Electoral results for the district of Daylesford

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

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Members for Daylesford

MemberPartyTerm
  James Wheeler Unaligned1889–1900
  Donald McLeod Liberal 1900–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1923
  James McDonald Labor 1923*
  Roderick McLeod Nationalist 1923–1924
  James McDonald Labor 1924–1927

Election results

Elections in the 1920s

1924 Victorian state election: Daylesford [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor James McDonald 2,66852.3+10.4
Nationalist Roderick McLeod 2,43547.7-10.4
Total formal votes5,10399.7+0.1
Informal votes170.3-0.1
Turnout 5,12082.8+20.7
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +10.4
1923 Daylesford state by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor James McDonald 1,93345.2+3.3
Nationalist Roderick McLeod 1,69639.7-18.4
Country Edward Trembath64515.1+15.1
Total formal votes4,27498.6-1.0
Informal votes621.4+1.0
Turnout 4,33668.8+6.7
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Roderick McLeod 2,12550.1-8.0
Labor James McDonald 2,12049.9+8.0
Nationalist hold Swing -8.0
1921 Victorian state election: Daylesford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Donald McLeod 2,30058.1-5.2
Labor James McDonald 1,65741.9+41.9
Total formal votes3,95799.6+3.8
Informal votes180.4-3.8
Turnout 3,97562.1-1.1
Nationalist hold Swing N/A
1920 Victorian state election: Daylesford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Donald McLeod 2,43363.2+7.3
Nationalist Henry Taylor1,41936.8+36.8
Total formal votes3,85295.8-1.1
Informal votes1714.2+1.1
Turnout 4,02363.2-6.2
Nationalist hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Victorian state election: Daylesford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Donald McLeod 2,53055.9-10.2
Labor Joseph Hannigan1,99844.1+44.1
Total formal votes4,52896.9-1.6
Informal votes1473.1+1.6
Turnout 4,67569.4+5.3
Nationalist hold Swing N/A
1914 Victorian state election: Daylesford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Donald McLeod 3,01166.1+12.0
Independent Morton Dunlop1,54733.9+33.9
Total formal votes4,55898.5-0.4
Informal votes681.5+0.4
Turnout 4,62664.1-23.3
Liberal hold Swing N/A
1911 Victorian state election: Daylesford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Donald McLeod 3,10254.1+5.6
Labor John Hannan2,63745.9+16.6
Total formal votes5,73998.9-0.5
Informal votes651.1+0.5
Turnout 5,80478.4+14.3
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.