Electoral results for the Division of Corio

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Corio in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1901 until the present.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Richard Crouch	Protectionist	1901–1909
		Commonwealth Liberal	1909–1910
	Alfred Ozanne	Labor	1910–1913
	William Kendell	Commonwealth Liberal	1913–1914
	Alfred Ozanne	Labor	1914–1917
	John Lister	Nationalist	1917–1929
	Arthur Lewis	Labor	1929–1931
	Richard Casey	United Australia	1931–1940
	John Dedman	Labor	1940–1949
	Hubert Opperman	Liberal	1949–1967
	Gordon Scholes	Labor	1967–1993
	Gavan O'Connor	Labor	1993–2007
		Independent	2007–2007
	Richard Marles	Labor	2007–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Australian federal election, 2013: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Richard Marles	39,267	43.51	−7.44
	Liberal	Peter Read	31,768	35.20	+3.31
	Greens	Greg Lacey	6,593	7.31	−5.06
	Palmer United	Tony Harrington	5,122	5.68	+5.68
	Sex Party	Justine Martin	2,492	2.76	+2.76
	Independent	Stephanie Asher	1,958	2.17	+2.17
	Family First	Brendan Fenn	1,461	1.62	−1.94
	Socialist Alliance	Sue Bull	679	0.75	−0.35
	Christians	Patrick Atherton	549	0.61	+0.61
	Rise Up Australia	Yann Legrand	364	0.40	+0.40
Total formal votes			90,253	94.70	−0.84
Informal votes			5,049	5.30	+0.84
Turnout			95,302	94.21	+0.13
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Richard Marles	52,117	57.75	−5.72
	Liberal	Peter Read	38,136	42.25	+5.72
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.72

Australian federal election, 2010: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Richard Marles	42,578	51.51	+6.02
	Liberal	Don Gibson	25,729	31.13	+1.52
	Greens	Gavin Brown	10,355	12.53	+6.62
	Family First	Scott Amberley	3,028	3.66	-0.30
	Socialist Alliance	Sue Bull	971	1.17	+0.77
Total formal votes			82,661	95.49	-0.78
Informal votes			3,905	4.51	+0.78
Turnout			86,566	94.12	-1.30
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Richard Marles	53,083	64.22	+5.29
	Liberal	Don Gibson	29,578	35.78	-5.29
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.29

Elections in the 2000s

Australian federal election, 2007: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Richard Marles	37,778	45.49	-1.19
	Liberal	Angelo Kakouros	24,591	29.61	-10.68
	Independent	Gavan O'Connor	10,530	12.68	+12.68
	Greens	Rob Leach	4,910	5.91	+0.00
	Family First	Gordon Alderson	3,291	3.96	+1.37
	Liberty & Democracy	Darrin Welden	791	0.95	+0.95
	Democrats	Erica Menheere-Thompson	628	0.76	+0.76
	Socialist Alliance	Chris Johnson	332	0.40	-0.23
	CEC	Ross Russell	190	0.23	-0.08
Total formal votes			83,041	96.27	+0.65
Informal votes			3,213	3.73	-0.65
Turnout			86,254	95.36	+0.33
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Richard Marles	48,939	58.93	+3.29
	Liberal	Angelo Kakouros	34,102	41.07	-3.29
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.29

Australian federal election, 2004: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gavan O'Connor	37,405	46.68	-1.87
	Liberal	Bruce King	32,289	40.29	+3.91
	Greens	Brett Constable	4,733	5.91	+1.55
	Independent	Steve Malesic	2,877	3.59	+3.59
	Family First	Gordon Alderson	2,077	2.59	+2.59
	Socialist Alliance	Tim Gooden	505	0.63	+0.63
	CEC	Steven Bird	251	0.31	+0.09
Total formal votes			80,137	95.62	+0.70
Informal votes			3,667	4.38	-0.70
Turnout			83,804	95.03	-1.11
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gavan O'Connor	44,588	55.64	-2.87
	Liberal	Bruce King	35,549	44.36	+2.87
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.87

Australian federal election, 2001: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gavan O'Connor	38,021	48.75	-2.07
	Liberal	Steve Malesic	28,254	36.22	+2.58
	Democrats	Erica Menheere-Thompson	5,388	6.91	+1.18
	Greens	Catherine Johnson	3,388	4.34	+4.34
	One Nation	Herbert Tirkot	1,420	1.82	-3.25
		Tim Gooden	698	0.89	+0.89
		Cheryl Fairbrother	653	0.84	+0.84
	CEC	Gareth Hill	176	0.23	+0.23
Total formal votes			77,998	94.91	-1.89
Informal votes			4,185	5.09	+1.89
Turnout			82,183	96.47
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gavan O'Connor	45,787	58.70	-2.66
	Liberal	Steve Malesic	32,211	41.30	+2.66
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.66

