Electoral results for the Division of Hoddle

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Hoddle in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1949 until its abolition in 1955.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Jack Cremean	Labor	1949–1955
		Labor (A-C)	1955–1955

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

1954

1954 Australian federal election: Hoddle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Cremean	23,439	75.8	−2.9
	Liberal	Desmond Byrne	6,302	20.4	+2.8
	Communist	John Prescott	1,198	3.9	+0.2
Total formal votes			30,939	97.6
Informal votes			767	2.4
Turnout			31,706	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Cremean		79.4	−2.7
	Liberal	Desmond Byrne		20.6	+2.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.7

1951

1951 Australian federal election: Hoddle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Cremean	27,685	78.7	+1.6
	Liberal	Jack Easton	6,193	17.6	−0.3
	Communist	Leslie Loye	1,310	3.7	+0.6
Total formal votes			35,188	96.5
Informal votes			1,276	3.5
Turnout			36,464	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Cremean		82.1	+1.3
	Liberal	Jack Easton		17.9	−1.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.3

Elections in the 1940s

1949

1949 Australian federal election: Hoddle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Cremean	28,351	77.1	+1.3
	Liberal	Terence Kirby	6,593	17.9	−3.3
	Communist	Leslie Loye	1,137	3.1	+0.0
	Independent	Albert Wallace	689	1.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			36,770	96.4
Informal votes			1,382	3.6
Turnout			38,152	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Cremean		80.8	−2.3
	Liberal	Terence Kirby		19.2	+2.3
	Labor notional hold		Swing	−2.3

References

• Australian Electoral Commission. Federal election results
• Carr, Adam. Psephos