Electoral results for the Division of Hunter
This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Hunter in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1901 until the present.
Members
Member | Party | Term | |
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(Sir) Edmund Barton | Protectionist | 1901–1903 | |
Frank Liddell | Free Trade | 1903–1910 | |
Matthew Charlton | Labor | 1910–1928 | |
Rowley James | Labor | 1928–1931 | |
Labor (NSW) | 1931–1936 | ||
Labor | 1936–1958 | ||
H.V. Evatt | Labor | 1958–1960 | |
Bert James | Labor | 1960–1980 | |
Bob Brown | Labor | 1980–1984 | |
Eric Fitzgibbon | Labor | 1984–1996 | |
Joel Fitzgibbon | Labor | 1996–present |
Election results
Elections in the 2010s
Australian federal election, 2013: Hunter | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Joel Fitzgibbon | 38,241 | 44.50 | −9.81 | |
National | Michael Johnsen | 30,170 | 35.11 | +4.06 | |
Palmer United | Jennifer Stefanac | 6,552 | 7.62 | +7.62 | |
Greens | David Atwell | 5,066 | 5.89 | −3.03 | |
One Nation | Bill Fox | 3,245 | 3.78 | +0.43 | |
Christian Democrats | Richard Stretton | 1,834 | 2.13 | −0.25 | |
CEC | Ann Lawler | 833 | 0.97 | +0.97 | |
Total formal votes | 85,941 | 93.46 | −0.33 | ||
Informal votes | 6,014 | 6.54 | +0.33 | ||
Turnout | 91,955 | 94.51 | −0.22 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Joel Fitzgibbon | 46,125 | 53.67 | −8.81 | |
National | Michael Johnsen | 39,816 | 46.33 | +8.81 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −8.81 | |||
Australian federal election, 2010: Hunter | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Joel Fitzgibbon | 44,159 | 54.31 | -5.28 | |
National | Michael Johnsen | 25,245 | 31.05 | +3.83 | |
Greens | Chris Parker | 7,251 | 8.92 | +2.60 | |
One Nation | Jennifer Leayr | 2,721 | 3.35 | +3.35 | |
Christian Democrats | Wayne Riley | 1,938 | 2.38 | +0.34 | |
Total formal votes | 81,314 | 93.79 | -1.94 | ||
Informal votes | 5,383 | 6.21 | +1.94 | ||
Turnout | 86,697 | 94.73 | -1.23 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Joel Fitzgibbon | 50,803 | 62.48 | -3.20 | |
National | Michael Johnsen | 30,511 | 37.52 | +3.20 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -3.20 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
Australian federal election, 2007: Hunter | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Joel Fitzgibbon | 49,561 | 59.95 | +8.64 | |
National | Beth Black | 22,328 | 27.01 | -2.89 | |
Greens | Jan Davis | 5,265 | 6.37 | +0.11 | |
Climate Change | John Harvey | 2,500 | 3.02 | +3.02 | |
Christian Democrats | Bernie Neville | 1,736 | 2.10 | +0.36 | |
CEC | Daniel Albury | 1,287 | 1.56 | -1.33 | |
Total formal votes | 82,677 | 95.71 | +0.95 | ||
Informal votes | 3,710 | 4.29 | -0.95 | ||
Turnout | 86,387 | 95.77 | +0.19 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Joel Fitzgibbon | 54,504 | 65.92 | +4.83 | |
National | Beth Black | 28,173 | 34.08 | -4.83 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +4.83 | |||
Australian federal election, 2004: Hunter | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Joel Fitzgibbon | 43,216 | 53.60 | +1.28 | |
National | Beth Black | 21,621 | 26.81 | -0.69 | |
Greens | Kerry Suwald | 5,195 | 6.44 | +1.92 | |
Independent | Bill Fox | 2,618 | 3.25 | +3.25 | |
CEC | Ann Lawler | 2,590 | 3.21 | +1.76 | |
One Nation | Neil Scholes | 2,543 | 3.15 | -7.16 | |
Christian Democrats | Adrian Melbourne | 1,673 | 2.07 | +2.07 | |
Family First | Michael Woods | 1,176 | 1.46 | +1.46 | |
Total formal votes | 80,632 | 94.70 | -1.88 | ||
Informal votes | 4,512 | 5.30 | +1.88 | ||
Turnout | 85,144 | 95.67 | -0.46 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Joel Fitzgibbon | 51,401 | 63.75 | +2.89 | |
National | Beth Black | 29,231 | 36.25 | -2.89 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +2.89 | |||
Australian federal election, 2001: Hunter | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Joel Fitzgibbon | 41,123 | 52.32 | -2.94 | |
National | Rob Macaulay | 21,613 | 27.50 | +21.95 | |
One Nation | Bill Fox | 8,100 | 10.31 | +0.43 | |
