Electoral results for the Division of Higinbotham
Appearance
This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Higinbotham in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1949 until its abolition in 1969.
Members
[edit]Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
Frank Timson | Liberal | 1949–1960 | |
Don Chipp | Liberal | 1960–1969 |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1960s
[edit]1966
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Don Chipp | 30,497 | 51.3 | -0.4 | |
Labor | Reginald Butler | 18,667 | 31.4 | -6.8 | |
Democratic Labor | William Cameron | 5,463 | 9.2 | -0.9 | |
Liberal Reform Group | John Little | 3,251 | 5.5 | +5.5 | |
Republican | John A'Murray | 1,561 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
Total formal votes | 59,439 | 96.9 | |||
Informal votes | 1,879 | 3.1 | |||
Turnout | 61,318 | 96.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Don Chipp | 61.8 | +1.0 | ||
Labor | Reginald Butler | 38.2 | -1.0 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.0 |
1963
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Don Chipp | 30,406 | 51.7 | +8.0 | |
Labor | Reginald Butler | 22,457 | 38.2 | -2.8 | |
Democratic Labor | William Cameron | 5,965 | 10.1 | -5.2 | |
Total formal votes | 58,828 | 99.2 | |||
Informal votes | 481 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 59,309 | 97.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Don Chipp | 60.8 | +3.0 | ||
Labor | Reginald Butler | 39.2 | -3.0 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.0 |
1961
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Don Chipp | 24,525 | 43.7 | -5.8 | |
Labor | Henry Fowler | 22,991 | 41.0 | +1.8 | |
Democratic Labor | William Cameron | 8,588 | 15.3 | +4.0 | |
Total formal votes | 56,104 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 796 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 56,900 | 96.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Don Chipp | 32,453 | 57.8 | -2.0 | |
Labor | Henry Fowler | 23,651 | 42.2 | +2.0 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -2.0 |
1960 by-election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Henry Fowler | 23,541 | 46.8 | +7.6 | |
Liberal | Don Chipp | 19,661 | 39.1 | −10.4 | |
Democratic Labor | James Nugent | 6,756 | 13.4 | −2.1 | |
Republican | Edward McBride | 325 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
Total formal votes | 50,283 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 993 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 51,276 | 90.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Don Chipp | 25,443 | 50.6 | −9.2 | |
Labor | Henry Fowler | 24,840 | 49.4 | +9.2 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −9.2 |
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]1958
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frank Timson | 24,770 | 49.5 | -1.3 | |
Labor | Edwin Lamb | 19,600 | 39.2 | +0.0 | |
Democratic Labor | Desmond Ward | 5,665 | 11.3 | +1.3 | |
Total formal votes | 50,035 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 1,003 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 51,038 | 96.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Frank Timson | 29,920 | 59.8 | +1.0 | |
Labor | Edwin Lamb | 20,115 | 40.2 | -1.0 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.0 |
1955
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frank Timson | 21,251 | 50.8 | -3.2 | |
Labor | Les Coates | 16,419 | 39.2 | -6.8 | |
Labor (A-C) | Frank Gaffy | 4,176 | 10.0 | +10.0 | |
Total formal votes | 41,846 | 97.7 | |||
Informal votes | 968 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 42,814 | 95.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Frank Timson | 58.8 | +4.8 | ||
Labor | Les Coates | 41.2 | -4.8 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.8 |
1954
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frank Timson | 30,579 | 54.5 | +0.1 | |
Labor | Geoffrey Sowerbutts | 25,537 | 45.5 | -0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 56,116 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 584 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 56,700 | 96.4 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.1 |
1951
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frank Timson | 25,493 | 54.4 | +0.8 | |
Labor | Geoffrey Sowerbutts | 21,368 | 45.6 | -0.8 | |
Total formal votes | 46,861 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 644 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 47,505 | 96.4 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.8 |
Elections in the 1940s
[edit]1949
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frank Timson | 22,832 | 53.6 | +1.2 | |
Labor | Frank Field | 19,760 | 46.4 | -1.2 | |
Total formal votes | 42,592 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 512 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 43,104 | 96.4 | |||
Liberal notional hold | Swing | +1.2 |
References
[edit]- ^ "1966 House of Representatives: Victoria". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ "1963 House of Representatives: Victoria". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ "1961 House of Representatives: Victoria". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ "1960 Higinbotham by-election". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ "1958 House of Representatives: Victoria". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ "1955 House of Representatives: Victoria". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ "1954 House of Representatives: Victoria". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ "1951 House of Representatives: Victoria". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ "1949 House of Representatives: Victoria". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 29 May 2022.