ELECTIONS FOR THE DIVISION OF WIMMERA, VICTORIA ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 29-30 MARCH 1901 ==================================================================== North-West Victoria: Mildura, Nhill, Swan Hill, Warracknabeal -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 9,905 Votes cast: 4,860 49.1 Informal votes: 39 00.8 Formal votes: 4,821 99.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Irvine FT 1,832 38.0 Hon Pharez PHILLIPS Prot 2,372 49.2 Henry William 617 12.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,821 05.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Irvine, see Flinders 1906. 2. William was an independent free trade candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Pharez Phillips (1855-1914): Elected 1901 Born: 22 November 1855, Mt Blackwood, Victoria. Career: Educated Grenville College, Ballaarat. Shopkeeper and farmer. St Arnaud Shire Council. Leader of Wimmera farmers. Colonial politics: Vic MLC for North-Western 1896-1901. Honorary Minister 1900-01. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1903 ==================================================================== North-West Victoria: Mildura, Nhill, Swan Hill, Warracknabeal -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 majority: Protectionist over Free Trade 05.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 16,691 +68.5 Votes cast: 8,553 51.2 +02.1 Informal votes: 185 02.2 +01.4 Formal votes: 8,368 97.8 -01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Gray 2,011 24.0 Max Hirsch FT 3,094 37.0 -01.0 Pharez PHILLIPS * Prot 3,263 39.0 -10.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,368 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. There was a swing of 4.6% from Protectionist to Free Trade. 2. Gray was Vic MLA for Swan Hill 1904-17. He was an independent protectionist candidate. 3. Hirsch was Vic MLA for Mandurang 1902-03. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Pharez Phillips (1855-1914): Elected 1901, 1903 Phillips retired in 1906. Died 9 August 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 12 DECEMBER 1906 ==================================================================== North-west Victoria: Kerang, Mildura, Swan Hill, Warracknabeal -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: Protectionist over Free Trade 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 27,895 +67.1 Votes cast: 15,906 57.0 +05.8 Informal votes: 560 03.5 +01.3 Formal votes: 15,346 96.5 -01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Herman Brauer 1,737 11.3 Max Hirsch 2,002 13.0 William Leslie 142 00.9 Sydney SAMPSON + AS 7,911 51.6 +14.6 Richard Taffe Lab 3,554 23.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,346 14.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Sampson was endorsed by the Anti-Socialists, but campaigned as an independent protectionist. He did not sit with Anti-Socialists in the Third Parliament. 2. Brauer was an independent protectionist candidate. 3. Hirsch was Vic MLA for Mandurang 1902-03. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sydney Sampson (1863-1948): Elected 1906 Born: 1863, Creswick, Victoria. Career: Educated Creswick. Journalist on country papers. To Warracknabeal 1883. Farmer and newspaper proprietor. Uncle of Rt Hon Sir Robert Menzies MP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sampson joined the Liberal Party in 1909. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 APRIL 1910 ==================================================================== North-west Victoria: Kerang, Mildura, Swan Hill, Warracknabeal -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1906 majority: Anti-Socialist over Labour 14.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 31,013 +11.2 Votes cast: 17,774 57.3 +00.3 Informal votes: 366 02.1 -01.4 Formal votes: 17,408 97.9 +01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sydney SAMPSON * Lib 11,488 66.0 +14.4 Richard Taffe ALP 5,920 34.0 +10.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 17,408 16.0 01.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sydney Sampson (1863-1948): Elected 1906, 1910 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 31 MAY 1913 ==================================================================== North-west Victoria: Kerang, Mildura, Swan Hill, Warracknabeal -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1910 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 16.0 Effect of 1912 redistribution: 02.1 shift to ALP New notional majority: Liberal over ALP 13.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,208 +13.5 Votes cast: 25,940 73.7 +16.4 Informal votes: 548 02.1 00.0 Formal votes: 25,392 97.9 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Carey ALP 7,362 29.0 -06.6 Sydney SAMPSON * Lib 18,030 71.0 +07.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 25,392 21.0 07.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sydney Sampson (1863-1948): Elected 1906, 1910, 1913 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 SEPTEMBER 1914 ==================================================================== North-west Victoria: Kerang, Mildura, Swan Hill, Warracknabeal -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 21.