Elections in the 1990s

Australian federal election, 1998: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gavan O'Connor	38,608	50.82	+0.06
	Liberal	Dennis Jensen	25,561	33.64	-5.93
	Democrats	Andre Csausov	4,352	5.73	-2.04
	One Nation	Robert Grant	3,854	5.07	+5.07
	Progressive Labour	Therese Self	3,116	4.10	+4.10
	Unity	Michael Garbutcheon Singh	486	0.64	+0.64
Total formal votes			75,977	96.79	-0.18
Informal votes			2,516	3.21	+0.18
Turnout			78,493	95.64	-1.05
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gavan O'Connor	46,618	61.36	+4.56
	Liberal	Dennis Jensen	29,359	38.64	-4.56
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.56

Australian federal election, 1996: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gavan O'Connor	38,656	50.76	-3.54
	Liberal	Srechko Kontelj	30142	39.58	+1.87
	Democrats	Gerald Desmarais	5,919	7.77	+3.08
	Natural Law	Robert Nieuwenhuis	1,443	1.89	+1.25
Total formal votes			76,160	96.67	-0.11
Informal votes			2,378	3.03	+0.11
Turnout			78,538	96.68	+0.20
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gavan O'Connor	43,112	56.80	-2.03
	Liberal	Srechko Kontelj	32,788	43.20	+2.03
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.03

Australian federal election, 1993: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gavan O'Connor	38,133	52.84	+8.90
	Liberal	John Tol	28,063	38.88	+0.56
	Democrats	Mike Martorana	3,559	4.93	-5.40
	Independent	Aidan Bell	1,076	1.49	+1.49
	Call to Australia	Ian Winter	889	1.23	-2.46
	Natural Law	Carol Smith	450	0.62	+0.62
Total formal votes			72,170	97.10	+0.86
Informal votes			2,159	2.90	-0.86
Turnout			74,329	95.49
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gavan O'Connor	41,255	57.19	+2.97
	Liberal	John Tol	30,880	42.81	-2.97
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.97

Australian federal election, 1990: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gordon Scholes	30,419	43.9	-8.2
	Liberal	Adrienne Edgar	26,534	38.3	+2.9
	Democrats	Donal Storey	7,153	10.3	+4.2
	Call to Australia	Ian Winter	2,555	3.7	+3.7
	Independent	Horst Pfeifer	1,978	2.9	+2.9
	Independent	Bruce Tanner	594	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			69,233	96.2
Informal votes			2,712	3.8
Turnout			71,945	95.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gordon Scholes	37,428	54.2	-5.9
	Liberal	Adrienne Edgar	31,606	45.8	+5.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.9

Elections in the 1980s

Australian federal election, 1987: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gordon Scholes	34,064	54.9	-4.3
	Liberal	Patrick Conheady	20,220	32.6	-1.1
	Democrats	Greta Pearce	3,775	6.1	+3.1
	Independent	Danielle Dixon	2,602	4.2	+4.2
	Independent	Tom Davies	1,378	2.2	+2.2
Total formal votes			62,039	94.4
Informal votes			3,688	5.6
Turnout			65,727	96.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gordon Scholes	39,026	62.9	+0.5
	Liberal	Patrick Conheady	23,004	37.1	-0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.5

Australian federal election, 1984: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gordon Scholes	35,042	59.2	-1.8
	Liberal	Roger Phipps	19,927	33.7	-0.4
	Democrats	Greta Pearce	1,788	3.0	-1.8
	National	James King	1,198	2.0	+2.0
	Democratic Labor	Louise Sharah	865	1.5	+1.5
	Independent	Ian Green	368	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			59,188	90.5
Informal votes			6,208	9.5
Turnout			65,396	96.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gordon Scholes	36,920	62.4	-1.5
	Liberal	Roger Phipps	22,258	37.6	+1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.5

Australian federal election, 1983: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gordon Scholes	43,016	60.1	+3.5
	Liberal	Kent Henderson	25,075	35.0	-0.2
	Democrats	Guenter Sahr	3,452	4.8	-0.1
Total formal votes			71,543	98.0
Informal votes			1,429	2.0
Turnout			72,972	96.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gordon Scholes		63.0	+3.2
	Liberal	Kent Henderson		37.0	-3.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.2

