Electoral results for the Division of Darwin

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.

Members

Member Party Term
  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]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Aubrey Luck 16,447 50.5 +0.8
Labor Clem Foster 16,117 49.5 −0.8
Total formal votes 32,564 99.1
Informal votes 283 0.9
Turnout 32,847 96.5
Liberal hold Swing −3.5

1951

1951 Australian federal election: Darwin[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Aubrey Luck 14,819 49.7 −6.9
Labor Max Poulter 9,820 32.9 +6.9
Labor Clem Foster 5,171 17.3 +17.3
Total formal votes 29,810 97.3
Informal votes 822 2.7
Turnout 30,632 97.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Aubrey Luck 16,103 54.0 −2.6
Labor Max Poulter 13,707 46.0 +2.6
Liberal hold Swing −2.6

Elections in the 1940s

1949

1949 Australian federal election: Darwin[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dame Enid Lyons 16,455 56.6 +3.3
Labor Harold Kirkpatrick 12,602 43.4 −3.3
Total formal votes 29,057 97.6
Informal votes 728 2.4
Turnout 29,785 96.8
Liberal hold Swing +3.3

1946

1946 Australian federal election: Darwin[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dame Enid Lyons 15,835 54.2 +5.3
Labor Harold Kirkpatrick 13,392 45.8 +3.2
Total formal votes 29,227 97.6
Informal votes 730 2.4
Turnout 29,957 92.4
Liberal hold Swing +2.7

1943

1943 Australian federal election: Darwin[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Eric Reece 7,799 28.6 +1.6
United Australia Dame Enid Lyons 7,349 26.9 −10.3
Labor Carrol Bramich 3,832 14.0 +14.0
United Australia John Leary 3,104 11.4 +11.4
United Australia John Wright 2,885 10.6 +10.6
Independent Labor Edgar Nicholls 1,709 6.3 +6.3
Communist Roy Harvey 616 2.3 +2.3
Total formal votes 27,294 95.3
Informal votes 1,355 4.7
Turnout 28,649 96.0
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia Dame Enid Lyons 14,055 51.5 −7.7
Labor Eric Reece 13,239 48.5 +7.7
United Australia hold Swing −7.7

1940

1940 Australian federal election: Darwin[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia George Bell 15,896 59.2 +6.7
Labor Eric Reece 10,961 40.8 −6.7
Total formal votes 26,857 97.4
Informal votes 707 2.6
Turnout 27,564 94.0
United Australia hold Swing +6.7

Elections in the 1930s

1937

1937 Australian federal election: Darwin[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia George Bell 13,557 52.5 −1.9
Labor Edwin Brown 12,270 47.5 +1.9
Total formal votes 25,827 97.9
Informal votes 559 2.1
Turnout 26,386 95.8
United Australia hold Swing −1.9

1934

1934 Australian federal election: Darwin[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia George Bell 13,271 54.4 −15.5
Labor Edwin Brown 11,126 45.6 +15.5
Total formal votes 24,397 97.4
Informal votes 663 2.6
Turnout 25,060 95.2
United Australia hold Swing −15.5

1931

1931 Australian federal election: Darwin[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia George Bell 16,149 69.9 +16.3
Labor Joseph McGrath 6,962 30.1 −16.3
Total formal votes 23,111 96.3
Informal votes 887 3.7
Turnout 23,998 96.3
United Australia hold Swing +14.0

Elections in the 1920s

1929

1929 Australian federal election: Darwin[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist George Bell 11,982 53.6 −18.3
Labor Henry Lane 5,233 23.4 +23.4
Labor Thomas d'Alton 5,137 23.0 +23.0
Total formal votes 22,352 98.1
Informal votes 443 1.9
Turnout 22,795 95.1
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]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist George Bell 14,880 71.9 +9.4
Independent James Campbell 5,813 28.1 +28.1
Total formal votes 20,693 93.7
Informal votes 1,385 6.3
Turnout 22,078 94.0
Nationalist hold Swing +10.6

1925

1925 Australian federal election: Darwin[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist George Bell 9,682 48.1 +17.5
Labor Henry Lane 7,541 37.5 +37.5
Nationalist Hubert Nichols 2,886 14.4 +14.4
Total formal votes 20,109 95.5
Informal votes 939 4.5
Turnout 21,048 90.7
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist George Bell 12,164 60.5 +10.9
Labor Henry Lane 7,945 39.5 +39.5
Nationalist gain from Country Swing +10.9

1922

1922 Australian federal election: Darwin[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist George Bell 4,533 45.1 −1.3
Country Joshua Whitsitt 4,051 40.3 +40.3
Independent James Campbell 1,473 14.6 +14.6
Total formal votes 10,057 96.0
Informal votes 424 4.0
Turnout 10,481 46.5
Two-party-preferred result
Country Joshua Whitsitt 5,069 50.4 +50.4
Nationalist George Bell 4,988 49.6 −2.5
Country gain from Nationalist Swing +2.5

Elections in the 1910s

1919

1919 Australian federal election: Darwin[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist George Bell 6,630 54.0 −4.8
Labor Joseph Lyons 5,645 46.0 +4.8
Total formal votes 12,275 97.8
Informal votes 274 2.2
Turnout 12,549 67.2
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]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist William Spence 6,665 56.06 −2.73
Labor James Hurst 5,225 43.94 +2.73
Total formal votes 11,890 99.60 +2.13
Informal votes 48 0.40 −2.13
Registered electors 19,300
Turnout 11,938 61.85 −21.30
Nationalist hold Swing −2.73
Charles Howroyd (Nationalist) died.

1917

1917 Australian federal election: Darwin[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Charles Howroyd 9,073 58.8 +14.9
Labor King O'Malley 6,361 41.2 −14.9
Total formal votes 15,434 97.5
Informal votes 401 2.5
Turnout 15,835 83.2
Nationalist gain from Labor Swing +14.9

1914

1914 Australian federal election: Darwin[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor King O'Malley 8,585 56.1 +4.0
Liberal Ernest Plummer 6,723 43.9 −4.0
Total formal votes 15,308 97.8
Informal votes 340 2.2
Turnout 15,648 78.6
Labor hold Swing +4.0

1913

1913 Australian federal election: Darwin[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor King O'Malley 8,312 52.1 −11.2
Liberal Alexander Marshall 7,652 47.9 +11.2
Total formal votes 15,964 97.6
Informal votes 396 2.4
Turnout 16,360 76.7
Labor hold Swing −11.2

1910

1910 Australian federal election: Darwin[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour King O'Malley 6,681 63.3 +8.3
Liberal William Fisher 3,881 36.7 +0.7
Total formal votes 10,862 97.9
Informal votes 234 2.1
Turnout 10,796 53.6
Labour hold Swing +3.8

Elections in the 1900s

1906

1906 Australian federal election: Darwin[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour King O'Malley 5,215 55.0 +4.6
Anti-Socialist William Lamerton 3,420 36.0 +36.0
Ind. Anti-Socialist Henry Bannister 849 8.9 +8.9
Total formal votes 9,484 95.8
Informal votes 420 4.2
Turnout 9,904 55.3
Labour hold Swing +8.8

1903

1903 Australian federal election: Darwin[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour King O'Malley 4,483 50.4 +50.4
Protectionist James Brickhill 4,354 49.0 +49.0
Independent James Gaffney 53 0.6 +0.6
Total formal votes 8,890 99.3
Informal votes 458 4.9
Turnout 9,348 58.0
Labour win (new seat)

References

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