ELECTIONS FOR THE DIVISION OF FAWKNER, VICTORIA ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 12 DECEMBER 1906 ==================================================================== Melbourne suburban: Albert Park, Prahran, South Yarra, Toorak -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat: 1903 majority cannot be calculated -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,553 Votes cast: 20,952 57.3 Informal votes: 759 03.6 Formal votes: 20,193 96.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George FAIRBAIRN AS 12,212 60.5 John Miller Prot 1,360 06.7 Thomas Smith Lab 6,621 32.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 20,193 13.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Fairbairn was endorsed by the Anti-Socialists, but campaigned as an independent protectionist. He did not sit with Anti-Socialists in the Third Parliament. 2. Smith was Vic MLA for Emerald Hill 1889-1904. -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Fairbairn (1854-1943): Elected 1906 Born: 23 March 1855, Geelong, Victoria. Career: Educated Geelong Grammar School and Cambridge University. Managed family properties Queensland. Founded financial company, Melbourne, boards of many companies, insurance houses, part-owner The Argus. President Victorian Employers Federation. Uncle of Hon James Fairbairn MP and grandfather of Hon David Fairbairn MP. State politics: Vic MLA for Toorak 1903-06. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fairbairn joined the Liberal Party in 1909. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 APRIL 1910 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Albert Park, Prahran, South Yarra, Toorak -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1906 majority: Independent over Labour 13.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,387 +13.2 Votes cast: 25,084 60.6 +03.3 Informal votes: 379 01.5 -02.1 Formal votes: 24,705 98.5 +02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George FAIRBAIRN * Lib 14,544 58.9 Joseph Hannan ALP 10,161 41.1 +08.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 24,705 08.9 05.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The Liberal vote of 58.9% was a decline of 8.3% from the 67.2% polled by one Protectionist and one independent Protectionist candidate (Fairbairn) in 1906. 2. For Hannan, see Fawkner 1913. -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Fairbairn (1855-1943): Elected 1906, 1910 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 31 MAY 1913 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Albert Park, Prahran, South Melbourne, South Yarra -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1910 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 08.9 Effect of 1912 redistribution: 09.4 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,780 +05.8 Votes cast: 31,973 73.0 +12.4 Informal votes: 720 02.3 +00.8 Formal votes: 31,253 97.7 -00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Fairbairn * Lib 14,610 46.7 -02.8 Joseph HANNAN + ALP 16,643 53.3 +02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 31,253 03.3 02.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the redistribution, Labor is shown as the defending party. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > George Fairbairn (1855-1943): Elected 1906, 1910. Defeated 1913 Later career: Chairman of insurance companies, press proprietor. Died 23 October 1943 > Joseph Francis Hannan (1873-1943): Elected 1913 Born: 1873, Glasgow, Scotland. Career: Primary education, England. Migrated 1888. Ironworker, Secretary Ironfounders Union. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 SEPTEMBER 1914 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Albert Park, Prahran, South Melbourne, South Yarra -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,765 -09.2 Votes cast: 30,090 75.7 +02.7 Informal votes: 626 02.1 -00.2 Formal votes: 29,464 97.9 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Carse Lib 11,981 40.7 -06.0 Joseph HANNAN * ALP 17,483 59.3 +06.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 29,464 09.3 06.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Francis Hannan (1873-1943): Elected 1913, 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 MAY 1917 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Albert Park, Prahran, South Melbourne, South Yarra -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 09.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,182 +01.0 Votes cast: 34,045 84.7 -09.0 Informal votes: 959 02.8 -00.7 Formal votes: 33,086 97.2 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Hannan * ALP 15,976 48.3 -11.0 Frank Henty 203 00.6 George MAXWELL Nat 16,907 51.1 +10.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 33,086 01.4 10.7 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Joseph Francis Hannan (1873-1943): Elected 1913, 1914. Defeated 1917 Later career: Vic MLA for Albert Park 1918-19. Assistant Secretary Trades Hall Council, Melbourne 1920-24. Died 14 March 1943 > George Arnot Maxwell (1859-1935): Elected 1917 Born: 30 April 1859, Montrose, Scotland. Career: Educated Scotland. Migrated 1875. Teacher. Studied law part- time, University of Melbourne. Barrister 1891. Blind from 1900. Leading barrister in Melbourne. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1919 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Albert Park, Prahran, South Melbourne, South Yarra -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,227 +00.1 Votes cast: 30,997 77.1 -07.6 Informal votes: 251 00.8 -02.0 Formal votes: 30,746 99.2 +02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Hannan ALP 14,927 48.5 +00.2 George MAXWELL * Nat 15,819 51.5 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 30,746 01.5 00.1 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hannan was member for Fawkner 1913-17. -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Arnot Maxwell (1859-1935): Elected 1917, 1919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1922 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Armadale, Malvern, Prahran, South Yarra -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 01.5 Effect of redistribution: 12.0 shift to Nationalist New notional majority: Nationalist over ALP 13.