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This is a list of electoral results for the Division of La Trobe in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1949 until the present.

Members

Member Party Term
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal Richard Casey Liberal 1949–1960
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal John Jess Liberal 1960–1972
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor Tony Lamb Labor 1972–1975
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal Marshall Baillieu Liberal 1975–1980
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor Peter Milton Labor 1980–1990
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal Bob Charles Liberal 1990–2004
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal Jason Wood Liberal 2004–2010
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor Laura Smyth Labor 2010–2013
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal Jason Wood Liberal 2013–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Australian federal election, 2013: La Trobe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jason Wood 40,925 46.05 +3.01
Labor Laura Smyth 28,488 32.06 −7.35
Greens Michael Schilling 8,905 10.02 −1.98
Palmer United Jason Kennedy 4,514 5.08 +5.08
Sex Party Martin Leahy 2,475 2.79 +0.46
Family First Daniel Martin 1,680 1.89 −0.68
Democratic Labour Rachel Jenkins 1,168 1.31 +1.31
Rise Up Australia Kevin Seaman 711 0.80 +0.80
Total formal votes 88,866 95.61 −0.35
Informal votes 4,083 4.39 +0.35
Turnout 92,949 94.84 +0.41
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jason Wood 47,998 54.01 +5.67
Labor Laura Smyth 40,868 45.99 −5.67
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +5.67
Australian federal election, 2010: La Trobe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jason Wood 39,053 43.88 −2.60
Labor Laura Smyth 33,970 38.17 −2.22
Greens Jim Reiher 10,931 12.28 +3.44
Sex Party Martin Leahy 2,539 2.85 +2.85
Family First David Barrow 1,917 2.15 −0.69
Liberal Democrats Shem Bennett 587 0.66 +0.56
Total formal votes 88,997 95.93 −0.79
Informal votes 3,773 4.07 +0.79
Turnout 92,770 94.70 −1.14
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Laura Smyth 45,308 50.91 +1.42
Liberal Jason Wood 43,689 49.09 −1.42
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +1.42

Elections in the 2000s

Australian federal election, 2007: La Trobe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jason Wood 39,636 46.48 −4.74
Labor Rodney Cocks 34,448 40.39 +6.62
Greens Bree Taylor 7,539 8.84 −0.57
Family First Jim Zubic 2,423 2.43 +0.49
Democrats Craig Beale 1,012 1.19 −0.30
Citizens Electoral Council Kurt Beilharz 140 0.16 −0.01
Liberty & Democracy Surome Singh 85 0.10 +0.10
Total formal votes 85,283 96.72 +0.74
Informal votes 2,896 3.28 −0.74
Turnout 88,179 95.82 +0.36
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jason Wood 43,077 50.51 −5.32
Labor Rodney Cocks 42,206 49.49 +5.32
Liberal hold Swing −5.32
Australian federal election, 2004: La Trobe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jason Wood 39,810 51.22 +4.68
Labor Susan Davies 26,251 33.77 −0.45
Greens Craig Smith 7,313 9.41 +2.01
Democrats Tony Holland 1,160 1.49 −6.53
Family First Darryl Bridges 1,830 2.35 +2.35
Independent Frank Dean 777 1.00 +0.52
Christian Democrats Wolf Voigt 459 0.59 −0.45
Citizens Electoral Council Kurt Beilharz 131 0.17 +0.17
Total formal votes 77,731 95.98 +0.20
Informal votes 3,254 4.02 −0.20
Turnout 80,985 95.46 +0.59
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jason Wood 43,394 55.83 +2.16
Labor Susan Davies 34,337 44.17 −2.16
Liberal hold Swing +2.16
Australian federal election, 2001: La Trobe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bob Charles 37,641 46.59 +3.75
Labor Philip Staindl 27,912 34.55 −3.22
Democrats Tony Holland 6,424 7.95 −0.83
Greens Craig Smith 5,740 7.10 +3.29
One Nation June Scott 1,304 1.61 −2.71
Christian Democrats Wolfgang Voigt 861 1.07 +0.06
Independent Jason Allen 530 0.66 +0.66
Independent Frank Dean 386 0.48 +0.03
Total formal votes 80,798 95.80 −0.59
Informal votes 3,544 4.20 +0.59
Turnout 84,342 95.92
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bob Charles 46,366 53.67 +2.68
Labor Philip Staindl 37,432 46.33 −2.68
Liberal hold Swing +2.68

