Electoral results for the district of Waranga

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

Members for Waranga

Member Party Term
  John Morrissey Unaligned 1904–1907
  John Walter Mason Unaligned 1907–1908
  Martin Cussen Liberal 1908–1911
  John Gordon Liberal 1911–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1927
  Ernest Coyle Nationalist 1927–1931
  UAP 1931–1933
  Country 1933–1943
  Wollaston Heily Country 1943–1945

Election results

Elections in the 1940s

1943 Waranga state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Wollaston Heily 4,144 57.9 −12.1
Independent Edward Hill 3,011 42.1 +42.1
Total formal votes 7,155 99.3 +0.3
Informal votes 47 0.7 −0.3
Turnout 7,202 83.4 −3.7
Country hold Swing N/A
1943 Victorian state election: Waranga[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Ernest Coyle 5,185 70.0 −30.0
Independent Patrick Finnigan 2,227 30.0 +30.0
Total formal votes 7,412 99.0
Informal votes 78 1.0
Turnout 7,490 87.1
Country hold Swing N/A
1940 Victorian state election: Waranga
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Ernest Coyle unopposed
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1937 Victorian state election: Waranga
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Ernest Coyle unopposed
Country hold Swing
1935 Victorian state election: Waranga
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Ernest Coyle 5,824 64.4 +21.2
Independent William Cochrane 1,854 20.5 +20.5
United Australia David Thomas 1,370 15.1 −41.7
Total formal votes 9,048 98.9 +0.1
Informal votes 100 1.1 −0.1
Turnout 9,148 95.5 +1.1
Country gain from United Australia Swing N/A
  • Coyle was elected as a UAP member for Waranga in the 1932 election, but joined the Country party in 1933.
1932 Victorian state election: Waranga
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Ernest Coyle 4,987 56.8 +8.2
Country John McEwen 3,799 43.2 +24.6
Total formal votes 8,588 98.8 0.0
Informal votes 102 1.2 0.0
Turnout 8,890 94.4 +0.2
United Australia hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Victorian state election: Waranga
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Ernest Coyle 4,176 48.6 +7.6
Labor John Minogue 2,809 32.7 −5.3
Country William Pook 929 10.8 −9.7
Country Edward Buckland 674 7.8 +7.8
Total formal votes 8,588 98.8 +0.7
Informal votes 102 1.2 −0.7
Turnout 8,690 94.2 +3.0
Nationalist hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1927 Victorian state election: Waranga
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Gerald Honan 3,176 38.0
Nationalist Ernest Coyle 2,322 27.7
Country John McKee 1,747 20.5
Nationalist Henry Thomas 1,122 13.3
Total formal votes 8,367 98.1
Informal votes 161 1.9
Turnout 8,528 91.2
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Ernest Coyle 4,518 54.0
Labor Gerald Honan 3,849 46.0
Nationalist hold Swing
1924 Victorian state election: Waranga
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist John Gordon unopposed
Nationalist hold Swing
1921 Victorian state election: Waranga
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist John Gordon unopposed
Nationalist hold Swing
1920 Victorian state election: Waranga
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist John Gordon 3,102 66.6 +0.9
Labor Thomas McKendrick 1,554 33.4 −0.9
Total formal votes 4,656 93.5 −2.4
Informal votes 324 6.5 +2.4
Turnout 4,980 70.5 +7.4
Nationalist hold Swing +0.9

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Victorian state election: Waranga
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist John Gordon 2,811 65.7 −8.0
Labor Leon Villiers 1,465 34.3 +8.0
Total formal votes 4,276 95.9 −2.1
Informal votes 183 4.1 +2.1
Turnout 4,459 63.1 −4.5
Nationalist hold Swing −8.0
1914 Victorian state election: Waranga
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Gordon 3,442 73.7 +23.6
Labor Daniel Nagle 1,229 26.3 +26.3
Total formal votes 4,671 98.0 −1.0
Informal votes 98 2.0 +1.0
Turnout 4,769 67.6 −12.3
Liberal hold Swing N/A
1911 Victorian state election: Waranga
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Gordon 2,845 50.1 +24.4
Independent Henry Thomas 2,829 49.9 +29.9
Total formal votes 5,674 99.0 −0.2
Informal votes 57 1.0 +0.2
Turnout 5,731 79.9 +7.8
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.
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