Greens | Larry O'Brien | 3,553 | 4.52 | +2.30 | |
Democrats | Rod Bennison | 3,071 | 3.91 | +1.16 | |
CEC | Ann Lawler | 1,137 | 1.45 | +0.91 | |
Total formal votes | 78,597 | 96.58 | -0.20 | ||
Informal votes | 2,780 | 3.42 | +0.20 | ||
Turnout | 81,377 | 96.76 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Joel Fitzgibbon | 47,838 | 60.86 | -3.83 | |
National | Rob Macaulay | 30,759 | 39.14 | +39.14 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -3.83 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
Australian federal election, 1998: Hunter | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Joel Fitzgibbon | 39,187 | 54.63 | +3.88 | |
Liberal | Cherrilyn McLean | 11,919 | 16.62 | +16.62 | |
One Nation | Darren Culley | 8,131 | 11.33 | +11.33 | |
National | Rob Macaulay | 7,976 | 11.12 | -25.92 | |
Democrats | Rod Bennison | 2,278 | 3.18 | -1.91 | |
Greens | James Ryan | 1,433 | 2.00 | -2.15 | |
CEC | Ann Lawler | 362 | 0.50 | +0.50 | |
Australia First | Peter Meddows | 296 | 0.41 | +0.41 | |
Socialist Equality | Terry Cook | 152 | 0.21 | +0.21 | |
Total formal votes | 71,734 | 96.71 | -0.63 | ||
Informal votes | 2,441 | 3.29 | +0.63 | ||
Turnout | 74,175 | 96.16 | -0.89 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Joel Fitzgibbon | 46,405 | 64.69 | +7.72 | |
Liberal | Cherrilyn McLean | 25,329 | 35.31 | +35.31 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +7.72 | |||
Australian federal election, 1996: Hunter | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Joel Fitzgibbon | 36,674 | 50.74 | -9.85 | |
National | Michael Johnsen | 26,767 | 37.04 | +19.64 | |
Democrats | Rod Bennison | 3,672 | 5.08 | +5.08 | |
Greens | Jenny Vaughan | 3,000 | 4.15 | +4.15 | |
Independent | Bernard Burke | 2,160 | 2.99 | +2.99 | |
Total formal votes | 72,273 | 97.34 | -0.30 | ||
Informal votes | 1,976 | 2.66 | +0.30 | ||
Turnout | 74,249 | 97.05 | +0.52 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Joel Fitzgibbon | 41,003 | 56.97 | -6.95 | |
National | Michael Johnsen | 30,976 | 43.03 | +6.95 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -6.95 | |||
Australian federal election, 1993: Hunter | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Eric Fitzgibbon | 43,068 | 60.60 | +9.61 | |
Liberal | Chris Barnes | 13,637 | 19.19 | +2.83 | |
National | Bruce Crossing | 12,366 | 17.40 | -1.69 | |
Natural Law | Robert Walker | 2,004 | 2.82 | +2.82 | |
Total formal votes | 71,075 | 97.64 | -0.17 | ||
Informal votes | 1,719 | 2.36 | +0.17 | ||
Turnout | 72,794 | 96.53 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Eric Fitzgibbon | 45,414 | 63.92 | +4.87 | |
Liberal | Chris Barnes | 25,638 | 36.08 | -4.87 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +4.87 | |||
Australian federal election, 1990: Hunter | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Eric Fitzgibbon | 34,099 | 49.2 | +0.3 | |
Liberal | Ashley Saunders | 19,145 | 27.6 | +7.4 | |
Democrats | Chris Richards | 8,717 | 12.6 | +6.6 | |
National | Alison Davey | 7,312 | 10.6 | -14.2 | |
Total formal votes | 69,273 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 1,483 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 70,756 | 96.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Eric Fitzgibbon | 40,403 | 58.4 | +4.9 | |
Liberal | Ashley Saunders | 28,724 | 41.6 | -4.9 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +4.9 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
Australian federal election, 1987: Hunter | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Eric Fitzgibbon | 31,656 | 48.9 | +1.6 | |
National | John Turner | 16,067 | 24.8 | +4.3 | |
Liberal | Graham Dunkley | 13,053 | 20.2 | -7.1 | |
Democrats | Maureen Simpson | 3,902 | 6.0 | +1.1 | |
Total formal votes | 64,678 | 96.6 | |||
Informal votes | 2,267 | 3.4 | |||
Turnout | 66,945 | 96.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Eric Fitzgibbon | 34,685 | 53.6 | +1.2 | |
National | John Turner | 29,993 | 46.4 | +46.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +1.2 | |||
Australian federal election, 1984: Hunter | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Eric Fitzgibbon | 28,589 | 47.3 | -3.2 | |
