This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Melbourne Ports in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1901 until its abolition in 2019. It was replaced by the division of Macnamara which had almost identical boundaries.
Members edit
Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
Samuel Mauger | Protectionist | 1901–1906 | |
James Mathews | Labor | 1906–1931 | |
Jack Holloway | Labor | 1931–1951 | |
Frank Crean | Labor | 1951–1977 | |
Clyde Holding | Labor | 1977–1998 | |
Michael Danby | Labor | 1998–2019 |
Election results edit
Elections in the 2010s edit
2016 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Owen Guest | 35,533 | 41.90 | +0.85 | |
Labor | Michael Danby | 22,897 | 27.00 | −4.67 | |
Greens | Steph Hodgins-May | 20,179 | 23.79 | +3.62 | |
Animal Justice | Robert Smyth | 1,685 | 1.99 | +1.99 | |
Independent | Peter Holland | 1,393 | 1.64 | +1.64 | |
Marriage Equality | Henry von Doussa | 1,349 | 1.59 | +1.59 | |
Drug Law Reform | Levi McKenzie-Kirkbright | 1,348 | 1.59 | +1.59 | |
Independent | John Myers | 425 | 0.50 | +0.50 | |
Total formal votes | 84,809 | 95.76 | −0.42 | ||
Informal votes | 3,756 | 4.24 | +0.42 | ||
Turnout | 88,565 | 86.59 | −3.45 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Michael Danby | 43,573 | 51.38 | −2.18 | |
Liberal | Owen Guest | 41,236 | 48.62 | +2.18 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −2.18 |
2013 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Kevin Ekendahl | 33,278 | 41.05 | +3.66 | |
Labor | Michael Danby | 25,676 | 31.67 | −6.56 | |
Greens | Ann Birrell | 16,353 | 20.17 | −0.82 | |
Sex Party | Melissa Star | 3,089 | 3.81 | +1.59 | |
Palmer United | Toby Stodart | 1,122 | 1.38 | +1.38 | |
Democratic Labour | Vince Stefano | 540 | 0.67 | +0.67 | |
Family First | Robert Keenan | 490 | 0.60 | −0.14 | |
Stable Population | Steven Armstrong | 324 | 0.40 | +0.40 | |
Rise Up Australia | Margaret Quinn | 201 | 0.25 | +0.25 | |
Total formal votes | 81,073 | 96.18 | −0.59 | ||
Informal votes | 3,223 | 3.82 | +0.59 | ||
Turnout | 84,296 | 90.14 | +0.61 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Michael Danby | 43,419 | 53.56 | −4.33 | |
Liberal | Kevin Ekendahl | 37,654 | 46.44 | +4.33 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −4.33 |
2010 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Michael Danby | 32,391 | 38.19 | −4.28 | |
Liberal | Kevin Ekendahl | 32,057 | 37.79 | −1.89 | |
Greens | Sue Plowright | 17,528 | 20.66 | +5.63 | |
Sex Party | Christian Vega | 1,851 | 2.18 | +2.18 | |
Family First | Daniel Emmerson | 632 | 0.75 | −0.10 | |
Secular | Gregory Storer | 362 | 0.43 | +0.43 | |
Total formal votes | 84,821 | 96.75 | −1.09 | ||
Informal votes | 2,848 | 3.25 | +1.09 | ||
Turnout | 87,669 | 89.67 | −2.05 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Michael Danby | 48,819 | 57.56 | +0.41 | |
Liberal | Kevin Ekendahl | 36,002 | 42.44 | −0.41 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +0.41 |
Elections in the 2000s edit
2007 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Michael Danby | 36,556 | 42.47 | +3.22 | |
Liberal | Adam Held | 34,154 | 39.68 | -3.26 | |
Greens | Phillip Walker | 12,941 | 15.03 | +0.93 | |
Democrats | John Mathieson | 1,527 | 1.77 | +0.42 | |
Family First | Rebecca Gebbing | 731 | 0.85 | +0.31 | |
Citizens Electoral Council | Aaron Isherwood | 172 | 0.20 | +0.02 | |
Total formal votes | 86,081 | 97.84 | +1.24 | ||
Informal votes | 1,903 | 2.16 | -1.24 | ||
Turnout | 87,984 | 91.71 | +0.58 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Michael Danby | 49,191 | 57.15 | +3.41 | |
Liberal | Adam Held | 36,890 | 42.85 | -3.41 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.41 |
2004 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Southwick | 35,058 | 42.94 | +3.23 | |
Labor | Michael Danby | 32,046 | 39.25 | -0.11 | |
Greens | Jo Lewis | 11,508 | 14.10 | +2.82 | |
Democrats | Craig Beale | 1,102 | 1.35 | -7.92 | |
