Electoral results for the district of Collingwood

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

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Members for Collingwood

The district initially had two members, which was increased to three from 1859, [1] reverted to two after 1877, and was represented by only one member from 1904.

Member 1TermMember 2Term
Thomas Embling Nov 1856 – July 1861 George Harker Nov 1856 – Aug 1859Member 3Term
George Milner Stephen Oct 1859 – July 1861 Charles Jardine Don Oct 1859 – Aug 1864
Graham Berry Aug 1861 – Dec 1865 John Edwards Aug 1861 – Dec 1867George HarkerNov 1864 – Dec 1865
Thomas Embling Feb 1866 – Dec 1867 Isaac Reeves Feb 1866 – Oct 1869
John Everard Mar 1868 [2] – Feb 1871 William Bates [3] Mar 1868 – Mar 1874
George Harker [3] Apr 1871 – Mar 1874 William Vale [3] Oct 1869 [b] – Mar 1874
John Everard May 1874 – July 1874 [2] James Forester Sullivan May 1874 – Feb 1876 Albert Lee Tucker May 1874 – Apr 1877
George David Langridge Aug 1874 [b] – Mar 1891
James Mirams Feb 1876 – Feb 1886  
William Guard Feild Mar 1886 – Mar 1889
John Hancock Jun 1891 [b] – Apr 1892 William Beazley Apr 1889 – May 1904
Edgar Wilkins May 1892 – Dec 1908
Single Member District
MemberPartyTerm
  Martin Hannah Labor 1904 – 1920
  Independent 1920 – 1921
  Tom Tunnecliffe Labor 1921 – 1947
  Bill Towers Labor 1947 [b] – 1958
[b] = by-election

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

1955 Victorian state election: Collingwood [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Towers 8,90663.4
Labor (A-C) William Livy3,39924.2
Liberal and Country Martha Yuille1,74612.4
Total formal votes14,05197.8
Informal votes3182.2
Turnout 14,36993.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Bill Towers 9,34366.5
Labor (A-C) William Livy4,70833.5
Labor hold Swing
1952 Victorian state election: Collingwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Towers unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1950 Victorian state election: Collingwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Towers 18,02678.6+5.2
Liberal and Country Richard Taylor4,91821.4−5.2
Total formal votes22,94498.2+0.8
Informal votes4301.8−0.8
Turnout 23,37491.1−0.4
Labor hold Swing +5.2

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Victorian state election: Collingwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Towers 17,69073.4−26.6
Liberal William Boughton6,42026.6+26.6
Total formal votes24,11097.4
Informal votes6532.6
Turnout 24,76391.5
Labor hold Swing N/A
1947 Collingwood state by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Towers 13,27365.7
Liberal William Boughton4,06720.1
Independent James Baker1,6158.0
Communist Leslie Loye1,2566.2
Total formal votes20,21196.6
Informal votes7133.4
Turnout 20,92479.4
Labor hold Swing N/A
1945 Victorian state election: Collingwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tom Tunnecliffe unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1943 Victorian state election: Collingwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tom Tunnecliffe 9,03246.1−2.2
Independent Labor James Baker4,83824.7−10.3
Communist Ralph Gibson 4,01620.5+13.6
Independent William King1,6948.6+8.6
Total formal votes19,58093.7−2.0
Informal votes1,3236.3+2.0
Turnout 20,90385.3−5.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Tom Tunnecliffe 12,27962.7
Independent Labor James Baker7,30137.3
Labor hold Swing N/A
1940 Victorian state election: Collingwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tom Tunnecliffe 9,69448.3−33.2
Independent Labor James Baker7,02335.0+35.0
United Australia Frederick Dods1,9509.7−8.8
Communist John Blake1,3886.9+6.9
Total formal votes20,05595.7−2.5
Informal votes8934.3+2.5
Turnout 20,94891.0−1.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Tom Tunnecliffe 52.1
Independent James Baker47.9
Labor hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1930s

1937 Victorian state election: Collingwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tom Tunnecliffe 17,28681.5+15.3
United Australia Oliver Dixon3,91518.5−3.4
Total formal votes21,20198.2+1.0
Informal votes3921.8−1.0
Turnout 21,59392.6+0.6
Labor hold Swing +4.5
1935 Victorian state election: Collingwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tom Tunnecliffe 13,80666.2−33.8
United Australia Robert Breen4,56221.9+21.9
Communist Ernie Thornton 2,50112.0+12.0
Total formal votes20,86997.2
Informal votes6022.8
Turnout 21,47192.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tom Tunnecliffe 77.0−23.0
United Australia Robert Breen23.0+23.0
Labor hold Swing N/A
1932 Victorian state election: Collingwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tom Tunnecliffe unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Victorian state election: Collingwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tom Tunnecliffe unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1927 Victorian state election: Collingwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tom Tunnecliffe 16,39277.2
Nationalist Ralph Stredwick4,84322.8
Total formal votes21,23598.2
Informal votes3911.8
Turnout 21,62690.6
Labor hold Swing
1924 Victorian state election: Collingwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tom Tunnecliffe unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1921 Victorian state election: Collingwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tom Tunnecliffe 5,31356.4+8.8
Independent Labor Martin Hannah 2,43725.9−2.2
Nationalist Alexander Young8769.3−15.0
Independent James Reid7868.3+8.3
Total formal votes9,41298.1+4.8
Informal votes1831.9−4.8
Turnout 9,59564.9−4.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Tom Tunnecliffe 58.2+8.7
Independent Labor Martin Hannah 41.8−8.7
Labor gain from Independent Labor Swing +8.7
1920 Victorian state election: Collingwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Thomas McAllen4,73247.6
Independent Labor Martin Hannah 2,79328.1
Nationalist Harry Evans2,41724.3
Total formal votes9,94293.3
Informal votes7146.7
Turnout 10,65669.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Labor Martin Hannah 5,01750.5
Labor Thomas McAllen4,92549.5
Independent Labor gain from Labor Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Victorian state election: Collingwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Martin Hannah unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1914 Victorian state election: Collingwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Martin Hannah unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1911 Victorian state election: Collingwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Martin Hannah 5,22766.5+25.3
Liberal Stanley Lewis2,63233.5+10.4
Total formal votes7,85998.5−1.1
Informal votes1201.5+1.1
Turnout 7,97959.6−5.7
Labor hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1900s

1908 Victorian state election: Collingwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Martin Hannah 98440.2+40.2
Independent Ministerial Edgar Wilkins81633.1–23.7
Liberal Harry Evans56523.1+23.1
Victorian Socialist Percy Laidler853.5+3.5
Total formal votes2,92399.6
Informal votes130.4
Turnout 2,93665.3
Labor gain from Independent Ministerial Swing +40.2

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References

  1. ↑ "An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof" (PDF). 1858. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  2. 1 2 Johnson, Robert A. "Everard, John (1825–1886)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN   978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN   1833-7538. OCLC   70677943.
  3. 1 2 3 "Parliament". The Argus . Trove. 26 Apr 1871. Retrieved 25 Apr 2013.
  4. ↑ 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.
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