Electoral results for the district of Rodney

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

Members for Rodney

Member Party Term
  John Baragwanath Unaligned 1856–1857
  John Everard Liberal 1858–1859
  Wilson Gray Liberal 1860–1862
  John MacGregor Unaligned 1862–1874
  Simon Fraser Unaligned 1874–1883
  Duncan Gillies Unaligned 1877–1889
  James Shackell Conservative 1883–1892
  William Webb Unaligned 1889–1897
  Timothy Murphy Liberal 1892–1894
  Andrew White Unaligned 1894–1897
  John Mason Liberal 1897–1902
  John Morrissey Liberal 1897–1904
  Samuel Lancaster Conservative 1902–1904
  Hugh McKenzie Independent 1904–1917
  Commonwealth Liberal
  Nationalist
  John Allan Country 1917–1936
  William Dunstone Country 1936–1944
  Richard Brose Country 1944–1964
  Russell McDonald Country 1964–1973
  Eddie Hann Country 1973–1975
  National Country 1975–1982
  National 1982–1989
  Noel Maughan National 1989–2006
  Paul Weller National 2006–2014

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

2010 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Paul Weller 20,524 62.71 +22.55
Labor Vanessa Langford 5,290 16.16 −1.97
Country Alliance Gino D'Angelo 3,697 11.30 +11.30
Family First Serena Moore 1,872 5.72 +2.33
Greens Ian Christoe 1,348 4.12 +0.92
Total formal votes 32,731 95.59 +0.82
Informal votes 1,509 4.41 −0.82
Turnout 34,240 93.97 −0.34
Two-party-preferred result
National Paul Weller 24,947 76.16 +21.96
Labor Vanessa Langford 7,809 23.84 +23.84
National hold Swing +21.96

Elections in the 2000s

2006 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Paul Weller 12,799 40.2 +5.9
Liberal Neil Repacholi 10,135 31.8 +1.6
Labor Nicola Castleman 5,778 18.1 −7.4
Family First Paul Edward 1,079 3.4 +3.4
Greens Beck Lowe 1,019 3.2 −1.2
Independent Tony Murphy 681 2.1 +2.1
Independent Jeff Simmons 377 1.2 +1.2
Total formal votes 31,868 94.8 −2.0
Informal votes 1,757 5.2 +2.0
Turnout 33,625 94.3
Two-party-preferred result
National Paul Weller 23,841 74.8 +8.4
Labor Nicola Castleman 8,026 25.2 −8.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
National Paul Weller 17,334 54.4 −5.6
Liberal Neil Repacholi 14,534 45.6 +5.6
National hold Swing −5.6
2002 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Noel Maughan 11,040 34.3 −22.1
Liberal Simon Frost 9,723 30.2 +26.8
Labor Malcolm McCullough 8,212 25.5 −4.6
Independent Greg Toll 1,812 5.6 +5.6
Greens Peter Williams 1,414 4.4 +4.2
Total formal votes 32,201 96.8 −1.0
Informal votes 1,071 3.2 +1.0
Turnout 33,272 94.6
Two-party-preferred result
National Noel Maughan 21,380 66.4 +2.1
Labor Malcolm McCullough 10,807 33.6 −2.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
National Noel Maughan 19,305 60.0 −4.3
Liberal Simon Frost 12,896 40.0 +40.0
National hold Swing −4.3

Elections in the 1990s

1999 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Noel Maughan 18,329 60.8 −2.8
Labor Malcolm McCullough 8,565 28.4 +8.7
One Nation Dorothy Hutton 3,257 10.8 +10.8
Total formal votes 30,151 97.8 −0.6
Informal votes 692 2.2 +0.6
Turnout 30,843 94.8
Two-party-preferred result
National Noel Maughan 19,793 65.6 −10.5
Labor Malcolm McCullough 10,358 34.4 +10.5
National hold Swing −10.5
1996 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Noel Maughan 19,464 63.6 −8.3
Labor Jason Price 6,041 19.7 −0.9
Independent Lynett Griffiths 5,091 16.6 +16.6
Total formal votes 30,596 98.4 +0.7
Informal votes 512 1.6 −0.7
Turnout 31,108 95.9
Two-party-preferred result
National Noel Maughan 23,266 76.1 +0.1
Labor Jason Price 7,304 23.9 −0.1
National hold Swing +0.1
1992 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Noel Maughan 21,404 72.0 +5.8
Labor Jason Price 6,137 20.6 +0.4
Independent Dennis Lacey 2,202 7.4 +7.4
Total formal votes 29,743 97.7 −0.7
Informal votes 710 2.3 +0.7
Turnout 30,453 96.4
Two-party-preferred result
National Noel Maughan 22,612 76.0 −2.3
Labor Jason Price 7,128 24.0 +2.3
National hold Swing −2.3

