Electoral results for the Division of Wilmot

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This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Wilmot in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1903 until its abolition in 1984.

Contents

Members

MemberPartyTerm
  Sir Edward Braddon Free Trade 1903–1904
  Norman Cameron Free Trade 1904 by–1906
  Independent Anti-Socialist 1906–1906
  Llewellyn Atkinson Anti-Socialist 1906–1909
  Liberal 1909–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1921
  Country 1921–1928
  Nationalist 1928–1929
  Joseph Lyons United Australia 1929–1931
  Independent 1931–1931
  United Australia 1931–1939
  Lancelot Spurr Labor 1939 by–1940
  Allan Guy United Australia 1940–1945
  Liberal 1945–1946
  Gil Duthie Labor 1946–1975
  Max Burr Liberal 1975–1984

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1983

1983 Australian federal election: Wilmot [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Max Burr 28,52053.5+3.4
Labor David Llewellyn 22,78342.7−7.2
Democrats Liz Holloway1,3362.5+2.5
Independent Bill Chugg7021.3+1.3
Total formal votes53,34197.3
Informal votes1,4672.7
Turnout 54,80896.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Max Burr 55.1+5.0
Labor David Llewellyn 44.9−5.0
Liberal hold Swing +5.0

1980

1980 Australian federal election: Wilmot [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Max Burr 25,60750.1−3.5
Labor David Llewellyn 25,51549.9+3.5
Total formal votes51,12297.1
Informal votes1,5472.9
Turnout 52,69996.7
Liberal hold Swing -5.7

Elections in the 1970s

1977

1977 Australian federal election: Wilmot [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Max Burr 26,06653.6+1.0
Labor David Llewellyn 20,41542.0−2.2
Democrats Leon Gourlay2,1574.4+4.4
Total formal votes48,63897.3
Informal votes1,3632.7
Turnout 50,00197.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Max Burr 55.8+0.5
Labor David Llewellyn 44.2−0.5
Liberal hold Swing +0.5

1975

1975 Australian federal election: Wilmot [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Max Burr 25,40752.6+5.3
Labor Gil Duthie 21,36544.2−8.5
National Country Robert Griffin1,1652.4+2.4
Workers William Woods3530.7+0.7
Total formal votes48,29098.0
Informal votes1,0052.0
Turnout 49,29597.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Max Burr 55.3+8.0
Labor Gil Duthie 44.7−8.0
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +8.0

1974

1974 Australian federal election: Wilmot [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Gil Duthie 24,24852.7−7.4
Liberal Max Burr 21,76447.3+16.0
Total formal votes46,01298.0
Informal votes9172.0
Turnout 46,92997.1
Labor hold Swing -9.2

1972

1972 Australian federal election: Wilmot [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Gil Duthie 25,07560.1+3.8
Liberal Ian Hardy13,07131.3−8.2
Democratic Labor Ronald Butterworth3,5578.5+4.3
Total formal votes41,70398.4
Informal votes6661.6
Turnout 42,36997.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Gil Duthie 62.6+5.5
Liberal Ian Hardy37.4−5.5
Labor hold Swing +5.5

Elections in the 1960s

1969

1969 Australian federal election: Wilmot [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Gil Duthie 22,86656.3+2.1
Liberal Donald Paterson16,02739.5−1.0
Democratic Labor Darryl Sulzberger1,7204.2−1.5
Total formal votes40,61398.7
Informal votes5501.3
Turnout 41,16397.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Gil Duthie 57.1+1.8
Liberal Donald Paterson42.9−1.8
Labor hold Swing +1.8

1966

1966 Australian federal election: Wilmot [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Gil Duthie 19,21555.9−2.8
Liberal Donald Paterson13,35038.8+5.7
Democratic Labor Robert Wright1,8245.3−2.9
Total formal votes34,38998.7
Informal votes4461.3
Turnout 34,83596.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Gil Duthie 57.0−4.1
Liberal Donald Paterson43.0+4.1
Labor hold Swing -4.1

1963

1963 Australian federal election: Wilmot [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Gil Duthie 19,90858.7−3.9
Liberal Donald Paterson11,23133.1+4.0
Democratic Labor Alastair Davidson2,7928.2−0.1
Total formal votes33,93199.1
Informal votes3190.9
Turnout 34,25096.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Gil Duthie 61.1−5.0
Liberal Donald Paterson38.9+5.0
Labor hold Swing -5.0

1961

1961 Australian federal election: Wilmot [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Gil Duthie 20,50362.6+3.0
Liberal Richard Thomas6,27119.1−5.7
Liberal Royston Ringrose3,28010.0+10.0
Democratic Labor Alastair Davidson2,7188.3+2.6
Total formal votes32,77297.0
Informal votes1,0283.0
Turnout 33,80095.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Gil Duthie 66.1+5.4
Liberal Richard Thomas33.9−5.4
Labor hold Swing +5.4

