Electoral results for the Division of Darwin

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This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Darwin in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1903 until its abolition in 1955.

Contents

Members

MemberPartyTerm
  King O'Malley Labor 1903–1917
  Charles Howroyd Nationalist 1917–1917
  William Spence Nationalist 1917 by–1919
  George Bell Nationalist 1919–1922
  Joshua Whitsitt Country 1922–1925
  (Sir) George Bell Nationalist 1925–1931
  United Australia 1931–1943
  Dame Enid Lyons United Australia 1943–1945
  Liberal 1945–1951
  Aubrey Luck Liberal 1951–1955

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

1954

1954 Australian federal election: Darwin [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Aubrey Luck 16,44750.5+0.8
Labor Clem Foster16,11749.5−0.8
Total formal votes32,56499.1
Informal votes2830.9
Turnout 32,84796.5
Liberal hold Swing -3.5

1951

1951 Australian federal election: Darwin [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Aubrey Luck 14,81949.7−6.9
Labor Max Poulter 9,82032.9+6.9
Labor Clem Foster5,17117.3+17.3
Total formal votes29,81097.3
Informal votes8222.7
Turnout 30,63297.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Aubrey Luck 16,10354.0−2.6
Labor Max Poulter 13,70746.0+2.6
Liberal hold Swing -2.6

Elections in the 1940s

1949

1949 Australian federal election: Darwin [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Dame Enid Lyons 16,45556.6+3.3
Labor Harold Kirkpatrick12,60243.4−3.3
Total formal votes29,05797.6
Informal votes7282.4
Turnout 29,78596.8
Liberal hold Swing +3.3

1946

1946 Australian federal election: Darwin [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Dame Enid Lyons 15,83554.2+5.3
Labor Harold Kirkpatrick13,39245.8+3.2
Total formal votes29,22797.6
Informal votes7302.4
Turnout 29,95792.4
Liberal hold Swing +2.7

1943

1943 Australian federal election: Darwin [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Eric Reece 7,79928.6+1.6
United Australia Dame Enid Lyons 7,34926.9−10.3
Labor Carrol Bramich 3,83214.0+14.0
United Australia John Leary3,10411.4+11.4
United Australia John Wright 2,88510.6+10.6
Independent Labor Edgar Nicholls1,7096.3+6.3
Communist Roy Harvey6162.3+2.3
Total formal votes27,29495.3
Informal votes1,3554.7
Turnout 28,64996.0
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia Dame Enid Lyons 14,05551.5−7.7
Labor Eric Reece 13,23948.5+7.7
United Australia hold Swing -7.7

1940

1940 Australian federal election: Darwin [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia George Bell 15,89659.2+6.7
Labor Eric Reece 10,96140.8−6.7
Total formal votes26,85797.4
Informal votes7072.6
Turnout 27,56494.0
United Australia hold Swing +6.7

Elections in the 1930s

1937

1937 Australian federal election: Darwin [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia George Bell 13,55752.5−1.9
Labor Edwin Brown12,27047.5+1.9
Total formal votes25,82797.9
Informal votes5592.1
Turnout 26,38695.8
United Australia hold Swing -1.9

1934

1934 Australian federal election: Darwin [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia George Bell 13,27154.4−15.5
Labor Edwin Brown11,12645.6+15.5
Total formal votes24,39797.4
Informal votes6632.6
Turnout 25,06095.2
United Australia hold Swing -15.5

1931

1931 Australian federal election: Darwin [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia George Bell 16,14969.9+16.3
Labor Joseph McGrath 6,96230.1−16.3
Total formal votes23,11196.3
Informal votes8873.7
Turnout 23,99896.3
United Australia hold Swing +14.0

Elections in the 1920s

1929

1929 Australian federal election: Darwin [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist George Bell 11,98253.6−18.3
Labor Henry Lane 5,23323.4+23.4
Labor Thomas d'Alton 5,13723.0+23.0
Total formal votes22,35298.1
Informal votes4431.9
Turnout 22,79595.1
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist George Bell 55.9−16.0
Labor Henry Lane 44.1+44.1
Nationalist hold Swing -16.0

1928

1928 Australian federal election: Darwin [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist George Bell 14,88071.9+9.4
Independent James Campbell5,81328.1+28.1
Total formal votes20,69393.7
Informal votes1,3856.3
Turnout 22,07894.0
Nationalist hold Swing +10.6

