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.
Election results
Elections in the 1960s
1966
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
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
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 | |||
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
1958
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
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
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
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
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 hold | Swing | +1.2 | |||
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