Electoral results for the Division of Balaclava

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Balaclava in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1901 until its abolition in 1984.

Members

MemberPartyTerm
  Sir George Turner Protectionist 1901–1906
  Agar Wynne Independent Protectionist 1906–1909
  Commonwealth Liberal 1909–1914
  William Watt Commonwealth Liberal 1914–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1922
  Liberal Union 1922–1925
  Nationalist 1925–1929
  Thomas White Nationalist 1929–1931
  United Australia 1931–1945
  Liberal 1945–1951
  Percy Joske Liberal 1951–1960
  Ray Whittorn Liberal 1960–1974
  Ian Macphee Liberal 1974–1984

Election results

1983

Australian federal election: Balaclava
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ian Macphee 31,642 50.1 −1.5
Labor Chris Kennedy 25,867 41.0 +4.8
Democrats Zelma Furey 5,004 7.9 −4.3
Conservative Nat. Timothy Warner 600 1.0 +1.0
Total formal votes 63,113 98.1
Informal votes 1,218 1.9
Turnout 64,331 95.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ian Macphee 53.4 −2.7
Labor Chris Kennedy 46.6 +2.7
Liberal hold Swing−2.7

1980

1980 Australian federal election: Balaclava
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ian Macphee 32,729 51.6 +1.0
Labor Chris Kennedy 22,933 36.2 +7.2
Democrats Zelma Furey 7,743 12.2 −3.2
Total formal votes 63,405 97.8
Informal votes 1,444 2.2
Turnout 64,849 93.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ian Macphee 56.1 −7.2
Labor Chris Kennedy 43.9 +7.2
Liberal hold Swing−7.2

1977

1977 Australian federal election: Balaclava
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ian Macphee 33,304 50.6 −7.0
Labor Robert Steele 19,065 29.0 −5.1
Democrats Zelma Furey 10,129 15.4 +15.4
Democratic Labor Peter Lawlor 3,321 5.0 +1.0
Total formal votes 65,819 97.4
Informal votes 1,774 2.6
Turnout 67,593 94.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ian Macphee 63.3 +0.8
Labor Robert Steele 36.7 −0.8
Liberal hold Swing+0.8

1975

1975 Australian federal election: Balaclava
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ian Macphee 32,581 58.8 +7.4
Labor Martin Ryan 18,203 32.9 −8.4
Australia John Howe 2,375 4.3 +1.6
Democratic Labor Peter Lawlor 2,214 4.0 −0.7
Total formal votes 55,373 98.0
Informal votes 1,122 2.0
Turnout 56,495 95.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ian Macphee 63.7 +7.0
Labor Martin Ryan 36.3 −7.0
Liberal hold Swing+7.0

1974

1974 Australian federal election: Balaclava
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ian Macphee 28,313 51.4 +4.8
Labor Irene Dunsmuir 22,755 41.3 −3.2
Democratic Labor Peter Lawlor 2,569 4.7 −2.6
Australia Michael Muschamp 1,465 2.7 +2.7
Total formal votes 55,102 97.9
Informal votes 1,186 2.1
Turnout 56,288 95.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ian Macphee 56.7 +2.9
Labor Irene Dunsmuir 43.3 −2.9
Liberal hold Swing+2.9

1972

1972 Australian federal election: Balaclava
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ray Whittorn 24,455 46.6 −5.1
Labor Irene Dunsmuir 23,365 44.5 +8.0
Democratic Labor Ralph James 3,809 7.3 −1.8
Independent Leslie Rubinstein 857 1.6 +1.6
Total formal votes 52,486 97.7
Informal votes 1,234 2.3
Turnout 53,720 95.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ray Whittorn 28,218 53.8 −7.1
Labor Irene Dunsmuir 24,268 46.2 +7.1
Liberal hold Swing−7.1

1969

1969 Australian federal election: Balaclava
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ray Whittorn 26,852 51.7 −3.8
Labor Irene Dunsmuir 18,949 36.5 +13.3
Democratic Labor Ralph James 4,751 9.1 −5.1
Australia Steven Soos 1,398 2.7 +2.7
Total formal votes 51,950 97.1
Informal votes 1,571 2.9
Turnout 53,521 94.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ray Whittorn 60.9 −8.3
Labor Irene Dunsmuir 39.1 +8.3
Liberal hold Swing−8.3

1966

1966 Australian federal election: Balaclava
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ray Whittorn 21,131 54.0 −4.8
Labor Leo Richards 9,668 24.7 −4.9
Democratic Labor Ralph James 5,552 14.2 +3.8
Liberal Reform Group Brian McLure 2,762 7.1 +7.1
Total formal votes 39,113 96.9
Informal votes 1,258 3.1
Turnout 40,371 94.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ray Whittorn 67.7 −1.1
Labor Leo Richards 32.3 +1.1
Liberal hold Swing−1.1

