This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Cook in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1906 until its abolition in 1955. For the later division of Cook, see Electoral results for the Division of Cook.
Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
James Catts | Labor | 1906–1922 | |
Majority Labor | 1922–1922 | ||
Edward Riley | Labor | 1922–1934 | |
Jock Garden | Labor (NSW) | 1934–1936 | |
Labor | 1936–1937 | ||
Tom Sheehan | Labor | 1937–1940 | |
Labor (N-C) | 1940–1941 | ||
Labor | 1941–1955 | ||
Jim Cope | Labor | 1955–1955 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jim Cope | 21,411 | 86.8 | +3.4 | |
Independent | John Somerville-Smith | 3,248 | 13.2 | +13.2 | |
Total formal votes | 24,659 | 96.8 | |||
Informal votes | 814 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 25,473 | 76.0 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | −3.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Tom Sheehan | 26,841 | 83.4 | +5.3 | |
Independent | Percy Staines | 2,868 | 8.9 | +8.9 | |
Communist | Harry Hatfield | 2,465 | 7.7 | −0.7 | |
Total formal votes | 32,174 | 97.4 | |||
Informal votes | 851 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 33,025 | 94.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Tom Sheehan | 90.4 | +4.7 | ||
Independent | Percy Staines | 9.6 | +9.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +4.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Tom Sheehan | 27,637 | 78.1 | +3.1 | |
Liberal | Roy Hatfield | 4,790 | 13.5 | −2.8 | |
Communist | Harry Hatfield | 2,976 | 8.4 | +4.9 | |
Total formal votes | 35,403 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 965 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 36,368 | 94.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Tom Sheehan | 85.7 | +3.6 | ||
Liberal | Roy Hatfield | 34.3 | −3.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +3.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Tom Sheehan | 27,485 | 75.0 | +2.7 | |
Liberal | Gerald Davis | 5,970 | 16.3 | +3.9 | |
Lang Labor | John Eldridge | 1,920 | 5.2 | −9.5 | |
Communist | Mervyn Pidcock | 1,276 | 3.5 | −2.9 | |
Total formal votes | 36,651 | 96.9 | |||
Informal votes | 1,174 | 3.1 | |||
Turnout | 37,825 | 95.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Tom Sheehan | 82.1 | +8.7 | ||
Liberal | Gerald Davis | 17.9 | +17.9 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +8.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Tom Sheehan | 38,407 | 65.1 | −3.8 | |
Lang Labor | Arthur Brittain | 8,423 | 14.3 | +14.3 | |
Liberal | Frank Preacher | 7,306 | 12.4 | +12.4 | |
Communist | Lance Sharkey | 4,341 | 7.4 | +7.4 | |
Independent | Frederick Fairbrother | 559 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
Total formal votes | 59,036 | 96.0 | |||
Informal votes | 2,441 | 4.0 | |||
Turnout | 61,477 | 95.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Tom Sheehan | 73.4 | −3.0 | ||
Lang Labor | Arthur Brittain | 26.6 | +26.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −3.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Tom Sheehan | 39,653 | 68.9 | +36.3 | |
State Labor | Sid Conway | 12,131 | 21.1 | +21.1 | |
One Parliament | Albert Jones | 3,238 | 5.6 | +5.6 | |
Protestant Labor | Cyril Glassop | 2,557 | 4.4 | +4.4 | |
Total formal votes | 57,579 | 96.7 | |||
Informal votes | 1,986 | 3.3 | |||
Turnout | 59,565 | 98.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Tom Sheehan | 76.4 | +40.0 | ||
State Labor | Sid Conway | 23.6 | +23.6 | ||
Labor gain from Labor (N-C) | Swing | +40.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor (N-C) | Tom Sheehan | 31,625 | 58.4 | +58.4 | |
Labor | Jock Garden | 17,634 | 32.6 | −37.7 | |
Independent Labor | Cyril Glassop | 4,901 | 9.0 | +9.0 | |
Total formal votes | 54,160 | 96.4 | |||
Informal votes | 2,041 | 3.6 | |||
Turnout | 56,201 | 95.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor (N-C) | Tom Sheehan | 63.6 | +63.6 | ||
Labor | Jock Garden | 36.4 | −33.9 | ||
Labor (N-C) gain from Labor | Swing | +33.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Tom Sheehan | 38,201 | 70.3 | +45.2 | |
Independent Labor | Cyril Glassop | 16,125 | 29.7 | +29.7 | |
Total formal votes | 56,642 | 95.9 | |||
Informal votes | 2,316 | 4.1 | |||
Turnout | 56,642 | 97.0 | |||
Labor gain from Labor (NSW) | Swing | +78.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor (NSW) | Jock Garden | 27,020 | 52.2 | +3.0 | |
Labor | Edward Riley | 12,993 | 25.1 | −1.8 | |
United Australia | Francis Donnan | 8,029 | 15.5 | −7.7 | |
Social Credit | Florence Cochrane | 2,409 | 4.7 | +4.7 | |
