Electoral results for the Division of Fawkner

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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.

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Members

MemberPartyTerm
  George Fairbairn Ind. Protectionist 1906–1909
  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
  Liberal 1945–1949
  Bill Bourke Labor 1949–1955
  Labor (A-C) 1955
  Peter Howson Liberal 1955–1969

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

1966

1966 Australian federal election: Fawkner
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Peter Howson 17,95555.4+0.9
Labor Robert Vernon8,88327.4−7.1
Democratic Labor Yvonne Abolins3,51110.8+2.6
Liberal Reform Group George Gabriel1,6995.2+5.2
Independent Anthony Sanders3671.1+1.1
Total formal votes32,41595.3
Informal votes1,5864.7
Turnout 34,00192.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Peter Howson 69.7+6.1
Labor Robert Vernon30.3−6.1
Liberal hold Swing +6.1

1963

1963 Australian federal election: Fawkner
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Peter Howson 18,61454.5+5.9
Labor Gwendolyn Noad11,77434.5−1.3
Democratic Labor John Speed2,8188.2−7.4
Independent George Gabriel9662.8+2.8
Total formal votes34,17298.1
Informal votes6511.9
Turnout 34,82394.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Peter Howson 63.6+0.8
Labor Gwendolyn Noad36.4−0.8
Liberal hold Swing +0.8

1961

1961 Australian federal election: Fawkner
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Peter Howson 16,58048.6+0.3
Labor Gwendolyn Noad12,22335.8+2.9
Democratic Labor Richard Coyne5,33615.6−3.1
Total formal votes34,13997.2
Informal votes9872.8
Turnout 35,12693.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Peter Howson 21,43862.8−2.0
Labor Gwendolyn Noad12,70137.2+2.0
Liberal hold Swing -2.0

Elections in the 1950s

1958

1958 Australian federal election: Fawkner
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Peter Howson 17,31248.3+2.1
Labor George Smart11,79732.9+6.4
Democratic Labor Bill Bourke 6,70918.7−8.6
Total formal votes35,81897.3
Informal votes9962.7
Turnout 36,81494.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Peter Howson 23,19864.8+12.5
Labor George Smart12,62035.2+35.2
Liberal hold Swing +12.5

1955

1955 Australian federal election: Fawkner
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Peter Howson 17,64546.2−4.7
Labor (A-C) Bill Bourke 10,45027.3+27.3
Labor Patrick Thompson10,13226.5−22.6
Total formal votes38,22797.0
Informal votes1,1663.0
Turnout 39,39393.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Peter Howson 19,99252.3+1.4
Labor (A-C) Bill Bourke 18,23547.7−1.4
Liberal hold Swing +1.4

1954

1954 Australian federal election: Fawkner
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Bourke 18,03850.2−1.4
Liberal Peter Howson 17,92049.8+2.2
Total formal votes35,95899.0
Informal votes3781.0
Turnout 36,33695.5
Labor hold Swing -1.8

1951

1951 Australian federal election: Fawkner
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Bourke 20,15851.6+1.6
Liberal Peter Howson 18,58647.6−2.4
Independent Colin Kennedy3320.8+0.8
Total formal votes39,07698.3
Informal votes6811.7
Turnout 39,75795.7
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
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Bourke 20,22850.0+2.3
Liberal Magnus Cormack 20,20150.0+1.8
Total formal votes40,42998.1
Informal votes7821.9
Turnout 41,21195.2
Labor hold Swing -0.8

1946

1946 Australian federal election: Fawkner
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Harold Holt 39,04753.5+20.1
Labor Bill Bourke 30,83542.2+9.4
Independent Mascotte Brown2,1212.9+2.9
Services Harold Rettig1,0421.4+1.4
Total formal votes73,04597.1
Informal votes2,1552.9
Turnout 75,20089.5
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
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Harold Holt 23,93133.4−27.4
Labor Thomas Jude23,50832.8−3.0
Independent William Cremor 15,95822.3+22.3
Independent Vernon Margetts3,4374.8+4.8
Communist Malcolm Good3,3004.6+4.6
Independent Charles Kennett1,1961.7+1.7
Independent Ruth Ravenscroft3810.5+0.5
Total formal votes71,71195.6
Informal votes3,2754.4
Turnout 74,98692.9
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia Harold Holt 41,60258.0−4.5
Labor Thomas Jude30,10942.0+4.5
United Australia hold Swing -4.5

1940

1940 Australian federal election: Fawkner
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Harold Holt 38,38760.8−5.7
Labor Arthur Fraser22,55835.8+7.4
Independent Alexander Mills 2,1523.4+3.4
Total formal votes63,09798.0
Informal votes1,2932.0
Turnout 64,39093.9
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia Harold Holt 62.5+0.1
Labor Arthur Fraser37.5−0.1
United Australia hold Swing +0.1

