Electoral results for the Division of Moreton

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Moreton in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1901 until the present.

Members

	Party	Term
James Wilkinson	Independent Labour	1901–1904
James Wilkinson	Labor	1904–1906
Hugh Sinclair	Anti-Socialist	1906–1909
	Commonwealth Liberal	1909–1916
	Nationalist	1916–1919
Arnold Wienholt	Nationalist	1919–1922
Josiah Francis	Nationalist	1922–1931
	United Australia	1931–1944
	Liberal	1944–1955
(Sir) James Killen	Liberal	1955–1983
Don Cameron	Liberal	1983–1990
Garrie Gibson	Labor	1990–1996
Gary Hardgrave	Liberal	1996–2007
Graham Perrett	Labor	2007–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Australian federal election, 2016: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal National	Nic Monsour	32,103	37.79	−4.45
	Labor	Graham Perrett	31,342	36.90	−1.83
	Greens	Kristen Lyons	10,812	12.73	+2.74
	Xenophon	Des Soares	4,072	4.79	+4.79
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Cooper	2,783	3.28	+3.28
	Family First	Florian Heise	2,507	2.95	+1.43
	Katter's Australian	Shan-Ju Lin	1,329	1.56	+0.26
Total formal votes			84,948	95.89	+1.51
Informal votes			3,641	4.11	−1.51
Turnout			88,589	90.56	−2.11
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Graham Perrett	45,892	54.02	+2.47
	Liberal National	Nic Monsour	39,056	45.98	−2.47
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.47

Australian federal election, 2013: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal National	Malcolm Cole	34,824	42.24	−1.16
	Labor	Graham Perrett	31,932	38.73	+2.72
	Greens	Elissa Jenkins	8,234	9.99	−5.90
	Palmer United	Jeremy Davey	4,147	5.03	+5.03
	Family First	Carolyn Ferrando	1,250	1.52	−1.92
	Katter's Australian	Chris Mallcott	1,070	1.30	+1.30
	Future	Hayden Muscat	481	0.58	+0.58
	Rise Up Australia	Bruce Fry	303	0.37	+0.37
	CEC	Wayne Grunert	208	0.25	+0.25
Total formal votes			82,449	94.38	−0.77
Informal votes			4,912	5.62	+0.77
Turnout			87,361	92.65	+0.78
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Graham Perrett	42,503	51.55	+0.42
	Liberal National	Malcolm Cole	39,946	48.45	−0.42
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.42

Australian federal election, 2010: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal National	Malcolm Cole	35,182	43.40	+2.56
	Labor	Graham Perrett	29,190	36.01	-12.12
	Greens	Elissa Jenkins	12,882	15.89	+8.74
	Family First	Steve Christian	2,787	3.44	+1.97
	Democratic Labor	Lee Nightingale	1,018	1.26	+1.26
Total formal votes			81,059	95.15	-1.69
Informal votes			4,128	4.85	+1.69
Turnout			85,187	91.86	-3.16
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Graham Perrett	41,447	51.13	-4.88
	Liberal National	Malcolm Cole	39,612	48.87	+4.88
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.88

Elections in the 2000s

Australian federal election, 2007: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Graham Perrett	37,908	47.11	+7.27
	Liberal	Gary Hardgrave	33,921	42.16	-5.41
	Greens	Emma Hine	5,548	6.89	+1.12
	Family First	Steve Christian	1,113	1.38	-1.40
	Democrats	Emad Soliman	1,015	1.26	-0.41
	Independent	Andrew Lamb	679	0.84	-0.10
	Liberty & Democracy	Shane Brown	282	0.35	+0.35
Total formal votes			80,466	96.86	+1.74
Informal votes			2,611	3.14	-1.74
Turnout			83,077	94.17	+0.37
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Graham Perrett	44,055	54.75	+7.58
	Liberal	Gary Hardgrave	36,411	45.25	-7.58
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+7.58

Australian federal election, 2004: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Gary Hardgrave	38,708	49.11	+1.90
	Labor	Graham Perrett	30,828	39.12	+0.14
	Greens	Jane Williamson	4,182	5.31	+1.47
	Family First	Terence Tam	2,142	2.72	+2.72
	Democrats	Frederika Steen	1,307	1.66	-3.80
	One Nation	Barry Weedon	846	1.07	-2.37
	Independent	Andrew Lamb	799	1.01	-0.06
Total formal votes			78,812	95.06	-0.16
Informal votes			4,096	4.94	+0.16
Turnout			82,908	93.87	-1.30
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Gary Hardgrave	42,694	54.17	+1.61
	Labor	Graham Perrett	36,118	45.83	-1.61
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.61

