Electoral_results_for_the_Division_of_Ballarat
This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Ballarat in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1901 until the present. The seat was known as Ballaarat from 1901 until 1977.
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Member | Party | Term | |
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Alfred Deakin | Protectionist | 1901–1909 | |
Liberal | 1909–1913 | ||
Charles McGrath | Labor | 1913–1919 | |
Edwin Kerby | Nationalist | 1919–1920 | |
Charles McGrath | Labor | 1920–1931 | |
Independent | 1931–1931 | ||
United Australia | 1931–1934 | ||
Archibald Fisken | United Australia | 1934–1937 | |
Reg Pollard | Labor | 1937–1949 | |
Alan Pittard | Liberal | 1949–1951 | |
Bob Joshua | Labor | 1951–1955 | |
Labor (A-C) | 1955–1955 | ||
Dudley Erwin | Liberal | 1955–1975 | |
Jim Short | Liberal | 1975–1980 | |
John Mildren | Labor | 1980–1990 | |
Michael Ronaldson | Liberal | 1990–2001 | |
Catherine King | Labor | 2001–present |
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Elections in the 2020s
2022
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Catherine King | 43,171 | 44.74 | −2.15 | |
Liberal | Ben Green | 26,142 | 27.09 | −4.57 | |
Greens | John Barnes | 14,076 | 14.59 | +5.61 | |
United Australia | Terri Pryse-Smith | 3,693 | 3.83 | −0.77 | |
One Nation | Rosalie Taxis | 3,476 | 3.60 | +3.60 | |
Liberal Democrats | Julia McGrath | 3,216 | 3.33 | +3.33 | |
Independent | Alex Graham | 2,044 | 2.12 | +0.85 | |
Australian Federation | Kerryn Sedgman | 682 | 0.71 | +0.71 | |
Total formal votes | 96,500 | 94.97 | −0.83 | ||
Informal votes | 5,109 | 5.03 | +0.83 | ||
Turnout | 101,609 | 91.90 | −1.92 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Catherine King | 60,770 | 62.97 | +2.74 | |
Liberal | Ben Green | 35,730 | 37.03 | −2.74 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +2.74 |
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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in Victoria § Ballarat.[edit]
Elections in the 2010s
2019
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Catherine King | 49,077 | 47.79 | +4.50 | |
Liberal | Tim Vo | 31,462 | 30.64 | −4.05 | |
Greens | Karen McAloon | 9,077 | 8.84 | −2.01 | |
United Australia | Peter Cozyn | 4,741 | 4.62 | +4.62 | |
Animal Justice | Bryn Hills | 4,393 | 4.28 | +4.28 | |
Independent | Nick Shady | 2,288 | 2.23 | +2.23 | |
Independent | Alex Graham | 1,645 | 1.60 | +1.60 | |
Total formal votes | 102,683 | 95.63 | +0.92 | ||
Informal votes | 4,689 | 4.37 | −0.92 | ||
Turnout | 107,372 | 93.40 | +1.03 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Catherine King | 62,615 | 60.98 | +3.62 | |
Liberal | Tim Vo | 40,068 | 39.02 | −3.62 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.62 |
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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2019 Australian federal election in Victoria § Ballarat.[edit]
2016
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Catherine King | 42,275 | 43.27 | +1.36 | |
Liberal | Sarah Wade | 33,931 | 34.73 | −3.27 | |
Greens | Alice Barnes | 10,551 | 10.80 | +1.29 | |
National | Paul Tatchell | 4,108 | 4.20 | +4.20 | |
Christians | Dianne Colbert | 2,023 | 2.07 | +0.85 | |
Family First | Graham Howard | 1,896 | 1.94 | +0.72 | |
Independent | Bren Eckel | 1,802 | 1.84 | +1.84 | |
Rise Up Australia | Tran Tran | 1,121 | 1.15 | +0.91 | |
Total formal votes | 97,707 | 94.71 | −0.63 | ||
Informal votes | 5,461 | 5.29 | +0.63 | ||
Turnout | 103,168 | 93.15 | −1.77 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Catherine King | 56,002 | 57.32 | +2.43 | |
Liberal | Sarah Wade | 41,705 | 42.68 | −2.43 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +2.43 |
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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2016 Australian federal election in Victoria § Ballarat.[edit]
2013
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Catherine King | 39,251 | 41.91 | −9.84 | |
Liberal | John Fitzgibbon | 35,592 | 38.00 | +4.05 | |
Greens | Stephanie Hodgins-May | 8,911 | 9.51 | −1.83 | |
Palmer United | Gerard Murphy | 3,396 | 3.63 | +3.63 | |
Sex Party | Joshua Mathieson | 2,135 | 2.28 | +2.28 | |
Christians | Anne Foster | 1,139 | 1.22 | +1.22 | |
Family First | Shane Clark | 1,139 | 1.22 | −1.74 | |
