Electoral results for the Division of Lang
Appearance
This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Lang in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1901 until its abolition in 1977.
Members
Election results
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Stewart | 31,960 | 55.1 | -9.6 | |
Liberal | Donald Carruthers | 22,793 | 39.3 | +8.5 | |
Independent | Douglas Morgan | 1,402 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
Independent | Marc Aussie-Stone | 960 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
Independent | John Stewart | 871 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
Total formal votes | 57,986 | 97.5 | |||
Informal votes | 1,477 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 59,463 | 94.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Frank Stewart | 57.4 | -9.3 | ||
Liberal | Donald Carruthers | 42.6 | +9.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -9.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Stewart | 37,343 | 64.7 | +0.9 | |
Liberal | Barry Peffer | 17,795 | 30.8 | -1.2 | |
Australia | George Edgell | 2,558 | 4.4 | +4.4 | |
Total formal votes | 57,696 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 1,136 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 58,832 | 92.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Frank Stewart | 66.7 | +2.3 | ||
Liberal | Barry Peffer | 32.3 | -2.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Stewart | 33,274 | 63.8 | +5.4 | |
Liberal | Stanley Duncan | 16,700 | 32.0 | -1.6 | |
Democratic Labor | Robert Burke | 2,167 | 4.2 | +0.8 | |
Total formal votes | 52,141 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 1,006 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 53,147 | 94.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Frank Stewart | 64.4 | +2.7 | ||
Liberal | Stanley Duncan | 33.6 | -2.7 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +2.7 |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Stewart | 29,748 | 58.4 | +7.5 | |
Liberal | Stanley Duncan | 17,144 | 33.6 | -10.0 | |
Democratic Labor | Dominique Droulers | 1,754 | 3.4 | -2.1 | |
Independent | Ernest Tripet | 1,617 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
Communist | Jack Mundey | 696 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
Total formal votes | 50,959 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 1,414 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 52,373 | 94.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Frank Stewart | 61.7 | +9.9 | ||
Liberal | Stanley Duncan | 38.3 | -9.9 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +9.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Stewart | 22,417 | 50.6 | -6.6 | |
Liberal | Graham Crawford | 19,432 | 43.9 | +4.8 | |
Democratic Labor | Bernard Atkinson | 2,450 | 5.5 | +5.5 | |
Total formal votes | 44,299 | 97.0 | |||
Informal votes | 1,361 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 45,660 | 95.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Frank Stewart | 51.5 | -5.3 | ||
Liberal | Graham Crawford | 48.5 | +5.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -5.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Stewart | 25,182 | 57.2 | -6.8 | |
Liberal | Russell Carter | 17,208 | 39.1 | +10.3 | |
Independent | Francis Ball | 1,626 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
Total formal votes | 44,016 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 671 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 44,687 | 95.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Frank Stewart | 58.6 | -7.7 | ||
Liberal | Russell Carter | 41.4 | +7.7 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -7.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Stewart | 28,379 | 64.0 | +3.4 | |
Liberal | Russell Carter | 12,775 | 28.8 | -6.2 | |
Independent | Frank Ball | 2,043 | 4.6 | +4.6 | |
Democratic Labor | Edward Byrnes | 1,162 | 2.6 | -1.8 | |
Total formal votes | 44,359 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 1,228 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 45,587 | 95.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Frank Stewart | 66.3 | +4.8 | ||
Liberal | Russell Carter | 32.7 | -4.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +4.8 |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Stewart | 26,915 | 60.6 | +0.3 | |
Liberal | Hugh Bygott | 15,539 | 35.0 | -4.7 | |
Democratic Labor | Kevin Davis | 1,944 | 4.4 | +4.4 | |
Total formal votes | 44,398 | 97.1 | |||
Informal votes | 1,321 | 2.9 | |||
Turnout | 45,719 | 96.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Frank Stewart | 61.5 | +1.2 | ||
Liberal | Hugh Bygott | 38.5 | -1.2 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Stewart | 25,175 | 60.3 | -2.8 | |
Liberal | Wallace Peacock | 16,550 | 39.7 | +5.9 | |
Total formal votes | 41,725 | 96.9 | |||
Informal votes | 1,341 | 3.1 | |||
Turnout | 43,066 | 95.5 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | -5.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Stewart | 23,472 | 54.6 | +4.6 | |
