Electoral results for the district of Boroondara

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

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Members for Boroondara

MemberPartyTerm
  George Smith Unaligned1877
  Robert Smith Unaligned1878–1882
  William Walker Unaligned1882–1889

A new district, Eastern Suburbs, was created in 1889 covering much of the same area as Boroondara.

Boroondara was re-created in 1904.

MemberPartyTerm
 Sir Frank Madden Liberal 1904–1917
  Edmund Greenwood Nationalist 1917–1927
  Richard Linton Nationalist 1927–1931
  UAP 1931–1933
  Trevor Oldham UAP 1933–1945

Election results

Elections in the 1940s

1943 Victorian state election: Boroondara [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Trevor Oldham 19,51758.4−12.0
Independent Lila Monsbourgh13,88141.6+41.6
Total formal votes33,39897.9−0.3
Informal votes7302.1+0.3
Turnout 34,12886.9−5.8
United Australia hold Swing N/A
1940 Victorian state election: Boroondara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Trevor Oldham 21,92170.4−29.6
Independent Reuben Kefford9,19629.6+29.6
Total formal votes31,11798.2
Informal votes5851.8
Turnout 31,70292.7
United Australia hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1937 Victorian state election: Boroondara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Trevor Oldham unopposed
United Australia hold Swing
1935 Victorian state election: Boroondara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Trevor Oldham unopposed
United Australia hold Swing
1933 Boroondara state by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Trevor Oldham 8,06835.8
Labor Muriel Heagney4,63220.5
United Australia James Nettleton3,27114.5
United Australia Cedric Pullman2,61011.6
United Australia Danial Berriman1,7327.7
United Australia Robert Sylvester1,5506.9
United Australia James Fowler 6863.0
Total formal votes22,54995.3
Informal votes1,1014.7
Turnout 23,65091.6
After distribution of preferences
United Australia Trevor Oldham 11,28350.0
United Australia James Nettleton5,77225.6
Labor Muriel Heagney5,49424.4
United Australia hold Swing N/A
1932 Victorian state election: Boroondara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Richard Linton unopposed
United Australia hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Victorian state election: Boroondara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Richard Linton 13,88160.3+20.6
Labor Robert Dodman9,15239.7+11.2
Total formal votes23,03399.1+3.0
Informal votes2040.9−3.0
Turnout 23,23793.6+0.9
Nationalist hold Swing -3.1
1927 Victorian state election: Boroondara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Richard Linton 7,71239.7
Labor Robert Dodman5,54228.5
Independent David Evans1,6448.5
Ind. Nationalist Robert Sylvester1,5908.2
Australian Liberal Victor Ginn1,5738.1
Independent Louis Holmes1,3757.1
Total formal votes19,43696.1
Informal votes7983.9
Turnout 20,23492.7
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Richard Linton 12,12563.4
Labor Robert Dodman7,31137.6
Nationalist hold Swing
1924 Victorian state election: Boroondara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Edmund Greenwood 17,67063.1−36.9
Independent Liberal Philip Jacobs10,34836.9+36.9
Total formal votes28,01899.6
Informal votes1270.4
Turnout 28,14544.6
Nationalist hold Swing N/A
1921 Victorian state election: Boroondara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Edmund Greenwood unopposed
Nationalist hold Swing
1920 Victorian state election: Boroondara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Edmund Greenwood 16,88561.5+18.6
Nationalist George Palmer6,72124.5+24.5
Labor William Wilcock3,85814.0+14.0
Total formal votes27,46493.6−3.2
Informal votes5736.4+3.2
Turnout 29,34060.5+14.8
Nationalist hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Victorian state election: Boroondara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Edmund Greenwood 7,46142.9
Nationalist Frank Madden 4,83927.8
Nationalist Frederick Francis 2,65415.2
Nationalist Walter Hiscock2,45014.1
Total formal votes17,40496.8−1.5
Informal votes5733.2+1.5
Turnout 17,97745.7+6.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
Nationalist Edmund Greenwood 11,25866.7
Nationalist Frank Madden 6,14633.3
Nationalist hold Swing N/A
1914 Victorian state election: Boroondara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Frank Madden 7,92969.2+8.8
Labor Ralph Charrett3,53730.8+30.8
Total formal votes11,46698.3−1.1
Informal votes2041.7+1.1
Turnout 11,67038.9−13.3
Liberal hold Swing N/A
1911 Victorian state election: Boroondara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Frank Madden 6,09660.4+10.2
Independent Liberal Harold Wilkinson3,99339.6+39.6
Total formal votes10,08999.4−0.2
Informal votes600.6+0.2
Turnout 10,14952.2+10.2
Liberal hold Swing N/A

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References

  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.