Democratic Labour | Stephen Vereker | 1,022 | 1.09 | +1.09 | |
Katter's Australian | Shane Dunne | 849 | 0.91 | +0.91 | |
Rise Up Australia | Ana Rojas | 229 | 0.24 | +0.24 | |
Total formal votes | 93,663 | 95.34 | −0.94 | ||
Informal votes | 4,578 | 4.66 | +0.94 | ||
Turnout | 98,241 | 94.94 | +0.14 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Catherine King | 51,411 | 54.89 | −6.81 | |
Liberal | John Fitzgibbon | 42,252 | 45.11 | +6.81 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −6.81 |
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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2013 Australian federal election in Victoria § Ballarat.[edit]
2010
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Catherine King | 46,289 | 51.75 | +1.42 | |
Liberal | Mark Banwell | 30,364 | 33.95 | −4.09 | |
Greens | Belinda Coates | 10,140 | 11.34 | +3.36 | |
Family First | Jim Rainey | 2,646 | 2.96 | −0.69 | |
Total formal votes | 89,439 | 96.28 | −1.31 | ||
Informal votes | 3,456 | 3.72 | +1.31 | ||
Turnout | 92,895 | 94.98 | −1.11 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Catherine King | 55,188 | 61.70 | +3.55 | |
Liberal | Mark Banwell | 34,251 | 38.30 | −3.55 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.55 |
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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2010 Australian federal election in Victoria § Ballarat.[edit]
Elections in the 2000s
2007
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Catherine King | 44,191 | 50.33 | +5.33 | |
Liberal | Samantha McIntosh | 33,402 | 38.04 | −6.53 | |
Greens | Belinda Coates | 7,008 | 7.98 | +1.25 | |
Family First | Dale Butterfield | 3,207 | 3.65 | +1.50 | |
Total formal votes | 87,808 | 97.59 | +0.93 | ||
Informal votes | 2,170 | 2.41 | −0.93 | ||
Turnout | 89,978 | 96.11 | +0.15 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Catherine King | 51,056 | 58.15 | +5.92 | |
Liberal | Samantha McIntosh | 36,752 | 41.85 | −5.92 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +5.92 | |||
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2004
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Catherine King | 37,734 | 45.00 | +0.50 | |
Liberal | Elizabeth Matuschka | 37,377 | 44.57 | +2.45 | |
Greens | Tony Kelly | 5,641 | 6.73 | +0.07 | |
Family First | Vlad Adamek | 1,799 | 2.14 | +2.14 | |
Democratic Labor | Claire Lindorff | 1,109 | 1.32 | +1.32 | |
Citizens Electoral Council | Valiant von Thule Halborg | 192 | 0.23 | +0.23 | |
Total formal votes | 83,852 | 96.66 | −0.33 | ||
Informal votes | 2,901 | 3.34 | +0.33 | ||
Turnout | 86,753 | 95.96 | −0.35 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Catherine King | 43,795 | 52.23 | −1.02 | |
Liberal | Elizabeth Matuschka | 40,057 | 47.77 | +1.02 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −1.02 | |||
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2001
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Catherine King | 35,558 | 44.14 | +3.23 | |
Liberal | Charles Collins | 34,512 | 42.85 | −2.39 | |
Greens | Tony Kelly | 5,126 | 6.36 | +4.95 | |
Democrats | Danii Coric | 3,300 | 4.10 | +0.40 | |
One Nation | John Blanchard | 2,053 | 2.55 | −2.35 | |
Total formal votes | 80,549 | 97.12 | +0.67 | ||
Informal votes | 2,391 | 2.88 | −0.67 | ||
Turnout | 82,940 | 97.65 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Catherine King | 42,471 | 52.73 | +5.50 | |
Liberal | Charles Collins | 38,078 | 47.27 | −5.50 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.50 | |||
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Elections in the 1990s
1998
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Michael Ronaldson | 34,527 | 45.23 | −3.77 | |
Labor | Marg Card | 31,232 | 40.92 | −0.98 | |
One Nation | John Blanchard | 3,738 | 4.90 | +4.90 | |
Democrats | Peta Price | 2,824 | 3.70 | −0.52 | |
Shooters | John Wiley | 1,569 | 2.06 | +2.06 | |
Greens | Malcolm Campbell | 1,083 | 1.42 | +1.42 | |
Christian Democrats | Frank Colosimo | 840 | 1.10 | −1.24 | |
Independent | Ian Harrison | 188 | 0.25 | +0.25 | |
Unity | Margaret Taylor | 182 | 0.24 | +0.24 | |
Independent | Alex Graham | 147 | 0.19 | +0.19 | |
Total formal votes | 76,330 | 96.45 | −1.44 | ||
Informal votes | 2,809 | 3.55 | +1.44 | ||
Turnout | 79,139 | 96.73 | −0.09 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Michael Ronaldson | 40,280 | 52.77 | −0.90 | |
