Electoral results for the Division of Henty

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This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Henty in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1913 until its abolition in 1990.

Members[]

Member Party Term
  James Boyd Commonwealth Liberal 1913–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1919
  Frederick Francis Independent 1919–1922
  Nationalist 1922–1925
  (Sir) Henry Gullett Nationalist 1925–1931
  United Australia 1931–1940
  Arthur Coles Independent 1940–1946
  Jo Gullett Liberal 1946–1955
  Max Fox Liberal 1955–1974
  Joan Child Labor 1974–1975
  Ken Aldred Liberal 1975–1980
  Joan Child Labor 1980–1990

Election results[]

Elections in the 1980s[]

1987[]

1987 Australian federal election: Henty
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Joan Child 30,695 50.5 -2.4
Liberal Rudi Michelson 25,138 41.3 +2.2
Democrats Paul Hegarty 4,992 8.2 +2.9
Total formal votes 60,825 94.5
Informal votes 3,526 5.5
Turnout 64,351 94.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Joan Child 33,301 54.8 -1.9
Liberal Rudi Michelson 27,496 45.2 +1.9
Labor hold Swing -1.9

1984[]

1984 Australian federal election: Henty
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Joan Child 32,297 52.9 -1.2
Liberal Rudi Michelson 23,885 39.1 -0.3
Democrats Margaret Moore 3,216 5.3 +1.0
Democratic Labor Martin Callanan 988 1.6 -0.6
National Peter Ryan 690 1.1 +1.1
Total formal votes 61,076 93.1
Informal votes 4,492 6.9
Turnout 65,568 94.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Joan Child 34,627 56.7 -0.2
Liberal Rudi Michelson 26,441 43.3 +0.2
Labor hold Swing -0.2

1983[]

1983 Australian federal election: Henty
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Joan Child 36,259 54.7 +5.6
Liberal Craig Baxter 25,709 38.8 -3.5
Democrats Harry Eichler 2,845 4.3 -1.7
Democratic Labor Paul Carroll 1,442 2.2 -0.4
Total formal votes 66,255 98.3
Informal votes 1,169 1.7
Turnout 67,424 95.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Joan Child 57.5 +4.7
Liberal Craig Baxter 42.5 -4.7
Labor hold Swing +4.7

1980[]

1980 Australian federal election: Henty
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Joan Child 32,102 49.1 +7.6
Liberal Ken Aldred 27,702 42.3 -2.7
Democrats Jonathan Melland 3,926 6.0 -3.9
Democratic Labor John Mulholland 1,698 2.6 -0.5
Total formal votes 65,428 97.8
Informal votes 1,441 2.2
Turnout 66,869 95.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Joan Child 34,541 52.8 +5.5
Liberal Ken Aldred 30,887 47.2 -5.5
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +5.5

Elections in the 1970s[]

1977[]

1977 Australian federal election: Henty
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ken Aldred 29,660 45.0 -6.5
Labor Joan Child 27,325 41.5 -2.3
Democrats Fred Ingamells 6,509 9.9 +9.9
Democratic Labor Terry Farrell 2,061 3.1 -0.4
Independent Tony Dear 359 0.5 +0.5
Total formal votes 65,914 97.1
Informal votes 1,946 2.9
Turnout 67,860 95.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ken Aldred 34,736 52.7 -2.5
Labor Joan Child 31,178 47.3 +2.5
Liberal hold Swing -2.5

1975[]

1975 Australian federal election: Henty
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ken Aldred 29,621 51.5 +7.5
Labor Joan Child 25,158 43.8 -5.8
Democratic Labor Terry Farrell 1,989 3.5 -0.7
Australia Michael Hughes 536 0.9 +0.9
Independent Marc Aussie-Stone 190 0.3 +0.3
Total formal votes 57,494 98.2
Informal votes 1,064 1.8
Turnout 58,558 95.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ken Aldred 55.2 +6.7
Labor Joan Child 44.8 -6.7
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +6.7

1974[]

