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Hunter Division in 1943
elected Australia's last unopposed MHR, as
had occurred in other divisions, for the
Senate's pre-1948 winner-take-all
system gave little incentive to the two
alternating parties to maximize
turnout.
Details below were obtained
from Psephos.
Candidate
elected for Hunter
Election
date
%
first
preferences
No.
of
candidates
%
after
transfer of
preferences
Comments
Rt
Hon Edmund
Barton
1901-03-29
unopposed
1
Plurality
Protectionist
Prime Minister
Dr
Frank
Liddell
1903-12-16
59.3
3
"
Free
trade
"
1906-12-12
50.8
2
"
Anti-Socialist
Matthew
Charlton
1910-04-13
60.9
2
"
Labour
"
1913-05-31
54.5
2
"
Labor
"
1914-09-05
54.6
2
"
"
"
1917-05-05
49.9
3
"
"
"
1919-12-13
58.9
2
-
"
"
1922-12-16
unopposed
1
-
Labor,
Opposition Leader
"
1925-11-14
71.3
2
-
"
Rowland
James
1928-11-17
62.2
-
Labor
"
1929-10-12
unopposed
1
-
"
"
1931-12-19
48.1
4
50.4
In
Labor
(NSW) when Jack Lang split from Labor
"
1934-09-15
65.1
3
-
Labor
(NSW)
"
1937-10-23
unopposed
1
-
Labor
"
1940-09-21
75.0
2
-
"
"
1943-08-21
unopposed
1
-
"
"
1946-09-28
76.9
3
-
"
"
1949-12-10
68.6
3
-
"
"
1951-04-28
70.8
3
-
"
"
1954-05-29
67.1
5
-
"
"
1955-12-10
70.8
3
-
"
Rt Hon
Herbert
Evatt
1958-11-12
74.4
3
-
"
Albert
James
1960-04-09
by-election
57.0
4
-
Labor. Son of Rowland Jemes. Poll
caused by resignation of Dr Evatt
"
1961-12-09
75.5
3
-
Labor
"
1963-11-30
71.1
4
-
"
"
1966-11-26
71.9
3
-
"
"
1969-10-25
73.5
2
-
"
"
1972-12-02
75.1
2
-
"
"
1974-05-18
72.6
3
-
"
"
1975-12-13
68.4
2
-
"
"
1977-12-10
60.7
3
-
"
Robert
Brown
1980-10-18
67.9
3
-
"