Electoral results for the district of Fitzroy (Victoria)
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This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Fitzroy in Victorian state elections.
Members for Fitzroy
[edit]First incarnation (1877–1927) (Dual-member electorate until 1904) | |||||||
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Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||
Albert Tucker | Unaligned | 1877–1900 | |||||
Robert MacGregor | Unaligned | 1877–1879 | |||||
Cuthbert Blackett | Unaligned | 1879–1880 | |||||
William Vale | Unaligned | 1880–1881 | |||||
Cuthbert Blackett | Unaligned | 1881–1883 | |||||
Robert Reid | Unaligned | 1883–1889 | |||||
Robert Best | Unaligned | 1889–1901 | |||||
John Billson | Labor | 1900–1924 | |||||
Patrick O'Connor | Labor | 1901–1902 | |||||
Robert Barr | Ministerialist | 1902–1904 | |||||
Maurice Blackburn | Labor | 1925–1927 |
Second incarnation (1958–1967) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
Denis Lovegrove | Labor | 1958–1967 |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1960s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Denis Lovegrove | 8,976 | 64.5 | +7.0 | |
Liberal and Country | Harley Price | 2,549 | 17.7 | +2.1 | |
Democratic Labor | Nino Randazzo | 2,402 | 17.2 | −9.7 | |
Total formal votes | 13,927 | 93.8 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 927 | 6.2 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 14,854 | 92.3 | +1.4 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Denis Lovegrove | 9,336 | 67.0 | +5.5 | |
Liberal and Country | Harley Price | 4,591 | 33.0 | −5.5 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +5.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Denis Lovegrove | 8,427 | 57.5 | −7.3 | |
Democratic Labor | Bill Barry | 3,951 | 26.9 | +8.1 | |
Liberal and Country | Maxwell Lee | 2,285 | 15.6 | −0.7 | |
Total formal votes | 14,663 | 93.8 | −2.2 | ||
Informal votes | 970 | 6.2 | +2.2 | ||
Turnout | 15,633 | 90.9 | −0.7 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Denis Lovegrove | 9,019 | 61.5 | −6.1 | |
Liberal and Country | Maxwell Lee | 5,644 | 38.5 | +6.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −6.1 |
- The two candidate preferred vote was not counted between the Labor and DLP candidates for Fitzroy.
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Denis Lovegrove | 11,092 | 64.8 | ||
Democratic Labor | David Woodhouse | 3,224 | 18.9 | ||
Liberal and Country | Charles Gillies | 2,793 | 16.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 17,109 | 96.0 | |||
Informal votes | 711 | 4.0 | |||
Turnout | 17,820 | 91.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Denis Lovegrove | 11,575 | 67.6 | ||
Liberal and Country | Charles Gillies | 5,534 | 32.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing |
- Two party preferred vote was estimated.
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Maurice Blackburn | 4,339 | 60.7 | ||
Independent | Joseph Boell | 2,809 | 39.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 7,148 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 92 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 7,240 | 57.4 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | John Billson | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | John Billson | 3,946 | 67.0 | −5.9 | |
Nationalist | Albert Kemp | 1,940 | 33.0 | +5.9 | |
Total formal votes | 5,886 | 99.3 | +1.7 | ||
Informal votes | 40 | 0.7 | −1.7 | ||
Turnout | 5,926 | 40.2 | −18.5 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −5.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | John Billson | 6,162 | 72.9 | ||
Nationalist | Albert Fraser | 2,296 | 27.1 | +27.1 | |
Total formal votes | 8,458 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 208 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 8,666 | 58.7 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | John Billson | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | John Billson | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | John Billson | 4,486 | 63.6 | +12.4 | |
Liberal | Alexander McNair | 2,567 | 36.4 | −12.4 | |
Total formal votes | 7,053 | 98.7 | −0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 95 | 1.3 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,148 | 52.1 | −1.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +12.4 |
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "FITZROY BY-ELECTION". The Argus. Melbourne. 7 February 1925. p. 36. Retrieved 3 July 2011 – via National Library of Australia.