Electoral results for the Division of Darling

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Darling in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1901 until its abolition in 1977.

Members[edit]

	Party	Term
William Spence	Labor	1901—1916
William Spence	Nationalist	1916—1917
Arthur Blakeley	Labor	1917—1934
Joe Clark	Labor (NSW)	1934—1936
Joe Clark	Labor	1936—1969
John FitzPatrick	Labor	1969—1977

Election results[edit]

Elections in the 1970s[edit]

1975[edit]

1975 Australian federal election: Darling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John FitzPatrick	25,579	56.8	−2.8
	National Country	Walter Mitchell	18,874	41.9	+17.4
	Independent	Walter Miller	603	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			45,056	98.3
Informal votes			773	1.7
Turnout			45,829	95.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John FitzPatrick		57.5	−6.3
	National Country	Walter Mitchell		42.5	+6.3
	Labor hold		Swing	−6.3

1974[edit]

1974 Australian federal election: Darling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John FitzPatrick	26,188	59.6	−1.4
	Country	Max Overton	10,750	24.5	+2.0
	Liberal	William Thornton	5,143	11.7	+2.0
	Australia	Peter Farry	1,871	4.3	+4.3
Total formal votes			43,952	97.9
Informal votes			937	2.1
Turnout			44,889	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John FitzPatrick		63.8	+0.7
	Country	Max Overton		36.2	−0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.7

1972[edit]

1972 Australian federal election: Darling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John FitzPatrick	25,310	61.0	+3.5
	Country	Max Overton	9,360	22.5	−1.0
	Liberal	James Donohoe	4,029	9.7	−9.3
	Democratic Labor	John Darcy	2,826	6.8	+6.8
Total formal votes			41,525	98.4
Informal votes			682	1.6
Turnout			42,207	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John FitzPatrick		63.1	+2.8
	Country	Max Overton		36.9	−2.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.8

Elections in the 1960s[edit]

1969[edit]

1969 Australian federal election: Darling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John FitzPatrick	23,168	57.5	+1.1
	Country	Max Overton	9,474	23.5	+23.5
	Liberal	Jack Bonney	7,650	19.0	−21.8
Total formal votes			40,292	98.4
Informal votes			642	1.6
Turnout			40,934	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John FitzPatrick		60.3	+2.2
	Country	Max Overton		39.7	−2.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.2

1966[edit]

1966 Australian federal election: Darling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joe Clark	20,848	60.3	−7.1
	Liberal	Allan Connell	13,714	39.7	+39.7
Total formal votes			34,562	97.5
Informal votes			900	2.5
Turnout			35,462	93.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−7.1

1963[edit]

1963 Australian federal election: Darling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joe Clark	23,352	67.4	−5.2
	Country	Frederick Harding	11,299	32.6	+5.2
Total formal votes			34,651	98.8
Informal votes			424	1.2
Turnout			35,075	93.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.2

1961[edit]

1961 Australian federal election: Darling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joe Clark	25,235	72.6	+2.1
	Country	Rodan Dawson	9,537	37.4	+1.7
Total formal votes			34,772	97.4
Informal votes			918	2.6
Turnout			35,690	93.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.2

Elections in the 1950s[edit]

1958[edit]

1958 Australian federal election: Darling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joe Clark	24,815	70.5	+3.0
	Country	Elson Whyte	9,055	25.7	−6.8
	Independent	Francis O'Donnell	1,349	3.8	+3.8
Total formal votes			35,219	97.1
Informal votes			1,041	2.9
Turnout			36,260	93.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Joe Clark		72.4	+4.9
	Country	Elson Whyte		27.6	−4.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.9

1955[edit]

1955 Australian federal election: Darling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joe Clark	23,428	67.5	−3.2
	Country	Ewen Martin	11,282	32.5	+3.2
Total formal votes			34,710	97.2
Informal votes			1,005	2.8
Turnout			35,715	93.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.2

1954[edit]

1954 Australian federal election: Darling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joe Clark	23,875	70.5	+1.7
	Country	Rodan Dawson	10,012	29.5	−1.7
Total formal votes			33,887	98.2
Informal votes			607	1.8
Turnout			34,494	93.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.7

1951[edit]

1951 Australian federal election: Darling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joe Clark	22,610	68.8	+5.0
	Country	Elson Whyte	10,253	31.2	−0.5
Total formal votes			32,863	97.4
Informal votes			864	2.6
Turnout			33,727	94.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.5

Elections in the 1940s[edit]

1949[edit]

1949 Australian federal election: Darling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joe Clark	20,843	63.8	−2.7
	Country	Elson Whyte	10,348	31.7	+9.7
	Communist	Cecil Connors	1,017	3.1	+3.1
	Independent	Madge Roberts	450	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			32,658	97.2
Informal votes			929	2.8
Turnout			33,587	94.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Joe Clark		67.3	−3.0
	Country	Elson Whyte		32.7	+3.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.0

1946[edit]

1946 Australian federal election: Darling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joe Clark	27,449	60.7	−10.9
	Country	John McGirr	12,229	27.0	+27.0
	Protestant People	Cyril Glassop	5,533	12.2	+12.2
Total formal votes			45,211	97.7
Informal votes			1,058	2.3
Turnout			46,269	89.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Joe Clark		66.8	−4.8
	Country	John McGirr		32.2	+32.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.8

1943[edit]

1943 Australian federal election: Darling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joe Clark	32,540	71.6	+8.2
	One Parliament	James Butler	12,936	28.4	+28.4
Total formal votes			45,476	97.5
Informal votes			1,180	2.5
Turnout			46,656	90.9
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.9

1940[edit]

