This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Kara Kara in Victorian state elections.
Members for Kara Kara
editFirst Incarnation 1877–1927 | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
John Dow | None | 1877 – 1893 | |
Andrew Anderson | None | 1893# – 1897 | |
Sir Peter McBride | None | 1897# – 1913 | |
John Pennington | Liberal | 1913# – 1917 | |
John Hall | VFU | 1917 – 1918 | |
John Pennington | Nationalist | 1918 – 1927 |
Kara Kara was abolished in 1927, the Electoral district of Kara Kara and Borung was created 1927 and existed until 1945. Pennington was member for Kara Kara and Borung from 1927 to 1935.
Second Incarnation 1955–1976 | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
Keith Turnbull | Liberal and Country | 1955 – 1964 | |
Bill Phelan | Country | 1964 – 1970 | |
Esmond Curnow | Labor | 1970 – 1976 |
- = by-election
Election results
editElections in the 1970s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Esmond Curnow | 7,330 | 44.0 | +9.7 | |
Liberal | John Radford | 4,691 | 28.1 | +1.0 | |
Country | Roderick Boyd | 3,739 | 22.4 | -7.0 | |
Democratic Labor | Robert O'Connor | 917 | 5.5 | -3.8 | |
Total formal votes | 16,677 | 98.3 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 287 | 1.7 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 16,964 | 96.1 | -0.9 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Esmond Curnow | 8,662 | 51.9 | -3.3 | |
Liberal | John Radford | 8,015 | 48.1 | +3.3 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Esmond Curnow | 5,508 | 34.3 | +7.5 | |
Country | Bill Phelan | 4,721 | 29.4 | -7.4 | |
Liberal | Bruce Thornhill | 4,352 | 27.1 | +0.6 | |
Democratic Labor | Robert O'Connor | 1,500 | 9.3 | -0.5 | |
Total formal votes | 16,081 | 98.3 | -0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 282 | 1.7 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 16,363 | 97.0 | +0.7 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Esmond Curnow | 8,873 | 55.2 | +55.2 | |
Liberal | Bruce Thornhill | 7,208 | 44.8 | +7.4 | |
Labor gain from Country | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1960s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Country | Bill Phelan | 6,078 | 36.8 | +8.0 | |
Labor | George Jeffs | 4,429 | 26.8 | +2.0 | |
Liberal | Alexander Lee | 4,379 | 26.5 | -9.9 | |
Democratic Labor | Bruno D'elia | 1,620 | 9.8 | -0.2 | |
Total formal votes | 16,506 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 191 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 16,697 | 96.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Bill Phelan | 11,393 | 69.0 | ||
Labor | George Jeffs | 5,113 | 31.0 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Country | Bill Phelan | 10,325 | 62.6 | +9.6 | |
Liberal | Alexander Lee | 6,181 | 37.4 | -9.6 | |
Country hold | Swing | +9.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Keith Turnbull | 7,161 | 38.7 | +5.2 | |
Country | Bill Phelan | 5,065 | 27.4 | +1.1 | |
Labor | George Jeffs | 4,534 | 24.5 | -4.1 | |
Democratic Labor | Bruno D'Elia | 1,736 | 9.4 | -2.1 | |
Total formal votes | 18,496 | 98.9 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 210 | 1.1 | -0.1 | ||
Turnout | 18,706 | 96.4 | 0.0 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Country | Bill Phelan | 9,482 | 51.3 | +51.3 | |
Liberal and Country | Keith Turnbull | 9,014 | 48.7 | -15.1 | |
Country gain from Liberal and Country | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Keith Turnbull | 6,224 | 33.5 | -8.3 | |
Labor | Cyril Sudholz | 5,314 | 28.6 | -1.3 | |
Country | Bill Phelan | 4,902 | 26.3 | +8.8 | |
Democratic Labor | Vincent Gervasoni | 2,144 | 11.5 | +0.7 | |
Total formal votes | 18,584 | 98.8 | -0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 225 | 1.2 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 18,809 | 96.4 | -0.4 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Keith Turnbull | 11,864 | 63.8 | -0.4 | |
Labor | Cyril Sudholz | 6,246 | 31.7 | +0.4 | |
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | -0.4 |
Elections in the 1950s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Keith Turnbull | 8,007 | 41.8 | ||
Labor | Cyril Sudholz | 5,714 | 29.9 | ||
Country | Allen Reseigh | 3,347 | 17.5 | ||
Democratic Labor | Gerard Gilders | 2,071 | 10.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 19,139 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 199 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 19,338 | 96.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Keith Turnbull | 12,286 | 64.2 | ||
Labor | Cyril Sudholz | 6,853 | 35.8 | ||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Keith Turnbull | 9,233 | 54.8 | ||
Country | Ian McCann | 7,605 | 45.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 16,838 | 97.1 | |||
Informal votes | 509 | 2.9 | |||
Turnout | 17,347 | 95.9 | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nationalist | John Pennington | unopposed | |||
Nationalist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nationalist | John Pennington | 2,436 | 48.8 | -5.7 | |
Victorian Farmers | Alexander Cameron | 1,583 | 31.7 | -13.8 | |
Labor | Alfred Pearce | 973 | 19.5 | +19.5 | |
Total formal votes | 4,992 | 99.1 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 48 | 0.9 | -0.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,040 | 82.9 | +4.3 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Nationalist | John Pennington | 2,675 | 53.6 | -0.9 | |
Victorian Farmers | Alexander Cameron | 2,317 | 46.4 | +0.9 | |
Nationalist hold | Swing | -0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nationalist | John Pennington | 2,679 | 54.5 | +4.3 | |
Victorian Farmers | John Hall | 2,236 | 45.5 | -4.3 | |
Total formal votes | 4,915 | 98.5 | +3.4 | ||
Informal votes | 73 | 1.5 | -3.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,988 | 78.6 | +9.4 | ||
Nationalist hold | Swing | +4.3 |
Elections in the 1910s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nationalist | John Pennington | 2,245 | 50.2 | -15.2 | |
Victorian Farmers | John Hall | 2,230 | 49.8 | +49.8 | |
Total formal votes | 4,475 | 95.1 | -3.1 | ||
Informal votes | 232 | 4.9 | +3.1 | ||
Turnout | 4,707 | 69.2 | -4.6 | ||
Nationalist hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John Pennington | 3,545 | 65.4 | -34.6 | |
Labor | Richard Taafe | 1,872 | 34.6 | +34.6 | |
Total formal votes | 5,275 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 232 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 5,507 | 73.8 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Peter McBride | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
References
edit- ^ Hughes, Colin A. (1977). 1965-1974 Election Results. Canberra: Australian Nat. Univ. Pr. ISBN 0708113400.