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,782 +11.3 Votes cast: 24,652 55.0 -22.1 Informal votes: 766 03.1 +02.3 Formal votes: 23,886 96.9 -02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Foster ALP 9,881 41.4 +05.3 George MAXWELL * Nat 12,472 52.2 -06.3 John Murphy Lib 1,533 06.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 23,886 08.0 e 05.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Foster was Deputy President of the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission 1944-62. -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Arnot Maxwell (1859-1935): Elected 1917, 1919, 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 14 NOVEMBER 1925 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Armadale, Malvern, Prahran, South Yarra -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 08.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 47,885 +06.9 Votes cast: 44,380 92.7 +37.7 Informal votes: 543 01.2 -01.9 Formal votes: 43,837 98.8 +01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Foster ALP 17,809 40.6 -00.8 George MAXWELL * Nat 26,028 59.4 +07.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,837 09.4 01.4 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Foster was Deputy President of the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission 1944-62. -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Arnot Maxwell (1859-1935): Elected 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 17 NOVEMBER 1928 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Armadale, Malvern, Prahran, South Yarra -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 09.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 46,108 -03.7 Votes cast: 42,475 92.1 -00.6 Informal votes: 1,356 03.2 +02.1 Formal votes: 41,119 96.8 -02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George MAXWELL * Nat 25,388 61.7 +02.3 Nicholas Roberts ALP 15,731 38.3 -02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,119 11.7 02.3 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Arnot Maxwell (1859-1935): Elected 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- On 10 September 1929 Maxwell was one of four Nationalist members who voted in committee against the Maritime Services Bill, leading to the fall of the Government. He was expelled from the Nationalist Party as a result. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 12 OCTOBER 1929 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Armadale, Malvern, Prahran, South Yarra -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 11.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 46,663 +01.2 Votes cast: 43,645 93.5 +01.4 Informal votes: 584 01.3 -01.9 Formal votes: 43,061 98.7 +01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George MAXWELL * 25,564 59.4 Hon Sir Arthur Robinson + Nat 16,547 38.4 -23.3 Hon James Ronald 950 02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,061 11.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Robinson was member for Wannon 1903-06. 2. Ronald was member for Southern Melbourne 1901-06. 3. Maxwell stood as an independent Nationalist candidate after having been expelled from the Nationalist Party. -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Arnot Maxwell (1859-1953): Elected 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Maxwell joined the UAP in March 1931. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 19 DECEMBER 1931 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Armadale, Malvern, Prahran, South Yarra -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 majority: Independent over Nationalist 01.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 46,337 -00.7 Votes cast: 43,133 93.1 -00.4 Informal votes: 880 02.0 +00.7 Formal votes: 42,253 98.0 -00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John McKenna ALP 11,508 27.2 George MAXWELL * UAP 28,586 67.7 +29.3 David Robertson 2,159 05.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,253 20.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Maxwell stood for the UAP having been elected as an independent in 1929. -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Arnot Maxwell (1859-1935): Elected 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 15 SEPTEMBER 1934 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Armadale, Malvern, Prahran, South Yarra -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 20.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 49,835 +07.5 Votes cast: 46,705 93.7 +00.6 Informal votes: 1,569 03.4 +01.4 Formal votes: 45,136 96.6 -01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George MAXWELL * UAP 30,029 66.5 -01.2 Frederick Paice DSC 2,592 05.7 William Smith ALP 12,515 27.7 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,136 19.4 e 00.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Arnot Maxwell (1859-1935): Elected 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934 Died 25 June 1935 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTION OF 17 AUGUST 1935 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Armadale, Malvern, Prahran, South Yarra -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the death of George Maxwell -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1934 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 19.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 48,030 -03.6 Votes cast: 41,973 87.4 -06.3 Informal votes: 946 02.3 -01.1 Formal votes: 41,027 97.7 +01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald Cameron ALP 16,433 40.1 +12.4 Harold HOLT + UAP 24,594 59.9 -06.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,027 09.9 09.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Cameron, see Senate Victoria 1937. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Harold Edward Holt (1908-67): Elected 1935 By Born: 5 August 1908, Sydney. Career: Educated Wesley College, Melbourne, University of Melbourne. Solicitor from 1933. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 23 OCTOBER 1937 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Armadale, Malvern, Prahran, South Yarra -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1934 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 19.4 e 1935 by-election two-party majority: UAP over ALP 09.9 Effect of 1937 redistribution: 01.5 shift to UAP New notional majority: UAP over ALP 20.