-party-preferred count | |||||
Labor | David Feeney | 64,645 | 71.75 | +0.77 | |
Liberal | George Souris | 25,456 | 28.25 | −0.77 | |
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | David Feeney | 45,977 | 51.03 | −9.58 | |
Greens | Alex Bhathal | 44,124 | 48.97 | +9.58 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −9.58 |
2013
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | David Feeney | 36,798 | 41.29 | −10.62 | |
Greens | Alex Bhathal | 23,522 | 26.40 | +2.65 | |
Liberal | George Souris | 20,017 | 22.46 | +2.40 | |
Sex Party | Lianna Sliwczynski | 2,301 | 2.58 | +2.48 | |
Palmer United | Franco Guardiani | 2,253 | 2.53 | +2.53 | |
Animal Justice | Rosemary Lavin | 1,250 | 1.40 | +1.40 | |
Family First | Ken Smithies | 1,126 | 1.26 | −1.92 | |
Rise Up Australia | Pat Winterton | 1,121 | 1.26 | +1.26 | |
Independent Save The Planet | Philip Sutton | 726 | 0.81 | +0.81 | |
Total formal votes | 89,114 | 94.24 | −0.74 | ||
Informal votes | 5,450 | 5.76 | +0.74 | ||
Turnout | 94,564 | 91.59 | −0.28 | ||
Notional two-party-preferred count | |||||
Labor | David Feeney | 63,257 | 70.98 | −3.82 | |
Liberal | George Souris | 25,857 | 29.02 | +3.82 | |
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | David Feeney | 54,009 | 60.61 | +2.86 | |
Greens | Alex Bhathal | 35,105 | 39.39 | −2.86 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +2.86 |
2010
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Martin Ferguson | 40,574 | 52.38 | −4.80 | |
Greens | Alexandra Bhathal | 18,189 | 23.48 | +6.31 | |
Liberal | George Souris | 15,412 | 19.90 | −0.74 | |
Family First | Andrew Conlon | 2,465 | 3.18 | +0.56 | |
Democrats | Con Sarazen | 823 | 1.06 | −0.97 | |
Total formal votes | 77,463 | 94.85 | −1.33 | ||
Informal votes | 4,202 | 5.15 | +1.33 | ||
Turnout | 81,665 | 91.59 | −2.61 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Martin Ferguson | 58,028 | 74.91 | −1.04 | |
Liberal | George Souris | 19,435 | 25.09 | +1.04 | |
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Martin Ferguson | 44,819 | 57.86 | −18.09 | |
Greens | Alexandra Bhathal | 32,644 | 42.14 | +42.14 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −18.09 |
Elections in the 2000s
edit2007
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Martin Ferguson | 45,551 | 57.18 | +1.65 | |
Liberal | Jonathan Peart | 16,439 | 20.64 | −5.31 | |
Greens | Patricia Carey | 13,674 | 17.17 | +3.24 | |
Family First | Peter Kerin | 2,090 | 2.62 | +1.49 | |
Democrats | Darren Hassan | 1,619 | 2.03 | +0.57 | |
Citizens Electoral Council | Robert Barwick | 288 | 0.36 | +0.13 | |
Total formal votes | 79,661 | 96.18 | +2.02 | ||
Informal votes | 3,167 | 3.82 | −2.02 | ||
Turnout | 82,828 | 94.07 | +0.50 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Martin Ferguson | 60,503 | 75.95 | +4.63 | |
Liberal | Jonathan Peart | 19,158 | 24.05 | −4.63 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +4.63 |
2004
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Martin Ferguson | 41,953 | 55.53 | −3.37 | |
Liberal | Maxwell Gratton | 19,603 | 25.95 | +4.22 | |
Greens | Alex Bhathal | 10,520 | 13.93 | +2.54 | |
Democrats | Scott Kneebone | 1,105 | 1.46 | −4.78 | |
Family First | Chris Ariaratnam | 853 | 1.13 | +1.13 | |
Independent | Craig Bishop | 708 | 0.94 | +0.94 | |
Socialist Alliance | Graham Matthews | 430 | 0.57 | +0.57 | |
Socialist Equality | Peter Byrne | 201 | 0.27 | +0.27 | |
Citizens Electoral Council | Walter Hernan Mellado | 171 | 0.23 | −0.19 | |
Total formal votes | 75,544 | 94.15 | −0.31 | ||
Informal votes | 4,686 | 5.84 | +0.31 | ||
Turnout | 80,230 | 93.57 | +0.22 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Martin Ferguson | 53,880 | 71.32 | −3.75 | |
Liberal | Maxwell Gratton | 21,664 | 28.68 | +3.75 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −3.75 |
2001
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Martin Ferguson | 46,506 | 58.70 | −7.13 | |
Liberal | John Davies | 17,196 | 21.71 | +1.48 | |
Greens | Alex Bhathal | 9,171 | 11.58 | +6.98 | |
Democrats | Scott Kneebone | 4,954 | 6.25 | +1.24 | |
