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This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Parkes (1901–69) in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1901 until its abolition in 1969.

Members

Member Party Term
  Bruce Smith Free Trade, Anti-Socialist 1901–1909
  Commonwealth Liberal 1909–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1919
  Independent 1919–1919
  Charles Marr Nationalist 1919–1929
  Edward McTiernan Labor 1929–1930
  (Sir) Charles Marr Nationalist 1931–1931
  United Australia 1931–1943
  Les Haylen Labor 1943–1963
  Tom Hughes Liberal 1963–1969

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

Australian federal election, 1966: Parkes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Tom Hughes 19,196 51.2 +3.5
Labor Doug Sutherland 14,843 39.6 −6.7
Liberal Reform Group John Crew 2,364 6.3 +6.3
Democratic Labor Kevin Davis 1,122 3.0 −3.0
Total formal votes 37,525 96.1
Informal votes 1,505 3.9
Turnout 39,030 94.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Tom Hughes 55.9 +4.2
Labor Doug Sutherland 44.1 −4.2
Liberal hold Swing +4.2
Australian federal election, 1963: Parkes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Tom Hughes 18,437 47.7 +9.8
Labor Les Haylen 17,900 46.3 −6.2
Democratic Labor Vincent Couch 2,331 6.0 −3.6
Total formal votes 38,668 98.3
Informal votes 676 1.7
Turnout 39,344 95.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Tom Hughes 19,994 51.7 +5.9
Labor Les Haylen 18,674 48.3 −5.9
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +5.9
Australian federal election, 1961: Parkes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Les Haylen 20,352 52.5 +2.6
Liberal William Dowd 14,675 37.9 −7.2
Democratic Labor Vincent Couch 3,725 9.6 +4.6
Total formal votes 38,752 97.3
Informal votes 1,079 2.7
Turnout 39,831 95.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Les Haylen 54.2 +3.2
Liberal William Dowd 45.8 −3.2
Labor hold Swing +3.2

Elections in the 1950s

Australian federal election, 1958: Parkes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Les Haylen 20,096 49.9 −0.8
Liberal George Chambers 18,178 45.1 −4.2
Democratic Labor Maurice Colreavy 2,024 5.0 +5.0
Total formal votes 40,298 97.2
Informal votes 1,167 2.8
Turnout 41,465 95.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Les Haylen 20,562 51.0 +0.3
Liberal George Chambers 19,736 49.0 −0.3
Labor hold Swing +0.3
Australian federal election, 1955: Parkes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Les Haylen 20,895 50.7 −2.0
Liberal John Spicer 20,295 49.3 +2.0
Total formal votes 41,190 97.0
Informal votes 1,269 3.0
Turnout 42,459 95.6
Labor hold Swing −2.0
Australian federal election, 1954: Parkes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Les Haylen 19,307 56.0 +5.1
Liberal William Ness 15,173 44.0 −5.1
Total formal votes 34,480 98.7
Informal votes 466 1.3
Turnout 34,946 96.4
Labor hold Swing +5.1
Australian federal election, 1951: Parkes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Les Haylen 18,964 50.9 −0.9
Liberal Dick Dein 18,283 49.1 +0.9
Total formal votes 37,247 98.2
Informal votes 676 1.8
Turnout 37,923 96.1
Labor hold Swing −0.9

Elections in the 1940s

Australian federal election, 1949: Parkes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Les Haylen 19,966 51.8 −8.2
Liberal Dick Dein 18,579 48.2 +8.5
Total formal votes 38,545 97.9
Informal votes 826 2.1
Turnout 39,371 97.0
Labor hold Swing −7.8
Australian federal election, 1946: Parkes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Les Haylen 32,806 50.1 +1.6
Liberal Athol Richardson 32,642 49.9 +22.1
Total formal votes 65,448 98.2
Informal votes 1,176 1.8
Turnout 66,624 95.6
Labor hold Swing −2.8
Australian federal election, 1943: Parkes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Les Haylen 29,891 48.5 +10.8
United Australia Sir Charles Marr 17,141 27.8 −22.7
Liberal Democratic Nigel Love 12,020 19.5 +19.5
Women Pauline Budge 1,301 2.1 +2.1
One Parliament Arthur Miles 929 1.5 +1.5
Independent Francis Wilson 171 0.3 +0.3
Independent Arthur Thompson 155 0.3 +0.3
Total formal votes 61,608 96.7
Informal votes 2,074 3.3
Turnout 63,682 97.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Les Haylen 52.9 +10.3
United Australia Sir Charles Marr 47.1 −10.3
Labor gain from United Australia Swing +10.3
Australian federal election, 1940: Parkes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Sir Charles Marr 28,909 50.5 −13.2
Labor Daniel Murphy 21,565 37.7 +1.4
Independent David Knox 6,785 11.8 +11.8
Total formal votes 57,259 98.6
Informal votes 833 1.4
Turnout 58,092 95.6
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia Sir Charles Marr 57.4 −6.3
Labor Daniel Murphy 42.6 +6.3
United Australia hold Swing −6.3

