Electoral results for the Division of Lawson

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

Members[edit]

Member Party Term
  Laurie Failes Country 1949–1969

Election results[edit]

Elections in the 1960s[edit]

1966[edit]

1966 Australian federal election: Lawson [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Laurie Failes 21,649 56.5 +3.5
Labor John Canobi 14,399 37.6 -4.4
Democratic Labor Mario Morandini 2,239 5.8 +0.8
Total formal votes 38,287 98.3
Informal votes 668 1.7
Turnout 38,955 95.3
Two-party-preferred result
Country Laurie Failes 61.1 +2.6
Labor John Canobi 38.9 -2.6
Country hold Swing +2.6

1963[edit]

1963 Australian federal election: Lawson [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Laurie Failes 20,991 53.0 +5.1
Labor John Canobi 16,659 42.0 -4.4
Democratic Labor Mario Morandini 1,972 5.0 -0.7
Total formal votes 39,622 99.2
Informal votes 319 0.8
Turnout 39,941 95.5
Two-party-preferred result
Country Laurie Failes 57.0 +4.9
Labor John Canobi 43.0 -4.9
Country hold Swing +4.9

1961[edit]

1961 Australian federal election: Lawson [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Laurie Failes 18,750 47.9 -1.8
Labor John Canobi 18,156 46.4 +4.1
Democratic Labor Denis Searls 2,239 5.7 -2.3
Total formal votes 39,145 98.4
Informal votes 635 1.6
Turnout 39,780 95.6
Two-party-preferred result
Country Laurie Failes 20,392 52.1 -3.9
Labor John Canobi 18,753 47.9 +3.9
Country hold Swing -3.9

Elections in the 1950s[edit]

1958[edit]

1958 Australian federal election: Lawson [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Laurie Failes 19,237 49.7 -7.0
Labor Jack Tully 16,367 42.3 -1.0
Democratic Labor Edward English 3,080 8.0 +8.0
Total formal votes 38,684 98.2
Informal votes 712 1.8
Turnout 39,396 95.5
Two-party-preferred result
Country Laurie Failes 21,675 56.0 -0.7
Labor Jack Tully 17,009 44.0 +0.7
Country hold Swing -0.7

1955[edit]

1955 Australian federal election: Lawson [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Laurie Failes 22,030 56.7 +7.1
Labor Jack Williamson 16,845 43.3 -7.1
Total formal votes 38,875 98.1
Informal votes 745 1.9
Turnout 39,620 95.7
Country gain from Labor Swing +7.1

1954[edit]

1954 Australian federal election: Lawson [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alan Manning 18,998 48.9 +1.9
Country Laurie Failes 18,497 47.6 -5.4
Independent Dick Bourke 1,373 3.5 +3.5
Total formal votes 38,868 99.3
Informal votes 289 0.7
Turnout 39,157 96.4
Two-party-preferred result
Country Laurie Failes 19,565 50.3 -2.7
Labor Alan Manning 19,303 49.7 +2.7
Country hold Swing -2.7

1951[edit]

1951 Australian federal election: Lawson [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Laurie Failes 19,819 53.0 +22.0
Labor Alan Manning 17,570 47.0 +4.0
Total formal votes 37,389 98.4
Informal votes 607 1.6
Turnout 37,996 96.3
Country hold Swing -2.8

Elections in the 1940s[edit]

1949[edit]

1949 Australian federal election: Lawson [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alan Manning 15,969 43.0 -3.9
Country Laurie Failes 11,531 31.0 -4.3
Liberal Elwyn Croft 9,249 24.9 +18.6
Independent William Ferguson 392 1.1 +1.1
Total formal votes 37,141 98.7
Informal votes 476 1.3
Turnout 37,617 96.6
Two-party-preferred result
Country Laurie Failes 20,773 55.8 +7.6
Labor Alan Manning 16,408 44.2 -7.6
Country notional gain from Labor Swing +7.6

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1966 House of Representatives: NSW". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  2. ^ "1963 House of Representatives: NSW". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  3. ^ "1961 House of Representatives: NSW". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  4. ^ "1958 House of Representatives: NSW". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  5. ^ "1955 House of Representatives: NSW". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  6. ^ "1954 House of Representatives: NSW". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  7. ^ "1951 House of Representatives: NSW". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  8. ^ "1949 House of Representatives: NSW". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
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