Electoral results for the Division of Barton
Appearance
This article lists electoral results for the Division of Barton in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1922 to the present.
Members
[edit]Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
Frederick McDonald | Labor | 1922–1925 | |
Thomas Ley | Nationalist | 1925–1928 | |
James Tully | Labor | 1928–1931 | |
Albert Lane | United Australia | 1931–1940 | |
H. V. Evatt | Labor | 1940–1958 | |
Len Reynolds | Labor | 1958–1966 | |
Bill Arthur | Liberal | 1966–1969 | |
Len Reynolds | Labor | 1969–1975 | |
Jim Bradfield | Liberal | 1975–1983 | |
Gary Punch | Labor | 1983–1996 | |
Robert McClelland | Labor | 1996–2013 | |
Nickolas Varvaris | Liberal | 2013–2016 | |
Linda Burney | Labor | 2016–present |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]2022
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Linda Burney | 46,206 | 50.43 | +1.24 | |
Liberal | John Goody | 23,992 | 26.19 | −7.30 | |
Greens | Taylor Vandijk | 11,441 | 12.49 | +3.46 | |
United Australia | Dimitri Honos | 5,611 | 6.12 | +3.83 | |
One Nation | Phillip Pollard | 4,373 | 4.77 | +1.11 | |
Total formal votes | 91,623 | 92.52 | +2.05 | ||
Informal votes | 7,405 | 7.48 | −2.05 | ||
Turnout | 99,028 | 89.72 | −1.46 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Linda Burney | 60,054 | 65.54 | +6.13 | |
Liberal | John Goody | 31,569 | 34.46 | −6.13 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +6.13 |
Elections in the 2010s
[edit]2019
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Linda Burney | 44,227 | 49.19 | +1.44 | |
Liberal | Pramej Shrestha | 30,109 | 33.49 | −1.90 | |
Greens | Connor Parissis | 8,123 | 9.03 | +0.20 | |
One Nation | Phillip Pollard | 3,288 | 3.66 | +3.66 | |
Christian Democrats | Sonny Susilo | 2,103 | 2.34 | −1.89 | |
United Australia | Ben Tung Liu | 2,057 | 2.29 | +2.29 | |
Total formal votes | 89,907 | 90.47 | −1.18 | ||
Informal votes | 9,473 | 9.53 | +1.18 | ||
Turnout | 99,380 | 91.18 | +1.34 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Linda Burney | 53,418 | 59.41 | +1.11 | |
Liberal | Pramej Shrestha | 36,489 | 40.59 | −1.11 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +1.11 |
2016
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Linda Burney | 41,878 | 47.75 | +4.14 | |
Liberal | Nickolas Varvaris | 31,038 | 35.39 | −2.88 | |
Greens | Brent Heber | 7,741 | 8.83 | +0.95 | |
Christian Democrats | Sonny Susilo | 3,714 | 4.23 | +2.16 | |
Independent | Rasmus Torkel | 2,236 | 2.55 | +2.55 | |
Online Direct Democracy | Harry Tsoukalas | 1,095 | 1.25 | +1.25 | |
Total formal votes | 87,702 | 91.65 | +3.56 | ||
Informal votes | 7,991 | 8.35 | −3.56 | ||
Turnout | 95,693 | 89.84 | −2.77 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Linda Burney | 51,131 | 58.30 | +3.91 | |
Liberal | Nickolas Varvaris | 36,571 | 41.70 | −3.91 | |
Labor notional hold | Swing | +3.91 |
2013
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Nickolas Varvaris | 33,881 | 42.35 | +1.68 | |
Labor | Steve McMahon | 32,345 | 40.43 | −8.05 | |
Greens | Jackie Brooker | 4,788 | 5.98 | −4.87 | |
Palmer United | Edward Caruana | 3,114 | 3.89 | +3.89 | |
Independent | Michael Nagi | 3,071 | 3.84 | +3.84 | |
Christian Democrats | Kylie French | 1,549 | 1.94 | +1.94 | |
One Nation | Perry Theo | 686 | 0.86 | +0.86 | |
Katter's Australian | Rodney Wyse | 567 | 0.71 | +0.71 | |
Total formal votes | 80,001 | 87.96 | −2.22 | ||
Informal votes | 10,948 | 12.04 | +2.22 | ||
Turnout | 90,949 | 92.16 | +0.54 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Nickolas Varvaris | 40,245 | 50.31 | +7.17 | |
Labor | Steve McMahon | 39,756 | 49.69 | −7.17 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +7.17 |
2010
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Robert McClelland | 38,149 | 48.48 | −8.80 | |
Liberal | John La Mela | 31,998 | 40.67 | +9.76 | |
Greens | Simone Francis | 8,536 | 10.85 | +2.61 | |
Total formal votes | 78,683 | 90.18 | −3.25 | ||
Informal votes | 8,572 | 9.82 | +3.25 | ||
