Electoral results for the Division of Leichhardt
This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Leichhardt in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1949 until the present.
Members
Member | Party | Term | |
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Tom Gilmore | Country | 1949–1951 | |
Harry Bruce | Labor | 1951–1958 | |
Bill Fulton | Labor | 1958–1975 | |
David Thomson | National | 1975–1983 | |
John Gayler | Labor | 1983–1993 | |
Peter Dodd | Labor | 1993–1996 | |
Warren Entsch | Liberal | 1996–2007 | |
Jim Turnour | Labor | 2007–2010 | |
Warren Entsch | Liberal National | 2010–present |
Election results
Elections in the 2010s
Australian federal election, 2013: Leichhardt | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal National | Warren Entsch | 38,795 | 45.26 | −2.14 | |
Labor | Billy Gordon | 27,920 | 32.57 | −2.09 | |
Palmer United | Bruce Gibson | 7,326 | 8.55 | +8.55 | |
Greens | Johanna Kloot | 5,646 | 6.59 | −2.47 | |
Katter's Australian | George Ryan | 3,677 | 4.29 | +4.29 | |
Family First | Frank Miles | 1,876 | 2.19 | +0.36 | |
Rise Up Australia | Dale Edwards | 476 | 0.56 | +0.56 | |
Total formal votes | 85,716 | 94.55 | +0.46 | ||
Informal votes | 4,939 | 5.45 | −0.46 | ||
Turnout | 90,655 | 91.20 | +0.10 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal National | Warren Entsch | 47,725 | 55.68 | +1.13 | |
Labor | Billy Gordon | 37,991 | 44.32 | −1.13 | |
Liberal National hold | Swing | +1.13 | |||
Australian federal election, 2010: Leichhardt | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal National | Warren Entsch | 37,828 | 47.40 | +4.66 | |
Labor | Jim Turnour | 27,662 | 34.66 | -8.37 | |
Greens | Neville St John-Wood | 7,232 | 9.06 | +1.44 | |
Independent | Jen Sackley | 2,556 | 3.20 | +3.20 | |
Independent | Yodie Batzke | 1,700 | 2.13 | +2.13 | |
Family First | Shannon McSweeney | 1,461 | 1.83 | +0.53 | |
Independent | Steve Lane | 1,373 | 1.72 | +1.72 | |
Total formal votes | 79,812 | 94.09 | -0.89 | ||
Informal votes | 5,017 | 5.91 | +0.89 | ||
Turnout | 84,829 | 91.08 | -1.38 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal National | Warren Entsch | 43,539 | 54.55 | +8.61 | |
Labor | Jim Turnour | 36,273 | 45.45 | -8.61 | |
Liberal National gain from Labor | Swing | +8.61 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
Australian federal election, 2007: Leichhardt | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Jim Turnour | 35,762 | 43.12 | +12.08 | |
Liberal | Charlie McKillop | 32,187 | 38.81 | -14.80 | |
Greens | Sue Cory | 6,219 | 7.50 | +0.99 | |
National | Ian Crossland | 3,303 | 3.98 | +3.98 | |
Independent | Selwyn Johnston | 1,448 | 1.75 | +1.75 | |
Independent | Norman Miller | 1,090 | 1.31 | +1.31 | |
Family First | Ben Jacobsen | 1,087 | 1.31 | -1.38 | |
Independent | Damian Bynes | 917 | 1.11 | +1.11 | |
Democrats | Bridgette Lennox | 472 | 0.57 | -0.69 | |
Independent | Tony Hudson | 320 | 0.39 | +0.39 | |
Independent | Rata Hami Pugh | 139 | 0.17 | +0.17 | |
Total formal votes | 82,944 | 94.95 | +0.95 | ||
Informal votes | 4,416 | 5.05 | -0.95 | ||
Turnout | 87,360 | 92.67 | +0.25 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Jim Turnour | 44,800 | 54.01 | +14.27 | |
Liberal | Charlie McKillop | 38,144 | 45.99 | -14.27 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +14.27 | |||
Australian federal election, 2004: Leichhardt | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Warren Entsch | 41,377 | 53.35 | +4.59 | |
Labor | Jim Turnour | 24,305 | 31.34 | -1.83 | |
Greens | Neville St John-Wood | 5,020 | 6.47 | +1.23 | |
Independent | Jen Sackley | 3,789 | 4.89 | +4.89 | |
Family First | Ric Lippmann | 2,100 | 3.71 | +2.71 | |
Democrats | Allen Reid | 972 | 1.25 | -2.31 | |
Total formal votes | 77,563 | 93.97 | -0.11 | ||
Informal votes | 4,976 | 6.03 | +0.11 | ||
Turnout | 82,539 | 91.16 | -2.89 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Warren Entsch | 46,541 | 60.00 | +3.61 | |
Labor | Jim Turnour | 31,022 | 40.00 | -3.61 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.61 | |||
Australian federal election, 2001: Leichhardt | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Warren Entsch | 36,215 | 48.76 | +7.31 | |
Labor | Matt Trezise | 24,636 | 33.17 | -3.80 | |
One Nation | Thomas East | 6,324 | 8.51 | -5.38 | |
Greens | Jonathan Metcalfe | 3,890 | 5.24 | +2.35 | |
Democrats | Harold Salier | 2,643 | 3.56 | +0.41 | |
Independent | Rata Hami Pugh | 561 | 0.76 | +0.51 | |
Total formal votes | 74,269 | 94.08 | -1.96 | ||
Informal votes | 4,672 | 5.92 | +1.96 | ||
Turnout | 78,941 | 93.45 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Warren Entsch | 41,884 | 56.39 | +2.34 | |
