Electoral results for the Division of Herbert
Appearance
This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Herbert in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1901 until the present.
Members
Election results
Elections in the 2010s
2019
2016
2013
2010
Elections in the 2000s
2007
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Peter Lindsay | 37,397 | 45.70 | -2.68 | |
Labor | George Colbran | 35,838 | 43.79 | +7.81 | |
Greens | Jenny Stirling | 4,201 | 5.13 | +0.17 | |
Family First | Michael Punshon | 1,283 | 1.57 | -2.33 | |
Independent | Bill Brennan | 900 | 1.10 | +1.10 | |
One Nation | Francis Pauler | 748 | 0.91 | -2.43 | |
Liberty & Democracy | Ben Thompson | 505 | 0.62 | +0.62 | |
Independent | Garrie Lynch | 487 | 0.60 | +0.60 | |
Democrats | Sharon Sheridan | 476 | 0.58 | -0.73 | |
Total formal votes | 81,835 | 95.81 | +1.31 | ||
Informal votes | 3,575 | 4.19 | −1.31 | ||
Turnout | 85,410 | 94.11 | −0.77 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Peter Lindsay | 41,089 | 50.21 | -6.03 | |
Labor | George Colbran | 40,746 | 49.79 | +6.03 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -6.03 |
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Peter Lindsay | 38,792 | 49.74 | +6.80 | |
Labor | Anita Phillips | 28,260 | 36.24 | -0.31 | |
Greens | Jenny Stirling | 3,915 | 5.02 | +2.30 | |
Family First | Cathy Eaton | 2,993 | 3.84 | +3.84 | |
One Nation | William Michael Brennan | 2,675 | 3.43 | -3.36 | |
Democrats | Richard Hoolihan | 1,025 | 1.31 | -1.79 | |
Citizens Electoral Council | Les Marsden | 323 | 0.41 | +0.41 | |
Total formal votes | 77,983 | 94.47 | −0.66 | ||
Informal votes | 4,563 | 5.53 | +0.66 | ||
Turnout | 82,546 | 93.82 | −2.18 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Peter Lindsay | 43,828 | 56.20 | +4.67 | |
Labor | Anita Phillips | 34,155 | 43.80 | -4.67 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.67 |
2001
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Peter Lindsay | 35,349 | 42.98 | +3.07 | |
Labor | Jenny Hill | 29,897 | 36.35 | -0.84 | |
Independent | Conway Bown | 6,473 | 7.87 | +7.87 | |
One Nation | Anthony Weil | 5,827 | 7.08 | -7.21 | |
Democrats | Richard Hoolihan | 2,494 | 3.03 | +0.46 | |
Greens | Anne Goddard | 2,205 | 2.68 | +0.41 | |
Total formal votes | 82,245 | 95.07 | −1.07 | ||
Informal votes | 4,266 | 4.93 | +1.07 | ||
Turnout | 86,511 | 96.31 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Peter Lindsay | 42,455 | 51.62 | +1.52 | |
Labor | Jenny Hill | 39,790 | 48.38 | -1.52 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.52 |
Elections in the 1990s
1998
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Peter Lindsay | 30,683 | 39.91 | +1.28 | |
Labor | Ted Lindsay | 28,588 | 37.19 | +0.64 | |
One Nation | Mark Swain | 10,991 | 14.30 | +14.30 | |
Democrats | Althea Smith | 1,979 | 2.57 | -3.37 | |
Greens | Rebecca Smith | 1,747 | 2.27 | +2.27 | |
Christian Democrats | John Edmiston | 948 | 1.23 | +1.23 | |
Independent | Elaine Steley | 816 | 1.06 | +1.06 | |
Women's Party | Pauline Woodbridge | 619 | 0.81 | -0.93 | |
Independent | Bob Bradley | 503 | 0.65 | +0.65 | |
Total formal votes | 76,874 | 96.13 | −1.30 | ||
Informal votes | 3,091 | 3.87 | +1.30 | ||
Turnout | 79,965 | 94.68 | −0.56 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Peter Lindsay | 38,512 | 50.10 | -6.52 | |
Labor | Ted Lindsay | 38,362 | 49.90 | +6.52 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -6.52 |
1996
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Peter Lindsay | 29,405 | 38.75 | +7.36 | |
Labor | Ted Lindsay | 27,812 | 36.65 | -4.49 | |
National | Ken Kipping | 11,468 | 15.11 | +8.92 | |
Democrats | Colin Edwards | 4,473 | 5.89 | +2.16 | |
Women's Party | Josephine Sailor | 1,338 | 1.76 | +1.76 | |
Independent | David Smallwood | 730 | 0.96 | +0.96 | |
Independent | Alex Caldwell | 660 | 0.87 | +0.87 | |
Total formal votes | 75,886 | 97.42 | −0.06 | ||
Informal votes | 2,010 | 2.58 | +0.06 | ||
Turnout | 77,896 | 94.12 | −1.45 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Peter Lindsay | 42,826 | 56.59 | +9.90 | |
Labor | Ted Lindsay | 32,852 | 43.41 | -9.90 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +9.90 |
1993
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ted Lindsay | 31,349 | 40.56 | -5.33 | |
Liberal | Peter Hazard | 24,300 | 31.44 | +6.63 | |
Independent | John Robinson | 10,002 | 12.94 | +12.94 | |
National | Robyn Quick | 5,374 | 6.95 | -11.08 | |
Democrats | Col Parker | 2,848 | 3.68 | -7.59 | |
