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Electoral results for the district of Kara Kara and Borung

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

Members for Kara Kara and Borung

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Member Party Term
  John Pennington Nationalist 1927–1931
  United Australia 1931–1935
  Finlay Cameron Country 1935–1945

Election results

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Elections in the 1940s

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1943 Victorian state election: Kara Kara and Borung[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Finlay Cameron 5,147 60.9 +10.7
Labor Arthur Ackland 3,302 39.1 +39.1
Total formal votes 8,449 99.1 0.0
Informal votes 78 0.9 0.0
Turnout 8,527 88.6 −6.7
Country hold Swing N/A
1940 Victorian state election: Kara Kara and Borung
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Finlay Cameron 5,117 50.2 -10.2
Country Patrick Toohey 2,678 26.3 +26.3
Independent John Green 2,390 23.5 -16.1
Total formal votes 10,185 99.1 −0.3
Informal votes 94 0.9 +0.3
Turnout 10,279 95.3 +1.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Finlay Cameron 56.1 -4.3
Country Patrick Toohey 43.9 +43.9
Country hold Swing N/A
  • Two candidate preferred vote was estimated.

Elections in the 1930s

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1937 Victorian state election: Kara Kara and Borung
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Finlay Cameron 6,248 60.4 +32.8
Independent John Green 4,093 39.6 +22.5
Total formal votes 10,341 99.4 +0.8
Informal votes 145 1.4 −0.8
Turnout 10,405 94.1 −0.6
Country hold Swing N/A
1935 Victorian state election: Kara Kara and Borung
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia John Pennington 4,187 40.3 -33.2
Country Finlay Cameron 2,867 27.6 +27.6
Independent John Green 1,777 17.1 +17.1
Country William Pearse 1,560 15.0 +15.0
Total formal votes 10,391 98.6 −0.9
Informal votes 145 1.4 +0.9
Turnout 10,536 94.7 −1.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Finlay Cameron 5,455 52.5 +52.5
United Australia John Pennington 4,936 47.5 -26.0
Country gain from United Australia Swing N/A
1932 Victorian state election: Kara Kara and Borung
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia John Pennington 7,370 73.5 +14.0
Labor Carl Adler 2,661 26.5 +26.5
Total formal votes 10,031 99.5 0.0
Informal votes 54 0.5 0.0
Turnout 10,085 96.0 +4.4
United Australia hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1920s

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1929 Victorian state election: Kara Kara and Borung
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist John Pennington 5,915 59.5 +14.2
Country Progressive Alexander Dowsley 4,026 40.5 +11.2
Total formal votes 9,941 99.5 +2.1
Informal votes 56 0.5 −2.1
Turnout 9,997 91.6 +0.8
Nationalist hold Swing +5.1
1927 Victorian state election: Kara Kara and Borung
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist John Pennington 4,217 45.3
Country Progressive Finlay Cameron 2,732 29.3
Country William Pearce 2,368 25.4
Total formal votes 9,317 97.4
Informal votes 250 2.6
Turnout 9,567 90.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
Nationalist John Pennington 5,068 54.4
Country Progressive Finlay Cameron 4,249 45.6
Nationalist hold Swing

References

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  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.