Australian federal election, 1980: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gordon Scholes	39,138	56.6	+8.2
	Liberal	Mieczyslaw Parks	24,051	34.8	-5.5
	Democrats	Reginald Sweeten	3,418	4.9	-2.4
	Democratic Labor	James Jordan	2,528	3.7	-0.4
Total formal votes			69,135	97.5
Informal votes			1,781	2.5
Turnout			70,916	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gordon Scholes		59.8	+6.9
	Liberal	Mieczyslaw Parks		40.2	-6.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.9

Elections in the 1970s

Australian federal election, 1977: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gordon Scholes	31,612	48.4	-0.6
	Liberal	Clive Bubb	26,330	40.3	-5.9
	Democrats	Guenter Sahr	4,740	7.3	+7.3
	Democratic Labor	James Jordan	2,685	4.1	+0.2
Total formal votes			65,367	97.3
Informal votes			1,794	2.7
Turnout			67,161	96.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gordon Scholes	34,588	52.9	+2.9
	Liberal	Clive Bubb	30,779	47.1	-2.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.9

Australian federal election, 1975: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gordon Scholes	30,688	49.0	-5.7
	Liberal	Gordon Hall	28,907	46.2	+7.0
	Democratic Labor	John Timberlake	2,425	3.9	-0.7
	Australia Party	Guenter Sahr	604	1.0	-0.4
Total formal votes			62,624	98.0
Informal votes			1,298	2.0
Turnout			63,922	95.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gordon Scholes	31,322	50.0	-6.0
	Liberal	Gordon Hall	31,302	50.0	+6.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-6.0

Australian federal election, 1974: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gordon Scholes	33,029	54.7	-1.9
	Liberal	Gordon Hall	23,680	39.2	+4.8
	Democratic Labor	John Timberlake	2,771	4.6	-4.4
	Australia Party	Guenter Sahr	860	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			60,340	98.0
Informal votes			1,231	2.0
Turnout			61,571	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gordon Scholes		56.0	-1.5
	Liberal	Gordon Hall		44.0	+1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.5

Australian federal election, 1972: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gordon Scholes	29,942	56.6	+6.1
	Liberal	John Pawson	18,174	34.4	+0.0
	Democratic Labor	John Timberlake	4,776	9.0	-0.5
Total formal votes			52,892	98.0
Informal votes			1,081	2.0
Turnout			53,973	95.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gordon Scholes		57.5	+3.7
	Liberal	John Pawson		42.5	-3.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.7

Elections in the 1960s

Australian federal election, 1969: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gordon Scholes	24,917	50.5	+8.1
	Liberal	Charles Malpas	16,989	34.4	-9.4
	Democratic Labor	John Timberlake	4,680	9.5	-1.4
	Independent	Stuart Harris	1,773	3.6	+3.6
	Independent	Elsie Brushfield	1,013	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			49,372	96.8
Informal votes			1,623	3.2
Turnout			50,995	96.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gordon Scholes		53.8	+10.0
	Liberal	Charles Malpas		46.2	-10.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.0

Corio by-election, 1967
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gordon Scholes	25,679	50.3	+11.1
	Liberal	Ronald Hay	18,583	36.4	-8.9
	Democratic Labor	Patrick Bourke	5,418	10.6	-0.2
	Liberal Reform Group	George Jones	923	1.8	-0.3
	Independent	Mabel Cardinal	486	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			51,089	98.0
Informal votes			1,038	2.0
Turnout			52,127	93.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gordon Scholes		53.1	+11.0
	Liberal	Ronald Hay		46.9	-11.0
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+11.0

Australian federal election, 1966: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hubert Opperman	22,519	45.3	+1.3
	Labor	Gordon Scholes	19,478	39.2	-6.4
	Democratic Labor	James Mahoney	5,369	10.8	+0.4
	Independent	Elsie Brushfield	1,262	2.5	+2.5
	Liberal Reform Group	William Dobell	1,044	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			49,672	96.2
Informal votes			1,940	3.8
Turnout			51,612	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Hubert Opperman	28,767	57.9	+4.6
	Labor	Gordon Scholes	20,905	42.1	-4.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.6

Australian federal election, 1963: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Hawke	21,933	45.6	+3.7
	Liberal	Hubert Opperman	21,185	44.0	+0.7
	Democratic Labor	James Mahoney	5,004	10.4	-4.5
Total formal votes			48,122	99.0
Informal votes			509	1.0
Turnout			48,631	96.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Hubert Opperman	25,666	53.3	-3.1
	Labor	Bob Hawke	22,456	46.7	+3.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.1

