Electoral results for the district of Carlton

This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Carlton in Victorian state elections.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Denis Lovegrove	7,141	49.2
	Labor (A-C)	Bill Barry	4,809	33.1
	Liberal and Country	Francis Michaelson	1,998	13.8
	Communist	John Prescott	568	3.9
Total formal votes			14,516	93.7
Informal votes			975	6.3
Turnout			15,491	91.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Denis Lovegrove	8,091	55.7
	Labor (A-C)	Bill Barry	6,425	44.3
	Labor hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Barry	18,152	91.9	+17.6
	Communist	John Prescott	1,597	8.1	+8.1
Total formal votes			26,358	97.8	−0.4
Informal votes			599	2.2	+0.4
Turnout			26,957	94.2	+0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Barry	17,692	74.3	+7.3
	Liberal and Country	Frank Block	6,124	25.7	−7.3
Total formal votes			23,816	98.2	+0.3
Informal votes			439	1.8	−0.3
Turnout			24,255	92.8	+0.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Barry	16,458	67.0	−9.2
	Liberal	Stanley Lang	8,124	33.0	+33.0
Total formal votes			24,582	97.9	+5.0
Informal votes			532	2.1	−5.0
Turnout			25,114	91.9	+6.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Bill Barry	15,862	78.2
	Communist	Gerald O'Day	4,430	21.8
Total formal votes			20,292	92.9
Informal votes			1,554	7.1
Turnout			21,846	85.4
	Labor hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Barry	11,408	62.4	−8.9
	Communist	Gerald O'Day	3,973	21.7	+13.3
	Independent	Richard Bowers	2,889	15.8	+15.8
Total formal votes			18,270	95.5	−0.3
Informal votes			862	4.5	+0.3
Turnout			19,132	84.2	−4.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Barry	13,058	71.3	−28.7
	United Australia	David Mandie	3,716	20.3	+20.3
	Communist	Ralph Gibson	1,547	8.4	+8.4
Total formal votes			18,321	95.8
Informal votes			804	4.2
Turnout			19,125	88.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Barry		78.9
	United Australia	David Mandie		21.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Barry	11,397	60.3	−1.7
	United Australia	Francis Nelson	5,166	27.2	−10.7
	Communist	Gerald O'Day	2,340	12.4	+12.4
Total formal votes			18,903	96.8	−0.4
Informal votes			629	3.2	+0.4
Turnout			19,532	91.9	+0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Barry		71.5	+9.5
	United Australia	Francis Nelson		29.5	−9.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Barry	8,649	50.5	−11.5
	United Australia	William Townsend	6,212	36.3	−1.7
	Communist	Gerald O'Day	2,258	13.2	+13.2
Total formal votes			17,119	97.0	−0.2
Informal votes			530	3.0	+0.2
Turnout			17,649	87.3	−4.0
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robert Solly	11,065	62.0	−38.0
	United Australia	David Crone	6,769	38.0	+38.0
Total formal votes			17,834	97.2
Informal votes			521	2.8
Turnout			18,355	91.3
	Labor hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Robert Solly	14,470	73.9
	Australian Liberal	Roderick McSolvin	5,102	26.1
Total formal votes			19,572	98.3
Informal votes			332	1.7
Turnout			19,904	90.3
	Labor hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robert Solly	4,735	71.7	N/A
	Liberal	John Gardiner	1,866	28.3	+28.3
Total formal votes			6,601	98.6
Informal votes			91	1.4
Turnout			6,692	54.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A