Turnout | 87,255 | 91.61 | −3.44 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Robert McClelland | 44,742 | 56.86 | −8.08 | |
Liberal | John La Mela | 33,941 | 43.14 | +8.08 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −8.08 |
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]2007
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Robert McClelland | 45,292 | 55.26 | +5.61 | |
Liberal | John La Mela | 27,425 | 33.46 | −5.94 | |
Greens | Michele McKenzie | 6,784 | 8.28 | +1.34 | |
Christian Democrats | Chris Svolos | 2,465 | 3.01 | +3.01 | |
Total formal votes | 81,966 | 94.44 | +1.43 | ||
Informal votes | 4,829 | 5.56 | −1.43 | ||
Turnout | 86,795 | 94.97 | +1.10 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Robert McClelland | 50,902 | 62.10 | +4.53 | |
Liberal | John La Mela | 31,064 | 37.90 | −4.53 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +4.53 |
2004
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Robert McClelland | 36,909 | 49.66 | +1.67 | |
Liberal | Bruce Morrow | 29,319 | 39.44 | +1.71 | |
Greens | Angelo Mourikis | 5,169 | 6.95 | +4.05 | |
Democrats | Eoin Coghlan | 1,648 | 2.22 | −2.23 | |
One Nation | Neil Baird | 1,284 | 1.73 | −1.92 | |
Total formal votes | 74,329 | 93.04 | −0.37 | ||
Informal votes | 5,563 | 6.96 | +0.37 | ||
Turnout | 79,892 | 94.44 | +0.02 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Robert McClelland | 42,772 | 57.54 | +1.52 | |
Liberal | Bruce Morrow | 31,557 | 42.46 | −1.52 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +1.52 |
2001
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Robert McClelland | 35,871 | 47.99 | −1.71 | |
Liberal | Jan Brennan | 28,198 | 37.73 | +2.76 | |
Democrats | Michele Adair | 3,328 | 4.45 | +1.74 | |
One Nation | David Rydstrand | 2,725 | 3.65 | −3.18 | |
Greens | Chris Harris | 2,168 | 2.90 | +1.35 | |
Unity | John Lau | 1,375 | 1.84 | −2.40 | |
Christian Democrats | David Barker | 1,081 | 1.45 | +1.43 | |
Total formal votes | 74,746 | 93.41 | −2.30 | ||
Informal votes | 5,277 | 6.59 | +2.30 | ||
Turnout | 80,023 | 94.89 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Robert McClelland | 41,873 | 56.02 | −3.77 | |
Liberal | Jan Brennan | 32,873 | 43.98 | +3.77 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −3.77 |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]1998
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Robert McClelland | 37,382 | 49.61 | +1.23 | |
Liberal | James Jordan | 26,430 | 35.08 | −6.09 | |
One Nation | Neil Baird | 5,162 | 6.85 | +6.85 | |
Unity | Lin Tang | 3,182 | 4.22 | +4.22 | |
Democrats | Craig Chung | 2,028 | 2.69 | −2.73 | |
Greens | Adam Nelson | 1,161 | 1.54 | +1.54 | |
Total formal votes | 75,345 | 95.73 | +0.01 | ||
Informal votes | 3,364 | 4.27 | −0.01 | ||
Turnout | 78,709 | 94.66 | −1.15 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Robert McClelland | 45,029 | 59.76 | +5.42 | |
Liberal | James Jordan | 30,316 | 40.24 | −5.42 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +5.42 |
1996
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Robert McClelland | 35,943 | 48.38 | −7.54 | |
Liberal | Arthur Santorinios | 30,582 | 41.17 | +3.29 | |
Democrats | Craig Chung | 4,026 | 5.42 | +2.91 | |
Call to Australia | Chris D McLean | 2,381 | 3.20 | +1.70 | |
Independent | Safwan Nasser | 1,359 | 1.83 | +1.83 | |
Total formal votes | 74,291 | 95.71 | −0.25 | ||
Informal votes | 3,328 | 4.29 | +0.25 | ||
Turnout | 77,619 | 96.81 | +0.50 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Robert McClelland | 40,250 | 54.34 | −5.05 | |
Liberal | Arthur Santorinios | 33,817 | 45.66 | +5.05 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −5.05 |
1993
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Gary Punch | 41,442 | 55.92 | +9.17 | |
Liberal | Phil White | 28,066 | 37.87 | −1.99 | |
Democrats | Troy Anderson | 1,862 | 2.51 | −5.24 | |
Call to Australia | Cathy Mudie | 1,118 | 1.51 | +0.39 | |
Independent | Norm McGarry | 545 | 0.74 | +0.74 | |
Independent | Ross Green | 425 | 0.57 | +0.57 | |
Independent | Paul Balding | 365 | 0.49 | +0.49 | |
Natural Law | Dafna O'Neill | 285 | 0.38 | +0.38 | |