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 66,058 Votes cast: 61,944 93.8 Informal votes: 1,602 02.6 Formal votes: 60,342 97.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Bottomley 9,941 16.5 William Doran ALP 17,124 28.4 +02.7 Harold HOLT * UAP 33,277 55.1 -12.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 60,342 12.4 e 08.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Harold Edward Holt (1908-67): Elected 1935 By, 1937 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 SEPTEMBER 1940 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Armadale, Malvern, Prahran, South Yarra -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 12.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 68,594 +03.8 Votes cast: 64,390 93.9 +00.1 Informal votes: 1,293 02.0 -00.6 Formal votes: 63,097 98.0 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Fraser ALP 22,558 35.8 +07.4 Harold HOLT * UAP 38,387 60.8 -05.7 Alexander Mills 2,152 03.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 63,097 12.5 e 00.1 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Harold Edward Holt (1908-67): Elected 1935 By, 1937, 1940 Minister for Labour and National Service 28 October 1940 to 7 October 1941 Minister in charge of Scientific and Industrial Research 28 October 1940 to 29 August 1941 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 AUGUST 1943 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Armadale, Malvern, Prahran, South Yarra -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 12.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 80,702 +17.7 Votes cast: 74,986 92.9 -01.0 Informal votes: 3,275 04.4 +02.4 Formal votes: 71,711 95.6 -02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Cremor 15,958 22.3 Malcolm Good CPA 3,300 04.6 Hon Harold Holt * UAP 23,931 33.4 -27.4 Thomas Jude ALP 23,508 32.8 -03.0 Charles Kennett 1,196 01.7 Vernon Margetts 3,437 04.8 Ruth Ravenscroft 381 00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 71,711 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brigadier Cremor campaigned for "the formation of a National Ministry. " (The Age, 2 March 1943) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Ravenscroft's 381 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cremor 50 13.1 16,008 22.3 Good 34 08.9 3,334 04.6 Holt * 49 12.9 23,980 33.4 Jude 45 11.8 23,553 32.8 Kennett 41 10.8 1,237 01.7 Margetts 162 42.5 3,599 05.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 381 71,711 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Kennett's 1,237 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cremor 324 26.2 16,332 22.8 Good 66 05.3 3,400 04.7 Holt * 253 20.5 24,233 33.8 Jude 173 14.0 23,726 33.1 Margetts 421 34.0 4,020 05.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,237 71,711 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Good's 3,400 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cremor 510 15.0 16,842 23.5 Holt * 308 09.1 24,541 34.2 Jude 2,433 71.6 26,159 36.5 Margetts 149 04.4 4,169 05.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,400 71,711 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Margetts's 4,169 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cremor 1,418 34.0 18,260 25.5 Holt * 983 23.6 25,524 35.6 Jude 1,768 42.4 27,927 38.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,169 71,711 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Cremor's 18,260 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLT * 16,078 88.1 41,602 58.0 Jude 2,182 11.9 30,109 42.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 18,260 71,711 08.0 04.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Harold Edward Holt (1908-67): Elected 1935 By, 1937, 1940, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 SEPTEMBER 1946 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Armadale, Malvern, Prahran, South Yarra -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 08.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 84,060 +04.2 Votes cast: 75,200 89.5 -03.4 Informal votes: 2,155 02.9 -01.5 Formal votes: 73,045 97.1 +01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Bourke ALP 30,835 42.2 +09.4 Coralie Brown 2,121 02.9 Hon Harold HOLT * Lib 39,047 53.5 +20.1 Harold Rettig 1,042 01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 73,045 06.2 e 01.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Bourke, see Fawkner 1949. 2. Rettig was a Services Party candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Harold Edward Holt (1908-67): Elected 1935 By, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946 Holt contested Higgins in 1949. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1949 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Orrong, Prahran, South Yarra, Toorak -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 06.2 e Effect of 1948 redistribution: 07.0 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,273 -48.5 Votes cast: 41,211 95.2 +05.7 Informal votes: 782 01.9 -01.0 Formal votes: 40,429 98.1 +01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William BOURKE + ALP 20,228 50.0 +02.3 Magnus Cormack Lib 20,201 50.0 +01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,429 00.0 00.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Following the redistribution, Labor is shown as the defending party. 2. For Cormack, see Senate Victoria 1951. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Meskill Bourke (1913-81): Elected 1949 Born: 2 June 1913, Melbourne. Career: Educated St Kevins College, Melbourne, University of Melbourne. Solicitor 1938. Military Service 1942-44. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 APRIL 1951 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Orrong, Prahran, South Yarra, Toorak -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,539 -04.0 Votes cast: 39,757 95.7 +00.5 Informal votes: 681 01.7 -00.2 Formal votes: 39,076 98.3 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William BOURKE * ALP 20,158 51.6 +01.6 Peter Howson Lib 18,586 47.6 -02.4 Colin Kennedy 332 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,076 02.0 e 02.