Electoral results for the district of Glen Iris

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

Members for Glen Iris

First incarnation 1945–1955
Member Party Term
  Ian McLaren Independent 1945–1947
  Les Norman Liberal / LCP 1947–1952
  Thomas Hollway Electoral Reform League 1952–1955
Second incarnation 1967–1976
Member Party Term
  Jim MacDonald  Liberal 1967–1976

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

1973 Victorian state election: Glen Iris[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jim MacDonald 13,690 56.5 +2.9
Labor Douglas Gammon 7,064 29.2 −5.5
Democratic Labor Edward Cleary 1,749 7.2 −4.4
Australia Jack Hammond 1,731 7.1 +7.1
Total formal votes 24,234 98.3 +0.4
Informal votes 425 1.7 −0.4
Turnout 24,659 92.9 −0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jim MacDonald 15,869 65.5 +2.0
Labor Douglas Gammon 8,365 34.5 −2.0
Liberal hold Swing +2.0
1970 Victorian state election: Glen Iris
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jim MacDonald 12,261 53.6 −2.4
Labor Douglas Gammon 7,942 34.7 +5.3
Democratic Labor John Preece 2,657 11.6 −3.0
Total formal votes 22,860 97.9 +0.3
Informal votes 479 2.1 −0.3
Turnout 23,339 93.4 −0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jim MacDonald 14,519 63.5 −5.0
Labor Douglas Gammon 8,341 36.5 +5.0
Liberal hold Swing −5.0

Elections in the 1960s

1967 Victorian state election: Glen Iris
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jim MacDonald 12,944 56.0 −6.5
Labor Allan McDonald 6,779 29.4 +3.9
Democratic Labor Kenneth Abbott 3,378 14.6 +2.6
Total formal votes 23,101 97.6
Informal votes 565 2.4
Turnout 23,666 94.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jim MacDonald 15,815 68.5 −4.3
Labor Allan McDonald 7,286 31.5 +4.3
Liberal hold Swing −4.3

Elections in the 1950s

1952 Victorian state election: Glen Iris
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Electoral Reform Thomas Hollway 15,152 56.4 +56.4
Liberal and Country Les Norman 10,727 39.9 −26.6
Communist Ian Turner 971 3.6 +3.6
Total formal votes 26,850 97.9 −1.4
Informal votes 585 2.1 +1.4
Turnout 27,435 94.7 0.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Electoral Reform Thomas Hollway 15,638 58.2 +58.2
Liberal and Country Les Norman 11,212 41.8 −24.7
Electoral Reform gain from Liberal and Country Swing N/A
1950 Victorian state election: Glen Iris
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Les Norman 16,532 66.5 +5.3
Labor Gwendolyn Noad 8,333 33.5 +33.5
Total formal votes 24,865 99.3 +0.2
Informal votes 179 0.7 −0.2
Turnout 25,044 94.7 +1.2
Liberal and Country hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Victorian state election: Glen Iris
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Les Norman 14,190 61.2 +20.6
Independent Ian McLaren 8,991 38.8 +8.4
Total formal votes 23,181 99.1 +0.5
Informal votes 211 0.9 −0.5
Turnout 23,392 93.5 +5.6
Liberal gain from Independent Swing +18.2
1945 Victorian state election: Glen Iris
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alan Moir 8,305 40.6
Independent Ian McLaren 6,223 30.4
Labor Thomas Brennan 5,921 29.0
Total formal votes 20,449 98.6
Informal votes 287 1.4
Turnout 20,736 87.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Ian McLaren 11,646 57.0
Liberal Alan Moir 8,803 43.0
Independent gain from Liberal Swing

References

  1. ^ Hughes, Colin A. (1977). 1965-1974 Election Results. Canberra: Australian Nat. Univ. Pr. ISBN 0708113400.