Electoral results for the district of Heidelberg

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

Members for Heidelberg

Member		Party	Term
	Gordon Webber	Labor	1927–1932
	Henry Zwar	United Australia	1932–1944
		Liberal	1944–1945
		Independent Liberal	1945

Election results

Elections in the 1940s

1943 Victorian state election: Heidelberg ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Henry Zwar	20,185	61.1	−2.5
	Labor	Leonard Hartnett	12,852	38.9	+2.5
Total formal votes			33,037	98.8	−0.2
Informal votes			405	1.2	+0.2
Turnout			33,442	89.5	−5.8
	United Australia hold		Swing	-2.5

1940 Victorian state election: Heidelberg

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Henry Zwar	19,226	63.6	+11.3
	Labor	James O'Meara	11,024	36.4	−11.3
Total formal votes			30,250	99.0	−0.3
Informal votes			312	1.0	+0.3
Turnout			30,562	95.3	+0.2
	United Australia hold		Swing	+11.3

Elections in the 1930s

1937 Victorian state election: Heidelberg

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Henry Zwar	14,666	52.3	−2.5
	Labor	Morton Dunlop	13,387	47.7	+2.5
Total formal votes			28,053	99.3	+0.5
Informal votes			209	0.7	−0.5
Turnout			28,262	95.1	−1.2
	United Australia hold		Swing	-2.5

1935 Victorian state election: Heidelberg

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Henry Zwar	14,577	54.8	+9.8
	Labor	Gordon Webber	12,021	45.2	+3.8
Total formal votes			26,598	98.8	+0.6
Informal votes			318	1.2	−0.6
Turnout			26,916	96.3	+2.7
	United Australia hold		Swing	-0.2

1932 Victorian state election: Heidelberg

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Henry Zwar	11,192	45.0	+10.7
	Labor	Gordon Webber	10,306	41.4	−24.3
	Ind. United Australia	William Hemburrow	3,363	13.5	+13.5
Total formal votes			24,861	98.2	−0.7
Informal votes			463	1.8	+0.7
Turnout			25,324	93.6	+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Henry Zwar	13,676	55.0	+20.7
	Labor	Gordon Webber	11,195	45.0	−20.7
	United Australia gain from Labor		Swing	+20.7

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Victorian state election: Heidelberg

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gordon Webber	15,391	65.7	+11.3
	Nationalist	William Luke	8,031	34.3	−11.3
Total formal votes			23,422	98.9	−0.4
Informal votes			269	1.1	+0.4
Turnout			23,691	92.8	+0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+11.3

1927 Victorian state election: Heidelberg

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gordon Webber	10,924	54.4
	Nationalist	Henry Zwar	9,156	45.6
Total formal votes			20,080	99.3
Informal votes			151	0.7
Turnout			20,231	92.1
	Labor hold		Swing

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.