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Howson, see Fawkner 1955. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Meskill Bourke (1913-81): Elected 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 29 MAY 1954 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Orrong, Prahran, South Yarra, Toorak -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 02.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,050 -08.4 Votes cast: 36,336 95.5 -00.2 Informal votes: 378 01.0 -00.7 Formal votes: 35,958 99.0 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William BOURKE * ALP 18,038 50.2 -01.4 Peter Howson Lib 17,920 49.8 +02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 35,958 00.2 01.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Howson, see Fawkner 1955. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Meskill Bourke (1913-81): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- In April 1955 Bourke was one of seven MPs who were expelled from the ALP and formed the Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist). -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1955 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Aramdale, Prahran, South Yarra, Toorak -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1954 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 00.2 Effect of 1955 redistribution: 01.1 shift to Liberal New notional majority: Liberal over Labor 00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,319 +11.2 Votes cast: 39,393 93.1 -02.4 Informal votes: 1,166 03.0 +02.0 Formal votes: 38,227 97.0 -02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Bourke * ALPAC 10,450 27.3 Peter Howson + Lib 17,645 46.2 -04.7 Patrick Thompson ALP 10,132 26.5 -22.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,227 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the redistribution, the Liberals are shown as the defending party. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Thompson's 10,132 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bourke * 7,785 76.8 18,235 47.7 HOWSON + 2,347 23.2 19,992 52.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,132 38,227 02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Meskill Bourke (1913-81): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954. Defeated 1955 Died 22 May 1981 > Peter Howson (1919-2009): Elected 1955 Born: 22 May 1919, London, England. Career: Educated Stowe School, England, and Cambridge University. Military Service 1940-46. Migrated 1946. Manager and director, family retail firm. Company director. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 22 NOVEMBER 1958 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Armadale, Prahran, South Yarra, Toorak -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 majority: Liberal over ALP(AC) 02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,008 -07.8 Votes cast: 36,814 94.4 +01.3 Informal votes: 996 02.7 -00.3 Formal votes: 35,818 97.3 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Bourke DLP 6,709 18.7 -08.6 Peter Howson * Lib 17,312 48.3 +02.1 George Smart ALP 11,797 32.9 +06.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 35,818 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bourke was member for Fawkner 1949-55. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Bourke's 6,709 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HOWSON * 5,886 87.7 23,198 64.8 Smart 823 12.3 12,620 35.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,709 35,818 14.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Howson (1919-2009): Elected 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 9 DECEMBER 1961 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Aramdale, Prahran, South Yarra, Toorak -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 14.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 37,785 -03.1 Votes cast: 35,126 93.0 -01.4 Informal votes: 987 02.8 +00.1 Formal votes: 34,139 97.2 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Coyne DLP 5,336 15.6 -03.1 Peter Howson * Lib 16,580 48.6 +00.3 Gwendolyn Noad ALP 12,223 35.8 +02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,139 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Coyne's 5,336 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HOWSON * 4,858 91.0 21,438 62.8 Noad 478 09.0 12,701 37.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,336 34,139 12.8 02.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Howson (1919-2009): Elected 1955, 1958, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 30 NOVEMBER 1963 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Aramdale, Prahran, South Yarra, Toorak -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 12.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,893 -02.4 Votes cast: 34,823 94.4 +01.4 Informal votes: 651 01.9 -00.9 Formal votes: 34,172 98.1 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Gabriel 966 02.8 Peter HOWSON * Lib 18,614 54.5 +05.9 Gwendolyn Noad ALP 11,774 34.5 -01.3 John Speed DLP 2,818 08.2 -07.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,172 13.6 e 00.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Howson (1919-2009): Elected 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963 Minister for Air from 10 June 1964 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 26 NOVEMBER 1966 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Armadale, Prahran, South Yarra, Toorak -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 13.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,776 -00.3 Votes cast: 34,001 92.5 -01.9 Informal votes: 1,586 04.7 +02.8 Formal votes: 32,415 95.3 -02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Yvonne Abolins DLP 3,511 10.8 +02.6 George Gabriel LRG 1,699 05.2 Hon Peter HOWSON * Lib 17,955 55.4 +00.9 Anthony Sanders 367 01.1 Robert Vernon ALP 8,883 27.4 -07.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 32,415 19.7 e 06.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Howson (1919-2009): Elected 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 Minister for Air to 28 February 1968 Fawkner was abolished at the 1968 redistribution. Howson contested Casey in 1969. --------------------------------------------------------------------