Democratic Socialist | Jackie Lynch | 1,064 | 1.34 | +1.34 | |
Citizens Electoral Council | Wayne Barwick | 329 | 0.42 | +0.42 | |
Total formal votes | 79,220 | 94.46 | −1.63 | ||
Informal votes | 4,647 | 5.54 | +1.63 | ||
Turnout | 83,867 | 93.49 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Martin Ferguson | 59,478 | 75.08 | −1.35 | |
Liberal | John Davies | 19,742 | 24.92 | +1.35 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −3.75 |
Elections in the 1990s
edit1998
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Martin Ferguson | 53,034 | 65.84 | +7.01 | |
Liberal | Lauri Rowe | 16,290 | 20.22 | −1.01 | |
Democrats | Marc Nicholls | 4,038 | 5.01 | −1.01 | |
Greens | Helen Rosenbaum | 3,705 | 4.60 | +0.99 | |
Natural Law | Martin Richardson | 1,486 | 1.84 | −0.95 | |
Militant Socialist | Matt Wilson | 1,087 | 1.35 | +1.35 | |
Unity | Sami Mazloum | 659 | 0.82 | +0.82 | |
Citizens Electoral Council | Wayne Barwick | 254 | 0.32 | +0.32 | |
Total formal votes | 80,553 | 96.09 | +1.17 | ||
Informal votes | 3,280 | 3.91 | −1.17 | ||
Turnout | 83,833 | 94.48 | −0.75 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Martin Ferguson | 61,569 | 76.43 | +5.12 | |
Liberal | Lauri Rowe | 18,984 | 23.57 | −5.12 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +5.12 |
1996
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Martin Ferguson | 45,491 | 58.82 | −8.73 | |
Liberal | Wayne Youlten | 16,574 | 21.43 | −2.94 | |
Democrats | Julie Peters | 4,655 | 6.02 | +2.58 | |
Independent | Irene Bolger | 3,976 | 5.14 | +5.14 | |
Greens | Frank Ryan | 2,791 | 3.61 | +3.61 | |
Natural Law | Paul D'Angelo | 2,165 | 2.80 | +1.86 | |
Independent | George Koumantatakis | 1,083 | 1.40 | +1.40 | |
Independent | Arthur Preketes | 601 | 0.78 | +0.78 | |
Total formal votes | 77,336 | 94.92 | −0.65 | ||
Informal votes | 3,976 | 5.14 | +0.65 | ||
Turnout | 81,479 | 95.23 | +0.22 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Martin Ferguson | 54,637 | 71.31 | −3.01 | |
Liberal | Wayne Youlten | 21,979 | 28.69 | +3.01 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −3.01 |
1993
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Brian Howe | 47,974 | 67.45 | +15.60 | |
Liberal | Mabel Thrupp | 17,503 | 24.61 | −2.85 | |
Democrats | Geoff Carr | 2,541 | 3.57 | −9.31 | |
Nigel D'Souza | 1,908 | 2.68 | +2.68 | ||
Natural Law | Joan Dickens | 708 | 1.00 | +1.00 | |
George Simatkovich | 490 | 0.69 | +0.69 | ||
Total formal votes | 71,124 | 95.69 | +2.03 | ||
Informal votes | 3,206 | 4.31 | −2.03 | ||
Turnout | 74,330 | 95.01 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Brian Howe | 52,200 | 73.43 | +6.03 | |
Liberal | Mabel Thrupp | 18,889 | 26.57 | −6.03 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +6.03 |
1990
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Brian Howe | 34,506 | 51.8 | −12.2 | |
Liberal | Ray Ellis | 18,274 | 27.5 | +3.2 | |
Democrats | George Gogas | 8,574 | 12.9 | +3.2 | |
Call to Australia | Alan Watts | 3,950 | 5.9 | +5.9 | |
Democratic Socialist | Nigel D'Souza | 1,250 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Total formal votes | 66,554 | 93.7 | |||
Informal votes | 4,507 | 6.3 | |||
Turnout | 71,061 | 94.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Brian Howe | 44,754 | 67.4 | −5.4 | |
Liberal | Ray Ellis | 21,645 | 32.6 | +5.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −5.4 |
Elections in the 1980s
edit1987
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Brian Howe | 35,285 | 64.0 | −7.6 | |
Liberal | Ron Dunn | 13,408 | 24.3 | +3.5 | |
Democrats | Jan Roberts | 5,321 | 9.7 | +5.4 | |
Independent | Sue Phillips | 632 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
Independent | Darren Chapman | 466 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Total formal votes | 55,112 | 90.2 | |||
Informal votes | 6,000 | 9.8 | |||
Turnout | 61,112 | 93.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Brian Howe | 40,041 | 72.8 | −1.9 | |
Liberal | Ron Dunn | 14,983 | 27.2 | +1.9 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −1.9 |
1984
