Electoral results for the district of Grenville

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

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Members for Grenville

Two members initially, one from 1904.

Member 1TermMember 2 (until 1904)Term
Robert Gillespie Oct 1859 – Jul  1861 Richard Henry Lock Oct 1859 – Jul  1861
Robert GillespieAug 1861 – Mar 1862 Alfred Arthur O'Connor Aug 1861 – Aug 1864
Mark Pope [b] Mar 1862 – Dec 1865 Thomas Randall Nov 1864 – Dec 1865
Henry Henty Feb 1866 – Dec 1867 Sir Francis Murphy Feb 1866 – Jan 1871
Thomas Russell Mar 1868 – Jan 1873
William Clarke Apr 1871 – Apr 1877
John Montgomery [b] May 1873 – Mar 1874
Mark Pope [1] [2] May 1874 – Jul  1874 [d]
Richard Henry LockAug 1874 – Apr 1877
John Bird May 1877 – Feb 1880 David Davies May 1877 – Jun 1894
Alexander Young May 1880 – Sep 1894
George Russell [3] [b] July 1894 – Apr 1900 David Kerr Oct 1894 – Sep 1897
Michael Stapleton Oct 1897 – Nov 1899
James Sadler [b] June 1900 – Aug 1902 David Kerr [b] Dec 1899 – May 1904
Austin Austin Oct 1902 – May 1904
Single Member District 1904–1927
MemberPartyTerm
  Charles McGrath Labor 1904–1913
  John Chatham [b] Labor 1913–1916
  Independent 1916–1917
  David Gibson VFU 1917–1921
  Arthur Hughes Labor 1921–1927
[b] = elected in a by-election
[d] = died in office

Election results

Elections in the 1920s

1924 Victorian state election: Grenville [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Arthur Hughes 1,73554.8+10.2
Country David Gibson 79225.0+0.7
Nationalist George Burchett63820.2−10.1
Total formal votes3,16598.5−0.5
Informal votes471.5+0.5
Turnout 3,21275.5+0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Arthur Hughes 56.8+1.7
Country David Gibson 43.2+43.2
Labor hold Swing +1.7
1921 Victorian state election: Grenville
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Arthur Hughes 1,59344.6−2.1
Nationalist George Turner1,11131.1+31.1
Victorian Farmers David Gibson 86824.3−29.0
Total formal votes3,57299.0+3.3
Informal votes361.0−3.3
Turnout 3,60874.9−6.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Arthur Hughes 1,96855.1+8.4
Nationalist George Turner1,60444.9+44.9
Labor gain from Victorian Farmers Swing N/A
1920 Victorian state election: Grenville
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Victorian Farmers David Gibson 2,04853.3+25.2
Labor James Scullin 1,79246.7+4.3
Total formal votes3,62795.7−2.4
Informal votes1744.3+2.4
Turnout 4,01481.4+13.6
Victorian Farmers hold Swing +0.6

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Victorian state election: Grenville
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Frederick Hower1,53842.4−16.3
Victorian Farmers David Gibson 1,02128.1+28.1
Nationalist Henry Vernon81622.5−18.8
Nationalist George Meudell2527.0+7.0
Total formal votes3,62798.1+0.2
Informal votes721.9−0.2
Turnout 3,69967.8−1.3
Two-party-preferred result
Victorian Farmers David Gibson 1,91152.7
Labor Frederick Hower1,71647.3
Victorian Farmers gain from Labor Swing N/A
1914 Victorian state election: Grenville
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Chatham 2,49658.7−5.9
Liberal Nicholas Howell1,75841.3+5.9
Total formal votes4,25497.9−0.7
Informal votes922.1+0.7
Turnout 4,34669.1−2.9
Labor hold Swing −5.9
1911 Victorian state election: Grenville
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Charles McGrath 3,16864.6−7.4
Liberal David Poynton1,73835.4+7.4
Total formal votes4,90698.6−0.2
Informal votes711.4+0.2
Turnout 4,97772.0+8.8
Labor hold Swing −7.4

References

  1. ↑ "The New Assembly". The Australasian Sketcher. Trove. 16 May 1874. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  2. ↑ Victorian Hansard, Session 1874 (PDF). Vol. 18. John Ferres, Melb. 1874.
  3. ↑ "The Grenville Election". The Argus. Trove. 16 July 1894.
  4. ↑ 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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