Electoral results for the Division of Fawkner

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This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Fawkner in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1906 until its abolition in 1969.

Members[]

Member Party Term
  George Fairbairn Independent Protectionist 1906–1909
  Commonwealth Liberal 1909–1913
  Joseph Hannan Labor 1913–1917
  George Maxwell Nationalist 1917–1929
  Independent Nationalist 1929–1929
  Australian 1929–1930
  Independent 1930–1931
  United Australia 1931–1935
  Harold Holt United Australia 1935–1945
  Liberal 1945–1949
  Bill Bourke Labor 1949–1955
  Labor (Anti-Communist) 1955
  Peter Howson Liberal 1955–1969

Election results[]

Elections in the 1960s[]

1966[]

1966 Australian federal election: Fawkner
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Peter Howson 17,955 55.4 +0.9
Labor Robert Vernon 8,883 27.4 -7.1
Democratic Labor Yvonne Abolins 3,511 10.8 +2.6
Liberal Reform Group George Gabriel 1,699 5.2 +5.2
Independent Anthony Sanders 367 1.1 +1.1
Total formal votes 32,415 95.3
Informal votes 1,586 4.7
Turnout 34,001 92.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Peter Howson 69.7 +6.1
Labor Robert Vernon 30.3 -6.1
Liberal hold Swing +6.1

1963[]

1963 Australian federal election: Fawkner
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Peter Howson 18,614 54.5 +5.9
Labor Gwendolyn Noad 11,774 34.5 -1.3
Democratic Labor John Speed 2,818 8.2 -7.4
Independent George Gabriel 966 2.8 +2.8
Total formal votes 34,172 98.1
Informal votes 651 1.9
Turnout 34,823 94.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Peter Howson 63.6 +0.8
Labor Gwendolyn Noad 36.4 -0.8
Liberal hold Swing +0.8

1961[]

1961 Australian federal election: Fawkner
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Peter Howson 16,580 48.6 +0.3
Labor Gwendolyn Noad 12,223 35.8 +2.9
Democratic Labor Richard Coyne 5,336 15.6 -3.1
Total formal votes 34,139 97.2
Informal votes 987 2.8
Turnout 35,126 93.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Peter Howson 21,438 62.8 -2.0
Labor Gwendolyn Noad 12,701 37.2 +2.0
Liberal hold Swing -2.0

Elections in the 1950s[]

1958[]

1958 Australian federal election: Fawkner
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Peter Howson 17,312 48.3 +2.1
Labor George Smart 11,797 32.9 +6.4
Democratic Labor Bill Bourke 6,709 18.7 -8.6
Total formal votes 35,818 97.3
Informal votes 996 2.7
Turnout 36,814 94.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Peter Howson 23,198 64.8 +12.5
Labor George Smart 12,620 35.2 +35.2
Liberal hold Swing +12.5

1955[]

1955 Australian federal election: Fawkner
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Peter Howson 17,645 46.2 -4.7
Labor (A-C) Bill Bourke 10,450 27.3 +27.3
Labor Patrick Thompson 10,132 26.5 -22.6
Total formal votes 38,227 97.0
Informal votes 1,166 3.0
Turnout 39,393 93.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Peter Howson 19,992 52.3 +1.4
Labor (A-C) Bill Bourke 18,235 47.7 -1.4
Liberal hold Swing +1.4

1954[]

1954 Australian federal election: Fawkner
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Bourke 18,038 50.2 -1.4
Liberal Peter Howson 17,920 49.8 +2.2
Total formal votes 35,958 99.0
Informal votes 378 1.0
Turnout 36,336 95.5
Labor hold Swing -1.8

1951[]

1951 Australian federal election: Fawkner
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Bourke 20,158 51.6 +1.6
Liberal Peter Howson 18,586 47.6 -2.4
Independent Colin Kennedy 332 0.8 +0.8
Total formal votes 39,076 98.3
Informal votes 681 1.7
Turnout 39,757 95.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Bourke 52.0 +2.0
Liberal Peter Howson 48.0 -2.0
Labor hold Swing +2.0

Elections in the 1940s[]

1949[]

1949 Australian federal election: Fawkner
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Bourke 20,228 50.0 +2.3
Liberal Magnus Cormack 20,201 50.0 +1.8
Total formal votes 40,429 98.1
Informal votes 782 1.9
Turnout 41,211 95.2
Labor hold Swing -0.8

1946[]

1946 Australian federal election: Fawkner
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Harold Holt 39,047 53.5 +20.1
Labor Bill Bourke 30,835 42.2 +9.4
Independent Mascotte Brown 2,121 2.9 +2.9
Services Harold Rettig 1,042 1.4 +1.4
Total formal votes 73,045 97.1
Informal votes 2,155 2.9
Turnout 75,200 89.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Harold Holt 56.2 -1.8
Labor Bill Bourke 43.8 +1.8
Liberal hold Swing -1.8

1943[]

1943 Australian federal election: Fawkner
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Harold Holt 23,931 33.4 -27.4
Labor Thomas Jude 23,508 32.8 -3.0
Independent William Cremor 15,958 22.3 +22.3
Independent Vernon Margetts 3,437 4.8 +4.8
Communist Malcolm Good 3,300 4.6 +4.6
Independent Charles Kennett 1,196 1.7 +1.7
Independent Ruth Ravenscroft 381 0.5 +0.5
Total formal votes 71,711 95.6
Informal votes 3,275 4.4
Turnout 74,986 92.9
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia Harold Holt 41,602 58.0 -4.5
Labor Thomas Jude 30,109 42.0 +4.5
United Australia hold Swing -4.5

1940[]

