Electoral results for the district of Clifton Hill

This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Clifton Hill in Victorian state elections.

Members for Clifton Hill edit

Member Party Term
  Maurice Blackburn Labor 1927–1934
  Bert Cremean Labor 1934–1945
  Jack Cremean Labor 1945–1949
  Joseph O'Carroll Labor 1949–1955
  Labor (Anti-Communist) 1955

Election results edit

Elections in the 1950s edit

1952 Victorian state election: Clifton Hill[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Joseph O'Carroll unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1950 Victorian state election: Clifton Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Joseph O'Carroll 16,004 67.7 +4.0
Liberal and Country Kenneth Withers 7,633 32.3 -4.0
Total formal votes 23,637 98.6 -0.2
Informal votes 331 1.4 +0.2
Turnout 23,968 94.3 +1.1
Labor hold Swing +4.0

Elections in the 1940s edit

1949 Clifton Hill state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Joseph O'Carroll 13,829 64.8 +0.9
Liberal and Country Ivan Soden 6,436 30.2 -6.1
Communist Andrew Wallace 1,069 5.0 +5.0
Total formal votes 21,334 98.8 0.0
Informal votes 260 1.2 0.0
Turnout 21,594 80.7 -12.5
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1947 Victorian state election: Clifton Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Cremean 15,798 63.7 +5.3
Liberal Neil McKay 9,002 36.3 +8.4
Total formal votes 24,800 98.8 +1.5
Informal votes 312 1.2 -1.5
Turnout 25,112 93.2 +4.9
Labor hold Swing N/A
1945 Victorian state election: Clifton Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Cremean 13,115 58.4
Liberal Neil McKay 6,271 27.9
Communist Kenneth Miller 3,061 13.6
Total formal votes 22,447 97.3
Informal votes 612 2.7
Turnout 23,059 88.3
Labor hold Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1945 Clifton Hill state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Cremean 12,728 69.6 +16.6
Communist Kenneth Miller 5,555 30.4 +11.5
Total formal votes 18,283 95.2 -1.1
Informal votes 924 4.8 +1.1
Turnout 19,207 74.4 -13.1
Labor hold Swing N/A
1943 Victorian state election: Clifton Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bert Cremean 11,413 53.0 -13.0
Independent Allan Matthews 6,039 28.0 +28.0
Communist Ken Miller 4,078 18.9 +18.9
Total formal votes 21,530 96.3 -1.9
Informal votes 834 3.7 +1.9
Turnout 22,364 87.5 -5.4
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1940 Victorian state election: Clifton Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bert Cremean 14,533 66.0 -1.8
United Australia Reginald Archer 7,489 34.0 +1.8
Total formal votes 22,022 98.2 -0.3
Informal votes 406 1.8 +0.3
Turnout 22,428 92.9 -0.1
Labor hold Swing -1.8

Elections in the 1930s edit

1937 Victorian state election: Clifton Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bert Cremean 15,113 67.8 +6.3
United Australia Rhys Davies 7,167 32.2 -6.3
Total formal votes 22,280 98.5 +0.2
Informal votes 340 1.5 -0.2
Turnout 22,620 93.0 -1.4
Labor hold Swing +6.3
1935 Victorian state election: Clifton Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bert Cremean 13,636 61.5 +13.1
United Australia Harold Holt 8,531 38.5 +0.7
Total formal votes 22,167 98.3 +0.2
Informal votes 379 1.7 -0.2
Turnout 22,546 94.4 +1.9
Labor hold Swing +7.7
1934 Clifton Hill state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bert Cremean unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1932 Victorian state election: Clifton Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Maurice Blackburn 10,274 48.4 -51.6
United Australia Albert Oldus 8,029 37.8 +37.8
Premiers' Plan Labor William Angus 2,932 13.8 +13.8
Total formal votes 21,235 98.1
Informal votes 414 1.9
Turnout 21,649 92.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Maurice Blackburn 11,430 53.8 -46.2
United Australia Albert Oldus 9,805 46.2 +46.2
Labor hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1920s edit

1929 Victorian state election: Clifton Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Maurice Blackburn unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1927 Victorian state election: Clifton Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Maurice Blackburn 13,784 67.7
Nationalist Charles Miller 6,577 32.3
Total formal votes 20,361 96.4
Informal votes 763 3.6
Turnout 21,124 86.8
Labor hold Swing

References edit

  1. ^ Hughes, Colin A. (1975). Voting for the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1890-1964. Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 070811332X.