Electoral results for the district of Mernda

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

Members for Mernda

1952 Victorian state election: Mernda^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edmund Morrissey	8,694	50.9	−9.8
	Liberal	Arthur Ireland	8,389	49.1	+9.8
Total formal votes			17,083	98.5	+3.2
Informal votes			259	1.5	−3.2
Turnout			17,342	92.5	−0.2
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	+9.8

1950 Victorian state election: Mernda
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Arthur Ireland	8,792	60.7	+21.5
	Labor	Russell Smith	5,695	39.3	+39.3
Total formal votes			14,487	95.3	−3.3
Informal votes			717	4.7	+3.3
Turnout			15,204	92.7	+0.2
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

1947 Victorian state election: Mernda
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Ireland	5,042	39.2	+6.4
	Independent Labor	Jack Gill	4,280	31.6	+31.6
	Country	Leslie Webster	4,223	31.2	−2.9
Total formal votes			13,545	98.6	+0.4
Informal votes			186	1.4	−0.4
Turnout			13,731	92.5	+5.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Arthur Ireland	8,857	65.4	+65.4
	Independent Labor	Jack Gill	4,688	34.6	+34.6
	Liberal gain from Country		Swing	N/A

1945 Victorian state election: Mernda
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Leslie Webster	3,991	34.0
	Labor	Arthur Turtle	3,880	33.1
	Liberal	Arthur Ireland	3,847	32.8
Total formal votes			11,718	98.2
Informal votes			220	1.8
Turnout			11,938	87.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Leslie Webster	6,898	58.9
	Labor	Arthur Turtle	4,820	41.1
	Country hold		Swing

^ 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.