Electoral results for the district of Wangaratta
This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Wangaratta in Victorian state elections.
Members of Wangaratta
[edit]John Bowser was member for Wangaratta and Rutherglen until the 1904 election.
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sir John Bowser | Unaligned | 1904–1916 | |
| Nationalist | 1916–1921 | ||
| Country | 1921–1927 | ||
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1920s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | John Bowser | unopposed | |||
| Country hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victorian Farmers | John Bowser | unopposed | |||
| Victorian Farmers hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victorian Farmers | John Bowser | unopposed | |||
| Victorian Farmers gain from Nationalist | Swing | N/A | |||
- John Bowser was the sitting Nationalist MP for Wangaratta, but changed to the Victorian Farmers Union before this election.
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationalist | John Bowser | unopposed | |||
| Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | John Bowser | 3,269 | 70.8 | −29.2 | |
| Labor | William Phillips | 1,347 | 29.2 | +29.2 | |
| Total formal votes | 4,616 | 98.3 | |||
| Informal votes | 78 | 1.7 | |||
| Turnout | 4,694 | 55.1 | |||
| Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | John Bowser | unopposed | |||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ 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.