1974 Australian federal election: Henty
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Joan Child 28,111 49.6 +3.2
Liberal Max Fox 24,953 44.0 +1.6
Democratic Labor Terry Farrell 2,408 4.2 -3.2
Australia Michael Hughes 1,191 2.1 -1.8
Total formal votes 56,663 98.1
Informal votes 1,093 1.9
Turnout 57,756 95.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Joan Child 51.5 +1.8
Liberal Max Fox 48.5 -1.8
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +1.8

1972[]

1972 Australian federal election: Henty
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Joan Child 24,701 46.4 +10.7
Liberal Max Fox 22,577 42.4 -4.2
Democratic Labor Terry Farrell 3,926 7.4 -2.3
Australia Michael Hughes 2,080 3.9 +3.9
Total formal votes 53,284 97.9
Informal votes 1,128 2.1
Turnout 54,412 95.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Max Fox 26,796 50.3 -9.1
Labor Joan Child 26,488 49.7 +9.1
Liberal hold Swing -9.1

Elections in the 1960s[]

1969[]

1969 Australian federal election: Henty
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Max Fox 24,353 46.6 -4.9
Labor Robert Ray 18,670 35.7 -1.7
Democratic Labor John Launder 5,050 9.7 -1.4
Independent Herman Crowther 4,172 8.0 +8.0
Total formal votes 52,245 97.3
Informal votes 1,440 2.7
Turnout 53,685 95.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Max Fox 59.4 -2.3
Labor Robert Ray 40.6 +2.3
Liberal hold Swing -2.3

1966[]

1966 Australian federal election: Henty
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Max Fox 23,072 49.9 -1.7
Labor Maureen Campbell-Teich 18,053 39.0 +6.0
Democratic Labor Henry Moore 5,114 11.1 +1.1
Total formal votes 46,239 97.2
Informal votes 1,354 2.8
Turnout 47,593 95.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Max Fox 27,783 60.1 +0.8
Labor Maureen Campbell-Teich 18,456 39.9 -0.8
Liberal hold Swing +0.8

1963[]

1963 Australian federal election: Henty
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Max Fox 24,110 51.6 +5.7
Labor George Taylor 15,425 33.0 -7.3
Democratic Labor Joseph McHugh 4,694 10.0 -3.8
Independent Labor Herbert Viney 2,500 5.3 +5.3
Total formal votes 46,729 98.8
Informal votes 564 1.2
Turnout 47,293 96.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Max Fox 59.3 +1.6
Labor George Taylor 40.7 -1.6
Liberal hold Swing +1.6

1961[]

1961 Australian federal election: Henty
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Max Fox 21,011 45.9 -4.6
Labor Sir George Jones 18,416 40.3 +3.7
Democratic Labor Henry Moore 6,302 13.8 +0.9
Total formal votes 45,729 98.2
Informal votes 856 1.8
Turnout 46,585 96.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Max Fox 26,377 57.7 -4.4
Labor Sir George Jones 19,352 42.3 +4.4
Liberal hold Swing -4.4

Elections in the 1950s[]

1958[]

1958 Australian federal election: Henty
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Max Fox 22,506 50.5 -3.7
Labor Tom Gilhooley 16,276 36.6 +2.8
Democratic Labor Henry Moore 5,742 12.9 +0.9
Total formal votes 44,524 97.8
Informal votes 987 2.2
Turnout 45,511 96.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Max Fox 62.1 -1.7
Labor Tom Gilhooley 37.9 +1.7
Liberal hold Swing -1.7

1955[]

1955 Australian federal election: Henty
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Max Fox 22,377 54.2 +0.6
Labor Percy Treyvaud 13,953 33.8 -11.9
Labor (A-C) Henry Moore 4,966 12.0 +12.0
Total formal votes 41,296 97.3
Informal votes 1,146 2.7
Turnout 42,442 94.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Max Fox 63.8 +9.5
Labor Percy Treyvaud 36.2 -9.5
Liberal hold Swing +9.5

1954[]

