Electoral results for the district of Upper Goulburn

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

Members for Upper Goulburn

Member Party Term
  Thomas Hunt Unaligned 1904–1908
  George Cookson Liberal 1908–1911
  Malcolm McKenzie Liberal 1911–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1920
  Edwin Mackrell Country 1920–1945

Election results

Elections in the 1940s

1943 Victorian state election: Upper Goulburn[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Edwin Mackrell unopposed
Country hold Swing
1940 Victorian state election: Upper Goulburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Edwin Mackrell unopposed
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1937 Victorian state election: Upper Goulburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Edwin Mackrell unopposed
Country hold Swing
1935 Victorian state election: Upper Goulburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Edwin Mackrell 5,620 61.8 +15.9
Labor Edward Withers 3,476 38.2 +5.5
Total formal votes 9,096 99.2 +0.4
Informal votes 75 0.8 −0.4
Turnout 9,171 94.4 +0.5
Country hold Swing −3.0
1932 Victorian state election: Upper Goulburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Edwin Mackrell 4,029 45.9 −5.3
Labor John Dedman 2,867 32.7 −16.1
United Australia Robert Forsyth 1,879 21.4 +21.4
Total formal votes 8,775 98.8 −0.6
Informal votes 109 1.2 +0.6
Turnout 8,884 93.9 −0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Country Edwin Mackrell 5,682 64.8 +13.6
Labor John Dedman 3,093 35.2 −13.6
Country hold Swing +13.6

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Victorian state election: Upper Goulburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Edwin Mackrell 4,555 51.2 +17.4
Labor Edward Withers 4,337 48.8 +4.7
Total formal votes 8,892 99.4 +0.8
Informal votes 57 0.6 −0.8
Turnout 8,949 94.3 +4.1
Country hold Swing −0.7
1927 Victorian state election: Upper Goulburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edward Withers 3,658 44.1
Country Edwin Mackrell 2,805 33.8
Nationalist George Wilson 1,831 22.1
Total formal votes 8,294 98.6
Informal votes 120 1.4
Turnout 8,414 90.2
Two-party-preferred result
Country Edwin Mackrell 4,303 51.9
Labor Edward Withers 3,991 48.1
Country hold Swing
1924 Victorian state election: Upper Goulburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Minogue 2,137 38.3 +4.4
Country Edwin Mackrell 1,889 33.8 0.0
Nationalist Robert McAlpin 1,556 27.9 −4.4
Total formal votes 5,582 98.7 +0.5
Informal votes 73 1.3 −0.5
Turnout 5,655 72.9 +7.8
Two-party-preferred result
Country Edwin Mackrell 3,257 58.3 −3.4
Labor John Minogue 2,325 41.7 +3.4
Country hold Swing −3.4
1921 Victorian state election: Upper Goulburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Christopher Gleeson 1,757 33.9 −1.6
Victorian Farmers Edwin Mackrell 1,750 33.8 −0.2
Nationalist John Leckie 1,678 32.4 +1.9
Total formal votes 5,185 98.2 +3.3
Informal votes 97 1.8 −3.3
Turnout 5,282 65.1 +1.7
Two-party-preferred result
Victorian Farmers Edwin Mackrell 3,198 61.7 +3.6
Labor Christopher Gleeson 1,987 38.3 −3.6
Victorian Farmers hold Swing +3.6
1921 Upper Goulburn state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Christopher Gleeson 1,960 38.3 +2.8
Victorian Farmers Edwin Mackrell 1,885 36.9 +2.9
Nationalist William Whiting 1,266 24.8 −5.7
Total formal votes 5,111 N/A N/A
Informal votes N/A N/A
Turnout N/A N/A N/A
Two-party-preferred result
Victorian Farmers Edwin Mackrell 2,925 57.2 −0.9
Labor Christopher Gleeson 2,186 42.8 +0.9
Victorian Farmers hold Swing −0.9
1920 Victorian state election: Upper Goulburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Christopher Gleeson 1,746 35.5 +35.5
Victorian Farmers Edwin Mackrell 1,669 34.0 +34.0
Nationalist William Whiting 1,499 30.5
Total formal votes 4,914 94.9 −3.1
Informal votes 267 5.1 +3.1
Turnout 5,181 63.4 +10.0
Two-party-preferred result
Victorian Farmers Edwin Mackrell 2,857 58.1 +58.1
Labor Christopher Gleeson 2,057 41.9 +41.9
Victorian Farmers gain from Nationalist Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Victorian state election: Upper Goulburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Malcolm McKenzie 2,630 61.0 +1.0
Nationalist Thomas Hunt 1,678 39.0 +39.0
Total formal votes 4,308 98.0 +1.3
Informal votes 87 2.0 −1.3
Turnout 4,395 53.4 −4.1
Nationalist hold Swing N/A
1914 Victorian state election: Upper Goulburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Malcolm McKenzie 2,746 60.0 +39.4
Labor Michael O'Brien 1,833 40.0 +14.7
Total formal votes 4,579 96.7 −1.4
Informal votes 155 3.3 +1.4
Turnout 4,734 57.5 −9.0
Liberal hold Swing N/A
1911 Victorian state election: Upper Goulburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Malcolm McKenzie 1,758 34.6 +34.6
Labor Ernest Moloney 1,285 25.3 +25.3
Liberal George Cookson 1,049 20.6 −31.4
Independent Thomas Hunt 990 19.5 −28.5
Total formal votes 5,082 98.1 −1.5
Informal votes 97 1.9 +1.5
Turnout 5,179 66.5 +9.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Malcolm McKenzie 2,885 56.8 +56.8
Labor Ernest Moloney 2,197 43.2 +43.2
Independent gain from Liberal Swing N/A

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.