Electoral results for the district of St Kilda

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

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Members for St Kilda

Two members initially, one after the redistribution of 1889.

Member 1PartyTermMember 2PartyTerm
  Thomas Fellows Unaligned1856–1858  Frederick James Sargood Unaligned1856–1857
  John Crews Unaligned1858–1859  Henry Chapman Unaligned1858–1859
 Sir Archibald Michie Unaligned1859–1861  James Johnston Unaligned1859–1864
  Kenric Brodribb Unaligned1861–1864
 Sir Archibald Michie Unaligned1864–1865  John Crews Unliagned1864–1865
  Joshua Snowball Unaligned1866–1867  Brice Bunny Unaligned1866–1867
  Thomas Fellows Unaligned1868–1872  Cole Aspinall Unaligned1868–1870
  Murray Smith Unaligned1873–1877  James Stephen Unaligned1870–1874
  Godfrey Carter Unaligned1877–1883  Edward Dixon Unaligned1874–1880
 Sir Matthew Davies Unaligned1883–1889  Joseph Harris Unaligned1880–1889
 Sir George Turner Unaligned1889–1901
  William Williams Liberal1901–1902
  Robert McCutcheon Ministerialist/
Independent Liberal
1902–1917
  Agar Wynne Unaligned1917–1920
  Frederic Eggleston Nationalist 1920–1927
  Burnett Gray Liberal 1927–1932
 Sir Archie Michaelis United Australia Party/
Liberal Party
1932–1952
  John Bourke Labor Party 1952–1955
  Baron Snider Liberal Party 1955–1964
  Brian Dixon Liberal Party 1964–1982
  Andrew McCutcheon Labor Party 1982–1992

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1988 Victorian state election: St Kilda [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Andrew McCutcheon 11,65249.83−2.82
Liberal John Callanan9,98842.72−4.63
Democrats Geoffrey Brooks1,7427.45+7.45
Total formal votes23,38295.33−1.12
Informal votes1,1464.67+1.12
Turnout 24,52887.10−1.81
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Andrew McCutcheon 12,99355.57+2.92
Liberal John Callanan10,38944.43−2.92
Labor hold Swing +2.92
1985 Victorian state election: St Kilda
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Andrew McCutcheon 13,91852.7+3.6
Liberal Richard Stevenson12,51847.3+4.4
Total formal votes26,43696.4
Informal votes9733.6
Turnout 27,40988.9
Labor hold Swing +0.2
1982 Victorian state election: St Kilda
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Andrew McCutcheon 11,70150.9+6.6
Liberal Brian Dixon 9,40640.9−4.0
Democrats Susanne McDougall1,0224.5−1.4
Democratic Labor Daniel Condon7033.1−1.9
Australia Joseph Johnson1430.6+0.6
Total formal votes22,97595.9+0.5
Informal votes9934.1−0.5
Turnout 23,96890.1+2.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Andrew McCutcheon 12,43154.1+4.3
Liberal Brian Dixon 10,54445.9−4.3
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +4.3

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: St Kilda
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Brian Dixon 10,11244.9−7.7
Labor David Hardy9,97744.3+5.2
Democrats Douglas Davidson1,3275.9+5.9
Democratic Labor John Cotter1,1255.0+5.0
Total formal votes22,54195.4−1.2
Informal votes1,0884.6+1.2
Turnout 23,62987.5+1.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Brian Dixon 11,31250.2−5.9
Labor David Hardy11,22949.8+5.9
Liberal hold Swing -5.9
1976 Victorian state election: St Kilda
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Brian Dixon 13,43052.6+6.2
Labor David Hardy9,96939.1−5.0
Independent Peter Lake1,0424.1+4.1
Independent Ronald Petersen8533.3+3.3
Independent Frederick Gray2170.9+0.9
Total formal votes25,51196.6
Informal votes9083.4
Turnout 26,41986.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Brian Dixon 14,30456.1+2.7
Labor David Hardy11,20743.9−2.7
Liberal hold Swing +2.7
1973 Victorian state election: St Kilda
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Brian Dixon 11,97450.4+4.4
Labor Robin Beaumont9,62740.5+0.2
Democratic Labor John Hughes1,2205.1−4.4
Australia Beverley Broadbent9574.0+4.0
Total formal votes23,77896.1+1.1
Informal votes9753.9−1.1
Turnout 24,75389.6−2.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Brian Dixon 13,39456.3+0.4
Labor Robin Beaumont10,38443.7−0.4
Liberal hold Swing +0.4
1970 Victorian state election: St Kilda
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Brian Dixon 10,31846.0−5.5
Labor David Bottomley9,03140.3+4.3
Democratic Labor John Hughes2,1239.5−2.9
Defence of Government Schools Lancelot Hutchinson7753.5+3.5
Independent Neville Penton1800.8+0.8
Total formal votes22,42795.0−0.9
Informal votes1,1775.0+0.9
Turnout 23,60491.6+2.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Brian Dixon 12,54155.9−6.2
Labor David Bottomley9,88644.1+6.2
Liberal hold Swing -6.2

