Electoral results for the Division of Burke (1949–1955)

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Burke in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1949 until its abolition in 1955.

Members

Member Party Term
  Ted Peters Labor 1949–1955

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

1954

1954 Australian federal election: Burke [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ted Peters 23,510 68.7 −3.7
Liberal Alfred Wall 9,260 27.0 −0.6
Communist Vida Little 1,467 4.3 +4.3
Total formal votes 34,237 98.2
Informal votes 613 1.8
Turnout 34,850 96.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ted Peters 72.6 +0.2
Liberal Alfred Wall 27.4 −0.2
Labor hold Swing +0.2

1951

1951 Australian federal election: Burke [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ted Peters 27,422 72.4 +10.3
Liberal Alfred Wall 10,446 27.6 +2.4
Total formal votes 37,868 97.8
Informal votes 861 2.2
Turnout 38,729 96.1
Labor hold Swing +3.0

Elections in the 1940s

1949

1949 Australian federal election: Burke [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ted Peters 24,362 62.1 +11.1
Liberal Alfred Wall 9,865 25.2 +2.4
Blackburn-Mutton Labor Henry Hodges 4,720 12.0 +12.0
Independent James Whitworth 271 0.7 +0.7
Total formal votes 39,218 97.5
Informal votes 999 2.5
Turnout 40,217 95.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ted Peters 69.4 −0.7
Liberal Alfred Wall 30.6 +0.7
Labor notional hold Swing −0.7

References

  1. ^ "1954 House of Representatives: Victoria". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  2. ^ "1951 House of Representatives: Victoria". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  3. ^ "1949 House of Representatives: Victoria". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 29 May 2022.