Electoral results for the district of Toorak

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

Members for Toorak

Member Party Term
  (Sir) Matthew Davies 1889–1892
  Alexander McKinley 1892–1894
  Robert Dyce Reid 1894–1897
  Duncan Gillies Conservative–Liberal Coalition 1897–1903
  George Fairbairn Non-Labor 1903–1906
  Norman Bayles Ministerialist
Independent
Liberal
Nationalist
Economy Party 		1906–1920
  (Sir) Stanley Argyle Nationalist 1920–1931
  United Australia 1931–1940
  Harold Thonemann United Australia 1941–1945
  Robert Bell Hamilton Liberal 1945–1948
  Edward Reynolds Liberal / LCP 1948–1952
  Horace Petty Liberal and Country (LCP) 1952–1964
  Philip Hudson LCP / Liberal 1964–1967

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

1964

1964 Victorian state election: Toorak[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Philip Hudson 10,112 60.8 −12.9
Labor George Gahan 5,060 30.5 +30.5
Democratic Labor Rita McGuiness 1,447 8.7 −17.6
Total formal votes 16,619 97.6 +6.6
Informal votes 402 2.4 −6.6
Turnout 17,021 90.0 +0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Philip Hudson 11,341 68.3 −5.4
Labor George Gahan 5,278 31.7 +31.7
Liberal and Country hold Swing +7.8

1961

1961 Victorian state election: Toorak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Horace Petty 11,356 73.7 +12.2
Democratic Labor John Speed 4,054 26.3 +26.3
Total formal votes 15,410 91.0 −7.0
Informal votes 1,428 9.0 +7.0
Turnout 16,838 89.8 −1.2
Liberal and Country hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1950s

1958

1958 Victorian state election: Toorak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Horace Petty 10,664 61.5
Labor George Gahan 6,682 38.5
Total formal votes 17,346 98.0
Informal votes 399 2.1
Turnout 18,807 95.3
Liberal and Country hold Swing

1955

1955 Victorian state election: Toorak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Horace Petty 10,408 64.2
Independent Labor George Gahan 3,578 22.1
Victorian Liberal Geoffrey Kiddle 2,225 13.7
Total formal votes 16,211 95.9
Informal votes 698 4.1
Turnout 16,909 91.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal and Country Horace Petty 12,077 74.5
Independent Labor George Gahan 4,134 25.5
Liberal and Country hold Swing

1952

1952 Victorian state election: Toorak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Henry Peagram 8,925 43.7 +1.4
Liberal and Country Horace Petty 7,424 36.4 −21.3
Electoral Reform Mabel Brookes 4,068 19.9 +19.9
Total formal votes 20,417 98.3 −0.9
Informal votes 343 1.7 +0.9
Turnout 20,760 90.7 −4.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Horace Petty 10,425 51.1 −6.6
Labor Henry Peagram 9,992 48.9 +6.6
Liberal and Country hold Swing −6.6

1952 by-election

1952 Toorak state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Horace Petty 9,160 50.8 −6.9
Labor Henry Peagram 8,874 49.2 +6.9
Total formal votes 18,034 99.0 −0.2
Informal votes 176 1.0 +0.2
Turnout 18,210 76.7 −18.8
Liberal and Country hold Swing −6.9

1950

1950 Victorian state election: Toorak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Edward Reynolds 12,509 57.7 −1.3
Labor Henry Peagram 9,178 42.3 +42.3
Total formal votes 21,687 99.2 +2.1
Informal votes 176 0.8 −2.1
Turnout 21,863 95.5 +7.6
Liberal and Country hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1940s

1948

1948 Toorak state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edward Reynolds 11,725 60.8 +1.8
Labor Bill Bourke 7,562 39.2 +39.2
Total formal votes 19,278 99.1 +2.0
Informal votes 182 0.9 −2.0
Turnout 19,469 73.6 −14.3
Liberal hold Swing N/A

1947

1947 Victorian state election: Toorak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Hamilton 13,178 59.0 +37.5
Independent Peter Ryan 6,613 29.6 +29.6
Independent Liberal Edgar Morton 2,542 11.4 +11.4
Total formal votes 22,333 97.1 +3.3
Informal votes 666 2.9 −3.3
Turnout 22,999 87.9 +5.3
Liberal hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1945

1945 Victorian state election: Toorak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Harold Thonemann 5,627 28.3
Independent Labor John Smith 4,518 22.8
Independent Liberal Robert Hamilton 4,278 21.5
Independent Labor Albert Nicholls 3,316 16.7
Independent Liberal Charles Kennett 1,348 6.8
Ministerial Liberal Robert Bruce 766 3.9
Total formal votes 19,853 93.8
Informal votes 1,303 6.2
Turnout 21,156 82.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Liberal Robert Hamilton 11,813 59.5
Independent Labor John Smith 8,040 40.5
Independent Liberal gain from Liberal Swing