Labor | Marg Card | 36,050 | 47.23 | +0.90 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −0.90 | |||
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1996
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Michael Ronaldson | 37,275 | 49.01 | +1.89 | |
Labor | Jenny Beacham | 31,864 | 41.89 | −1.77 | |
Democrats | Trish Finlay | 3,208 | 4.22 | +1.93 | |
Call to Australia | David Cocking | 1,781 | 2.34 | −1.26 | |
Independent | Alan Gray | 947 | 1.25 | +1.25 | |
Against Further Immigration | John Neenan | 801 | 1.05 | +1.05 | |
Natural Law | Alan McDonald | 186 | 0.24 | −0.81 | |
Total formal votes | 76,062 | 97.89 | +0.17 | ||
Informal votes | 1,641 | 2.11 | −0.17 | ||
Turnout | 77,703 | 96.82 | −0.30 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Michael Ronaldson | 40,696 | 53.67 | +2.09 | |
Labor | Jenny Beacham | 35,129 | 46.33 | −2.09 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.09 | |||
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1993
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Michael Ronaldson | 33,478 | 47.47 | +1.20 | |
Labor | Peter Devereux | 30,470 | 43.20 | +2.36 | |
Call to Australia | Jodie Rickard | 2,618 | 3.71 | +0.29 | |
Independent | Geoffrey Hardy | 1,703 | 2.41 | +2.41 | |
Democrats | Rob de Caen | 1,516 | 2.15 | −6.21 | |
Natural Law | Veronica Caven | 740 | 1.05 | +1.05 | |
Total formal votes | 70,525 | 97.76 | −0.01 | ||
Informal votes | 1,614 | 2.24 | +0.01 | ||
Turnout | 72,139 | 97.11 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Michael Ronaldson | 36,787 | 52.20 | +0.32 | |
Labor | Peter Devereux | 33,687 | 47.80 | −0.32 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.32 | |||
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1990
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Michael Ronaldson | 31,273 | 46.3 | +10.5 | |
Labor | John Mildren | 27,609 | 40.8 | −6.5 | |
Democrats | Bill Scetrine | 5,654 | 8.4 | +4.4 | |
Call to Australia | Jodie Rickard | 2,311 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
Independent | Greg Mays | 536 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Independent | George Helon | 212 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Total formal votes | 67,595 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 1,541 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 69,136 | 96.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Michael Ronaldson | 35,043 | 51.9 | +4.0 | |
Labor | John Mildren | 32,506 | 48.1 | −4.0 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +4.0 | |||
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Elections in the 1980s
1987
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | John Mildren | 31,447 | 47.1 | −2.3 | |
Liberal | John Ronan | 24,059 | 36.0 | −8.4 | |
National | John Boland | 8,250 | 12.3 | +10.8 | |
Democrats | Phil Henseleit | 2,685 | 4.0 | +0.6 | |
Independent | Martin Greany | 392 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
Total formal votes | 66,833 | 96.4 | |||
Informal votes | 2,460 | 3.6 | |||
Turnout | 69,293 | 96.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | John Mildren | 34,674 | 51.9 | −0.1 | |
Liberal | John Ronan | 32,147 | 48.1 | +0.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −0.1 | |||
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1984
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | John Mildren | 31,119 | 49.4 | +1.5 | |
Liberal | John Ronan | 27,952 | 44.4 | −2.5 | |
Democrats | Graham Gough | 2,163 | 3.4 | +0.3 | |
National | Douglas Stewart | 961 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
Democratic Labor | John Ferwerda | 737 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Total formal votes | 62,932 | 93.8 | |||
Informal votes | 4,148 | 6.2 | |||
Turnout | 67,080 | 96.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | John Mildren | 32,411 | 51.5 | +0.2 | |
Liberal | John Ronan | 30,505 | 48.5 | −0.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +0.2 | |||
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1983
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | John Mildren | 34,616 | 50.7 | +5.5 | |
Liberal | John Ronan | 30,078 | 44.1 | −1.9 | |
Democrats | Graham Gough | 2,123 | 3.1 | −2.5 | |
Independent | John Blower | 1,148 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
