Electoral results for the Division of Barker

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Barker in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1903 until the present.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Sir Langdon Bonython	Protectionist	1903–1906
	John Livingston	Anti-Socialist	1906–1909
		Commonwealth Liberal	1909–1916
		Nationalist	1916–1922
	Malcolm Cameron	Liberal Union	1922–1925
		Nationalist	1925–1931
		United Australia	1931–1934
	Archie Cameron	Country	1934–1940
		United Australia	1940–1944
		Liberal	1944–1956
	Jim Forbes	Liberal	1956–1975
	James Porter	Liberal	1975–1990
	Ian McLachlan	Liberal	1990–1998
	Patrick Secker	Liberal	1998–2013
	Tony Pasin	Liberal	2013–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Australian federal election, 2013: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tony Pasin	48,678	52.61	−2.47
	Labor	Phil Golding	16,993	18.37	−9.62
	Family First	Kristin Lambert	7,368	7.96	+1.78
	Independent	Richard Sage	6,617	7.15	+7.15
	Greens	Mark Keough	5,224	5.65	−3.39
	National	Miles Hannemann	4,021	4.35	+4.35
	Palmer United	Balwinder Singh Jhandi	3,623	3.92	+3.92
Total formal votes			92,524	94.62	+0.12
Informal votes			5,259	5.38	−0.12
Turnout			97,783	94.63	−0.35
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tony Pasin	61,571	66.55	+3.54
	Labor	Phil Golding	30,953	33.45	−3.54
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.54

Australian federal election, 2010: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Patrick Secker	51,810	54.96	+8.15
	Labor	Simone McDonnell	26,433	28.04	-2.03
	Greens	Sean Moffat	8,607	9.13	+4.06
	Family First	Trevor Honeychurch	5,829	6.18	+0.46
	Climate Sceptics	Steven Davies	1,591	1.69	+1.69
Total formal votes			94,270	94.54	-1.61
Informal votes			5,443	5.46	+1.61
Turnout			99,713	95.07	-0.90
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Patrick Secker	59,278	62.88	+3.43
	Labor	Simone McDonnell	34,992	37.12	-3.43
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.43

Elections in the 2000s

Australian federal election, 2007: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Patrick Secker	44,329	46.81	-6.36
	Labor	Karen Lock	38,475	30.07	+8.60
	National	Deb Thiele	9,695	10.24	-0.35
	Family First	Phil Cornish	5,418	5.72	-0.10
	Greens	Andrew Jennings	4,796	5.06	+0.98
	Democrats	Justin Sneath	1,984	2.10	+0.62
Total formal votes			94,697	96.15	+2.02
Informal votes			3,793	3.85	-2.02
Turnout			98,490	95.97	+0.49
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Patrick Secker	56,301	59.45	-10.43
	Labor	Karen Lock	38,396	40.55	+10.43
	Liberal hold		Swing	-10.43

Australian federal election, 2004: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Patrick Secker	48,233	53.17	-2.95
	Labor	Waluwe Simpson-Lyttle	19,478	21.47	-2.01
	National	Tim Jackson	9,611	10.59	+10.59
	Family First	Philip Cornish	5,276	5.82	+5.82
	Greens	Pam Kelly	3,704	4.08	+0.98
	Independent	Rodger Schmidt	1,572	1.73	+1.73
	One Nation	Neil Russell-Taylor	1,501	1.65	-6.24
	Democrats	Graham McNaughton	1,339	1.48	-4.66
Total formal votes			90,714	94.13	-0.34
Informal votes			5,662	5.87	+0.34
Turnout			96,376	95.48	-0.85
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Patrick Secker	63,392	69.88	+3.25
	Labor	Waluwe Simpson-Lyttle	27,322	30.12	-3.25
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.25

Australian federal election, 2001: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Patrick Secker	43,201	54.06	+7.20
	Labor	David Detchon	18,968	23.74	+2.04
	One Nation	Dona Wright	5,900	7.38	-5.62
	Democrats	Louise Miller	5,504	6.89	+0.55
	Greens	Matt Rigney	2,629	3.29	+3.29
	Independent	Liz Ballinger	2,538	3.18	+3.18
	Independent	Philip Cornish	1,167	1.46	+1.46
Total formal votes			79,907	94.50	-0.43
Informal votes			4,654	5.50	+0.43
Turnout			84,561	96.96
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Patrick Secker	52,491	65.69	+1.65
	Labor	David Detchon	27,416	34.31	-1.65
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.65

