Electoral results for the district of Korong
Appearance
This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Korong in Victorian state elections.
Members for Korong
[edit]First incarnation (1889–1927) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
Robert Calvert | Ministerialist | 1889–1892 | |
Thomas Langdon | Ministerialist | 1892–1914 | |
Achilles Gray | Ministerialist | 1914–1917 | |
Isaac Weaver | VFU | 1917–1920 | |
Country | 1920–1927 | ||
Second incarnation (1945–1955) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
(Sir) Albert Dunstan | Country | 1945–1950 | |
Keith Turnbull | Liberal and Country | 1950–1955 |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1950s
[edit]1952
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Keith Turnbull | 4,359 | 36.2 | -0.4 | |
Labor | Campbell Turnbull | 3,892 | 32.4 | -0.3 | |
Country | Frank Coghill | 3,371 | 28.0 | -2.7 | |
Electoral Reform | Wallace Lunn | 409 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
Total formal votes | 12,031 | 99.0 | −0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 125 | 1.0 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 12,156 | 95.2 | −0.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Keith Turnbull | 7,332 | 60.9 | +0.5 | |
Labor | Campbell Turnbull | 4,699 | 39.1 | -0.5 | |
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | +0.5 |
1950
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Keith Turnbull | 4,428 | 36.6 | +36.6 | |
Labor | Jack McLean | 3,957 | 32.7 | +3.8 | |
Country | James Matheson | 3,718 | 30.7 | -40.4 | |
Total formal votes | 12,103 | 99.3 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 89 | 0.7 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 12,192 | 95.4 | +0.5 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Keith Turnbull | 7,313 | 60.4 | +60.4 | |
Labor | Jack McLean | 4,790 | 39.6 | +10.7 | |
Liberal and Country gain from Country | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1940s
[edit]1947
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Country | Albert Dunstan | 8,715 | 71.1 | +3.3 | |
Labor | Ernest Duus | 3,547 | 28.9 | -3.3 | |
Total formal votes | 12,262 | 99.4 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 70 | 0.6 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 12,332 | 94.9 | +6.4 | ||
Country hold | Swing | +3.3 |
1945
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Country | Albert Dunstan | 7,662 | 67.8 | ||
Labor | William Casey | 3,647 | 32.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 11,309 | 99.2 | |||
Informal votes | 91 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 11,400 | 88.5 | |||
Country hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]1924
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Country | Isaac Weaver | 2,791 | 67.5 | +5.6 | |
Nationalist | John O'Brien | 1,342 | 32.5 | -5.6 | |
Total formal votes | 4,133 | 99.7 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 12 | 0.3 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,145 | 63.6 | −3.8 | ||
Country hold | Swing | +5.6 |
1921
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Victorian Farmers | Isaac Weaver | 2,835 | 61.9 | -18.8 | |
Nationalist | Peter Hansen | 1,742 | 38.1 | +18.8 | |
Total formal votes | 4,577 | 99.4 | +5.1 | ||
Informal votes | 30 | 0.6 | −5.1 | ||
Turnout | 4,607 | 67.4 | +3.7 | ||
Victorian Farmers hold | Swing | -18.8 |
1920
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Victorian Farmers | Isaac Weaver | 3,314 | 80.7 | +25.6 | |
Nationalist | Charles Kelly | 794 | 19.3 | -25.6 | |
Total formal votes | 4,108 | 94.3 | −2.9 | ||
Informal votes | 250 | 5.7 | +2.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,358 | 63.7 | +3.0 | ||
Victorian Farmers hold | Swing | +25.6 |
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]1917
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Victorian Farmers | Isaac Weaver | 2,306 | 55.1 | +55.1 | |
Nationalist | Achilles Gray | 1,876 | 44.9 | -18.7 | |
Total formal votes | 4,182 | 97.1 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 123 | 2.9 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,305 | 60.7 | +2.0 | ||
Victorian Farmers gain from Nationalist | Swing | N/A |
1914
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Achilles Gray | 2,611 | 63.6 | +0.7 | |
Independent | William Williams | 1,496 | 36.4 | -0.7 | |
Total formal votes | 4,107 | 97.1 | |||
Informal votes | 122 | 2.9 | |||
Turnout | 4,229 | 58.7 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
1914 by-election
[edit]1911
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Thomas Langdon | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]1907 by-election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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United Liberal | Thomas Langdon | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,787 | ||||
United Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "THE TWENTY-THIRD PARLIAMENT". Psephos: Adam Carr's Electoral Archive.
- ^ "THE TWENTIETH PARLIAMENT". Psephos: Adam Carr's Electoral Archive.