Labor | Matt Trezise | 32,385 | 43.61 | -2.34 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.34 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
Australian federal election, 1998: Leichhardt | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Warren Entsch | 29,550 | 41.45 | +9.36 | |
Labor | Chris Lewis | 26,361 | 36.98 | -1.48 | |
One Nation | Beth Hudson | 9,904 | 13.89 | +13.89 | |
Democrats | Harold Salier | 2,243 | 3.15 | -1.64 | |
Greens | Steven Nowakowski | 2,056 | 2.88 | +0.00 | |
Independent | Steve Dimitriou | 522 | 0.73 | -0.44 | |
Independent | Rob Kenyon | 267 | 0.37 | +0.37 | |
Independent | Trudy Alberts | 218 | 0.31 | +0.31 | |
Independent | Rata Hami Pugh | 173 | 0.24 | +0.24 | |
Total formal votes | 71,294 | 96.04 | -1.13 | ||
Informal votes | 2,938 | 3.96 | +1.13 | ||
Turnout | 74,232 | 91.97 | -0.35 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Warren Entsch | 38,535 | 54.05 | -0.52 | |
Labor | Chris Lewis | 32,759 | 45.95 | +0.52 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -0.52 | |||
Australian federal election, 1996: Leichhardt | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Peter Dodd | 28,392 | 38.05 | -3.91 | |
Liberal | Warren Entsch | 23,721 | 31.79 | +0.20 | |
National | Bob Burgess | 15,236 | 20.42 | +6.41 | |
Democrats | Leonie Watson | 3,578 | 4.80 | -0.41 | |
Greens | Pat Daly | 2,081 | 2.79 | -0.73 | |
Independent | Steve Dimitriou | 871 | 1.17 | +1.17 | |
Indigenous Peoples | Jeanette Simpson | 387 | 0.52 | +0.52 | |
Natural Law | Margaret Leviston | 352 | 0.47 | -0.71 | |
Total formal votes | 74,618 | 97.12 | +0.41 | ||
Informal votes | 2,213 | 2.88 | -0.41 | ||
Turnout | 76,831 | 92.32 | -1.07 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Warren Entsch | 40,332 | 54.18 | +5.51 | |
Labor | Peter Dodd | 34,102 | 45.82 | -5.51 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +5.51 | |||
Australian federal election, 1993: Leichhardt | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Peter Dodd | 29,129 | 41.96 | -2.44 | |
Liberal | Bill Cummings | 21,930 | 31.59 | +8.81 | |
National | Ben Wilson | 9,722 | 14.00 | -6.00 | |
Democrats | Giselle Thomas | 3,613 | 5.20 | -6.05 | |
Greens | Henrietta Fourmile | 2,446 | 3.52 | +3.52 | |
Confederate Action | Gavin Roberts | 998 | 1.44 | +1.44 | |
Natural Law | Dorothy McKenzie | 817 | 1.18 | +1.18 | |
Independent | Jim Cavill | 386 | 0.56 | +0.56 | |
Independent | Stephen Piper | 380 | 0.55 | +0.55 | |
Total formal votes | 69,421 | 96.71 | -0.75 | ||
Informal votes | 2,363 | 3.29 | +0.75 | ||
Turnout | 71,784 | 93.39 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Peter Dodd | 35,575 | 51.32 | -2.42 | |
Liberal | Bill Cummings | 33,742 | 48.68 | +2.42 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -2.42 | |||
Australian federal election, 1990: Leichhardt | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | John Gayler | 31,318 | 44.5 | -6.3 | |
Liberal | Bill Cummings | 15,985 | 22.7 | +13.1 | |
National | Kevin Byrne | 14,553 | 20.7 | -15.6 | |
Democrats | Jim Downey | 7,382 | 10.5 | +7.1 | |
Independent | Jim Waldock | 1,148 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Total formal votes | 70,386 | 97.5 | |||
Informal votes | 1,816 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 72,202 | 92.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | John Gayler | 37,606 | 53.5 | -0.8 | |
Liberal | Bill Cummings | 32,727 | 46.5 | +46.5 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -0.8 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
Australian federal election, 1987: Leichhardt | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | John Gayler | 31,601 | 50.8 | -0.2 | |
National | Kevin Byrne | 22,551 | 36.3 | +0.0 | |
Liberal | Ronald Barry | 5,942 | 9.6 | +2.6 | |
Democrats | Wilfred Tapau | 2,085 | 3.4 | -1.4 | |
Total formal votes | 62,179 | 95.6 | |||
Informal votes | 2,846 | 4.4 | |||
Turnout | 65,025 | 90.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | John Gayler | 33,747 | 54.3 | -1.2 | |
National | Kevin Byrne | 28,430 | 45.7 | +1.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -1.2 | |||
Australian federal election, 1984: Leichhardt | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | John Gayler | 28,256 | 51.0 | -1.6 | |
National | Eda Celledoni | 20,115 | 36.3 | -11.1 | |
Liberal | Hugh Anthony | 3,879 | 7.0 | +7.0 | |
Democrats | Cliff Truelove | 2,675 | 4.8 | +4.8 | |
Independent | Daas Saba | 463 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Total formal votes | 55,388 | 94.3 | |||
Informal votes | 3,334 | 5.7 | |||