Independent | Albert Ireland | 275 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 68,240 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 1,156 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 69,396 | 96.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | John Mildren | 54.1 | +3.4 | ||
Liberal | John Ronan | 45.9 | −3.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +3.4 | |||
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1980
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Jim Short | 30,551 | 46.0 | −2.0 | |
Labor | John Mildren | 29,990 | 45.2 | +8.2 | |
Democrats | Graham Gough | 3,736 | 5.6 | −4.3 | |
Democratic Labor | John Cotter | 2,099 | 3.2 | −1.8 | |
Total formal votes | 66,376 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 1,239 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 67,615 | 96.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | John Mildren | 33,623 | 50.7 | +8.2 | |
Liberal | Jim Short | 32,753 | 49.3 | −8.2 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +8.2 | |||
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Elections in the 1970s
1977
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Jim Short | 30,480 | 48.0 | −1.5 | |
Labor | Norman Baker | 23,487 | 37.0 | −3.5 | |
Democrats | Graham Gough | 6,298 | 9.9 | +9.9 | |
Democratic Labor | William Griffin | 3,202 | 5.0 | −2.2 | |
Total formal votes | 63,467 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 1,318 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 64,785 | 96.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Jim Short | 57.5 | +0.0 | ||
Labor | Norman Baker | 42.5 | −0.0 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.0 | |||
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1975
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Jim Short | 29,708 | 50.9 | +5.0 | |
Labor | David Williams | 22,844 | 39.1 | −4.6 | |
Democratic Labor | Bryan Hanrahan | 4,219 | 7.2 | −0.3 | |
Independent | Glendon Ludbrook | 1,625 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
Total formal votes | 58,396 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 1,011 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 59,407 | 97.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Jim Short | 58.9 | +4.1 | ||
Labor | David Williams | 41.1 | −4.1 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.1 | |||
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1974
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Dudley Erwin | 25,736 | 45.9 | +4.1 | |
Labor | David Williams | 24,517 | 43.7 | −1.9 | |
Democratic Labor | Bryan Hanrahan | 4,225 | 7.5 | −5.1 | |
Australia | Pamela Clifford | 1,574 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
Total formal votes | 56,052 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 1,077 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 57,129 | 96.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Dudley Erwin | 30,721 | 54.8 | +1.3 | |
Labor | David Williams | 25,331 | 45.2 | −1.3 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.3 | |||
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1972
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | David Williams | 22,800 | 45.6 | +6.3 | |
Liberal | Dudley Erwin | 20,860 | 41.8 | −2.2 | |
Democratic Labor | Anthony Balkin | 6,297 | 12.6 | −1.0 | |
Total formal votes | 49,957 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 577 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 50,534 | 96.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Dudley Erwin | 26,719 | 53.5 | −5.5 | |
Labor | David Williams | 23,238 | 46.5 | +5.5 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −5.5 | |||
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Elections in the 1960s
1969
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Dudley Erwin | 20,881 | 44.0 | −4.6 | |
Labor | David Pollock | 18,634 | 39.3 | +3.6 | |
Democratic Labor | Bob Joshua | 6,444 | 13.6 | −2.0 | |
Independent | Graeme Bond | 1,173 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
Independent | David Swinnerton | 215 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Independent | Hendrik Prins | 92 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Total formal votes | 47,439 | 96.4 | |||
Informal votes | 1,752 | 3.6 | |||
Turnout | 49,191 | 96.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Dudley Erwin | 27,999 | 59.0 | −4.0 | |
Labor | David Pollock | 19,440 | 41.0 | +4.0 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −4.0 | |||
