Electoral results for the Division of Yarra

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Yarra in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1901 until its abolition in 1969.

Members[]

Member		Party	Term
	Frank Tudor	Labor	1901–1922
	James Scullin	Labor	1922–1949
	Stan Keon	Labor	1949–1955
		Labor (Anti-Communist)	1955
	Dr Jim Cairns	Labor	1955–1969

Election results[]

Elections in the 1960s[]

1966[]

1966 Australian federal election: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Cairns	14,352	48.8	-7.2
	Liberal	Lionel Hawkins	9,381	31.9	+3.1
	Democratic Labor	Stan Keon	4,110	14.0	-1.2
	Independent	Bruno Bonomo	1,564	5.3	+5.3
Total formal votes			29,407	94.9
Informal votes			1,594	5.1
Turnout			31,001	93.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Cairns		53.6	-3.9
	Liberal	Lionel Hawkins		46.4	+3.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.9

1963[]

1963 Australian federal election: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Cairns	17,976	56.0	+3.9
	Liberal	Anthony Hearder	9,234	28.8	+3.5
	Democratic Labor	Stan Keon	4,865	15.2	-1.6
Total formal votes			32,075	98.0
Informal votes			662	2.0
Turnout			32,737	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Cairns		57.5	-0.4
	Liberal	Anthony Hearder		42.5	+0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.4

1961[]

1961 Australian federal election: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Cairns	17,137	52.1	-1.5
	Liberal	Andrew Peacock	8,341	25.3	+1.6
	Democratic Labor	Stan Keon	5,535	16.8	-4.4
	Centre	Geoffrey Broomhall	1,345	4.1	+4.1
	Communist	Ken Miller	564	1.7	+0.2
Total formal votes			32,922	95.3
Informal votes			1,620	4.7
Turnout			34,542	93.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Cairns		57.9	+0.8
	Liberal	Andrew Peacock		42.1	-0.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.8

Elections in the 1950s[]

1958[]

1958 Australian federal election: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Cairns	19,218	53.6	+6.1
	Liberal	Cecil Lanyon	8,505	23.7	+0.4
	Democratic Labor	Stan Keon	7,600	21.2	-5.9
	Communist	Ken Miller	524	1.5	-0.5
Total formal votes			35,847	96.4
Informal votes			1,346	3.6
Turnout			37,193	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Cairns		57.1	+6.1
	Liberal	Cecil Lanyon		42.9	+42.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.1

1955[]

1955 Australian federal election: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Cairns	18,363	47.5	-19.1
	Labor (A-C)	Stan Keon	10,492	27.1	+27.1
	Liberal	James Wilkie	9,016	23.3	-6.8
	Communist	Ken Miller	792	2.0	-1.2
Total formal votes			38,663	95.6
Informal votes			1,796	4.4
Turnout			40,459	93.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Cairns	19,727	51.0	-18.6
	Labor (A-C)	Stan Keon	18,936	49.0	+49.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-18.6

1954[]

1954 Australian federal election: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Stan Keon	21,058	62.3	+2.2
	Liberal	Jim MacDonald	11,591	34.3	-1.4
	Communist	Ken Miller	1,139	3.4	-0.8
Total formal votes			33,788	98.3
Informal votes			578	1.7
Turnout			34,366	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Stan Keon		65.4	+1.5
	Liberal	Jim MacDonald		34.6	-1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.5

1951[]

1951 Australian federal election: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Stan Keon	23,039	60.1	+1.3
	Liberal	Kenneth Bisney	13,668	35.7	-0.2
	Communist	Ken Miller	1,619	4.2	+1.4
Total formal votes			38,326	97.7
Informal votes			883	2.3
Turnout			39,209	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Stan Keon		63.9	+1.2
	Liberal	Kenneth Bisney		36.1	-1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.2

Elections in the 1940s[]

1949[]

1949 Australian federal election: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Stan Keon	23,211	58.8	-1.8
	Liberal	Charles Barrington	14,189	35.9	+2.9
	Communist	John Prescott	1,098	2.8	-3.1
	Independent	Wenham Vines	991	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			39,489	97.5
Informal votes			1,018	2.5
Turnout			40,507	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Stan Keon		62.7	-3.7
	Liberal	Charles Barrington		37.3	+3.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.7

1946[]

1946 Australian federal election: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Scullin	39,880	63.7	+3.3
	Liberal	Kenneth Bisney	18,934	30.2	+11.6
	Communist	Ken Miller	3,838	6.1	-4.7
Total formal votes			62,652	96.6
Informal votes			2,221	3.4
Turnout			64,873	93.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	James Scullin		69.3	-5.0
	Liberal	Kenneth Bisney		30.7	+5.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.0

1943[]

1943 Australian federal election: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Scullin	36,709	60.4	+3.0
	United Australia	Gilbert Jenkin	11,294	18.6	-14.9
	Communist	Ralph Gibson	6,585	10.8	+10.8
	Services and Citizens	William Jinkins	5,138	8.5	+8.5
	Independent	Allan MacDonald	1,065	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			60,791	95.9
Informal votes			2,632	4.1
Turnout			63,423	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	James Scullin		74.3	+8.7
	United Australia	Gilbert Jenkin		25.7	-8.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.7

