Electoral results for the district of Dalhousie

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

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Members for Dalhousie

First incarnation 1859–1889
MemberTerm
  Peter Snodgrass Oct. 1859  – Aug. 1864
  George John Sands Nov. 1864  – July 1867
  Charles Duffy Aug. 1867  – Mar. 1874
  John Gavan Duffy May 1874  – Feb. 1886
 George John SandsMar. 1886  – Mar. 1887
 John Gavan DuffyJune 1887# – Mar. 1889
Second incarnation 1904–1927
MemberPartyTerm
  Reginald Argyle Unaligned1904–1914
  Allan Cameron Liberal 1914–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1923
  Reg Pollard Labor 1924 #–1927

   # = by-election

Election results

Elections in the 1920s

1924 Victorian state election: Dalhousie [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Reg Pollard 2,23240.8+40.8
Nationalist Angus McNab1,79632.9−67.1
Country Gerald McKenna1,43826.3+26.3
Total formal votes5,46699.4
Informal votes360.6
Turnout 5,50282.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Reg Pollard 2,85752.3+52.3
Nationalist Angus McNab2,60947.7−52.3
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing N/A
1924 Dalhousie state by-election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Angus McNab1,56834.2
Labor Reg Pollard 1,52233.3
Country Gerald McKenna1,02322.3
Independent John McCarthy47510.4
Total formal votes4,58898.7
Informal votes621.3
Turnout 4,65071.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Reg Pollard 2,33951.0
Nationalist Angus McNab2,24949.0
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing N/A
1921 Victorian state election: Dalhousie
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Allan Cameron unopposed
Nationalist hold Swing
1920 Victorian state election: Dalhousie
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Allan Cameron 2,48247.0+10.9
Victorian Farmers Thomas Paterson 1,92736.5+36.5
Ind. Nationalist Robert Mitchell87516.5+16.5
Total formal votes5,28495.0−2.5
Informal votes2805.0+2.5
Turnout 5,56478.9+4.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Nationalist Allan Cameron 2,85754.1
Victorian Farmers Thomas Paterson 2,42745.9
Nationalist hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Victorian state election: Dalhousie
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Reginald Argyle 2,23242.7−4.4
Nationalist Allan Cameron 1,88836.1−16.8
Labor Joseph O'Connor86816.6+16.6
Nationalist Alexander Wilson2444.7+4.7
Total formal votes5,23297.5−0.4
Informal votes1362.5+0.4
Turnout 5,36874.7+2.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Nationalist Allan Cameron 2,70851.8−1.1
Nationalist Reginald Argyle 2,52448.2+1.1
Nationalist hold Swing N/A
1914 Victorian state election: Dalhousie
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Allan Cameron 2,77052.9+52.9
Liberal Reginald Argyle 2,46547.1−4.2
Total formal votes5,23597.9−1.4
Informal votes1122.1+1.4
Turnout 5,34771.8−5.9
Independent gain from Liberal Swing N/A
1911 Victorian state election: Dalhousie
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reginald Argyle 3,01051.3+0.9
Independent John Duffy 1,61527.5−22.1
Labor Richard Taafe1,23921.1+21.1
Total formal votes5,86498.7–0.6
Informal votes751.3+0.6
Turnout 5,93977.7+1.9
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.
  2. "Dalhousie By-Flection". Kilmore Free Press (MORNING ed.). Kilmore, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 7 February 1924. p. 2. Retrieved 11 October 2013.