Electoral results for the Division of Wimmera

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Wimmera in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1901 until its abolition in 1977.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Pharez Phillips	Protectionist	1901–1906
	Sydney Sampson	Ind. Protectionist	1906–1909
		Liberal	1909–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1919
	Percy Stewart	Victorian Farmers/Country	1919–1926
		Country Progressive	1926–1930
		Independent Country	1930–1931
	Hugh McClelland	Country	1931–1937
	Alexander Wilson	Independent	1937–1945
	Winton Turnbull	Country	1946–1949
	William Lawrence	Liberal	1949–1958
	Robert King	Country/National Country	1958–1977

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

1975

1975 Australian federal election: Wimmera

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Robert King	28,275	58.8	+19.8
	Labor	Brian Brooke	16,030	33.4	−3.5
	Independent	Francis Petering	1,986	4.1	+4.1
	Democratic Labor	Marjorie McOwan	1,762	3.7	−0.1
Total formal votes			48,053	98.7
Informal votes			649	1.3
Turnout			48,702	97.0
Two-party-preferred result
	National Country	Robert King		64.2	+2.6
	Labor	Brian Brooke		35.8	−2.6
	National Country hold		Swing	+2.6

1974

1974 Australian federal election: Wimmera

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Robert King	18,306	39.0	−8.0
	Labor	Brian Brooke	17,338	36.9	−5.2
	Liberal	Heather Mitchell	9,191	19.6	+19.6
	Democratic Labor	Kevin Dunn	1,804	3.8	−3.3
	Australia	Keith Sullivan	331	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			46,970	98.4
Informal votes			758	1.6
Turnout			47,728	96.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Robert King	28,939	61.6	+6.0
	Labor	Brian Brooke	18,031	38.4	−6.0
	Country hold		Swing	+6.0

1972

1972 Australian federal election: Wimmera

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Robert King	20,512	47.0	+16.0
	Labor	Brian Brooke	18,412	42.1	+4.6
	Democratic Labor	Robert Hawks	3,113	7.1	+0.6
	Independent	Ray Buckley	1,652	3.8	+3.8
Total formal votes			43,689	99.0
Informal votes			422	1.0
Turnout			44,111	97.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Robert King	24,279	55.6	−2.4
	Labor	Brian Brooke	19,410	44.4	+2.4
	Country hold		Swing	−2.4

Elections in the 1960s

1969

1969 Australian federal election: Wimmera

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Brian Brooke	16,534	37.5	+9.8
	Country	Robert King	13,632	31.0	−4.6
	Liberal	Miles Bourke	11,015	25.0	−2.9
	Democratic Labor	Brian Cronin	2,851	6.5	−2.2
Total formal votes			44,032	98.4
Informal votes			715	1.6
Turnout			44,747	97.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Robert King	25,531	58.0	+7.5
	Labor	Brian Brooke	18,501	42.0	+42.0
	Country hold		Swing	+7.5

1966

1966 Australian federal election: Wimmera

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Robert King	14,860	38.7	−4.3
	Labor	George Jeffs	10,210	26.6	−1.7
	Liberal	Wilson Bolton	10,139	26.4	+6.9
	Democratic Labor	Bruno d'Elia	3,160	8.2	−1.1
Total formal votes			38,369	97.8
Informal votes			858	2.2
Turnout			39,227	97.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Robert King	19,359	50.5	−18.7
	Liberal	Wilson Bolton	19,010	49.5	+49.5
	Country hold		Swing	−18.7

1963

1963 Australian federal election: Wimmera

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Robert King	16,772	43.0	+8.6
	Labor	Thomas Windsor	11,023	28.3	−1.5
	Liberal	Howard Rodda	7,599	19.5	−8.1
	Democratic Labor	Adrian Cahill	3,610	9.3	+1.0
Total formal votes			39,004	99.2
Informal votes			311	0.8
Turnout			39,315	97.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Robert King		69.2	+0.7
	Labor	Thomas Windsor		30.8	−0.7
	Country hold		Swing	+0.7

1961

1961 Australian federal election: Wimmera

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Robert King	13,364	34.4	+9.1
	Labor	Thomas Windsor	11,567	29.8	+2.2
	Liberal	William Lawrence	10,718	27.6	−10.6
	Democratic Labor	Joseph Murphy	3,214	8.3	−0.6
Total formal votes			38,863	98.7
Informal votes			515	1.3
Turnout			39,378	96.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Robert King	26,614	68.5	+12.6
	Labor	Thomas Windsor	12,249	31.5	+31.5
	Country hold		Swing	+12.6