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Brian Howe | 39,128 | 71.6 | +0.1 | |
Liberal | Mark Hoysted | 11,371 | 20.8 | −0.2 | |
Democrats | James Cockell | 2,338 | 4.3 | −0.1 | |
Democratic Labor | Philip L'Huillier | 1,836 | 3.4 | +0.8 | |
Total formal votes | 54,673 | 87.8 | |||
Informal votes | 7,597 | 12.2 | |||
Turnout | 62,270 | 94.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Brian Howe | 40,845 | 74.7 | −0.2 | |
Liberal | Mark Hoysted | 13,807 | 25.3 | +0.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −0.2 |
1983
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Brian Howe | 42,398 | 63.7 | +8.2 | |
Liberal | Maxwell Playford | 19,193 | 28.8 | −2.3 | |
Democrats | Gwendoline Naug | 2,836 | 4.3 | −1.7 | |
Democratic Labor | Philip L'Huillier | 1,756 | 2.6 | −4.8 | |
Socialist Workers | John Percy | 380 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
Total formal votes | 66,563 | 97.1 | |||
Informal votes | 1,983 | 2.9 | |||
Turnout | 68,546 | 95.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Brian Howe | 77.1 | +6.4 | ||
Liberal | Maxwell Playford | 22.9 | −6.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +6.4 |
1980
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Brian Howe | 37,065 | 55.5 | +8.2 | |
Liberal | Rosemary Kemp | 20,785 | 31.1 | −6.3 | |
Democratic Labor | Allen Doyle | 4,945 | 7.4 | +2.1 | |
Democrats | Jeffrey McAlpine | 4,002 | 6.0 | −4.0 | |
Total formal votes | 66,797 | 97.1 | |||
Informal votes | 2,004 | 2.9 | |||
Turnout | 68,801 | 94.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Brian Howe | 60.7 | +7.3 | ||
Liberal | Rosemary Kemp | 39.3 | −7.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +7.3 |
Elections in the 1970s
edit1977
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Brian Howe | 31,538 | 47.3 | −4.6 | |
Liberal | Gillford Brown | 24,932 | 37.4 | −3.3 | |
Democrats | Mario Piraino | 6,644 | 10.0 | +10.0 | |
Democratic Labor | Phillip Lorenz | 3,559 | 5.3 | −2.1 | |
Total formal votes | 66,673 | 96.5 | |||
Informal votes | 2,392 | 3.5 | |||
Turnout | 69,065 | 95.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Brian Howe | 35,581 | 53.4 | +0.9 | |
Liberal | Gillford Brown | 31,092 | 46.6 | −0.9 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +0.9 |
1975
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Horrie Garrick | 30,570 | 53.8 | −3.3 | |
Liberal | Michael Galli | 22,077 | 38.8 | +7.3 | |
Democratic Labor | Eileen Doyle | 4,189 | 7.4 | −1.4 | |
Total formal votes | 56,836 | 97.7 | |||
Informal votes | 1,355 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 58,191 | 94.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Horrie Garrick | 54.4 | −6.0 | ||
Liberal | Michael Galli | 45.6 | +6.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −6.0 |
1974
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Horrie Garrick | 32,512 | 57.1 | +1.2 | |
Liberal | Keith Smith | 17,953 | 31.5 | −2.9 | |
Democratic Labor | Kevin Barry | 5,018 | 8.8 | −1.0 | |
Australia | Geoffrey Loftus-Hills | 1,493 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
Total formal votes | 56,976 | 97.2 | |||
Informal votes | 1,629 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 58,605 | 94.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Horrie Garrick | 60.4 | +3.5 | ||
Liberal | Keith Smith | 39.6 | −3.5 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +3.5 |
1972
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Horrie Garrick | 29,578 | 55.9 | +9.4 | |
Liberal | Leon Bram | 18,200 | 34.4 | +1.3 | |
Democratic Labor | Henry Darroch | 5,163 | 9.8 | −4.9 | |
Total formal votes | 52,941 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 1,480 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 54,421 | 94.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Horrie Garrick | 56.9 | +3.9 | ||
Liberal | Leon Bram | 45.1 | −3.9 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +3.9 |
Elections in the 1960s
edit1969
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Horrie Garrick | 24,686 | 46.5 | +5.5 | |
Liberal | Peter McGrath | 17,567 | 33.1 | +6.2 | |