Communist | Tom Wright | 1,315 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
Total formal votes | 51,766 | 94.4 | |||
Informal votes | 3,092 | 5.6 | |||
Turnout | 54,858 | 96.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor (NSW) | Jock Garden | 58.3 | +6.3 | ||
Labor | Edward Riley | 41.7 | −6.3 | ||
Labor (NSW) hold | Swing | +6.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor (NSW) | Jock Garden | 19,352 | 47.9 | +47.9 | |
Labor | Edward Riley | 12,531 | 31.0 | −53.2 | |
United Australia | Charles Robinson | 7,986 | 19.8 | +4.0 | |
Communist | Tom Wright | 536 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
Total formal votes | 40,405 | 95.1 | |||
Informal votes | 2,063 | 4.9 | |||
Turnout | 42,468 | 96.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Edward Riley | 20,560 | 50.9 | −33.3 | |
Labor (NSW) | Jock Garden | 19,845 | 49.1 | +49.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −33.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Edward Riley | 34,221 | 84.2 | +8.7 | |
Nationalist | William Pickup | 6,409 | 15.8 | −8.7 | |
Total formal votes | 40,630 | 97.0 | |||
Informal votes | 1,263 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 41,893 | 95.3 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +8.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Edward Riley | 28,326 | 75.5 | +7.7 | |
Nationalist | Humphrey Earl | 9,197 | 24.5 | −7.7 | |
Total formal votes | 37,523 | 94.5 | |||
Informal votes | 2,202 | 5.5 | |||
Turnout | 39,725 | 95.1 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +7.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Edward Riley | 25,764 | 67.8 | +2.8 | |
Nationalist | Arthur Philip | 12,229 | 32.2 | +11.1 | |
Total formal votes | 37,993 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 764 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 38,757 | 92.2 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | −6.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Edward Riley | 14,644 | 65.0 | +2.7 | |
Nationalist | William Pritchard | 4,749 | 21.1 | −9.9 | |
Majority Labor | James Catts | 3,122 | 13.9 | +13.9 | |
Total formal votes | 22,515 | 95.4 | |||
Informal votes | 1,085 | 4.6 | |||
Turnout | 23,600 | 57.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Edward Riley | 74.9 | +9.0 | ||
Nationalist | William Pritchard | 25.1 | −9.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +9.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | James Catts | 14,559 | 62.3 | −2.1 | |
Nationalist | George Holt | 7,248 | 31.0 | −4.6 | |
Ind. Socialist Labor | William McCristal | 1,562 | 6.7 | +6.7 | |
Total formal votes | 23,369 | 90.2 | |||
Informal votes | 2,540 | 9.8 | |||
Turnout | 25,909 | 66.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | James Catts | 65.7 | +1.3 | ||
Nationalist | George Holt | 34.3 | −1.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +1.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | James Catts | 18,101 | 64.4 | +3.7 | |
Nationalist | Richard Sleath | 9,985 | 35.6 | −1.8 | |
Total formal votes | 28,086 | 96.7 | |||
Informal votes | 950 | 3.3 | |||
Turnout | 29,036 | 70.7 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +2.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | James Catts | 16,568 | 60.7 | +2.0 | |
Liberal | Stanley Yarrington | 10,197 | 37.4 | −1.6 | |
Socialist | Emily Paul | 509 | 1.9 | −0.3 | |
Total formal votes | 27,274 | 97.7 | |||
Informal votes | 629 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 27,903 | 60.6 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +1.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | James Catts | 17,271 | 58.7 | −2.3 | |
Liberal | David Doull | 11,473 | 39.0 | +0.0 | |
Socialist | Tom Walsh | 661 | 2.2 | +2.2 | |
Total formal votes | 29,405 | 96.9 | |||
Informal votes | 942 | 3.1 | |||
Turnout | 30,347 | 71.2 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | −1.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Catts | 14,021 | 64.1 | +11.1 | |
Liberal | William Clegg | 7,856 | 35.9 | −11.1 | |
Total formal votes | 21,877 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 319 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 22,196 | 65.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +11.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Catts | 8,563 | 53.0 | ||
Anti-Socialist | John Hindle | 7,591 | 47.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 16,154 | 97.2 | |||
Informal votes | 470 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 14,725 | 52.5 | |||
Labour notional hold | Swing | ||||
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