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Electoral results for the Division of Watson (1934–1969)

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Watson (1934–69) in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1934 until its abolition in 1969.

Members

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Member Party Term
  John Jennings United Australia 1934–1940
  Max Falstein Labor 1940–1949
  Independent Labor 1949–1949
  Dan Curtin Labor 1949–1955
  Jim Cope 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: Watson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Cope 21,492 62.1 −6.0
Liberal Peter Lowe 10,476 30.2 +6.9
Democratic Labor Thomas Colman 2,664 7.7 +1.7
Total formal votes 34,632 95.6
Informal votes 1,608 4.4
Turnout 36,240 94.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jim Cope 64.4 −8.1
Liberal Peter Lowe 35.6 +8.1
Labor hold Swing −8.1

1963

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1963 Australian federal election: Watson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Cope 24,280 68.1 −12.0
Liberal Louis Mamo 8,302 23.3 +6.4
Democratic Labor Bernard Atkinson 2,136 6.0 +3.0
Communist Harry Hatfield 951 2.7 +2.7
Total formal votes 35,669 96.9
Informal votes 1,143 3.1
Turnout 36,812 93.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jim Cope 72.5 −8.2
Liberal Louis Mamo 27.5 +8.2
Labor hold Swing −8.2

1961

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1961 Australian federal election: Watson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Cope 29,079 80.1 +9.1
Liberal Sidney Pitkethly 6,134 16.9 −8.2
Democratic Labor Mary Nappa 1,081 3.0 −0.9
Total formal votes 36,294 97.0
Informal votes 1,141 3.0
Turnout 37,435 94.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jim Cope 80.7 +8.9
Liberal Sidney Pitkethly 19.3 −8.9
Labor hold Swing +8.9

Elections in the 1950s

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1958

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1958 Australian federal election: Watson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Cope 27,232 71.0 −3.4
Liberal John Bampton 9,628 25.1 +4.6
Democratic Labor Kenneth Collins 1,503 3.9 +3.9
Total formal votes 38,363 96.5
Informal votes 1,397 3.5
Turnout 39,760 95.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jim Cope 71.8 −7.1
Liberal John Bampton 28.2 +7.1
Labor hold Swing −7.1

1955

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1955 Australian federal election: Watson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Cope 30,129 74.4 −3.8
Liberal Jill Huxtable 8,316 20.5 +2.1
Communist Harry Hatfield 2,025 5.0 +2.4
Total formal votes 40,470 96.1
Informal votes 1,649 3.9
Turnout 42,119 95.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jim Cope 78.9 −2.1
Liberal Jill Huxtable 21.1 +2.1
Labor hold Swing −2.1

1954

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1954 Australian federal election: Watson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Dan Curtin 25,507 63.2 +6.5
Liberal Hubert O'Connell 14,846 36.8 −6.5
Total formal votes 40,353 98.2
Informal votes 728 1.8
Turnout 41,081 96.2
Labor hold Swing +6.5

1951

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1951 Australian federal election: Watson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Dan Curtin 22,510 56.7 +7.3
Liberal Donald Clark 17,158 43.3 +5.0
Total formal votes 39,668 97.4
Informal votes 1,051 2.6
Turnout 40,719 95.6
Labor hold Swing −2.3

Elections in the 1940s

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1949

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1949 Australian federal election: Watson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Dan Curtin 19,515 49.4 −5.9
Liberal Stanley Card 15,147 38.3 +12.5
Independent Labor Max Falstein 3,656 9.2 +9.2
Lang Labor Harold O'Reilly 1,210 3.1 −3.1
Total formal votes 39,528 97.3
Informal votes 1,079 2.7
Turnout 40,607 96.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Dan Curtin 59.0 −3.5
Liberal Stanley Card 41.0 +3.5
Labor hold Swing −3.5

1946

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1946 Australian federal election: Watson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Max Falstein 38,025 53.7 +1.4
Liberal Charles de Monchaux 24,246 34.2 +6.7
Protestant People Charles Wilson 6,177 8.7 +8.7
Services Wallace Knox 2,364 3.3 +3.3
Total formal votes 70,812 97.5
Informal votes 1,809 2.5
Turnout 72,621 94.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Max Falstein 56.7 −5.4
Liberal Charles de Monchaux 45.3 +5.4
Labor hold Swing −5.4

1943

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1943 Australian federal election: Watson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Max Falstein 35,400 52.3 +18.0
United Australia Norman Whitfield 18,588 27.5 −17.5
State Labor Richard Wilson 5,662 8.4 −1.2
Ind. United Australia Les Fingleton 2,304 3.4 +3.4
Liberal Democratic Arthur Dudley 2,218 3.3 +3.3
Independent Harry Yates 1,942 2.9 +2.9
Ind. United Australia Hubert O'Connell 1,579 2.3 +2.3
Total formal votes 67,693 95.9
Informal votes 2,873 4.1
Turnout 70,566 98.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Max Falstein 62.1 +10.1
United Australia Norman Whitfield 37.9 −10.1
Labor hold Swing +10.1

1940

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1940 Australian federal election: Watson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia John Jennings 27,586 45.0 −8.8
Labor Max Falstein 21,101 34.5 −11.7
Labor (N-C) Cecil Irwin 6,693 10.9 +10.9
State Labor Richard Wilson 5,868 9.6 +9.6
Total formal votes 61,248 97.9
Informal votes 1,290 2.1
Turnout 62,538 94.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Max Falstein 31,831 52.0 +5.8
United Australia John Jennings 29,417 48.0 −5.8
Labor gain from United Australia Swing +5.8

Elections in the 1930s

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1937

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1937 Australian federal election: Watson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia John Jennings 31,187 53.8 −1.1
Labor William Dignam 26,788 46.2 +39.7
Total formal votes 57,975 98.0
Informal votes 1,157 2.0
Turnout 59,132 96.5
United Australia hold Swing −4.9

1934

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1934 Australian federal election: Watson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia John Jennings 28,758 54.9 −1.4
Labor (NSW) Joe Lamaro 17,817 34.0 +13.4
Labor William Murphy 3,398 6.5 −10.9
Social Credit Vincent Murtagh 2,371 4.5 +4.5
Total formal votes 52,344 97.1
Informal votes 1,537 2.9
Turnout 53,881 95.4
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia John Jennings 58.7 −5.8
Labor (NSW) Joe Lamaro 41.3 +5.8
United Australia notional hold Swing −5.8

References

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