Turnout | 58,722 | 91.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | John Gayler | 30,726 | 55.5 | +2.9 | |
National | Eva Celledoni | 24,662 | 44.5 | -2.9 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +2.9 | |||
Australian federal election, 1983: Leichhardt | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | John Gayler | 35,071 | 52.1 | +5.8 | |
National | David Thomson | 32,285 | 47.9 | -1.0 | |
Total formal votes | 67,356 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 1,251 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 68,607 | 91.5 | |||
Labor gain from National | Swing | +3.2 | |||
Australian federal election, 1980: Leichhardt | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
National Country | David Thomson | 30,105 | 48.9 | +1.6 | |
Labor | Anthony Mijo | 28,500 | 46.3 | +0.0 | |
Democrats | Ian Paul | 2,985 | 4.8 | -1.7 | |
Total formal votes | 61,590 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 1,308 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 62,898 | 92.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
National Country | David Thomson | 31,459 | 51.1 | +0.2 | |
Labor | Anthony Mijo | 30,131 | 48.9 | -0.2 | |
National Country hold | Swing | +0.2 | |||
Elections in the 1970s
Australian federal election, 1977: Leichhardt | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
National Country | David Thomson | 27,684 | 47.3 | +9.1 | |
Labor | Bill Wood | 27,078 | 46.3 | -0.2 | |
Democrats | James Foster | 3,785 | 6.5 | +6.5 | |
Total formal votes | 58,547 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 846 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 59,393 | 93.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
National Country | David Thomson | 29,803 | 50.9 | -1.5 | |
Labor | Bill Wood | 28,744 | 49.1 | +1.5 | |
National Country hold | Swing | -1.5 | |||
Australian federal election, 1975: Leichhardt | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Bill Wood | 25,920 | 46.5 | -3.1 | |
National Country | David Thomson | 21,318 | 38.2 | -6.3 | |
Liberal | Laurence Hoins | 6,918 | 12.4 | +12.4 | |
Independent | Clarence Grogan | 982 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Democratic Labor | Bernard Marsh | 645 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Total formal votes | 55,783 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 1,134 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 56,917 | 92.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
National Country | David Thomson | 29,204 | 52.4 | +5.7 | |
Labor | Bill Wood | 26,579 | 47.6 | -5.7 | |
National Country gain from Labor | Swing | +5.7 | |||
Australian federal election, 1974: Leichhardt | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Bill Fulton | 25,702 | 49.6 | -8.3 | |
Country | Herbert Marsh | 23,072 | 44.5 | +11.7 | |
Australia Party | Robert Ellwood | 3,049 | 5.9 | +1.8 | |
Total formal votes | 51,823 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 1,184 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 53,007 | 94.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bill Fulton | 27,609 | 53.3 | -8.1 | |
Country | Herbert Marsh | 24,214 | 46.7 | +8.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -8.1 | |||
Australian federal election, 1972: Leichhardt | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Bill Fulton | 26,697 | 57.9 | -4.4 | |
Country | Walter Schulz | 15,135 | 32.8 | +0.9 | |
Democratic Labor | Bernard Marsh | 2,204 | 5.2 | -0.6 | |
Australia Party | Patrick Kelly | 1,902 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
Total formal votes | 46,138 | 97.4 | |||
Informal votes | 1,208 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 47,346 | 92.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bill Fulton | 61.4 | -2.1 | ||
Country | Walter Schulz | 38.6 | +2.1 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -2.1 | |||
Elections in the 1960s
Australian federal election, 1969: Leichhardt | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Bill Fulton | 27,037 | 62.3 | +5.2 | |
Country | David Young | 13,844 | 31.9 | -5.6 | |
Democratic Labor | Thomas White | 2,526 | 5.8 | +0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 43,407 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 795 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 44,202 | 93.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bill Fulton | 63.5 | +6.7 | ||
Country | David Young | 36.5 | -6.7 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +6.7 | |||
Australian federal election, 1966: Leichhardt | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Bill Fulton | 24,639 | 56.0 | -2.0 | |