Liberal | John Spicer | 19,509 | 45.4 | +0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 42,981 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 487 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 43,468 | 96.8 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +1.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Stewart | 21,699 | 53.9 | +3.9 | |
Liberal | Herbert Thorncraft | 17,218 | 42.8 | -2.5 | |
Communist | Roy Boyd | 1,082 | 2.7 | -2.0 | |
Independent | Thomas Brosnan | 275 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Total formal votes | 40,274 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 584 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 40,858 | 91.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Frank Stewart | 56.7 | +3.5 | ||
Liberal | Herbert Thorncraft | 43.3 | -3.5 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +3.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Dan Mulcahy | 20,944 | 50.0 | -0.2 | |
Liberal | Robert Bruce | 18,951 | 45.3 | +0.2 | |
Communist | Roy Boyd | 1,968 | 4.7 | +0.0 | |
Total formal votes | 41,863 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 721 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 42,584 | 97.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Dan Mulcahy | 53.2 | -1.5 | ||
Liberal | Robert Bruce | 46.8 | +1.5 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -1.5 |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Dan Mulcahy | 20,421 | 50.2 | +0.3 | |
Liberal | Eric Willis | 18,369 | 45.1 | +9.1 | |
Communist | Roy Boyd | 1,905 | 4.7 | -2.8 | |
Total formal votes | 40,695 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 827 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 41,522 | 97.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Dan Mulcahy | 54.7 | -6.4 | ||
Liberal | Eric Willis | 45.3 | +6.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -6.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Dan Mulcahy | 37,918 | 51.7 | -9.8 | |
Liberal | John Paget | 24,963 | 34.0 | +9.4 | |
Communist | Adam Ogston | 5,508 | 7.5 | +1.1 | |
Lang Labor | Sidney Bell | 4,995 | 6.8 | +6.8 | |
Total formal votes | 73,384 | 97.7 | |||
Informal votes | 1,708 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 75,092 | 96.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Dan Mulcahy | 64.6 | -6.4 | ||
Liberal | John Paget | 35.4 | +6.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -6.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Dan Mulcahy | 41,701 | 61.5 | +41.2 | |
United Australia | William Harris | 16,649 | 24.6 | -11.0 | |
Communist | Adam Ogston | 4,312 | 6.4 | +6.4 | |
Independent | John Metcalfe | 3,899 | 5.7 | +5.7 | |
Independent | Henry Mulcahy | 1,249 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Total formal votes | 67,810 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 1,881 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 69,691 | 97.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Dan Mulcahy | 71.0 | +71.0 | ||
United Australia | William Harris | 29.0 | -5.0 | ||
Labor gain from Labor (N-C) | Swing | +5.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor (N-C) | Dan Mulcahy | 23,298 | 38.0 | +38.0 | |
United Australia | Bertram Stevens | 15,615 | 25.4 | -9.7 | |
Labor | John Metcalfe | 12,487 | 20.3 | -30.1 | |
United Australia | Matthew Calman | 5,626 | 9.2 | +9.2 | |
State Labor | Arthur Robinson | 3,738 | 6.1 | +6.1 | |
United Australia | Stanley Willmott | 608 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
Total formal votes | 61,372 | 96.7 | |||
Informal votes | 2,064 | 3.3 | |||
Turnout | 63,436 | 97.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor (N-C) | Dan Mulcahy | 40,517 | 66.0 | +66.0 | |
United Australia | Bertram Stevens | 20,855 | 34.0 | -13.4 | |
Labor (N-C) gain from Labor | Swing | +13.4 |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Dan Mulcahy | 28,379 | 50.4 | +43.3 | |
United Australia | Matthew Calman | 25,547 | 45.3 | +7.4 | |
Social Credit | Ernest Carr | 2,435 | 4.3 | -6.7 | |
Total formal votes | 56,361 | 97.5 | |||
Informal votes | 1,437 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 57,798 | 97.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Dan Mulcahy | 52.6 | +52.6 | ||
United Australia | Matthew Calman | 47.4 | +4.5 | ||
Labor gain from Labor (NSW) | Swing | -4.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor (NSW) | Dan Mulcahy | 21,398 | 41.4 | +6.0 | |
United Australia | Charles Robinson | 19,623 | 37.9 | -5.3 | |
Social Credit | Colin Barclay-Smith | 5,687 | 11.0 | +11.0 | |
Labor | Allan Howie | 3,667 | 7.1 | -14.3 | |
Independent | Rufus Naylor | 1,347 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
Total formal votes | 51,722 | 95.2 | |||
Informal votes | 2,597 | 4.8 | |||
Turnout | 54,319 | 96.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor (NSW) | Dan Mulcahy | 29,546 | 57.1 | -6.8 | |
