Electoral results for the Division of Boothby

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

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Lee Batchelor	Labor	1903–1911
	David Gordon	Commonwealth Liberal	1911–1913
	George Dankel	Labor	1913–1916
		Nationalist	1916–1917
	William Story	Nationalist	1917–1922
	Jack Duncan-Hughes	Liberal Union	1922–1925
		Nationalist	1925–1928
	John Price	Labor	1928–1931
		United Australia	1931–1941
	Grenfell Price	United Australia	1941–1943
	Thomas Sheehy	Labor	1943–1949
	John McLeay, Sr.	Liberal	1949–1966
	John McLeay, Jr.	Liberal	1966–1981
	Steele Hall	Liberal	1981–1996
	Andrew Southcott	Liberal	1996–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Australian federal election, 2013: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrew Southcott	47,484	50.35	+6.08
	Labor	Annabel Digance	29,018	30.77	−4.81
	Greens	Stephen Thomas	11,287	11.97	−1.46
	Family First	Natasha Edmonds	3,683	3.91	+1.09
	Palmer United	Sally Cox	2,835	3.01	+3.01
Total formal votes			94,307	96.52	+1.24
Informal votes			3,400	3.48	−1.24
Turnout			97,707	93.92	+1.96
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Andrew Southcott	53,866	57.12	+6.50
	Labor	Annabel Digance	40,441	42.88	−6.50
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.50

Australian federal election, 2010: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrew Southcott	38,248	44.81	-1.44
	Labor	Annabel Digance	30,515	35.75	+1.63
	Greens	Fiona Blinco	11,305	13.24	+3.02
	Family First	Meredith Resce	2,120	2.48	+0.04
	Independent	Ray McGhee	1,689	1.98	-2.93
	Democrats	Thomas Salerno	517	0.61	-0.93
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Noack	339	0.40	+0.23
	Climate Sceptics	Stephen Skillitzi	316	0.37	+0.37
	Secular	Avi Chapman	310	0.36	+0.36
Total formal votes			85,359	95.37	-1.76
Informal votes			4,148	4.63	+1.76
Turnout			89,507	91.43	-4.25
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Andrew Southcott	43,317	50.75	-2.18
	Labor	Annabel Digance	42,042	49.25	+2.18
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.18

Elections in the 2000s

Australian federal election, 2007: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrew Southcott	41,343	46.25	-4.37
	Labor	Nicole Cornes	30,501	34.12	-1.72
	Greens	Jodi Kirkby	9,137	10.22	+3.11
	Independent	Ray McGhee	4,390	4.91	+4.91
	Family First	Andrew Cole	2,183	2.44	-0.54
	Democrats	Craig Bossie	1,380	1.54	-0.49
	One Nation	Barbara Pannach	309	0.35	-0.32
	Liberty & Democracy	David Humphreys	154	0.17	+0.17
Total formal votes			89,397	97.13	+1.54
Informal votes			2,639	2.87	-1.54
Turnout			92,036	95.64	+1.05
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Andrew Southcott	47,322	52.93	-2.44
	Labor	Nicole Cornes	42,075	47.07	+2.44
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.44

Australian federal election, 2004: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrew Southcott	43,640	50.62	+2.48
	Labor	Chloë Fox	30,893	35.84	+9.92
	Greens	Adrian Miller	6,131	7.11	+3.93
	Family First	Paul Munn	2,571	2.98	+2.98
	Democrats	Robert Simms	1,746	2.03	-16.89
	Independent	Paul Starling	646	0.75	+0.21
	One Nation	Clarke Staker	581	0.67	-1.95
Total formal votes			86,208	95.59	+0.13
Informal votes			3,976	4.41	-0.13
Turnout			90,184	94.59	-1.38
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Andrew Southcott	47,730	55.37	-2.00
	Labor	Chloë Fox	38,478	44.63	+2.00
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.00

Australian federal election, 2001: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrew Southcott	39,258	47.93	-0.53
	Labor	Jim Murphy	20,976	25.61	-4.82
	Democrats	Jo Pride	15,951	19.47	+5.92
	Greens	Michelle Drummond	2,516	3.07	+3.07
	One Nation	Daniel Piechnick	2,151	2.63	-4.13
	Independent	Paul Starling	468	0.57	+0.57
	Independent	Jack King	441	0.54	+0.54
		William Manfield	154	0.19	+0.19
Total formal votes			81,915	95.50	-1.47
Informal votes			3,864	4.50	+1.47
Turnout			85,779	95.99
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Andrew Southcott	46,982	57.35	-0.26
	Labor	Jim Murphy	34,933	42.65	+0.26
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.26