1940 Australian federal election: Fawkner
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Harold Holt 38,387 60.8 -5.7
Labor Arthur Fraser 22,558 35.8 +7.4
Independent Alexander Mills 2,152 3.4 +3.4
Total formal votes 63,097 98.0
Informal votes 1,293 2.0
Turnout 64,390 93.9
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia Harold Holt 62.5 +0.1
Labor Arthur Fraser 37.5 -0.1
United Australia hold Swing +0.1

Elections in the 1930s[]

1937[]

1937 Australian federal election: Fawkner
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Harold Holt 33,277 55.1 -12.4
Labor William Doran 17,124 28.4 +2.7
Independent William Bottomley 9,941 16.5 +16.5
Total formal votes 60,342 97.4
Informal votes 1,602 2.6
Turnout 61,944 93.8
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia Harold Holt 62.4 -8.5
Labor William Doran 37.6 +8.5
United Australia hold Swing -8.5
1935 Fawkner by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Harold Holt 24,594 59.9 -6.6
Labor Don Cameron 16,433 40.1 +12.4
Total formal votes 41,027 97.7
Informal votes 946 2.3
Turnout 41,973 87.4
United Australia hold Swing -9.5

1934[]

1934 Australian federal election: Fawkner
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia George Maxwell 30,029 66.5 -1.2
Labor William Smith 12,515 27.7 +0.5
Social Credit Frederick Paice 2,592 5.7 +5.7
Total formal votes 45,136 96.6
Informal votes 1,569 3.4
Turnout 46,705 93.7
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia George Maxwell 69.4 -0.9
Labor William Smith 30.6 +0.9
United Australia hold Swing -0.9

1931[]

1931 Australian federal election: Fawkner
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia George Maxwell 28,586 67.7 +29.3
Labor John McKenna 11,508 27.2 +27.2
Independent David Robertson 2,159 5.1 +5.1
Total formal votes 42,253 98.0
Informal votes 880 2.0
Turnout 43,133 93.1
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia George Maxwell 70.3 +21.7
Labor John McKenna 29.7 +29.7
United Australia gain from Ind. Nationalist Swing +21.7

Elections in the 1920s[]

1929[]

1929 Australian federal election: Fawkner
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Nationalist George Maxwell 25,564 59.4 +59.4
Nationalist Arthur Robinson 16,547 38.4 -23.3
Independent James Ronald 950 2.2 +2.2
Total formal votes 43,061 98.7
Informal votes 584 1.3
Turnout 43,645 93.5
Two-party-preferred result
Ind. Nationalist George Maxwell 61.4 +61.4
Nationalist Arthur Robinson 38.6 -23.1
Ind. Nationalist gain from Nationalist Swing +23.1

1928[]

1928 Australian federal election: Fawkner
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist George Maxwell 25,388 61.7 +2.3
Labor Nicholas Roberts 15,731 38.3 -2.3
Total formal votes 41,119 96.8
Informal votes 1,356 3.2
Turnout 42,475 92.1
Nationalist hold Swing +2.3

1925[]

1925 Australian federal election: Fawkner
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist George Maxwell 26,028 59.4 +7.2
Labor Alfred Foster 17,809 40.6 -0.8
Total formal votes 43,837 98.8
Informal votes 543 1.2
Turnout 44,380 92.7
Nationalist hold Swing +1.4

1922[]

1922 Australian federal election: Fawkner
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist George Maxwell 12,472 52.2 -6.3
Labor Alfred Foster 9,881 41.4 +5.3
Liberal John Murphy 1,533 6.4 +6.4
Total formal votes 23,886 96.9
Informal votes 766 3.1
Turnout 24,652 55.0
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist George Maxwell 58.0 -5.5
Labor Alfred Foster 42.0 +5.5
Nationalist hold Swing -5.5

Elections in the 1910s[]

1919[]

1919 Australian federal election: Fawkner
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist George Maxwell 15,819 51.5 +0.4
Labor Joseph Hannan 14,927 48.5 +0.2
Total formal votes 30,746 99.2
Informal votes 251 0.8
Turnout 30,997 77.1
Nationalist hold Swing +0.1

1917[]

1917 Australian federal election: Fawkner
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist George Maxwell 16,907 51.1 +10.4
Labor Joseph Hannan 15,976 48.3 -11.0
Independent Frank Henty 203 0.6 +0.6
Total formal votes 33,086 97.2
Informal votes 959 2.8
Turnout 34,045 84.7
Nationalist gain from Labor Swing +10.7

1914[]

1914 Australian federal election: Fawkner
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Joseph Hannan 17,483 59.3 +6.0
Liberal Frank Carse 11,981 40.7 -6.0
Total formal votes 29,464 97.9
Informal votes 626 2.1
Turnout 30,090 75.7
Labor hold Swing +6.0

1913[]

1913 Australian federal election: Fawkner
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Joseph Hannan 16,643 53.3 +2.8
Liberal George Fairbairn 14,610 46.7 -2.8
Total formal votes 31,253 97.7
Informal votes 720 2.3
Turnout 31,973 73.0
Labor hold Swing +2.8

1910[]

1910 Australian federal election: Fawkner
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Fairbairn 14,544 58.9 -8.3
Labour Joseph Hannan 10,161 41.1 +8.3
Total formal votes 24,705 98.5
Informal votes 379 1.5
Turnout 25,084 60.6
Liberal hold Swing -5.0

Elections in the 1900s[]

1906[]

1906 Australian federal election: Fawkner
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Protectionist George Fairbairn 12,212 60.5 +60.5
Labour Thomas Smith 6,621 32.8 +32.8
Protectionist John Miller 1,360 6.7 +6.7
Total formal votes 20,193 96.4
Informal votes 759 3.6
Turnout 20,952 57.3
Ind. Protectionist win (new seat)

References[]

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