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,080 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sydney SAMPSON * Lib Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sydney Sampson (1863-1948): Elected 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 MAY 1917 ==================================================================== North-west Victoria: Kerang, Mildura, Swan Hill, Warracknabeal -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 majority: none (Liberal unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,660 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sydney SAMPSON * Nat Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sydney Sampson (1863-1948): Elected 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1919 ==================================================================== North-west Victoria: Kerang, Mildura, Swan Hill, Warracknabeal -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 majority: none (Nationalist unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 37,395 +04.9 Votes cast: 27,314 73.0 Informal votes: 476 01.7 Formal votes: 26,838 98.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy STEWART VFU 15,963 59.5 Sydney Sampson * Nat 10,875 40.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 26,838 09.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Sydney Sampson (1863-1948): Elected 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917. Defeated 1919 Later career: Company director and newspaper owner. Died 24 March 1948 > Percy Gerald Stewart (1885-1931): Elected 1919 Born: 18 October 1885, Melbourne. Career: Primary education. Laborer, seaman. Among first settlers, Mallee, leader of Mallee wheatgrowers. State politics: Vic MLA for Swan Hill 1917-19. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stewart joined the Country Party when it was formed in 1920. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1922 ==================================================================== North-west Victoria: Kerang, Mildura, Ouyen, Swan Hill -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 majority: VFU over Nationalist 09.5 Effect of redistribution: cannot be calculated -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,373 +13.3 Votes cast: 19,882 46.9 -26.1 Informal votes: 765 03.8 +02.1 Formal votes: 19,117 96.2 -02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Shaw 5,503 28.8 Percy STEWART * CP 13,614 71.2 +11.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 19,117 21.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaw was a United Country candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy Gerald Stewart (1885-1931): Elected 1919, 1922 Minister for Works and Railways 9 February 1923 to 5 August 1924 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stewart resigned from the ministry and from the Country Party in protest at the party's electoral pact with the Nationalists for the 1925 elections. Thereafter he sat as a Country Progressive. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 14 NOVEMBER 1925 ==================================================================== North-west Victoria: Kerang, Mildura, Ouyen, Swan Hill -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 majority: Country Party over Independent 21.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 48,561 +14.6 Votes cast: 42,594 87.7 +40.8 Informal votes: 1,312 03.1 -00.7 Formal votes: 41,282 96.9 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lucas de Garis 9,154 22.2 Hon Percy STEWART * 32,128 77.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,282 27.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stewart was a Country Progressive candidate. He was not opposed by the Country Party because the CP's candidate, Hugh McClelland, posted his nomination form to the wrong address. (Albury Banner, 23 October 1925. For McClelland, see Wimmera 1931.) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy Gerald Stewart (1885-1931): Elected 1919, 1922, 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 17 NOVEMBER 1928 ==================================================================== North-west Victoria: Kerang, Mildura, Ouyen, Swan Hill -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 majority: Country Progressive over Independent 27.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 49,789 +02.5 Votes cast: 46,033 92.5 +04.8 Informal votes: 1,090 02.4 -00.7 Formal votes: 44,943 97.6 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Harris CP 18,716 41.6 Hon Percy STEWART * 26,227 58.4 -19.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,943 08.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy Gerald Stewart (1885-1931): Elected 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stewart was a Country Progressive candidate. On 10 September 1929 he joined four Nationalist members who voted in committee against the Maritime Services Bill, leading to the fall of the Government. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 12 OCTOBER 1929 ==================================================================== North-west Victoria: Kerang, Mildura, Ouyen, Swan Hill -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 majority: Independent over Country Party 08.