Elections in the 1990s

Australian federal election, 1998: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrew Southcott	36,435	48.22	-5.13
	Labor	Jo Chesson	23,547	31.16	+1.71
	Democrats	Don Gilbert	9,821	13.00	-0.66
	One Nation	Trevor Whittaker	5,213	6.90	+6.90
	Natural Law	Bevan Morris	544	0.72	+0.03
Total formal votes			75,560	96.95	-0.32
Informal votes			2,380	3.05	+0.32
Turnout			77,940	95.80	+0.09
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Andrew Southcott	43,406	57.45	-4.16
	Labor	Jo Chesson	32,154	42.55	+4.16
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.16

Australian federal election, 1996: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrew Southcott	40,487	53.35	+0.47
	Labor	Jeremy Gaynor	22,350	29.45	-4.22
	Democrats	Janet Martin	10,367	13.66	+4.08
	Greens	Mark Parnell	2,159	2.85	+2.85
	Natural Law	Bevan Morris	521	0.69	-1.41
Total formal votes			75,884	97.27	-0.10
Informal votes			2,131	2.73	+0.10
Turnout			78,015	95.71	+0.44
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Andrew Southcott	46,428	61.60	+3.80
	Labor	Jeremy Gaynor	28,941	38.40	-3.80
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.80

Australian federal election, 1993: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Steele Hall	41,708	52.88	+7.89
	Labor	Cathy Orr	26,556	33.67	+1.63
	Democrats	David Thackrah	7,560	9.59	-9.36
	Natural Law	Bevan Morris	1,650	2.09	+2.09
	Independent	Reg Macey	1,399	1.77	+1.77
Total formal votes			78,873	97.37	+0.12
Informal votes			2,129	2.63	-0.12
Turnout			81,002	95.27
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Steele Hall	45,557	57.80	+3.29
	Labor	Cathy Orr	33,266	42.20	-3.29
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.29

Australian federal election, 1990: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Steele Hall	36,010	51.4	-2.7
	Labor	Michael Keenan	18,404	26.3	-5.8
	Democrats	Margaret-Ann Williams	12,796	18.3	+8.3
	Call to Australia	Bruce Byrne	1,515	2.2	+2.2
	Independent	Colin Banks	1,300	1.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			70,025	97.7
Informal votes			1,661	2.3
Turnout			71,686	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Steele Hall	42,209	60.7	-0.9
	Labor	Michael Keenan	27,421	39.3	+0.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.9

Elections in the 1980s

Australian federal election, 1987: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Steele Hall	35,150	54.1	-0.1
	Labor	Jayne Taylor	20,837	32.1	-2.9
	Democrats	Margaret-Ann Williams	6,523	10.0	+0.2
	National	Clarrie Dietman	1,930	3.0	+2.1
	Unite Australia	Kevin Angove	494	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			64,934	95.4
Informal votes			3,135	4.6
Turnout			68,069	93.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Steele Hall	40,004	61.6	+2.4
	Labor	Jayne Taylor	24,915	38.4	-2.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.4

Australian federal election, 1984: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Steele Hall	33,640	54.2	+0.7
	Labor	Bruce Whyatt	21,736	35.0	-0.6
	Democrats	Margaret-Ann Williams	6,064	9.8	-1.1
	National	Douglas Lindley	585	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			62,025	94.7
Informal votes			3,472	5.3
Turnout			65,497	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Steele Hall	36,724	59.2	+0.7
	Labor	Bruce Whyatt	25,292	40.8	-0.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.7

Australian federal election, 1983: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Steele Hall	42,676	55.1	-1.1
	Labor	Bruce Whyatt	26,343	34.0	+4.3
	Democrats	John Coulter	8,424	10.9	-2.2
Total formal votes			77,443	98.3
Informal votes			1,332	1.7
Turnout			78,775	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Steele Hall		60.1	-2.5
	Labor	Bruce Whyatt		39.9	+2.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.5