Elections in the 1980s

1989 Rodney state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Noel Maughan 17,217 66.33 −0.57
Liberal Donald Oberin 8,741 33.67 +20.19
Total formal votes 25,958 93.46 −4.96
Informal votes 1,847 6.64 +4.96
Turnout 27,805 88.14 −6.43
National hold Swing −12.29
1988 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Eddie Hann 19,330 66.57 −3.87
Labor Leonard Blair 5,795 19.96 +0.73
Liberal Margarita Dale 3,913 13.48 +3.15
Total formal votes 29,038 98.32 −0.31
Informal votes 496 1.68 +0.31
Turnout 29,534 94.57 −0.05
Two-party-preferred result
National Eddie Hann 22,823 78.62 −1.30
Labor Leonard Blair 6,208 21.38 +1.30
National hold Swing −1.30
1985 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Eddie Hann 19,893 70.4 +8.2
Labor Denise MacDonald 5,430 19.2 −0.4
Liberal John Adams 2,917 10.3 −4.3
Total formal votes 28,240 98.6
Informal votes 393 1.4
Turnout 28,633 94.6
Two-party-preferred result
National Eddie Hann 22,620 80.1 +2.0
Labor Denise MacDonald 5,620 19.9 −2.0
National hold Swing +2.0
1982 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Eddie Hann 15,525 60.4 +1.8
Labor Gregory Leeder 5,109 19.9 +3.1
Liberal Clive Pilley 4,004 15.6 −1.4
Democrats Douglas Linford 1,087 4.2 −3.4
Total formal votes 25,725 98.5 +0.9
Informal votes 395 1.5 −0.9
Turnout 16,120 95.5 +0.2
Two-party-preferred result
National Eddie Hann 19,791 76.9 −1.5
Labor Gregory Leeder 5,934 23.1 +1.5
National hold Swing −1.5

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Eddie Hann 14,226 58.6 −5.6
Liberal Victor Kuhle 4,120 17.0 +0.1
Labor Stephen Jones 4,089 16.8 +1.8
Democrats Janet Powell 1,851 7.6 +7.6
Total formal votes 24,286 97.6 −0.8
Informal votes 603 2.4 +0.8
Turnout 24,889 95.3 +0.2
Two-party-preferred result
National Eddie Hann 19,046 78.4 −4.7
Labor Stephen Jones 5,240 21.6 +4.7
National hold Swing −4.7
1976 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Eddie Hann 15,196 64.2 +11.7
Liberal Graham Arthur 4,009 16.9 +0.7
Labor Michael Smith 3,556 15.0 −6.5
Democratic Labor David Kane 924 3.9 −6.0
Total formal votes 23,685 98.4
Informal votes 372 1.6
Turnout 24,057 95.1
Two-party-preferred result
National Eddie Hann 19,680 83.1 +6.9
Labor Michael Smith 4,005 16.9 −6.9
National hold Swing +6.9
1973 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Eddie Hann 10,800 55.3 +5.6
Labor Alan Williams 3,919 20.1 −0.3
Liberal James Nelms 2,831 14.5 −4.4
Democratic Labor John Evans 1,995 10.2 −0.9
Total formal votes 19,545 97.8 +0.5
Informal votes 448 2.2 −0.5
Turnout 19,993 94.6 −1.9
Two-party-preferred result
Country Eddie Hann 15,044 77.0 +0.8
Labor Alan Williams 4,501 23.0 −0.8
Country hold Swing +0.8
1973 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Eddie Hann 10,800 55.3 +5.6
Labor Alan Williams 3,919 20.1 −0.3
Liberal James Nelms 2,831 14.5 −4.4
Democratic Labor John Evans 1,995 10.2 −0.9
Total formal votes 19,545 97.8 +0.5
Informal votes 448 2.2 −0.5
Turnout 19,993 94.6 −1.9
Two-party-preferred result
Country Eddie Hann 15,044 77.0 +0.8
Labor Alan Williams 4,501 23.0 −0.8
Country hold Swing +0.8
1970 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Russell McDonald 8,972 49.7 −9.3
Labor Doris Best 3,677 20.4 +7.8
Liberal Ian Biggar 3,417 18.9 +3.7
Democratic Labor Patrick Hansen 2,002 11.1 −2.1
Total formal votes 18,068 97.3 −0.1
Informal votes 494 2.7 +0.1
Turnout 18,562 96.5 −0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Country Russell McDonald 13,776 76.2 −7.7
Labor Doris Best 4,292 23.8 +7.7
Country hold Swing −7.7