1954 Australian federal election: Henty
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jo Gullett 22,858 56.6 -0.7
Labor Alexander Miller 16,400 40.6 -0.2
Independent Liberal Noel Schafer 1,124 2.8 +2.8
Total formal votes 40,382 99.0
Informal votes 392 1.0
Turnout 40,774 96.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jo Gullett 58.0 +0.5
Labor Alexander Miller 42.0 -0.5
Liberal hold Swing +0.5

1951[]

1951 Australian federal election: Henty
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jo Gullett 23,642 57.3 +2.1
Labor Percy Treyvaud 16,814 40.8 -1.9
Communist Doris McRae 781 1.9 +1.9
Total formal votes 41,237 98.6
Informal votes 584 1.4
Turnout 41,821 96.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jo Gullett 57.5 +2.1
Labor Percy Treyvaud 42.5 -2.1
Liberal hold Swing +2.1

Elections in the 1940s[]

1949[]

1949 Australian federal election: Henty
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jo Gullett 22,650 55.2 +4.1
Labor Val Doube 17,548 42.7 -6.2
Lang Labor Charles Dicker 858 2.1 +2.1
Total formal votes 41,056 98.8
Informal votes 510 1.2
Turnout 41,566 96.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jo Gullett 55.4 +4.3
Labor Val Doube 44.6 -4.3
Liberal hold Swing +4.3

1946[]

1946 Australian federal election: Henty
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jo Gullett 41,069 52.1 +14.0
Labor Val Doube 37,785 47.9 +47.9
Total formal votes 78,854 98.5
Informal votes 1,196 1.5
Turnout 80,050 95.0
Liberal hold Swing +14.0
1946 Henty by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jo Gullett 38,718 54.3 +16.2
Labor Val Doube 32,556 45.7 +45.7
Total formal votes 71,274 98.5
Informal votes 1,086 1.5
Turnout 72,360 89.5
Liberal gain from Independent Swing +9.8

1943[]

1943 Australian federal election: Henty
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Arthur Coles 32,885 44.5 -10.1
United Australia Jo Gullett 28,123 38.1 +38.1
Independent Labor Bernard Rees 4,598 6.2 +6.2
Services and Citizens Edmund Lind 4,437 6.0 +6.0
Women for Canberra Ivy Weber 2,885 3.9 +3.9
Independent Liberal Carlyle Ferguson 928 1.3 +1.3
Total formal votes 73,856 96.6
Informal votes 2,596 3.4
Turnout 76,452 97.5
Two-party-preferred result
Independent Arthur Coles 55.5 -8.0
United Australia Jo Gullett 44.5 +44.5
Independent hold Swing -8.0

1940[]

1940 Australian federal election: Henty
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Arthur Coles 35,542 54.6 +54.6
Labor Arthur Haywood 23,319 35.8 +3.3
Independent Eric Young 4,927 7.6 +7.6
Independent Samuel Thomas 704 1.1 +1.1
Independent Edward Riley 567 0.9 +0.9
Total formal votes 65,059 97.9
Informal votes 1,368 2.1
Turnout 66,427 96.7
Two-party-preferred result
Independent Arthur Coles 63.5 +63.5
Labor Arthur Haywood 36.5 -3.2
Independent gain from United Australia Swing +3.2

Elections in the 1930s[]

1937[]

1937 Australian federal election: Henty
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Sir Henry Gullett 31,574 53.0 -3.5
Labor Sydney Walker 19,324 32.5 +8.3
Independent Rupert Hornabrook 8,647 14.5 +14.5
Total formal votes 59,545 97.6
Informal votes 1,450 2.4
Turnout 60,995 96.2
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia Sir Henry Gullett 60.3 -5.9
Labor Sydney Walker 39.7 +5.9
United Australia hold Swing -5.9

1934[]

1934 Australian federal election: Henty
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Sir Henry Gullett 47,010 60.1 -14.9
Labor William Turner 16,878 21.6 -3.4
Ind. Nationalist Alexander Steele 8,315 10.6 +10.6
Social Credit Lockhart Stewart 6,030 7.7 +7.7
Total formal votes 78,233 96.9
Informal votes 2,544 3.1
Turnout 80,777 94.6
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia Sir Henry Gullett 69.3 -5.7
Labor William Turner 30.7 +5.7
United Australia hold Swing -5.7