Greens | Dave Kimble | 1,771 | 2.29 | +2.29 | |
Confederate Action | Warren Harvey | 640 | 0.83 | +0.83 | |
Independent | Bill Setter | 515 | 0.67 | +0.67 | |
Indigenous Peoples | Cilla Pryor | 495 | 0.64 | +0.64 | |
Total formal votes | 77,294 | 97.50 | −0.52 | ||
Informal votes | 1,984 | 2.50 | +0.52 | ||
Turnout | 79,278 | 95.56 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ted Lindsay | 40,452 | 52.37 | -2.63 | |
Liberal | Peter Hazard | 36,786 | 47.63 | +2.63 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -2.63 |
1990
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ted Lindsay | 32,166 | 45.8 | -5.3 | |
Liberal | Peter Hazard | 17,384 | 28.4 | +8.7 | |
National | Rick Anderton | 12,749 | 18.2 | -9.5 | |
Democrats | Colin Parker | 7,885 | 11.2 | +6.1 | |
Total formal votes | 70,184 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 1,419 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 71,603 | 93.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ted Lindsay | 38,438 | 54.9 | -1.9 | |
Liberal | Peter Hazard | 31,529 | 45.1 | +45.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -1.9 |
Elections in the 1980s
1987
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ted Lindsay | 33,507 | 51.1 | +0.8 | |
National | Jose Goicoechea | 18,206 | 27.7 | -3.9 | |
Liberal | Rosemary Pavey | 10,571 | 16.1 | +1.9 | |
Democrats | Paul Swanton | 3,344 | 5.1 | +1.2 | |
Total formal votes | 65,628 | 96.6 | |||
Informal votes | 2,338 | 3.4 | |||
Turnout | 67,966 | 90.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ted Lindsay | 37,259 | 56.8 | +3.2 | |
National | Jose Goicoechea | 28,360 | 43.2 | -3.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.2 |
1984
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ted Lindsay | 29,589 | 50.3 | -0.2 | |
National | Vicky Kippin | 18,602 | 31.6 | +18.0 | |
Liberal | Theo Theofanes | 8,326 | 14.2 | -19.4 | |
Democrats | Ana Bristowe-Lamb | 2,273 | 3.9 | +1.6 | |
Total formal votes | 58,790 | 96.3 | |||
Informal votes | 2,286 | 3.7 | |||
Turnout | 61,076 | 90.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ted Lindsay | 31,517 | 53.6 | +0.5 | |
National | Vicky Kippin | 27,270 | 46.4 | +46.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +0.5 |
1983
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ted Lindsay | 35,368 | 50.2 | +3.7 | |
Liberal | Gordon Dean | 23,875 | 33.9 | -13.9 | |
National | John Aubrey | 9,562 | 13.6 | +13.6 | |
Democrats | John Lamb | 1,597 | 2.3 | -3.3 | |
Total formal votes | 70,402 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 659 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 71,061 | 90.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ted Lindsay | 52.8 | +3.7 | ||
Liberal | Gordon Dean | 47.2 | -3.7 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.7 |
1980
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Gordon Dean | 31,538 | 47.9 | +14.4 | |
Labor | Ted Lindsay | 30,575 | 46.5 | +9.5 | |
Democrats | John Lamb | 3,690 | 5.6 | -2.2 | |
Total formal votes | 65,803 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 978 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 66,781 | 93.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Gordon Dean | 33,462 | 50.9 | -6.8 | |
Labor | Ted Lindsay | 32,341 | 49.1 | +6.8 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -6.8 |
Elections in the 1970s
1977
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ted Lindsay | 22,668 | 37.0 | -5.5 | |
Liberal | Gordon Dean | 20,559 | 33.5 | -24.0 | |
National Country | Charles Arnold | 12,357 | 20.2 | +20.2 | |
Democrats | Kenneth Kipping | 4,799 | 7.8 | +7.8 | |
Independent | Grahame Wells | 418 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Progress | Coral Finlay | 250 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Independent | Peter Dunn | 236 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 61,287 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 1,014 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 62,301 | 94.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Gordon Dean | 35,353 | 57.7 | +0.2 | |
Labor | Ted Lindsay | 25,934 | 42.3 | -0.2 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.2 |
1975
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Bonnett | 34,620 | 58.0 | +4.9 | |
Labor | John Rockett | 25,096 | 42.0 | -2.2 | |
Total formal votes | 59,716 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 945 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 60,661 | 94.8 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.8 |
