Electoral results for the district of Wangaratta
Appearance
This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Wangaratta in Victorian state elections.
Members of Wangaratta
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
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nationalist | John Bowser | unopposed | |||
Nationalist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John Bowser | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
References
- ^ 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.