Elections in the 1990s

Australian federal election, 1998: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Patrick Secker	36,412	46.89	-15.62
	Labor	David Detchon	16,844	21.69	-1.36
	One Nation	Dona Wright	10,096	13.00	+13.00
	Democrats	John Lavers	4,919	6.33	-3.49
	Independent	Tony Beck	3,985	5.13	+5.13
	Christian Democrats	Philip Cornish	2,161	2.78	+2.78
	National	Tom Haig	1,746	2.25	+2.25
	Independent	Bill Jerram	784	1.01	+1.01
	Australia First	Judith Ludwig	713	0.92	+0.92
Total formal votes			77,660	94.92	-1.66
Informal votes			4,158	5.08	+1.66
Turnout			81,818	96.52	+1.66
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Patrick Secker	49,501	63.74	-7.14
	Labor	David Detchon	28,159	36.26	+7.14
	Liberal hold		Swing	-7.14

Australian federal election, 1996: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian McLachlan	49,204	62.51	+2.13
	Labor	Leah York	18,146	23.05	-2.74
	Democrats	Dennis Dorney	7,734	9.82	+3.69
	Greens	Rita Helling	2,924	3.71	+3.71
	Natural Law	Chris Wells	712	0.90	-1.40
Total formal votes			78,720	96.58	+0.15
Informal votes			2,786	3.42	-0.15
Turnout			81,506	96.48	-0.77
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian McLachlan	55,554	70.89	+4.91
	Labor	Leah York	22,818	29.11	-4.91
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.91

Australian federal election, 1993: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian McLachlan	46,667	60.37	+2.63
	Labor	Harry Early	19,939	25.79	-2.22
	Democrats	Regine Andersen	4,742	6.13	-5.44
	Natural Law	Chris Wells	1,784	2.31	+2.31
	Call to Australia	Deidre Kent	1,548	2.00	+1.06
	Independent	Francis Boylan	1,399	1.81	+1.81
	Independent	Stephen Wikblom	1,221	1.58	+1.58
Total formal votes			77,300	96.44	-0.57
Informal votes			2,857	3.56	+0.57
Turnout			80,157	95.71
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian McLachlan	50,928	65.97	+2.27
	Labor	Harry Early	26,265	34.03	-2.27
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.27

Australian federal election, 1990: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian McLachlan	39,470	57.8	+5.6
	Labor	Bill Hender	19,865	29.1	-4.2
	Democrats	Mark Lobban	6,730	9.9	+4.3
	Independent	Pieter Raams	2,211	3.2	+3.2
Total formal votes			68,276	97.0
Informal votes			2,087	3.0
Turnout			70,363	96.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian McLachlan	43,388	63.6	+2.0
	Labor	Bill Hender	24,841	36.4	-2.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.0

Elections in the 1980s

Australian federal election, 1987: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Porter	33,296	52.2	-5.1
	Labor	Bill Hender	21,221	33.3	-1.3
	National	Max Vawser	3,924	6.2	+3.3
	Democrats	Glenn Taylor	3,602	5.6	+0.3
	Independent	Harry Pfeuffer	884	1.4	+1.4
	Unite Australia	Tom Giannouklas	451	0.7	+0.7
	Independent	Allan Bannister	385	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			63,763	93.4
Informal votes			4,481	6.6
Turnout			68,244	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	James Porter	39,273	61.6	-1.1
	Labor	Bill Hender	24,448	38.4	+1.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.1

Australian federal election, 1984: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Porter	35,429	57.3	+1.4
	Labor	Jeremy Moore	21,412	34.6	+0.8
	Democrats	Meg Lees	3,266	5.3	+0.1
	National	Richard Jacka	1,775	2.9	-2.0
Total formal votes			61,882	92.8
Informal votes			4,835	7.2
Turnout			66,717	95.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	James Porter	38,763	62.6	+0.3
	Labor	Jeremy Moore	23,113	37.4	-0.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.3