1963

1963 Australian federal election: Balaclava
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ray Whittorn 23,487 58.8 +6.9
Labor Ephraim Briskman 11,802 29.6 −0.5
Democratic Labor John Ryan 4,135 10.4 −3.1
Independent Edith Jewell 491 1.2 +1.2
Total formal votes 39,915 98.8
Informal votes 485 1.2
Turnout 43,381 97.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ray Whittorn 68.8 +3.0
Labor Ephraim Briskman 31.2 −3.0
Liberal hold Swing+3.0

1961

1961 Australian federal election: Balaclava
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ray Whittorn 20,517 51.9 −9.2
Labor Ernst Platz 11,892 30.1 +4.8
Democratic Labor John Ryan 5,333 13.5 +1.5
Republican John Murray 1,780 4.5 +4.5
Total formal votes 39,522 97.8
Informal votes 888 2.2
Turnout 40,410 95.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ray Whittorn 65.8 −6.9
Labor Ernst Platz 34.2 +6.9
Liberal hold Swing−6.9
1960 Balaclava by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ray Whittorn 17,859 54.3 −6.8
Labor George Smith 9,519 28.9 +3.6
Democratic Labor John Ryan 4,672 14.2 +2.2
Republican John Murray 865 2.6 +2.6
Total formal votes 32,915 97.9
Informal votes 694 2.1
Turnout 33,609 79.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ray Whittorn 66.5 −5.0
Labor George Smith 33.5 +5.0
Liberal hold Swing−5.0

1958

1958 Australian federal election: Balaclava
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Percy Joske 24,722 61.1 −3.0
Labor Norman Rothfield 10,232 25.3 +1.3
Democratic Labor Rex Keane 4,852 12.0 +0.2
Independent Grace Stratton 626 1.5 +1.5
Total formal votes 40,432 97.7
Informal votes 965 2.3
Turnout 41,397 95.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Percy Joske 72.7 −0.8
Labor Norman Rothfield 27.3 +0.8
Liberal hold Swing−0.8

1955

1955 Australian federal election: Balaclava
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Percy Joske 26,087 64.1 +0.7
Labor George Smith 9,780 24.0 −12.6
Labor (A-C) Rex Keane 4,816 11.8 +11.8
Total formal votes 40,683 97.8
Informal votes 896 2.2
Turnout 41,579 94.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Percy Joske 73.5 +10.1
Labor George Smith 26.5 −10.1
Liberal hold Swing+10.1

1954

1954 Australian federal election: Balaclava
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Percy Joske 25,062 65.2 +1.9
Labor Leonard Prior 13,365 34.8 −1.9
Total formal votes 38,427 99.1
Informal votes 364 0.9
Turnout 38,791 96.2
Liberal hold Swing+1.9
1951 Balaclava by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Percy Joske 20,337 57.0 −6.3
Labor Arthur Lewis 13,279 37.2 +0.5
Independent Grace Stratton 2,035 5.7 +5.7
Total formal votes 35,651 99.2
Informal votes 274 0.8
Turnout 35,925 83.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Percy Joske 59.9 −3.4
Labor Arthur Lewis 40.1 +3.4
Liberal hold Swing−3.4

1951

1951 Australian federal election: Balaclava
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas White 25,578 63.3 −0.6
Labor Arthur Lewis 14,845 36.7 +0.6
Total formal votes 40,423 98.7
Informal votes 525 1.3
Turnout 40,948 96.1
Liberal hold Swing−0.6

1949

1949 Australian federal election: Balaclava
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas White 26,157 63.9 +4.8
Labor Martin Dunne 14,796 36.1 −4.8
Total formal votes 40,953 98.8
Informal votes 512 1.2
Turnout 41,465 96.3
Liberal hold Swing+4.8

1946

1946 Australian federal election: Balaclava
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas White 45,137 58.4 +6.8
Labor Maurice Ashkanasy 32,087 41.6 +5.3
Total formal votes 77,224 98.3
Informal votes 1,348 1.7
Turnout 78,572 93.4
Liberal hold Swing+1.8

1943

1943 Australian federal election: Balaclava
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Thomas White 38,698 51.6 −12.4
Labor John Barry 27,281 36.3 +11.3
Independent Frank Barnes 4,087 5.4 +5.4
Independent Constance Duncan 2,900 3.9 +3.9
Progressive Helen Maxwell 1,680 2.2 +2.2
Independent George Morris 409 0.5 +0.5
Total formal votes 75,055 96.2
Informal votes 3,964 3.8
Turnout 78,019 98.4
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia Thomas White 56.6 −12.0
Labor John Barry 43.4 +12.0
United Australia hold Swing−12.0

1940

1940 Australian federal election: Balaclava
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Thomas White 43,876 64.0 +5.9
Labor Charles Sandford 17,135 25.0 +3.2
Independent Harry Moffat 7,586 11.1 +11.1
Total formal votes 68,597 98.5
Informal votes 1,047 1.5
Turnout 69,644 95.0
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia Thomas White 68.6 +1.5
Labor Charles Sandford 31.4 −1.5
United Australia hold Swing+1.5

