Electoral results for the district of Ovens

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

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Members for Ovens

One member initially, two from the increase in members of 1859.

Member 1TermMember 2Term
Daniel Cameron [lower-alpha 1] Nov. 1856 – Mar. 1857 
John Wood [2] Apr. 1857 [lower-alpha 2] – July 1861
Alexander Keefer [3] Oct. 1859 – Mar. 1860
John Donald [4] Mar. 1860 [lower-alpha 2] – July 1861
William Charles Weekes [5] Aug. 1861 – Aug. 1864 Peter Wright Aug. 1861 – Aug. 1864
George Verney Smith [3] Nov. 1864 – Apr. 1877 George Kerferd [6] Nov. 1864 – Jan. 1886
George Billson [7] May 1877 – June 1880
William Zincke [8] July 1880 – Feb. 1883
George Billson [7] Feb. 1883 – Feb. 1886
Joseph Ferguson [9] Mar. 1886 – Mar. 1889 Ferguson Tuthill [10] Jan. 1886 [lower-alpha 2] – Mar. 1889
Single Member District 1889–1927
MemberPartyTerm
  Joseph Ferguson Unaligned1889–1894
  J. A. Isaacs Unaligned1894–1902
  Thomas Ashworth Unaligned1902–1904
  Alfred Billson Unaligned1904–1916
  Nationalist 1916–1924
  Liberal 1924–1927
  1. ↑ Daniel Cameron was also member for Ovens in the unicameral Victorian Legislative Council December 1855 to March 1856. [1]
  2. 1 2 3 by-election

Election results

Elections in the 1920s

1924 Victorian state election: Ovens [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Australian Liberal Alfred Billson 1,98656.4+56.4
Labor John Price1,53343.6+43.6
Total formal votes3,51998.8
Informal votes431.2
Turnout 3,56273.0
Australian Liberal gain from Nationalist Swing N/A
1921 Victorian state election: Ovens
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Alfred Billson unopposed
Nationalist hold Swing
1920 Victorian state election: Ovens
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Alfred Billson unopposed
Nationalist hold Swing
1917 Victorian state election: Ovens
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Alfred Billson 1,58046.7−5.7
Labor William Gribble1,02630.3−17.3
Nationalist Erle Evans77622.9+22.9
Total formal votes3,38295.9−2.0
Informal votes1464.1+2.0
Turnout 3,52858.9−7.3
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Alfred Billson 2,02259.8+7.4
Labor William Gribble1,36040.2−7.4
Nationalist hold Swing +7.4
1914 Victorian state election: Ovens
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Alfred Billson 2,29352.4−8.3
Labor Christopher Bennett2,08347.6+8.3
Total formal votes4,37697.9+2.2
Informal votes932.1−2.2
Turnout 4,46966.2+1.9
Liberal hold Swing -8.3
1911 Victorian state election: Ovens
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Alfred Billson 2,59960.7−0.9
Labor Christopher Bennett1,68039.3+0.9
Total formal votes4,27995.7−3.6
Informal votes1914.3+3.6
Turnout 4,47064.3+5.7
Liberal hold Swing -0.9

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References

  1. ↑ "Daniel Cameron". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  2. ↑ Eastwood, Jill. "Wood, John Dennistoun (1829–1914)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN   978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN   1833-7538. OCLC   70677943 . Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Alexander Keefer". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  4. ↑ "John Donald". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  5. ↑ "William Charles Weekes". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  6. ↑ Beever, Margot. "Kerferd, George Briscoe (1831–1889)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN   978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN   1833-7538. OCLC   70677943 . Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  7. 1 2 "George Billson". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  8. ↑ "William Lawrence Zincke". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  9. ↑ "Joseph Ferguson". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  10. ↑ "Ferguson Hendley Tuthill". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  11. ↑ 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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