This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Rainbow in Victorian state elections.
Members for Rainbow edit
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Dodgshun | Country | 1945–1955 | |
Election results edit
Elections in the 1950s edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Keith Dodgshun | unopposed | |||
| Country hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Keith Dodgshun | 8,403 | 71.9 | -6.0 | |
| Liberal and Country | John Meadle | 3,288 | 28.1 | +28.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 11,691 | 98.9 | -0.6 | ||
| Informal votes | 125 | 1.1 | +0.6 | ||
| Turnout | 11,816 | 95.7 | +0.4 | ||
| Country hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Elections in the 1940s edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Keith Dodgshun | 9,256 | 77.9 | +14.0 | |
| Labor | Raymond Peake | 2,621 | 22.1 | -14.0 | |
| Total formal votes | 11,877 | 99.5 | +0.1 | ||
| Informal votes | 59 | 0.5 | -0.1 | ||
| Turnout | 11,936 | 95.3 | +6.1 | ||
| Country hold | Swing | +14.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Keith Dodgshun | 7,156 | 63.9 | ||
| Labor | John Tripovich | 4,042 | 36.1 | ||
| Total formal votes | 11,198 | 99.4 | |||
| Informal votes | 65 | 0.6 | |||
| Turnout | 11,263 | 89.2 | |||
| Country 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.