Total formal votes | 74,108 | 95.96 | −0.19 | ||
Informal votes | 3,118 | 4.04 | +0.19 | ||
Turnout | 77,226 | 96.31 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Gary Punch | 43,994 | 59.39 | +4.57 | |
Liberal | Phil White | 30,077 | 40.61 | −4.57 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +4.57 |
1990
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Gary Punch | 29,530 | 45.1 | −3.4 | |
Liberal | David Macauley | 27,238 | 41.6 | −3.4 | |
Democrats | Ron George | 4,840 | 7.4 | +7.4 | |
Call to Australia | Cathy Mudie | 968 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
Independent | Max Lindon | 941 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
Grey Power | Noel Said | 827 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
Independent | Joe Hardy | 808 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Democratic Socialist | Rosemary McCann | 397 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
Total formal votes | 65,549 | 96.6 | |||
Informal votes | 2,289 | 3.4 | |||
Turnout | 67,838 | 95.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Gary Punch | 34,752 | 53.1 | +2.1 | |
Liberal | David Macauley | 30,640 | 46.9 | −2.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +2.1 |
Elections in the 1980s
[edit]1987
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Gary Punch | 31,773 | 48.5 | +0.0 | |
Liberal | Bob Gemmell | 29,473 | 45.0 | +0.0 | |
Independent | Jim McLean | 3,724 | 5.7 | +5.7 | |
Independent | Charles Bellchambers | 600 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
Total formal votes | 65,570 | 96.2 | |||
Informal votes | 2,598 | 3.8 | |||
Turnout | 68,168 | 94.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Gary Punch | 33,463 | 51.0 | −0.2 | |
Liberal | Bob Gemmell | 32,097 | 49.0 | +0.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −0.2 |
1984
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Gary Punch | 31,431 | 48.5 | +1.4 | |
Liberal | Jim Bradfield | 29,199 | 45.0 | +1.0 | |
Democrats | Ron George | 4,209 | 6.5 | +3.6 | |
Total formal votes | 64,839 | 93.9 | |||
Informal votes | 4,233 | 6.1 | |||
Turnout | 69,072 | 94.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Gary Punch | 33,197 | 51.2 | −0.2 | |
Liberal | Jim Bradfield | 31,635 | 48.8 | +0.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −0.2 |
1983
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Gary Punch | 31,308 | 49.7 | +2.6 | |
Liberal | Jim Bradfield | 26,086 | 41.4 | −5.0 | |
Independent | Bruce Barton | 3,153 | 5.0 | +5.0 | |
Democrats | Ronald George | 1,812 | 2.9 | −0.9 | |
Independent | Jean Lindsay | 284 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Progress | Peter Wright | 172 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Independent | Charles Bellchambers | 166 | 0.3 | −2.4 | |
Total formal votes | 62,981 | 97.7 | |||
Informal votes | 1,478 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 64,459 | 95.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Gary Punch | 32,845 | 52.15 | +2.55 | |
Liberal | Jim Bradfield | 30,136 | 47.85 | −2.55 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +2.55 |
1980
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Rodney Madgwick | 30,602 | 47.1 | +6.1 | |
Liberal | Jim Bradfield | 30,153 | 46.4 | −2.0 | |
Democrats | Beverley Eley | 2,464 | 3.8 | −4.7 | |
Independent | Charles Bellchambers | 1,749 | 2.7 | +0.6 | |
Total formal votes | 64,967 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 1,299 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 66,266 | 94.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Jim Bradfield | 32,739 | 50.4 | −3.6 | |
Labor | Rodney Madgwick | 32,228 | 49.6 | +3.6 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −3.6 |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]1977
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jim Bradfield | 32,128 | 48.4 | −4.1 | |
Labor | Ron Cunningham | 27,204 | 41.0 | −4.1 | |
Democrats | Phil White | 5,650 | 8.5 | +8.5 | |
Independent | Charles Bellchambers | 1,404 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