Independent | Les Cameron | 958 | 1.17 | +1.17 | |
Family First | Graeme Jackel | 444 | 0.54 | +0.54 | |
Independent | Leonie Horin | 374 | 0.46 | +0.46 | |
Citizens Electoral Council | Aaron Isherwood | 146 | 0.18 | -0.21 | |
Total formal votes | 81,636 | 96.60 | -0.14 | ||
Informal votes | 2,875 | 3.40 | +0.14 | ||
Turnout | 84,511 | 91.13 | -1.79 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Michael Danby | 43,873 | 53.74 | -1.95 | |
Liberal | David Southwick | 37,763 | 46.26 | +1.95 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -1.95 |
2001 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Andrew McLorinan | 31,384 | 39.71 | +0.72 | |
Labor | Michael Danby | 31,110 | 39.36 | -4.74 | |
Greens | Jeannette Kavanagh | 8,912 | 11.28 | +6.55 | |
Democrats | Greg Chipp | 7,328 | 9.27 | +1.08 | |
Citizens Electoral Council | Jeremy Beck | 305 | 0.39 | +0.39 | |
Total formal votes | 79,039 | 96.74 | -0.15 | ||
Informal votes | 2,662 | 3.26 | +0.15 | ||
Turnout | 81,701 | 92.32 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Michael Danby | 44,018 | 55.69 | -0.14 | |
Liberal | Andrew McLorinan | 35,021 | 44.31 | +0.14 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -0.14 |
Elections in the 1990s edit
1998 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Michael Danby | 32,849 | 44.10 | -2.47 | |
Liberal | Fiona Snedden | 29,037 | 38.99 | -0.74 | |
Democrats | Julie Peters | 6,099 | 8.19 | +1.10 | |
Greens | Dinesh Mathew | 3,523 | 4.73 | -0.43 | |
Unity | Diana Wolowski | 1,413 | 1.90 | +1.90 | |
One Nation | Arthur Hawley | 1,380 | 1.85 | +1.85 | |
Natural Law | Tom Haynes | 180 | 0.24 | -0.25 | |
Total formal votes | 74,481 | 96.89 | -0.35 | ||
Informal votes | 2,390 | 3.11 | +0.35 | ||
Turnout | 76,871 | 92.34 | -1.10 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Michael Danby | 41,585 | 55.83 | -0.22 | |
Liberal | Fiona Snedden | 32,896 | 44.17 | +0.22 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -0.22 |
1996 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Clyde Holding | 33,838 | 46.58 | -2.08 | |
Liberal | Margot Foster | 28,863 | 39.73 | -2.02 | |
Democrats | John Davey | 5,147 | 7.08 | +3.42 | |
Greens | Misha Coleman | 3,746 | 5.16 | +5.16 | |
Against Further Immigration | Margaret Gillespie-Jones | 700 | 0.96 | +0.96 | |
Natural Law | Robert Brown | 357 | 0.49 | -0.46 | |
Total formal votes | 72,651 | 97.24 | +0.16 | ||
Informal votes | 2,065 | 2.76 | -0.16 | ||
Turnout | 74,716 | 93.44 | -0.22 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Clyde Holding | 40,399 | 56.05 | +0.20 | |
Liberal | Margot Foster | 31,679 | 43.95 | -0.20 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +0.20 |
1993 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Clyde Holding | 34,751 | 48.65 | +9.10 | |
Liberal | Helen Friedmann | 29,817 | 41.74 | -1.86 | |
Democrats | Beverley Broadbent | 2,614 | 3.66 | -11.85 | |
Independent | Andrew Colbert | 2,291 | 3.21 | +3.21 | |
Christine Craik | 1,276 | 1.79 | +1.79 | ||
Natural Law | Caroline Hockley | 678 | 0.95 | +0.95 | |
Total formal votes | 71,427 | 97.07 | +0.55 | ||
Informal votes | 2,153 | 2.93 | -0.55 | ||
Turnout | 73,580 | 93.66 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Clyde Holding | 39,862 | 55.85 | +3.80 | |
Liberal | Helen Friedmann | 31,513 | 44.15 | -3.80 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.80 |
1990 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Allan Paull | 29,032 | 43.6 | +2.9 | |
Labor | Clyde Holding | 26,335 | 39.6 | -4.5 | |
Democrats | David Collyer | 10,327 | 15.5 | +6.2 | |
Democratic Socialist | Greg Loats | 886 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
Total formal votes | 66,580 | 96.5 | |||
Informal votes | 2,399 | 3.5 | |||
Turnout | 68,979 | 93.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Clyde Holding | 34,594 | 52.1 | -1.8 | |
Liberal | Allan Paull | 31,872 | 47.9 | +1.8 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -1.8 |
