Electoral results for the district of Castlemaine and Kyneton

This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Castlemaine and Kyneton in Victorian state elections.

Members for Castlemaine and Kyneton

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Member Party Term
  Harry Lawson Nationalist 1927–1928
  Walter Langslow Nationalist 1929
  Jessie Satchell Labor 1929–1932
  Clive Shields United Aust. 1932–1940
  Bill Hodson Labor 1940–1945

Election results

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Elections in the 1940s

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1943 Victorian state election: Castlemaine and Kyneton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Hodson 5,202 54.1 -3.6
Country John Thompson 4,420 45.9 +45.9
Total formal votes 9,622 98.9 0.0
Informal votes 111 1.1 0.0
Turnout 9,733 90.7 −3.9
Labor hold Swing N/A
1940 Victorian state election: Castlemaine and Kyneton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Hodson 5,844 57.7 +9.4
United Australia Charles Lucas 4,279 42.3 -9.4
Total formal votes 10,123 98.9 −0.5
Informal votes 109 1.1 +0.5
Turnout 10,232 94.6 +0.2
Labor gain from United Australia Swing +9.4

Elections in the 1930s

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1937 Victorian state election: Castlemaine and Kyneton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Clive Shields 5,404 51.7 -2.9
Labor Jessie Satchell 5,051 48.3 +2.9
Total formal votes 10,455 99.4 0.0
Informal votes 59 0.6 0.0
Turnout 10,514 94.4 −1.2
United Australia hold Swing -2.9
1935 Victorian state election: Castlemaine and Kyneton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Clive Shields 5,620 54.6 +2.2
Labor Reg Pollard 4,665 45.4 -2.2
Total formal votes 10,285 99.4 +0.3
Informal votes 64 0.6 −0.3
Turnout 10,349 95.6 −0.5
United Australia hold Swing +2.2
1932 Victorian state election: Castlemaine and Kyneton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Clive Shields 5,387 52.4 +2.5
Labor Jessie Satchell 4,887 47.6 -2.5
Total formal votes 10,274 99.7 +0.1
Informal votes 36 0.3 −0.1
Turnout 10,310 96.1 +0.2
United Australia gain from Labor Swing +2.5

Elections in the 1920s

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1929 Victorian state election: Castlemaine and Kyneton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jessie Satchell 4,926 50.1 +10.4
Nationalist Walter Langslow 4,897 49.9 -10.4
Total formal votes 9,823 99.6 +0.6
Informal votes 51 0.4 −0.6
Turnout 9,874 95.9 +2.2
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +10.4
1929 Castlemaine and Kyneton state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Walter Langslow 4,715 50.7 -9.6
Labor Jessie Satchell 4,589 49.3 +9.6
Total formal votes 9,304 99.4 +0.4
Informal votes 59 0.6 −0.4
Turnout 9,363 93.1 −0.6
Nationalist hold Swing -9.6
1927 Victorian state election: Castlemaine and Kyneton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Harry Lawson 5,546 60.3
Labor Joseph Hannan 3,658 39.7
Total formal votes 9,204 99.0
Informal votes 96 1.0
Turnout 9,300 93.7
Nationalist hold Swing

References

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  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.