Country | Michael Turner | 16,988 | 38.6 | -0.8 | |
Democratic Labor | Geoffrey Higham | 2,395 | 5.4 | +2.7 | |
Total formal votes | 44,022 | 97.2 | |||
Informal votes | 1,245 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 45,267 | 92.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bill Fulton | 57.1 | -1.4 | ||
Country | Michael Turner | 42.9 | +1.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -1.4 | |||
Australian federal election, 1963: Leichhardt | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Bill Fulton | 24,881 | 58.0 | -8.3 | |
Country | Robert Norman | 16,895 | 39.4 | +12.0 | |
Democratic Labor | Arthur Trembath | 1,158 | 2.7 | -3.6 | |
Total formal votes | 42,934 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 1,196 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 44,130 | 92.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bill Fulton | 58.5 | -9.1 | ||
Country | Robert Norman | 41.5 | +9.1 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -9.1 | |||
Australian federal election, 1961: Leichhardt | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Bill Fulton | 26,243 | 66.3 | +19.1 | |
Country | Reginald Wiles | 10,839 | 27.4 | -8.9 | |
Queensland Labor | Arthur Trembath | 2,485 | 6.3 | -10.3 | |
Total formal votes | 39,567 | 97.2 | |||
Informal votes | 1,158 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 40,725 | 91.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bill Fulton | 67.6 | +11.4 | ||
Country | Reginald Wiles | 32.4 | -11.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +11.4 | |||
Elections in the 1950s
Australian federal election, 1958: Leichhardt | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Bill Fulton | 18,234 | 47.2 | -2.7 | |
Country | Michael Turner | 14,021 | 36.3 | -11.8 | |
Queensland Labor | James Bidner | 6,407 | 16.6 | +16.6 | |
Total formal votes | 38,662 | 97.2 | |||
Informal votes | 1,099 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 39,761 | 91.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bill Fulton | 21,719 | 56.2 | +4.5 | |
Country | George Turner | 16,943 | 43.8 | -4.5 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +4.5 | |||
Australian federal election, 1955: Leichhardt | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Harry Bruce | 18,512 | 49.9 | -1.5 | |
Country | Tom Gilmore | 17,844 | 48.1 | +1.4 | |
Communist | Frank Falls | 759 | 2.0 | +0.0 | |
Total formal votes | 37,115 | 97.7 | |||
Informal votes | 860 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 37,975 | 92.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Harry Bruce | 19,188 | 51.7 | -0.6 | |
Country | Tom Gilmore | 17,927 | 48.3 | +0.6 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -0.6 | |||
Australian federal election, 1954: Leichhardt | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Harry Bruce | 19,044 | 51.4 | +2.4 | |
Country | Tom Gilmore | 17,276 | 46.6 | -0.5 | |
Communist | Joe Howe | 727 | 2.0 | -1.9 | |
Total formal votes | 37,047 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 576 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 37,623 | 94.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Harry Bruce | 53.2 | +0.5 | ||
Country | Tom Gilmore | 46.8 | -0.5 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +0.5 | |||
Australian federal election, 1951: Leichhardt | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Harry Bruce | 16,827 | 49.0 | +6.7 | |
Country | Tom Gilmore | 16,163 | 47.1 | -2.5 | |
Communist | Richard Anear | 1,329 | 3.9 | +0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 34,319 | 97.5 | |||
Informal votes | 867 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 35,186 | 92.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Harry Bruce | 18,083 | 52.7 | +4.4 | |
Country | Tom Gilmore | 16,236 | 47.3 | -4.4 | |
Labor gain from Country | Swing | +4.4 | |||
Elections in the 1940s
Australian federal election, 1949: Leichhardt | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Country | Tom Gilmore | 16,291 | 49.6 | +8.0 | |
Labor | Cecil Holdcroft | 13,894 | 42.3 | -11.2 | |
Communist | Ralph Leinster | 1,141 | 3.5 | -0.7 | |
Independent | Thomas Mackey | 1,106 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
Independent | Leslie Keough | 424 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
Total formal votes | 32,856 | 95.8 | |||
Informal votes | 1,427 | 4.2 | |||
Turnout | 34,283 | 91.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Tom Gilmore | 51.7 | +9.2 | ||
Labor | Cecil Holdcroft | 48.3 | -9.2 | ||
Country gain from Labor | Swing | +9.2 | |||
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