1931[]

1931 Australian federal election: Henty
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Henry Gullett 56,404 75.0 +26.4
Labor Fred Katz 18,835 25.0 -20.4
Total formal votes 75,239 97.4
Informal votes 1,985 2.6
Turnout 77,224 94.2
United Australia hold Swing +23.8

Elections in the 1920s[]

1929[]

1929 Australian federal election: Henty
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Henry Gullett 35,557 48.6 -18.0
Labor Billy Duggan 33,195 45.4 +12.0
Ind. Nationalist William Bolton 4,355 6.0 +6.0
Total formal votes 73,107 98.8
Informal votes 870 1.2
Turnout 73,977 95.2
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Henry Gullett 37,433 51.2 -15.4
Labor Billy Duggan 35,674 48.8 +15.4
Nationalist hold Swing -15.4

1928[]

1928 Australian federal election: Henty
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Henry Gullett 45,489 66.6 +15.1
Labor Edward Stewart 22,839 33.4 +3.7
Total formal votes 68,328 96.8
Informal votes 2,249 3.2
Turnout 70,577 94.4
Nationalist hold Swing +5.7

1925[]

1925 Australian federal election: Henty
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Henry Gullett 31,077 51.5 -28.7
Labor Edward Stewart 17,930 29.7 +9.9
Ind. Nationalist Donald Mackinnon 11,318 18.8 +18.8
Total formal votes 60,325 98.5
Informal votes 909 1.5
Turnout 61,234 94.6
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Henry Gullett 60.9 -39.1
Labor Edward Stewart 39.1 +39.1
Nationalist hold Swing -39.1

1922[]

1922 Australian federal election: Henty
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Frederick Francis 10,794 38.1 +39.4
Labor Roy Beardsworth 5,615 19.8 -3.0
Liberal Henry Gullett 5,082 18.0 +18.0
Liberal Eleanor Glencross 3,551 12.5 +12.5
Nationalist James Boyd 3,269 11.5 +11.5
Total formal votes 28,311 94.8
Informal votes 1,545 5.2
Turnout 29,856 63.0
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Frederick Francis 15,811 55.8 +8.7
Liberal Henry Gullett 12,500 44.2 +44.2
Nationalist gain from Independent Swing +8.7

Elections in the 1910s[]

1919[]

1919 Australian federal election: Henty
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist James Boyd 17,293 40.8 -29.8
Ind. Nationalist Frederick Francis 12,382 29.2 +29.2
Labor Norman Grant 9,582 22.6 -6.8
Ind. Nationalist Edwin Purbrick 3,097 7.3 +7.3
Total formal votes 42,354 95.8
Informal votes 1,864 4.2
Turnout 44,218 74.7
Two-party-preferred result
Independent Frederick Francis 22,396 52.9 +52.9
Nationalist James Boyd 19,958 47.1 -23.2
Independent gain from Nationalist Swing +23.2

1917[]

1917 Australian federal election: Henty
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist James Boyd 30,119 70.6 +17.8
Labor William Smith 12,526 29.4 -8.1
Total formal votes 42,645 97.9
Informal votes 908 2.1
Turnout 43,553 81.6
Nationalist hold Swing +12.9

1914[]

1914 Australian federal election: Henty
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Boyd 17,742 42.8 -13.5
Labor Albert Andrews 12,607 37.5 +5.3
Independent Richard Crouch 3,238 9.6 +9.6
Total formal votes 33,587 97.8
Informal votes 753 2.2
Turnout 34,340 74.7
Liberal hold Swing -9.4

1913[]

1913 Australian federal election: Henty
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Boyd 19,138 66.3 +4.6
Labor William Miles 9,284 32.2 +7.9
Independent Liberal Joseph Hewison 446 1.5 +1.5
Total formal votes 28,868 97.4
Informal votes 769 2.6
Turnout 29,637 71.5
Liberal hold Swing -1.6

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