ELECTIONS FOR THE DIVISION OF MOIRA, VICTORIA ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 29-30 MARCH 1901 ==================================================================== Northern Victoria: Benalla, Nathalia, Numurkah, Yarrawonga -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 10,185 Votes cast: 5,178 50.8 Informal votes: 44 00.8 Formal votes: 5,134 99.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas KENNEDY Prot 2,883 56.2 John West FT 2,251 43.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,134 06.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Kennedy (1860-1929): Elected 1901 Born: 1860, Gisborne, Victoria. Career: Primary education. Farmer from 17. Colonial politics: Vic MLA for Benalla and Yarrawonga 1894-1901. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1903 ==================================================================== Northern Victoria: Benalla, Nathalia, Numurkah, Yarrawonga -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 majority: Protectionist over Free Trade 06.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 20,970 +105.9 Votes cast: 10,131 48.3 -02.5 Informal votes: 156 01.5 +00.7 Formal votes: 9,975 98.5 -00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas KENNEDY * Prot 5,385 54.0 -02.2 Albert Palmer FT 4,590 46.0 +02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,975 04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. There was a swing of 2.2% from Protectionist to Free Trade. 2. For Palmer, see Echuca 1906. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Kennedy (1860-1929): Elected 1901, 1903 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Moira was abolished at the 1906 redistribution. Kennedy contested Echuca in 1906. --------------------------------------------------------------------