Elections in the 1960s

1967 Victorian state election: St Kilda
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Brian Dixon 11,90651.5+2.2
Labor Brian Zouch8,32636.0−1.8
Democratic Labor John Hughes2,87012.4−0.5
Total formal votes23,10295.9
Informal votes9754.1
Turnout 24,07789.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Brian Dixon 14,34662.1+1.8
Labor Brian Zouch8,75637.9−1.8
Liberal hold Swing +1.8
1964 Victorian state election: St Kilda
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Brian Dixon 7,91648.1+1.6
Labor Juliet Dahlitz6,67640.5+1.5
Democratic Labor John Hughes1,88311.4−3.1
Total formal votes16,47596.6−0.1
Informal votes5713.4+0.1
Turnout 17,04691.8+1.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Brian Dixon 9,62658.40.0
Labor Juliet Dahlitz6,84941.60.0
Liberal and Country hold Swing 0.0
1961 Victorian state election: St Kilda
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Baron Snider 7,53746.5−0.4
Labor Leslie Atherton6,32939.0−0.1
Democratic Labor John Hughes2,34814.5+0.5
Total formal votes16,21496.7−0.4
Informal votes5573.3+0.4
Turnout 16,77190.3−0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Baron Snider 9,46658.4+0.6
Labor Leslie Atherton6,74841.6−0.6
Liberal and Country hold Swing +0.6

Elections in the 1950s

1958 Victorian state election: St Kilda
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Baron Snider 8,31246.9
Labor Paul Fraser6,92339.1
Democratic Labor John Hughes2,48414.0
Total formal votes17,71997.1
Informal votes5352.9
Turnout 18,25490.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Baron Snider 10,23757.8
Labor Paul Fraser7,48242.2
Liberal and Country hold Swing
1955 Victorian state election: St Kilda
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Baron Snider 7,23844.1
Labor John Bourke 6,96742.4
Victorian Liberal Arnold Blashki1,75510.7
Independent Maxwell Fisher4542.8
Total formal votes16,41496.5
Informal votes5893.5
Turnout 17,00391.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Baron Snider 8,76853.4
Labor John Bourke 7,64646.6
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing
1952 Victorian state election: St Kilda
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Bourke 10,72454.5+6.8
Liberal and Country Archie Michaelis 5,59428.4−23.9
Electoral Reform Geoffrey Kiddle3,37817.1+17.1
Total formal votes19,69697.7−1.4
Informal votes4692.3+1.4
Turnout 20,16593.6+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Bourke 11,06256.2+8.5
Liberal and Country Archie Michaelis 8,63443.8−8.5
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing +8.5
1950 Victorian state election: St Kilda
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Archie Michaelis 11,47752.3+52.3
Labor John Bourke 10,46447.7+5.8
Total formal votes21,94199.1+0.3
Informal votes1920.9−0.3
Turnout 22,13393.3+2.1
Liberal and Country gain from Independent Swing N/A

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Victorian state election: St Kilda
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Liberal Archie Michaelis 13,52758.1+28.2
Labor Bill Bourke 9,74841.9−2.9
Total formal votes23,27598.8+1.3
Informal votes2771.2−1.3
Turnout 23,55291.2+5.2
Independent Liberal hold Swing +7.6
1945 Victorian state election: St Kilda
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor George Dethbridge9,32644.8
Ministerial Liberal Archie Michaelis 6,22929.9
Liberal Leslie Lord5,28425.3
Total formal votes20,83997.5
Informal votes5342.5
Turnout 21,37386.0
Two-party-preferred result
Ministerial Liberal Archie Michaelis 10,53250.5
Labor George Dethbridge10,30749.5
Ministerial Liberal gain from Liberal Swing
1943 Victorian state election: St Kilda
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Archie Michaelis 15,13553.9+0.6
Labor Marjorie Bennett10,50337.4+37.4
Independent Ethel Pace2,4288.7+8.7
Total formal votes28,06696.6−1.6
Informal votes9873.4+1.6
Turnout 29,05386.4−5.6
United Australia hold Swing N/A
1940 Victorian state election: St Kilda
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Archie Michaelis 14,88553.3−13.4
Independent Francis Dawkins13,06046.7+46.7
Total formal votes27,94598.20.0
Informal votes5041.80.0
Turnout 28,44992.0−0.5
United Australia hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1930s

