Electoral results for the district of Korong

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

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Members for Korong

First incarnation (1889–1927)
MemberPartyTerm
  Robert Calvert Ministerialist 1889–1892
  Thomas Langdon Ministerialist 1892–1914
  Achilles Gray Ministerialist 1914–1917
  Isaac Weaver VFU 1917–1920
Country 1920–1927
Second incarnation (1945–1955)
MemberPartyTerm
(Sir) Albert Dunstan Country 1945–1950
Keith Turnbull Liberal and Country 1950–1955

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

1952

1952 Victorian state election: Korong [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Keith Turnbull 4,35936.2−0.4
Labor Campbell Turnbull 3,89232.4−0.3
Country Frank Coghill3,37128.0−2.7
Electoral Reform Wallace Lunn4093.4+3.4
Total formal votes12,03199.0−0.3
Informal votes1251.0+0.3
Turnout 12,15695.2−0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Keith Turnbull 7,33260.9+0.5
Labor Campbell Turnbull 4,69939.1−0.5
Liberal and Country hold Swing +0.5

1950

1950 Victorian state election: Korong
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Keith Turnbull 4,42836.6+36.6
Labor Jack McLean3,95732.7+3.8
Country James Matheson3,71830.7−40.4
Total formal votes12,10399.3−0.1
Informal votes890.7+0.1
Turnout 12,19295.4+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Keith Turnbull 7,31360.4+60.4
Labor Jack McLean4,79039.6+10.7
Liberal and Country gain from Country Swing N/A

Elections in the 1940s

1947

1947 Victorian state election: Korong
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Albert Dunstan 8,71571.1+3.3
Labor Ernest Duus3,54728.9−3.3
Total formal votes12,26299.4+0.2
Informal votes700.6−0.2
Turnout 12,33294.9+6.4
Country hold Swing +3.3

1945

1945 Victorian state election: Korong
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Albert Dunstan 7,66267.8
Labor William Casey3,64732.2
Total formal votes11,30999.2
Informal votes910.8
Turnout 11,40088.5
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1924

1924 Victorian state election: Korong
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Isaac Weaver 2,79167.5+5.6
Nationalist John O'Brien1,34232.5−5.6
Total formal votes4,13399.7+0.3
Informal votes120.3−0.3
Turnout 4,14563.6−3.8
Country hold Swing +5.6

1921

1921 Victorian state election: Korong
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Victorian Farmers Isaac Weaver 2,83561.9−18.8
Nationalist Peter Hansen1,74238.1+18.8
Total formal votes4,57799.4+5.1
Informal votes300.6−5.1
Turnout 4,60767.4+3.7
Victorian Farmers hold Swing -18.8

1920

1920 Victorian state election: Korong
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Victorian Farmers Isaac Weaver 3,31480.7+25.6
Nationalist Charles Kelly79419.3−25.6
Total formal votes4,10894.3−2.9
Informal votes2505.7+2.9
Turnout 4,35863.7+3.0
Victorian Farmers hold Swing +25.6

Elections in the 1910s

1917

1917 Victorian state election: Korong
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Victorian Farmers Isaac Weaver 2,30655.1+55.1
Nationalist Achilles Gray 1,87644.9−18.7
Total formal votes4,18297.10.0
Informal votes1232.90.0
Turnout 4,30560.7+2.0
Victorian Farmers gain from Nationalist Swing N/A

1914

1914 Victorian state election: Korong
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Achilles Gray 2,61163.6+0.7
Independent William Williams1,49636.4−0.7
Total formal votes4,10797.1
Informal votes1222.9
Turnout 4,22958.7
Liberal hold Swing N/A

1914 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1914 Korong state by-election § Results.[ edit ]
1914 Korong state by-election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Achilles Gray 2,50262.9+62.9
Liberal William Williams1,47437.1+37.1
Total formal votes3,97698.3N/A
Informal votes691.7N/A
Turnout 4,04559.9N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A

1911

1911 Victorian state election: Korong
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Thomas Langdon unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1900s

1907 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1907 Korong state by-election § Results.[ edit ]
1907 Korong state by-election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Liberal Thomas Langdon unopposed
Registered electors 2,787
United Liberal hold Swing N/A

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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.
  2. ↑ "THE TWENTY-THIRD PARLIAMENT". Psephos: Adam Carr's Electoral Archive.
  3. ↑ "THE TWENTIETH PARLIAMENT". Psephos: Adam Carr's Electoral Archive.
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