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Electoral results for the district of Goulburn Valley

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

Members for Goulburn Valley

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Member Party Term
  George Graham   1904–1914
  John Mitchell Fusion Liberal 1914–1916
  Nationalist 1916–1920
  Sir Murray Bourchier Farmers Union 1920–1922
Country 1922–1936
  John McDonald Country 1936–1945

Election results

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Elections in the 1940s

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1943 Victorian state election: Goulburn Valley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country John McDonald unopposed
Country hold Swing
1940 Victorian state election: Goulburn Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country John McDonald unopposed
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

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1937 Victorian state election: Goulburn Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country John McDonald unopposed
Country hold Swing
1936 Goulburn Valley state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country John McDonald 5,526 50.6 −49.4
Country William Moss 2,666 24.4 +24.4
Country Patrick O'Hanlon 1,398 12.8 +12.8
Country Robert Gordon 1,328 12.2 +12.2
Total formal votes 10,918 98.4
Informal votes 175 1.6
Turnout 11,093 90.8
Country hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1935 Victorian state election: Goulburn Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Murray Bourchier unopposed
Country hold Swing
1932 Victorian state election: Goulburn Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Murray Bourchier unopposed
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

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1929 Victorian state election: Goulburn Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Murray Bourchier unopposed
Country hold Swing
1927 Victorian state election: Goulburn Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Murray Bourchier unopposed
Country hold Swing
1924 Victorian state election: Goulburn Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Murray Bourchier unopposed
Country hold Swing
1921 Victorian state election: Goulburn Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Victorian Farmers Murray Bourchier 3,482 53.0 +2.5
Nationalist John Mitchell 3,089 47.0 −2.5
Total formal votes 6,571 99.5 +4.7
Informal votes 33 0.5 −4.7
Turnout 6,604 74.5 +5.2
Victorian Farmers hold Swing +2.5
1920 Victorian state election: Goulburn Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Victorian Farmers Murray Bourchier 2,878 50.5 +50.5
Nationalist John Mitchell 2,818 49.5 −18.3
Total formal votes 5,696 94.8 −0.4
Informal votes 313 5.2 +0.4
Turnout 6,009 69.3 +26.0
Victorian Farmers gain from Nationalist Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

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1917 Victorian state election: Goulburn Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist John Mitchell 2,432 67.8 +30.3
Nationalist Thomas Lyons 1,555 32.2 +11.7
Total formal votes 3,497 95.2 −3.2
Informal votes 181 4.8 +3.2
Turnout 3,768 43.3 −15.6
Nationalist hold Swing N/A
1914 Victorian state election: Goulburn Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Mitchell 2,001 37.5
Liberal Patrick O'Hanlon 1,427 26.7
Liberal Thomas Lyons 1,094 20.5
Liberal Alexander McClelland 815 15.3
Total formal votes 5,337 98.4
Informal votes 86 1.6
Turnout 5,423 58.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal John Mitchell 3,366 63.1
Liberal Patrick O'Hanlon 1,971 36.9
Liberal hold Swing N/A
1911 Victorian state election: Goulburn Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Mitchell unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

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.