Electoral results for the Division of Yarra

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Yarra in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1901 until its abolition in 1969.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Frank Tudor	Labor	1901–1922
	James Scullin	Labor	1922–1949
	Stan Keon	Labor	1949–1955
		Labor (Anti-Communist)	1955–1955
	Jim Cairns	Labor	1955–1969

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

Australian federal election, 1966: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Cairns	14,352	48.8	-7.2
	Liberal	Lionel Hawkins	9,381	31.9	+3.1
	Democratic Labor	Stan Keon	4,110	14.0	-1.2
	Independent	Bruno Bonomo	1,564	5.3	+5.3
Total formal votes			29,407	94.9
Informal votes			1,594	5.1
Turnout			31,001	93.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Cairns		53.6	-3.9
	Liberal	Lionel Hawkins		46.4	+3.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.9

Australian federal election, 1963: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Cairns	17,976	56.0	+3.9
	Liberal	Anthony Hearder	9,234	28.8	+3.5
	Democratic Labor	Stan Keon	4,865	15.2	-1.6
Total formal votes			32,075	98.0
Informal votes			662	2.0
Turnout			32,737	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Cairns		57.5	-0.4
	Liberal	Anthony Hearder		42.5	+0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.4

Australian federal election, 1961: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Cairns	17,137	52.1	-1.5
	Liberal	Andrew Peacock	8,341	25.3	+1.6
	Democratic Labor	Stan Keon	5,535	16.8	-4.4
	Centre	Geoffrey Broomhall	1,345	4.1	+4.1
	Communist	Ken Miller	564	1.7	+0.2
Total formal votes			32,922	95.3
Informal votes			1,620	4.7
Turnout			34,542	93.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Cairns		57.9	+0.8
	Liberal	Andrew Peacock		42.1	-0.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.8

Elections in the 1950s

Australian federal election, 1958: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Cairns	19,218	53.6	+6.1
	Liberal	Cecil Lanyon	8,505	23.7	+0.4
	Democratic Labor	Stan Keon	7,600	21.2	-5.9
	Communist	Ken Miller	524	1.5	-0.5
Total formal votes			35,847	96.4
Informal votes			1,346	3.6
Turnout			37,193	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Cairns		57.1	+6.1
	Liberal	Cecil Lanyon		42.9	+42.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.1

Australian federal election, 1955: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Cairns	18,363	47.5	-19.1
	Labor (A-C)	Stan Keon	10,492	27.1	+27.1
	Liberal	James Wilkie	9,016	23.3	-6.8
	Communist	Ken Miller	792	2.0	-1.2
Total formal votes			38,663	95.6
Informal votes			1,796	4.4
Turnout			40,459	93.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Cairns	19,727	51.0	-18.6
	Labor (A-C)	Stan Keon	18,936	49.0	+49.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-18.6

Australian federal election, 1954: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Stan Keon	21,058	62.3	+2.2
	Liberal	Jim MacDonald	11,591	34.3	-1.4
	Communist	Ken Miller	1,139	3.4	-0.8
Total formal votes			33,788	98.3
Informal votes			578	1.7
Turnout			34,366	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Stan Keon		65.4	+1.5
	Liberal	Jim MacDonald		34.6	-1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.5

Australian federal election, 1951: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Stan Keon	23,039	60.1	+1.3
	Liberal	Kenneth Bisney	13,668	35.7	-0.2
	Communist	Ken Miller	1,619	4.2	+1.4
Total formal votes			38,326	97.7
Informal votes			883	2.3
Turnout			39,209	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Stan Keon		63.9	+1.2
	Liberal	Kenneth Bisney		36.1	-1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.2

Elections in the 1940s

Australian federal election, 1949: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Stan Keon	23,211	58.8	-1.8
	Liberal	Charles Barrington	14,189	35.9	+2.9
	Communist	John Prescott	1,098	2.8	-3.1
	Independent	Wenham Vines	991	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			39,489	97.5
Informal votes			1,018	2.5
Turnout			40,507	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Stan Keon		62.7	-3.7
	Liberal	Charles Barrington		37.3	+3.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.7

Australian federal election, 1946: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Scullin	39,880	63.7	+3.3
	Liberal	Kenneth Bisney	18,934	30.2	+11.6
	Communist	Ken Miller	3,838	6.1	-4.7
Total formal votes			62,652	96.6
Informal votes			2,221	3.4
Turnout			64,873	93.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	James Scullin		69.3	-5.0
	Liberal	Kenneth Bisney		30.7	+5.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.0

Australian federal election, 1943: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Scullin	36,709	60.4	+3.0
	United Australia	Gilbert Jenkin	11,294	18.6	-14.9
	Communist	Ralph Gibson	6,585	10.8	+10.8
	Services and Citizens	William Jinkins	5,138	8.5	+8.5
	Independent	Allan MacDonald	1,065	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			60,791	95.9
Informal votes			2,632	4.1
Turnout			63,423	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	James Scullin		74.3	+8.7
	United Australia	Gilbert Jenkin		25.7	-8.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.7