Liberal | Ron Dolton | 16,483 | 27.3 | +20.8 | |
National | John Turner | 12,420 | 20.5 | -14.3 | |
Democrats | Warren Reid | 2,952 | 4.9 | -2.6 | |
Total formal votes | 60,444 | 95.1 | |||
Informal votes | 3,101 | 4.9 | |||
Turnout | 63,545 | 95.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Eric Fitzgibbon | 31,642 | 52.4 | -2.6 | |
Liberal | Ron Dolton | 31,642 | 47.6 | +47.6 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -2.6 | |||
Australian federal election, 1983: Hunter | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Bob Brown | 54,213 | 68.1 | +0.2 | |
Liberal | James White | 19,508 | 24.5 | -2.0 | |
Democrats | Edwina Wilson | 5,942 | 7.5 | +1.9 | |
Total formal votes | 79,663 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 1,492 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 81,155 | 95.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bob Brown | 72.6 | +1.3 | ||
Liberal | James White | 27.4 | -1.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +1.3 | |||
Australian federal election, 1980: Hunter | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Bob Brown | 51,061 | 67.9 | +7.2 | |
Liberal | Ashley Saunders | 19,896 | 26.5 | -1.3 | |
Democrats | Edwina Wilson | 4,227 | 5.6 | -5.9 | |
Total formal votes | 75,184 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 1,454 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 76,638 | 95.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bob Brown | 71.3 | +4.8 | ||
Liberal | Ashley Saunders | 28.7 | -4.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +4.8 | |||
Elections in the 1970s
Australian federal election, 1977: Hunter | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Bert James | 42,076 | 60.7 | -5.8 | |
Liberal | Oliver Fennell | 19,299 | 27.8 | -5.7 | |
Democrats | Elisabeth Kirkby | 7,944 | 11.5 | +11.5 | |
Total formal votes | 69,319 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 1,383 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 70,702 | 96.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bert James | 66.5 | +0.0 | ||
Liberal | Oliver Fennell | 32.5 | +0.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +0.0 | |||
Australian federal election, 1975: Hunter | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Bert James | 43,590 | 68.4 | -4.2 | |
Liberal | Stephen Walker | 20,100 | 31.6 | +6.7 | |
Total formal votes | 63,690 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 1,114 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 64,804 | 96.6 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | -5.6 | |||
Australian federal election, 1974: Hunter | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Bert James | 44,987 | 72.6 | -2.5 | |
Liberal | Richard Bevan | 15,442 | 24.9 | +0.0 | |
Australia Party | Desmond Kynaston | 1,501 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
Total formal votes | 61,930 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 954 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 62,884 | 97.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bert James | 74.0 | -1.1 | ||
Liberal | Richard Bevan | 26.0 | +1.1 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -1.1 | |||
Australian federal election, 1972: Hunter | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Bert James | 40,631 | 75.1 | +1.6 | |
Liberal | Stanley Gumbleton | 13,436 | 24.9 | -1.6 | |
Total formal votes | 54,067 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 1,041 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 55,108 | 96.8 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +1.6 | |||
Elections in the 1960s
Australian federal election, 1969: Hunter | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Bert James | 36,504 | 73.5 | +4.3 | |
Liberal | Raymond Hughes | 13,159 | 26.5 | +4.1 | |
Total formal votes | 49,663 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 1,205 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 50,868 | 96.1 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +2.6 | |||
