Electoral results for the Division of Darebin

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Darebin in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1949 until its abolition in 1969.

Members

Member		Party	Term
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor|	Tom Andrews	Labor	1949–1955
Template:Australian politics/party colours/DLP|		Labor (Anti-Communist)	1955–1955
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor|	Robert Holt	Labor	1955–1958
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor|	Frank Courtnay	Labor	1958–1969

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

Australian federal election, 1966: Darebin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Courtnay	25,325	49.5	−5.9
	Liberal	Noel Stubbs	15,601	30.5	+4.0
	Democratic Labor	Tom Andrews	10,232	20.0	+1.8
Total formal votes			51,158	96.1
Informal votes			2,073	3.9
Turnout			53,231	96.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Frank Courtnay	29,258	57.2	+0.1
	Liberal	Noel Stubbs	21,900	42.8	−0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.1

Australian federal election, 1963: Darebin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Courtnay	28,610	55.4	+0.2
	Liberal	Peter Coupe	13,688	26.5	+4.6
	Democratic Labor	Tom Andrews	9,388	18.2	−4.7
Total formal votes			51,686	98.4
Informal votes			862	1.6
Turnout			52,548	96.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Frank Courtnay		57.1	−0.3
	Liberal	Peter Coupe		42.9	+42.9
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.3

Australian federal election, 1961: Darebin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Courtnay	28,285	55.2	+4.1
	Democratic Labor	Tom Andrews	11,767	22.9	−0.8
	Liberal	John Wyss	11,228	21.9	−3.2
Total formal votes			51,280	97.7
Informal votes			1,207	2.3
Turnout			52,487	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Frank Courtnay		57.4	+3.0
	Democratic Labor	Tom Andrews		42.6	+42.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.0

Elections in the 1950s

Australian federal election, 1958: Darebin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Courtnay	25,213	51.1	+3.2
	Liberal	Gordon Duncan	12,400	25.1	−1.9
	Democratic Labor	Tom Andrews	11,710	23.7	−1.4
Total formal votes			49,323	97.6
Informal votes			1,189	2.4
Turnout			50,512	96.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Frank Courtnay		54.4	−4.4
	Liberal	Gordon Duncan		45.6	+4.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.4

Australian federal election, 1955: Darebin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robert Holt	20,323	47.9	−16.1
	Liberal	Charles White	11,481	27.0	−9.0
	Labor (A-C)	Tom Andrews	10,660	25.1	+25.1
Total formal votes			42,464	97.5
Informal votes			1,104	2.5
Turnout			43,568	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Robert Holt	24,948	58.8	−5.2
	Liberal	Charles White	17,516	41.2	+5.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.2

Australian federal election, 1954: Darebin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Andrews	28,810	65.0	+0.6
	Liberal	Charles White	15,534	35.0	−0.6
Total formal votes			44,344	98.7
Informal votes			598	1.3
Turnout			44,942	96.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.6

Australian federal election, 1951: Darebin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Andrews	26,412	64.4	+1.7
	Liberal	Gordon Savage	14,572	35.6	−1.7
Total formal votes			40,984	98.6
Informal votes			581	1.4
Turnout			41,565	96.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.7

Elections in the 1940s

Australian federal election, 1949: Darebin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Andrews	24,719	62.7	+4.1
	Liberal	Jack McColl	14,688	37.3	+5.9
Total formal votes			39,407	98.4
Informal votes			655	1.6
Turnout			40,062	97.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.7

References

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