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 49,727 -00.1 Votes cast: 47,201 94.9 +02.4 Informal votes: 650 01.4 -01.0 Formal votes: 46,551 98.6 +01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Harris CP 18,609 40.0 -01.6 Hon Percy STEWART * 27,942 60.0 +01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 46,551 10.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stewart was an independent Country candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy Gerald Stewart (1885-1931): Elected 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929 Died 14 October 1931 (no By-election held) -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 19 DECEMBER 1931 ==================================================================== North-west Victoria: Kerang, Mildura, Ouyen, Swan Hill -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 majority: Independent over Country Party 10.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 50,035 +06.1 Votes cast: 47,934 95.8 +00.9 Informal votes: 2,377 05.0 +03.6 Formal votes: 45,557 95.0 -03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Dowsley 12,584 27.6 Samuel Lockhart CP 5,233 11.5 Hon William McCann CP 2,906 06.4 Hugh McClelland CP 12,071 26.5 William Morgan UAP 12,763 28.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,557 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. McCann was Vic MLC for North-Western 1928-31. 2. The combined Country Party vote was 44.4%, an increase of 4.4% from the 40.0% polled by one Country Party candidate in 1929. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: McCann's 2,906 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dowsley 715 24.6 13,299 29.2 Lockhart 788 27.1 6,021 13.2 McClelland 1,009 34.7 13,080 28.7 Morgan 394 13.6 13,157 28.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,906 45,557 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Lockhart's 6,021 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dowsley 1,273 21.1 14,572 32.0 McClelland 4,198 69.7 17,278 37.9 Morgan 550 09.1 13,707 30.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,021 45,557 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Morgan's 13,707 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dowsley 2,848 20.8 17,420 38.2 McCLELLAND 10,859 79.2 28,137 61.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,707 45,557 11.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hugh McClelland (1878-1958): Elected 1931 Born: 27 December 1875, Smeaton, Victoria. Career: Educated state schools. Farmer, Berriwilloch, Victoria. Wycheproof Shire Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 15 SEPTEMBER 1934 ==================================================================== North-west Victoria: Kerang, Mildura, Ouyen, Swan Hill -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: Country Party over Independent 11.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 54,441 +08.8 Votes cast: 51,264 94.2 -01.6 Informal votes: 1,662 03.2 -01.8 Formal votes: 49,602 96.8 +01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon Anderson 7,817 15.8 Hugh McClelland * CP 16,509 33.3 William Morgan UAP 8,788 17.7 -10.3 Hugh Simpson 16,488 33.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 49,602 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Simpson was a United Country candidate. 2. The Country Party vote of 33.3% was a decrease of 11.1% from the 44.4% polled by three Country Party candidaets in 1931. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Anderson's 7,817 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McClelland * 3,743 47.9 20,252 40.8 Morgan 1,361 17.4 10,149 20.5 Simpson 2,713 34.7 19,201 38.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,817 49,602 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Morgan's 10,149 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McCLELLAND * 5,027 49.5 25,279 51.0 Simpson 5,122 50.5 24,323 49.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,149 49,602 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hugh McClelland (1875-1958): Elected 1931, 1934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 23 OCTOBER 1937 ==================================================================== North-western Victoria: Kerang, Mildura, St Arnaud, Swan Hill -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1934 majority: Country Party over Independent 01.0 Effect of 1937 redistribution: cannot be calculated -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 49,008 -10.0 Votes cast: 47,116 96.1 +01.9 Informal votes: 541 01.1 -02.1 Formal votes: 46,575 98.9 +02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hugh McClelland * CP 22,396 48.1 +14.8 Alex WILSON 24,179 51.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 46,575 01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilson was an independent Country candidate. He was president of the Victorian Wheatgrowers' Association, which opposed Country Party support of the Lyons Government. He was McClelland's cousin. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Hugh McClelland (1875-1958): Elected 1931, 1934. Defeated 1937 Died 14 December 1958 > Alexander Wilson (1880-1954): Elected 1937 Born: 7 June 1880, County Down, Ireland. Career: Educated Belfast. Migrated 1908. Farmer at Ultima, Victoria. Leader of Victorian wheatgrowers. