Electoral results for the district of Wangaratta and Ovens

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

Members for Wangaratta and Ovens

Member		Party	Term
	John Bowser	Country	1927–1929
	Lot Diffey	Country	1929–1945

Election results

Elections in the 1940s

1943 Victorian state election: Wangaratta and Ovens ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Lot Diffey	6,478	66.5	−7.3
	Labor	Charles McKissack	3,263	33.5	+33.5
Total formal votes			9,741	98.9	+0.2
Informal votes			108	1.1	−0.2
Turnout			9,849	87.0	−5.6
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

1940 Victorian state election: Wangaratta and Ovens

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Lot Diffey	7,700	73.8	−26.2
	Liberal Country	Rupert Whalley	2,727	26.2	+26.2
Total formal votes			10,427	98.7
Informal votes			141	1.3
Turnout			10,568	92.6
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1930s

1937 Victorian state election: Wangaratta and Ovens

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Lot Diffey	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

1935 Victorian state election: Wangaratta and Ovens

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Lot Diffey	5,601	53.6	−46.4
	Labor	Paul Jones	4,853	46.4	+46.4
Total formal votes			10,454	99.1
Informal votes			93	0.9
Turnout			10,547	94.1
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

1932 Victorian state election: Wangaratta and Ovens

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Lot Diffey	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Victorian state election: Wangaratta and Ovens

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clive Walker	3,428	38.3	+38.3
	Country	Lot Diffey	2,821	31.6	−30.8
	Country Progressive	William Higgins	1,375	15.4	+15.4
	Independent Country	Percival Inchbold	1,313	14.7	+14.7
Total formal votes			8,937	98.7	+1.9
Informal votes			114	1.3	−1.9
Turnout			9,051	95.1	+3.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Lot Diffey	4,869	54.5	+1.3
	Labor	Clive Walker	4,068	45.5	+45.5
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

1927 Victorian state election: Wangaratta and Ovens

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John Bowser	3,221	38.8
	Australian Liberal	William Higgins	3,116	37.6
	Country	Lot Diffey	1,953	23.6
Total formal votes			8,290	96.8
Informal votes			271	3.2
Turnout			8,561	92.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	John Bowser	4,409	53.2
	Australian Liberal	William Higgins	3,881	46.8
	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.