Elections in the 1950s

1958

1958 Australian federal election: Wilmot [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Gil Duthie 19,41759.6+4.6
Liberal Ralph Cameron11,32834.8−4.4
Democratic Labor Francis Lillis1,8455.7+0.0
Total formal votes32,59096.6
Informal votes1,1473.4
Turnout 33,73796.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Gil Duthie 60.7+4.6
Liberal Ralph Cameron39.3−4.6
Labor hold Swing +4.6

1955

1955 Australian federal election: Wilmot [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Gil Duthie 17,60655.0−1.4
Liberal Robert Bethell12,54639.2−4.4
Labor (A-C) Owen Doherty1,8345.7+5.7
Total formal votes31,98696.3
Informal votes1,2383.7
Turnout 33,22496.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Gil Duthie 56.1−0.3
Liberal Robert Bethell43.9+0.3
Labor hold Swing -0.3

1954

1954 Australian federal election: Wilmot [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Gil Duthie 19,19356.2+3.1
Liberal Lionel Browning14,95943.8−3.1
Total formal votes34,15299.2
Informal votes2890.8
Turnout 34,44197.0
Labor hold Swing +3.1

1951

1951 Australian federal election: Wilmot [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Gil Duthie 16,74653.1+0.5
Liberal Lionel Browning14,79446.9−0.5
Total formal votes31,54096.7
Informal votes1,0723.3
Turnout 32,61296.1
Labor hold Swing +0.5

Elections in the 1940s

1949

1949 Australian federal election: Wilmot [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Gil Duthie 16,15052.6+0.9
Liberal Rickman Furmage14,53247.4−0.9
Total formal votes30,68296.7
Informal votes1,0363.3
Turnout 31,71895.3
Labor hold Swing +0.9

1946

1946 Australian federal election: Wilmot [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Gil Duthie 13,03251.7+6.1
Liberal Allan Guy 12,17748.3−0.9
Total formal votes25,20997.4
Informal votes6712.6
Turnout 25,88094.6
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +3.4

1943

1943 Australian federal election: Wilmot [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Allan Guy 19,41749.6−7.5
Labor Ern Pinkard10,99445.6+2.2
Independent John McGeary1,2595.2+5.2
Total formal votes24,10597.4
Informal votes6562.6
Turnout 24,76196.0
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia Allan Guy 12,46351.7−3.3
Labor Ernest Pinkard11,64248.3+3.3
United Australia hold Swing -3.3

1940

1940 Australian federal election: Wilmot [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Lancelot Spurr 10,11343.4−3.4
United Australia Allan Guy 8,30135.6+3.5
United Australia Frank Edwards 4,91321.1+21.1
Total formal votes23,32796.7
Informal votes7893.3
Turnout 24,11695.6
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia Allan Guy 12,84155.0−0.1
Labor Lancelot Spurr 10,48645.0+0.1
United Australia gain from Labor Swing -0.1

Elections in the 1930s

1939 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1939 Wilmot by-election § Results.[ edit ]
1939 Wilmot by-election [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Allan Guy 6,67329.7−3.6
Labor Lancelot Spurr 6,56829.3+0.0
Labor Maurice Weston3,92517.5+17.5
United Australia Donald Cameron 2,65711.8+11.8
United Australia Cecil Parsons1,8238.1+8.1
Independent John Watson7993.6+3.6
Total formal votes22,44596.1
Informal votes9153.9
Turnout 23,36092.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Lancelot Spurr 11,25750.2+5.3
United Australia Allan Guy 11,18849.8−5.3
Labor gain from United Australia Swing +5.3
Prime Minister Joseph Lyons (United Australia) died.

1937

1937 Australian federal election: Wilmot [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Joseph Lyons 12,36553.2−4.3
Labor Lancelot Spurr 6,38427.4+27.4
Labor Maurice Weston4,51119.4+19.4
Total formal votes23,26096.8
Informal votes7763.2
Turnout 24,03694.3
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia Joseph Lyons 55.1−4.3
Labor Lancelot Spurr 44.9+4.3
United Australia hold Swing -4.3

1934

1934 Australian federal election: Wilmot [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Joseph Lyons 12,92457.5−2.7
Social Credit Henry Bye5,18223.1+23.1
Social Credit William Laird Smith 4,35719.4+19.4
Total formal votes22,46396.2
Informal votes8853.8
Turnout 23,34894.5
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia Joseph Lyons 59.4−12.7
Social Credit Henry Bye40.6+40.6
United Australia hold Swing -12.7

1931

1931 Australian federal election: Wilmot [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Joseph Lyons 12,62260.2+13.1
Labor George Becker 5,58626.6−26.3
Nationalist George Pullen 2,77613.2+13.2
Total formal votes20,98495.3
Informal votes1,0264.7
Turnout 22,01096.0
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia Joseph Lyons 72.1+25.0
Labor George Becker 27.9−25.0
United Australia gain from Labor Swing +25.0

