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Electoral results for the district of Flemington

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

Members for Flemington

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First incarnation 1904–1945
Member Party Term
  Edward Warde Labor 1904–1925
  Jack Holland Labor 1925–1945
Second incarnation 1955–1967
Member Party Term
  Jack Holland Labor 1955
  Kevin Holland   Labor 1956–1967

Election results

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Elections in the 1960s

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1964 Victorian state election: Flemington[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Holland 9,534 57.1 −5.5
Liberal and Country Neal Greig 4,141 24.8 +5.4
Democratic Labor Michael McMahon 3,026 18.1 +0.1
Total formal votes 16,701 96.4 −0.2
Informal votes 631 3.6 +0.2
Turnout 17,332 94.2 +0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kevin Holland 9,989 59.8 −5.5
Liberal and Country Neal Greig 6,712 40.2 +5.5
Labor hold Swing −5.5
1961 Victorian state election: Flemington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Holland 10,444 62.6 −0.6
Liberal and Country John Marshall 3,232 19.4 +2.6
Democratic Labor Michael McMahon 3,005 18.0 −2.0
Total formal votes 16,681 96.6 −1.2
Informal votes 593 3.4 +1.2
Turnout 17,274 93.5 −1.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kevin Holland 10,894 65.3 −0.9
Liberal and Country John Marshall 5,787 34.7 +0.9
Labor hold Swing −0.9

Elections in the 1950s

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1958 Victorian state election: Flemington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Holland 11,328 63.2
Democratic Labor Michael McMahon 3,585 20.0
Liberal and Country Norman Loader 3,015 16.8
Total formal votes 17,928 97.8
Informal votes 403 2.2
Turnout 18,331 95.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kevin Holland 11,865 66.2
Liberal and Country Norman Loader 6,063 33.8
Labor hold Swing
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.
1956 Flemington state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Holland 8,067 62.2 −1.1
Labor (A-C) John Madden 3,560 27.4 −9.3
Independent John Jones 1,349 10.4 +10.4
Total formal votes 12,976 97.7 +1.7
Informal votes 299 2.3 −1.7
Turnout 13,275 80.6 −11.3
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1955 Victorian state election: Flemington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Holland 9,376 63.3
Labor (A-C) John Hayes 5,443 36.7
Total formal votes 14,819 96.0
Informal votes 611 4.0
Turnout 15,430 91.9
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

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1943 Victorian state election: Flemington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Holland unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1940 Victorian state election: Flemington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Holland 16,060 75.9 +10.0
United Australia Raymond Trickey 5,096 24.1 −10.0
Total formal votes 21,156 98.3 −0.2
Informal votes 357 1.7 +0.2
Turnout 21,513 92.4 −3.7
Labor hold Swing +10.0

Elections in the 1930s

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1937 Victorian state election: Flemington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Holland 13,953 65.9 −2.8
United Australia Malcolm Fenton 7,214 34.1 +2.8
Total formal votes 21,167 98.5 +0.3
Informal votes 334 1.5 −0.3
Turnout 21,501 96.1 +2.1
Labor hold Swing −2.8
1935 Victorian state election: Flemington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Holland 14,131 68.7 +9.1
United Australia Douglas Knight 6,423 31.3 +5.9
Total formal votes 20,554 98.2 +0.2
Informal votes 381 1.8 −0.2
Turnout 20,935 94.0 −1.1
Labor hold Swing +1.1
1932 Victorian state election: Flemington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Holland 11,572 59.6 −40.4
United Australia James Lamb 4,925 25.4 +25.4
Independent Alexander Amess 2,918 15.0 +15.0
Total formal votes 19,415 98.0
Informal votes 406 2.0
Turnout 19,821 95.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jack Holland 67.6
United Australia James Lamb 32.4
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Elections in the 1920s

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1929 Victorian state election: Flemington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Holland unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1927 Victorian state election: Flemington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Holland 13,811 70.1
Nationalist Arthur Fenton 5,898 29.9
Total formal votes 19,709 98.8
Informal votes 238 1.2
Turnout 19,947 92.0
Labor hold Swing
1925 Flemington state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Holland unoppposed
Labor hold Swing
1924 Victorian state election: Flemington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edward Warde unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1921 Victorian state election: Flemington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edward Warde 6,447 65.2
Nationalist Francis Clarey 3,433 34.8
Total formal votes 9,880 99.1
Informal votes 91 0.9
Turnout 9,971 42.0
Labor hold Swing N/A
1920 Victorian state election: Flemington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edward Wade unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1910s

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1917 Victorian state election: Flemington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edward Warde 7,062 69.7
Nationalist Thomas Ivory 3,072 30.3
Total formal votes 10,134 95.7
Informal votes 455 4.3
Turnout 10,589 47.8
Labor hold Swing N/A
1914 Victorian state election: Flemington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edward Warde unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1911 Victorian state election: Flemington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edward Warde 5,899 66.3 +13.8
Liberal Edward Roberts 3,001 33.7 −13.8
Total formal votes 8,900 98.7 −0.7
Informal votes 120 1.3 +0.7
Turnout 9,020 55.9 +5.2
Labor hold Swing +13.8

References

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  1. ^ 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.