Electoral results for the Division of Hoddle
This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Hoddle in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1949 until its abolition in 1955.
Members
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Cremean | Labor | 1949–1955 | |
| Labor (Anti-Communist) | 1955–1955 | ||
Election results
Elections in the 1950s
1954
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Jack Cremean | 23,439 | 75.8 | −2.9 | |
| Liberal | Desmond Byrne | 6,302 | 20.4 | +2.8 | |
| Communist | John Prescott | 1,198 | 3.9 | +0.2 | |
| Total formal votes | 30,939 | 97.6 | |||
| Informal votes | 767 | 2.4 | |||
| Turnout | 31,706 | 94.3 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Jack Cremean | 79.4 | −2.7 | ||
| Liberal | Desmond Byrne | 20.6 | +2.7 | ||
| Labor hold | Swing | −2.7 | |||
1951
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Jack Cremean | 27,685 | 78.7 | +1.6 | |
| Liberal | Jack Easton | 6,193 | 17.6 | −0.3 | |
| Communist | Leslie Loye | 1,310 | 3.7 | +0.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 35,188 | 96.5 | |||
| Informal votes | 1,276 | 3.5 | |||
| Turnout | 36,464 | 94.4 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Jack Cremean | 82.1 | +1.3 | ||
| Liberal | Jack Easton | 17.9 | −1.3 | ||
| Labor hold | Swing | +1.3 | |||
Elections in the 1940s
1949
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Jack Cremean | 28,351 | 77.1 | +1.3 | |
| Liberal | Terence Kirby | 6,593 | 17.9 | −3.3 | |
| Communist | Leslie Loye | 1,137 | 3.1 | +0.0 | |
| Independent | Albert Wallace | 689 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
| Total formal votes | 36,770 | 96.4 | |||
| Informal votes | 1,382 | 3.6 | |||
| Turnout | 38,152 | 94.4 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Jack Cremean | 80.8 | −2.3 | ||
| Liberal | Terence Kirby | 19.2 | +2.3 | ||
| Labor hold | Swing | −2.3 | |||