Electoral results for the district of Wangaratta and Ovens
Appearance
This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Wangaratta and Ovens in Victorian state elections.
Members for Wangaratta and Ovens
[edit]Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
John Bowser | Country | 1927–1929 | |
Lot Diffey | Country | 1929–1945 |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1940s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Lot Diffey | 6,478 | 66.5 | −7.3 | |
Labor | Charles McKissack | 3,263 | 33.5 | +33.5 | |
Total formal votes | 9,741 | 98.9 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 108 | 1.1 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 9,849 | 87.0 | −5.6 | ||
Country hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Lot Diffey | 7,700 | 73.8 | −26.2 | |
Liberal Country | Rupert Whalley | 2,727 | 26.2 | +26.2 | |
Total formal votes | 10,427 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 141 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 10,568 | 92.6 | |||
Country hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Country | Lot Diffey | unopposed | |||
Country hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Lot Diffey | 5,601 | 53.6 | −46.4 | |
Labor | Paul Jones | 4,853 | 46.4 | +46.4 | |
Total formal votes | 10,454 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 93 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 10,547 | 94.1 | |||
Country hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Lot Diffey | unopposed | |||
Country hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Clive Walker | 3,428 | 38.3 | +38.3 | |
Country | Lot Diffey | 2,821 | 31.6 | −30.8 | |
Country Progressive | William Higgins | 1,375 | 15.4 | +15.4 | |
Independent Country | Percival Inchbold | 1,313 | 14.7 | +14.7 | |
Total formal votes | 8,937 | 98.7 | +1.9 | ||
Informal votes | 114 | 1.3 | −1.9 | ||
Turnout | 9,051 | 95.1 | +3.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Lot Diffey | 4,869 | 54.5 | +1.3 | |
Labor | Clive Walker | 4,068 | 45.5 | +45.5 | |
Country hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | John Bowser | 3,221 | 38.8 | ||
Australian Liberal | William Higgins | 3,116 | 37.6 | ||
Country | Lot Diffey | 1,953 | 23.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 8,290 | 96.8 | |||
Informal votes | 271 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 8,561 | 92.0 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Country | John Bowser | 4,409 | 53.2 | ||
Australian Liberal | William Higgins | 3,881 | 46.8 | ||
Country hold | Swing |
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.