Electoral results for the district of East Melbourne

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

Members for East Melbourne

Member 1 Term Member 2 Term
Alexander Hunter Oct 1859 – Jun 1861[1] Sir James McCulloch Oct 1859 – Jul 1861
Sir Graham Berry Jul 1861[b]
Ambrose Kyte Aug 1861 – Dec 1865 Edward Cohen Aug 1861 – Dec 1865
Edward Langton Feb 1866 – Dec 1867 Nathaniel Levi Feb 1866 – Dec 1867
Frederick Walsh Mar 1868 – Mar 1874 Edward Cohen Mar 1868 – Apr 1877
George Selth Coppin May 1874 – Apr 1877
Ephraim Zox May 1877 – Jun 1879 [r] Alexander Kennedy Smith May 1877 – Jan 1881
Ephraim Zox Jul 1879[b] – Oct 1899[d] Frederick Walsh Feb 1881[b] – Feb 1883
George Selth Coppin Feb 1883 – Mar 1889
Frank Stuart Apr 1889 – Sep 1894
John Anderson Oct 1894 – Jun 1901
Sir Samuel Gillott Nov 1899 – Dec 1906[r] John Francis Deegan Jul 1901[b] – Sep 1902
William Watt Oct 1902 – May 1904
Single Member District 1904–1927
Member Party Term
  Samuel Gillott Unaligned 1904–1906
  Henry Weedon Unaligned 1906–1911
  Alfred Farthing Liberal 1911–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1924
  Liberal 1924–1927
[b] = by-election
[r] = resigned

Election results

Elections in the 1920s

1924 Victorian state election: East Melbourne[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Hooper 2,625 47.5 +1.8
Australian Liberal Alfred Farthing 2,542 46.0 +46.0
Independent William Carnegie 363 6.5 +6.5
Total formal votes 5,530 97.2 −2.2
Informal votes 161 2.8 +2.2
Turnout 5,691 52.0 +9.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
Australian Liberal Alfred Farthing 2,826 51.1 +51.1
Labor George Hooper 2,704 48.9 +3.2
Australian Liberal gain from Nationalist Swing N/A
1921 Victorian state election: East Melbourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Alfred Farthing 2,810 54.3 −22.8
Labor Michael Collins 2,363 45.7 +5.1
Total formal votes 5,173 99.4 +6.5
Informal votes 29 0.6 −6.5
Turnout 5,202 42.6 −12.6
Nationalist hold Swing N/A
1920 Victorian state election: East Melbourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Michael Collins 2,506 40.6 +10.5
Nationalist Alfred Farthing 1,940 31.5 −3.0
Nationalist George Kemp 1,722 27.9 +3.2
Total formal votes 6,168 92.9 −3.5
Informal votes 474 7.1 +3.5
Turnout 6,642 55.2 +7.9
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Alfred Farthing 3,133 50.8
Labor Michael Collins 3,035 49.2
Nationalist hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Victorian state election: East Melbourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Alfred Farthing 1,854 34.5 +5.9
Labor Sydney Walker 1,615 30.1 +2.3
Nationalist George Kemp 1,325 24.7 +24.7
Temperance Movement John Barrett 577 10.7 +10.7
Total formal votes 5,371 96.4 +0.3
Informal votes 203 3.6 −0.3
Turnout 5,574 47.3 −4.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
Nationalist Alfred Farthing 3,157 58.8
Nationalist George Kemp 2,214 41.2
Nationalist hold Swing N/A
1914 Victorian state election: East Melbourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Henry Weedon 1,990 29.8 +29.8
Liberal Alfred Farthing 1,910 28.6 −16.7
Labor Percy Clarey 1,853 27.8 +1.5
Independent Valentine Cole 918 13.8 +13.8
Total formal votes 6,671 96.1 −2.1
Informal votes 270 3.9 +2.1
Turnout 6,941 52.1 −2.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alfred Farthing 3,729 55.9 +4.9
Independent Henry Weedon 2,942 44.1 −4.9
Liberal hold Swing +4.9
1911 Victorian state election: East Melbourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Weedon 2,737 45.3 N/A
Independent Liberal Alfred Farthing 1,716 28.4 +28.4
Labor Frank Opitz 1,588 26.3 +26.3
Total formal votes 6,043 98.2
Informal votes 111 1.8
Turnout 6,154 55.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Liberal Alfred Farthing 3,084 51.0
Liberal Henry Weedon 2,957 49.0
Independent Liberal gain from Liberal Swing N/A

References

  1. ^ Hunter resigned 19 June 1861. "Parliamentary Intelligence". The Star. Ballarat, Vic. 20 June 1861. p. 2.
  2. ^ 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.