ELECTIONS FOR THE DIVISION OF ISAACS, VICTORIA ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1949 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Caulfield West, Ripponlea, St Kilda -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat: 1946 notional two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,468 Votes cast: 40,107 94.4 Informal votes: 747 01.9 Formal votes: 39,360 98.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Bourke ALP 18,100 46.0 -01.4 William HAWORTH + Lib 21,260 54.0 +01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,360 04.0 01.6 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bourke was Vic MLA for St Kilda 1952-55. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Crawford Haworth (1905-84): Elected 1949 Born: 15 April 1905, Melbourne. Career: Educated state schools, University of Melbourne, Victorian Pharmacy College. Pharmaceutical chemist. Military Service 1940-44. State politics: Vic MLA for Albert Park 1937-45. Minister for Health 1945, Minister for Housing 1945. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 APRIL 1951 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Caulfield West, Ripponlea, St Kilda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,951 -03.6 Votes cast: 38,755 94.6 +00.2 Informal votes: 818 02.1 +00.2 Formal votes: 37,937 97.9 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Bourke ALP 16,165 42.6 -03.4 Samuel Goldbloom 2,224 05.9 William HAWORTH * Lib 19,548 51.5 -02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,937 02.1 e 01.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Bourke was Vic MLA for St Kilda 1952-55. 2. Goldbloom was an independent Labor candidate. He was prominent in the Victorian Peace Council, a Communist Party front. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Crawford Haworth (1905-84): Elected 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 29 MAY 1954 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Caulfield West, Ripponlea, St Kilda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 02.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,853 -10.0 Votes cast: 35,059 95.1 +00.5 Informal votes: 504 01.4 -00.7 Formal votes: 34,555 98.6 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William HAWORTH * Lib 19,315 55.9 +04.4 Donald MacSween ALP 15,240 44.1 +01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,555 05.9 03.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Crawford Haworth (1905-84): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1955 =================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Caulfield West, Ripponlea, St Kilda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1954 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 05.9 Effect of 1955 redistribution: 00.2 shift to Labor New notional majority: Liberal over Labor 05.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,627 +15.7 Votes cast: 39,285 92.2 -02.9 Informal votes: 1,361 03.5 +02.1 Formal votes: 37,924 96.5 -02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William HAWORTH * Lib 20,670 54.5 -01.2 John Hughes ALPAC 4,610 12.2 Barry Jones ALP 12,644 33.3 -11.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,924 14.3 e 08.6 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Jones, see Lalor 1977. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Crawford Haworth (1905-84): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 22 NOVEMBER 1958 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Caulfield West, Ripponlea, St Kilda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 14.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,685 -04.6 Votes cast: 37,988 93.4 +01.2 Informal votes: 1,581 04.2 +00.7 Formal votes: 36,407 95.8 -00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Elias Cowan 2,624 07.2 William Haworth * Lib 16,534 45.4 -09.1 John Hughes DLP 4,316 11.9 -00.3 Barry Jones ALP 12,933 35.5 +02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 36,407 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Jones, see Lalor 1977. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Cowan's 2,624 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HAWORTH * 1,752 66.8 18,286 50.2 Hughes 194 07.4 4,510 12.4 Jones 678 25.8 13,611 37.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,624 36,407 11.4 e 02.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Crawford Haworth (1905-84): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 9 DECEMBER 1961 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Caulfield West, Ripponlea, St Kilda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 11.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,142 -03.8 Votes cast: 35,859 91.6 -01.8 Informal votes: 1,058 03.0 -01.2 Formal votes: 34,801 97.0 +01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Haworth * Lib 16,493 47.4 +02.0 John Hughes DLP 4,781 13.7 +01.8 Angus McLean ALP 13,527 38.9 +03.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,801 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Hughes's 4,781 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HAWORTH * 4,231 88.5 20,724 59.6 McLean 550 11.5 14,077 40.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,781 34,801 09.6 01.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Crawford Haworth (1905-84): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 30 NOVEMBER 1963 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Caulfield West, Ripponlea, St Kilda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 09.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,707 -01.1 Votes cast: 36,148 93.4 +01.8 Informal votes: 688 01.9 -01.1 Formal votes: 35,460 98.1 +01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Court ALP 14,159 39.9 +01.0 William Haworth * Lib 17,591 49.6 +02.2 John Hughes DLP 3,710 10.5 -03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 35,460 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Hughes's 3,710 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Court 348 09.4 14,507 40.9 HAWORTH * 3,362 90.6 20,953 59.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,710 35,460 09.1 00.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Crawford Haworth (1905-84): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 26 NOVEMBER 1966 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Caulfield West, Ripponlea, St Kilda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 09.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,093 +01.0 Votes cast: 35,954 92.0 -01.4 Informal votes: 1,742 04.8 +02.9 Formal votes: 34,212 95.2 -02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William HAWORTH * Lib 18,468 54.0 +04.4 John Hughes DLP 4,032 11.8 +01.3 Peter Wilkinson ALP 11,712 34.2 -05.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,212 14.6 e 05.5 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Crawford Haworth (1905-84): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 Isaacs was abolished at the 1968 redistribution. Haworth retired at the 1969 election. Later career: Knighted 1969. Died 1 December 1984 --------------------------------------------------------------------