Electoral results for the district of Upper Goulburn

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

Members for Upper Goulburn

Member		Party	Term
	Thomas Hunt	Unaligned	1904–1908
	George Cookson	Liberal	1908–1911
	Malcolm McKenzie	Liberal	1911–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1920
	Edwin Mackrell	Country	1920–1945

Election results

Elections in the 1940s

1943 Victorian state election: Upper Goulburn ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Edwin Mackrell	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

1940 Victorian state election: Upper Goulburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Edwin Mackrell	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1937 Victorian state election: Upper Goulburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Edwin Mackrell	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

1935 Victorian state election: Upper Goulburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Edwin Mackrell	5,620	61.8	+15.9
	Labor	Edward Withers	3,476	38.2	+5.5
Total formal votes			9,096	99.2	+0.4
Informal votes			75	0.8	-0.4
Turnout			9,171	94.4	+0.5
	Country hold		Swing	-3.0

1932 Victorian state election: Upper Goulburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Edwin Mackrell	4,029	45.9	-5.3
	Labor	John Dedman	2,867	32.7	-16.1
	United Australia	Robert Forsyth	1,879	21.4	+21.4
Total formal votes			8,775	98.8	-0.6
Informal votes			109	1.2	+0.6
Turnout			8,884	93.9	-0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Edwin Mackrell	5,682	64.8	+13.6
	Labor	John Dedman	3,093	35.2	-13.6
	Country hold		Swing	+13.6

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Victorian state election: Upper Goulburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Edwin Mackrell	4,555	51.2	+17.4
	Labor	Edward Withers	4,337	48.8	+4.7
Total formal votes			8,892	99.4	+0.8
Informal votes			57	0.6	-0.8
Turnout			8,949	94.3	+4.1
	Country hold		Swing	-0.7

1927 Victorian state election: Upper Goulburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edward Withers	3,658	44.1
	Country	Edwin Mackrell	2,805	33.8
	Nationalist	George Wilson	1,831	22.1
Total formal votes			8,294	98.6
Informal votes			120	1.4
Turnout			8,414	90.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Edwin Mackrell	4,303	51.9
	Labor	Edward Withers	3,991	48.1
	Country hold		Swing

1924 Victorian state election: Upper Goulburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Minogue	2,137	38.3	+4.4
	Country	Edwin Mackrell	1,889	33.8	0.0
	Nationalist	Robert McAlpin	1,556	27.9	-4.4
Total formal votes			5,582	98.7	+0.5
Informal votes			73	1.3	-0.5
Turnout			5,655	72.9	+7.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Edwin Mackrell	3,257	58.3	-3.4
	Labor	John Minogue	2,325	41.7	+3.4
	Country hold		Swing	-3.4

1921 Victorian state election: Upper Goulburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Christopher Gleeson	1,757	33.9	-1.6
	Victorian Farmers	Edwin Mackrell	1,750	33.8	-0.2
	Nationalist	John Leckie	1,678	32.4	+1.9
Total formal votes			5,185	98.2	+3.3
Informal votes			97	1.8	-3.3
Turnout			5,282	65.1	+1.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Victorian Farmers	Edwin Mackrell	3,198	61.7	+3.6
	Labor	Christopher Gleeson	1,987	38.3	-3.6
	Victorian Farmers hold		Swing	+3.6

1921 Upper Goulburn state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Christopher Gleeson	1,960	38.3	+2.8
	Victorian Farmers	Edwin Mackrell	1,885	36.9	+2.9
	Nationalist	William Whiting	1,266	24.8	-5.7
Total formal votes			5,111	N/A	N/A
Informal votes			N/A	N/A
Turnout			N/A	N/A	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Victorian Farmers	Edwin Mackrell	2,925	57.2	-0.9
	Labor	Christopher Gleeson	2,186	42.8	+0.9
	Victorian Farmers hold		Swing	-0.9

1920 Victorian state election: Upper Goulburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Christopher Gleeson	1,746	35.5	+35.5
	Victorian Farmers	Edwin Mackrell	1,669	34.0	+34.0
	Nationalist	William Whiting	1,499	30.5
Total formal votes			4,914	94.9	-3.1
Informal votes			267	5.1	+3.1
Turnout			5,181	63.4	+10.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Victorian Farmers	Edwin Mackrell	2,857	58.1	+58.1
	Labor	Christopher Gleeson	2,057	41.9	+41.9
	Victorian Farmers gain from Nationalist		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Victorian state election: Upper Goulburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Malcolm McKenzie	2,630	61.0	+1.0
	Nationalist	Thomas Hunt	1,678	39.0	+39.0
Total formal votes			4,308	98.0	+1.3
Informal votes			87	2.0	-1.3
Turnout			4,395	53.4	-4.1
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

1914 Victorian state election: Upper Goulburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Malcolm McKenzie	2,746	60.0	+39.4
	Labor	Michael O'Brien	1,833	40.0	+14.7
Total formal votes			4,579	96.7	-1.4
Informal votes			155	3.3	+1.4
Turnout			4,734	57.5	-9.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

1911 Victorian state election: Upper Goulburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Malcolm McKenzie	1,758	34.6	+34.6
	Labor	Ernest Moloney	1,285	25.3	+25.3
	Liberal	George Cookson	1,049	20.6	-31.4
	Independent	Thomas Hunt	990	19.5	-28.5
Total formal votes			5,082	98.1	-1.5
Informal votes			97	1.9	+1.5
Turnout			5,179	66.5	+9.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Malcolm McKenzie	2,885	56.8	+56.8
	Labor	Ernest Moloney	2,197	43.2	+43.2
	Independent gain from Liberal		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.