Electoral results for the district of Borung

This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Borung in Victorian state elections.

Members for Borung

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First incarnation (1889–1927)

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Member Party Term
  Walter Duncan   1889–1892
  John Dyer   1892–1902
  William Hutchinson Ministerialist 1902–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1920
  David Allison Victorian Farmers' Union 1920–1927

Second incarnation (1945–1955)

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Member Party Term
  Wilfred Mibus Country 1945–1949
  Liberal and Country 1949–1955

Election results

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Elections in the 1950s

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1952 Victorian state election: Borung[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Wilfred Mibus 8,174 61.9 +5.5
Labor Lionel Reid 5,030 38.1 +38.1
Total formal votes 13,204 99.3 +0.2
Informal votes 99 0.7 −0.2
Turnout 13,303 95.6 −0.5
Liberal and Country hold Swing N/A
1950 Victorian state election: Borung
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Wilfred Mibus 7,354 56.4 +56.4
Country Rupert Levitzke 5,644 43.6 -20.9
Total formal votes 13,031 99.1 0.0
Informal votes 123 0.9 0.0
Turnout 13,154 96.1 −0.1
Liberal and Country gain from Country Swing N/A

Elections in the 1940s

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1947 Victorian state election: Borung
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Wilfred Mibus 8,225 64.5 +37.2
Independent Country Finlay Cameron 4,521 35.5 +19.9
Total formal votes 12,746 99.1 +0.6
Informal votes 121 0.9 −0.6
Turnout 12,867 96.2 +5.9
Country hold Swing N/A
1945 Victorian state election: Borung
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Ackland 3,680 31.8
Country Wilfred Mibus 3,159 27.3
Independent Country Winton Turnbull 2,273 19.7
Country Finlay Cameron 1,808 15.6
Independent Florence Rodan 645 5.6
Total formal votes 11,565 98.5
Informal votes 172 1.5
Turnout 11,737 90.3
Two-party-preferred result
Country Wilfred Mibus 6,794 58.7
Labor Arthur Ackland 4,771 41.3
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

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1924 Victorian state election: Borung
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country David Allison 1,901 51.2 -1.4
Country Edwin Reseigh 932 25.1 +25.1
Country George Clyne 878 23.7 +23.7
Total formal votes 3,711 98.7 −0.8
Informal votes 51 1.3 +0.8
Turnout 3,762 47.9 −23.9
Country hold Swing N/A
1921 Victorian state election: Borung
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Victorian Farmers David Allison 2,938 52.6 +0.4
Nationalist William Hutchinson 2,652 47.4 -0.4
Total formal votes 5,590 99.5 +1.6
Informal votes 31 0.5 −1.6
Turnout 5,621 71.8 +1.0
Victorian Farmers hold Swing +0.4
1920 Victorian state election: Borung
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Victorian Farmers David Allison 2,788 52.2 +3.8
Nationalist William Hutchinson 2,557 47.8 -3.8
Total formal votes 5,345 97.9 +1.3
Informal votes 114 2.1 −1.3
Turnout 5,459 70.8 +9.7
Victorian Farmers gain from Nationalist Swing +3.8

Elections in the 1910s

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1917 Victorian state election: Borung
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist William Hutchinson 2,266 51.6
Victorian Farmers Edwin Reseigh 2,127 48.4
Total formal votes 4,393 96.6
Informal votes 156 3.4
Turnout 4,549 61.1
Nationalist hold Swing N/A
1914 Victorian state election: Borung
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Hutchinson unopposed
Liberal hold Swing
1911 Victorian state election: Borung
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Hutchinson unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ 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.