1925

1925 Australian federal election: Darwin [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist George Bell 9,68248.1+17.5
Labor Henry Lane 7,54137.5+37.5
Nationalist Hubert Nichols 2,88614.4+14.4
Total formal votes20,10995.5
Informal votes9394.5
Turnout 21,04890.7
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist George Bell 12,16460.5+10.9
Labor Henry Lane 7,94539.5+39.5
Nationalist gain from Country Swing +10.9

1922

1922 Australian federal election: Darwin [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist George Bell 4,53345.1−1.3
Country Joshua Whitsitt 4,05140.3+40.3
Independent James Campbell1,47314.6+14.6
Total formal votes10,05796.0
Informal votes4244.0
Turnout 10,48146.5
Two-party-preferred result
Country Joshua Whitsitt 5,06950.4+50.4
Nationalist George Bell 4,98849.6−2.5
Country gain from Nationalist Swing +2.5

Elections in the 1910s

1919

1919 Australian federal election: Darwin [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist George Bell 6,63054.0−4.8
Labor Joseph Lyons 5,64546.0+4.8
Total formal votes12,27597.8
Informal votes2742.2
Turnout 12,54967.2
Nationalist hold Swing -4.8

1917 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1917 Darwin by-election § Results.[ edit ]
1917 Darwin by-election [15] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist William Spence 6,66556.06−2.73
Labor James Hurst 5,22543.94+2.73
Total formal votes11,89099.60+2.13
Informal votes480.40−2.13
Registered electors 19,300
Turnout 11,93861.85−21.30
Nationalist hold Swing −2.73
Charles Howroyd (Nationalist) died.

1917

1917 Australian federal election: Darwin [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Charles Howroyd 9,07358.8+14.9
Labor King O'Malley 6,36141.2−14.9
Total formal votes15,43497.5
Informal votes4012.5
Turnout 15,83583.2
Nationalist gain from Labor Swing +14.9

1914

1914 Australian federal election: Darwin [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor King O'Malley 8,58556.1+4.0
Liberal Ernest Plummer6,72343.9−4.0
Total formal votes15,30897.8
Informal votes3402.2
Turnout 15,64878.6
Labor hold Swing +4.0

1913

1913 Australian federal election: Darwin [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor King O'Malley 8,31252.1−11.2
Liberal Alexander Marshall 7,65247.9+11.2
Total formal votes15,96497.6
Informal votes3962.4
Turnout 16,36076.7
Labor hold Swing -11.2

1910

1910 Australian federal election: Darwin [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour King O'Malley 6,68163.3+8.3
Liberal William Fisher3,88136.7+0.7
Total formal votes10,86297.9
Informal votes2342.1
Turnout 10,79653.6
Labour hold Swing +3.8

Elections in the 1900s

1906

1906 Australian federal election: Darwin [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour King O'Malley 5,21555.0+4.6
Anti-Socialist William Lamerton 3,42036.0+36.0
Ind. Anti-Socialist Henry Bannister8498.9+8.9
Total formal votes9,48495.8
Informal votes4204.2
Turnout 9,90455.3
Labour hold Swing +8.8

1903

1903 Australian federal election: Darwin [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour King O'Malley 4,48350.4+50.4
Protectionist James Brickhill4,35449.0+49.0
Independent James Gaffney 530.6+0.6
Total formal votes8,89099.3
Informal votes4584.9
Turnout 9,34858.0
Labour win(new seat)

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References

  1. ↑ "1954 House of Representatives: Tasmania". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "1951 House of Representatives: Tasmania". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "1949 House of Representatives: Tasmania". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  4. ↑ "1946 House of Representatives: Tasmania". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  5. ↑ "1943 House of Representatives: Tasmania". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  6. ↑ "1940 House of Representatives: Tasmania". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  7. ↑ "1937 House of Representatives: Tasmania". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  8. ↑ "1934 House of Representatives: Tasmania". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  9. ↑ "1931 House of Representatives: Tasmania". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  10. ↑ "19 House of Representatives: Tasmania". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  11. ↑ "1928 House of Representatives: Tasmania". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  12. ↑ "1925 House of Representatives: Tasmania". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  13. ↑ "1922 House of Representatives: Tasmania". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  14. ↑ "1919 House of Representatives: Tasmania". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  15. ↑ "By-Elections 1917–1919". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  16. ↑ Commonwealth By-elections 1901–82. Canberra: Australian Electoral Office. 1983.
  17. ↑ "1917 House of Representatives: Tasmania". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  18. ↑ "1914 House of Representatives: Tasmania". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  19. ↑ "1913 House of Representatives: Tasmania". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  20. ↑ "1910 House of Representatives: Tasmania". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  21. ↑ "1906 House of Representatives: Tasmania". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  22. ↑ "1903 House of Representatives: Tasmania". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
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