Australian federal election, 2001: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Gary Hardgrave	39,148	48.74	+5.62
	Labor	Kathleen Brookes	29,144	36.29	-3.64
	Democrats	Tracy Comans	4,525	5.63	+0.46
	Greens	Lenore Taylor	3,677	4.58	+1.22
	One Nation	Barry Weedon	2,433	3.03	-4.16
	Independent	Andrew Lamb	1,385	1.72	+1.72
Total formal votes			80,312	95.70	-1.27
Informal votes			3,606	4.30	+1.27
Turnout			83,918	94.73
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Gary Hardgrave	43,535	54.21	+3.64
	Labor	Kathleen Brookes	36,777	45.79	-3.64
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.64

Elections in the 1990s

Australian federal election, 1998: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Gary Hardgrave	33,724	43.12	-7.76
	Labor	Kathleen Brookes	31,227	39.93	+3.99
	One Nation	Vanessa Stewart	5,626	7.19	+7.19
	Democrats	Anthony Lee	4,046	5.17	-1.71
	Greens	Lenore Taylor	2,627	3.36	+0.08
	Christian Democrats	Jim Vote	959	1.23	+1.23
Total formal votes			78,209	96.97	-0.34
Informal votes			2,444	3.03	+0.34
Turnout			80,653	94.26	-0.57
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Gary Hardgrave	39,554	50.57	-5.40
	Labor	Kathleen Brookes	38,655	49.43	+5.40
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.40

Australian federal election, 1996: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Gary Hardgrave	39,268	50.18	+7.83
	Labor	Garrie Gibson	28,886	36.92	-6.62
	Democrats	Kirsten Kirk	5,076	6.49	+1.78
	Greens	Annette Wilson	2,572	3.29	-0.48
	AAFI	Keith Bremner	735	0.94	+0.94
	Independent	Wendy Dent	581	0.74	+0.74
	Independent	Cameron Armstrong	547	0.70	+0.70
	Independent	Shane Dean	234	0.30	+0.07
	Indigenous Peoples	Norman Johns	195	0.25	-0.37
	Natural Law	Jacqueline Dhanji-Ayyar	153	0.20	+0.17
Total formal votes			78,247	97.16	-0.10
Informal votes			2,288	2.84	+0.10
Turnout			80,535	94.83	-0.75
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Gary Hardgrave	42,997	55.09	+5.30
	Labor	Garrie Gibson	35,051	44.91	-5.30
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+5.30

Australian federal election, 1993: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Garrie Gibson	33,065	44.49	+2.45
	Liberal	Margaret Steen	30,474	41.00	+0.18
	Democrats	Ian Holland	3,407	4.58	-8.25
	Greens	D. C. Beattie-Burnett	3,050	4.10	+3.03
	National	John Kearns	2,074	2.79	+0.15
	Indigenous Peoples	Martin Ebsworth	671	0.90	+0.90
	Confederate Action	Rod Jeanneret	613	0.82	+0.82
	Independent	Jim O'Dempsey	370	0.50	+0.50
	Independent	Ira Smith	370	0.50	+0.50
		Shane Dean	233	0.31	+0.31
Total formal votes			74,327	97.27	-0.54
Informal votes			2,086	2.73	+0.54
Turnout			76,413	95.58
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Garrie Gibson	38,424	51.74	-0.12
	Liberal	Margaret Steen	35,844	48.26	+0.12
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.12

Australian federal election, 1990: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Garrie Gibson	26,960	42.7	-2.4
	Liberal	Don Cameron	26,323	41.7	+3.5
	Democrats	Ken Davies	8,516	13.5	+7.6
	National	Vince Cottrell	1,366	2.2	-8.6
Total formal votes			63,165	98.0
Informal votes			1,275	2.0
Turnout			64,440	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Garrie Gibson	32,996	52.3	+3.0
	Liberal	Don Cameron	30,037	47.7	-3.0
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.0

Elections in the 1980s

Australian federal election, 1987: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Garrie Gibson	28,053	45.1	+1.6
	Liberal	Don Cameron	23,740	38.2	-4.4
	National	Peter Freckleton	6,712	10.8	+1.7
	Democrats	Manfred Willinger	3,665	5.9	+1.0
Total formal votes			62,170	97.0
Informal votes			1,933	3.0
Turnout			64,103	93.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Don Cameron	31,518	50.7	-2.6
	Labor	Garrie Gibson	30,645	49.3	+2.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.6