1974
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Bonnett | 30,908 | 53.1 | +8.3 | |
Labor | John Rockett | 25,712 | 44.2 | +0.9 | |
Australia | Leonard Weber | 1,601 | 2.7 | +0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 58,221 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 783 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 59,004 | 93.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Robert Bonnett | 54.2 | +0.4 | ||
Labor | John Rockett | 45.8 | -0.4 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.4 |
1972
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Bonnett | 22,601 | 44.8 | +2.1 | |
Labor | Fabian Sweeney | 21,873 | 43.3 | -2.8 | |
Democratic Labor | Kiernan Dorney | 4,719 | 9.3 | -1.9 | |
Australia | Leonard Weber | 1,311 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
Total formal votes | 50,504 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 897 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 51,401 | 94.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Robert Bonnett | 27,171 | 53.8 | +2.1 | |
Labor | Fabian Sweeney | 23,333 | 46.2 | -2.1 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.1 |
Elections in the 1960s
1969
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ted Harding | 21,318 | 46.1 | -1.6 | |
Liberal | Robert Bonnett | 19,738 | 42.7 | +6.9 | |
Democratic Labor | Kiernan Dorney | 5,181 | 11.2 | -5.2 | |
Total formal votes | 46,237 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 597 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 46,834 | 94.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Robert Bonnett | 23,897 | 51.7 | +3.0 | |
Labor | Ted Harding | 22,340 | 48.3 | -3.0 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +3.0 |
1966
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ted Harding | 22,212 | 45.3 | -1.2 | |
Liberal | Robert Bonnett | 18,721 | 38.2 | +5.5 | |
Democratic Labor | Kiernan Dorney | 8,053 | 16.4 | -2.1 | |
Total formal votes | 48,986 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 955 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 49,941 | 95.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Robert Bonnett | 25,041 | 51.1 | +4.3 | |
Labor | Ted Harding | 23,945 | 48.9 | -4.3 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +4.3 |
1963
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ted Harding | 21,062 | 46.5 | -2.5 | |
Liberal | Roy Pope | 14,805 | 32.7 | -10.4 | |
Democratic Labor | Kiernan Dorney | 8,410 | 18.5 | +13.4 | |
Communist | Frank Bishop | 1,063 | 2.3 | -0.5 | |
Total formal votes | 45,340 | 97.4 | |||
Informal votes | 1,229 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 46,569 | 95.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ted Harding | 24,132 | 53.2 | +0.9 | |
Liberal | Roy Pope | 21,208 | 46.8 | -0.9 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +0.9 |
1961
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ted Harding | 20,839 | 49.0 | +7.5 | |
Liberal | John Murray | 18,296 | 43.1 | +0.5 | |
Queensland Labor | Victor Bodero | 2,181 | 5.1 | -9.0 | |
Communist | Frank Bishop | 1,171 | 2.8 | +1.0 | |
Total formal votes | 42,487 | 96.3 | |||
Informal votes | 1,634 | 3.7 | |||
Turnout | 44,121 | 94.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ted Harding | 52.3 | +3.8 | ||
Liberal | John Murray | 47.7 | -3.8 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.8 |
Elections in the 1950s
1958
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Murray | 16,669 | 42.6 | -0.2 | |
Labor | Bill Edmonds | 16,249 | 41.6 | -9.2 | |
Queensland Labor | Victor Bodero | 5,496 | 14.1 | +14.1 | |
Communist | Hugh Fay | 702 | 1.8 | -4.7 | |
Total formal votes | 39,116 | 95.8 | |||
Informal votes | 1,727 | 4.2 | |||
Turnout | 40,843 | 94.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | John Murray | 20,136 | 51.5 | +8.1 | |
Labor | Bill Edmonds | 18,980 | 48.5 | -8.1 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +8.1 |
1955
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Edmonds | 18,825 | 50.7 | -5.1 | |
Country | Arnold White | 15,885 | 42.8 | +2.1 | |
Communist | Frank Bishop | 2,416 | 6.5 | +3.0 | |
Total formal votes | 37,126 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 1,012 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 38,138 | 92.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bill Edmonds | 56.6 | -2.3 | ||
Country | Arnold White | 43.4 | +2.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -2.3 |
