Electoral results for the district of Jika Jika

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

Members for Jika Jika

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Member Party Term
  Henry Beard Labor 1904–1907
  James Membrey Ministerialist/Comm. Lib./Nationalist 1907–1917
  John Cain I Labor 1917–1927

Election results

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Elections in the 1920s

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1924 Victorian state election: Jika Jika[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Cain 14,927 65.2 +10.7
Nationalist Philip Mayer 7,949 34.8 −10.7
Total formal votes 22,876 99.7 +0.1
Informal votes 75 0.3 −0.1
Turnout 22,951 55.2 +4.2
Labor hold Swing +10.7
1921 Victorian state election: Jika Jika
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Cain 9,668 54.5 −5.0
Nationalist Joseph Eller 8,060 45.5 +5.0
Total formal votes 17,728 99.6 +0.5
Informal votes 80 0.4 −0.5
Turnout 17,808 51.0 −12.8
Labor hold Swing −5.0
1920 Victorian state election: Jika Jika
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Cain 12,993 59.5 +12.2
Nationalist Arthur May 8,851 40.5 +10.5
Total formal votes 21,844 99.1 +1.9
Informal votes 191 0.9 −1.9
Turnout 22,035 63.8 +8.7
Labor hold Swing +8.9

Elections in the 1910s

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1917 Victorian state election: Jika Jika
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Cain 7,654 47.3 +3.4
Nationalist Arthur May 4,856 30.0 −26.1
Nationalist Samuel Dennis 3,283 20.8 +20.8
Independent Labor George Jewell 403 2.5 +2.5
Total formal votes 16,196 97.2 −1.0
Informal votes 476 2.8 +1.0
Turnout 16,672 55.1 +3.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Cain 8,119 50.6 +6.7
Nationalist Arthur May 7,997 49.4 −6.7
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +6.7
1914 Victorian state election: Jika Jika
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Membrey 7,177 56.1 −1.0
Labor Francis Morgan 5,623 43.9 +1.0
Total formal votes 12,800 98.2 −0.9
Informal votes 232 1.8 +0.9
Turnout 13,032 51.2 −14.7
Liberal hold Swing −1.0
1911 Victorian state election: Jika Jika
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Membrey 6,852 57.1 +2.5
Labor William Miller 5,139 42.9 −2.5
Total formal votes 11,991 99.1 −0.6
Informal votes 104 0.9 +0.6
Turnout 12,095 65.9 +18.2
Liberal hold Swing +2.5

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.