Australian federal election, 1984: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Michael Kinnane	26,441	43.5	-3.1
	Liberal	Don Cameron	25,875	42.6	-3.0
	National	Howard Baskerville	5,534	9.1	+9.1
	Democrats	Geoffrey Fawthrop	2,956	4.9	-1.8
Total formal votes			60,806	95.9
Informal votes			2,578	4.1
Turnout			63,384	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Don Cameron	32,381	53.3	+2.8
	Labor	Michael Kinnane	28,419	46.7	-2.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.8

Moreton by-election, 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Don Cameron	31,440	52.1	+5.4
	Labor	Barbara Robson	28.130	46.6	+1.1
	Pensioner	Norman Eater	508	0.8	+0.8
	Humanitarian	Marcus Platen	252	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			60,330	98.9
Informal votes			655	1.1
Turnout			60,985	90.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Don Cameron	31,882	52.8	+1.2
	Labor	Barbara Robson	28,448	47.2	-1.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.2

Australian federal election, 1983: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Sir James Killen	29,638	46.7	-4.0
	Labor	Barbara Robson	28,854	45.5	+3.2
	Democrats	Leonard Fitzgerald	4,230	6.7	+2.0
	Socialist Workers	Helen Jones	712	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			63,434	98.5
Informal votes			987	1.5
Turnout			64,421	92.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Sir James Killen	32,728	51.6	-3.0
	Labor	Barbara Robson	30,706	48.4	+3.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.0

Australian federal election, 1980: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	James Killen	31,157	50.7	-5.3
	Labor	Barbara Robson	25,997	42.3	+8.2
	Democrats	Betty Whitworth	2,877	4.7	-2.3
	Independent	Graham Bell	1,064	1.7	+0.2
	Progress	Patrick Dixon	407	0.7	-0.7
Total formal votes			61,502	98.1
Informal votes			1,221	1.9
Turnout			62,723	94.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	James Killen		54.6	-7.4
	Labor	Barbara Robson		45.4	+7.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-7.4

Elections in the 1970s

Australian federal election, 1977: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	James Killen	34,231	56.0	-6.1
	Labor	Barbara Robson	20,864	34.1	-1.6
	Democrats	Dirk Plooy	4,278	7.0	+7.0
	Independent	Graham Bell	915	1.5	+1.5
	Progress	Frederick Drake	887	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			61,175	98.5
Informal votes			903	1.5
Turnout			62,078	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	James Killen		62.0	-0.7
	Labor	Barbara Robson		38.0	+0.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.7

Australian federal election, 1975: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	James Killen	35,003	61.9	+6.4
	Labor	Lewin Blazevich	20,338	35.9	-6.5
	Independent	William Appleton	929	1.6	+1.6
	Independent	John Fitzgerald	323	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			56,593	98.8
Informal votes			686	1.2
Turnout			57,279	95.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	James Killen		62.5	+6.2
	Labor	Lewin Blazevich		37.5	-6.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.2

Australian federal election, 1974: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	James Killen	31,442	55.5	+7.6
	Labor	William Forgan-Smith	23,999	42.4	-0.4
	Australia Party	Robert McClintock	1,208	2.1	-0.8
Total formal votes			56,649	98.8
Informal votes			669	1.2
Turnout			57,318	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	James Killen		56.3	+1.8
	Labor	William Forgan-Smith		45.7	-1.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.8

Australian federal election, 1972: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	James Killen	24,706	47.9	-0.1
	Labor	Joe McDonald	22,071	42.8	-1.6
	Democratic Labor	Andrew Jackson	3,262	6.3	+0.5
	Australia Party	Arthur Smith	1,507	2.9	+2.9
Total formal votes			51,546	98.3
Informal votes			906	1.7
Turnout			52,452	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	James Killen	28,074	54.5	+1.2
	Labor	Joe McDonald	23,472	45.5	-1.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.2

Elections in the 1960s

Australian federal election, 1969: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	James Killen	24,273	48.0	-5.4
	Labor	George Harvey	22,456	44.4	+4.6
	Democratic Labor	Clarrissa Weedon	2,915	5.8	-1.0
	Independent	Kitchener Farrell	891	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			50,535	98.6
Informal votes			697	1.4
Turnout			51,232	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	James Killen	26,944	53.3	-5.3
	Labor	George Harvey	23,591	46.7	+5.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.3

Australian federal election, 1966: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	James Killen	35,179	54.4	+5.1
	Labor	Len Keogh	25,092	38.8	-5.4
	Democratic Labor	Miroslav Jansky	4,405	6.8	+0.3
Total formal votes			64,676	97.8
Informal votes			1,368	2.1
Turnout			66,044	95.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	James Killen		59.0	+4.0
	Labor	Len Keogh		41.0	-4.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.0