1943

1943 Victorian state election: Toorak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Harold Thonemann 11,485 47.0 −53.0
Independent Charles Kennett 5,617 23.0 +23.0
Independent Garnet Kerr 4,661 19.1 +19.1
Independent Francis Connelly 2,677 11.0 +11.0
Total formal votes 24,440 95.8
Informal votes 1,081 4.2
Turnout 25,521 84.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
United Australia Harold Thonemann 14,699 60.1 −39.9
Independent Charles Kennett 9,741 39.9 +39.9
United Australia hold Swing N/A

1941

1941 Toorak state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Harold Thonemann 8,814 39.4 −60.6
Labor John Ryder 5,832 26.1 +26.1
Independent Francis Connelly 4,476 20.0 +20.0
Independent Charles Kennett 2,771 12.4 +12.4
Independent Garnet Kerr 455 2.0 +2.0
Total formal votes 22,348 97.4
Informal votes 588 2.6
Turnout 22,936 83.0
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia Harold Thonemann 13,707 61.3
Labor John Ryder 8,641 38.7
United Australia hold Swing N/A

1940

1940 Victorian state election: Toorak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Stanley Argyle unopposed
United Australia hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1930s

1937

1937 Victorian state election: Toorak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Stanley Argyle 15,110 67.5 −32.5
Labor Frederick Botsman 7,278 32.5 +32.5
Total formal votes 22,388 98.3
Informal votes 399 1.7
Turnout 22,787 91.6
United Australia hold Swing N/A

1935

1935 Victorian state election: Toorak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Stanley Argyle unopposed
United Australia hold Swing

1932

1932 Victorian state election: Toorak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Stanley Argyle unopposed
United Australia hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1929

1929 Victorian state election: Toorak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Stanley Argyle 12,662 63.1 +14.6
Labor Victor Stout 7,408 36.9 +5.5
Total formal votes 171 99.2 +1.5
Informal votes 171 0.8 −1.5
Turnout 20,241 92.0 +2.1
Nationalist hold Swing +1.1

1927

1927 Victorian state election: Toorak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Stanley Argyle 9,458 48.5
Labor Charles Cope 6,124 31.4
Australian Liberal Horace Mason 3,912 20.1
Total formal votes 19,494 97.7
Informal votes 458 2.3
Turnout 19,952 89.9
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Stanley Argyle 12,084 62.0
Labor Charles Cope 7,410 38.0
Nationalist hold Swing

1924

1924 Victorian state election: Toorak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Stanley Argyle 7,741 66.9 −33.1
Labor Charles Cope 3,826 33.1 +33.1
Total formal votes 11,567 99.2
Informal votes 89 0.8
Turnout 11,656 47.7
Nationalist hold Swing N/A

1921

1921 Victorian state election: Toorak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Stanley Argyle unopposed
Nationalist hold Swing

1920

1920 Victorian state election: Toorak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Stanley Argyle 5,528 41.3 +41.3
Labor Victor Stout 2,968 22.1 +22.1
Nationalist James Barrett 2,519 18.8 +18.8
Nationalist Alfred Darroch 2,381 17.8 −17.9
Total formal votes 13,396 93.1 −2.1
Informal votes 988 6.9 +2.1
Turnout 14,384 58.2 +18.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Nationalist Stanley Argyle 8,182 61.1
Nationalist James Barrett 5,214 38.9
Nationalist hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

1917

1917 Victorian state election: Toorak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Norman Bayles 5,756 64.3 −12.5
Nationalist Alfred Darroch 3,190 35.7 +35.7
Total formal votes 8,946 95.2 −2.8
Informal votes 453 4.8 +2.8
Turnout 9,399 39.6 −2.6
Nationalist hold Swing N/A

1914

1914 Victorian state election: Toorak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Norman Bayles 7,047 76.8 +17.4
Labor Philip Behrend 2,129 23.2 +3.7
Total formal votes 9,176 98.0 −0.5
Informal votes 184 2.0 +0.5
Turnout 9,360 42.2 −20.4
Liberal hold Swing N/A

1911

1911 Victorian state election: Toorak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Norman Bayles 6,801 59.4 +5.5
Independent Liberal Frank Cornwall 2,422 21.1 −25.0
Labor Henry Duke 2,234 19.5 +19.5
Total formal votes 11,457 98.5 −1.2
Informal votes 181 1.5 +1.2
Turnout 11,638 62.6 +16.3
Liberal hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1900s

1906 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1906 Toorak state by-election § Results.[edit]
1906 Toorak state by-election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Ministerialist Norman Bayles 1,528 63.7 +63.7
Ministerialist Louis Holmes 869 36.2 −24.6
Total formal votes 2,397 99.95
Informal votes 11 0.05
Turnout 2,409
Ind. Ministerialist gain from Ministerialist Swing

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "THE TWENTIETH PARLIAMENT". Psephos: Adam Carr's Electoral Archive.