Electoral results for the Division of Burke (1949–55)

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Burke in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1949 until its abolition in 1955.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Ted Peters	Labor	1949–1955

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

Australian federal election, 1954: Burke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ted Peters	23,510	68.7	−3.7
	Liberal	Alfred Wall	9,260	27.0	−0.6
	Communist	Vida Little	1,467	4.3	+4.3
Total formal votes			34,237	98.2
Informal votes			613	1.8
Turnout			34,850	96.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ted Peters		72.6	+0.2
	Liberal	Alfred Wall		27.4	−0.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.2

Australian federal election, 1951: Burke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ted Peters	27,422	72.4	+10.3
	Liberal	Alfred Wall	10,446	27.6	+2.4
Total formal votes			37,868	97.8
Informal votes			861	2.2
Turnout			38,729	96.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.0

Elections in the 1940s

Australian federal election, 1949: Burke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ted Peters	24,362	62.1	+11.1
	Liberal	Alfred Wall	9,865	25.2	+2.4
	Independent	Henry Hodges	4,720	12.0	+12.0
	Independent	James Whitworth	271	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			39,218	97.5
Informal votes			999	2.5
Turnout			40,217	95.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ted Peters		69.4	−0.7
	Liberal	Alfred Wall		30.6	+0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.7

References

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