Elections in the 1980s edit
1987 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Clyde Holding | 29,831 | 50.1 | -7.0 | |
Liberal | Allan Paull | 20,683 | 34.7 | +3.9 | |
Democrats | Di Bretherton | 5,568 | 9.3 | +3.5 | |
Independent | Alan Brown | 3,483 | 5.9 | +5.9 | |
Total formal votes | 59,565 | 93.6 | |||
Informal votes | 4,039 | 6.4 | |||
Turnout | 63,604 | 87.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Clyde Holding | 35,643 | 59.9 | -4.3 | |
Liberal | Allan Paull | 23,831 | 40.1 | +4.3 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -4.3 |
1984 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Clyde Holding | 32,665 | 57.1 | -3.6 | |
Liberal | Allan Paull | 17,603 | 30.8 | -1.7 | |
Democrats | Sue McDougall | 3,312 | 5.8 | +0.0 | |
Democratic Labor | Michael Rowe | 1,825 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
Independent | Denice Stephens | 845 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
National | Dorothy Turner | 795 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
Independent | Russell Morse | 159 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Total formal votes | 57,204 | 88.1 | |||
Informal votes | 7,728 | 11.9 | |||
Turnout | 64,932 | 90.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Clyde Holding | 36,690 | 64.2 | +1.1 | |
Liberal | Allan Paull | 20,427 | 35.8 | -1.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +1.1 |
1983 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Clyde Holding | 36,444 | 59.7 | +2.7 | |
Liberal | Ronald Flood | 20,488 | 33.5 | -0.4 | |
Democrats | John Sutcliffe | 3,556 | 5.8 | -1.5 | |
Socialist Workers | Brett Trenery | 595 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
Total formal votes | 61,083 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 1,688 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 62,751 | 91.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Clyde Holding | 64.1 | +1.8 | ||
Liberal | Ronald Flood | 35.9 | -1.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +1.8 |
1980 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Clyde Holding | 33,992 | 57.0 | +7.0 | |
Liberal | Colin Bell | 20,252 | 33.9 | +0.9 | |
Democrats | Stephen Duthy | 4,336 | 7.3 | -2.5 | |
Independent | Gordon Moffatt | 806 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
Independent | Wilhelm Kapphan | 270 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Total formal votes | 59,656 | 96.2 | |||
Informal votes | 2,373 | 3.8 | |||
Turnout | 62,029 | 89.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Clyde Holding | 62.3 | +6.8 | ||
Liberal | Colin Bell | 37.7 | -6.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +6.8 |
Elections in the 1970s edit
1977 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Clyde Holding | 31,308 | 50.0 | -5.5 | |
Liberal | Daniel Hill | 20,627 | 33.0 | -5.0 | |
Democrats | Valina Rainer | 6,147 | 9.8 | +9.8 | |
Democratic Labor | Gordon Haberman | 4,495 | 7.2 | +4.5 | |
Total formal votes | 62,577 | 96.1 | |||
Informal votes | 2,567 | 3.9 | |||
Turnout | 65,144 | 90.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Clyde Holding | 55.5 | -2.8 | ||
Liberal | Daniel Hill | 44.5 | +2.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -2.8 |
1975 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Crean | 28,460 | 55.5 | -4.9 | |
Liberal | Roger Johnston | 19,485 | 38.0 | +7.4 | |
Australia | Beverley Broadbent | 1,641 | 3.2 | -1.5 | |
Democratic Labor | Gordon Haberman | 1,369 | 2.7 | -1.6 | |
National Country | Frederick Gray | 168 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Independent | Henry Sanders | 154 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Total formal votes | 51,277 | 97.1 | |||
Informal votes | 1,553 | 2.9 | |||
Turnout | 52,830 | 91.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Frank Crean | 58.3 | -5.8 | ||
Liberal | Roger Johnston | 41.7 | +5.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -5.8 |