Elections in the 1930s

1937

1937 Australian federal election: Fawkner
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Harold Holt 33,27755.1−12.4
Labor William Doran17,12428.4+2.7
Independent William Bottomley9,94116.5+16.5
Total formal votes60,34297.4
Informal votes1,6022.6
Turnout 61,94493.8
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia Harold Holt 62.4−8.5
Labor William Doran37.6+8.5
United Australia hold Swing -8.5
1935 Fawkner by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Harold Holt 24,59459.9−6.6
Labor Don Cameron 16,43340.1+12.4
Total formal votes41,02797.7
Informal votes9462.3
Turnout 41,97387.4
United Australia hold Swing -9.5

1934

1934 Australian federal election: Fawkner
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia George Maxwell 30,02966.5−1.2
Labor William Smith12,51527.7+0.5
Social Credit Frederick Paice2,5925.7+5.7
Total formal votes45,13696.6
Informal votes1,5693.4
Turnout 46,70593.7
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia George Maxwell 69.4−0.9
Labor William Smith30.6+0.9
United Australia hold Swing -0.9

1931

1931 Australian federal election: Fawkner
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia George Maxwell 28,58667.7+29.3
Labor John McKenna11,50827.2+27.2
Independent David Robertson2,1595.1+5.1
Total formal votes42,25398.0
Informal votes8802.0
Turnout 43,13393.1
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia George Maxwell 70.3+21.7
Labor John McKenna29.7+29.7
United Australia gain from Ind. Nationalist Swing +21.7

Elections in the 1920s

1929

1929 Australian federal election: Fawkner
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ind. Nationalist George Maxwell 25,56459.4+59.4
Nationalist Arthur Robinson 16,54738.4−23.3
Independent James Ronald 9502.2+2.2
Total formal votes43,06198.7
Informal votes5841.3
Turnout 43,64593.5
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
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist George Maxwell 25,38861.7+2.3
Labor Nicholas Roberts15,73138.3−2.3
Total formal votes41,11996.8
Informal votes1,3563.2
Turnout 42,47592.1
Nationalist hold Swing +2.3

1925

1925 Australian federal election: Fawkner
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist George Maxwell 26,02859.4+7.2
Labor Alfred Foster 17,80940.6−0.8
Total formal votes43,83798.8
Informal votes5431.2
Turnout 44,38092.7
Nationalist hold Swing +1.4

1922

1922 Australian federal election: Fawkner
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist George Maxwell 12,47252.2−6.3
Labor Alfred Foster 9,88141.4+5.3
Liberal John Murphy1,5336.4+6.4
Total formal votes23,88696.9
Informal votes7663.1
Turnout 24,65255.0
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
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist George Maxwell 15,81951.5+0.4
Labor Joseph Hannan 14,92748.5+0.2
Total formal votes30,74699.2
Informal votes2510.8
Turnout 30,99777.1
Nationalist hold Swing +0.1

1917

1917 Australian federal election: Fawkner
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist George Maxwell 16,90751.1+10.4
Labor Joseph Hannan 15,97648.3−11.0
Independent Frank Henty2030.6+0.6
Total formal votes33,08697.2
Informal votes9592.8
Turnout 34,04584.7
Nationalist gain from Labor Swing +10.7

1914

1914 Australian federal election: Fawkner
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Joseph Hannan 17,48359.3+6.0
Liberal Frank Carse11,98140.7−6.0
Total formal votes29,46497.9
Informal votes6262.1
Turnout 30,09075.7
Labor hold Swing +6.0

1913

1913 Australian federal election: Fawkner
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Joseph Hannan 16,64353.3+2.8
Liberal George Fairbairn 14,61046.7−2.8
Total formal votes31,25397.7
Informal votes7202.3
Turnout 31,97373.0
Labor hold Swing +2.8

1910

1910 Australian federal election: Fawkner
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George Fairbairn 14,54458.9−8.3
Labour Joseph Hannan 10,16141.1+8.3
Total formal votes24,70598.5
Informal votes3791.5
Turnout 25,08460.6
Liberal hold Swing -5.0

Elections in the 1900s

1906

1906 Australian federal election: Fawkner
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ind. Protectionist George Fairbairn 12,21260.5+60.5
Labour Thomas Smith 6,62132.8+32.8
Protectionist John Miller1,3606.7+6.7
Total formal votes20,19396.4
Informal votes7593.6
Turnout 20,95257.3
Ind. Protectionist win(new seat)

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