1954
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Edmonds | 20,894 | 55.8 | +1.7 | |
Country | Fred Purdie | 15,239 | 40.7 | -2.0 | |
Communist | Claude Jones | 1,323 | 3.5 | +0.3 | |
Total formal votes | 37,456 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 684 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 38,140 | 95.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bill Edmonds | 59.0 | +2.0 | ||
Country | Fred Purdie | 41.0 | -2.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +2.0 |
1951
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Edmonds | 19,445 | 54.1 | +4.7 | |
Country | Doug Jeffrey | 15,332 | 42.7 | -2.7 | |
Communist | Gloria Phelan | 1,160 | 3.2 | -2.0 | |
Total formal votes | 35,937 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 991 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 36,928 | 93.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bill Edmonds | 57.0 | +3.3 | ||
Country | Doug Jeffrey | 43.0 | -3.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +3.3 |
Elections in the 1940s
1949
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Edmonds | 17,395 | 49.4 | +1.0 | |
Country | Doug Jeffrey | 15,973 | 45.4 | +13.0 | |
Communist | Jim Henderson | 1,847 | 5.2 | -10.6 | |
Total formal votes | 35,215 | 96.8 | |||
Informal votes | 1,160 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 36,375 | 93.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bill Edmonds | 18,898 | 53.7 | -10.4 | |
Country | Doug Jeffrey | 16,317 | 46.3 | +10.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -10.4 |
1946
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Edmonds | 28,246 | 46.0 | +8.4 | |
Country | Lloyd Roberts | 20,804 | 33.9 | +11.2 | |
Communist | Jack Henry | 9,404 | 15.3 | -18.9 | |
Independent | Joseph Pollard | 1,668 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
Services | Alexander McNamee | 1,236 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
Total formal votes | 61,358 | 95.3 | |||
Informal votes | 3,050 | 4.7 | |||
Turnout | 64,408 | 90.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bill Edmonds | 37,026 | 60.3 | -1.4 | |
Country | Lloyd Roberts | 24,332 | 39.7 | +39.7 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -1.4 |
1943
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | George Martens | 22,697 | 37.6 | -3.1 | |
Communist | Fred Paterson | 20,629 | 34.2 | +34.2 | |
Country | Archie Graham | 13,693 | 22.7 | -12.8 | |
Independent | Charles Cook | 3,300 | 5.5 | +5.5 | |
Total formal votes | 60,319 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 1,673 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 61,992 | 91.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | George Martens | 37,219 | 61.7 | +5.3 | |
Communist | Fred Paterson | 23,100 | 38.3 | +38.3 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +5.3 |
1940
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | George Martens | 24,712 | 40.7 | -2.9 | |
Country | Thomas Mann | 21,545 | 35.5 | +6.3 | |
Independent | Fred Paterson | 11,104 | 18.3 | +18.3 | |
Independent RSL | Louis Haydon | 3,346 | 5.5 | +5.5 | |
Total formal votes | 60,707 | 96.3 | |||
Informal votes | 2,365 | 3.7 | |||
Turnout | 63,072 | 92.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | George Martens | 34,261 | 56.4 | -10.0 | |
Country | Thomas Mann | 26,446 | 43.6 | +10.0 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -10.0 |
Elections in the 1930s
1937
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | George Martens | 25,766 | 43.6 | -8.7 | |
Country | James Wilkie | 17,252 | 29.2 | +29.2 | |
Communist | Fred Paterson | 12,523 | 21.2 | +12.9 | |
Social Credit | Henry Beck | 3,622 | 6.1 | +6.1 | |
Total formal votes | 59,163 | 95.1 | |||
Informal votes | 3,019 | 4.9 | |||
Turnout | 62,182 | 94.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | George Martens | 39,263 | 66.4 | +5.4 | |
Country | James Wilkie | 19,900 | 33.6 | +33.6 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +5.4 |
1934
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | George Martens | 27,721 | 52.3 | -3.7 | |
United Australia | Ron Muir | 20,005 | 37.7 | -6.3 | |
Communist | Jack Henry | 4,404 | 8.3 | +8.3 | |
Lang Labor | Claude Vesperman | 865 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Total formal votes | 52,995 | 95.6 | |||
Informal votes | 2,429 | 4.4 | |||
Turnout | 55,424 | 94.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | George Martens | 61.0 | +5.0 | ||
