Electoral results for the Division of Higinbotham

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

Member Party Term
  Frank Timson Liberal 1949–1960
  Don Chipp Liberal 1960–1969

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

1966

1966 Australian federal election: Higinbotham [1]
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

1963 Australian federal election: Higinbotham [2]
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

1961 Australian federal election: Higinbotham [3]
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

This section is an excerpt from 1960 Higinbotham by-election § Results.[edit]
1960 Higinbotham by-election [4]
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
Frank Timson (Liberal) died.

Elections in the 1950s

1958

1958 Australian federal election: Higinbotham [5]
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

1955 Australian federal election: Higinbotham [6]
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

1954 Australian federal election: Higinbotham [7]
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

1951 Australian federal election: Higinbotham [8]
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

1949

1949 Australian federal election: Higinbotham [9]
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

  1. ^ "1966 House of Representatives: Victoria". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  2. ^ "1963 House of Representatives: Victoria". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  3. ^ "1961 House of Representatives: Victoria". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  4. ^ "1960 Higinbotham by-election". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  5. ^ "1958 House of Representatives: Victoria". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  6. ^ "1955 House of Representatives: Victoria". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  7. ^ "1954 House of Representatives: Victoria". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  8. ^ "1951 House of Representatives: Victoria". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  9. ^ "1949 House of Representatives: Victoria". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 29 May 2022.