Electoral results for the district of Upper Goulburn

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

Members for Upper Goulburn

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Member Party Term
  Thomas Hunt Unaligned 1904–1908
  George Cookson Liberal 1908–1911
  Malcolm McKenzie Liberal 1911–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1920
  Edwin Mackrell Country 1920–1945

Election results

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Elections in the 1940s

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1943 Victorian state election: Upper Goulburn[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Edwin Mackrell unopposed
Country hold Swing
1940 Victorian state election: Upper Goulburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Edwin Mackrell unopposed
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

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1937 Victorian state election: Upper Goulburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Edwin Mackrell unopposed
Country hold Swing
1935 Victorian state election: Upper Goulburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Edwin Mackrell 5,620 61.8 +15.9
Labor Edward Withers 3,476 38.2 +5.5
Total formal votes 9,096 99.2 +0.4
Informal votes 75 0.8 −0.4
Turnout 9,171 94.4 +0.5
Country hold Swing −3.0
1932 Victorian state election: Upper Goulburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Edwin Mackrell 4,029 45.9 −5.3
Labor John Dedman 2,867 32.7 −16.1
United Australia Robert Forsyth 1,879 21.4 +21.4
Total formal votes 8,775 98.8 −0.6
Informal votes 109 1.2 +0.6
Turnout 8,884 93.9 −0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Country Edwin Mackrell 5,682 64.8 +13.6
Labor John Dedman 3,093 35.2 −13.6
Country hold Swing +13.6

Elections in the 1920s

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1929 Victorian state election: Upper Goulburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Edwin Mackrell 4,555 51.2 +17.4
Labor Edward Withers 4,337 48.8 +4.7
Total formal votes 8,892 99.4 +0.8
Informal votes 57 0.6 −0.8
Turnout 8,949 94.3 +4.1
Country hold Swing −0.7
1927 Victorian state election: Upper Goulburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edward Withers 3,658 44.1
Country Edwin Mackrell 2,805 33.8
Nationalist George Wilson 1,831 22.1
Total formal votes 8,294 98.6
Informal votes 120 1.4
Turnout 8,414 90.2
Two-party-preferred result
Country Edwin Mackrell 4,303 51.9
Labor Edward Withers 3,991 48.1
Country hold Swing
1924 Victorian state election: Upper Goulburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Minogue 2,137 38.3 +4.4
Country Edwin Mackrell 1,889 33.8 0.0
Nationalist Robert McAlpin 1,556 27.9 −4.4
Total formal votes 5,582 98.7 +0.5
Informal votes 73 1.3 −0.5
Turnout 5,655 72.9 +7.8
Two-party-preferred result
Country Edwin Mackrell 3,257 58.3 −3.4
Labor John Minogue 2,325 41.7 +3.4
Country hold Swing −3.4
1921 Victorian state election: Upper Goulburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Christopher Gleeson 1,757 33.9 −1.6
Victorian Farmers Edwin Mackrell 1,750 33.8 −0.2
Nationalist John Leckie 1,678 32.4 +1.9
Total formal votes 5,185 98.2 +3.3
Informal votes 97 1.8 −3.3
Turnout 5,282 65.1 +1.7
Two-party-preferred result
Victorian Farmers Edwin Mackrell 3,198 61.7 +3.6
Labor Christopher Gleeson 1,987 38.3 −3.6
Victorian Farmers hold Swing +3.6
1921 Upper Goulburn state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Christopher Gleeson 1,960 38.3 +2.8
Victorian Farmers Edwin Mackrell 1,885 36.9 +2.9
Nationalist William Whiting 1,266 24.8 −5.7
Total formal votes 5,111 N/A N/A
Informal votes N/A N/A
Turnout N/A N/A N/A
Two-party-preferred result
Victorian Farmers Edwin Mackrell 2,925 57.2 −0.9
Labor Christopher Gleeson 2,186 42.8 +0.9
Victorian Farmers hold Swing −0.9
1920 Victorian state election: Upper Goulburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Christopher Gleeson 1,746 35.5 +35.5
Victorian Farmers Edwin Mackrell 1,669 34.0 +34.0
Nationalist William Whiting 1,499 30.5
Total formal votes 4,914 94.9 −3.1
Informal votes 267 5.1 +3.1
Turnout 5,181 63.4 +10.0
Two-party-preferred result
Victorian Farmers Edwin Mackrell 2,857 58.1 +58.1
Labor Christopher Gleeson 2,057 41.9 +41.9
Victorian Farmers gain from Nationalist Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

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1917 Victorian state election: Upper Goulburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Malcolm McKenzie 2,630 61.0 +1.0
Nationalist Thomas Hunt 1,678 39.0 +39.0
Total formal votes 4,308 98.0 +1.3
Informal votes 87 2.0 −1.3
Turnout 4,395 53.4 −4.1
Nationalist hold Swing N/A
1914 Victorian state election: Upper Goulburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Malcolm McKenzie 2,746 60.0 +39.4
Labor Michael O'Brien 1,833 40.0 +14.7
Total formal votes 4,579 96.7 −1.4
Informal votes 155 3.3 +1.4
Turnout 4,734 57.5 −9.0
Liberal hold Swing N/A
1911 Victorian state election: Upper Goulburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Malcolm McKenzie 1,758 34.6 +34.6
Labor Ernest Moloney 1,285 25.3 +25.3
Liberal George Cookson 1,049 20.6 −31.4
Independent Thomas Hunt 990 19.5 −28.5
Total formal votes 5,082 98.1 −1.5
Informal votes 97 1.9 +1.5
Turnout 5,179 66.5 +9.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Malcolm McKenzie 2,885 56.8 +56.8
Labor Ernest Moloney 2,197 43.2 +43.2
Independent gain from Liberal Swing N/A

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.