title: Electoral results for the Division of Hoddle
text: # Electoral results for the Division of Hoddle
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Hoddle in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1949 until its abolition in 1955.
  
  ## Members
  
  | Member | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Jack Cremean | Labor | 1949–1955 |
  | | Jack Cremean | Labor (A-C) | 1955–1955 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1950s
  
  **1954**
  
  1954 Australian federal election: Hoddle :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Jack Cremean | 23,439 | 75.8 | -2.9 |
  | | Liberal | Desmond Byrne | 6,302 | 20.4 | +2.8 |
  | | Communist | John Prescott | 1,198 | 3.9 | +0.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 30,939 | 97.6 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 767 | 2.4 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,706 | 94.3 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Jack Cremean | | 79.4 | -2.7 |
  | | Liberal | Desmond Byrne | | 20.6 | +2.7 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -2.7 | |
  
  **1951**
  
  1951 Australian federal election: Hoddle :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Jack Cremean | 27,685 | 78.7 | +1.6 |
  | | Liberal | Jack Easton | 6,193 | 17.6 | -0.3 |
  | | Communist | Leslie Loye | 1,310 | 3.7 | +0.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 35,188 | 96.5 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,276 | 3.5 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,464 | 94.4 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Jack Cremean | | 82.1 | +1.3 |
  | | Liberal | Jack Easton | | 17.9 | -1.3 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +1.3 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1940s
  
  **1949**
  
  1949 Australian federal election: Hoddle :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Jack Cremean | 28,351 | 77.1 | +1.3 |
  | | Liberal | Terence Kirby | 6,593 | 17.9 | -3.3 |
  | | Communist | Leslie Loye | 1,137 | 3.1 | +0.0 |
  | | Independent | Albert Wallace | 689 | 1.9 | +1.9 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 36,770 | 96.4 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,382 | 3.6 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,152 | 94.4 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Jack Cremean | | 80.8 | -2.3 |
  | | Liberal | Terence Kirby | | 19.2 | +2.3 |
  | | Labor notional hold | Labor notional hold | Swing | -2.3 | |
  