Elections in the 1950s

1958

1958 Australian federal election: Wimmera

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Lawrence	14,924	38.2	−20.4
	Labor	Thomas Windsor	10,760	27.6	−2.5
	Country	Robert King	9,866	25.3	+25.3
	Democratic Labor	James McCaffrey	3,480	8.9	−2.4
Total formal votes			39,030	98.3
Informal votes			658	1.7
Turnout			39,688	96.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Robert King	21,821	55.9	+55.9
	Liberal	William Lawrence	17,209	44.1	−22.7
	Country gain from Liberal		Swing	+22.7

1955

1955 Australian federal election: Wimmera

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Lawrence	22,833	58.6	+15.1
	Labor	Winston Lamb	11,745	30.1	−7.1
	Labor (A-C)	Bernard Flanagan	4,413	11.3	+11.3
Total formal votes			38,991	98.3
Informal votes			659	1.7
Turnout			39,650	97.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	William Lawrence		66.8	+5.0
	Labor	Winston Lamb		33.2	−5.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.0

1954

1954 Australian federal election: Wimmera

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Lawrence	15,238	43.4	−19.6
	Labor	Cyril Sudholz	11,671	33.3	−3.7
	Country	Herbert Hilton	8,184	23.3	+23.3
Total formal votes			35,093	99.4
Informal votes			201	0.6
Turnout			35,294	96.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	William Lawrence	22,686	64.6	+1.6
	Labor	Cyril Sudholz	12,407	35.4	−1.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.6

1951

1951 Australian federal election: Wimmera

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Lawrence	22,005	63.0	+24.0
	Labor	Cyril Sudholz	12,932	37.0	+5.3
Total formal votes			34,937	99.0
Informal votes			358	1.0
Turnout			35,295	96.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.9

Elections in the 1940s

1949

1949 Australian federal election: Wimmera

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Lawrence	13,761	39.0	+17.5
	Labor	Cyril Sudholz	11,184	31.7	−6.8
	Country	Harrie Wade	10,343	29.3	−10.7
Total formal votes			35,288	99.1
Informal votes			308	0.9
Turnout			35,596	97.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	William Lawrence	22,894	64.9	+64.9
	Labor	Cyril Sudholz	12,394	35.1	−5.6
	Liberal gain from Country		Swing	+5.6

1946

1946 Australian federal election: Wimmera

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Winton Turnbull	26,551	62.1	+3.1
	Labor	Alfred Loveridge	16,216	37.9	+37.9
Total formal votes			42,767	98.6
Informal votes			601	1.4
Turnout			43,368	94.1
	Country hold		Swing	+3.1

1946 Wimmera by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Winton Turnbull	15,284	43.1	+43.1
	Country	Anthony Everett	6,724	19.0	+19.0
	Independent Country	James Stoddart	6,361	17.9	+17.9
	Independent Labor	John Smith	2,923	8.2	+8.2
	Independent	Arnold Eberle	2,042	5.8	+5.8
	Independent Labor	Frederick Arlington-Burke	1,824	5.1	+5.1
	Independent	Louis Phillips	312	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			35,470	95.5
Informal votes			1,692	4.5
Turnout			37,162	82.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Winton Turnbull	20,924	59.0	+59.0
	Country	Anthony Everett	14,546	41.0	+41.0
	Country gain from Independent		Swing	+59.0

1943

1943 Australian federal election: Wimmera

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alexander Wilson	26,479	62.3	+18.3
	Independent Country	Reginald Skeat	10,976	25.8	+25.8
	Independent Country	Albert Thompson	3,219	7.6	+7.6
	Independent	Herbert Follett	1,449	3.4	+3.4
	Independent Country	Eric Phillips	378	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			42,501	97.9
Informal votes			930	2.1
Turnout			43,431	96.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Independent	Alexander Wilson		67.2	+1.0
	Independent Country	Reginald Skeat		32.8	+32.8
	Independent hold		Swing	+1.0

1940

1940 Australian federal election: Wimmera

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alexander Wilson	19,915	44.0	−7.9
	Country	Hugh McClelland	12,561	27.8	−20.3
	Labor	Michael Nolan	11,222	24.8	+24.8
	Independent	Robert Johnstone	1,523	3.4	+3.4
Total formal votes			45,221	98.6
Informal votes			636	1.4
Turnout			45,857	96.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Independent	Alexander Wilson	29,918	66.2	+14.3
	Country	Hugh McClelland	15,303	33.8	−14.3
	Independent hold		Swing	+14.3

Elections in the 1930s

1937

1937 Australian federal election: Wimmera

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alexander Wilson	24,179	51.9	+51.9
	Country	Hugh McClelland	22,396	48.1	+14.8
Total formal votes			46,575	98.9
Informal votes			541	1.1
Turnout			47,116	96.1
	Independent gain from Country		Swing	+2.9

1934

1934 Australian federal election: Wimmera

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Hugh McClelland	16,509	33.3	−11.1
	Independent Country	Les Simpson	16,488	33.2	+33.2
	United Australia	William Morgan	8,788	17.7	−10.3
	Single Tax League	Gordon Anderson	7,817	15.8	+15.8
Total formal votes			49,602	96.8
Informal votes			1,662	3.2
Turnout			51,264	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Hugh McClelland	25,279	51.0	−10.8
	Independent Country	Les Simpson	24,323	49.0	+49.0
	Country hold		Swing	−10.8