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 SEPTEMBER 1940 ==================================================================== North-western Victoria: Kerang, Mildura, St Arnaud, Swan Hill -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 two-party majority: Independent over Country Party 01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 47,675 -02.7 Votes cast: 45,857 96.2 +00.1 Informal votes: 636 01.4 +00.3 Formal votes: 45,221 98.6 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Johnstone 1,523 03.4 Hugh McClelland CP 12,561 27.8 -20.3 Michael Nolan ALP 11,222 24.8 Alex Wilson * 19,915 44.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,221 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. McClelland was member for Wimmera 1931-37. 2. Wilson was an independent Country candidate. His vote of 44.0% was a decrease of 7.9% from the 51.9% he polled in 1937. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Johnstone's 1,523 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McClelland 1,007 66.1 13,568 30.0 Nolan 240 15.8 11,462 25.3 Wilson * 276 (18.1 20,191 44.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,523 45,221 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Nolan's 11,462 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McClelland 1,735 15.1 15,303 33.8 WILSON * 9,727 84.9 29,918 66.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,462 45,221 16.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- There was a swing of 14.3% from the Country Party to Wilson. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Wilson (1880-1954): Elected 1937, 1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilson joined with the other independent, Arthur Coles, in voting against the budget on 7 October 1941, bringing down the Fadden Government. Thereafter he supported the Curtin Government. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 AUGUST 1943 ==================================================================== North-western Victoria: Kerang, Mildura, St Arnaud, Swan Hill -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 majority: Independent over Country Party 16.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,949 -05.7 Votes cast: 43,431 96.6 +00.4 Informal votes: 930 02.1 +00.7 Formal votes: 42,501 97.9 -00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Herbert Follett 1,449 03.4 Eric Phillips 378 00.9 Reginald Skeat 10,976 25.8 Albert Thompson 3,219 07.6 Alexander WILSON * 26,479 62.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,501 17.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Skeat, Phillips, Thompson and Wilson were independent Country candidates. 2. Wilson's vote of 62.3% was an increase of 18.3% from the 44.0% he polled in 1940. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Wilson (1880-1954): Elected 1937, 1940, 1943 Resigned seat 31 December 1945 (see By-elections) Later career: Administrator, Norfolk Island, 1946-52. Farmer near Swan Hill, Victoria. Died 26 January 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTION OF 9 FEBRUARY 1946 ==================================================================== North-western Victoria: Kerang, Mildura, St Arnaud, Swan Hill -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the resignation of Alexander Wilson -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 majority: Independent over Independent 17.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,831 -00.3 Votes cast: 37,162 82.9 -13.7 Informal votes: 1,692 04.5 -02.4 Formal votes: 35,470 95.5 +02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Arlington-Burke 1,824 05.1 Arnold Eberle 2,042 05.8 Anthony Everett CP 6,724 19.0 Louis Phillips 312 00.9 John Smith 2,923 08.2 James Stoddart 6,361 17.9 Winton Turnbull CP 15,284 43.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 35,470 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Arlington-Burke and Smith were independent Labor candidates. 2. Stoddart was an independent Country candidate. 3. The combined Country Party vote was 62.1%. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Phillips's 312 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arlington-Burke 50 16.0 1,874 05.3 Eberle 26 08.3 2,068 05.8 Everett 71 22.8 6,795 19.2 Smith 77 24.7 3,000 08.5 Stoddart 45 14.4 6,406 18.1 Turnbull 43 13.8 15,327 43.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 312 35,470 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Arlington-Burke's 1,874 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Eberle 798 42.6 2,866 08.1 Everett 350 (18.7 7,145 20.1 Smith 348 (18.6 3,348 09.4 Stoddart 171 09.1 6,577 18.5 Turnbull 207 11.0 15,534 43.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,874 35,470 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Eberle's 2,866 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Everett 1,392 48.6 8,537 24.1 Smith 234 08.2 3,582 10.1 Stoddart 452 15.8 7,029 19.8 Turnbull 788 27.5 16,322 46.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,866 35,470 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Smith's 3,582 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Everett 1,406 39.3 9,943 28.0 Stoddart 1,332 37.2 8,361 23.6 Turnbull 844 23.6 17,166 48.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,582 35,470 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Stoddart's 8,361 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Everett 4,603 55.1 14,546 41.0 TURNBULL 3,758 44.9 20,924 59.