1974 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Crean | 31,120 | 60.4 | -1.1 | |
Liberal | John Walsh | 15,733 | 30.6 | +0.1 | |
Australia | Beverley Broadbent | 2,429 | 4.7 | +4.7 | |
Democratic Labor | John Johnston | 2,211 | 4.3 | -3.7 | |
Total formal votes | 51,493 | 97.1 | |||
Informal votes | 1,556 | 2.9 | |||
Turnout | 53,049 | 92.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Frank Crean | 64.1 | +1.8 | ||
Liberal | John Walsh | 35.9 | -1.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +1.8 |
1972 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Crean | 29,631 | 61.5 | +9.5 | |
Liberal | Paul Fenton | 14,722 | 30.5 | -2.4 | |
Democratic Labor | John Johnston | 3,845 | 8.0 | -0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 48,198 | 97.0 | |||
Informal votes | 1,476 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 49,674 | 91.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Frank Crean | 62.3 | +6.0 | ||
Liberal | Paul Fenton | 37.7 | -6.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +6.0 |
Elections in the 1960s edit
1969 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Crean | 25,209 | 52.0 | +12.3 | |
Liberal | Kevin Randall | 15,923 | 32.9 | -7.6 | |
Democratic Labor | Eustace Tracey | 3,944 | 8.1 | -3.4 | |
Independent | Reg Macey | 1,580 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
Independent | Stephen Graves | 1,447 | 3.0 | +3.0 | |
Independent | George Gabriel | 352 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Total formal votes | 48,455 | 94.6 | |||
Informal votes | 2,745 | 5.4 | |||
Turnout | 51,200 | 91.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Frank Crean | 56.3 | +8.0 | ||
Liberal | Kevin Randall | 43.7 | -8.0 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +8.0 |
1966 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Crean | 16,003 | 55.5 | -8.0 | |
Liberal | Richard Thomas | 7,123 | 24.7 | +2.6 | |
Democratic Labor | George O'Dwyer | 3,304 | 11.5 | -1.0 | |
Communist | David Clark | 2,402 | 8.3 | +6.4 | |
Total formal votes | 28,832 | 94.9 | |||
Informal votes | 1,543 | 5.1 | |||
Turnout | 30,375 | 94.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Frank Crean | 64.1 | -2.4 | ||
Liberal | Richard Thomas | 35.9 | +2.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -2.4 |
1963 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Crean | 20,654 | 63.5 | +1.8 | |
Liberal | James Pond | 7,178 | 22.1 | -0.3 | |
Democratic Labor | George O'Dwyer | 4,074 | 12.5 | -1.2 | |
Communist | Roger Wilson | 632 | 1.9 | -0.3 | |
Total formal votes | 32,538 | 97.7 | |||
Informal votes | 781 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 33,319 | 95.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Frank Crean | 66.5 | +1.4 | ||
Liberal | James Pond | 33.5 | -1.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +1.4 |
1961 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Crean | 20,590 | 61.7 | -1.9 | |
Liberal | Gordon Blackburne | 7,483 | 22.4 | +2.0 | |
Democratic Labor | Albert Jones | 4,572 | 13.7 | -0.1 | |
Communist | Roger Wilson | 749 | 2.2 | -0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 33,394 | 96.5 | |||
Informal votes | 1,201 | 3.5 | |||
Turnout | 34,595 | 93.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Frank Crean | 65.1 | -2.1 | ||
Liberal | Gordon Blackburne | 34.9 | +2.1 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -2.1 |
Elections in the 1950s edit
1958 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Crean | 22,968 | 63.6 | +11.6 | |
Liberal | Norman Loader | 7,381 | 20.4 | +0.7 | |
Democratic Labor | John Fitzgerald | 4,969 | 13.8 | -11.4 | |
Communist | Roger Wilson | 813 | 2.3 | -0.8 | |
Total formal votes | 36,131 | 96.4 | |||
Informal votes | 1,362 | 3.6 | |||
Turnout | 37,493 | 95.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Frank Crean | 67.2 | +10.4 | ||