Elections in the 1960s

1967 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Russell McDonald 10,390 59.0 −0.8
Liberal Peter Gibson 2,673 15.2 −10.1
Democratic Labor Augustine McCormick 2,330 13.2 −1.7
Labor David Bornstein 2,228 12.6 +12.6
Total formal votes 17,621 97.4
Informal votes 461 2.6
Turnout 18,082 96.9
Two-party-preferred result
Country Russell McDonald 14,777 83.9 +21.2
Labor David Bornstein 2,844 16.1 +16.1
Country hold Swing +21.2
  • The two candidate preferred vote was not counted between the Country and Liberal candidates for Rodney.
1964 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Russell McDonald 12,854 58.8 +13.2
Liberal and Country John Quinn 5,334 24.4 +2.1
Democratic Labor Spencer Broom 3,683 16.8 −0.5
Total formal votes 21,871 97.9 +0.3
Informal votes 470 2.1 −0.3
Turnout 22,341 95.7 +0.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Russell McDonald 13,591 62.1 +6.0
Liberal and Country John Quinn 8,750 37.9 −6.0
Country hold Swing +6.0
1961 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Richard Brose 9,569 45.6 −22.9
Liberal and Country Francis Charlton 4,683 22.3 +22.3
Democratic Labor Spencer Broom 3,635 17.3 −14.2
Labor Neil Frankland 3,100 14.7 +14.7
Total formal votes 20,987 97.6 −0.3
Informal votes 432 2.4 +0.3
Turnout 21,419 95.6 −0.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Richard Brose 11,765 56.1 −12.4
Liberal and Country Francis Charlton 9,222 43.9 +43.9
Country hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1950s

1958 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Richard Brose 13,832 68.5
Democratic Labor Spencer Broom 6,371 31.5
Total formal votes 20,203 97.9
Informal votes 442 2.1
Turnout 20,645 95.8
Country hold Swing
1955 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Richard Brose 12,157 61.8
Liberal and Country Leslie Lord 7,504 38.2
Total formal votes 19,661 98.1
Informal votes 380 1.9
Turnout 20,041 95.0
Country hold Swing
1952 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Richard Brose 8,827 65.7 +8.4
Liberal and Country Morton Garner 4,615 34.3 −8.4
Total formal votes 13,442 96.5 −1.6
Informal votes 483 3.5 +1.6
Turnout 13,925 95.0 +0.1
Country hold Swing +8.4
1950 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Richard Brose 7,796 57.3 −13.5
Liberal and Country Wollaston Heily 5,801 42.7 +13.5
Total formal votes 13,597 98.1 +2.7
Informal votes 263 1.9 −2.7
Turnout 13,860 94.9 −0.4
Country hold Swing −13.5

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Richard Brose 9,269 70.8 +32.5
Liberal Morton Garner 3,838 29.2 +29.2
Total formal votes 13,087 95.4 −3.4
Informal votes 628 4.6 +3.4
Turnout 13,087 95.3 +5.3
Country hold Swing N/A
1945 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Richard Brose 4,803 38.3
Labor George White 3,941 31.5
Country Wollaston Heily 2,370 18.9
Independent Morton Garner 1,416 11.3
Total formal votes 12,530 98.8
Informal votes 157 1.2
Turnout 12,687 90.0
Two-party-preferred result
Country Richard Brose 7,867 62.8
Labor George White 4,663 37.2
Country hold Swing
1944 Rodney state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Country Richard Brose 4,038 41.0 +41.0
Labor William Cooper 2,545 25.9 −0.6
Country James Brady 1,852 18.8 −25.8
Independent Gordon Anderson 1,402 14.3 +14.3
Total formal votes 9,837 99.0 0.0
Informal votes 99 1.0 0.0
Turnout 9,936 84.1 −3.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Country Richard Brose 6,163 62.7
Labor William Cooper 3,674 37.3
Independent Country gain from Country Swing N/A
  • Richard Brose joined the Country Party after being elected to parliament.
1943 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country William Dunstone 4,489 44.6 −11.5
Independent Gordon Anderson 2,918 29.0 +29.0
Labor Algernon Roberts 2,670 26.5 +26.5
Total formal votes 10,077 99.0 +0.3
Informal votes 102 1.0 −0.3
Turnout 10,179 87.2 −5.7
Two-party-preferred result
Country William Dunstone 5,209 51.7 −4.4
Independent Gordon Anderson 4,868 48.3 +48.3
Country hold Swing N/A
1940 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country William Dunstone 6,163 56.1 −43.9
Liberal Country Archibald McFadyen 4,831 43.9 +43.9
Total formal votes 10,994 98.7
Informal votes 148 1.3
Turnout 11,142 92.9
Country hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1930s