Australian federal election, 1940: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Scullin	32,790	57.4	-6.6
	United Australia	Fred Edmunds	19,132	33.5	-2.5
	Independent	Ralph Gibson	5,175	9.1	+9.1
Total formal votes			57,097	97.0
Informal votes			1,756	3.0
Turnout			58,853	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	James Scullin		65.6	+1.6
	United Australia	Fred Edmunds		34.4	-1.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.6

Elections in the 1930s

Australian federal election, 1937: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Scullin	37,381	64.0	+9.0
	United Australia	Douglas Knight	20,999	36.0	+0.2
Total formal votes			58,380	97.7
Informal votes			1,393	2.3
Turnout			59,773	94.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.4

Australian federal election, 1934: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Scullin	25,601	65.0	+5.1
	United Australia	Harold Holt	10,741	27.3	-7.6
	Communist	Ernie Thornton	3,072	7.8	+4.9
Total formal votes			39,414	95.2
Informal votes			1,966	4.8
Turnout			41,380	93.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	James Scullin		72.1	+8.8
	United Australia	Harold Holt		27.9	-8.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.8

Australian federal election, 1931: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Scullin	22,843	59.9	-40.1
	United Australia	John Davis	13,284	34.9	+34.9
	Communist	Ernie Thornton	1,095	2.9	+2.9
	Single Tax League	Patrick Branagan	895	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			38,117	93.8
Informal votes			2,502	6.2
Turnout			40,619	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	James Scullin		63.3	-36.7
	United Australia	John Davis		36.7	+36.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-36.7

Elections in the 1920s

Australian federal election, 1929: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Scullin	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Australian federal election, 1928: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Scullin	28,495	74.8	+0.0
	Nationalist	Cecil Keeley	9,618	25.2	+0.0
Total formal votes			38,113	94.7
Informal votes			2,115	5.3
Turnout			40,228	93.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.0

Australian federal election, 1925: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Scullin	31,451	74.8	-3.2
	Nationalist	Marcus Towler	10,610	25.2	+3.2
Total formal votes			42,061	97.8
Informal votes			964	2.2
Turnout			43,025	91.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.2

Australian federal election, 1922: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Scullin	17,897	78.0	+8.4
	Nationalist	Thomas Fitzgerald	5,042	22.0	-8.4
Total formal votes			22,939	96.4
Informal votes			864	3.6
Turnout			23,803	51.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.4

Yarra by-election, 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Scullin	12,553	77.7	+7.4
	Nationalist	Andrew Davidson	3,473	21.5	-8.2
	Independent	Frederick Smyth	129	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			16,155	96.5
Informal votes			590	3.5
Turnout			16,745	42.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	James Scullin		78.1	+7.8
	Nationalist	Andrew Davidson		21.9	-7.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.8

Elections in the 1910s

Australian federal election, 1919: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Tudor	19,843	70.3	-1.0
	Nationalist	Andrew Davidson	8,398	29.7	+1.0
Total formal votes			28,241	98.7
Informal votes			372	1.3
Turnout			28,613	73.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.0

Australian federal election, 1917: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Tudor	22,358	71.3	-28.7
	Nationalist	Charles Copeland	8,993	28.7	+28.7
Total formal votes			31,351	97.5
Informal votes			805	2.5
Turnout			32,156	84.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-28.7

Australian federal election, 1914: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Tudor	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Australian federal election, 1913: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Tudor	22,168	75.0	-0.2
	Liberal	Edwin Purbrick	7,398	25.0	+0.2
Total formal votes			22,168	98.4
Informal votes			471	1.6
Turnout			30,037	71.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.2

Australian federal election, 1910: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Tudor	13,549	76.1	+17.8
	Liberal	Elizee De Garis	4,258	23.9	+23.9
Total formal votes			17,807	98.9
Informal votes			189	1.1
Turnout			17,996	65.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+17.8

Elections in the 1900s

Australian federal election, 1906: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Tudor	8,591	58.3	-9.9
	Ind. Protectionist	Richard Vale	5,776	39.2	+39.2
	Independent Labour	George Roberts	358	2.4	+2.4
Total formal votes			14,725	96.9
Informal votes			473	3.1
Turnout			15,198	50.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.6

Australian federal election, 1903: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Tudor	13,930	68.2	+35.1
	Protectionist	William Wilson	6,496	31.8	+3.2
Total formal votes			20,426	98.4
Informal votes			327	1.6
Turnout			20,753	55.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+15.9

Australian federal election, 1901: Yarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Tudor	3,174	33.1	+33.1
	Protectionist	William Wilson	2,745	28.6	+28.6
	Ind. Protectionist	Patrick O'Connor	2,631	27.4	+27.4
	Ind. Protectionist	John Gahan	1,043	10.9	+10.9
Total formal votes			9,593	99.0
Informal votes			97	1.0
Turnout			9,690	63.8
	Labour win		(new division)

References

• Australian Electoral Commission. Federal election results
• Carr, Adam. Psephos