Electoral results for the district of Elsternwick

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

Members for Elsternwick

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Member Party Term
  John Don Liberal Party 1945–1955
  Electoral Reform League
  Richard Gainey Liberal Party 1955–1967

Election results

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Elections in the 1960s

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1964 Victorian state election: Elsternwick[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Richard Gainey 11,233 58.5 +2.9
Labor Robert Garlick 5,196 27.1 -0.6
Democratic Labor Edward Preece 2,756 14.4 -2.2
Total formal votes 19,185 98.0 +0.1
Informal votes 384 2.0 −0.1
Turnout 19,569 93.7 −0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Richard Gainey 13,575 70.8 +1.0
Labor Robert Garlick 5,610 29.2 -1.0
Liberal and Country hold Swing +1.0
1961 Victorian state election: Elsternwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Richard Gainey 10,618 55.6 -3.3
Labor George Smith 5,287 27.7 +1.9
Democratic Labor Edward Preece 3,174 16.6 +1.3
Total formal votes 19,079 97.9 −0.3
Informal votes 407 2.1 +0.3
Turnout 19,486 94.6 +1.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Richard Gainey 13,316 69.8 -2.1
Labor George Smith 5,763 30.2 +2.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing -2.1

Elections in the 1950s

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1958 Victorian state election: Elsternwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Richard Gainey 11,638 58.9
Labor George Smith 5,108 25.8
Democratic Labor Rex Keane 3,025 15.3
Total formal votes 19,771 98.2
Informal votes 358 1.8
Turnout 20,129 92.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Richard Gainey 14,209 71.9
Labor George Smith 5,562 28.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.
1955 Victorian state election: Elsternwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Victorian Liberal John Don 8,401 43.5
Liberal and Country Richard Gainey 6,918 35.8
Independent Labor Donald Tottey 4,002 20.7
Total formal votes 19,321 97.6
Informal votes 477 2.4
Turnout 19,798 93.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal and Country Richard Gainey 9,950 51.5
Victorian Liberal John Don 9,371 48.5
Liberal and Country gain from Victorian Liberal Swing
1952 Victorian state election: Elsternwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Maynes 8,453 42.4 +3.2
Electoral Reform John Don 8,389 42.1 +42.1
Independent Andrew Sinclair 3,075 15.4 +15.4
Total formal votes 19,917 98.2 −1.1
Informal votes 370 1.8 +1.1
Turnout 20,287 94.5 +1.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
Electoral Reform John Don 11,152 55.5 +55.5
Labor John Maynes 8,865 44.5 +5.3
Electoral Reform gain from Liberal and Country Swing N/A
1950 Victorian state election: Elsternwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country John Don 12,932 60.8 -3.4
Labor Harold Lorback 8,351 39.2 +3.4
Total formal votes 21,283 99.3 0.0
Informal votes 144 0.7 0.0
Turnout 21,427 93.2 +1.4
Liberal and Country hold Swing -3.4

Elections in the 1940s

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1947 Victorian state election: Elsternwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Don 14,256 64.2 +14.3
Labor Gregory Gowans 7,955 35.8 +35.8
Total formal votes 22,211 99.3 +1.5
Informal votes 159 0.7 −1.5
Turnout 22,370 91.8 +3.8
Liberal hold Swing N/A
1945 Victorian state election: Elsternwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Don 10,019 49.9
Independent Karl Dorr 5,357 26.7
Ministerial Liberal Roy Schilling 4,880 23.3
Total formal votes 20,056 97.8
Informal votes 456 2.2
Turnout 20,512 88.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal John Don 11,347 56.6
Independent Karl Dorr 8,709 43.4
Liberal 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.