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Adam Carr's Election Archive
Commonwealth of Australia
Electoral Divisions of the House of Representatives
Division of Darwin, Tasmania
The Division of Darwin was created in 1903 and abolished in 1955, when it was renamed Braddon. It was named after Charles Darwin (1809-82), British naturalist (visited Tasmania in 1836).
REDISTRIBUTIONS
1903: Emu Bay, Leven, Queenstown, Zeehan
1922: Circular Head, Devonport, Emu Bay, Leven
1949: Devonport, Leven, Emu Bay, Table Cape
TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES
1903: Labor 00.7
1906: Labor 09.5
1910: Labor 13.3
1913: Labor 02.1
1914: Labor 06.1
1917: Nationalist 08.8
1917b: Nationalist 05.8
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1919: Nationalist 04.0
1922: Country Party 00.4 *
1925: Nationalist 10.5
1928: Nationalist 21.9 **
1929: Nationalist 05.9
1931: United Australia 19.9
1934: United Australia 04.4
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1937: United Australia 02.5
1940: United Australia 09.2
1943: United Australia 01.5
1946: Liberal 04.2
1949: Liberal 06.6
1951: Liberal 04.0
1954: Liberal 00.5
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* Majority over Nationalist
** Majority over independent
ENROLMENTS
ELECTION RESULTS 1903-54
Click here to see full results for Darwin at every election from 1903 to 1954.
MEMBERS FOR DARWIN
Hon King O'Malley (Lab, ALP) 1903-17
Charles Howroyd (Nat) 1917
Hon William Spence (Nat) 1917b-19
George Bell (Nat) 1919-22
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Joshua Whitsitt (CP) 1922-25
Hon Sir George Bell (Nat, UAP) 1925-43
Hon Dame Enid Lyons (UAP, Lib) 1943-51
Aubrey Luck (Lib) 1951-55
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| Hon King O'Malley (Lab, ALP) 1903-17 |
Charles Howroyd (Nat) 1917 |
Hon William Spence (Nat) 1917-19 |
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| George Bell (Nat) 1919-22 |
Joshua Whitsitt (CP) 1922-25 |
Hon Sir George Bell (Nat, UAP) 1925-43 |
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| Hon Dame Enid Lyons (UAP, Lib) 1943-51 |
Aubrey Luck (Lib) 1951-55 |
BOUNDARIES
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