Electoral results for the district of Carlton

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

Members for Carlton

Member		Party	Term
	James Munro	Unaligned	1877–1880
	John Gardiner	Unaligned	1880–1892
	Frederick Bromley	Labour	1892–1908
	Robert Solly	Labor	1908–1932
	Bill Barry	Labor	1932–1955
		Labor (Anti-Communist)	1955
	Denis Lovegrove	Labor	1955–1958

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

1955 Victorian state election: Carlton ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Denis Lovegrove	7,141	49.2
	Labor (A-C)	Bill Barry	4,809	33.1
	Liberal and Country	Francis Michaelson	1,998	13.8
	Communist	John Prescott	568	3.9
Total formal votes			14,516	93.7
Informal votes			975	6.3
Turnout			15,491	91.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Denis Lovegrove	8,091	55.7
	Labor (A-C)	Bill Barry	6,425	44.3
	Labor hold		Swing

1952 Victorian state election: Carlton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Barry	18,152	91.9	+17.6
	Communist	John Prescott	1,597	8.1	+8.1
Total formal votes			26,358	97.8	−0.4
Informal votes			599	2.2	+0.4
Turnout			26,957	94.2	+0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1950 Victorian state election: Carlton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Barry	17,692	74.3	+7.3
	Liberal and Country	Frank Block	6,124	25.7	−7.3
Total formal votes			23,816	98.2	+0.3
Informal votes			439	1.8	−0.3
Turnout			24,255	92.8	+0.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.3

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Victorian state election: Carlton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Barry	16,458	67.0	−9.2
	Liberal	Stanley Lang	8,124	33.0	+33.0
Total formal votes			24,582	97.9	+5.0
Informal votes			532	2.1	−5.0
Turnout			25,114	91.9	+6.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1945 Victorian state election: Carlton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Barry	15,862	78.2
	Communist	Gerald O'Day	4,430	21.8
Total formal votes			20,292	92.9
Informal votes			1,554	7.1
Turnout			21,846	85.4
	Labor hold		Swing

1943 Victorian state election: Carlton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Barry	11,408	62.4	−8.9
	Communist	Gerald O'Day	3,973	21.7	+13.3
	Independent	Richard Bowers	2,889	15.8	+15.8
Total formal votes			18,270	95.5	−0.3
Informal votes			862	4.5	+0.3
Turnout			19,132	84.2	−4.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1940 Victorian state election: Carlton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Barry	13,058	71.3	−28.7
	United Australia	David Mandie	3,716	20.3	+20.3
	Communist	Ralph Gibson	1,547	8.4	+8.4
Total formal votes			18,321	95.8
Informal votes			804	4.2
Turnout			19,125	88.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Barry		78.9
	United Australia	David Mandie		21.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Elections in the 1930s

1937 Victorian state election: Carlton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Barry	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1935 Victorian state election: Carlton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Barry	11,397	60.3	−1.7
	United Australia	Francis Nelson	5,166	27.2	−10.7
	Communist	Gerald O'Day	2,340	12.4	+12.4
Total formal votes			18,903	96.8	−0.4
Informal votes			629	3.2	+0.4
Turnout			19,532	91.9	+0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Barry		71.5	+9.5
	United Australia	Francis Nelson		29.5	−9.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.5

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

1932 Carlton state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Barry	8,649	50.5	−11.5
	United Australia	William Townsend	6,212	36.3	−1.7
	Communist	Gerald O'Day	2,258	13.2	+13.2
Total formal votes			17,119	97.0	−0.2
Informal votes			530	3.0	+0.2
Turnout			17,649	87.3	−4.0
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1932 Victorian state election: Carlton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robert Solly	11,065	62.0	−38.0
	United Australia	David Crone	6,769	38.0	+38.0
Total formal votes			17,834	97.2
Informal votes			521	2.8
Turnout			18,355	91.3
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Victorian state election: Carlton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robert Solly	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1927 Victorian state election: Carlton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robert Solly	14,470	73.9
	Australian Liberal	Roderick McSolvin	5,102	26.1
Total formal votes			19,572	98.3
Informal votes			332	1.7
Turnout			19,904	90.3
	Labor hold		Swing

1924 Victorian state election: Carlton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robert Solly	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1921 Victorian state election: Carlton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robert Solly	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1920 Victorian state election: Carlton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robert Solly	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Victorian state election: Carlton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robert Solly	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1914 Victorian state election: Carlton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robert Solly	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1911 Victorian state election: Carlton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robert Solly	4,735	71.7	N/A
	Liberal	John Gardiner	1,866	28.3	+28.3
Total formal votes			6,601	98.6
Informal votes			91	1.4
Turnout			6,692	54.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

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.