Elections in the 1930s

Australian federal election, 1937: Parkes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Sir Charles Marr 35,468 63.7 +3.7
Labor Karl Guhl 20,217 36.3 +36.3
Total formal votes 55,685 98.1
Informal votes 1,050 1.9
Turnout 56,735 96.8
United Australia hold Swing −2.6
Australian federal election, 1934: Parkes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Charles Marr 31,745 60.0 −1.3
Labor (NSW) Leo Taylor 15,591 29.5 +6.1
Social Credit Harold Bondeson 5,564 10.5 +10.5
Total formal votes 52,900 97.9
Informal votes 1,108 2.1
Turnout 54,008 95.7
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia Charles Marr 66.3 +0.5
Labor (NSW) Leo Taylor 33.7 −0.5
United Australia hold Swing +0.5
Australian federal election, 1931: Parkes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Charles Marr 34,502 59.9 +17.7
Labor (NSW) Herbert Garden 16,483 28.6 +28.6
Labor William Gibbs 6,636 11.5 −46.3
Total formal votes 57,621 97.5
Informal votes 1,460 2.5
Turnout 59,081 94.2
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia Charles Marr 62.8 +20.6
Labor (NSW) Herbert Garden 37.2 +37.2
United Australia hold Swing +20.6
Parkes by-election, 1931
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Charles Marr 31,227 56.8 +14.6
Labor Joseph Martin 22,394 40.7 −17.1
Economic Reform Richard Blake 986 1.8 +1.8
Communist Ted Tripp 382 0.7 +0.7
Total formal votes 54,989 97.5
Informal votes 1,431 2.5
Turnout 56,420 88.8
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Charles Marr 57.8 +15.6
Labor Joseph Martin 42.2 −15.6
Nationalist gain from Labor Swing +15.6

Elections in the 1920s

Australian federal election, 1929: Parkes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edward McTiernan 32,387 57.8 +15.2
Nationalist Charles Marr 23,618 42.2 −15.2
Total formal votes 56,005 97.8
Informal votes 1,268 2.2
Turnout 57,273 95.5
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +15.2
Australian federal election, 1928: Parkes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Charles Marr 28,798 57.4 −5.4
Labor George Sherringham 21,343 42.6 +5.4
Total formal votes 50,141 93.6
Informal votes 2,627 6.4
Turnout 52,768 93.5
Nationalist hold Swing −5.4
Australian federal election, 1925: Parkes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Charles Marr 28,320 62.8 +1.0
Labor William Dunn 16,808 37.2 −1.0
Total formal votes 45,128 98.3
Informal votes 788 1.7
Turnout 45,916 90.2
Nationalist hold Swing +1.0
Australian federal election, 1922: Parkes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Charles Marr 12,970 61.8 +17.6
Labor Edward Cohen 8,008 38.2 +0.1
Total formal votes 20,978 96.6
Informal votes 737 3.4
Turnout 21,715 50.1
Nationalist hold Swing +1.7

Elections in the 1910s

Australian federal election, 1919: Parkes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Charles Marr 18,276 45.6 −19.8
Labor Arthur Jones 13,807 34.4 −0.2
Ind. Nationalist Bruce Smith 8,032 20.0 +20.0
Total formal votes 40,115 92.1
Informal votes 3,437 7.9
Turnout 43,552 66.0
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Charles Marr 25,512 63.6 −1.8
Labor Arthur Jones 14,603 36.4 +1.8
Nationalist hold Swing −1.8
Australian federal election, 1917: Parkes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Bruce Smith 26,432 65.4 +6.9
Labor Mark Gosling 13,982 34.6 −6.9
Total formal votes 40,414 96.9
Informal votes 1,288 3.1
Turnout 41,702 68.8
Nationalist hold Swing +6.9
Australian federal election, 1914: Parkes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bruce Smith 19,259 58.5 −3.4
Labor William Russell 13,676 41.5 +3.4
Total formal votes 32,935 97.9
Informal votes 722 2.1
Turnout 33,657 64.9
Liberal hold Swing −3.4
Australian federal election, 1913: Parkes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bruce Smith 20,424 61.9 +18.0
Labor William Russell 12,546 38.1 +1.4
Total formal votes 32,970 97.0
Informal votes 1,006 3.0
Turnout 33,976 75.7
Liberal hold Swing +8.3
Australian federal election, 1910: Parkes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bruce Smith 11,342 45.0 −33.2
Labour Ernest Burgess 8,776 34.8 +34.8
Independent Liberal Herbert Pratten 5,009 20.2 +20.2
Total formal votes 25,217 99.0
Informal votes 262 1.0
Turnout 25,479 67.9
Liberal hold Swing −23.1

Elections in the 1900s

Australian federal election, 1906: Parkes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Anti-Socialist Bruce Smith 11,178 78.2 +4.3
Ind. Anti-Socialist Hampton Slatyer 3,114 21.8 +21.8
Total formal votes 14,292 95.7
Informal votes 647 4.3
Turnout 14,939 49.6
Anti-Socialist hold Swing +0.4
Australian federal election, 1903: Parkes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Bruce Smith 15,610 73.9 +0.8
Labour Charles Dyer 3,876 18.4 +18.4
Ind. Free Trade Varney Parkes 1,318 6.2 +6.2
Ind. Free Trade Edward Beeby 216 1.0 +1.0
Ind. Free Trade Hampton Slatyer 90 0.4 +0.4
Total formal votes 21,110 97.6
Informal votes 513 2.4
Turnout 21,623 58.7
Free Trade hold Swing +2.6
Australian federal election, 1901: Parkes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Bruce Smith 7,321 73.1 +73.1
Protectionist Robert Thomson 2,284 22.8 +22.8
Independent Labour George Burns 413 4.1 +4.1
Total formal votes 10,018 98.2
Informal votes 185 1.8
Turnout 10,203 64.1
Free Trade win (new seat)

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