United Australia | Ron Muir | 39.0 | -5.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +5.0 |
1931
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | George Martens | 31,866 | 56.3 | +3.5 | |
United Australia | Grosvenor Francis | 24,733 | 43.7 | -3.5 | |
Total formal votes | 56,599 | 95.8 | |||
Informal votes | 2,473 | 4.2 | |||
Turnout | 59,072 | 92.9 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +3.5 |
Elections in the 1920s
1929
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | George Martens | 28,813 | 52.8 | +2.6 | |
Nationalist | William Amiet | 25,772 | 47.2 | -2.6 | |
Total formal votes | 54,585 | 95.5 | |||
Informal votes | 2,593 | 4.5 | |||
Turnout | 57,178 | 93.2 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +2.6 |
1928
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | George Martens | 25,462 | 50.2 | +0.5 | |
Nationalist | Lewis Nott | 25,308 | 49.8 | -0.5 | |
Total formal votes | 50,770 | 93.9 | |||
Informal votes | 3,312 | 6.1 | |||
Turnout | 54,082 | 93.5 | |||
Labor gain from Nationalist | Swing | +0.5 |
1925
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Lewis Nott | 22,385 | 50.3 | -1.4 | |
Labor | Ted Theodore | 22,117 | 49.7 | +1.4 | |
Total formal votes | 44,502 | 95.3 | |||
Informal votes | 2,188 | 4.7 | |||
Turnout | 46,690 | 90.2 | |||
Nationalist hold | Swing | -1.4 |
1922
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Fred Bamford | 17,396 | 51.7 | +0.9 | |
Labor | Maurice Hynes | 16,259 | 48.3 | +1.8 | |
Total formal votes | 33,655 | 93.3 | |||
Informal votes | 2,435 | 6.7 | |||
Turnout | 36,090 | 83.4 | |||
Nationalist hold | Swing | -0.5 |
Elections in the 1910s
1919
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Fred Bamford | 17,470 | 51.0 | -0.3 | |
Labor | Eugene McKenna | 15,872 | 46.3 | -2.4 | |
Independent | Henry Madden | 493 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
Independent | Terence Haren | 443 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
Total formal votes | 34,278 | 90.5 | |||
Informal votes | 3,583 | 9.5 | |||
Turnout | 37,861 | 87.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Nationalist | Fred Bamford | 52.4 | +1.1 | ||
Labor | Eugene McKenna | 47.6 | -1.1 | ||
Nationalist hold | Swing | +1.1 |
1917
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Fred Bamford | 18,583 | 51.3 | +15.7 | |
Labor | Eugene McKenna | 17,634 | 48.7 | -15.7 | |
Total formal votes | 36,217 | 97.5 | |||
Informal votes | 921 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 37,138 | 90.0 | |||
Nationalist gain from Labor | Swing | +15.7 |
1914
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Fred Bamford | 18,700 | 64.4 | +6.4 | |
Liberal | Frank Fraser | 10,350 | 35.6 | -6.4 | |
Total formal votes | 29,050 | 97.2 | |||
Informal votes | 829 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 29,879 | 74.2 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +6.4 |
1913
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Fred Bamford | 16,709 | 58.0 | +0.4 | |
Liberal | John Mann | 12,081 | 42.0 | -0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 28,790 | 96.1 | |||
Informal votes | 1,172 | 3.9 | |||
Turnout | 29,926 | 76.4 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +0.4 |
1910
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Fred Bamford | 13,668 | 61.0 | +8.1 | |
Liberal | Thomas Crawford | 8,751 | 39.0 | -8.1 | |
Total formal votes | 22,419 | 96.7 | |||
Informal votes | 765 | 3.3 | |||
Turnout | 23,184 | 61.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.1 |
Elections in the 1900s
1906
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Fred Bamford | 8,151 | 52.9 | -4.9 | |
Anti-Socialist | Walter Tunbridge | 7,255 | 47.1 | +47.1 | |
Total formal votes | 15,406 | 95.3 | |||
Informal votes | 764 | 4.7 | |||
Turnout | 16,170 | 50.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.9 |
1903
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Fred Bamford | 8,965 | 57.8 | +6.2 | |
Protectionist | William White | 6,549 | 42.2 | -6.2 | |
Total formal votes | 15,514 | 95.5 | |||
Informal votes | 727 | 4.5 | |||
Turnout | 16,241 | 63.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.2 |
1901
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Fred Bamford | 3,353 | 51.6 | +51.6 | |
Protectionist | William Brown | 3,140 | 48.4 | +48.4 | |
Total formal votes | 6,493 | 96.8 | |||
Informal votes | 217 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 6,710 | 66.6 | |||
Labour win | (new seat) |