Electoral results for the Division of Hoddle

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This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Hoddle in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1949 until its abolition in 1955.

Members[]

Member Party Term
  Jack Cremean Labor 1949–1955
  Labor (Anti-Communist) 1955–1955

Election results[]

Elections in the 1950s[]

1954[]

1954 Australian federal election: Hoddle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Cremean 23,439 75.8 -2.9
Liberal Desmond Byrne 6,302 20.4 +2.8
Communist John Prescott 1,198 3.9 +0.2
Total formal votes 30,939 97.6
Informal votes 767 2.4
Turnout 31,706 94.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jack Cremean 79.4 -2.7
Liberal Desmond Byrne 20.6 +2.7
Labor hold Swing -2.7

1951[]

1951 Australian federal election: Hoddle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Cremean 27,685 78.7 +1.6
Liberal Jack Easton 6,193 17.6 -0.3
Communist Leslie Loye 1,310 3.7 +0.6
Total formal votes 35,188 96.5
Informal votes 1,276 3.5
Turnout 36,464 94.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jack Cremean 82.1 +1.3
Liberal Jack Easton 17.9 -1.3
Labor hold Swing +1.3

Elections in the 1940s[]

1949[]

1949 Australian federal election: Hoddle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Cremean 28,351 77.1 +1.3
Liberal Terence Kirby 6,593 17.9 -3.3
Communist Leslie Loye 1,137 3.1 +0.0
Independent Albert Wallace 689 1.9 +1.9
Total formal votes 36,770 96.4
Informal votes 1,382 3.6
Turnout 38,152 94.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jack Cremean 80.8 -2.3
Liberal Terence Kirby 19.2 +2.3
Labor hold Swing -2.3

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