1937 Victorian state election: St Kilda
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Archie Michaelis 17,55966.7+12.1
Labor Marks Feinberg8,78333.3+33.3
Total formal votes26,34298.2+0.3
Informal votes4761.8−0.3
Turnout 26,81892.5−3.8
United Australia hold Swing N/A
1935 Victorian state election: St Kilda
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Archie Michaelis 13,58254.6−1.3
Independent Cyril Nelson11,31745.4+45.4
Total formal votes24,89997.9−1.1
Informal votes5462.1+1.1
Turnout 25,44596.3+1.5
United Australia hold Swing -1.3
1932 Victorian state election: St Kilda
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Archie Michaelis 13,66255.9+10.5
Ind. United Australia Burnett Gray 10,78044.1−10.5
Total formal votes24,44299.0−0.2
Informal votes2371.0+0.2
Turnout 24,67994.8+1.2
United Australia gain from Ind. United Australia Swing +10.5

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Victorian state election: St Kilda
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Australian Liberal Burnett Gray 13,25354.6+4.2
Nationalist Robert Morley11,03545.4+16.4
Total formal votes24,28899.2+2.1
Informal votes2070.8−2.1
Turnout 24,49593.6+1.7
Australian Liberal hold Swing N/A
1927 Victorian state election: St Kilda
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Australian Liberal Burnett Gray 11,22750.4
Nationalist Frederic Eggleston 6,45629.0
Independent Florence Johnson 4,59720.6
Total formal votes22,28097.1
Informal votes6602.9
Turnout 22,94091.9
Australian Liberal gain from Nationalist Swing
1924 Victorian state election: St Kilda
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Frederic Eggleston unopposed
Nationalist hold Swing
1921 Victorian state election: St Kilda
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Frederic Eggleston 10,10474.8+49.1
Labor Walter Gorman3,39925.2+3.5
Total formal votes13,50399.6+6.5
Informal votes550.4−6.5
Turnout 13,55839.8−15.1
Nationalist hold Swing N/A
1920 Victorian state election: St Kilda
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Frederic Eggleston 4,47225.7
Labor Walter Gorman3,78221.7−2.5
Nationalist Alban Morley3,31719.0
Nationalist Henry Barnet2,85916.4
Nationalist Albert Sculthorpe1,6219.3
Nationalist Anthony O'Dwyer1,3717.9
Total formal votes17,42293.1−3.6
Informal votes1,3006.9+3.6
Turnout 18,72254.9+6.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
Nationalist Frederic Eggleston 11,06563.5
Nationalist Alban Morley6,35736.5
Nationalist hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Victorian state election: St Kilda
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Agar Wynne 5,30938.0
Nationalist John Macfarlan 5,27937.8
Labor George McGowan3,37424.2−11.3
Total formal votes13,96296.7−1.7
Informal votes4703.3+1.7
Turnout 14,43248.2+11.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Nationalist Agar Wynne 7,12651.0
Nationalist John Macfarlan 6,83649.0
Nationalist hold Swing N/A
1914 Victorian state election: St Kilda
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robert McCutcheon 5,97564.5−1.2
Labor Robert Smart3,28735.5+1.2
Total formal votes9,26298.4+0.3
Informal votes1511.6−0.3
Turnout 9,41337.2−13.2
Liberal hold Swing -1.2
1911 Victorian state election: St Kilda
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robert McCutcheon 6,28865.7+3.6
Labor George Mead3,28534.3+34.3
Total formal votes9,57398.1−1.0
Informal votes1831.9+1.0
Turnout 9,75650.4+13.5
Liberal hold Swing N/A

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References

  1. Statistics for the General Election Held on Saturday, 1 October 1988. Victoria: Government Printer. 1988.