Adam Carr's Election Archive
Commonwealth of Australia
Electoral Divisions of the House of Representatives
Division of Wimmera, Victoria
The Division of Wimmera was created in 1901 and abolished in 1977. It was named for the Wimmera region of Victoria (Indigenous word meaning "throwing stick")
REDISTRIBUTIONS
1901: Mildura, Nhill, Swan Hill, Warracknabeal
1906: Kerang, Mildura, Swan Hill, Warracknabeal
1913: Kerang, Mildura, Swan Hill, Warracknabeal
1922: Kerang, Mildura, Ouyen, Swan Hill
1937: Kerang, Mildura, St Arnaud, Swan Hill
1949: Horsham, Nhill, St Arnaud, Stawell
1955: Horsham, Maryborough, St Arnaud, Stawell
1969: Ararat, Horsham, Maryborough, Stawell
TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES
1901: Protectionist 05.6 *1
1903: Protectionist 01.0 *1
1906: Independent 14.2
1910: Liberal 16.0
1913: Liberal 05.0 *3
1914: Liberal unopposed
1917: Nationalist unopposed
1919: Country Party 09.5 *2
1922: Country Party *3
1925: Country Party 27.8 *4
1928: Country Party *3
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1929: Country Party *3
1931: Country Party 11.8
1934: Country Party 19.3 *3
1937: Independent 01.9 *5
1940: Independent 12.2 *5
1943: Independent 17.2 *5
1946b: Country Party *3
1946: Country Party 12.1
1949: Liberal 14.9
1951: Liberal 13.0
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1954: Liberal 14.6
1955: Liberal 16.8
1958: Country Party 05.9 *6
1961: Country Party 18.5
1963: Country Party 19.2
1966: Country Party 00.5 *6
1969: Country Party 08.0
1972: Country Party 05.6
1974: Country Party 11.6
1975: Nationals 14.2
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* Majority over Free Trade
*2 Majority over Nationalist
*3 Two Country Party candidates
*4 Majority over independent
*5 Majority over Country Party
*6 Majority over Liberal
ENROLMENTS
ELECTION RESULTS 1901-75
Click here to see full results for Wimmera at every election from 1901 to 1975.
MEMBERS FOR WIMMERA
Hon Pharez Phillips (Prot) 1901-06
Sydney Sampson (Ind, Lib, Nat) 1906-19
Hon Percy Stewart (VFU, CP, Ind) 1919-31
Hugh McClelland (CP) 1931b-37
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Alex Wilson (Ind) 1937-46
Winton Turnbull (CP) 1946b-49
William Lawrence (Lib) 1949-58
Hon Robert King (CP, NCP) 1958-77
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| Hon Pharez Phillips (Prot) 1901-06 |
Sydney Sampson (Ind, Lib, Nat) 1906-19 |
Hon Percy Stewart (VFU, CP, Ind) 1919-31 |
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| Hugh McClelland (CP) 1931-37 |
Alex Wilson (Ind) 1937-46 |
Winton Turnbull (CP) 1946-49 |
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| William Lawrence (Lib) 1949-58 |
Hon Robert King (CP, NCP) 1958-77 |
BOUNDARIES
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