Australian federal election, 1963: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	James Killen	28,574	49.3	+6.0
	Labor	John O'Donnell	25,609	44.2	-3.8
	Democratic Labor	Eric Allingham	3,790	6.5	-0.9
Total formal votes			57,973	97.6
Informal votes			1,408	2.4
Turnout			59,381	95.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	James Killen	31,893	55.0	+4.9
	Labor	John O'Donnell	26,080	45.0	-4.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.9

Australian federal election, 1961: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John O'Donnell	25,123	48.0	+11.8
	Liberal	James Killen	22,667	43.3	-7.6
	Queensland Labor	Christian Hagen	3,882	7.4	-2.7
	Communist	Max Julius	676	1.3	-1.5
Total formal votes			52,348	96.5
Informal votes			1,921	3.5
Turnout			54,269	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	James Killen	26,239	50.1	-10.2
	Labor	John O'Donnell	26,109	49.9	+10.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	-10.2

Elections in the 1950s

Australian federal election, 1958: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	James Killen	23,460	50.9	-0.8
	Labor	Bernard Ouston	16,687	36.2	-10.3
	Queensland Labor	Ted Mansfield	4,652	10.1	+10.1
	Communist	Max Julius	1,297	2.8	+1.0
Total formal votes			46,096	96.1
Informal votes			1,888	3.9
Turnout			47,984	96.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	James Killen		60.3	+8.4
	Labor	Bernard Ouston		39.7	-8.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+8.4

Australian federal election, 1955: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	James Killen	20,908	51.7	-4.2
	Labor	Allen Edwards	18,788	46.5	+3.8
	Communist	Max Julius	713	1.8	+0.4
Total formal votes			40,409	97.8
Informal votes			919	2.2
Turnout			41,328	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	James Killen		51.9	-4.6
	Labor	Allen Edwards		46.5	+4.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.6

Australian federal election, 1954: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Josiah Francis	30,873	55.7	-3.8
	Labor	Ted Mansfield	23,657	42.6	+3.9
	Communist	Bill Yarrow	946	1.7	-0.1
Total formal votes			55,476	98.8
Informal votes			633	1.1
Turnout			56,109	96.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Josiah Francis		55.9	-3.8
	Labor	Ted Mansfield		44.1	+3.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.8

Australian federal election, 1951: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Josiah Francis	27,146	59.5	-1.9
	Labor	Ted Mansfield	17,661	38.7	+2.3
	Communist	Bill Yarrow	813	1.8	-0.4
Total formal votes			45,620	98.0
Informal votes			914	2.0
Turnout			46,534	96.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Josiah Francis		59.7	-1.9
	Labor	Ted Mansfield		40.3	+1.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.9

Elections in the 1940s

Australian federal election, 1949: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Josiah Francis	25,125	61.4	+8.1
	Labor	William Thieme	14,915	36.4	-5.6
	Communist	Bill Yarrow	904	2.2	+2.2
Total formal votes			40,944	97.9
Informal votes			867	2.1
Turnout			41,811	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Josiah Francis		61.6	+0.8
	Labor	William Thieme		38.4	-0.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.8

Australian federal election, 1946: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Josiah Francis	42,521	60.4	+10.4
	Labor	Jack Perrett	22,934	32.6	-8.4
	Services	Charles McCormack	4,985	7.1	+7.1
Total formal votes			70,440	97.7
Informal votes			1,690	2.3
Turnout			72,130	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Josiah Francis		65.7	+9.0
	Labor	Jack Perrett		34.3	-9.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+9.0

Australian federal election, 1943: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	United Australia	Josiah Francis	32,681	50.0	-9.3
	Labor	Patrick McInally	26,804	41.0	+0.2
	One Parliament	Ralph Belcham	3,747	5.7	+5.7
	Country	John Cantwell	2,093	3.2	+3.2
Total formal votes			65,325	97.7
Informal votes			1,658	2.3
Turnout			66,893	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Josiah Francis		56.7	-2.6
	Labor	Patrick McInally		43.3	+2.6
	United Australia hold		Swing	-2.6

Australian federal election, 1940: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	United Australia	Josiah Francis	36,265	59.3	+4.0
	Labor	Henry Herbert	24,938	40.7	+3.7
Total formal votes			61,203	98.0
Informal votes			1,268	2.0
Turnout			62,471	95.8
	United Australia hold		Swing	+0.2

