Electoral results for the district of Korong

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

Members for Korong

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First incarnation (1889–1927)
Member Party Term
  Robert Calvert Ministerialist 1889–1892
  Thomas Langdon Ministerialist 1892–1914
  Achilles Gray Ministerialist 1914–1917
  Isaac Weaver VFU 1917–1920
Country 1920–1927
Second incarnation (1945–1955)
Member Party Term
(Sir) Albert Dunstan Country 1945–1950
Keith Turnbull Liberal and Country 1950–1955

Election results

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Elections in the 1950s

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1952

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1952 Victorian state election: Korong[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Keith Turnbull 4,359 36.2 −0.4
Labor Campbell Turnbull 3,892 32.4 −0.3
Country Frank Coghill 3,371 28.0 −2.7
Electoral Reform Wallace Lunn 409 3.4 +3.4
Total formal votes 12,031 99.0 −0.3
Informal votes 125 1.0 +0.3
Turnout 12,156 95.2 −0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Keith Turnbull 7,332 60.9 +0.5
Labor Campbell Turnbull 4,699 39.1 −0.5
Liberal and Country hold Swing +0.5

1950

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1950 Victorian state election: Korong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Keith Turnbull 4,428 36.6 +36.6
Labor Jack McLean 3,957 32.7 +3.8
Country James Matheson 3,718 30.7 −40.4
Total formal votes 12,103 99.3 −0.1
Informal votes 89 0.7 +0.1
Turnout 12,192 95.4 +0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Keith Turnbull 7,313 60.4 +60.4
Labor Jack McLean 4,790 39.6 +10.7
Liberal and Country gain from Country Swing N/A

Elections in the 1940s

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1947

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1947 Victorian state election: Korong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Albert Dunstan 8,715 71.1 +3.3
Labor Ernest Duus 3,547 28.9 −3.3
Total formal votes 12,262 99.4 +0.2
Informal votes 70 0.6 −0.2
Turnout 12,332 94.9 +6.4
Country hold Swing +3.3

1945

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1945 Victorian state election: Korong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Albert Dunstan 7,662 67.8
Labor William Casey 3,647 32.2
Total formal votes 11,309 99.2
Informal votes 91 0.8
Turnout 11,400 88.5
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

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1924

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1924 Victorian state election: Korong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Isaac Weaver 2,791 67.5 +5.6
Nationalist John O'Brien 1,342 32.5 −5.6
Total formal votes 4,133 99.7 +0.3
Informal votes 12 0.3 −0.3
Turnout 4,145 63.6 −3.8
Country hold Swing +5.6

1921

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1921 Victorian state election: Korong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Victorian Farmers Isaac Weaver 2,835 61.9 −18.8
Nationalist Peter Hansen 1,742 38.1 +18.8
Total formal votes 4,577 99.4 +5.1
Informal votes 30 0.6 −5.1
Turnout 4,607 67.4 +3.7
Victorian Farmers hold Swing −18.8

1920

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1920 Victorian state election: Korong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Victorian Farmers Isaac Weaver 3,314 80.7 +25.6
Nationalist Charles Kelly 794 19.3 −25.6
Total formal votes 4,108 94.3 −2.9
Informal votes 250 5.7 +2.9
Turnout 4,358 63.7 +3.0
Victorian Farmers hold Swing +25.6

Elections in the 1910s

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1917

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1917 Victorian state election: Korong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Victorian Farmers Isaac Weaver 2,306 55.1 +55.1
Nationalist Achilles Gray 1,876 44.9 −18.7
Total formal votes 4,182 97.1 0.0
Informal votes 123 2.9 0.0
Turnout 4,305 60.7 +2.0
Victorian Farmers gain from Nationalist Swing N/A

1914

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1914 Victorian state election: Korong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Achilles Gray 2,611 63.6 +0.7
Independent William Williams 1,496 36.4 −0.7
Total formal votes 4,107 97.1
Informal votes 122 2.9
Turnout 4,229 58.7
Liberal hold Swing N/A

1914 by-election

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This section is an excerpt from 1914 Korong state by-election § Results.[edit]
1914 Korong state by-election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Achilles Gray 2,502 62.9 +62.9
Liberal William Williams 1,474 37.1 +37.1
Total formal votes 3,976 98.3 N/A
Informal votes 69 1.7 N/A
Turnout 4,045 59.9 N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A

1911

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1911 Victorian state election: Korong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Langdon unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1900s

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1907 by-election

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This section is an excerpt from 1907 Korong state by-election § Results.[edit]
1907 Korong state by-election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Liberal Thomas Langdon unopposed
Registered electors 2,787
United 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.
  2. ^ "THE TWENTY-THIRD PARLIAMENT". Psephos: Adam Carr's Electoral Archive.
  3. ^ "THE TWENTIETH PARLIAMENT". Psephos: Adam Carr's Electoral Archive.
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