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1966
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Dudley Erwin | 21,288 | 49.4 | +1.1 | |
Labor | David Pollock | 15,042 | 34.9 | −1.9 | |
Democratic Labor | Bob Joshua | 6,729 | 15.6 | +0.7 | |
Total formal votes | 43,059 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 924 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 43,983 | 96.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Dudley Erwin | 27,491 | 63.8 | +1.6 | |
Labor | David Pollock | 15,568 | 36.2 | −1.6 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.6 | |||
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1963
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Dudley Erwin | 20,764 | 48.3 | +4.7 | |
Labor | Alan Williams | 15,846 | 36.8 | −1.7 | |
Democratic Labor | Bob Joshua | 6,421 | 14.9 | −3.0 | |
Total formal votes | 43,031 | 99.2 | |||
Informal votes | 350 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 43,381 | 97.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Dudley Erwin | 26,764 | 62.2 | +2.3 | |
Labor | Alan Williams | 16,267 | 37.8 | −2.3 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.3 | |||
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1961
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Dudley Erwin | 18,379 | 43.6 | +3.7 | |
Labor | Aubrey Keane | 16,224 | 38.5 | −4.3 | |
Democratic Labor | Bob Joshua | 7,557 | 17.9 | +0.7 | |
Total formal votes | 42,160 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 613 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 42,773 | 96.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Dudley Erwin | 25,240 | 59.9 | +4.5 | |
Labor | Aubrey Keane | 16,920 | 40.1 | −4.5 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.5 | |||
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Elections in the 1950s
1958
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Donald Drummond | 17,903 | 42.8 | +4.7 | |
Liberal | Dudley Erwin | 16,683 | 39.9 | +1.6 | |
Democratic Labor | Bob Joshua | 7,204 | 17.2 | −6.5 | |
Total formal votes | 41,760 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 610 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 42,400 | 97.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Dudley Erwin | 23,167 | 55.4 | −2.5 | |
Labor | Donald Drummond | 18,623 | 44.6 | +2.5 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.5 | |||
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1955
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Dudley Erwin | 15,763 | 38.3 | −9.1 | |
Labor | Austin Dowling | 15,686 | 38.1 | −14.7 | |
Labor (A-C) | Bob Joshua | 9,757 | 23.7 | +23.7 | |
Total formal votes | 41,206 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 682 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 41,888 | 96.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Dudley Erwin | 23,852 | 57.9 | +10.7 | |
Labor | Austin Dowling | 17,354 | 42.1 | −10.7 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +10.7 | |||
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1954
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Bob Joshua | 20,997 | 52.6 | +1.4 | |
Liberal | Allen Driscoll | 18,900 | 47.4 | −1.4 | |
Total formal votes | 39,897 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 291 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 40,188 | 97.3 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +1.4 | |||
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1951
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Bob Joshua | 20,482 | 51.2 | +1.6 | |
Liberal | Alan Pittard | 19,517 | 48.8 | −1.6 | |
Total formal votes | 39,999 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 356 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 40,355 | 97.2 | |||
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.6 | |||
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Elections in the 1940s
1949
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Alan Pittard | 19,851 | 50.4 | +3.1 | |
Labor | Raymond Hyatt | 19,522 | 49.6 | −3.1 | |
Total formal votes | 39,373 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 380 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 39,753 | 97.3 | |||
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +3.1 | |||
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1946