Australian federal election, 1966: Hunter | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Bert James | 33,037 | 71.9 | +0.8 | |
Liberal | William Gilchrist | 9,044 | 19.7 | +3.0 | |
Democratic Labor | Donald Richards | 3,839 | 8.4 | +0.9 | |
Total formal votes | 45,920 | 96.1 | |||
Informal votes | 1,856 | 3.9 | |||
Turnout | 47,776 | 96.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bert James | 73.6 | -4.0 | ||
Liberal | William Gilchrist | 26.4 | +4.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -4.0 | |||
Australian federal election, 1963: Hunter | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Bert James | 32,132 | 71.1 | -4.4 | |
Liberal | John Wassell | 7,555 | 16.7 | -2.1 | |
Democratic Labor | Aubrey Barr | 3,389 | 7.5 | +7.5 | |
Communist | Evan Phillips | 2,103 | 4.7 | -1.0 | |
Total formal votes | 45,179 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 976 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 46,155 | 96.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bert James | 77.6 | -3.0 | ||
Liberal | John Wassell | 22.4 | +3.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -3.0 | |||
Australian federal election, 1961: Hunter | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Bert James | 33,435 | 75.5 | +1.1 | |
Liberal | Edward Farrell | 8,337 | 18.8 | +4.7 | |
Communist | John Tapp | 2,527 | 5.7 | +5.7 | |
Total formal votes | 44,299 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 894 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 45,193 | 96.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bert James | 80.6 | +3.1 | ||
Liberal | Edward Farrell | 19.4 | -3.1 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +3.1 | |||
Hunter by-election, 1960 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Bert James | 21,978 | 57.0 | -17.4 | |
Independent | Bob Brown | 11,876 | 30.8 | +30.8 | |
Communist | Charles Dumbrell | 3,895 | 10.1 | +10.1 | |
Independent | Keith Murinane | 826 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
Total formal votes | 38,575 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 965 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 39,540 | 85.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bert James | 77.2 | -0.3 | ||
Independent | Bob Brown | 32.8 | +32.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -0.3 | |||
Elections in the 1950s
Australian federal election, 1958: Hunter | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Herbert Evatt | 31,740 | 74.4 | +3.6 | |
Liberal | John Marsden | 6,036 | 14.1 | -7.2 | |
Democratic Labor | William Burke | 4,884 | 11.4 | +11.4 | |
Total formal votes | 42,660 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 972 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 43,632 | 96.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Herbert Evatt | 77.5 | -0.3 | ||
Liberal | John Marsden | 32.5 | +0.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -0.3 | |||
Australian federal election, 1955: Hunter | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Rowley James | 28,766 | 70.8 | +2.0 | |
Liberal | Edward Farrell | 8,604 | 21.3 | +1.1 | |
Communist | Evan Phillips | 3,158 | 7.8 | +2.6 | |
Total formal votes | 40,328 | 97.4 | |||
Informal votes | 1,071 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 41,399 | 95.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Rowley James | 77.8 | +1.3 | ||
Liberal | Edward Farrell | 32.2 | -1.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +1.3 | |||
Australian federal election, 1954: Hunter | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Rowley James | 29,637 | 67.1 | -3.7 | |
Liberal | Edward Farrell | 8,380 | 19.0 | +2.1 | |
Communist | Evan Phillips | 2,710 | 6.1 | -1.1 | |
Independent | John McCroarey | 2,594 | 5.9 | +5.9 | |
Independent | John White | 875 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
Total formal votes | 44,196 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 905 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 45,101 | 96.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Rowley James | 76.5 | -2.4 | ||
