This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Scullin (1955–69) in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1955 until its abolition in 1969.
Members edit
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Peters | Labor | 1955–1969 | |
Election results edit
Elections in the 1960s edit
1966 edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Ted Peters | 14,271 | 53.3 | -5.2 | |
| Liberal | Ronald Hay | 7,267 | 27.1 | +5.7 | |
| Democratic Labor | Peter McCabe | 2,072 | 11.5 | -6.6 | |
| Independent | John Daley | 2,164 | 8.1 | +8.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 26,774 | 92.2 | |||
| Informal votes | 2,271 | 7.8 | |||
| Turnout | 29,045 | 92.7 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Ted Peters | 58.0 | -3.9 | ||
| Liberal | Ronald Hay | 42.0 | +3.9 | ||
| Labor hold | Swing | -3.9 | |||
1963 edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Ted Peters | 16,764 | 58.5 | -2.4 | |
| Liberal | John Harrison | 6,131 | 21.4 | +6.3 | |
| Democratic Labor | James Abikhair | 5,194 | 18.1 | -5.8 | |
| Communist | Ron Hearn | 554 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
| Total formal votes | 28,643 | 94.9 | |||
| Informal votes | 1,535 | 5.1 | |||
| Turnout | 30,178 | 94.4 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Ted Peters | 61.9 | -0.5 | ||
| Liberal | John Harrison | 32.1 | +32.1 | ||
| Labor hold | Swing | -0.5 | |||
1961 edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Ted Peters | 18,506 | 60.9 | +4.9 | |
| Democratic Labor | Barry O'Brien | 7,273 | 23.9 | -0.6 | |
| Liberal | Rex Schurmann | 4,594 | 15.1 | -4.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 30,373 | 94.8 | |||
| Informal votes | 1,664 | 5.2 | |||
| Turnout | 32,037 | 92.6 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Ted Peters | 62.4 | +4.4 | ||
| Democratic Labor | Barry O'Brien | 37.6 | -4.4 | ||
| Labor hold | Swing | +4.4 | |||
Elections in the 1950s edit
1958 edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Ted Peters | 18,619 | 56.0 | +6.3 | |
| Democratic Labor | Thomas Brennan | 8,160 | 24.5 | -6.1 | |
| Liberal | Bill Burns | 6,488 | 19.5 | -0.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 33,267 | 95.4 | |||
| Informal votes | 1,593 | 4.6 | |||
| Turnout | 34,860 | 94.2 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Ted Peters | 58.0 | +6.3 | ||
| Democratic Labor | Thomas Brennan | 42.0 | -6.3 | ||
| Labor hold | Swing | +6.3 | |||
1955 edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Ted Peters | 18,896 | 49.7 | -23.4 | |
| Labor (A-C) | Jack Cremean | 11,643 | 30.6 | +30.6 | |
| Liberal | Phillip Lynch | 7,450 | 19.6 | -3.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 37,989 | 94.9 | |||
| Informal votes | 2,061 | 5.1 | |||
| Turnout | 40,050 | 92.1 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Ted Peters | 19,655 | 51.7 | -24.9 | |
| Labor (A-C) | Jack Cremean | 18,334 | 48.3 | +48.3 | |
| Labor notional hold | Swing | -24.9 | |||