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Electoral results for the Division of Burke (1949–1955)

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This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Burke in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1949 until its abolition in 1955.

Members

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Member Party Term
  Ted Peters Labor 1949–1955

Election results

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Elections in the 1950s

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1954

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1954 Australian federal election: Burke[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ted Peters 23,510 68.7 −3.7
Liberal Alfred Wall 9,260 27.0 −0.6
Communist Vida Little 1,467 4.3 +4.3
Total formal votes 34,237 98.2
Informal votes 613 1.8
Turnout 34,850 96.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ted Peters 72.6 +0.2
Liberal Alfred Wall 27.4 −0.2
Labor hold Swing +0.2

1951

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1951 Australian federal election: Burke[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ted Peters 27,422 72.4 +10.3
Liberal Alfred Wall 10,446 27.6 +2.4
Total formal votes 37,868 97.8
Informal votes 861 2.2
Turnout 38,729 96.1
Labor hold Swing +3.0

Elections in the 1940s

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1949

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1949 Australian federal election: Burke[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ted Peters 24,362 62.1 +11.1
Liberal Alfred Wall 9,865 25.2 +2.4
Blackburn-Mutton Labor Henry Hodges 4,720 12.0 +12.0
Independent James Whitworth 271 0.7 +0.7
Total formal votes 39,218 97.5
Informal votes 999 2.5
Turnout 40,217 95.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ted Peters 69.4 −0.7
Liberal Alfred Wall 30.6 +0.7
Labor notional hold Swing −0.7

References

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  1. ^ "1954 House of Representatives: Victoria". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  2. ^ "1951 House of Representatives: Victoria". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  3. ^ "1949 House of Representatives: Victoria". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 29 May 2022.