Elections in the 1990s

Australian federal election, 1998: La Trobe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bob Charles 31,456 42.84 −1.62
Labor Carolyn Hirsh 27,733 37.77 −1.06
Democrats Amanda Leeper 6,447 8.78 −0.67
One Nation Jeff Thomas 3,173 4.32 +4.32
Greens Robyn Holtham 2,801 3.81 −0.90
Christian Democrats Wolf Voigt 740 1.01 −0.25
Unity Assyl Haidar 411 0.56 +0.56
Independent Frank Dean 331 0.45 −0.33
Abolish Child Support Graham Woolley 186 0.25 +0.25
Natural Law Andrew Stenberg 152 0.21 −0.31
Total formal votes 73,430 96.39 −1.08
Informal votes 2,751 3.61 +1.08
Turnout 76,181 96.10 −0.36
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bob Charles 37,442 50.99 −0.38
Labor Carolyn Hirsh 35,988 49.01 +0.38
Liberal hold Swing −0.38
Australian federal election, 1996: La Trobe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bob Charles 30,806 44.46 −2.90
Labor Carolyn Hirsh 26,905 38.83 −3.28
Democrats John Hastie 6,549 9.45 +5.02
Greens John Benton 3,264 4.71 +1.04
Call to Australia Wolf Voigt 874 1.26 +0.12
Independent Frank Dean 542 0.78 +0.78
Natural Law Andrew Stenberg 350 0.51 −0.11
Total formal votes 69,290 97.47 −0.16
Informal votes 1,799 2.53 +0.16
Turnout 71,089 96.45 +0.03
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bob Charles 35,396 51.37 +0.10
Labor Carolyn Hirsh 33,508 48.63 −0.10
Liberal hold Swing +0.10
Australian federal election, 1993: La Trobe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bob Charles 35,306 48.17 +4.49
Labor Geoff Pain 29,715 40.54 +5.78
Greens Rebecca Wigney 3,317 4.53 +4.53
Democrats Raymond Jungwirth 3,106 4.24 −13.71
Call to Australia Wolfgang Voigt 866 1.18 −2.44
Independent EFF Peter Herbert 552 0.75 +0.75
Natural Law Juliana Kendi 436 0.59 +0.59
Total formal votes 73,298 97.64 +0.06
Informal votes 1,772 2.36 −0.06
Turnout 75,070 96.42
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bob Charles 38,348 52.36 +1.01
Labor Geoff Pain 34,893 47.64 −1.01
Liberal hold Swing +1.01
Australian federal election, 1990: La Trobe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bob Charles 29,805 43.7 +1.9
Labor Peter Milton 23,720 34.8 −12.9
Democrats Greta Jungwirth 12,246 17.9 +7.5
Call to Australia Teresa Kemp 2,468 3.6 +3.6
Total formal votes 68,239 97.6
Informal votes 1,690 2.4
Turnout 69,929 96.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bob Charles 34,980 51.4 +5.6
Labor Peter Milton 33,138 48.6 −5.6
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +5.6