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Reg Pollard | 25,827 | 53.1 | −1.4 | |
Liberal | Arnold Caddy | 22,812 | 46.9 | +6.2 | |
Total formal votes | 48,639 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 617 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 49,256 | 95.7 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | −4.8 | |||
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1943
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Reg Pollard | 26,428 | 54.5 | +6.7 | |
United Australia | Bill Roff | 19,750 | 40.7 | +0.6 | |
Christian Independent | Gordon Irish | 2,333 | 4.8 | +4.8 | |
Total formal votes | 48,511 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 480 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 48,991 | 97.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Reg Pollard | 57.9 | +7.6 | ||
United Australia | Bill Roff | 42.1 | −7.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +7.6 | |||
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1940
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Reg Pollard | 22,715 | 47.8 | −2.8 | |
United Australia | Edward Montgomery | 19,089 | 40.1 | −9.3 | |
Independent | Alex Russell | 5,749 | 12.1 | +12.1 | |
Total formal votes | 47,553 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 488 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 48,041 | 96.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Reg Pollard | 23,917 | 50.3 | −0.3 | |
United Australia | Edward Montgomery | 23,636 | 49.7 | +0.3 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −0.3 | |||
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Elections in the 1930s
1937
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Reg Pollard | 24,784 | 50.6 | +5.7 | |
United Australia | Stanley Walker | 24,186 | 49.4 | +16.1 | |
Total formal votes | 48,970 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 467 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 49,437 | 97.1 | |||
Labor gain from United Australia | Swing | +3.5 | |||
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1934
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | William McAdam | 17,725 | 43.9 | +9.8 | |
United Australia | Archibald Fisken | 11,856 | 29.4 | −19.6 | |
Ind. United Australia | Fred Edmunds | 10,752 | 26.7 | +26.7 | |
Total formal votes | 40,333 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 658 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 40,991 | 97.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
United Australia | Archibald Fisken | 21,746 | 53.9 | −9.4 | |
Labor | William McAdam | 18,587 | 46.1 | +9.4 | |
United Australia hold | Swing | −9.4 | |||
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1931
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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United Australia | Charles McGrath | 19,260 | 49.0 | +6.4 | |
Labor | Stewart Miller | 13,409 | 34.1 | −23.3 | |
Country | Henry Bromfield | 6,608 | 16.8 | +16.8 | |
Total formal votes | 39,277 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 505 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 39,782 | 97.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
United Australia | Charles McGrath | 24,859 | 63.3 | +20.7 | |
Labor | Stewart Miller | 14,418 | 36.7 | −20.7 | |
United Australia gain from Labor | Swing | +20.7 | |||
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Elections in the 1920s
1929
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Charles McGrath | 21,760 | 57.4 | +4.8 | |
Nationalist | Fred Edmunds | 16,129 | 42.6 | −4.8 | |
Total formal votes | 37,889 | 99.2 | |||
Informal votes | 337 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 38,226 | 97.5 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +4.8 | |||
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1928
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Charles McGrath | 19,528 | 52.6 | +1.3 | |
Nationalist | Matthew Baird | 17,616 | 47.4 | −1.3 | |
Total formal votes | 37,144 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 682 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 37,826 | 97.1 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +1.3 | |||
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1925
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Charles McGrath | 19,121 | 51.3 | +0.9 | |
