Electoral results for the district of Rainbow

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

Members for Rainbow

Member		Party	Term
	Keith Dodgshun	Country	1945–1955

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

1952 Victorian state election: Rainbow ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Keith Dodgshun	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

1950 Victorian state election: Rainbow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Keith Dodgshun	8,403	71.9	−6.0
	Liberal and Country	John Meadle	3,288	28.1	+28.1
Total formal votes			11,691	98.9	−0.6
Informal votes			125	1.1	+0.6
Turnout			11,816	95.7	+0.4
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Victorian state election: Rainbow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Keith Dodgshun	9,256	77.9	+14.0
	Labor	Raymond Peake	2,621	22.1	−14.0
Total formal votes			11,877	99.5	+0.1
Informal votes			59	0.5	−0.1
Turnout			11,936	95.3	+6.1
	Country hold		Swing	+14.0

1945 Victorian state election: Rainbow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Keith Dodgshun	7,156	63.9
	Labor	John Tripovich	4,042	36.1
Total formal votes			11,198	99.4
Informal votes			65	0.6
Turnout			11,263	89.2
	Country 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.