Elections in the 1920s

1929

1929 Australian federal election: Wilmot [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Joseph Lyons 10,69752.9+52.9
Nationalist Llewellyn Atkinson 9,53847.1−16.5
Total formal votes20,23597.1
Informal votes3311.6
Turnout 20,56694.5
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +16.5

1928

1928 Australian federal election: Wilmot [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Llewellyn Atkinson 7,79143.3−0.1
Independent George Flowers 6,53436.3+36.3
Nationalist Hector McFie 3,65820.3+20.3
Total formal votes17,98390.7
Informal votes1,8399.3
Turnout 19,82292.8
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Llewellyn Atkinson 9,81454.6−2.4
Independent George Flowers 8,16945.4+2.4
Nationalist gain from Country Swing -2.4

1925

1925 Australian federal election: Wilmot [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Jens Jensen 7,11838.7+6.5
Country Llewellyn Atkinson 5,44829.6−14.3
Nationalist Percy Best 3,13417.1+7.8
Nationalist Atherfield Newman2,68114.6+14.6
Total formal votes18,38194.3
Informal votes1,1215.7
Turnout 19,50289.7
Two-party-preferred result
Country Llewellyn Atkinson 10,74657.0−4.2
Labor Jens Jensen 7,90543.0+4.2
Country hold Swing -4.2

1922

1922 Australian federal election: Wilmot [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Palamountain 2,59632.2+32.2
Nationalist George Pullen 1,92623.9+29.4
Country Llewellyn Atkinson 1,82622.7+18.2
Country Norman Cameron 1,40717.5+17.5
Country John Campbell3023.7+3.7
Total formal votes8,05790.5
Informal votes8509.5
Turnout 8,90740.8
Two-party-preferred result
Country Llewellyn Atkinson 4,93061.2+61.2
Labor John Palamountain 3,12738.8+38.8
Country gain from Nationalist Swing +61.2

Elections in the 1910s

1919

1919 Australian federal election: Wilmot [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Llewellyn Atkinson 4,01546.7+12.8
Nationalist Henry McFie 2,36827.6+27.6
Country Norman Cameron 2,21025.7+25.7
Total formal votes8,59393.4
Informal votes7117.6
Turnout 9,30452.0
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Llewellyn Atkinson 5,16960.2+4.0
Nationalist Henry McFie 3,42439.8+39.8
Nationalist hold Swing +4.0

1917

1917 Australian federal election: Wilmot [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Llewellyn Atkinson 7,87461.5+0.6
Labor Christopher Sheedy4,24033.1−6.0
Independent Norman Cameron 5904.6+4.6
Independent Louis Page1080.8+0.8
Total formal votes12,81295.8
Informal votes5664.2
Turnout 13,37871.5
Nationalist hold Swing +3.3

1914

1914 Australian federal election: Wilmot [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Llewellyn Atkinson 8,16960.9−1.7
Labor Henry McFie 5,25539.1+1.7
Total formal votes13,42497.1
Informal votes4042.9
Turnout 13,82874.0
Liberal hold Swing -1.7

1913

1913 Australian federal election: Wilmot [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Llewellyn Atkinson 8,25162.6+6.0
Labor Henry McFie 4,92237.4−6.0
Total formal votes13,17396.4
Informal votes4943.6
Turnout 13,66773.0
Liberal hold Swing +6.0

1910

1910 Australian federal election: Wilmot [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Llewellyn Atkinson 5,49856.6−6.6
Labour Thomas Wilson4,21643.4+6.6
Total formal votes9,71497.5
Informal votes2522.5
Turnout 9,96655.9
Liberal hold Swing -6.6

Elections in the 1900s

1906

1906 Australian federal election: Wilmot [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Anti-Socialist Llewellyn Atkinson 3,93545.2−9.7
Labour Thomas Wilson3,20536.8+36.8
Ind. Anti-Socialist Norman Cameron 1,05812.1+12.1
Protectionist Charles Fenton 5105.9−39.2
Total formal votes8,70895.7
Informal votes3924.3
Turnout 9,10053.7
Anti-Socialist hold Swing -0.7

1904 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1904 Wilmot by-election § Results.[ edit ]
1904 Wilmot by-election [33] [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade Norman Cameron 2,36852.03−2.85
Protectionist John Cheek 2,18347.97+2.85
Total formal votes4,55196.75−1.49
Informal votes1533.25+1.49
Registered electors 15,718
Turnout 4,70429.93−9.16
Free Trade hold Swing −2.85
Sir Edward Braddon (Free Trade) died.

1903

1903 Australian federal election: Wilmot [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade Sir Edward Braddon 3,31354.9+54.9
Protectionist John Cheek 2,72345.1+45.1
Total formal votes6,03698.9
Informal votes1081.8
Turnout 6,14439.1
Free Trade win(new seat)

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