Nationalist | Thomas Ryan | 18,147 | 48.7 | +12.9 | |
Total formal votes | 37,268 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 341 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 37,609 | 95.2 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | −0.4 | |||
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1922
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Charles McGrath | 14,200 | 50.4 | +1.7 | |
Nationalist | Russell Coldham | 10,098 | 35.8 | −14.8 | |
Liberal | Sydney King | 3,878 | 13.8 | +13.8 | |
Total formal votes | 28,176 | 97.7 | |||
Informal votes | 657 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 28,833 | 72.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Charles McGrath | 51.7 | +2.6 | ||
Nationalist | Russell Coldham | 48.3 | −2.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +2.6 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Charles McGrath | 15,058 | 51.7 | +1.7 | |
Nationalist | Edwin Kerby | 11,443 | 39.3 | −10.7 | |
Farmers | John Troup | 2,413 | 8.3 | +8.3 | |
Independent | Edward Callow | 186 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
Total formal votes | 29,100 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 214 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 29,314 | 76.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Charles McGrath | 56.1 | +6.1 | ||
Nationalist | Edwin Kerby | 45.9 | −6.1 | ||
Labor gain from Nationalist | Swing | +6.1 | |||
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Elections in the 1910s
1919
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nationalist | Edwin Kerby | 13,569 | 50.0 | +50.0 | |
Labor | Charles McGrath | 13,568 | 50.0 | −50.0 | |
Total formal votes | 27,137 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 202 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 27,339 | 82.5 | |||
Nationalist gain from Labor | Swing | +50.0 | |||
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1917
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Charles McGrath | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
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1914
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Charles McGrath | 16,734 | 51.2 | +0.6 | |
Liberal | Russell Coldham | 15,963 | 48.8 | −0.6 | |
Total formal votes | 32,697 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 566 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 33,263 | 87.3 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +0.6 | |||
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1913
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Charles McGrath | 16,417 | 50.6 | +3.1 | |
Liberal | Hugh McKay | 16,049 | 49.4 | −3.1 | |
Total formal votes | 32,466 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 352 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 32,818 | 83.8 | |||
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.1 | |||
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1910
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Alfred Deakin | 10,179 | 51.1 | −15.1 | |
Labour | David Russell | 9,736 | 48.9 | +15.1 | |
Total formal votes | 19,915 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 281 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 20,196 | 74.9 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −15.1 | |||
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Elections in the 1900s
1906
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Protectionist | Alfred Deakin | 12,331 | 66.2 | −33.8 | |
Labour | James Scullin | 6,305 | 33.8 | +33.8 | |
Total formal votes | 18,636 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 412 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 19,048 | 62.5 | |||
Protectionist hold | Swing | −33.8 | |||
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1903
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Protectionist | Alfred Deakin | unopposed | |||
Protectionist hold | Swing | ||||
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1901
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Protectionist | Alfred Deakin | 4,655 | 74.5 | +74.5 | |
Ind. Protectionist | Richard Vale | 1,594 | 25.5 | +25.5 | |
Total formal votes | 6,249 | 95.4 | |||
Informal votes | 29 | 4.6 | |||
Turnout | 6,278 | 47.6 | |||
Protectionist win | (new seat) | ||||
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