Adam Carr's Election Archive
Commonwealth of Australia
Electoral Divisions of the House of Representatives
Division of Yarra, Victoria
The Division of Yarra was created in 1901 and abolished in 1969. It was named for the Yarra River (Indigenous word meaning "red gum tree").
REDISTRIBUTIONS
1901: Abbotsford, Collingwood, Richmond, Fitzroy Central
1906: Abbottsford, Richmond, Richmond North
1913: Abbotsford, Collingwood, Richmond, Richmond North
1922: Abbotsford, Collingwood, Fitzroy South, Richmond
1937: Clifton Hill, Collingwood, Hawthorn, Richmond
1949: Burnley, Hawthorn, Richmond
1955: Burnley, Collingwood, Hawthorn, Richmond
TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES
1901: Labor 02.3
1903: Labor 18.2
1906: Labor 09.6
1910: Labor 26.1
1913: Labor 25.0
1914: Labor unopposed
1917: Labor 21.3
1919: Labor 20.3
1922b: Labor 28.1
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1922: Labor 28.0
1925: Labor 24.8
1928: Labor 24.8
1929: Labor unopposed
1931: Labor 13.3
1934: Labor 22.1
1937: Labor 14.0
1940: Labor 15.6
1943: Labor 24.3
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1946: Labor 19.3
1949: Labor 12.7
1951: Labor 13.9
1954: Labor 15.4
1955: Labor 01.0 *
1958: Labor 07.1
1961: Labor 07.9
1963: Labor 07.5
1966: Labor 03.6
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* Majority over Anti-Comm Labor
ENROLMENTS
ELECTION RESULTS 1901-66
Click here to see full results for Yarra at every election from 1901 to 1966.
MEMBERS FOR YARRA
Hon Frank Tudor (Lab, ALP) 1901-22
Rt Hon James Scullin (ALP) 1922-49
Stan Keon (ALP, ALP-AC) 1949-55
Dr Jim Cairns (ALP) 1955-69
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| Hon Frank Tudor (Lab, ALP) 1901-22 |
Rt Hon James Scullin (ALP) 1922-49 |
Stan Keon (ALP, ALP-AC) 1949-55 |
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| Dr Jim Cairns (ALP) 1955-69 |
BOUNDARIES
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