Democratic Labor | Henry Darroch | 7,776 | 14.7 | −2.0 | |
Independent | Ronald Hayles | 3,005 | 5.7 | +5.7 | |
Total formal votes | 53,034 | 95.5 | |||
Informal votes | 2,497 | 4.5 | |||
Turnout | 55,531 | 94.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Horrie Garrick | 28,117 | 53.0 | +0.2 | |
Liberal | Peter McGrath | 24,917 | 47.0 | −0.2 | |
Labor gain from Independent | Swing | +0.2 |
1966
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Andersen | 14,859 | 38.4 | −10.4 | |
Liberal | Bruce Skeggs | 10,398 | 26.9 | −9.8 | |
Independent | Sam Benson | 8,697 | 22.5 | +22.5 | |
Democratic Labor | Henry Darroch | 3,592 | 9.3 | −5.2 | |
Liberal Reform Group | Robert Desailly | 1,117 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
Total formal votes | 38,663 | 95.9 | |||
Informal votes | 1,668 | 4.1 | |||
Turnout | 40,331 | 95.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Independent | Sam Benson | 22,342 | 57.8 | +57.8 | |
Labor | John Andersen | 16,321 | 42.2 | −8.7 | |
Independent gain from Labor | Swing | +8.7 |
1963
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Sam Benson | 19,858 | 48.8 | −6.1 | |
Liberal | Bruce Skeggs | 14,923 | 36.7 | +6.0 | |
Democratic Labor | Jack Little | 5,880 | 14.5 | +0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 40,661 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 725 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 41,386 | 96.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Sam Benson | 20,682 | 50.9 | −4.5 | |
Liberal | Bruce Skeggs | 19,979 | 49.1 | +4.5 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −4.5 |
1962 by-election
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Sam Benson | 21,776 | 60.1 | +5.2 | |
Liberal Forum | Donald McLeod | 7,026 | 19.4 | +19.4 | |
Democratic Labor | Jack Little | 6,811 | 18.8 | +4.4 | |
Republican | John Phillips | 304 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Independent | Stirling Davis | 302 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Total formal votes | 36,219 | 97.5 | |||
Informal votes | 939 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 37,158 | 85.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Sam Benson | 62.8 | +7.4 | ||
Liberal Forum | Donald McLeod | 37.2 | +37.2 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +7.4 |
1961
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Alan Bird | 22,831 | 54.9 | +3.4 | |
Liberal | Bruce Skeggs | 12,753 | 30.7 | −3.2 | |
Democratic Labor | Maurice Keady | 5,970 | 14.4 | −0.2 | |
Total formal votes | 41,554 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 941 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 42,495 | 95.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Alan Bird | 55.4 | +2.4 | ||
Liberal | Bruce Skeggs | 44.6 | −2.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +2.4 |
Elections in the 1950s
edit1958
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Alan Bird | 21,902 | 51.5 | +1.8 | |
Liberal | Fred Capp | 14,443 | 33.9 | −1.1 | |
Democratic Labor | Tom Walsh | 6,205 | 14.6 | −0.7 | |
Total formal votes | 42,550 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 918 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 43,468 | 95.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Alan Bird | 53.0 | +1.3 | ||
Liberal | Fred Capp | 47.0 | −1.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +1.3 |
1955
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Alan Bird | 21,295 | 49.7 | −9.1 | |
Liberal | Fred Capp | 14,972 | 35.0 | −4.6 | |
Labor (A-C) | Tom Walsh | 6,553 | 15.3 | +15.3 | |
Total formal votes | 42,820 | 97.7 | |||
Informal votes | 1,021 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 43,841 | 94.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Alan Bird | 22,146 | 51.7 | −7.9 | |
Liberal | Fred Capp | 20,674 | 48.3 | +7.9 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −7.9 |
1954
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Alan Bird | 21,250 | 57.8 | −2.8 | |
Liberal | Neil McKay | 14,732 | 40.1 | +0.7 | |
Communist | Andy Wallace | 801 | 2.2 | +2.2 | |