Liberal | Edward Farrell | 33.5 | +2.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -2.4 | |||
Australian federal election, 1951: Hunter | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Rowley James | 28,595 | 70.8 | +2.2 | |
Liberal | Ted Fletcher | 6,810 | 16.9 | -4.9 | |
Communist | Evan Phillips | 2,927 | 7.2 | -2.4 | |
Independent | Arthur English | 2,075 | 5.1 | +5.1 | |
Total formal votes | 40,407 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 1,007 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 41,414 | 97.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Rowley James | 78.9 | +1.6 | ||
Liberal | Ted Fletcher | 21.1 | -1.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +1.6 | |||
Elections in the 1940s
Australian federal election, 1949: Hunter | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Rowley James | 26,704 | 68.6 | -14.4 | |
Liberal | Ted Fletcher | 8,502 | 21.8 | +10.4 | |
Communist | Evan Phillips | 3,729 | 9.6 | +9.6 | |
Total formal votes | 38,935 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 964 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 39,899 | 97.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Rowley James | 77.3 | -9.7 | ||
Liberal | Ted Fletcher | 32.7 | +9.7 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -9.7 | |||
Australian federal election, 1946: Hunter | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Rowley James | 25,366 | 76.9 | -23.1 | |
Liberal | Ted Fletcher | 10,208 | 17.3 | +17.3 | |
Lang Labor | John Cain | 3,392 | 5.8 | +5.8 | |
Total formal votes | 58,966 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 1,119 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 60,085 | 95.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Rowley James | 80.3 | -19.7 | ||
Liberal | Ted Fletcher | 19.7 | +19.7 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -19.7 | |||
Australian federal election, 1943: Hunter | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Rowley James | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Australian federal election, 1940: Hunter | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Rowley James | 38,921 | 75.0 | -25.0 | |
State Labor | Bill Gollan | 12,956 | 25.0 | +25.0 | |
Total formal votes | 51,877 | 97.1 | |||
Informal votes | 1,524 | 2.9 | |||
Turnout | 53,401 | 95.3 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | -25.0 | |||
Elections in the 1930s
Australian federal election, 1937: Hunter | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Rowley James | unopposed | |||
Labor gain from Labor (NSW) | Swing | ||||
Australian federal election, 1934: Hunter | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor (NSW) | Rowley James | 31,180 | 65.1 | +17.0 | |
Labor | Thomas Ledsam | 11,844 | 24.7 | +14.3 | |
Communist | Henry Scanlon | 4,904 | 10.2 | +6.3 | |
Total formal votes | 47,928 | 95.7 | |||
Informal votes | 2,173 | 4.3 | |||
Turnout | 50,101 | 96.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor (NSW) | Rowley James | 74.3 | +17.1 | ||
Labor | Thomas Ledsam | 35.7 | +35.7 | ||
Labor (NSW) hold | Swing | +17.1 | |||
Australian federal election, 1931: Hunter | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor (NSW) | Rowley James | 23,194 | 48.1 | +48.1 | |
Independent | Arnold Bailey | 18,879 | 39.2 | +39.2 | |
Labor | Allan Howie | 4,213 | 8.7 | -91.3 | |
Communist | Harris Burnham | 1,891 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
Total formal votes | 48,177 | 96.0 | |||
Informal votes | 2,008 | 4.0 | |||
Turnout | 50,185 | 96.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor (NSW) | Rowley James | 57.2 | +57.2 | ||
Independent | Arnold Bailey | 42.8 | +42.8 | ||
Labor (NSW) gain from Labor | Swing | +57.2 | |||
Elections in the 1920s
Australian federal election, 1929: Hunter | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Rowley James | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Australian federal election, 1928: Hunter | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Rowley James | 28,331 | 62.2 | -9.1 | |
Nationalist | Ernest Carr | 9,145 | 20.1 | -8.6 | |
