Electoral results for the district of Stawell and Ararat

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

Members for Stawell and Ararat

Member		Party	Term
	Richard Toutcher	Comm. Liberal	1904–1935
	Alec McDonald	Country	1935–1945

Election results

Elections in the 1940s

1943 Victorian state election: Stawell and Ararat ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Alec McDonald	5,155	52.0	−2.1
	Labor	Ernie Morton	4,763	48.0	+2.1
Total formal votes			9,918	99.4	+0.3
Informal votes			60	0.6	−0.3
Turnout			9,978	89.3	−5.4
	Country hold		Swing	-2.1

1940 Victorian state election: Stawell and Ararat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Alec McDonald	5,970	54.1	−45.9
	Labor	Stanley Freeland	5,067	45.9	+45.9
Total formal votes			11,037	99.1
Informal votes			102	0.9
Turnout			11,139	94.7
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1930s

1937 Victorian state election: Stawell and Ararat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Alec McDonald	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

1935 Victorian state election: Stawell and Ararat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Morton Dunlop	4,631	41.2	+41.2
	Country	Alec McDonald	4,160	37.0	−12.2
	United Australia	Thomas Austin	2,456	21.8	−29.0
Total formal votes			11,247	99.0	+0.4
Informal votes			112	1.0	−0.4
Turnout			11,359	96.5	+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Alec McDonald	6,224	55.3	+6.1
	Labor	Morton Dunlop	5,023	44.7	+44.7
	Country gain from United Australia		Swing	N/A

1932 Victorian state election: Stawell and Ararat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Richard Toutcher	5,404	50.8	−1.2
	Country	Alec McDonald	5,238	49.2	+49.2
Total formal votes			10,642	98.6	−0.6
Informal votes			155	1.4	+0.6
Turnout			10,797	95.7	+0.8
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Victorian state election: Stawell and Ararat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Richard Toutcher	5,415	52.0	−3.8
	Labor	Frank Brophy	5,006	48.0	+3.8
Total formal votes			10,421	99.2	+1.3
Informal votes			84	0.8	−1.3
Turnout			10,505	94.9	+2.1
	Nationalist hold		Swing	-3.8

1927 Victorian state election: Stawell and Ararat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Richard Toutcher	5,520	55.8
	Labor	Robert McCracken	4,366	44.2
Total formal votes			9,886	97.9
Informal votes			209	2.1
Turnout			10,095	92.8
	Nationalist hold		Swing

1924 Victorian state election: Stawell and Ararat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Richard Toutcher	3,331	56.8	−0.4
	Labor	Francis Brophy	2,533	43.2	+0.4
Total formal votes			5,864	99.6	+0.1
Informal votes			21	0.4	−0.1
Turnout			5,885	74.4	+5.7
	Nationalist hold		Swing	-0.4

1921 Victorian state election: Stawell and Ararat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Richard Toutcher	3,115	57.2	−4.2
	Labor	Francis Brophy	2,333	42.8	+4.2
Total formal votes			5,448	99.5	+5.4
Informal votes			30	0.5	−5.4
Turnout			5,478	68.7	+1.2
	Nationalist hold		Swing	-4.2

1920 Victorian state election: Stawell and Ararat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Richard Toutcher	3,135	61.4	+3.3
	Labor	Francis Brophy	1,968	38.6	−3.3
Total formal votes			5,103	94.1	−2.8
Informal votes			323	5.9	+2.8
Turnout			5,426	67.5	+8.1
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+3.3

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Victorian state election: Stawell and Ararat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Richard Toutcher	3,029	58.1	+2.7
	Labor	William Tibbles	2,182	41.9	−2.7
Total formal votes			5,211	96.9	−1.2
Informal votes			165	3.1	+1.2
Turnout			5,376	59.4	−3.6
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+2.7

1914 Victorian state election: Stawell and Ararat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Toutcher	3,124	55.4	−3.8
	Labor	William Tibbles	2,520	44.6	+3.8
Total formal votes			5,644	98.1	−1.0
Informal votes			110	1.9	+1.0
Turnout			5,754	63.0	−12.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.8

1911 Victorian state election: Stawell and Ararat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Toutcher	3,598	59.2	+14.6
	Labor	William Sewell	2,484	40.8	+8.1
Total formal votes			6,084	99.1	−0.5
Informal votes			54	0.9	+0.5
Turnout			6,138	75.8	+12.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

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.