Electoral results for the district of Dalhousie
This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Dalhousie in Victorian state elections.
Members for Dalhousie
[edit]| First incarnation 1859–1889 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Member | Term | |
| Peter Snodgrass | Oct. 1859 – Aug. 1864 | |
| George John Sands | Nov. 1864 – July 1867 | |
| Charles Duffy | Aug. 1867 – Mar. 1874 | |
| John Gavan Duffy | May 1874 – Feb. 1886 | |
| George John Sands | Mar. 1886 – Mar. 1887 | |
| John Gavan Duffy | June 1887# – Mar. 1889 | |
| Second incarnation 1904–1927 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Reginald Argyle | Unaligned | 1904–1914 | |
| Allan Cameron | Liberal | 1914–1917 | |
| Nationalist | 1917–1923 | ||
| Reg Pollard | Labor | 1924#–1927 | |
# = by-election
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1920s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Reg Pollard | 2,232 | 40.8 | +40.8 | |
| Nationalist | Angus McNab | 1,796 | 32.9 | −67.1 | |
| Country | Gerald McKenna | 1,438 | 26.3 | +26.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 5,466 | 99.4 | |||
| Informal votes | 36 | 0.6 | |||
| Turnout | 5,502 | 82.1 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Reg Pollard | 2,857 | 52.3 | +52.3 | |
| Nationalist | Angus McNab | 2,609 | 47.7 | −52.3 | |
| Labor gain from Nationalist | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationalist | Angus McNab | 1,568 | 34.2 | ||
| Labor | Reg Pollard | 1,522 | 33.3 | ||
| Country | Gerald McKenna | 1,023 | 22.3 | ||
| Independent | John McCarthy | 475 | 10.4 | ||
| Total formal votes | 4,588 | 98.7 | |||
| Informal votes | 62 | 1.3 | |||
| Turnout | 4,650 | 71.5 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Reg Pollard | 2,339 | 51.0 | ||
| Nationalist | Angus McNab | 2,249 | 49.0 | ||
| Labor gain from Nationalist | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationalist | Allan Cameron | unopposed | |||
| Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationalist | Allan Cameron | 2,482 | 47.0 | +10.9 | |
| Victorian Farmers | Thomas Paterson | 1,927 | 36.5 | +36.5 | |
| Ind. Nationalist | Robert Mitchell | 875 | 16.5 | +16.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 5,284 | 95.0 | −2.5 | ||
| Informal votes | 280 | 5.0 | +2.5 | ||
| Turnout | 5,564 | 78.9 | +4.2 | ||
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Nationalist | Allan Cameron | 2,857 | 54.1 | ||
| Victorian Farmers | Thomas Paterson | 2,427 | 45.9 | ||
| Nationalist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationalist | Reginald Argyle | 2,232 | 42.7 | −4.4 | |
| Nationalist | Allan Cameron | 1,888 | 36.1 | −16.8 | |
| Labor | Joseph O'Connor | 868 | 16.6 | +16.6 | |
| Nationalist | Alexander Wilson | 244 | 4.7 | +4.7 | |
| Total formal votes | 5,232 | 97.5 | −0.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 136 | 2.5 | +0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 5,368 | 74.7 | +2.9 | ||
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Nationalist | Allan Cameron | 2,708 | 51.8 | −1.1 | |
| Nationalist | Reginald Argyle | 2,524 | 48.2 | +1.1 | |
| Nationalist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Allan Cameron | 2,770 | 52.9 | +52.9 | |
| Liberal | Reginald Argyle | 2,465 | 47.1 | −4.2 | |
| Total formal votes | 5,235 | 97.9 | −1.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 112 | 2.1 | +1.4 | ||
| Turnout | 5,347 | 71.8 | −5.9 | ||
| Independent gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Reginald Argyle | 3,010 | 51.3 | +0.9 | |
| Independent | John Duffy | 1,615 | 27.5 | −22.1 | |
| Labor | Richard Taafe | 1,239 | 21.1 | +21.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 5,864 | 98.7 | –0.6 | ||
| Informal votes | 75 | 1.3 | +0.6 | ||
| Turnout | 5,939 | 77.7 | +1.9 | ||
| Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
- Preferences were not distributed.
References
[edit]- ^ Hughes, Colin A. (1975). Voting for the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1890-1964. Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 070811332X.
- ^ "Dalhousie By-Flection". Kilmore Free Press (MORNING ed.). Kilmore, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 7 February 1924. p. 2. Retrieved 11 October 2013.