Electoral results for the district of North Melbourne

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

Members for North Melbourne

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Two members initially, one from the redistribution of 1889 when Port Melbourne and other districts were created.

Member 1 Term Member 2 Term
John Sinclair Oct 1859 – Jul  1861 George Elliott Barton Oct 1859 – Jul? 1861
Patrick Costello Aug 1861 – Nov 1861[x] John Davies Aug 1861 – Aug 1864
John Sinclair Nov 1861[1]– Aug 1864
John Goulson Burtt Nov 1864 – Mar 1874 William Robinson Nov 1864 – Dec 1865
John Harbison Feb 1866 – Jan 1871
James Munro May 1874 – Apr 1877 John Curtain Apr 1871 – Apr 1877
John Laurens May 1877 – Mar 1889 Joseph Storey May 1877 – Mar 1881
James Munro Apr 1881[b] – Feb 1883
James Rose Feb 1883 – Mar 1889
Single Member District 1889–1927
Member Party Term
  John Laurens Unaligned 1889–1892
  David Wyllie Unaligned 1892–1893
  Sylvanus Reynolds[b] Unaligned 1893–1894
  George Prendergast Labour 1894–1897
  William Watt Unaligned 1897–1900
  George Prendergast Labor 1900–1927
b = by-election
x = expelled

Election results

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Elections in the 1920s

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1924 Victorian state election: North Melbourne[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Prendergast unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1921 Victorian state election: North Melbourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Prendergast unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1920 Victorian state election: North Melbourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Prendergast 7,359 67.8 +1.4
Nationalist Henry Raphael 3,496 32.2 −1.4
Total formal votes 10,855 98.6 +2.4
Informal votes 152 1.4 −2.4
Turnout 11,007 62.7 +10.1
Labor hold Swing +1.4

Elections in the 1910s

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1917 Victorian state election: North Melbourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Prendergast 5,731 66.4 −3.1
Nationalist John Vroland 2,899 33.6 +3.1
Total formal votes 8,630 96.2 −0.6
Informal votes 341 3.8 +0.6
Turnout 8,971 52.6 +7.6
Labor hold Swing −3.1
1914 Victorian state election: North Melbourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Prendergast 5,294 69.5 +10.9
Liberal Henry Nolan 2,320 30.5 −10.9
Total formal votes 7,614 96.8 −2.1
Informal votes 253 3.2 +2.1
Turnout 7,867 45.0 −19.8
Labor hold Swing +10.9
1911 Victorian state election: North Melbourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Prendergast 5,637 58.6 N/A
Liberal Solomon Bloom 3,982 41.4 +41.4
Total formal votes 9,619 98.9
Informal votes 103 1.1
Turnout 9,722 64.8
Labor hold Swing N/A

References

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  1. ^ "Legislative Assembly". The Argus. Melbourne, Vic. 27 November 1861.
  2. ^ 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.