Total formal votes | 36,783 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 386 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 37,169 | 94.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Alan Bird | 59.8 | −0.8 | ||
Liberal | Neil McKay | 40.2 | +0.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −0.8 |
1951
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Alan Bird | 23,335 | 60.6 | +2.2 | |
Liberal | Fred Capp | 15,184 | 39.4 | −2.2 | |
Total formal votes | 38,519 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 673 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 39,192 | 95.8 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +2.2 |
Elections in the 1940s
edit1949
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Alan Bird | 22,662 | 58.4 | +4.3 | |
Liberal | Neil McKay | 16,139 | 41.6 | +3.3 | |
Total formal votes | 38,801 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 544 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 39,345 | 95.9 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | −1.1 |
1946
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Brennan | 39,754 | 58.3 | −6.0 | |
Liberal | John McColl | 20,930 | 30.7 | +9.8 | |
Independent | Allan Brennan | 4,250 | 6.2 | +6.2 | |
Communist | George Oke | 3,222 | 4.7 | +4.7 | |
Total formal votes | 68,156 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 1,881 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 70,037 | 95.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Frank Brennan | 66.7 | −7.9 | ||
Liberal | John McColl | 33.3 | +7.9 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −7.9 |
1943
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Brennan | 42,073 | 64.3 | +4.6 | |
United Australia | Arthur McAdam | 13,647 | 20.9 | −19.4 | |
Services and Citizens | Ian Malloch | 7,635 | 11.7 | +11.7 | |
Independent | Joseph Cahir | 1,090 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
Independent | Christina Debney | 590 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
Services | Gordon Currie | 380 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
Total formal votes | 65,415 | 96.9 | |||
Informal votes | 2,070 | 3.1 | |||
Turnout | 67,485 | 98.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Frank Brennan | 74.6 | +14.9 | ||
United Australia | Arthur McAdam | 25.4 | −14.9 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +14.9 |
1940
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Brennan | 35,636 | 59.7 | −3.7 | |
United Australia | Albert Peters | 24,082 | 40.3 | +3.7 | |
Total formal votes | 59,718 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 1,080 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 60,798 | 96.4 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | −3.7 |
Elections in the 1930s
edit1937
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Brennan | 36,439 | 63.4 | +8.6 | |
United Australia | Albert Peters | 21,013 | 36.6 | −8.6 | |
Total formal votes | 57,452 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 1,037 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 58,489 | 96.9 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +8.6 |
1934
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Brennan | 36,910 | 56.1 | +10.5 | |
United Australia | Samuel Dennis | 28,846 | 43.9 | −4.9 | |
Total formal votes | 65,756 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 1,790 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 67,546 | 96.0 | |||
Labor gain from United Australia | Swing | +6.9 |
1931
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Samuel Dennis | 30,148 | 48.8 | +24.6 | |
Labor | Frank Brennan | 28,198 | 45.6 | −30.2 | |
Independent | Frank Blake | 2,323 | 3.8 | +3.8 | |
Communist | Jim Hannan | 1,156 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Total formal votes | 61,825 | 96.0 | |||
Informal votes | 2,606 | 4.0 | |||
Turnout | 64,431 | 94.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
United Australia | Samuel Dennis | 31,393 | 50.8 | +26.6 | |
Labor | Frank Brennan | 30,432 | 49.2 | −26.6 | |
