Electoral results for the district of Castlemaine and Kyneton

This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Castlemaine and Kyneton in Victorian state elections.

Members for Castlemaine and Kyneton

Member		Party	Term
	Harry Lawson	Nationalist	1927–1928
	Walter Langslow	Nationalist	1929
	Jessie Satchell	Labor	1929–1932
	Clive Shields	United Aust.	1932–1940
	Bill Hodson	Labor	1940–1945

Election results

Elections in the 1940s

1943 Victorian state election: Castlemaine and Kyneton ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Hodson	5,202	54.1	−3.6
	Country	John Thompson	4,420	45.9	+45.9
Total formal votes			9,622	98.9	0.0
Informal votes			111	1.1	0.0
Turnout			9,733	90.7	−3.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1940 Victorian state election: Castlemaine and Kyneton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Hodson	5,844	57.7	+9.4
	United Australia	Charles Lucas	4,279	42.3	−9.4
Total formal votes			10,123	98.9	−0.5
Informal votes			109	1.1	+0.5
Turnout			10,232	94.6	+0.2
	Labor gain from United Australia		Swing	+9.4

Elections in the 1930s

1937 Victorian state election: Castlemaine and Kyneton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Clive Shields	5,404	51.7	−2.9
	Labor	Jessie Satchell	5,051	48.3	+2.9
Total formal votes			10,455	99.4	0.0
Informal votes			59	0.6	0.0
Turnout			10,514	94.4	−1.2
	United Australia hold		Swing	-2.9

1935 Victorian state election: Castlemaine and Kyneton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Clive Shields	5,620	54.6	+2.2
	Labor	Reg Pollard	4,665	45.4	−2.2
Total formal votes			10,285	99.4	+0.3
Informal votes			64	0.6	−0.3
Turnout			10,349	95.6	−0.5
	United Australia hold		Swing	+2.2

1932 Victorian state election: Castlemaine and Kyneton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Clive Shields	5,387	52.4	+2.5
	Labor	Jessie Satchell	4,887	47.6	−2.5
Total formal votes			10,274	99.7	+0.1
Informal votes			36	0.3	−0.1
Turnout			10,310	96.1	+0.2
	United Australia gain from Labor		Swing	+2.5

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Victorian state election: Castlemaine and Kyneton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jessie Satchell	4,926	50.1	+10.4
	Nationalist	Walter Langslow	4,897	49.9	−10.4
Total formal votes			9,823	99.6	+0.6
Informal votes			51	0.4	−0.6
Turnout			9,874	95.9	+2.2
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing	+10.4

1929 Castlemaine and Kyneton state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Walter Langslow	4,715	50.7	−9.6
	Labor	Jessie Satchell	4,589	49.3	+9.6
Total formal votes			9,304	99.4	+0.4
Informal votes			59	0.6	−0.4
Turnout			9,363	93.1	−0.6
	Nationalist hold		Swing	-9.6

1927 Victorian state election: Castlemaine and Kyneton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Harry Lawson	5,546	60.3
	Labor	Joseph Hannan	3,658	39.7
Total formal votes			9,204	99.0
Informal votes			96	1.0
Turnout			9,300	93.7
	Nationalist hold		Swing

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.