Australian federal election, 1961: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hubert Opperman	19,790	43.3	-3.9
	Labor	Lindsay Romey	19,149	41.9	+3.0
	Democratic Labor	James Mahoney	6,791	14.9	+1.0
Total formal votes			45,730	98.1
Informal votes			864	1.9
Turnout			46,594	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Hubert Opperman	25,810	56.4	-0.3
	Labor	Lindsay Romey	19,920	43.6	+0.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.3

Elections in the 1950s

Australian federal election, 1958: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hubert Opperman	20,019	47.2	-2.1
	Labor	Bernard O'Leary	16,508	38.9	-2.1
	Democratic Labor	James Mahoney	5,920	13.9	+4.2
Total formal votes			42,447	98.3
Informal votes			717	1.7
Turnout			43,164	95.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Hubert Opperman	24,065	56.7	-0.5
	Labor	Bernard O'Leary	18,382	43.3	+0.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.5

Australian federal election, 1955: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hubert Opperman	19,959	49.3	-0.5
	Labor	Charles Loader	16,632	41.0	-9.2
	Labor (A-C)	Francis Singleton	3,929	9.7	+9.7
Total formal votes			40,520	98.4
Informal votes			657	1.6
Turnout			41,177	93.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Hubert Opperman	23,182	57.2	+7.4
	Labor	Charles Loader	17,338	42.8	-7.4
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	-5.9

Australian federal election, 1954: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hubert Opperman	22,703	51.4	+1.2
	Labor	John Dedman	21,487	48.6	-1.2
Total formal votes			44,190	99.3
Informal votes			308	0.7
Turnout			44,498	95.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.2

Australian federal election, 1951: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hubert Opperman	20,731	50.2	-0.1
	Labor	John Dedman	20,592	49.8	+0.1
Total formal votes			41,323	99.1
Informal votes			368	0.9
Turnout			41,691	96.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.1

Elections in the 1940s

Australian federal election, 1949: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hubert Opperman	20,018	50.3	+7.4
	Labor	John Dedman	19,783	49.7	-6.2
Total formal votes			39,801	99.2
Informal votes			316	0.8
Turnout			40,117	96.2
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+6.7

Australian federal election, 1946: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Dedman	34,330	56.4	+4.1
	Liberal	Frederick Wallace	25,546	42.0	+24.5
	Independent	Winifred West	968	1.6	+1.6
Total formal votes			60,844	98.6
Informal votes			838	1.4
Turnout			61,682	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Dedman		57.2	+2.4
	Liberal	Frederick Wallace		42.8	+42.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.4

Australian federal election, 1943: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Dedman	30,578	52.3	-0.3
	Independent	Neil Freeman	16,013	27.4	+27.4
	United Australia	Rupert Curnow	10,255	17.5	-22.4
	Progressive	James Baker	1,589	2.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			58,435	98.5
Informal votes			908	1.5
Turnout			59,343	97.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Dedman		54.8	-1.6
	Independent	Neil Freeman		45.2	+45.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.6

Australian federal election, 1940: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Dedman	28,056	52.6	+9.1
	United Australia	Gerald Patterson	21,271	39.9	-16.6
	Independent	Harry Lyall	4,033	7.6	+7.6
Total formal votes			53,360	99.1
Informal votes			501	0.9
Turnout			53,861	96.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Dedman		56.4	+12.9
	United Australia	Gerald Patterson		43.6	-12.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+12.9

Corio by-election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Dedman	26,122	51.8	+8.3
	United Australia	James Smith	22,878	45.3	-11.2
	Communist	Gerry O'Day	1,466	2.9	+2.9
Total formal votes			50,466	98.5
Informal votes			786	1.5
Turnout			51,252	93.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Dedman		54.4	+10.9
	United Australia	James Smith		45.6	-10.9
	Labor gain from United Australia		Swing	+10.9

Elections in the 1930s

Australian federal election, 1937: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Richard Casey	28,845	56.5	-1.5
	Labor	Leo Carmody	22,170	43.5	+4.1
Total formal votes			51,015	98.6
Informal votes			701	1.4
Turnout			51,716	96.7
	United Australia hold		Swing	-1.8

Australian federal election, 1934: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Richard Casey	30,622	58.5	+21.5
	Labor	John Dedman	20,394	38.9	+4.0
	Communist	William Morrison	1,355	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			52,371	98.1
Informal votes			1,040	1.9
Turnout			53,411	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Richard Casey		58.8	-1.8
	Labor	John Dedman		41.2	+1.8
	United Australia hold		Swing	-1.8