Independent Labor | Jim Brown | 8,073 | 17.7 | +17.7 | |
Total formal votes | 45,549 | 94.5 | |||
Informal votes | 2,640 | 5.5 | |||
Turnout | 48,189 | 95.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Rowley James | 70.6 | -0.7 | ||
Nationalist | Ernest Carr | 39.4 | +0.7 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -0.7 | |||
Australian federal election, 1925: Hunter | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Matthew Charlton | 31,244 | 71.3 | -28.7 | |
Nationalist | Alfred Horsfall | 12,550 | 28.7 | +28.7 | |
Total formal votes | 43,794 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 791 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 44,585 | 92.2 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | -28.7 | |||
Australian federal election, 1922: Hunter | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Matthew Charlton | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1910s
Australian federal election, 1919: Hunter | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Matthew Charlton | 13,692 | 58.9 | +5.5 | |
Nationalist | John Lee | 9,558 | 41.1 | -5.5 | |
Total formal votes | 23,250 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 485 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 23,735 | 60.9 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +5.5 | |||
Australian federal election, 1917: Hunter | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Matthew Charlton | 13,327 | 53.4 | -1.2 | |
Nationalist | William Ferguson | 11,633 | 46.6 | +1.2 | |
Total formal votes | 24,960 | 97.7 | |||
Informal votes | 585 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 25,545 | 67.8 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | -1.2 | |||
Australian federal election, 1914: Hunter | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Matthew Charlton | 12,057 | 54.6 | +0.1 | |
Liberal | Alexander Hay | 10,045 | 45.4 | -0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 22,102 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 429 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 22,531 | 61.5 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +0.1 | |||
Australian federal election, 1913: Hunter | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Matthew Charlton | 12,884 | 54.5 | -2.4 | |
Liberal | John Fegan | 10,763 | 45.5 | +2.4 | |
Total formal votes | 23,647 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 462 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 24,109 | 67.2 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | -2.4 | |||
Australian federal election, 1910: Hunter | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Matthew Charlton | 14,803 | 60.9 | +11.7 | |
Liberal | Frank Liddell | 9,523 | 39.1 | -11.7 | |
Total formal votes | 24,326 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 373 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 24,699 | 69.3 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +11.7 | |||
Elections in the 1900s
Australian federal election, 1906: Hunter | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Anti-Socialist | Frank Liddell | 6,843 | 50.8 | -8.5 | |
Labour | William Kearsley | 6,617 | 49.2 | +41.2 | |
Total formal votes | 13,460 | 97.7 | |||
Informal votes | 314 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 13,774 | 51.4 | |||
Anti-Socialist hold | Swing | -12.5 | |||
Australian federal election, 1903: Hunter | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Free Trade | Frank Liddell | 7,697 | 59.3 | +59.3 | |
Ind. Protectionist | James Waller | 4,241 | 32.7 | +32.7 | |
Labour | Arthur Rae | 1,044 | 8.0 | +8.0 | |
Total formal votes | 12,982 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 256 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 13,238 | 49.1 | |||
Free Trade gain from Protectionist | Swing | +59.3 | |||
Australian federal election, 1901: Hunter | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Protectionist | Edmund Barton | unopposed | |||
Protectionist win | (new division) | ||||
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