Electoral results for the district of Goulburn (Victoria)

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

Members for Goulburn

Member Party Term
  Joseph Smith Labor 1945–1947
  Philip Grimwade Liberal 1947–1950
  Joseph Smith Labor 1950–1955

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

1952 Victorian state election: Goulburn[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Joseph Smith 8,478 62.5 +12.6
Liberal and Country John Roberts 5,087 37.5 0.0
Total formal votes 13,565 99.0 −0.6
Informal votes 133 1.0 +0.6
Turnout 13,698 93.6 −1.1
Labor hold Swing +10.3
1950 Victorian state election: Goulburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Joseph Smith 6,476 49.9 +4.8
Liberal and Country Philip Grimwade 4,873 37.5 +7.0
Country William Hoddinott 1,637 12.6 −11.8
Total formal votes 12,986 99.6 +0.4
Informal votes 57 0.4 −0.4
Turnout 13,043 94.7 +0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Joseph Smith 6,774 52.2 +5.5
Liberal and Country Philip Grimwade 6,212 47.8 −5.5
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing +5.5

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Victorian state election: Goulburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Joseph Smith 5,632 45.1 −0.4
Liberal Philip Grimwade 3,811 30.5 +8.8
Country Cyril Davy 3,045 24.4 +8.4
Total formal votes 12,488 99.2 +0.3
Informal votes 101 0.8 −0.3
Turnout 12,589 93.9 +6.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Philip Grimwade 6,655 53.3 +5.2
Labor Joseph Smith 5,833 46.7 −5.2
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +5.2
1945 Victorian state election: Goulburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Joseph Smith 4,970 45.5
Liberal Philip Grimwade 2,374 21.7
Independent Country Edwin Mackrell 1,822 16.7
Country Cyril Davy 1,748 16.0
Total formal votes 10,914 98.9
Informal votes 118 1.1
Turnout 11,032 87.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Joseph Smith 5,664 51.9
Liberal Phillip Grimwade 5,250 48.1
Labor gain from Country 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.