Elections in the 1980s

Australian federal election, 1987: La Trobe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Peter Milton 31,510 50.8 −3.2
Liberal Bob Charles 24,013 38.7 +2.3
Democrats John Benton 6,461 10.4 +2.6
Total formal votes 61,984 95.2
Informal votes 3,121 4.8
Turnout 65,105 95.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Peter Milton 35,539 57.3 −1.4
Liberal Bob Charles 26,439 42.7 +1.4
Labor hold Swing −1.4
Australian federal election, 1984: La Trobe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Peter Milton 28,853 54.0 +1.6
Liberal Ted French 19,438 36.4 +2.0
Democrats Andrew McCann 4,185 7.8 −2.7
Democratic Labor Julie Garratt 976 1.8 +1.8
Total formal votes 53,452 92.1
Informal votes 4,574 7.9
Turnout 58,026 95.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Peter Milton 31,370 58.7 −1.8
Liberal Ted French 22,077 41.3 +1.8
Labor hold Swing −1.8
Australian federal election, 1983: La Trobe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Peter Milton 40,493 52.8 +7.6
Liberal Peter Nugent 26,045 34.0 −6.7
Democrats Milton Blake 8,010 10.5 +0.1
Christian Cornelis Hellema 2,085 2.7 +2.7
Total formal votes 76,633 98.2
Informal votes 1,439 1.8
Turnout 78,072 96.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Peter Milton 60.9 +8.6
Liberal Peter Nugent 39.1 −8.6
Labor hold Swing +8.6
Australian federal election, 1980: La Trobe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Peter Milton 31,439 45.2 +4.9
Liberal Marshall Baillieu 28,282 40.7 −0.9
Democrats James Leicester 7,201 10.4 −3.7
United Christian Cornelis Hellema 1,487 2.1 +2.1
Democratic Labor Desmond Burke 867 1.2 −1.1
Independent Wilhelm Kapphan 262 0.4 +0.4
Total formal votes 69,538 97.2
Informal votes 2,015 2.8
Turnout 71,553 95.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Peter Milton 36,360 52.3 +3.1
Liberal Marshall Baillieu 33,178 47.7 −3.1
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +3.1

Elections in the 1970s

Australian federal election, 1977: La Trobe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Marshall Baillieu 26,060 41.6 −8.9
Labor Tony Lamb 25,250 40.3 −3.2
Democrats Andrew McCann 8,827 14.1 +14.1
Democratic Labor James Penna 1,410 2.3 +0.0
Independent Cornelus Hellema 1,099 1.8 −0.4
Total formal votes 62,646 97.3
Informal votes 1,725 2.7
Turnout 64,371 95.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Marshall Baillieu 31,845 50.8 −3.5
Labor Tony Lamb 30,801 49.2 +3.5
Liberal hold Swing −3.5
Australian federal election, 1975: La Trobe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Marshall Baillieu 41,276 50.5 +8.5
Labor Tony Lamb 35,504 43.5 −9.4
Democratic Labor James Penna 1,889 2.3 −0.4
Independent Cornelus Hellema 1,837 2.2 +2.2
Australia Donald Walters 1,029 1.3 −0.7
Independent Ronald Neilsen 169 0.2 +0.2
Total formal votes 18,704 98.0
Informal votes 1,647 2.0
Turnout 83,351 95.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Marshall Baillieu 54.3 +8.9
Labor Tony Lamb 45.7 −8.9
Liberal gain from Labor Swing −3.5
Australian federal election, 1974: La Trobe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tony Lamb 40,444 52.9 +2.4
Liberal Marshall Baillieu 32,126 42.0 +4.1
Democratic Labor Daniel Mason 2,051 2.7 −2.5
Australia Donald Walters 1,501 2.0 −1.3
Independent William Bryant 323 0.4 +0.4
Total formal votes 76,445 98.1
Informal votes 1,467 1.9
Turnout 77,912 95.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tony Lamb 54.6 −0.4
Liberal Marshall Baillieu 45.4 +0.4
Labor hold Swing −0.4
Australian federal election, 1972: La Trobe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tony Lamb 31,885 50.5 +8.8
Liberal John Jess 23,961 37.9 −6.7
Democratic Labor George Noone 3,292 5.2 −3.6
Australia Donald Walters 2,083 3.3 −1.7
Defence of Government Schools Eileen Fowler 1,238 2.0 +2.0
Independent Jeffrey Gill 700 1.1 +1.1
Total formal votes 63,159 97.7
Informal votes 1,505 2.3
Turnout 64,664 96.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tony Lamb 55.0 +10.2
Liberal John Jess 45.0 −10.2
Labor gain from Liberal Swing −3.5