Liberal | Norman Loader | 32.8 | +32.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +10.4 |
1955 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Crean | 19,917 | 52.0 | -14.7 | |
Labor (A-C) | Stan Corrigan | 9,662 | 25.2 | +25.2 | |
Liberal | Harold Sher | 7,531 | 19.7 | -7.8 | |
Communist | Alex Dobbin | 1,193 | 3.1 | -2.7 | |
Total formal votes | 38,303 | 95.9 | |||
Informal votes | 1,645 | 4.1 | |||
Turnout | 39,948 | 93.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Frank Crean | 56.8 | -15.0 | ||
Labor (A-C) | Stan Corrigan | 43.2 | +43.2 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -15.0 |
1954 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Crean | 22,001 | 67.4 | -3.8 | |
Liberal | Norman Fittock | 8,914 | 27.3 | -1.5 | |
Communist | Ted Bull | 1,733 | 5.3 | +5.3 | |
Total formal votes | 32,648 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 677 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 33,325 | 95.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Frank Crean | 72.3 | +1.1 | ||
Liberal | Norman Fittock | 27.7 | -1.1 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +1.1 |
1951 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Crean | 26,502 | 71.2 | +3.3 | |
Liberal | Michael Prowse | 10,740 | 28.8 | -3.3 | |
Total formal votes | 37,242 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 839 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 38,081 | 94.9 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +3.3 |
Elections in the 1940s edit
1949 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack Holloway | 26,792 | 67.9 | -2.5 | |
Liberal | Frank Block | 12,690 | 32.1 | +2.5 | |
Total formal votes | 39,482 | 97.2 | |||
Informal votes | 1,137 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 40,619 | 94.6 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | -2.5 |
1946 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack Holloway | 43,905 | 66.7 | -6.1 | |
Liberal | Douglas Dennis | 21,884 | 33.3 | +6.1 | |
Total formal votes | 65,789 | 97.5 | |||
Informal votes | 1,705 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 67,494 | 92.2 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | -6.1 |
1943 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack Holloway | 47,149 | 72.8 | +6.7 | |
United Australia | Frank Preacher | 17,629 | 27.2 | -6.7 | |
Total formal votes | 64,778 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 1,612 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 66,390 | 95.7 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +6.7 |
1940 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack Holloway | 38,853 | 66.1 | -33.9 | |
United Australia | Raymond Trickey | 19,907 | 33.9 | +33.9 | |
Total formal votes | 58,760 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 1,428 | 2.4 | |||
Total votes | 60,188 | 94.7 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | -33.9 |
Elections in the 1930s edit
1937 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack Holloway | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
1934 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack Holloway | 27,081 | 62.8 | -6.4 | |
United Australia | James Laurence | 12,173 | 28.2 | -2.1 | |
Socialist | William Clarke | 3,872 | 9.0 | +9.0 | |
Total formal votes | 43,126 | 95.7 | |||
Informal votes | 1,941 | 4.3 | |||
Turnout | 45,067 | 93.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Jack Holloway | 70.9 | +10.6 | ||
United Australia | James Laurence | 29.1 | -10.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +10.6 |
1931 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack Holloway | 22,901 | 56.4 | -43.6 | |
United Australia | William Orr | 12,319 | 30.3 | +30.3 | |
Ind. United Australia | William Howey | 3,945 | 9.7 | +9.7 | |
Communist | Thomas le Huray | 823 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
Lang Labor | Thomas Houston | 448 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