United Australia gain from Labor | Swing | +26.6 |
Elections in the 1920s
edit1929
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Brennan | 46,666 | 75.8 | +12.0 | |
Nationalist | Cecil Keeley | 14,891 | 24.2 | −12.0 | |
Total formal votes | 61,557 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 1,158 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 62,715 | 94.9 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +12.0 |
1928
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Brennan | 37,947 | 63.8 | +4.8 | |
Nationalist | Angus McDonald | 21,512 | 36.2 | −4.8 | |
Total formal votes | 59,459 | 96.5 | |||
Informal votes | 2,170 | 3.5 | |||
Turnout | 61,629 | 91.8 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +4.8 |
1925
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Brennan | 32,427 | 59.0 | +8.0 | |
Nationalist | Samuel Dennis | 22,513 | 41.0 | +18.1 | |
Total formal votes | 54,940 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 744 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 55,684 | 92.9 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +5.7 |
1922
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Brennan | 14,042 | 51.0 | −1.9 | |
Independent Labor | Martin Hannah | 7,174 | 26.1 | +26.1 | |
Nationalist | George Mackay | 6,531 | 22.9 | −24.2 | |
Total formal votes | 27,531 | 96.9 | |||
Informal votes | 867 | 3.1 | |||
Turnout | 28,398 | 60.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Frank Brennan | 53.3 | +0.4 | ||
Independent Labor | Martin Hannah | 46.7 | +46.7 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +0.4 |
Elections in the 1910s
edit1919
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Brennan | 16,039 | 57.1 | −3.8 | |
Nationalist | William Spence | 12,064 | 42.9 | +3.8 | |
Total formal votes | 28,103 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 466 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 28,569 | 76.8 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | −3.8 |
1917
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Brennan | 18,868 | 60.9 | −39.1 | |
Nationalist | Frederick O'Neill | 12,098 | 39.1 | +39.1 | |
Total formal votes | 30,966 | 97.0 | |||
Informal votes | 950 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 31,916 | 88.9 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | −39.1 |
1914
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Brennan | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
1913
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Brennan | 19,268 | 64.9 | +2.7 | |
Liberal | Frederick O'Neill | 10,398 | 35.1 | −2.7 | |
Total formal votes | 29,666 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 538 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 30,204 | 71.3 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +2.7 |
1911 by-election
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Brennan | 9,385 | 57.52 | −6.09 | |
Liberal | Frederick O'Neill | 6,932 | 42.48 | +6.09 | |
Total formal votes | 16,317 | 97.86 | −0.63 | ||
Informal votes | 356 | 2.14 | +0.63 | ||
Registered electors | 31,729 | ||||
Turnout | 16,673 | 52.55 | −16.34 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −6.09 |
1910
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Henry Beard | 13,569 | 63.6 | +17.0 | |
Liberal | Jabez Coon | 7,765 | 36.4 | −13.6 | |
Total formal votes | 21,334 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 327 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 21,661 | 68.9 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +15.3 |
Elections in the 1900s
edit1906
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Jabez Coon | 7,098 | 50.0 | +50.0 | |
Labour | Robert Solly | 6,617 | 46.6 | +46.6 | |
Independent | Samuel Painter | 330 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
Ind. Protectionist | Roy Vernon | 151 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
Total formal votes | 14,196 | 95.0 | |||
Informal votes | 743 | 5.0 | |||
Turnout | 14,939 | 48.8 | |||
Protectionist win | (new seat) |
References
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