Boothby by-election, 1981
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Steele Hall	36,406	56.7	+0.5
	Labor	Bruce Whyatt	17,108	26.6	-3.0
	Democrats	Robert Hercus	9,188	14.3	+1.2
	Independent	Alf Gard	555	0.9	+0.9
	Unemployed Workers	David Arkins	544	0.8	+0.8
	Prog. Conservative	John Herreen	398	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			64,199	97.7
Informal votes			1,480	2.3
Turnout			65,679	81.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Steele Hall		64.0	+1.4
	Labor	Bruce Whyatt	27,108	36.0	-1.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.4

Australian federal election, 1980: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John McLeay	41,542	56.2	-1.2
	Labor	Bruce Whyatt	22,001	29.7	+3.9
	Democrats	Martin Holt	9,664	13.1	-3.7
	Prog. Conservative	James Russell	762	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			73,969	98.1
Informal votes			1,408	1.9
Turnout			75,377	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John McLeay		62.6	-3.2
	Labor	Bruce Whyatt		37.4	+3.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.2

Elections in the 1970s

Australian federal election, 1977: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John McLeay	40,358	57.4	-3.5
	Labor	Mark Pickhaver	18,117	25.8	-2.2
	Democrats	George Nimmo	11,795	16.8	+16.8
Total formal votes			70,270	97.7
Informal votes			1,627	2.3
Turnout			71,897	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John McLeay		65.8	-3.5
	Labor	Mark Pickhaver		34.2	+3.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.5

Australian federal election, 1975: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John McLeay	34,664	58.1	+13.0
	Labor	Mark Pickhaver	18,376	30.8	-3.6
	Liberal Movement	Peter Berman	6,172	10.4	-7.6
	Independent	Alexander Hunter	408	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			59,620	98.2
Informal votes			1,081	1.8
Turnout			60,701	96.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John McLeay		66.5	+5.4
	Labor	Mark Pickhaver		33.5	-5.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.4

Australian federal election, 1974: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John McLeay	26,193	45.1	-7.3
	Labor	John Trainer	19,993	34.4	-3.7
	Liberal Movement	Peter Berman	10,477	18.0	+18.0
	Australia Party	Colin Miller	1,423	2.4	-3.2
Total formal votes			58,086	97.9
Informal votes			1,259	2.1
Turnout			59,345	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John McLeay	35,469	61.1	+4.1
	Labor	John Trainer	22,617	38.9	-4.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.1

Australian federal election, 1972: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John McLeay	28,523	52.4	-1.1
	Labor	Anne Levy	20,583	38.1	+0.1
	Australia Party	Richard Llewellyn	3,050	5.6	+3.0
	Democratic Labor	Ted Farrell	2,086	3.9	-0.1
Total formal votes			54,042	98.1
Informal votes			1,034	1.9
Turnout			55,076	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John McLeay		57.0	-1.9
	Labor	Anne Levy		43.0	+1.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.9

Elections in the 1960s

Australian federal election, 1969: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John McLeay	27,308	53.5	-12.4
	Labor	Chris Sumner	19,391	38.0	+9.3
	Democratic Labor	Ted Farrell	2,056	4.0	-1.4
	Australia Party	Frederick Thompson	1,317	2.6	+2.6
	Independent	Valerie Lillington	1,014	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			51,086	96.5
Informal votes			1,857	3.5
Turnout			52,943	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John McLeay		58.9	-11.5
	Labor	Chris Sumner		41.1	+11.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	-11.5

Australian federal election, 1966: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John McLeay	28,187	65.4	+10.3
	Labor	Thomas Sheehy	12,586	29.2	-11.6
	Democratic Labor	Ted Farrell	2,315	5.4	+1.2
Total formal votes			43,088	98.1
Informal votes			826	1.9
Turnout			43,914	95.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John McLeay		69.9	+11.4
	Labor	Thomas Sheehy		30.1	-11.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+11.4

Australian federal election, 1963: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John McLeay	23,309	55.1	+3.7
	Labor	Ronald Basten	17,248	40.8	-1.3
	Democratic Labor	Ted Farrell	1,760	4.2	-2.3
Total formal votes			42,317	98.5
Informal votes			647	1.5
Turnout			42,964	95.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John McLeay		58.5	+1.9
	Labor	Ronald Basten		41.5	-1.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.9