1937

1937 Australian federal election: Balaclava
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Thomas White 36,602 58.1 −13.7
Labor Phillip Nash 13,746 21.8 −2.0
Independent John Atkinson 12,613 20.0 +20.0
Total formal votes 62,961 97.9
Informal votes 1,321 2.1
Turnout 64,282 96.5
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia Thomas White 67.1 −6.9
Labor Phillip Nash 32.9 +6.9
United Australia hold Swing−6.9

1934

1934 Australian federal election: Balaclava
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Thomas White 41,017 72.9 −2.7
Labor Michael Nolan 15,248 27.1 +6.5
Total formal votes 56,265 96.9
Informal votes 1,788 3.1
Turnout 58,053 95.0
United Australia hold Swing−3.6

1931

1931 Australian federal election: Balaclava
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Thomas White 41,703 75.5 +17.0
Labor Edward Stewart 11,409 20.6 −20.9
Independent James Denyer 2,147 3.9 +3.9
Total formal votes 55,259 97.9
Informal votes 1,187 2.1
Turnout 56,446 97.1
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia Thomas White 76.5 +18.0
Labor Edward Stewart 23.5 −18.0
United Australia hold Swing+18.0

1929

1929 Australian federal election: Balaclava
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Thomas White 31,751 58.5 −4.7
Labor Don Cameron 22,480 41.5 +41.5
Total formal votes 54,231 95.6
Informal votes 2,404 4.4
Turnout 56,635 97.7
Nationalist hold Swing−4.7
1929 Balaclava by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Thomas White 28,655 64.1 −0.9
Ind. Nationalist Frederick Francis 16,048 35.9 +35.9
Total formal votes 44,703 98.3
Informal votes 769 1.7
Turnout 45,472 82.5
Nationalist hold Swing+0.9

1928

1928 Australian federal election: Balaclava
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist William Watt 31,977 63.2 −6.5
Ind. Nationalist Edward Price 18,651 36.8 +36.8
Total formal votes 50,628 94.7
Informal votes 2,850 5.3
Turnout 53,478 95.1
Nationalist hold Swing−6.5

1925

1925 Australian federal election: Balaclava
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist William Watt 35,458 69.7 −30.3
Labor John McKellar 15,379 30.3 +30.3
Total formal votes 50,837 98.7
Informal votes 654 1.3
Turnout 51,491 95.3
Nationalist gain from Liberal Swing−30.3

1922

1922 Australian federal election: Balaclava
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Watt unopposed
Liberal gain from Nationalist Swing

1919

1919 Australian federal election: Balaclava
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist William Watt 19,051 58.2 −8.4
Labor Percy Smith 9,311 28.4 −5.0
Returned Services Norman Worrall 4,388 13.4 +13.4
Total formal votes 32,750 95.7
Informal votes 1,457 4.3
Turnout 34,207 73.4
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist William Watt 64.9 −1.7
Labor Percy Smith 35.1 +1.7
Nationalist hold Swing−1.7

1917

1917 Australian federal election: Balaclava
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist William Watt 23,308 66.6 +8.2
Labor Alfred Foster 11,690 33.4 −8.2
Total formal votes 34,998 97.6
Informal votes 848 2.4
Turnout 35,846 84.0
Nationalist hold Swing+8.2

1914

1914 Australian federal election: Balaclava
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Watt 17,607 58.4 −6.6
Labor John Curtin 12,526 41.6 +6.6
Total formal votes 30,133 97.7
Informal votes 719 2.3
Turnout 30,852 78.5
Liberal hold Swing−6.6

1913

1913 Australian federal election: Balaclava
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Agar Wynne 18,369 65.0 +0.4
Labor Louis Holmes 9,895 35.0 −0.4
Total formal votes 28,264 98.0
Informal votes 571 2.0
Turnout 28,835 72.3
Liberal hold Swing+0.4

1910

1910 Australian federal election: Balaclava
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Agar Wynne 12,432 62.0 −18.4
Labour George Mead 7,615 38.0 +18.4
Total formal votes 20,047 98.2
Informal votes 358 1.8
Turnout 20,405 57.7
Liberal hold Swing18.4

1906

1906 Australian federal election: Balaclava
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Protectionist Agar Wynne 6,957 41.8 +41.8
Ind. Anti-Socialist Joseph Hewison 5,651 33.9 +33.9
Labour Alfred Hampson 3,263 19.6 +19.6
Protectionist Edward Roberts 786 4.7 −95.3
Total formal votes 16,657 97.5
Informal votes 431 2.5
Turnout 17,088 54.0
Ind. Protectionist gain from Protectionist Swing+41.8

1903

1903 Australian federal election: Balaclava
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Sir George Turner unopposed
Protectionist hold Swing

1901

1901 Australian federal election: Balaclava
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Sir George Turner unopposed
Protectionist win (new seat)

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