Elections in the 1930s

Australian federal election, 1937: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	United Australia	Josiah Francis	32,813	55.3	+4.1
	Labor	John McCoy	22,021	37.1	-1.1
	Social Credit	Henry Hogg	4,508	7.6	-3.0
Total formal votes			59,342	97.8
Informal votes			1,335	2.2
Turnout			60,677	97.7
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Josiah Francis		59.1	+2.6
	Labor	John McCoy		40.9	-2.6
	United Australia hold		Swing	+2.6

Australian federal election, 1934: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	United Australia	Josiah Francis	27,951	51.2	-48.8
	Labor	Jack Perrett	20,886	38.2	+38.2
	Social Credit	William Worley	5,794	10.6	+10.6
Total formal votes			54,631	97.3
Informal votes			1,525	2.7
Turnout			56,156	96.2
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Josiah Francis		56.5	-43.5
	Labor	Jack Perrett		43.5	+43.5
	United Australia hold		Swing	-43.5

Australian federal election, 1931: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	United Australia	Josiah Francis	unopposed
	United Australia hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

Australian federal election, 1929: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Josiah Francis	27,716	60.1	-39.9
	Labor	Robert Taylor	18,371	39.9	+39.9
Total formal votes			46,087	96.4
Informal votes			1,733	3.6
Turnout			47,820	96.2
	Nationalist hold		Swing	-39.9

Australian federal election, 1928: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Josiah Francis	unopposed
	Nationalist hold		Swing

Australian federal election, 1925: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Josiah Francis	25,650	63.2	+18.7
	Labor	Horace Lee	14,907	36.8	-1.4
Total formal votes			40,557	96.8
Informal votes			1,325	3.2
Turnout			41,882	94.1
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+3.7

Australian federal election, 1922: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Josiah Francis	14,762	44.5	-12.0
	Labor	Horace Lee	12,676	38.2	-5.3
	Country	Francis Brewer	5,714	17.2	+17.2
Total formal votes			33,152	94.7
Informal votes			1,852	5.3
Turnout			35,004	85.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Josiah Francis	19,730	59.5	+3.0
	Labor	Horace Lee	13,422	40.5	-3.0
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+3.0

Elections in the 1910s

Australian federal election, 1919: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Arnold Wienholt	17,834	55.2	+5.1
	Labor	William Heffernan	14,491	44.8	-5.1
Total formal votes			32,325	98.3
Informal votes			572	1.7
Turnout			32,897	84.8
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+5.1

Australian federal election, 1917: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Hugh Sinclair	16,292	50.1	-7.2
	Labor	Robert Butler	16,234	49.9	+7.2
Total formal votes			32,526	98.2
Informal votes			601	1.8
Turnout			33,127	87.2
	Nationalist hold		Swing	-7.2

Australian federal election, 1914: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Hugh Sinclair	15,811	57.3	-3.4
	Labor	John Sherlock	11,774	42.7	+3.4
Total formal votes			27,585	97.6
Informal votes			667	2.4
Turnout			28,252	77.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.4

Australian federal election, 1913: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Hugh Sinclair	16,967	60.7	-3.4
	Labor	John Sherlock	10,975	39.3	+3.4
Total formal votes			27,942	97.5
Informal votes			709	2.5
Turnout			28,651	80.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.4

Australian federal election, 1910: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Hugh Sinclair	11,276	61.1	-1.4
	Labour	Thomas Emmerson	7,191	38.9	+1.4
Total formal votes			18,467	97.7
Informal votes			442	2.3
Turnout			18,909	58.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.4

Elections in the 1900s

Australian federal election, 1906: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Anti-Socialist	Hugh Sinclair	10,055	62.5	+18.3
	Labour	James Wilkinson	6,038	37.5	+37.5
Total formal votes			16,093	96.9
Informal votes			514	3.1
Turnout			16,607	52.4
	Anti-Socialist gain from Independent Labour		Swing	+18.3

Australian federal election, 1903: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent Labour	James Wilkinson	6,941	55.8	+16.4
	Protectionist	George Harrison	5,508	44.2	+12.0
Total formal votes			12,449	98.3
Informal votes			214	1.7
Turnout			12,663	46.4
	Independent Labour hold		Swing	+2.2

Australian federal election, 1901: Moreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent Labour	James Wilkinson	2,569	39.4	+39.4
	Protectionist	Anthony Darvall	2,099	32.2	+32.2
	Protectionist	William Ryott Maughan	1,296	19.9	+19.9
	Independent	Edward Kretschmer	301	4.6	+4.6
	Protectionist	William Kellett	149	2.3	+2.3
	Independent	Robert Neilson	114	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			6,528	94.4
Informal votes			388	5.6
Turnout			6,916	56.7
	Independent Labour win		(new seat)

References

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

Electoral results for the divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in Queensland

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