Australian federal election, 1961: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John McLeay	20,976	51.4	-4.2
	Labor	Ronald Basten	17,206	42.1	+5.0
	Democratic Labor	Ted Farrell	2,660	6.5	-0.7
Total formal votes			40,842	97.1
Informal votes			1,208	2.9
Turnout			42,050	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John McLeay		56.6	-4.8
	Labor	Ronald Basten		43.4	+4.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.8

Elections in the 1950s

Australian federal election, 1958: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John McLeay	22,401	55.6	-0.6
	Labor	Ralph Dettman	14,958	37.1	+1.5
	Democratic Labor	George Hodgson	2,907	7.2	-1.0
Total formal votes			40,266	97.0
Informal votes			1,244	3.0
Turnout			41,510	96.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John McLeay		61.4	-1.4
	Labor	Ralph Dettman		38.6	+1.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.4

Australian federal election, 1955: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John McLeay	22,538	56.2	+2.5
	Labor	Rex Mathews	14,291	35.6	-10.7
	Labor (A-C)	John Sutherland	3,298	8.2	+8.2
Total formal votes			40,127	96.3
Informal votes			1,501	3.7
Turnout			41,628	96.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John McLeay		62.8	+9.1
	Labor	Rex Mathews		37.2	-9.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+9.1

Australian federal election, 1954: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John McLeay	22,263	58.3	-2.8
	Labor	Rex Mathews	15,930	41.7	+2.8
Total formal votes			38,193	98.5
Informal votes			589	1.5
Turnout			38,782	96.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.8

Australian federal election, 1951: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John McLeay	24,644	61.1	-0.2
	Labor	Len Wright	15,714	38.9	+0.2
Total formal votes			40,358	98.1
Informal votes			786	1.9
Turnout			41,144	96.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.2

Elections in the 1940s

Australian federal election, 1949: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John McLeay	24,897	61.3	+9.3
	Labor	Ralph Wells	15,714	38.7	-9.3
Total formal votes			40,611	97.9
Informal votes			886	2.1
Turnout			41,497	96.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+9.3

Australian federal election, 1946: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Sheehy	39,724	51.8	+9.5
	Liberal	Keith Wilson	36,941	48.2	+3.2
Total formal votes			76,665	97.2
Informal votes			2,169	2.8
Turnout			78,834	95.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.9

Australian federal election, 1943: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Grenfell Price	32,869	45.0	-12.4
	Labor	Thomas Sheehy	30,896	42.3	+14.3
	Communist	Alan Finger	6,986	9.6	+9.6
	Constructive Democrat	John Turner	2,331	3.2	+3.2
Total formal votes			73,082	96.6
Informal votes			2,597	3.4
Turnout			75,679	97.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Thomas Sheehy	37,190	50.9	+16.1
	United Australia	Grenfell Price	35,892	39.1	-16.1
	Labor gain from United Australia		Swing	+16.1

Boothby by-election, 1941
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Grenfell Price	36,624	56.6	-0.8
	Labor	Tom Lawton	28,041	43.4	+15.4
Total formal votes			64,665	97.9
Informal votes			1,378	2.1
Turnout			66,043	90.6
	United Australia hold		Swing	-8.6

Australian federal election, 1940: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	John Price	37,219	57.4	+5.5
	Labor	Edwin Yates	18,131	28.0	-5.0
	Independent	William Adey	9,479	14.6	+14.6
Total formal votes			64,829	96.6
Informal votes			2,279	3.4
Turnout			67,108	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	John Price		65.2	+5.0
	Labor	Edwin Yates		34.8	-5.0
	United Australia hold		Swing	+5.0

Elections in the 1930s

Australian federal election, 1937: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	John Price	31,362	51.9	-9.1
	Labor	Kevin McEntee	12,077	20.0	+7.1
	Independent	William Hardy	9,136	15.1	+15.1
	Labor	Leonard Pilton	7,859	13.0	+13.0
Total formal votes			60,434	94.0
Informal votes			3,831	6.0
Turnout			64,265	96.4
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	John Price		59.8	-5.9
	Labor	Kevin McEntee		40.2	+5.9
	United Australia hold		Swing	-5.9

Australian federal election, 1934: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	John Price	20,504	36.9	-6.8
	Labor	David Fraser	14,427	25.9	+1.1
	United Australia	Keith Wilson	13,404	24.1	+24.1
	Social Credit	Norman Truscott	3,293	5.9	+5.9
	Independent	Charles Barnard	2,953	5.3	+5.3
	Independent	James Lumbers	1,052	1.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			55,633	92.3
Informal votes			4,359	7.3
Turnout			59,992	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	John Price	36,526	65.7	-6.7
	Labor	David Fraser	19,107	34.3	+6.7
	United Australia hold		Swing	-6.7

