Electoral results for the Division of Darebin

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Darebin in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1949 until its abolition in 1969.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Tom Andrews	Labor	1949–1955
		Labor (Anti-Communist)	1955–1955
	Robert Holt	Labor	1955–1958
	Frank Courtnay	Labor	1958–1969

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

Australian federal election, 1966: Darebin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Courtnay	25,325	49.5	-5.9
	Liberal	Noel Stubbs	15,601	30.5	+4.0
	Democratic Labor	Tom Andrews	10,232	20.0	+1.8
Total formal votes			51,158	96.1
Informal votes			2,073	3.9
Turnout			53,231	96.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Frank Courtnay	29,258	57.2	+0.1
	Liberal	Noel Stubbs	21,900	42.8	-0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.1

Australian federal election, 1963: Darebin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Courtnay	28,610	55.4	+0.2
	Liberal	Peter Coupe	13,688	26.5	+4.6
	Democratic Labor	Tom Andrews	9,388	18.2	-4.7
Total formal votes			51,686	98.4
Informal votes			862	1.6
Turnout			52,548	96.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Frank Courtnay		57.1	-0.3
	Liberal	Peter Coupe		42.9	+42.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.3

Australian federal election, 1961: Darebin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Courtnay	28,285	55.2	+4.1
	Democratic Labor	Tom Andrews	11,767	22.9	-0.8
	Liberal	John Wyss	11,228	21.9	-3.2
Total formal votes			51,280	97.7
Informal votes			1,207	2.3
Turnout			52,487	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Frank Courtnay		57.4	+3.0
	Democratic Labor	Tom Andrews		42.6	+42.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.0

Elections in the 1950s

Australian federal election, 1958: Darebin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Courtnay	25,213	51.1	+3.2
	Liberal	Gordon Duncan	12,400	25.1	-1.9
	Democratic Labor	Tom Andrews	11,710	23.7	-1.4
Total formal votes			49,323	97.6
Informal votes			1,189	2.4
Turnout			50,512	96.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Frank Courtnay		54.4	-4.4
	Liberal	Gordon Duncan		45.6	+4.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.4

Australian federal election, 1955: Darebin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robert Holt	20,323	47.9	-16.1
	Liberal	Charles White	11,481	27.0	-9.0
	Labor (A-C)	Tom Andrews	10,660	25.1	+25.1
Total formal votes			42,464	97.5
Informal votes			1,104	2.5
Turnout			43,568	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Robert Holt	24,948	58.8	-5.2
	Liberal	Charles White	17,516	41.2	+5.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.2

Australian federal election, 1954: Darebin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Andrews	28,810	65.0	+0.6
	Liberal	Charles White	15,534	35.0	-0.6
Total formal votes			44,344	98.7
Informal votes			598	1.3
Turnout			44,942	96.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.6

Australian federal election, 1951: Darebin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Andrews	26,412	64.4	+1.7
	Liberal	Gordon Savage	14,572	35.6	-1.7
Total formal votes			40,984	98.6
Informal votes			581	1.4
Turnout			41,565	96.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.7

Elections in the 1940s

Australian federal election, 1949: Darebin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Andrews	24,719	62.7	+4.1
	Liberal	Jack McColl	14,688	37.3	+5.9
Total formal votes			39,407	98.4
Informal votes			655	1.6
Turnout			40,062	97.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.7

References

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