Electoral results for the Division of Fawkner

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

	Party	Term
George Fairbairn	Ind. Protectionist	1906–1909
George Fairbairn	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
Harold Holt	Liberal	1945–1949
Bill Bourke	Labor	1949–1955
Bill Bourke	Labor (A-C)	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

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