Electoral results for the Division of Hoddle

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

Members

Member Party Term
  Jack Cremean Labor 1949–1955
  Labor (A-C) 1955–1955

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

1954

1954 Australian federal election: Hoddle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Cremean 23,439 75.8 −2.9
Liberal Desmond Byrne 6,302 20.4 +2.8
Communist John Prescott 1,198 3.9 +0.2
Total formal votes 30,939 97.6
Informal votes 767 2.4
Turnout 31,706 94.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jack Cremean 79.4 −2.7
Liberal Desmond Byrne 20.6 +2.7
Labor hold Swing −2.7

1951

1951 Australian federal election: Hoddle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Cremean 27,685 78.7 +1.6
Liberal Jack Easton 6,193 17.6 −0.3
Communist Leslie Loye 1,310 3.7 +0.6
Total formal votes 35,188 96.5
Informal votes 1,276 3.5
Turnout 36,464 94.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jack Cremean 82.1 +1.3
Liberal Jack Easton 17.9 −1.3
Labor hold Swing +1.3

Elections in the 1940s

1949

1949 Australian federal election: Hoddle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Cremean 28,351 77.1 +1.3
Liberal Terence Kirby 6,593 17.9 −3.3
Communist Leslie Loye 1,137 3.1 +0.0
Independent Albert Wallace 689 1.9 +1.9
Total formal votes 36,770 96.4
Informal votes 1,382 3.6
Turnout 38,152 94.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jack Cremean 80.8 −2.3
Liberal Terence Kirby 19.2 +2.3
Labor notional hold Swing −2.3

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