1937 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country William Dunstone unopposed
Country hold Swing
1936 Rodney state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country William Dunstone 3,647 34.9 +34.9
Country Samuel Mitchell 3,360 32.2 +32.2
Country Edward Sullivan 1,436 13.8 −3.1
Country Thomas Roddis 1,228 11.8 +1.7
Independent John Davis 769 7.4 +7.4
Total formal votes 10,430 97.6 −1.1
Informal votes 251 2.4 +1.1
Turnout 10,681 89.7 −5.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country William Dunstone 5,579 53.5
Country Samuel Mitchell 4,851 46.5
Country hold Swing N/A
1935 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country John Allan 5,618 49.6 −50.4
Country Samuel Lancaster 2,642 23.3 +23.3
Country Edward Sullivan 1,916 16.9 +16.9
Country Thomas Roddis 1,147 10.1 +10.1
Total formal votes 11,323 98.7
Informal votes 144 1.3
Turnout 11,467 95.6
Country John Allan 5,825 51.4 N/A
Country Samuel Lancaster 3,197 28.2 N/A
Country Edward Sullivan 2,301 20.3 N/A
Country hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not fully distributed.
1932 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country John Allan unopposed
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country John Allan 6,199 58.5 −1.1
Country Progressive Richard Doidge 4,391 41.5 +4.7
Total formal votes 10,590 99.5 +1.5
Informal votes 51 0.5 −1.5
Turnout 10,641 94.7 +2.6
Country hold Swing N/A
1927 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country John Allan 5,836 59.6
Country Progressive Frederick Churches 3,601 36.8
Australian Liberal Percy Bryce 360 3.7
Total formal votes 9,797 98.0
Informal votes 204 2.0
Turnout 10,001 92.1
Country hold Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1924 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country John Allan 4,125 65.0 +6.9
Country John Chanter 2,216 35.0 +35.0
Total formal votes 6,341 99.3 +0.2
Informal votes 43 0.7 −0.2
Turnout 6,384 57.0 −9.1
Country hold Swing N/A
1921 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Victorian Farmers John Allan 4,338 58.1 −10.3
Nationalist Hugh McKenzie 3,125 41.9 +10.3
Total formal votes 7,463 99.1 +3.8
Informal votes 71 0.9 −3.8
Turnout 7,534 66.1 +1.6
Victorian Farmers hold Swing −10.3
1920 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Victorian Farmers John Allan 4,760 68.4 +30.2
Nationalist William Thwaites 2,198 31.6 −8.4
Total formal votes 6,958 95.3 −2.4
Informal votes 345 4.7 +2.4
Turnout 7,303 64.5 −4.4
Victorian Farmers hold Swing +10.8

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Hugh McKenzie 2,786 40.0 −10.3
Victorian Farmers John Allan 2,665 38.2 +38.2
Temperance Movement William Day 1,520 21.8 +21.8
Total formal votes 6,971 97.7 0.0
Informal votes 166 2.3 0.0
Turnout 7,137 68.9 +0.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Victorian Farmers John Allan 4,016 57.6 +57.6
Nationalist Hugh McKenzie 2,955 42.4 −13.3
Victorian Farmers gain from Nationalist Swing N/A
1914 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Hugh McKenzie 3,575 50.3 −1.9
Labor Andrew White 3,149 44.3 +44.3
Independent Richard Abbott 385 5.4 +5.4
Total formal votes 7,109 97.7 −1.2
Informal votes 171 2.3 +1.2
Turnout 7,280 68.3 −5.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Hugh McKenzie 54.7 +1.7
Labor Andrew White 45.3 +45.3
Liberal hold Swing N/A
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.
1911 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Hugh McKenzie 3,392 52.2 N/A
Independent Samuel Lancaster 3,109 47.8 +47.8
Total formal votes 6,501 98.9
Informal votes 73 1.1
Turnout 6,574 74.0
Liberal hold Swing N/A

References

  • "Rodney District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 27 November 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2011.