Electoral results for the district of Waranga

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

Members for Waranga

Member		Party	Term
	John Morrissey	Unaligned	1904–1907
	John Walter Mason	Unaligned	1907–1908
	Martin Cussen	Liberal	1908–1911
	John Gordon	Liberal	1911–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1927
	Ernest Coyle	Nationalist	1927–1931
		UAP	1931–1933
		Country	1933–1943
	Wollaston Heily	Country	1943–1945

Election results

Elections in the 1940s

1943 Waranga state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Wollaston Heily	4,144	57.9	-12.1
	Independent	Edward Hill	3,011	42.1	+42.1
Total formal votes			7,155	99.3	+0.3
Informal votes			47	0.7	−0.3
Turnout			7,202	83.4	−3.7
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

1943 Victorian state election: Waranga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Ernest Coyle	5,185	70.0	-30.0
	Independent	Patrick Finnigan	2,227	30.0	+30.0
Total formal votes			7,412	99.0
Informal votes			78	1.0
Turnout			7,490	87.1
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

1940 Victorian state election: Waranga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Ernest Coyle	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1937 Victorian state election: Waranga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Ernest Coyle	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

1935 Victorian state election: Waranga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Ernest Coyle	5,824	64.4	+21.2
	Independent	William Cochrane	1,854	20.5	+20.5
	United Australia	David Thomas	1,370	15.1	-41.7
Total formal votes			9,048	98.9	+0.1
Informal votes			100	1.1	−0.1
Turnout			9,148	95.5	+1.1
	Country gain from United Australia		Swing	N/A

• Coyle was elected as a UAP member for Waranga in the 1932 election, but joined the Country party in 1933.

1932 Victorian state election: Waranga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Ernest Coyle	4,987	56.8	+8.2
	Country	John McEwen	3,799	43.2	+24.6
Total formal votes			8,588	98.8	0.0
Informal votes			102	1.2	0.0
Turnout			8,890	94.4	+0.2
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Victorian state election: Waranga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Ernest Coyle	4,176	48.6	+7.6
	Labor	John Minogue	2,809	32.7	-5.3
	Country	William Pook	929	10.8	-9.7
	Country	Edward Buckland	674	7.8	+7.8
Total formal votes			8,588	98.8	+0.7
Informal votes			102	1.2	−0.7
Turnout			8,690	94.2	+3.0
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1927 Victorian state election: Waranga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gerald Honan	3,176	38.0
	Nationalist	Ernest Coyle	2,322	27.7
	Country	John McKee	1,747	20.5
	Nationalist	Henry Thomas	1,122	13.3
Total formal votes			8,367	98.1
Informal votes			161	1.9
Turnout			8,528	91.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Ernest Coyle	4,518	54.0
	Labor	Gerald Honan	3,849	46.0
	Nationalist hold		Swing

1924 Victorian state election: Waranga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	John Gordon	unopposed
	Nationalist hold		Swing

1921 Victorian state election: Waranga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	John Gordon	unopposed
	Nationalist hold		Swing

1920 Victorian state election: Waranga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	John Gordon	3,102	66.6	+0.9
	Labor	Thomas McKendrick	1,554	33.4	-0.9
Total formal votes			4,656	93.5	−2.4
Informal votes			324	6.5	+2.4
Turnout			4,980	70.5	+7.4
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+0.9

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Victorian state election: Waranga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	John Gordon	2,811	65.7	-8.0
	Labor	Leon Villiers	1,465	34.3	+8.0
Total formal votes			4,276	95.9	−2.1
Informal votes			183	4.1	+2.1
Turnout			4,459	63.1	−4.5
	Nationalist hold		Swing	-8.0

1914 Victorian state election: Waranga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Gordon	3,442	73.7	+23.6
	Labor	Daniel Nagle	1,229	26.3	+26.3
Total formal votes			4,671	98.0	−1.0
Informal votes			98	2.0	+1.0
Turnout			4,769	67.6	−12.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

1911 Victorian state election: Waranga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Gordon	2,845	50.1	+24.4
	Independent	Henry Thomas	2,829	49.9	+29.9
Total formal votes			5,674	99.0	−0.2
Informal votes			57	1.0	+0.2
Turnout			5,731	79.9	+7.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A