Australian federal election, 1931: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Richard Casey	18,724	37.0	-7.0
	Labor	Arthur Lewis	17,623	34.9	-21.1
	Independent UAP	John Lister	14,191	28.1	+28.1
Total formal votes			50,538	98.5
Informal votes			776	1.5
Turnout			51,314	93.9
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Richard Casey	30,613	60.6	+16.6
	Labor	Arthur Lewis	19,925	39.4	-16.6
	United Australia gain from Labor		Swing	+16.6

Elections in the 1920s

Australian federal election, 1929: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Lewis	27,525	56.0	+14.5
	Nationalist	John Lister	21,639	44.0	-14.5
Total formal votes			49,164	98.9
Informal votes			533	1.1
Turnout			49,697	94.8
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing	+14.5

Australian federal election, 1928: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	John Lister	27,497	58.5	+1.8
	Labor	Peter Randles	19,500	41.5	-1.8
Total formal votes			46,997	97.5
Informal votes			1,223	2.5
Turnout			48,220	93.8
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+1.8

Australian federal election, 1925: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	John Lister	24,775	56.7	+5.9
	Labor	Peter Randles	18,915	43.3	-5.9
Total formal votes			43,690	98.8
Informal votes			539	1.2
Turnout			44,229	92.7
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+5.9

Australian federal election, 1922: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	John Lister	12,046	50.8	+5.0
	Labor	Alfred Hampson	11,646	49.2	+11.0
Total formal votes			23,692	98.1
Informal votes			463	1.9
Turnout			24,155	57.5
	Nationalist hold		Swing	-6.9

Elections in the 1910s

Australian federal election, 1919: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	John Lister	13,702	45.3	-12.0
	Labor	Alfred Ozanne	11,658	38.5	-4.2
	Victorian Farmers	Arthur Walter	4,623	15.3	+15.3
	Ind. Nationalist	Anwoth Brown	282	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			30,265	96.6
Informal votes			1,056	3.4
Turnout			31,321	80.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	John Lister	17,406	57.5	+0.2
	Labor	Alfred Ozanne	12,859	42.5	-0.2
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+0.2

Australian federal election, 1917: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	John Lister	18,902	57.3	+8.5
	Labor	Alfred Ozanne	14,102	42.7	-8.5
Total formal votes			33,004	98.4
Informal votes			536	1.6
Turnout			33,540	86.8
	Nationalist gain from Labor		Swing	+8.5

Australian federal election, 1914: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alfred Ozanne	16,064	51.2	+3.3
	Liberal	William Kendell	15,316	48.8	-2.6
Total formal votes			31,380	98.4
Informal votes			519	1.6
Turnout			31,899	82.4
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.0

Australian federal election, 1913: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Kendell	14,804	51.4	+4.7
	Labor	Alfred Ozanne	13,770	47.9	-5.4
	Independent	John Reed	201	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			28,775	97.5
Informal votes			728	2.5
Turnout			29,503	76.6
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+5.1

Australian federal election, 1910: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfred Ozanne	10,164	54.4	+54.4
	Liberal	Richard Crouch	8,519	45.6	-9.4
Total formal votes			18,683	97.7
Informal votes			434	2.3
Turnout			19,117	62.2
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	+54.4

Elections in the 1900s

Australian federal election, 1906: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Richard Crouch	10,135	55.0	+9.5
	Anti-Socialist	James McCay	8,288	45.0	+8.2
Total formal votes			18,432	96.8
Informal votes			612	3.2
Turnout			19,035	62.0
	Protectionist hold		Swing	+0.2

Australian federal election, 1903: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Richard Crouch	6,951	45.5	+3.7
	Free Trade	Donald Macdonald	5,623	36.8	+23.4
	Labour	John Reed	2,709	17.7	+17.7
Total formal votes			15,283	98.5
Informal votes			225	1.5
Turnout			15,508	60.7
	Protectionist hold		Swing	-4.3

Australian federal election, 1901: Corio
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Richard Crouch	2,710	41.8	+41.8
	Ind. Protectionist	Jonas Levien	1,580	24.4	+24.4
	Ind. Protectionist	Angus McNaughton	1,321	20.4	+20.4
	Free Trade	James Boyd	867	13.4	+13.4
Total formal votes			6,478	99.1
Informal votes			59	0.9
Turnout			6,537	54.3
	Protectionist win		(new division)

References

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