Electoral results for the district of Glenelg (Victoria)

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

Members for Glenelg

Member		Party	Term
	Ewen Cameron	Unaligned	1904–1906
	Hugh Campbell	Liberal	1906–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1920
	William Thomas	Labor	1920–1924
	Ernie Bond	Labor	1924–1927

Election results

Elections in the 1920s

1924 Glenelg state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernie Bond	4,066	55.8	+4.9
	Nationalist	Hugh MacLeod	3,222	44.2	+6.7
Total formal votes			7,288	99.5	+1.0
Informal votes			35	0.5	−1.0
Turnout			7,323	75.0	−1.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.7

1924 Victorian state election: Glenelg ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Thomas	3,465	50.9	−2.2
	Nationalist	Hugh MacLeod	2,555	37.5	−9.4
	Country	Charles Waters	787	11.6	+11.6
Total formal votes			6,807	98.5	−1.0
Informal votes			106	1.5	+1.0
Turnout			6,913	76.6	+1.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	William Thomas		52.1	−1.0
	Nationalist	Hugh MacLeod		47.9	+1.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.0

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

1921 Victorian state election: Glenelg

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Thomas	3,526	53.1	+9.0
	Nationalist	Hugh Campbell	3,111	46.9	+14.5
Total formal votes			6,637	99.5	+3.6
Informal votes			34	0.5	−3.6
Turnout			6,671	75.3	−0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.7

1920 Victorian state election: Glenelg

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Thomas	2,892	44.1	+2.9
	Nationalist	Hugh Campbell	2,121	32.4	−9.6
	Victorian Farmers	William Williamson	1,538	23.5	+3.8
Total formal votes			6,551	95.9	−1.7
Informal votes			277	4.1	+1.7
Turnout			6,828	75.6	+9.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	William Thomas	3,301	50.4	+1.1
	Nationalist	Hugh Campbell	3,250	49.6	−1.1
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing	+1.1

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Victorian state election: Glenelg

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Hugh Campbell	2,478	42.0	−16.1
	Labor	William Thomas	2,433	41.2	−0.7
	Victorian Farmers	Walter Watson	989	16.8	+16.8
Total formal votes			5,900	97.6	+0.9
Informal votes			147	2.4	−0.9
Turnout			6,047	66.1	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Hugh Campbell	2,992	50.7	−7.4
	Labor	William Thomas	2,908	49.3	+7.4
	Nationalist hold		Swing	-7.4

1914 Victorian state election: Glenelg

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hugh Campbell	3,449	58.1	−0.3
	Labor	Charles Paramor	2,491	41.9	+0.3
Total formal votes			5,940	96.7	−1.5
Informal votes			200	3.3	+1.5
Turnout			6,140	66.0	−8.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.3

1911 Victorian state election: Glenelg

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hugh Campbell	3,626	58.4	N/A
	Labor	Charles French	2,585	41.6	+41.6
Total formal votes			6,211	98.2
Informal votes			114	1.8
Turnout			6,325	74.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

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.