1940 Australian federal election: Darling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joe Clark	29,128	63.4	−2.8
	Independent	Alexander Huie	10,648	23.2	−10.6
	Labor (N-C)	Les Murphy	6,158	13.4	+13.4
Total formal votes			45,934	97.4
Informal votes			1,229	2.6
Turnout			47,163	87.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Joe Clark		73.5	+7.3
	Independent	Alexander Huie		26.5	−7.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.3

Elections in the 1930s[edit]

1937[edit]

1937 Australian federal election: Darling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joe Clark	32,515	66.2	+37.6
	Independent	Alexander Huie	16,581	33.8	+33.8
Total formal votes			49,096	97.3
Informal votes			1,347	2.7
Turnout			50,443	94.6
	Labor gain from Labor (NSW)		Swing	+66.2

1934[edit]

1934 Australian federal election: Darling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	Joe Clark	18,208	40.0	+14.9
	Country	Paul Goldenstedt	13,567	29.8	−6.9
	Labor	Arthur Blakeley	13,016	28.6	−8.4
	Communist	Stuart Coombe	758	1.7	+0.5
Total formal votes			45,549	96.5
Informal votes			1,662	3.5
Turnout			47,211	93.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor (NSW)	Joe Clark	28,944	63.5	+63.5
	Country	Paul Goldenstedt	16,605	36.5	−2.8
	Labor (NSW) gain from Labor		Swing	+63.5

1931[edit]

1931 Australian federal election: Darling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Blakeley	14,581	40.8	−29.4
	Country	Harold Campbell	11,847	33.1	+33.1
	Labor (NSW)	Richard Quintrell	8,795	24.6	+24.6
	Communist	Ted Tripp	522	1.5	+1.5
Total formal votes			35,745	94.8
Informal votes			1,950	5.2
Turnout			37,695	92.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Arthur Blakeley	22,828	63.9	−6.3
	Country	Harold Campbell	12,917	36.1	+6.3
	Labor hold		Swing	−6.3

Elections in the 1920s[edit]

1929[edit]

1929 Australian federal election: Darling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Blakeley	24,124	70.2	−0.7
	Nationalist	Brian Doe	10,259	29.8	+0.7
Total formal votes			34,383	96.6
Informal votes			1,215	3.4
Turnout			35,598	90.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.7

1928[edit]

1928 Australian federal election: Darling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Blakeley	24,056	70.9	+5.4
	Nationalist	Frederick Drury	9,862	29.1	−5.4
Total formal votes			33,918	94.7
Informal votes			1,881	5.3
Turnout			35,799	86.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.4

1925[edit]

1925 Australian federal election: Darling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Blakeley	20,965	65.5	+20.2
	Nationalist	John Dowling	11,043	34.5	+2.0
Total formal votes			32,008	97.6
Informal votes			777	2.4
Turnout			32,785	80.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.4

1922[edit]

1922 Australian federal election: Darling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Blakeley	8,820	45.3	−16.5
	Nationalist	Walter Wright	6,329	32.5	−5.7
	Industrial Labor	Michael Considine	4,331	22.2	+22.2
Total formal votes			19,480	95.2
Informal votes			976	4.8
Turnout			20,456	55.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Arthur Blakeley	12,682	65.1	+3.3
	Nationalist	Walter Wright	6,798	34.9	−3.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.3

Elections in the 1910s[edit]

1919[edit]

1919 Australian federal election: Darling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Blakeley	11,344	61.8	+8.5
	Nationalist	Alfred Perkins	7,004	38.2	−8.5
Total formal votes			18,348	97.8
Informal votes			417	2.2
Turnout			18,765	67.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.5

1917[edit]

1917 Australian federal election: Darling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Blakeley	11,523	53.3	−7.2
	Nationalist	William Spence	10,081	46.7	+7.2
Total formal votes			21,604	97.1
Informal votes			651	2.9
Turnout			22,255	74.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−7.2

1914[edit]

1914 Australian federal election: Darling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Spence	12,309	60.5	+0.0
	Liberal	William Kelk	8,036	39.5	−0.0
Total formal votes			20,345	96.1
Informal votes			818	3.9
Turnout			21,163	69.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.0

1913[edit]

1913 Australian federal election: Darling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Spence	11,582	60.5	−4.2
	Liberal	Edwin Townsend	7,560	39.5	+4.2
Total formal votes			19,142	95.3
Informal votes			942	4.7
Turnout			20,081	62.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.2

1910[edit]

1910 Australian federal election: Darling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Spence	9,551	64.7	+6.8
	Liberal	James Carroll	5,222	35.3	−6.8
Total formal votes			14,773	96.8
Informal votes			493	3.2
Turnout			15,266	54.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.8

Elections in the 1900s[edit]

1906[edit]

1906 Australian federal election: Darling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Spence	6,356	57.9	−0.3
	Anti-Socialist	Denis Acton	4,626	42.1	+0.3
Total formal votes			10,982	95.4
Informal votes			532	4.6
Turnout			11,514	43.9
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.3

1903[edit]

1903 Australian federal election: Darling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Spence	3,148	58.2	+13.8
	Free Trade	Denis Acton	2,263	41.8	+10.8
Total formal votes			5,411	96.9
Informal votes			171	3.1
Turnout			5,582	36.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.5

1901[edit]

1901 Australian federal election: Darling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Spence	2,206	44.4	+44.4
	Free Trade	Thomas Bertram	1,537	31.0	+31.0
	Protectionist	Patrick Quinn	1,221	24.6	+24.6
Total formal votes			4,964	97.5
Informal votes			128	2.5
Turnout			5,092	57.0
	Labour win		(new seat)

References[edit]

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