Electoral results for the district of Midlands
This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Midlands in Victorian state elections.
Members for Midlands
[edit]Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
Clive Stoneham | Labor | 1945–1970 | |
Les Shilton | Labor | 1970–1973 | |
Bill Ebery | Liberal | 1973–1985 |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1980s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Alan Calder | 11,894 | 44.9 | +4.0 | |
Liberal | Bill Ebery | 10,997 | 41.5 | -7.6 | |
National | Ian Richardson | 2,172 | 8.2 | +8.2 | |
Democrats | George Hunter | 1,421 | 5.4 | -4.6 | |
Total formal votes | 26,484 | 98.2 | −0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 477 | 1.8 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 26,961 | 94.9 | +0.8 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Bill Ebery | 13,582 | 51.3 | -3.7 | |
Labor | Alan Calder | 12,902 | 48.7 | +3.7 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -3.7 |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Bill Ebery | 12,069 | 49.1 | +8.9 | |
Labor | John Brumby | 10,042 | 40.9 | +3.9 | |
Democrats | Janice Russell | 2,457 | 10.0 | +10.0 | |
Total formal votes | 24,568 | 98.4 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 397 | 1.6 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 24,965 | 94.1 | −0.7 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Bill Ebery | 13,524 | 55.0 | -5.7 | |
Labor | John Brumby | 11,044 | 45.0 | +5.7 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -5.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Bill Ebery | 9,294 | 40.2 | -0.6 | |
Labor | Donal Harvey | 8,548 | 37.0 | -7.7 | |
National | Clarence Rodda | 4,271 | 18.5 | +10.3 | |
Democratic Labor | Audrey Drechsler | 1,010 | 4.4 | -1.8 | |
Total formal votes | 23,123 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 346 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 23,469 | 94.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Bill Ebery | 14,031 | 60.7 | +7.5 | |
Labor | Donal Harvey | 9,092 | 39.3 | -7.5 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +7.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Bill Ebery | 10,959 | 46.2 | +15.1 | |
Labor | Les Shilton | 10,851 | 45.7 | +2.7 | |
Democratic Labor | William Mannes | 1,933 | 8.1 | -5.0 | |
Total formal votes | 23,743 | 97.9 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 503 | 2.1 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 24,246 | 94.5 | +0.4 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Bill Ebery | 12,674 | 53.4 | +6.2 | |
Labor | Les Shilton | 11,069 | 46.6 | -6.2 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +6.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Les Shilton | 9,156 | 43.0 | -3.1 | |
Liberal | William Turnor | 6,617 | 31.1 | +3.8 | |
Democratic Labor | Francis Hill | 2,785 | 13.1 | +3.5 | |
Country | Leston Laity | 2,731 | 12.8 | -2.3 | |
Total formal votes | 21,289 | 97.8 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 478 | 2.2 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 21,767 | 94.1 | +1.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Les Shilton | 11,234 | 52.8 | +1.8 | |
Liberal | William Turnor | 10,055 | 47.2 | -1.8 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +1.8 |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Clive Stoneham | 9,615 | 46.1 | -3.7 | |
Liberal | Douglas Johanson | 5,695 | 27.3 | -8.8 | |
Country | Graham Brownbill | 3,148 | 15.1 | +15.1 | |
Democratic Labor | James Bourke | 2,000 | 9.6 | -4.2 | |
Independent | Arthur Bailey | 403 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Total formal votes | 20,861 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 573 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 21,434 | 93.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Clive Stoneham | 10,634 | 51.0 | -1.2 | |
Liberal | Douglas Johanson | 10,227 | 49.0 | +1.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Clive Stoneham | 10,845 | 48.5 | -3.3 | |
Liberal and Country | Roger McArthur | 8,120 | 36.3 | +3.2 | |
Democratic Labor | John Timberlake | 3,387 | 15.2 | 0.0 | |
Total formal votes | 22,352 | 98.6 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 318 | 1.4 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 22,670 | 94.9 | −1.4 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Clive Stoneham | 11,420 | 51.1 | -3.0 | |
Liberal and Country | Roger McArthur | 10,932 | 48.9 | +3.0 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -3.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Clive Stoneham | 11,424 | 51.8 | +3.6 | |
Liberal and Country | Keith Lewis | 7,296 | 33.1 | -5.1 | |
Democratic Labor | John Timberlake | 3,344 | 15.2 | +1.6 | |
Total formal votes | 22,064 | 98.3 | −0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 377 | 1.7 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 22,441 | 96.3 | +1.4 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Clive Stoneham | 11,925 | 54.1 | +2.9 | |
Liberal and Country | Keith Lewis | 10,139 | 45.9 | -2.9 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +2.9 |
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Clive Stoneham | 10,207 | 48.2 | ||
Liberal and Country | James Mactier | 8,103 | 38.2 | ||
Democratic Labor | John Timberlake | 2,877 | 13.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 21,187 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 185 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 21,372 | 94.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Clive Stoneham | 10,848 | 51.2 | ||
Liberal and Country | James Mactier | 10,339 | 48.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Clive Stoneham | 11,320 | 53.6 | ||
Liberal and Country | James Mactier | 7,709 | 36.5 | ||
Labor (A-C) | Alexander Lee | 2,094 | 9.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 21,123 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 200 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 21,323 | 95.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Clive Stoneham | 11,634 | 55.1 | ||
Liberal and Country | James Mactier | 9,489 | 44.9 | ||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Clive Stoneham | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Clive Stoneham | 8,094 | 56.6 | +6.4 | |
Liberal and Country | Harold Boyle | 5,054 | 35.3 | +35.3 | |
Country | John Wright | 1,156 | 8.1 | -41.7 | |
Total formal votes | 14,304 | 99.2 | −0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 113 | 0.8 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 14,417 | 96.6 | +0.7 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Clive Stoneham | 8,210 | 57.4 | +7.2 | |
Liberal and Country | Harold Boyle | 6,094 | 42.6 | +42.6 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +7.2 |
Elections in the 1940s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Clive Stoneham | 7,040 | 50.2 | -9.4 | |
Country | Thomas Grigg | 6,979 | 49.8 | +9.4 | |
Total formal votes | 14,019 | 99.4 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 91 | 0.6 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 14,110 | 95.9 | +5.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -9.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Clive Stoneham | 7,621 | 59.6 | ||
Country | Thomas Grigg | 5,166 | 40.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 12,787 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 96 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 12,883 | 90.9 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ Hughes, Colin A., Don Aitken (1987). Voting for the Australian state lower houses, 1975-1984. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0909779244.
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