Australian federal election, 1983: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Porter	42,333	57.3	-0.2
	Labor	Valerie Young	23,906	32.4	+3.5
	Democrats	Meg Lees	3,974	5.4	-0.2
	National	Anthony Beck	3,650	4.9	-3.2
Total formal votes			73,863	97.7
Informal votes			1,717	2.3
Turnout			75,580	96.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	James Porter		63.8	-2.3
	Labor	Valerie Young		32.4	+2.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.3

Australian federal election, 1980: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Porter	40,445	57.5	-5.9
	Labor	Norman Napper	20,323	28.9	+1.0
	Democrats	Ivor Childs	3,924	5.6	-3.1
	National Country	Anthony Beck	3,774	5.4	+5.4
	National Country	Kim Ross	1,920	2.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			70,386	97.1
Informal votes			2,090	2.9
Turnout			72,476	95.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	James Porter		57.5	-5.9
	Labor	Norman Napper		42.5	+5.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.9

Elections in the 1970s

Australian federal election, 1977: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Porter	43,129	63.4	+3.9
	Labor	Neil Richardson	18,968	27.9	-1.7
	Democrats	Rodney Roberts	5,952	8.7	+8.7
Total formal votes			68,049	97.2
Informal votes			1,980	2.8
Turnout			70,029	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	James Porter		67.8	-0.5
	Labor	Rodney Roberts		32.2	+0.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.5

Australian federal election, 1975: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Porter	36,894	58.5	+10.0
	Labor	Graham Bath	19,334	30.6	-1.6
	National Country	Kenneth Williams	4,070	6.4	-5.0
	Liberal Movement	Rodney Roberts	2,176	3.4	-3.1
	Independent	Lily Bayly	630	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			63,104	98.0
Informal votes			1,305	2.0
Turnout			64,409	97.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	James Porter		67.3	+2.1
	Labor	Graham Bath		32.7	-2.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.1

Australian federal election, 1974: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Forbes	28,280	48.5	-8.4
	Labor	James Hennessy	18,765	32.2	-7.6
	Country	Malcolm Adams	6,655	11.4	+11.4
	Liberal Movement	Richard Clampett	3,811	6.5	+6.5
	Australia Party	Colyn van Reenen	542	0.9	+0.9
	Independent	Arthur Strachan	228	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			58,281	97.4
Informal votes			1,568	2.6
Turnout			59,849	96.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jim Forbes		65.2	+5.7
	Labor	James Hennessy		34.8	-5.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.7

Australian federal election, 1972: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Forbes	29,426	56.9	-0.9
	Labor	John Cornwall	20,622	39.8	-2.4
	Democratic Labor	David Le Cornu	1,705	3.3	+3.3
Total formal votes			51,753	98.2
Informal votes			928	1.8
Turnout			52,681	97.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jim Forbes		59.5	+1.7
	Labor	John Cornwall		40.5	-1.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.7

Elections in the 1960s

Australian federal election, 1969: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Forbes	27,176	57.8	-10.5
	Labor	John Cornwall	19,873	42.2	+12.1
Total formal votes			47,049	97.5
Informal votes			1,187	2.5
Turnout			48,236	96.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-10.7

Australian federal election, 1966: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Forbes	33,921	67.0	+10.2
	Labor	Norman Alcock	15,923	31.4	-9.6
	Communist	Don Jarrett	819	1.6	+1.6
Total formal votes			50,663	98.0
Informal votes			1,053	2.0
Turnout			51,716	96.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jim Forbes		67.2	+9.3
	Labor	Norman Alcock		32.8	-9.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+9.3

Australian federal election, 1963: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Forbes	26,547	56.8	+2.4
	Labor	Norman Alcock	19,168	41.0	+1.0
	Independent	Harvey Burns	1,043	2.2	+2.2
Total formal votes			46,758	98.7
Informal votes			596	1.3
Turnout			47,354	97.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jim Forbes		57.9	-0.3
	Labor	Norman Alcock		42.1	+0.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.3

Australian federal election, 1961: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Forbes	23,732	54.4	-5.9
	Labor	Norman Alcock	17,428	40.0	+4.3
	Democratic Labor	Charles Coffey	1,364	3.1	-0.9
	Independent	John Gartner	1,089	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			43,613	97.6
Informal votes			1,094	2.4
Turnout			44,707	97.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jim Forbes		58.2	-5.3
	Labor	Norman Alcock		41.8	+5.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.3

