ELECTIONS FOR THE DIVISION OF GRAMPIANS, VICTORIA ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 29-30 MARCH 1901 ==================================================================== Central West Victoria: Ararat, Beaufort, Stawell, St Arnaud -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 10,738 Votes cast: 5,309 49.4 Informal votes: 54 01.0 Formal votes: 5,255 99.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Rinder Prot 1,934 36.8 Thomas SKENE FT 2,576 49.0 Holford Wettenhall 745 14.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,255 06.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wettenhall was Vic MLC for Nelson 1883-86. He was an independent protectionist candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Skene (1845-1910): Elected 1901 Born: 15 December 1845, near Ballaarat, Victoria. Career: Educated Scotch College, Melbourne, and Aberdeen University. Grazier, Western District. Portland and Stawell Shire Councils. Graziers' leader. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1903 ==================================================================== Central West Victoria: Ararat, Beaufort, Stawell, St Arnaud -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 majority: Free Trade over Protectionist 06.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 21,734 +102.4 Votes cast: 10,832 49.8 +00.4 Informal votes: 254 02.3 +01.3 Formal votes: 10,578 97.7 -01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Albert Andrews 722 06.9 Patrick McGrath Lab 2,735 25.9 Archibald Ritchie Prot 3,285 31.1 -05.7 Thomas SKENE * FT 3,836 36.3 -12.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,578 02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. There was a swing of 3.5% from Free Trade to Protectionist. 2. Andrews was an independent Labour candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Skene (1845-1910): Elected 1901, 1903 Skene retired in 1906. Died 15 March 1910 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 12 DECEMBER 1906 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Ararat, Dunolly, St Arnaud, Stawell -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: Free Trade over Protectionist 02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 28,206 +30.0 Votes cast: 14,244 50.5 +00.7 Informal votes: 633 04.4 +02.1 Formal votes: 13,611 95.6 -02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Grayndler Lab 6,013 44.2 +18.3 Hans IRVINE + AS 7,598 55.8 +19.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,611 05.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Grayndler was a NSW MLC 1921-34, 1936-43. He was General Secretary of the Australian Workers Union 1912-40. The Division of Grayndler is named for him. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans William Henry Irvine (1857-1922): Elected 1906 Born: 1857, Melbourne. Career: Primary education. Printer's apprentice. To Great Western 1888, vigneron. Pioneer wine exporter, President Victorian Vignerons. State politics: Vic MLC for Nelson 1901-06 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 APRIL 1910 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Ararat, Dunolly, St Arnaud, Stawell -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1906 two-party majority: Anti-Socialist over Labour 05.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 27,709 -01.8 Votes cast: 18,151 65.5 +15.0 Informal votes: 294 01.6 -02.8 Formal votes: 17,857 98.4 +02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans IRVINE * Lib 9,000 50.4 -05.4 Archibald Stewart ALP 8,857 49.6 +05.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 17,857 00.4 05.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans William Henry Irvine (1857-1922): Elected 1906, 1910 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 31 MAY 1913 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Daylesford, Maryborough, St Arnaud, Stawell -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1910 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 00.4 Effect of 1912 redistribution: 00.6 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,717 +32.5 Votes cast: 29,185 79.5 +14.0 Informal votes: 580 02.0 +00.4 Formal votes: 28,605 98.0 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans IRVINE * Lib 15,414 53.9 +04.1 Archibald Stewart ALP 13,191 46.1 -04.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 28,605 03.9 04.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans William Henry Irvine (1857-1922): Elected 1906, 1910, 1913 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 SEPTEMBER 1914 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Daylesford, Maryborough, St Arnaud, Stawell -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 03.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 34,740 -05.4 Votes cast: 29,706 85.5 +06.0 Informal votes: 495 01.7 -00.3 Formal votes: 29,211 98.3 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Irvine * Lib 14,517 49.7 -04.2 Edward JOLLEY ALP 14,694 50.3 +04.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 29,211 00.3 04.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Hans William Henry Irvine (1857-1922): Elected 1906, 1910, 1913. Defeated 1914 Later career: Vigneron and grazier. Died 11 July 1922 > Edward Francis George Jolley (1874-1915): Elected 1914 Born: 1874, Maryborough, Victoria. Career: Educated Xavier College and University of Melbourne. Lawyer, Maryborough. Died 1 January 1915 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTION OF 20 FEBRUARY 1915 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Daylesford, Maryborough, St Arnaud, Stawell -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the death of Edward Jolley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 34,977 +00.7 Votes cast: 23,758 67.9 -17.6 Informal votes: 120 00.5 -01.2 Formal votes: 23,638 99.5 +01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John McDougall ALP 11,522 48.7 -01.6 Hon Dr Charles SALMON Lib 12,116 51.3 +01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 23,638 01.3 01.6 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. McDougall was member for Wannon 1906-13. 2. Salmon was member for Laanecoorie 1901-13. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Carty Salmon (1861-1917): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910. Retired 1913. Elected 1915 By -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 MAY 1917 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Daylesford, Maryborough, St Arnaud, Stawell -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 00.3 1915 by-election two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 31,980 -07.9 Votes cast: 26,988 84.4 -01.1 Informal votes: 509 01.9 +00.2 Formal votes: 26,479 98.1 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John McDougall + ALP 11,390 43.0 -07.3 Hon Dr Charles SALMON * Nat 15,089 57.0 +07.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 26,479 07.0 07.3 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- McDougall was member for Wannon 1906-13. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Carty Salmon (1861-1917): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910. Retired 1913. Elected 1915 By Died 15 September 1917 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTION OF 27 OCTOBER 1917 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Daylesford, Maryborough, St Arnaud, Stawell -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the death of Hon Dr Charles Salmon -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 07.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 31,346 -02.0 Votes cast: 20,606 65.7 -18.7 Informal votes: 109 00.5 -01.4 Formal votes: 20,497 99.5 +01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edmund JOWETT + Nat 11,232 54.8 -02.2 David Russell ALP 9,265 45.2 +02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 20,497 04.8 02.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edmund Jowett (1858-1936): Elected 1917 By Born: 6 January 1858, Bradford, England. Career: Educated England. Migrated 1876. Large landowner and officeholder in primary producers' organisations. Grandfather of Hon David Fairbairn MP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1919 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Daylesford, Maryborough, St Arnaud, Stawell -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 07.0 1917 by-election two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 04.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 30,607 -04.3 Votes cast: 23,934 78.2 -06.2 Informal votes: 343 01.4 -00.5 Formal votes: 23,591 98.6 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edmund JOWETT * VFU 13,736 58.2 Mark Lazarus ALP 9,855 41.8 -01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 23,591 08.2 01.2 to VFU -------------------------------------------------------------------- The VFU majority over the ALP is compared with the Nationalist majority over the ALP in 1917. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edmund Jowett (1858-1936): Elected 1917 By, 1919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Jowett had been elected as a Nationalist in 1917. He joined the Country Party when it was formed in 1920. 2. Grampians was abolished at the 1922 redistribution. Jowett contested Bendigo in 1922. --------------------------------------------------------------------