Total formal votes | 66,386 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 1,322 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 67,708 | 95.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Jim Bradfield | 36,842 | 54.0 | +0.1 | |
Labor | Ron Cunningham | 30,544 | 46.0 | −0.1 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.1 |
1975
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jim Bradfield | 34,209 | 53.5 | +9.5 | |
Labor | Murray Gainsford | 28,179 | 44.1 | −9.6 | |
Workers | Maxwell Shean | 868 | 1.4 | −0.9 | |
Australia | Clifford Willard | 706 | 1.1 | −1.2 | |
Total formal votes | 63,962 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 872 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 64,834 | 96.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Jim Bradfield | 54.9 | +10.0 | ||
Labor | Murray Gainsford | 45.1 | −10.0 | ||
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +10.0 |
1974
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Len Reynolds | 32,694 | 53.7 | +0.9 | |
Liberal | Jim Bradfield | 26,771 | 44.0 | +2.9 | |
Australia | Charles Margetson | 1,397 | 2.3 | −1.7 | |
Total formal votes | 60,862 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 711 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 61,573 | 96.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Len Reynolds | 55.1 | −0.7 | ||
Liberal | Jim Bradfield | 44.9 | +0.7 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −0.7 |
1972
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Len Reynolds | 29,931 | 52.8 | +2.3 | |
Liberal | Vince Bruce | 23,306 | 41.1 | −2.0 | |
Australia | Rhonda Howse | 2,255 | 4.0 | +4.0 | |
Democratic Labor | Bruce Stafford | 877 | 1.5 | −0.7 | |
Independent | Brian Howard | 348 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
Total formal votes | 56,717 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 860 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 57,577 | 96.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Len Reynolds | 55.8 | +2.8 | ||
Liberal | Vince Bruce | 44.2 | −2.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +2.8 |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]1969
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Len Reynolds | 27,628 | 50.5 | +4.1 | |
Liberal | Bill Arthur | 23,576 | 43.1 | −7.0 | |
Independent | Alan Reed | 1,885 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
Democratic Labor | Charles Chapman | 1,220 | 2.2 | −0.5 | |
Independent | Charles Bellchambers | 214 | 0.4 | −0.4 | |
Independent | Ray Emmerson | 171 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Total formal votes | 54,694 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 1,001 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 55,695 | 96.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Len Reynolds | 53.0 | +5.7 | ||
Liberal | Bill Arthur | 47.0 | −5.7 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.7 |
1966
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Bill Arthur | 23,089 | 49.6 | +2.9 | |
Labor | Len Reynolds | 21,818 | 46.9 | −3.1 | |
Democratic Labor | Phillip Kennedy | 1,252 | 2.7 | −0.6 | |
Independent | Charles Bellchambers | 371 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Total formal votes | 46,530 | 97.5 | |||
Informal votes | 1,188 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 47,718 | 96.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Bill Arthur | 24,289 | 52.2 | +2.9 | |
Labor | Len Reynolds | 22,241 | 47.8 | −2.9 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +4.6 |
1963
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Len Reynolds | 22,889 | 50.0 | −7.2 | |
Liberal | Jack Manning | 21,394 | 46.7 | +9.2 | |
Democratic Labor | Norma Boyle | 1,508 | 3.3 | −2.0 | |
Total formal votes | 45,791 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 511 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 46,302 | 96.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Len Reynolds | 23,201 | 50.7 | −8.4 | |
Liberal | Jack Manning | 22,590 | 49.3 | +8.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −8.4 |