Elections in the 1950s

Australian federal election, 1958: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Forbes	25,146	60.3	-7.4
	Labor	Norman Alcock	14,860	35.7	+3.4
	Democratic Labor	Frank Marshall	1,670	4.0	+4.0
Total formal votes			41,676	98.4
Informal votes			1,107	2.6
Turnout			42,783	97.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jim Forbes		63.5	-4.2
	Labor	Norman Alcock		36.5	+4.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.2

Barker by-election, 1956
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Forbes	18,471	48.7	-19.0
	Labor	Ralph Dettman	14,454	38.1	+5.8
	Independent Liberal	William McAnaney	2,819	7.4	+7.4
	Labor (A-C)	Brian Crowe	2,207	5.8	+5.8
Total formal votes			37,951	98.0
Informal votes			771	2.0
Turnout			38,722	92.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jim Forbes	21,935	57.8	-9.9
	Labor	Ralph Dettman	16,016	42.2	+9.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-9.9

Australian federal election, 1955: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Archie Cameron	25,993	67.7	+5.5
	Labor	Ralph Dettman	12,398	32.3	-5.5
Total formal votes			38,391	96.9
Informal votes			1,214	3.1
Turnout			39,605	96.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.5

Australian federal election, 1954: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Archie Cameron	27,255	62.9	+1.5
	Labor	Ralph Dettman	16,107	37.1	+0.9
Total formal votes			43,362	98.4
Informal votes			706	1.6
Turnout			44,068	97.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.2

Australian federal election, 1951: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Forbes	25,256	61.4	-3.1
	Labor	Jim Corcoran	14,880	36.2	+3.1
	Independent	Charles Lloyd	528	1.3	+1.3
	Independent	Frank Rieck	481	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			41,145	98.1
Informal votes			794	1.9
Turnout			41,939	97.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Archie Cameron		62.7	-3.1
	Labor	Jim Corcoran		37.3	+3.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.1

Elections in the 1940s

Australian federal election, 1949: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Archie Cameron	26,034	64.5	+11.6
	Labor	John Klar	13,354	33.1	-9.6
	Independent	John Gartner	1,004	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			40,392	98.3
Informal votes			706	1.7
Turnout			41,098	97.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Archie Cameron		65.8	+10.8
	Labor	John Klar		34.2	-10.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+10.8

Australian federal election, 1946: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Archie Cameron	34,619	54.0	+13.4
	Labor	Harry Krantz	26,500	41.3	+1.3
	Independent	David Eddy	2,992	4.7	+4.7
Total formal votes			64,111	97.3
Informal votes			1,781	2.7
Turnout			65,892	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Archie Cameron		56.4	-4.7
	Labor	Harry Krantz		43.6	+4.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.7

Australian federal election, 1943: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Archie Cameron	24,616	40.6	+40.6
	Labor	Harry Krantz	24,240	40.0	+13.3
	Independent	Frank Halleday	10,508	17.3	+17.3
	Independent	John Gartner	1,222	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			60,586	97.1
Informal votes			1,816	2.9
Turnout			62,402	97.5
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Archie Cameron	31,294	51.7	+51.7
	Labor	Harry Krantz	29,292	48.3	+14.2
	United Australia gain from Country		Swing	-14.2

Australian federal election, 1940: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Archie Cameron	34,649	58.6	-5.0
	Labor	Cecil Skitch	15,786	26.7	+26.7
	Independent	Charles Lloyd	8,659	14.7	-21.7
Total formal votes			59,094	96.9
Informal votes			1,861	3.1
Turnout			60,955	96.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Archie Cameron		65.9	+2.3
	Labor	Cecil Skitch		34.1	-2.3
	Country hold		Swing	+2.3

Elections in the 1930s

Australian federal election, 1937: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Archie Cameron	35,559	63.6	+1.3
	Independent	Charles Lloyd	20,375	36.4	+36.4
Total formal votes			55,934	95.4
Informal votes			2,724	4.6
Turnout			58,658	96.9
	Country hold		Swing	-5.1

