Electoral results for the Division of Scullin (1955–1969)

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Scullin (1955–69) in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1955 until its abolition in 1969.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Ted Peters	Labor	1955–1969

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

1966

1966 Australian federal election: Scullin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted Peters	14,271	53.3	−5.2
	Liberal	Ronald Hay	7,267	27.1	+5.7
	Democratic Labor	Peter McCabe	2,072	11.5	−6.6
	Independent	John Daley	2,164	8.1	+8.1
Total formal votes			26,774	92.2
Informal votes			2,271	7.8
Turnout			29,045	92.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ted Peters		58.0	−3.9
	Liberal	Ronald Hay		42.0	+3.9
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.9

1963

1963 Australian federal election: Scullin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted Peters	16,764	58.5	−2.4
	Liberal	John Harrison	6,131	21.4	+6.3
	Democratic Labor	James Abikhair	5,194	18.1	−5.8
	Communist	Ron Hearn	554	1.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			28,643	94.9
Informal votes			1,535	5.1
Turnout			30,178	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ted Peters		61.9	−0.5
	Liberal	John Harrison		32.1	+32.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.5

1961

1961 Australian federal election: Scullin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted Peters	18,506	60.9	+4.9
	Democratic Labor	Barry O'Brien	7,273	23.9	−0.6
	Liberal	Rex Schurmann	4,594	15.1	−4.4
Total formal votes			30,373	94.8
Informal votes			1,664	5.2
Turnout			32,037	92.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ted Peters		62.4	+4.4
	Democratic Labor	Barry O'Brien		37.6	−4.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.4

Elections in the 1950s

1958

1958 Australian federal election: Scullin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted Peters	18,619	56.0	+6.3
	Democratic Labor	Thomas Brennan	8,160	24.5	−6.1
	Liberal	Bill Burns	6,488	19.5	−0.1
Total formal votes			33,267	95.4
Informal votes			1,593	4.6
Turnout			34,860	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ted Peters		58.0	+6.3
	Democratic Labor	Thomas Brennan		42.0	−6.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.3

1955

1955 Australian federal election: Scullin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted Peters	18,896	49.7	−23.4
	Labor (A-C)	Jack Cremean	11,643	30.6	+30.6
	Liberal	Phillip Lynch	7,450	19.6	−3.3
Total formal votes			37,989	94.9
Informal votes			2,061	5.1
Turnout			40,050	92.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ted Peters	19,655	51.7	−24.9
	Labor (A-C)	Jack Cremean	18,334	48.3	+48.3
	Labor notional hold		Swing	−24.9

References

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