1961
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Len Reynolds | 25,447 | 57.2 | +7.9 | |
Liberal | Colin Sullivan | 16,672 | 37.5 | −9.8 | |
Democratic Labor | Thomas Bresnan | 2,368 | 5.3 | +1.9 | |
Total formal votes | 44,487 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 958 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 45,445 | 95.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Len Reynolds | 59.1 | +8.8 | ||
Liberal | Colin Sullivan | 40.9 | −8.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +8.8 |
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]1958
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Len Reynolds | 21,213 | 49.3 | +0.1 | |
Liberal | Bill Arthur | 20,345 | 47.3 | +0.4 | |
Democratic Labor | Reginald Lawson | 1,454 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
Total formal votes | 43,012 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 1,066 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 44,078 | 96.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Len Reynolds | 21,638 | 50.3 | +0.0 | |
Liberal | Bill Arthur | 21,374 | 49.7 | +0.0 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +0.0 |
1955
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Herbert Evatt | 20,896 | 49.2 | −4.4 | |
Liberal | Bill Arthur | 19,903 | 46.9 | +0.5 | |
Independent | Eric Trembath | 1,655 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
Total formal votes | 42,454 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 796 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 43,250 | 96.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Herbert Evatt | 21,340 | 50.3 | −3.3 | |
Liberal | Bill Arthur | 21,114 | 49.7 | +3.3 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −3.3 |
1954
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Herbert Evatt | 23,303 | 54.7 | +4.4 | |
Liberal | Bill Arthur | 19,260 | 45.3 | −4.4 | |
Total formal votes | 42,563 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 435 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 42,998 | 96.8 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +4.4 |
1951
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Herbert Evatt | 20,949 | 50.3 | −2.9 | |
Liberal | Nancy Wake | 20,706 | 49.7 | +2.9 | |
Total formal votes | 41,655 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 580 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 42,235 | 97.4 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | −2.9 |
Elections in the 1940s
[edit]1949
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Herbert Evatt | 21,681 | 53.2 | −13.0 | |
Liberal | Nancy Wake | 19,037 | 46.8 | +13.0 | |
Total formal votes | 40,718 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 653 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 41,371 | 98.0 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | −13.0 |
1946
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Herbert Evatt | 48,740 | 66.9 | −7.3 | |
Liberal | George Hohnen | 24,064 | 33.1 | +10.1 | |
Total formal votes | 72,804 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 1,389 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 74,193 | 96.8 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | −8.7 |
1943
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Herbert Evatt | 51,296 | 74.2 | +16.8 | |
United Australia | Frank Browne | 15,897 | 23.0 | −12.4 | |
Protestant People | Thomas Claydon | 1,936 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
Total formal votes | 69,129 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 1,179 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 70,308 | 99.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Herbert Evatt | 75.6 | +13.5 | ||
United Australia | Frank Browne | 24.4 | −13.5 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +13.5 |
1940
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Herbert Evatt | 35,425 | 57.4 | +16.4 | |
United Australia | Albert Lane | 21,845 | 35.4 | −13.9 | |
Labor (N-C) | John Rose | 2,643 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