Independent | Noble Kerby | 154 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 40,590 | 94.3 | |||
Informal votes | 2,445 | 5.7 | |||
Turnout | 43,035 | 95.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Jack Holloway | 60.3 | -39.7 | ||
United Australia | William Orr | 39.7 | +39.7 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -39.7 |
Elections in the 1920s edit
1929 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | James Mathews | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
1928 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | James Mathews | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
1925 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | James Mathews | 29,416 | 67.7 | -5.4 | |
Nationalist | Frank Wilcher | 14,035 | 32.3 | +5.4 | |
Total formal votes | 43,451 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 792 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 44,243 | 89.7 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | -5.4 |
1922 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | James Mathews | 17,628 | 73.1 | -26.9 | |
Nationalist | Selwyn Neale | 6,485 | 26.9 | +26.9 | |
Total formal votes | 24,113 | 97.0 | |||
Informal votes | 745 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 24,858 | 54.1 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | -26.9 |
Elections in the 1910s edit
1919 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | James Mathews | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
1917 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | James Mathews | 22,689 | 66.3 | -33.7 | |
Nationalist | William Fozard | 11,557 | 33.7 | +33.7 | |
Total formal votes | 34,246 | 97.7 | |||
Informal votes | 801 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 35,047 | 80.5 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | -33.7 |
1914 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | James Mathews | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
1913 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | James Mathews | 24,203 | 79.2 | +10.6 | |
Liberal | Charles Merrett | 6,357 | 20.8 | -10.6 | |
Total formal votes | 30,560 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 659 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 31,219 | 75.0 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +10.6 |
1910 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Mathews | 15,055 | 69.6 | +29.0 | |
Liberal | Alexander Ramsay | 6,583 | 30.4 | -5.0 | |
Total formal votes | 21,638 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 368 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 22,006 | 65.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +17.0 |
Elections in the 1900s edit
1906 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Mathews | 6,813 | 40.6 | -1.3 | |
Protectionist | Edward Watts | 5,932 | 35.4 | -20.1 | |
Independent Labour | James Ronald | 3,215 | 19.2 | +19.2 | |
Ind. Anti-Socialist | Cyril James | 802 | 4.8 | +4.8 | |
Total formal votes | 16,762 | 95.9 | |||
Informal votes | 714 | 4.1 | |||
Turnout | 17,476 | 55.9 | |||
Labour gain from Protectionist | Swing | +9.4 |
1903 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Samuel Mauger | 9,646 | 55.5 | -44.5 | |
Labour | James Mathews | 7,290 | 41.9 | +41.9 | |
Independent Labour | Harry Foran | 443 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
Total formal votes | 17,379 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 386 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 17,765 | 55.7 | |||
Protectionist hold | Swing | -44.5 |
1901 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Samuel Mauger | unopposed | |||
Protectionist win | (new seat) |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Melbourne Ports, VIC, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
- ^ 2013 results for Melbourne Ports, AEC.
- ^ "2010 results for Melbourne Ports". AEC.