Electoral results for the district of Flemington

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

Members for Flemington

First incarnation 1904–1945
Member		Party	Term
	Edward Warde	Labor	1904–1925
	Jack Holland	Labor	1925–1945

Second incarnation 1955–1967
Member		Party	Term
	Jack Holland	Labor	1955
	Kevin Holland	Labor	1956–1967

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

1964 Victorian state election: Flemington ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kevin Holland	9,534	57.1	−5.5
	Liberal and Country	Neal Greig	4,141	24.8	+5.4
	Democratic Labor	Michael McMahon	3,026	18.1	+0.1
Total formal votes			16,701	96.4	−0.2
Informal votes			631	3.6	+0.2
Turnout			17,332	94.2	+0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kevin Holland	9,989	59.8	−5.5
	Liberal and Country	Neal Greig	6,712	40.2	+5.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.5

1961 Victorian state election: Flemington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kevin Holland	10,444	62.6	−0.6
	Liberal and Country	John Marshall	3,232	19.4	+2.6
	Democratic Labor	Michael McMahon	3,005	18.0	−2.0
Total formal votes			16,681	96.6	−1.2
Informal votes			593	3.4	+1.2
Turnout			17,274	93.5	−1.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kevin Holland	10,894	65.3	−0.9
	Liberal and Country	John Marshall	5,787	34.7	+0.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.9

Elections in the 1950s

1958 Victorian state election: Flemington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kevin Holland	11,328	63.2
	Democratic Labor	Michael McMahon	3,585	20.0
	Liberal and Country	Norman Loader	3,015	16.8
Total formal votes			17,928	97.8
Informal votes			403	2.2
Turnout			18,331	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kevin Holland	11,865	66.2
	Liberal and Country	Norman Loader	6,063	33.8
	Labor hold		Swing

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

1956 Flemington state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kevin Holland	8,067	62.2	−1.1
	Labor (A-C)	John Madden	3,560	27.4	−9.3
	Independent	John Jones	1,349	10.4	+10.4
Total formal votes			12,976	97.7	+1.7
Informal votes			299	2.3	−1.7
Turnout			13,275	80.6	−11.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1955 Victorian state election: Flemington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Holland	9,376	63.3
	Labor (A-C)	John Hayes	5,443	36.7
Total formal votes			14,819	96.0
Informal votes			611	4.0
Turnout			15,430	91.9
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1943 Victorian state election: Flemington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Holland	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1940 Victorian state election: Flemington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Holland	16,060	75.9	+10.0
	United Australia	Raymond Trickey	5,096	24.1	−10.0
Total formal votes			21,156	98.3	−0.2
Informal votes			357	1.7	+0.2
Turnout			21,513	92.4	−3.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.0

Elections in the 1930s

1937 Victorian state election: Flemington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Holland	13,953	65.9	−2.8
	United Australia	Malcolm Fenton	7,214	34.1	+2.8
Total formal votes			21,167	98.5	+0.3
Informal votes			334	1.5	−0.3
Turnout			21,501	96.1	+2.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.8

1935 Victorian state election: Flemington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Holland	14,131	68.7	+9.1
	United Australia	Douglas Knight	6,423	31.3	+5.9
Total formal votes			20,554	98.2	+0.2
Informal votes			381	1.8	−0.2
Turnout			20,935	94.0	−1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.1

1932 Victorian state election: Flemington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Holland	11,572	59.6	−40.4
	United Australia	James Lamb	4,925	25.4	+25.4
	Independent	Alexander Amess	2,918	15.0	+15.0
Total formal votes			19,415	98.0
Informal votes			406	2.0
Turnout			19,821	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Holland		67.6
	United Australia	James Lamb		32.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Victorian state election: Flemington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Holland	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1927 Victorian state election: Flemington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Holland	13,811	70.1
	Nationalist	Arthur Fenton	5,898	29.9
Total formal votes			19,709	98.8
Informal votes			238	1.2
Turnout			19,947	92.0
	Labor hold		Swing

1925 Flemington state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Holland	unoppposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1924 Victorian state election: Flemington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edward Warde	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1921 Victorian state election: Flemington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edward Warde	6,447	65.2
	Nationalist	Francis Clarey	3,433	34.8
Total formal votes			9,880	99.1
Informal votes			91	0.9
Turnout			9,971	42.0
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1920 Victorian state election: Flemington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edward Wade	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Victorian state election: Flemington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edward Warde	7,062	69.7
	Nationalist	Thomas Ivory	3,072	30.3
Total formal votes			10,134	95.7
Informal votes			455	4.3
Turnout			10,589	47.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1914 Victorian state election: Flemington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edward Warde	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1911 Victorian state election: Flemington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edward Warde	5,899	66.3	+13.8
	Liberal	Edward Roberts	3,001	33.7	−13.8
Total formal votes			8,900	98.7	−0.7
Informal votes			120	1.3	+0.7
Turnout			9,020	55.9	+5.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+13.8

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.