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,361 35,470 09.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Winton George Turnbull (1899-1980): Elected 1946 By Born: 13 December 1899, Hamilton, Victoria. Career: Primary education. Wheat farmer. Military Service 1940-46. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 SEPTEMBER 1946 ==================================================================== North-western Victoria: Kerang, Mildura, St Arnaud, Swan Hill -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 majority: Independent over Independent 17.2 1946 by-election majority: CP over CP 09.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 46,086 +02.5 Votes cast: 43,368 94.1 -02.5 Informal votes: 601 01.4 -00.7 Formal votes: 42,767 98.6 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Loveridge ALP 16,216 37.9 Winton TURNBULL * CP 26,551 62.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,767 12.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Winton George Turnbull (1899-1980): Elected 1946 By, 1946 Turnbull contested Mallee in 1949. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1949 ==================================================================== Western Victoria: Horsham, Nhill, St Arnaud, Stawell -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 12.1 Effect of 1948 redistribution: 02.8 shift to ALP New notional majority: Country Party over ALP 09.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,686 -20.4 Votes cast: 35,596 97.0 +02.9 Informal votes: 308 00.9 -00.5 Formal votes: 35,288 99.1 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Lawrence Lib 13,761 39.0 +17.5 Cyril Sudholz ALP 11,184 31.7 -06.8 Harrie Wade + CP 10,343 29.3 -10.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 35,288 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Wade, see Senate Victoria 1955. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Wade's 10,343 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- LAWRENCE 9,133 88.3 22,894 64.9 Sudholz 1,210 11.7 12,394 35.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,343 35,288 14.9 05.6 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Liberal majority over the ALP is compared with the Country Party majority over the ALP in 1946. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Robert Lawrence (1906-2004): Elected 1949 Born: 28 July 1906, Horsham, Victoria. Career: Educated state schools, University of Melbourne. Dentist, Horsham, Victoria. Horsham City Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 APRIL 1951 ==================================================================== Western Victoria: Horsham, Nhill, St Arnaud, Stawell -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 14.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,420 -00.7 Votes cast: 35,295 96.9 -00.1 Informal votes: 358 01.0 +00.1 Formal votes: 34,937 99.0 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William LAWRENCE * Lib 22,005 63.0 +24.0 Cyril Sudholz ALP 12,932 37.0 +05.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,937 13.0 01.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Robert Lawrence (1906-2004): Elected 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 29 MAY 1954 ==================================================================== Western Victoria: Horsham, Nhill, St Arnaud, Stawell -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 13.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,488 +00.2 Votes cast: 35,294 96.7 -00.2 Informal votes: 201 00.6 -00.4 Formal votes: 35,093 99.4 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Herbert Hilton CP 8,184 23.3 William Lawrence * Lib 15,238 43.4 -19.6 Cyril Sudholz ALP 11,671 33.3 -03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 35,093 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Hilton's 8,184 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- LAWRENCE * 7,448 91.0 22,686 64.6 Sudholz 736 09.0 12,407 35.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,184 35,093 14.6 01.6 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Robert Lawrence (1906-2004): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1955 ==================================================================== Western Victoria: Horsham, Maryborough, St Arnaud, Stawell -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1954 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 14.6 Effect of 1955 redistribution: 02.8 shift to Labor New notional majority: Liberal over Labor 11.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,864 +12.0 Votes cast: 39,650 97.0 +00.3 Informal votes: 659 01.7 +01.1 Formal votes: 38,991 98.3 -01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bernard Flanagan ALPAC 4,413 11.3 Winston Lamb ALP 11,745 30.1 -07.1 William LAWRENCE * Lib 22,833 58.6 +15.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,991 16.8 e 05.0 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Robert Lawrence (1906-2004): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 22 NOVEMBER 1958 ==================================================================== Western Victoria: Horsham, Maryborough, St Arnaud, Stawell -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 16.