Electoral results for the district of East Melbourne

Last updated July 18, 2024

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

Members for East Melbourne

Member 1	Term	Member 2	Term
Alexander Hunter	Oct 1859 – Jun 1861^[1]	Sir James McCulloch	Oct 1859 – Jul 1861
Sir Graham Berry	Jul 1861^[b]	Sir James McCulloch	Oct 1859 – Jul 1861
Ambrose Kyte	Aug 1861 – Dec 1865	Edward Cohen	Aug 1861 – Dec 1865
Edward Langton	Feb 1866 – Dec 1867	Nathaniel Levi	Feb 1866 – Dec 1867
Frederick Walsh	Mar 1868 – Mar 1874	Edward Cohen	Mar 1868 – Apr 1877
George Selth Coppin	May 1874 – Apr 1877	Edward Cohen	Mar 1868 – Apr 1877
Ephraim Zox	May 1877 – Jun 1879 ^[r]	Alexander Kennedy Smith	May 1877 – Jan 1881
Ephraim Zox	Jul 1879^[b] – Oct 1899^[d]	Frederick Walsh	Feb 1881^[b] – Feb 1883
		George Selth Coppin	Feb 1883 – Mar 1889
		Frank Stuart	Apr 1889 – Sep 1894
		John Anderson	Oct 1894 – Jun 1901
Sir Samuel Gillott	Nov 1899 – Dec 1906^[r]	John Francis Deegan	Jul 1901^[b] – Sep 1902
Sir Samuel Gillott	Nov 1899 – Dec 1906^[r]	William Watt	Oct 1902 – May 1904

Single Member District 1904–1927
Member		Party	Term
	Samuel Gillott	Unaligned	1904–1906
	Henry Weedon	Unaligned	1906–1911
	Alfred Farthing	Liberal	1911–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1924
		Liberal	1924–1927

^[b] = by-election

^[r] = resigned

Election results

Elections in the 1920s

1924 Victorian state election: East Melbourne^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Hooper	2,625	47.5	+1.8
	Australian Liberal	Alfred Farthing	2,542	46.0	+46.0
	Independent	William Carnegie	363	6.5	+6.5
Total formal votes			5,530	97.2	−2.2
Informal votes			161	2.8	+2.2
Turnout			5,691	52.0	+9.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Australian Liberal	Alfred Farthing	2,826	51.1	+51.1
	Labor	George Hooper	2,704	48.9	+3.2
	Australian Liberal gain from Nationalist		Swing	N/A

1921 Victorian state election: East Melbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Alfred Farthing	2,810	54.3	−22.8
	Labor	Michael Collins	2,363	45.7	+5.1
Total formal votes			5,173	99.4	+6.5
Informal votes			29	0.6	−6.5
Turnout			5,202	42.6	−12.6
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

1920 Victorian state election: East Melbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Collins	2,506	40.6	+10.5
	Nationalist	Alfred Farthing	1,940	31.5	−3.0
	Nationalist	George Kemp	1,722	27.9	+3.2
Total formal votes			6,168	92.9	−3.5
Informal votes			474	7.1	+3.5
Turnout			6,642	55.2	+7.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Alfred Farthing	3,133	50.8
	Labor	Michael Collins	3,035	49.2
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Victorian state election: East Melbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Alfred Farthing	1,854	34.5	+5.9
	Labor	Sydney Walker	1,615	30.1	+2.3
	Nationalist	George Kemp	1,325	24.7	+24.7
	Temperance Movement	John Barrett	577	10.7	+10.7
Total formal votes			5,371	96.4	+0.3
Informal votes			203	3.6	−0.3
Turnout			5,574	47.3	−4.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Nationalist	Alfred Farthing	3,157	58.8
	Nationalist	George Kemp	2,214	41.2
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

1914 Victorian state election: East Melbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Henry Weedon	1,990	29.8	+29.8
	Liberal	Alfred Farthing	1,910	28.6	−16.7
	Labor	Percy Clarey	1,853	27.8	+1.5
	Independent	Valentine Cole	918	13.8	+13.8
Total formal votes			6,671	96.1	−2.1
Informal votes			270	3.9	+2.1
Turnout			6,941	52.1	−2.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alfred Farthing	3,729	55.9	+4.9
	Independent	Henry Weedon	2,942	44.1	−4.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.9

1911 Victorian state election: East Melbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Weedon	2,737	45.3	N/A
	Independent Liberal	Alfred Farthing	1,716	28.4	+28.4
	Labor	Frank Opitz	1,588	26.3	+26.3
Total formal votes			6,043	98.2
Informal votes			111	1.8
Turnout			6,154	55.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent Liberal	Alfred Farthing	3,084	51.0
	Liberal	Henry Weedon	2,957	49.0
	Independent Liberal gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

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References

↑ Hunter resigned 19 June 1861. "Parliamentary Intelligence". The Star. Ballarat, Vic. 20 June 1861. p. 2.
↑ 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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[1] Hunter resigned 19 June 1861. "Parliamentary Intelligence". The Star. Ballarat, Vic. 20 June 1861. p. 2.

[2] 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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