Electoral results for the district of Clifton Hill
Appearance
This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Clifton Hill in Victorian state elections.
Members for Clifton Hill
Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
Maurice Blackburn | Labor | 1927–1934 | |
Bert Cremean | Labor | 1934–1945 | |
Jack Cremean | Labor | 1945–1949 | |
Joseph O'Carroll | Labor | 1949–1955 | |
Labor (Anti-Communist) | 1955 |
Election results
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Joseph O'Carroll | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Joseph O'Carroll | 16,004 | 67.7 | +4.0 | |
Liberal and Country | Kenneth Withers | 7,633 | 32.3 | -4.0 | |
Total formal votes | 23,637 | 98.6 | −0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 331 | 1.4 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 23,968 | 94.3 | +1.1 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +4.0 |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Joseph O'Carroll | 13,829 | 64.8 | +0.9 | |
Liberal and Country | Ivan Soden | 6,436 | 30.2 | -6.1 | |
Communist | Andrew Wallace | 1,069 | 5.0 | +5.0 | |
Total formal votes | 21,334 | 98.8 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 260 | 1.2 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 21,594 | 80.7 | −12.5 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack Cremean | 15,798 | 63.7 | +5.3 | |
Liberal | Neil McKay | 9,002 | 36.3 | +8.4 | |
Total formal votes | 24,800 | 98.8 | +1.5 | ||
Informal votes | 312 | 1.2 | −1.5 | ||
Turnout | 25,112 | 93.2 | +4.9 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack Cremean | 13,115 | 58.4 | ||
Liberal | Neil McKay | 6,271 | 27.9 | ||
Communist | Kenneth Miller | 3,061 | 13.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 22,447 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 612 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 23,059 | 88.3 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack Cremean | 12,728 | 69.6 | +16.6 | |
Communist | Kenneth Miller | 5,555 | 30.4 | +11.5 | |
Total formal votes | 18,283 | 95.2 | −1.1 | ||
Informal votes | 924 | 4.8 | +1.1 | ||
Turnout | 19,207 | 74.4 | −13.1 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bert Cremean | 11,413 | 53.0 | -13.0 | |
Independent | Allan Matthews | 6,039 | 28.0 | +28.0 | |
Communist | Ken Miller | 4,078 | 18.9 | +18.9 | |
Total formal votes | 21,530 | 96.3 | −1.9 | ||
Informal votes | 834 | 3.7 | +1.9 | ||
Turnout | 22,364 | 87.5 | −5.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bert Cremean | 14,533 | 66.0 | -1.8 | |
United Australia | Reginald Archer | 7,489 | 34.0 | +1.8 | |
Total formal votes | 22,022 | 98.2 | −0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 406 | 1.8 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 22,428 | 92.9 | −0.1 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -1.8 |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bert Cremean | 15,113 | 67.8 | +6.3 | |
United Australia | Rhys Davies | 7,167 | 32.2 | -6.3 | |
Total formal votes | 22,280 | 98.5 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 340 | 1.5 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 22,620 | 93.0 | −1.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +6.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bert Cremean | 13,636 | 61.5 | +13.1 | |
United Australia | Harold Holt | 8,531 | 38.5 | +0.7 | |
Total formal votes | 22,167 | 98.3 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 379 | 1.7 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 22,546 | 94.4 | +1.9 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +7.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bert Cremean | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Maurice Blackburn | 10,274 | 48.4 | -51.6 | |
United Australia | Albert Oldus | 8,029 | 37.8 | +37.8 | |
Premiers' Plan Labor | William Angus | 2,932 | 13.8 | +13.8 | |
Total formal votes | 21,235 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 414 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 21,649 | 92.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Maurice Blackburn | 11,430 | 53.8 | -46.2 | |
United Australia | Albert Oldus | 9,805 | 46.2 | +46.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Maurice Blackburn | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Maurice Blackburn | 13,784 | 67.7 | ||
Nationalist | Charles Miller | 6,577 | 32.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 20,361 | 96.4 | |||
Informal votes | 763 | 3.6 | |||
Turnout | 21,124 | 86.8 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
References
- ^ Hughes, Colin A. (1975). Voting for the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1890-1964. Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 070811332X.