Electoral results for the district of Kara Kara and Borung

This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Kara Kara and Borung in Victorian state elections.

Members for Kara Kara and Borung

Member		Party	Term
	John Pennington	Nationalist	1927–1931
		United Australia	1931–1935
	Finlay Cameron	Country	1935–1945

Election results

Elections in the 1940s

1943 Victorian state election: Kara Kara and Borung ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Finlay Cameron	5,147	60.9	+10.7
	Labor	Arthur Ackland	3,302	39.1	+39.1
Total formal votes			8,449	99.1	0.0
Informal votes			78	0.9	0.0
Turnout			8,527	88.6	−6.7
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

1940 Victorian state election: Kara Kara and Borung

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Finlay Cameron	5,117	50.2	−10.2
	Country	Patrick Toohey	2,678	26.3	+26.3
	Independent	John Green	2,390	23.5	−16.1
Total formal votes			10,185	99.1	−0.3
Informal votes			94	0.9	+0.3
Turnout			10,279	95.3	+1.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Finlay Cameron		56.1	−4.3
	Country	Patrick Toohey		43.9	+43.9
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

• Two candidate preferred vote was estimated.

Elections in the 1930s

1937 Victorian state election: Kara Kara and Borung

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Finlay Cameron	6,248	60.4	+32.8
	Independent	John Green	4,093	39.6	+22.5
Total formal votes			10,341	99.4	+0.8
Informal votes			145	1.4	−0.8
Turnout			10,405	94.1	−0.6
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

1935 Victorian state election: Kara Kara and Borung

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	John Pennington	4,187	40.3	−33.2
	Country	Finlay Cameron	2,867	27.6	+27.6
	Independent	John Green	1,777	17.1	+17.1
	Country	William Pearse	1,560	15.0	+15.0
Total formal votes			10,391	98.6	−0.9
Informal votes			145	1.4	+0.9
Turnout			10,536	94.7	−1.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Finlay Cameron	5,455	52.5	+52.5
	United Australia	John Pennington	4,936	47.5	−26.0
	Country gain from United Australia		Swing	N/A

1932 Victorian state election: Kara Kara and Borung

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	John Pennington	7,370	73.5	+14.0
	Labor	Carl Adler	2,661	26.5	+26.5
Total formal votes			10,031	99.5	0.0
Informal votes			54	0.5	0.0
Turnout			10,085	96.0	+4.4
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Victorian state election: Kara Kara and Borung

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	John Pennington	5,915	59.5	+14.2
	Country Progressive	Alexander Dowsley	4,026	40.5	+11.2
Total formal votes			9,941	99.5	+2.1
Informal votes			56	0.5	−2.1
Turnout			9,997	91.6	+0.8
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+5.1

1927 Victorian state election: Kara Kara and Borung

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	John Pennington	4,217	45.3
	Country Progressive	Finlay Cameron	2,732	29.3
	Country	William Pearce	2,368	25.4
Total formal votes			9,317	97.4
Informal votes			250	2.6
Turnout			9,567	90.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Nationalist	John Pennington	5,068	54.4
	Country Progressive	Finlay Cameron	4,249	45.6
	Nationalist 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.