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,943 +00.2 Votes cast: 39,688 96.9 -00.1 Informal votes: 658 01.7 00.0 Formal votes: 39,030 98.3 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert King CP 9,866 25.3 William Lawrence * Lib 14,924 38.2 -20.4 James McCaffrey DLP 3,480 08.9 -02.4 Thomas Windsor ALP 10,760 27.6 -02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,030 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: McCaffrey's 3,480 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- King 2,585 74.3 12,451 31.9 Lawrence * 620 17.8 15,544 39.8 Windsor 275 07.9 11,035 28.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,480 39,030 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Windsor's 11,035 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- KING 9,370 84.9 21,821 55.9 Lawrence * 1,665 15.1 17,209 44.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,035 39,030 05.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Robert Lawrence (1906-2004): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955. Defeated 1958 Died 13 January 2004 > Robert Shannon King (1920-91): Elected 1958 Born: 22 March 1920, Warracknabeal, Victoria. Career: Educated Carey Grammar School, Melbourne. Military Service 1940-45. Farmer and grazier, Warracknabeal, Victoria. Official, Victorian Country Party. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 9 DECEMBER 1961 ==================================================================== Western Victoria: Horsham, Maryborough, St Arnaud, Stawell -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 majority: Country Party over Liberal 05.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,627 -00.8 Votes cast: 39,378 96.9 00.0 Informal votes: 515 01.3 -00.4 Formal votes: 38,863 98.7 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert King * CP 13,364 34.4 +09.1 William Lawrence Lib 10,718 27.6 -10.6 Joseph Murphy DLP 3,214 08.3 -00.6 Thomas Windsor ALP 11,567 29.8 +02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,863 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lawrence was member for Wimmera 1949-58. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Murphy's 3,214 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- King * 2,682 83.4 16,046 41.3 Lawrence 324 10.1 11,042 28.4 Windsor 208 06.5 11,775 30.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,214 38,863 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Lawrence's 11,042 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- KING * 10,568 95.7 26,614 68.5 Windsor 474 04.3 12,249 31.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,042 38,863 18.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Shannon King (1920-91): Elected 1958, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 30 NOVEMBER 1963 ==================================================================== Western Victoria: Horsham, Maryborough, St Arnaud, Stawell -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 19.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,324 -00.7 Votes cast: 39,315 97.5 +00.6 Informal votes: 311 00.8 -00.5 Formal votes: 39,004 99.2 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adrian Cahill DLP 3,610 09.3 +01.0 Robert King * CP 16,772 43.0 +08.6 Howard Rodda Lib 7,599 19.5 -08.1 Thomas Windsor ALP 11,023 28.3 -01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,004 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Cahill's 3,610 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- KING * 3,138 86.9 19,910 51.0 Rodda 277 07.7 7,876 20.2 Windsor 195 05.4 11,218 28.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,610 39,004 19.2 e 00.7 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Shannon King (1920-91): Elected 1958, 1961, 1963 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 26 NOVEMBER 1966 ==================================================================== Western Victoria: Horsham, Maryborough, St Arnaud, Stawell -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Country Party over Labor 19.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,347 +00.1 Votes cast: 39,227 97.2 +01.0 Informal votes: 858 02.2 -00.3 Formal votes: 38,369 97.8 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilson Bolton Lib 10,139 26.4 +06.9 Bruno d'Elia DLP 3,160 08.2 -01.1 George Jeffs ALP 10,210 26.6 -01.7 Robert King * CP 14,860 38.7 -04.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,369 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: D'Elia's 3,160 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bolton 488 15.4 10,627 27.7 Jeffs 249 07.9 10,459 27.3 King * 2,423 76.7 17,283 45.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,160 38,369 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Jeffs's 10,459 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bolton 8,383 80.2 19,010 49.5 KING * 2,076 (19.8 19,359 50.