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Electoral results for the Division of Scullin (1955–1969)

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Scullin (1955–69) in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1955 until its abolition in 1969.

Members

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Member Party Term
  Ted Peters Labor 1955–1969

Election results

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Elections in the 1960s

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1966

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1966 Australian federal election: Scullin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ted Peters 14,271 53.3 −5.2
Liberal Ronald Hay 7,267 27.1 +5.7
Democratic Labor Peter McCabe 2,072 11.5 −6.6
Independent John Daley 2,164 8.1 +8.1
Total formal votes 26,774 92.2
Informal votes 2,271 7.8
Turnout 29,045 92.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ted Peters 58.0 −3.9
Liberal Ronald Hay 42.0 +3.9
Labor hold Swing −3.9

1963

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1963 Australian federal election: Scullin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ted Peters 16,764 58.5 −2.4
Liberal John Harrison 6,131 21.4 +6.3
Democratic Labor James Abikhair 5,194 18.1 −5.8
Communist Ron Hearn 554 1.9 +1.9
Total formal votes 28,643 94.9
Informal votes 1,535 5.1
Turnout 30,178 94.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ted Peters 61.9 −0.5
Liberal John Harrison 32.1 +32.1
Labor hold Swing −0.5

1961

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1961 Australian federal election: Scullin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ted Peters 18,506 60.9 +4.9
Democratic Labor Barry O'Brien 7,273 23.9 −0.6
Liberal Rex Schurmann 4,594 15.1 −4.4
Total formal votes 30,373 94.8
Informal votes 1,664 5.2
Turnout 32,037 92.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ted Peters 62.4 +4.4
Democratic Labor Barry O'Brien 37.6 −4.4
Labor hold Swing +4.4

Elections in the 1950s

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1958

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1958 Australian federal election: Scullin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ted Peters 18,619 56.0 +6.3
Democratic Labor Thomas Brennan 8,160 24.5 −6.1
Liberal Bill Burns 6,488 19.5 −0.1
Total formal votes 33,267 95.4
Informal votes 1,593 4.6
Turnout 34,860 94.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ted Peters 58.0 +6.3
Democratic Labor Thomas Brennan 42.0 −6.3
Labor hold Swing +6.3

1955

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1955 Australian federal election: Scullin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ted Peters 18,896 49.7 −23.4
Labor (A-C) Jack Cremean 11,643 30.6 +30.6
Liberal Phillip Lynch 7,450 19.6 −3.3
Total formal votes 37,989 94.9
Informal votes 2,061 5.1
Turnout 40,050 92.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ted Peters 19,655 51.7 −24.9
Labor (A-C) Jack Cremean 18,334 48.3 +48.3
Labor notional hold Swing −24.9

References

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