State Labor | Sam Lewis | 1,111 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Independent | John Mackay | 484 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Defence Movement | Robert Mackie | 155 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Total formal votes | 61,663 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 1,539 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 63,202 | 96.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Herbert Evatt | 62.1 | +13.9 | ||
United Australia | Albert Lane | 37.9 | −13.9 | ||
Labor gain from United Australia | Swing | +13.9 |
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]1937
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Albert Lane | 28,342 | 49.3 | +2.9 | |
Labor | John Donovan | 23,539 | 41.0 | +41.0 | |
Social Credit | Stanley Allen | 5,562 | 9.7 | −1.4 | |
Total formal votes | 57,443 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 1,254 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 58,697 | 98.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
United Australia | Albert Lane | 29,780 | 51.8 | +0.4 | |
Labor | John Donovan | 27,663 | 48.2 | −0.4 | |
United Australia hold | Swing | +0.4 |
1934
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Albert Lane | 24,344 | 46.4 | −1.3 | |
Labor (NSW) | John Eldridge | 18,450 | 35.1 | +1.7 | |
Social Credit | John Macara | 5,824 | 11.1 | +11.1 | |
Labor | Albert Willis | 2,499 | 4.8 | −14.2 | |
Communist | Pat Drew | 1,405 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
Total formal votes | 52,522 | 96.3 | |||
Informal votes | 2,024 | 3.7 | |||
Turnout | 54,546 | 98.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
United Australia | Albert Lane | 27,014 | 51.4 | −2.6 | |
Labor (NSW) | John Eldridge | 25,508 | 48.6 | +2.6 | |
United Australia hold | Swing | −2.6 |
1931
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Albert Lane | 31,226 | 46.8 | +14.4 | |
Labor (NSW) | John Eldridge | 22,669 | 33.9 | +33.9 | |
Labor | James Tully | 12,877 | 19.3 | −48.4 | |
Total formal votes | 66,772 | 97.5 | |||
Informal votes | 1,697 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 68,469 | 97.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
United Australia | Albert Lane | 35,538 | 53.2 | +20.8 | |
Labor (NSW) | John Eldridge | 31,234 | 46.8 | −20.8 | |
United Australia gain from Labor | Swing | +20.8 |
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]1929
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | James Tully | 43,207 | 67.6 | +11.3 | |
Nationalist | William Myhill | 20,722 | 32.4 | −11.3 | |
Total formal votes | 63,929 | 97.5 | |||
Informal votes | 1,596 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 65,535 | 97.3 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +11.3 |
1928
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | James Tully | 32,316 | 56.3 | +7.3 | |
Nationalist | Thomas Ley | 25,070 | 43.7 | −7.3 | |
Total formal votes | 57,386 | 95.4 | |||
Informal votes | 2,768 | 4.6 | |||
Turnout | 60,154 | 96.7 | |||
Labor gain from Nationalist | Swing | +7.3 |
1925
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Thomas Ley | 26,172 | 51.0 | +8.6 | |
Labor | Frederick McDonald | 25,112 | 49.0 | −8.6 | |
Total formal votes | 51,284 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 632 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 51,916 | 95.4 | |||
Nationalist gain from Labor | Swing | +8.6 |
1922
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frederick McDonald | 13,349 | 57.6 | +16.3 | |
Nationalist | Hector Lamond | 9,828 | 42.4 | −11.3 | |
Total formal votes | 23,177 | 96.2 | |||
Informal votes | 914 | 3.8 | |||
Turnout | 24,091 | 56.8 | |||
Labor notional gain from Nationalist | Swing | +13.8 |
References
[edit]- ^ Barton, NSW, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.
- ^ Barton, NSW, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.
- ^ Barton, NSW, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
- ^ 2013 results for Barton, AEC.
- ^ "2010 results for Barton". AEC.