Electoral results for the district of Eaglehawk
This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Eaglehawk in Victorian state elections.
Members for Eaglehawk
[edit]| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Williams | Unaligned | 1889–1902 | |
| Hay Kirkwood | Ministerial | 1902–1907 | |
| Tom Tunnecliffe | Labor | 1907–1920 | |
| Albert Dunstan | Vic. Farmers/ Country |
1920–1927 | |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1920s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Albert Dunstan | 2,747 | 83.4 | +46.1 | |
| Nationalist | Albert Hodsworth | 546 | 16.6 | −4.7 | |
| Total formal votes | 3,293 | 99.5 | +1.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 16 | 0.5 | −1.4 | ||
| Turnout | 3,309 | 56.5 | −20.0 | ||
| Country hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victorian Farmers | Albert Dunstan | 1,795 | 37.3 | +4.4 | |
| Labor | Thomas Gamboni | 1,484 | 30.8 | −16.4 | |
| Nationalist | Edward Heitmann | 1,027 | 21.3 | +1.5 | |
| Independent | William Wallace | 419 | 8.7 | +8.7 | |
| Independent | William Dunstan | 91 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
| Total formal votes | 4,816 | 98.1 | +2.5 | ||
| Informal votes | 92 | 1.9 | −2.5 | ||
| Turnout | 4,908 | 76.5 | −1.2 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Victorian Farmers | Albert Dunstan | 3,077 | 63.9 | +13.8 | |
| Labor | Thomas Gamboni | 1,739 | 36.1 | −13.8 | |
| Victorian Farmers hold | Swing | +13.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Tom Tunnecliffe | 2,302 | 47.2 | +2.6 | |
| Victorian Farmers | Albert Dunstan | 1,604 | 32.9 | +5.4 | |
| Nationalist | William Watkins | 967 | 19.8 | −8.0 | |
| Total formal votes | 4,996 | 95.6 | −2.5 | ||
| Informal votes | 224 | 4.4 | +2.5 | ||
| Turnout | 5,097 | 77.7 | +4.9 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Victorian Farmers | Albert Dunstan | 2,441 | 50.1 | +50.1 | |
| Labor | Tom Tunnecliffe | 2,432 | 49.9 | −1.5 | |
| Victorian Farmers gain from Labor | Swing | +1.5 | |||
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Tom Tunnecliffe | 2,278 | 44.6 | −7.7 | |
| Nationalist | Thomas Hicks | 1,422 | 27.8 | −19.9 | |
| Victorian Farmers | William Hill | 1,407 | 27.5 | +27.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 5,107 | 98.1 | −0.3 | ||
| Informal votes | 101 | 1.9 | +0.3 | ||
| Turnout | 5,208 | 72.8 | +20.7 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Tom Tunnecliffe | 2,625 | 51.4 | −0.9 | |
| Nationalist | Thomas Hicks | 2,482 | 48.6 | +0.9 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | −0.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Tom Tunnecliffe | 2,783 | 52.3 | −0.8 | |
| Liberal | William Wallace | 2,536 | 47.7 | +0.8 | |
| Total formal votes | 5,319 | 98.4 | −0.7 | ||
| Informal votes | 87 | 1.6 | +0.7 | ||
| Turnout | 5,406 | 52.1 | −19.2 | ||
| Labor hold | Swing | −0.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Tom Tunnecliffe | 3,052 | 53.1 | −0.6 | |
| Liberal | William Richards | 2,696 | 46.9 | +0.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 5,748 | 99.1 | −0.7 | ||
| Informal votes | 51 | 0.9 | +0.7 | ||
| Turnout | 5,799 | 71.3 | +4.6 | ||
| Labor hold | Swing | −0.6 | |||
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.