United Australia | Charles Robinson | 22,176 | 42.9 | +6.8 | |
Labor (NSW) hold | Swing | -6.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor (NSW) | Dan Mulcahy | 13,249 | 30.7 | +30.7 | |
United Australia | Dick Dein | 12,858 | 29.8 | +15.5 | |
Labor | William Long | 8,669 | 20.1 | -46.1 | |
United Australia | Alfred Bennett | 8,439 | 19.5 | +19.5 | |
Total formal votes | 43,215 | 97.0 | |||
Informal votes | 1,355 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 44,570 | 94.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
United Australia | Dick Dein | 23,404 | 54.2 | +20.4 | |
Labor (NSW) | Dan Mulcahy | 19,811 | 45.8 | +45.8 | |
United Australia gain from Labor | Swing | +20.4 |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Long | 28,898 | 66.2 | +12.7 | |
Nationalist | Dick Dein | 14,736 | 33.8 | -12.7 | |
Total formal votes | 43,634 | 97.4 | |||
Informal votes | 1,150 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 44,784 | 94.3 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +12.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Long | 21,918 | 53.5 | +9.4 | |
Nationalist | Sir Elliot Johnson | 19,082 | 46.5 | -9.4 | |
Total formal votes | 41,000 | 94.7 | |||
Informal votes | 2,314 | 5.3 | |||
Turnout | 43,314 | 92.9 | |||
Labor gain from Nationalist | Swing | +9.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Sir Elliot Johnson | 22,756 | 55.9 | +6.6 | |
Labor | George Smith | 17,941 | 44.1 | +2.4 | |
Total formal votes | 40,697 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 524 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 41,321 | 85.7 | |||
Nationalist hold | Swing | +1.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Sir Elliot Johnson | 10,786 | 49.3 | -9.3 | |
Labor | George Smith | 9,117 | 41.7 | +0.6 | |
Majority Labor | Percy Evans | 1,974 | 9.0 | +9.0 | |
Total formal votes | 21,877 | 95.7 | |||
Informal votes | 992 | 4.3 | |||
Turnout | 22,869 | 53.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Nationalist | Sir Elliot Johnson | 11,911 | 54.4 | -4.3 | |
Labor | George Smith | 9,966 | 45.6 | +4.3 | |
Nationalist hold | Swing | -4.3 |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Elliot Johnson | 18,939 | 57.3 | -3.1 | |
Labor | Archibald Moate | 14,105 | 42.7 | +3.1 | |
Total formal votes | 33,044 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 515 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 33,559 | 67.6 | |||
Nationalist hold | Swing | -3.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Elliot Johnson | 21,495 | 60.4 | +6.9 | |
Labor | Percy Evans | 14,081 | 39.6 | -6.9 | |
Total formal votes | 35,576 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 1,030 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 36,606 | 72.7 | |||
Nationalist hold | Swing | +6.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Elliot Johnson | 16,556 | 53.5 | -3.6 | |
Labor | Hector Lamond | 14,391 | 46.5 | +3.6 | |
Total formal votes | 30,947 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 639 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 31,586 | 64.2 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -3.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Elliot Johnson | 18,293 | 57.1 | +4.7 | |
Labor | Hector Lamond | 13,714 | 42.9 | -4.7 | |
Total formal votes | 32,007 | 97.0 | |||
Informal votes | 1,002 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 33,009 | 74.0 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Elliot Johnson | 12,921 | 51.0 | -19.4 | |
Labour | Thomas Crawford | 12,402 | 49.0 | +19.4 | |
Total formal votes | 25,325 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 285 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 25,608 | 68.4 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -19.4 |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anti-Socialist | Elliot Johnson | 11,138 | 70.4 | +19.7 | |
Labour | Edward Bennetts | 4,677 | 29.6 | +11.2 | |
Total formal votes | 15,815 | 97.2 | |||
Informal votes | 458 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 16,273 | 56.3 | |||
Anti-Socialist hold | Swing | +9.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Elliot Johnson | 10,527 | 50.7 | -34.8 | |
Ind. Free Trade | William Cullam | 5,552 | 26.7 | +26.7 | |
Labour | Tom Keegan | 3,042 | 18.4 | +8.4 | |
Protectionist | Thomas Roseby | 1,642 | 7.9 | -10.1 | |
Total formal votes | 20,763 | 97.2 | |||
Informal votes | 599 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 21,362 | 54.9 | |||
Free Trade hold | Swing | -16.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Francis McLean | 7,449 | 74.5 | +74.5 | |
Protectionist | James Edwards | 1,801 | 18.0 | +18.0 | |
Labour | James Watson | 632 | 6.3 | +6.3 | |
Ind. Protectionist | James Mitchell | 111 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
Total formal votes | 9,993 | 97.2 | |||
Informal votes | 292 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 10,285 | 85.7 | |||
Free Trade win | (new seat) |