Australian federal election, 1931: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Emergency Committee (SA)	John Price	30,440	68.5	+24.1
	Labor	Cecil Skitch	10,016	22.5	-33.1
	Single Tax League	Sam Lindsay	3,978	9.0	+9.0
Total formal votes			44,434	94.6
Informal votes			2,530	5.4
Turnout			46,964	96.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Emergency Committee (SA)	John Price		74.0	+29.6
	Labor	Cecil Skitch		26.0	-29.6
	Emergency Committee (SA) gain from Labor		Swing	+29.6

Elections in the 1920s

Australian federal election, 1929: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Price	24,841	55.6	+5.5
	Nationalist	Bill McCann	19,847	44.4	-5.5
Total formal votes			44,688	96.7
Informal votes			1,548	3.3
Turnout			46,236	93.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.5

Australian federal election, 1928: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Price	20,666	50.1	+7.7
	Nationalist	Jack Duncan-Hughes	20,582	49.9	-7.7
Total formal votes			41,248	91.4
Informal votes			3,886	8.6
Turnout			45,134	93.8
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing	+7.7

Australian federal election, 1925: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Jack Duncan-Hughes	23,602	57.6	+36.4
	Labor	Harry Kneebone	17,409	42.4	+3.0
Total formal votes			41,011	96.5
Informal votes			1,483	3.5
Turnout			42,494	93.8
	Nationalist gain from Liberal		Swing	+2.9

Australian federal election, 1922: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jack Duncan-Hughes	7,793	39.5	+39.5
	Labor	Harry Kneebone	7,775	39.4	+5.3
	Nationalist	William Story	4,179	21.2	-44.7
Total formal votes			19,747	93.3
Informal votes			1,411	6.7
Turnout			21,158	53.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jack Duncan-Hughes	10,804	54.7	+54.7
	Labor	Harry Kneebone	8,943	45.3	+11.2
	Liberal gain from Nationalist		Swing	-11.2

Elections in the 1910s

Australian federal election, 1919: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	William Story	18,501	63.5	-1.0
	Labor	Stanley Whitford	8,872	30.4	-5.1
	Independent	George Illingworth	1,779	6.1	+6.1
Total formal votes			29,152	92.6
Informal votes			2,341	7.4
Turnout			31,493	67.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	William Story		66.6	+2.1
	Labor	Stanley Whitford		33.4	-2.1
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+2.1

Australian federal election, 1917: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	William Story	21,293	64.5	+19.8
	Labor	John Gunn	11,700	35.5	-19.8
Total formal votes			32,993	96.9
Informal votes			1,067	3.1
Turnout			34,060	74.1
	Nationalist gain from Labor		Swing	+19.8

Australian federal election, 1914: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Dankel	18,822	55.3	+2.3
	Liberal	Samuel Hunt	15,227	44.7	-2.3
Total formal votes			34,049	97.8
Informal votes			755	2.2
Turnout			34,804	81.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.3

Australian federal election, 1913: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Dankel	16,976	53.0	-13.8
	Liberal	David Gordon	15,035	47.0	+13.8
Total formal votes			32,011	96.5
Informal votes			1,158	3.5
Turnout			33,169	80.5
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	-10.8

Boothby by-election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Gordon	10,656	57.1	+57.1
	Labour	James Jelley	8,008	42.9	-20.9
Total formal votes			18,664	99.8
Informal votes			38	0.2
Turnout			18,702	52.8
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

Australian federal election, 1910: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lee Batchelor	9,786	63.8	-36.2
	Independent Liberal	Paris Nesbit	5,546	36.2	+36.2
Total formal votes			15,332	91.8
Informal votes			1,367	8.2
Turnout			16,699	55.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-36.2

Elections in the 1900s

Australian federal election, 1906: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lee Batchelor	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Australian federal election, 1903: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lee Batchelor	5,775	54.6	+54.6
	Free Trade	Vaiben Louis Solomon	4,802	45.4	+45.4
Total formal votes			10,577	97.5
Informal votes			276	2.5
Turnout			10,853	43.1
	Labour win		(new division)

References

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