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[edit]

	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[edit]

Elections in the 1970s[edit]

1975[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

1969[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

1958[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

1949[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

1937[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

1929[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

1919[edit]

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[edit]

1917 Australian federal election: Wimmera
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Sydney Sampson	unopposed
	Nationalist hold		Swing

1914[edit]

1914 Australian federal election: Wimmera
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sydney Sampson	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

1913[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

1906[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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