Australian federal election, 1934: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Archie Cameron	32,311	62.3	+62.3
	Labor	Cecil Skitch	12,923	24.9	+6.1
	Social Credit	John Maycock	6,598	12.7	+12.7
Total formal votes			51,832	95.1
Informal votes			2,684	4.9
Turnout			54,516	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Archie Cameron		68.7	+68.7
	Labor	Cecil Skitch		31.3	+6.4
	Country gain from United Australia		Swing	-6.4

Australian federal election, 1931: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Emergency Committee (SA)	Malcolm Cameron	50,597	64.0	+12.8
	Labor	Cyril Hasse	10,904	22.8	-26.0
	Independent	Percy Spehr	6,291	13.2	+13.2
Total formal votes			47,792	94.5
Informal votes			2,765	5.5
Turnout			50,557	96.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Emergency Committee (SA)	Malcolm Cameron		70.7	+19.5
	Labor	Cyril Hasse		29.3	-19.5
	Emergency Committee (SA) hold		Swing	+19.5

Elections in the 1920s

Australian federal election, 1929: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Malcolm Cameron	23,189	51.2	-1.4
	Labor	Frank Nieass	22,067	48.8	+48.8
Total formal votes			45,256	94.9
Informal votes			2,459	5.1
Turnout			47,715	95.6
	Nationalist hold		Swing	-1.4

Australian federal election, 1928: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Malcolm Cameron	21,883	52.6	-9.0
	Country	Ronald Hunt	19,699	47.4	+47.4
Total formal votes			41,582	90.2
Informal votes			4,523	9.8
Turnout			46,105	95.4
	Nationalist hold		Swing	-9.0

Australian federal election, 1925: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Malcolm Cameron	24,356	61.6	+61.6
	Labor	Alwyn Roberts	15,209	38.4	-4.7
Total formal votes			39,565	95.2
Informal votes			1,993	4.8
Turnout			41,558	93.7
	Nationalist gain from Liberal		Swing	+9.3

Australian federal election, 1922: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eric Shepherd	8,066	43.1	+9.4
	Liberal	Malcolm Cameron	7,861	42.0	+42.0
	Country	Ronald Hunt	2,791	14.9	+14.9
Total formal votes			18,718	92.6
Informal votes			1,491	7.4
Turnout			20,209	50.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Malcolm Cameron	9,789	52.3	+52.3
	Labor	Eric Shepherd	8,929	46.7	+11.0
	Liberal gain from Nationalist		Swing	-11.0

Elections in the 1910s

Australian federal election, 1919: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	John Livingston	13,233	60.0	-3.9
	Labor	Albert Davies	7,023	31.8	-4.3
	Independent	Alexander Williams	1,813	8.2	+8.2
Total formal votes			22,069	90.8
Informal votes			2,238	9.2
Turnout			24,307	62.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	John Livingston		64.1	+0.2
	Labor	Albert Davies		35.9	-0.2
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+0.2

Australian federal election, 1917: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	John Livingston	16,869	63.9	+7.2
	Labor	Stanley Whitford	9,522	36.1	-7.2
Total formal votes			26,391	96.6
Informal votes			938	3.4
Turnout			27,329	70.2
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+7.2

Australian federal election, 1914: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Livingston	16,866	56.7	-2.3
	Labor	William Sampson	12,876	43.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			29,742	97.3
Informal votes			814	2.7
Turnout			30,556	81.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.3

Australian federal election, 1913: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Livingston	15,590	59.0	-0.5
	Labor	William Sampson	10,849	41.0	+0.5
Total formal votes			26,439	95.0
Informal votes			1,392	5.0
Turnout			27,831	79.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.5

Australian federal election, 1910: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Livingston	9,519	59.5	+1.4
	Labour	Martin Dwyer	6,473	40.5	-1.4
Total formal votes			15,992	96.1
Informal votes			642	3.9
Turnout			16,634	55.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.4

Elections in the 1900s

Australian federal election, 1906: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Anti-Socialist	John Livingston	6,534	58.1	+58.1
	Labour	Roland Campbell	4,715	41.9	+41.9
Total formal votes			11,249	95.3
Informal votes			559	4.7
Turnout			11,808	44.2
	Anti-Socialist gain from Protectionist		Swing	+58.1

Australian federal election, 1903: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Sir Langdon Bonython	unopposed
	Protectionist win		(new division)

References

• Australian Electoral Commission. Federal Election results
• Carr, Adam. Psephos