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,459 38,369 00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Shannon King (1920-91): Elected 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 25 OCTOBER 1969 ==================================================================== Western Victoria: Ararat, Horsham, Maryborough, Stawell -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1966 majority: Country Party over Liberal 00.5 Effect of 1968 redistribution: cannot be calculated -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,938 +13.9 Votes cast: 44,747 97.4 +00.2 Informal votes: 715 01.6 -00.6 Formal votes: 44,032 98.4 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Miles Bourke Lib 11,015 25.0 -02.9 Brian Brooke ALP 16,534 37.5 +09.8 Brian Cronin DLP 2,851 06.5 -02.2 Robert King * CP 13,632 31.0 -04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,032 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Cronin's 2,851 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bourke 302 10.6 11,317 25.7 Brooke 197 06.9 16,731 38.0 King * 2,352 82.5 15,984 36.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,851 44,032 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Bourke's 11,317 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brooke 1,770 15.6 18,501 42.0 KING * 9,547 84.4 25,531 58.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,317 44,032 08.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Shannon King (1920-91): Elected 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969 Assistant Minister assisting the Minister for Primary Industry from 5 October 1971 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 2 DECEMBER 1972 ==================================================================== Western Victoria: Ararat, Horsham, Maryborough, Stawell -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1969 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 08.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,403 -01.2 Votes cast: 44,111 97.2 -00.2 Informal votes: 422 01.0 -00.6 Formal votes: 43,689 99.0 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Brooke ALP 18,412 42.1 +04.6 Ray Buckley 1,652 03.8 Robert Hawks DLP 3,113 07.1 +00.6 Hon Robert King * CP 20,512 47.0 +16.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,689 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Buckley's 1,652 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brooke 538 32.6 18,950 43.4 Hawks 371 22.5 3,484 08.0 King * 743 45.0 21,255 48.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,652 43,689 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Hawks's 3,484 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brooke 460 13.2 19,410 44.4 KING * 3,024 86.8 24,279 55.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,484 43,689 05.6 02.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Shannon King (1920-91): Elected 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972 Assistant Minister assisting the Minister for Primary Industry to 5 December 1972 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 MAY 1974 ==================================================================== Western Victoria: Ararat, Horsham, Maryborough, Stawell -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1972 two-party majority: CP over ALP 05.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 49,237 +08.4 Votes cast: 47,728 96.9 -00.3 Informal votes: 758 01.6 +00.6 Formal votes: 46,970 98.4 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Brooke ALP 17,338 36.9 -05.2 Kevin Dunn DLP 1,804 03.8 -03.3 Hon Robert King * CP 18,306 39.0 -08.0 Heather Mitchell Lib 9,191 19.6 Keith Sullivan AP 331 00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 46,970 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Sullivan's 331 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brooke 157 47.4 17,495 37.2 Dunn 18 05.4 1,822 03.9 King * 48 14.5 18,354 39.1 Mitchell 108 32.6 9,299 19.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 331 46,970 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Dunn's 1,822 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brooke 182 10.0 17,677 37.6 King * 1,492 81.9 19,846 42.3 Mitchell 148 08.1 9,447 20.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,822 46,970 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Mitchell's 9,447 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brooke 354 03.7 18,031 38.4 KING * 9,093 96.3 28,939 61.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,447 46,970 11.6 06.0 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Shannon King (1920-91): Elected 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1974 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1975 ==================================================================== Western Victoria: Ararat, Horsham, Maryborough, Stawell -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1974 two-party majority: CP over ALP 11.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 50,208 +02.0 Votes cast: 48,702 97.0 +00.1 Informal votes: 649 01.3 -00.3 Formal votes: 48,053 98.7 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Brooke ALP 16,030 33.4 -03.5 Hon Robert KING * NCP 28,275 58.8 +19.8 Marjorie McOwan DLP 1,762 03.7 -00.1 Francis Petering 1,986 04.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 48,053 14.2 e 02.6 to NCP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Shannon King (1920-91): Elected 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975 Wimmera was abolished at the 1977 redistribution. King retired at the 1977 election. Died 30 June 1991 --------------------------------------------------------------------