Electoral results for the district of Jika Jika
This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Jika Jika in Victorian state elections.
Members for Jika Jika
[edit]| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Beard | Labor | 1904–1907 | |
| James Membrey | Ministerialist/Comm. Lib./Nationalist | 1907–1917 | |
| John Cain I | Labor | 1917–1927 | |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1920s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | John Cain | 14,927 | 65.2 | +10.7 | |
| Nationalist | Philip Mayer | 7,949 | 34.8 | −10.7 | |
| Total formal votes | 22,876 | 99.7 | +0.1 | ||
| Informal votes | 75 | 0.3 | −0.1 | ||
| Turnout | 22,951 | 55.2 | +4.2 | ||
| Labor hold | Swing | +10.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | John Cain | 9,668 | 54.5 | −5.0 | |
| Nationalist | Joseph Eller | 8,060 | 45.5 | +5.0 | |
| Total formal votes | 17,728 | 99.6 | +0.5 | ||
| Informal votes | 80 | 0.4 | −0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 17,808 | 51.0 | −12.8 | ||
| Labor hold | Swing | −5.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | John Cain | 12,993 | 59.5 | +12.2 | |
| Nationalist | Arthur May | 8,851 | 40.5 | +10.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 21,844 | 99.1 | +1.9 | ||
| Informal votes | 191 | 0.9 | −1.9 | ||
| Turnout | 22,035 | 63.8 | +8.7 | ||
| Labor hold | Swing | +8.9 | |||
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | John Cain | 7,654 | 47.3 | +3.4 | |
| Nationalist | Arthur May | 4,856 | 30.0 | −26.1 | |
| Nationalist | Samuel Dennis | 3,283 | 20.8 | +20.8 | |
| Independent Labor | George Jewell | 403 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 16,196 | 97.2 | −1.0 | ||
| Informal votes | 476 | 2.8 | +1.0 | ||
| Turnout | 16,672 | 55.1 | +3.9 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | John Cain | 8,119 | 50.6 | +6.7 | |
| Nationalist | Arthur May | 7,997 | 49.4 | −6.7 | |
| Labor gain from Nationalist | Swing | +6.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | James Membrey | 7,177 | 56.1 | −1.0 | |
| Labor | Francis Morgan | 5,623 | 43.9 | +1.0 | |
| Total formal votes | 12,800 | 98.2 | −0.9 | ||
| Informal votes | 232 | 1.8 | +0.9 | ||
| Turnout | 13,032 | 51.2 | −14.7 | ||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −1.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | James Membrey | 6,852 | 57.1 | +2.5 | |
| Labor | William Miller | 5,139 | 42.9 | −2.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 11,991 | 99.1 | −0.6 | ||
| Informal votes | 104 | 0.9 | +0.6 | ||
| Turnout | 12,095 | 65.9 | +18.2 | ||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +2.5 | |||
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.