Elections in the 1960s

Australian federal election, 1969: La Trobe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Jess 22,343 44.6 −3.2
Labor Pauline McCarthy 20,898 41.7 +9.6
Democratic Labor Peter Tunstall 4,393 8.8 −4.0
Australia Brenda Elliott 2,484 5.0 +5.0
Total formal votes 50,118 96.8
Informal votes 1,658 3.2
Turnout 51,776 94.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Jess 27,641 55.2 −5.7
Labor Pauline McCarthy 22,477 44.8 +5.7
Liberal hold Swing −5.7
Australian federal election, 1966: La Trobe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Jess 38,427 47.6 −1.1
Labor Don Pritchard 26,847 33.3 −7.6
Democratic Labor Kevin Adamson 10,311 12.8 +2.4
Liberal Reform Group Leonard Weber 5,075 6.3 +6.3
Total formal votes 80,660 97.0
Informal votes 2,471 3.0
Turnout 83,131 95.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Jess 48,873 60.6 +3.8
Labor Don Pritchard 31,787 39.4 −3.8
Liberal hold Swing +3.8
Australian federal election, 1963: La Trobe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Jess 35,050 48.7 +5.0
Labor Moss Cass 29,466 40.9 −1.1
Democratic Labor Kevin Adamson 7,490 10.4 −3.1
Total formal votes 72,006 98.9
Informal votes 797 1.1
Turnout 72,803 96.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Jess 40,866 56.8 +0.2
Labor Moss Cass 31,140 43.2 −0.2
Liberal hold Swing +0.2
Australian federal election, 1961: La Trobe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Jess 27,952 43.7 −10.0
Labor Don Pritchard 26,875 42.0 +5.1
Democratic Labor John Hoare 8,651 13.5 +4.2
Centre Bernard Rees 554 0.9 +0.9
Total formal votes 64,032 97.9
Informal votes 1,344 2.1
Turnout 65,376 96.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Jess 36,236 56.6 −5.5
Labor Don Pritchard 27,797 43.4 +5.5
Liberal hold Swing −5.5
La Trobe by-election, 1960
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Don Pritchard 23,387 43.7 +6.8
Liberal John Jess 22,880 42.8 −10.9
Democratic Labor John Martyr 6,834 12.8 +3.5
Republican John Murray 406 0.8 +0.8
Total formal votes 53,507 98.4
Informal votes 872 1.6
Turnout 54,379 91.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Jess 28,999 54.2 −6.9
Labor Don Pritchard 24,508 45.8 +6.9
Liberal hold Swing −6.9

Elections in the 1950s

Australian federal election, 1958: La Trobe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Casey 28,570 53.7 −3.9
Labor Sam Goldbloom 19,623 36.9 +3.5
Democratic Labor Terence Kirley 4,963 9.3 +0.3
Total formal votes 53,156 98.1
Informal votes 1,031 1.9
Turnout 54,187 95.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Richard Casey 62.1 −2.7
Labor Sam Goldbloom 37.9 +2.7
Liberal hold Swing −2.7
Australian federal election, 1955: La Trobe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Casey 24,442 57.6 +5.8
Labor Bill Webber 14,177 33.4 −14.8
Labor (A-C) George Noone 3,830 9.0 +9.0
Total formal votes 42,449 97.5
Informal votes 1,101 2.5
Turnout 43,550 94.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Richard Casey 64.8 +13.0
Labor Bill Webber 35.2 −13.0
Liberal hold Swing +13.0
Australian federal election, 1954: La Trobe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Casey 34,585 55.1 −2.9
Labor Edward Smith 26,943 42.9 +0.9
Communist Gerry O'Day 1,227 2.0 +2.0
Total formal votes 62,755 98.9
Informal votes 699 1.1
Turnout 63,454 96.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Richard Casey 55.3 −2.7
Labor Edward Smith 44.7 +2.7
Liberal hold Swing −2.7
Australian federal election, 1951: La Trobe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Casey 26,920 58.0 −0.6
Labor Bernard Rees 19,464 42.0 +0.6
Total formal votes 46,384 98.1
Informal votes 877 1.9
Turnout 47,261 96.0
Liberal hold Swing −0.6

Elections in the 1940s

Australian federal election, 1949: La Trobe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Casey 23,645 58.6 +4.1
Labor Robert Balcombe 16,714 41.4 −4.1
Total formal votes 40,359 98.3
Informal votes 698 1.7
Turnout 41,057 94.6
Liberal hold Swing +4.1

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