1931

1931 Australian federal election: Wimmera

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	William Morgan	12,763	28.0	+28.0
	Independent	Alexander Dowsley	12,584	27.6	+27.6
	Country	Hugh McClelland	12,071	26.5	+4.4
	Country	Samuel Lockhart	5,233	11.5	+11.5
	Country	William McCann	2,906	6.4	+6.4
Total formal votes			45,557	95.0
Informal votes			2,377	5.0
Turnout			47,934	95.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Hugh McClelland	28,137	61.8	+21.8
	Independent	Alexander Dowsley	17,420	38.2	+38.2
	Country gain from Country Progressive		Swing	+21.8

Elections in the 1920s

1929

1929 Australian federal election: Wimmera

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Progressive	Percy Stewart	27,942	60.0	+1.6
	Country	John S. Harris	16,551	40.0	−1.6
Total formal votes			46,551	98.6
Informal votes			650	1.4
Turnout			47,201	94.9
	Country Progressive hold		Swing	+1.6

1928

1928 Australian federal election: Wimmera

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Progressive	Percy Stewart	26,227	58.4	−30.6
	Country	John S. Harris	18,716	41.6	+41.6
Total formal votes			44,943	97.6
Informal votes			1,090	2.4
Turnout			46,033	92.5
	Country Progressive gain from Independent Country		Swing	−30.6

1925

1925 Australian federal election: Wimmera

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Country	Percy Stewart	32,128	77.8	+77.8
	Independent	Lucas de Garis	9,154	22.2	+22.2
Total formal votes			41,282	96.9
Informal votes			1,312	3.1
Turnout			42,594	87.7
	Independent Country gain from Country		Swing	+77.8

1922

1922 Australian federal election: Wimmera

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Percy Stewart	13,614	71.2	+11.7
	United Country	Alfred Shaw	5,503	28.8	+28.8
Total formal votes			19,117	96.2
Informal votes			765	3.8
Turnout			19,882	46.9
	Country hold		Swing	+11.7

Elections in the 1910s

1919

1919 Australian federal election: Wimmera

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Victorian Farmers	Percy Stewart	15,963	59.5	+59.5
	Nationalist	Sydney Sampson	10,875	40.5	−59.5
Total formal votes			26,838	98.3
Informal votes			476	1.7
Turnout			27,314	73.0
	Victorian Farmers gain from Nationalist		Swing	+59.5

1917

1917 Australian federal election: Wimmera

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Sydney Sampson	unopposed
	Nationalist hold		Swing

1914

1914 Australian federal election: Wimmera

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sydney Sampson	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

1913

1913 Australian federal election: Wimmera

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sydney Sampson	18,030	71.0	+7.6
	Labor	Thomas Carey	7,362	29.0	−6.6
Total formal votes			25,392	97.9
Informal votes			548	2.1
Turnout			25,940	73.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+7.1

1910

1910 Australian federal election: Wimmera

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sydney Sampson	11,488	66.0	−0.5
	Labour	Richard Taffe	5,920	34.0	+10.8
Total formal votes			17,408	97.9
Informal votes			366	2.1
Turnout			17,774	57.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.8

Elections in the 1900s

1906

1906 Australian federal election: Wimmera

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Protectionist	Sydney Sampson	7,911	51.6	+14.6
	Labour	Richard Taffe	3,554	23.2	+23.2
	Ind. Anti-Socialist	Max Hirsch	2,002	13.0	+13.0
	Ind. Protectionist	Herman Brauer	1,737	11.3	+11.3
	Ind. Anti-Socialist	William Leslie	142	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			15,346	96.5
Informal votes			560	3.5
Turnout			15,906	57.0
	Ind. Protectionist gain from Protectionist		Swing	+14.6

1903

1903 Australian federal election: Wimmera

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Pharez Phillips	3,263	39.0	−10.2
	Free Trade	Max Hirsch	3,094	37.0	−1.0
	Ind. Protectionist	John Gray	2,011	24.0	+24.0
Total formal votes			8,368	97.8
Informal votes			185	2.2
Turnout			8,553	51.2
	Protectionist hold		Swing	−4.6

1901

1901 Australian federal election: Wimmera

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Pharez Phillips	2,372	49.2	+49.2
	Free Trade	William Irvine	1,832	38.0	+38.0
	Ind. Free Trade	Henry Williams	617	12.8	+12.8
Total formal votes			4,821	99.2
Informal votes			39	0.8
Turnout			4,860	49.1
	Protectionist win		(new seat)

References

• Australian Electoral Commission. Federal election results
• Carr, Adam. Psephos