Electoral results for the district of Glenelg (Victoria)

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

Members for Glenelg

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Member Party Term
  Ewen Cameron Unaligned 1904–1906
  Hugh Campbell Liberal 1906–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1920
  William Thomas Labor 1920–1924
  Ernie Bond Labor 1924–1927

Election results

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Elections in the 1920s

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1924 Glenelg state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ernie Bond 4,066 55.8 +4.9
Nationalist Hugh MacLeod 3,222 44.2 +6.7
Total formal votes 7,288 99.5 +1.0
Informal votes 35 0.5 −1.0
Turnout 7,323 75.0 −1.6
Labor hold Swing +3.7
1924 Victorian state election: Glenelg[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Thomas 3,465 50.9 −2.2
Nationalist Hugh MacLeod 2,555 37.5 −9.4
Country Charles Waters 787 11.6 +11.6
Total formal votes 6,807 98.5 −1.0
Informal votes 106 1.5 +1.0
Turnout 6,913 76.6 +1.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor William Thomas 52.1 −1.0
Nationalist Hugh MacLeod 47.9 +1.0
Labor hold Swing −1.0
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.
1921 Victorian state election: Glenelg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Thomas 3,526 53.1 +9.0
Nationalist Hugh Campbell 3,111 46.9 +14.5
Total formal votes 6,637 99.5 +3.6
Informal votes 34 0.5 −3.6
Turnout 6,671 75.3 −0.3
Labor hold Swing +2.7
1920 Victorian state election: Glenelg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Thomas 2,892 44.1 +2.9
Nationalist Hugh Campbell 2,121 32.4 −9.6
Victorian Farmers William Williamson 1,538 23.5 +3.8
Total formal votes 6,551 95.9 −1.7
Informal votes 277 4.1 +1.7
Turnout 6,828 75.6 +9.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor William Thomas 3,301 50.4 +1.1
Nationalist Hugh Campbell 3,250 49.6 −1.1
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +1.1

Elections in the 1910s

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1917 Victorian state election: Glenelg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Hugh Campbell 2,478 42.0 −16.1
Labor William Thomas 2,433 41.2 −0.7
Victorian Farmers Walter Watson 989 16.8 +16.8
Total formal votes 5,900 97.6 +0.9
Informal votes 147 2.4 −0.9
Turnout 6,047 66.1 +0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Hugh Campbell 2,992 50.7 −7.4
Labor William Thomas 2,908 49.3 +7.4
Nationalist hold Swing −7.4
1914 Victorian state election: Glenelg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Hugh Campbell 3,449 58.1 −0.3
Labor Charles Paramor 2,491 41.9 +0.3
Total formal votes 5,940 96.7 −1.5
Informal votes 200 3.3 +1.5
Turnout 6,140 66.0 −8.8
Liberal hold Swing −0.3
1911 Victorian state election: Glenelg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Hugh Campbell 3,626 58.4 N/A
Labor Charles French 2,585 41.6 +41.6
Total formal votes 6,211 98.2
Informal votes 114 1.8
Turnout 6,325 74.8
Liberal hold Swing N/A

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.