1940[]

1940 Australian federal election: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Scullin	32,790	57.4	-6.6
	United Australia	Fred Edmunds	19,132	33.5	-2.5
	Independent	Ralph Gibson	5,175	9.1	+9.1
Total formal votes			57,097	97.0
Informal votes			1,756	3.0
Turnout			58,853	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	James Scullin		65.6	+1.6
	United Australia	Fred Edmunds		34.4	-1.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.6

Elections in the 1930s[]

1937[]

1937 Australian federal election: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Scullin	37,381	64.0	+9.0
	United Australia	Douglas Knight	20,999	36.0	+0.2
Total formal votes			58,380	97.7
Informal votes			1,393	2.3
Turnout			59,773	94.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.4

1934[]

1934 Australian federal election: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Scullin	25,601	65.0	+5.1
	United Australia	Harold Holt	10,741	27.3	-7.6
	Communist	Ernie Thornton	3,072	7.8	+4.9
Total formal votes			39,414	95.2
Informal votes			1,966	4.8
Turnout			41,380	93.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	James Scullin		72.1	+8.8
	United Australia	Harold Holt		27.9	-8.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.8

1931[]

1931 Australian federal election: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Scullin	22,843	59.9	-40.1
	United Australia	John Davis	13,284	34.9	+34.9
	Communist	Ernie Thornton	1,095	2.9	+2.9
	Single Tax League	Patrick Branagan	895	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			38,117	93.8
Informal votes			2,502	6.2
Turnout			40,619	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	James Scullin		63.3	-36.7
	United Australia	John Davis		36.7	+36.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-36.7

Elections in the 1920s[]

1929[]

1929 Australian federal election: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Scullin	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1928[]

1928 Australian federal election: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Scullin	28,495	74.8	+0.0
	Nationalist	Cecil Keeley	9,618	25.2	+0.0
Total formal votes			38,113	94.7
Informal votes			2,115	5.3
Turnout			40,228	93.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.0

1925[]

1925 Australian federal election: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Scullin	31,451	74.8	-3.2
	Nationalist	Marcus Towler	10,610	25.2	+3.2
Total formal votes			42,061	97.8
Informal votes			964	2.2
Turnout			43,025	91.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.2

1922[]

1922 Australian federal election: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Scullin	17,897	78.0	+8.4
	Nationalist	Thomas Fitzgerald	5,042	22.0	-8.4
Total formal votes			22,939	96.4
Informal votes			864	3.6
Turnout			23,803	51.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.4

1922 Yarra by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Scullin	12,553	77.7	+7.4
	Nationalist	Andrew Davidson	3,473	21.5	-8.2
	Independent	Frederick Smyth	129	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			16,155	96.5
Informal votes			590	3.5
Turnout			16,745	42.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	James Scullin		78.1	+7.8
	Nationalist	Andrew Davidson		21.9	-7.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.8

Elections in the 1910s[]

1919[]

1919 Australian federal election: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Tudor	19,843	70.3	-1.0
	Nationalist	Andrew Davidson	8,398	29.7	+1.0
Total formal votes			28,241	98.7
Informal votes			372	1.3
Turnout			28,613	73.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.0

1917[]

1917 Australian federal election: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Tudor	22,358	71.3	-28.7
	Nationalist	Charles Copeland	8,993	28.7	+28.7
Total formal votes			31,351	97.5
Informal votes			805	2.5
Turnout			32,156	84.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-28.7

1914[]

1914 Australian federal election: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Tudor	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1913[]

1913 Australian federal election: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Tudor	22,168	75.0	-0.2
	Liberal	Edwin Purbrick	7,398	25.0	+0.2
Total formal votes			22,168	98.4
Informal votes			471	1.6
Turnout			30,037	71.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.2

1910[]

1910 Australian federal election: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Tudor	13,549	76.1	+17.8
	Liberal	Elizee De Garis	4,258	23.9	+23.9
Total formal votes			17,807	98.9
Informal votes			189	1.1
Turnout			17,996	65.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+17.8

Elections in the 1900s[]

1906[]

1906 Australian federal election: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Tudor	8,591	58.3	-9.9
	Ind. Protectionist	Richard Vale	5,776	39.2	+39.2
	Independent Labour	George Roberts	358	2.4	+2.4
Total formal votes			14,725	96.9
Informal votes			473	3.1
Turnout			15,198	50.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.6

1903[]

1903 Australian federal election: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Tudor	13,930	68.2	+35.1
	Protectionist	William Wilson	6,496	31.8	+3.2
Total formal votes			20,426	98.4
Informal votes			327	1.6
Turnout			20,753	55.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+15.9

1901[]

1901 Australian federal election: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Tudor	3,174	33.1	+33.1
	Protectionist	William Wilson	2,745	28.6	+28.6
	Ind. Protectionist	Patrick O'Connor	2,631	27.4	+27.4
	Ind. Protectionist	John Gahan	1,043	10.9	+10.9
Total formal votes			9,593	99.0
Informal votes			97	1.0
Turnout			9,690	63.8
	Labour win		(new seat)

References[]

• Australian Electoral Commission. Federal election results
• Carr, Adam. Psephos