Electoral results for the Division of Parkes (1901–69)
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
1966
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 | |||
1963
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 |
1961
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 | |||
1958
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 | |||
1955
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 | |||
1954
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 | |||
1951
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 | |||
1949
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 | |||
1946
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 | |||
1943
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 |
1940
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 | |||
1937
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 | |||
1934
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 | |||
1931
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 | |||
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 |
1929
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 |
1928
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 | |||
1925
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 | |||
1922
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 | |||
1919
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 | |||
1917
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 | |||
1914
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 | |||
1913
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 | |||
1910
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 | |||
1906
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 | |||
1903
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 | |||
1901
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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