Electoral results for the district of Warrnambool

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

Members for Warrnambool

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First incarnation (1856-1955)
Member Party Term
  George Horne   1856–1861
  Thomas Manifold   1861
  John Wood   1861–1864
  John Dane   1864–1865
  William Plummer   1866–1874
  Sir James McCulloch   1874–1878
  James Francis   1878–1884
  John Murray   1884–1916
  James Deany Nationalist/Economy Party 1916–1927
  Henry Bailey Labor 1927–1932
  James Fairbairn United Australia 1932–1933
  Keith McGarvie United Australia 1933–1935
  Henry Bailey Country 1935–1950
  Sir Ronald Mack Liberal 1950–1952
  Malcolm Gladman Labor 1952–1955
Second incarnation (1967–2002)
  Ian Smith Liberal 1967–1983
  Adam Kempton Liberal 1983–1985
  John McGrath National 1985–1999
  John Vogels Liberal 1999–2002

Election results

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Elections in the 1990s

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1999 Victorian state election: Warrnambool[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Vogels 12,739 40.2 +40.2
Labor Roy Reekie 9,993 31.5 +2.9
National Greg Walsh 5,550 17.5 −40.3
Independent Maggie Lindop 1,864 5.9 −6.7
Greens Gillian Blair 740 2.3 +2.3
Independent Robert O'Brien 435 1.4 +1.4
Reform Barry Wilson 379 1.2 +1.2
Total formal votes 31,700 97.1 −1.1
Informal votes 962 2.9 +1.1
Turnout 32,662 95.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Vogels 18,682 58.9 +58.9
Labor Roy Reekie 13,018 41.1 +4.9
Liberal gain from National Swing N/A
1996 Victorian state election: Warrnambool
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National John McGrath 18,357 57.8 −18.0
Labor Peter Steele 9,071 28.6 +4.4
Independent Maggie Lindop 3,986 12.6 +12.6
Natural Law Lee Kenos 320 1.0 +1.0
Total formal votes 31,734 98.2 +0.2
Informal votes 595 1.8 −0.2
Turnout 32,329 95.9
Two-party-preferred result
National John McGrath 20,188 63.8 −12.0
Labor Peter Steele 11,448 36.2 +12.0
National hold Swing −12.0
1992 Victorian state election: Warrnambool
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National John McGrath 23,400 75.8 +25.8
Labor William Thompson 7,454 24.2 +2.5
Total formal votes 30,854 97.9 −0.6
Informal votes 649 2.1 +0.6
Turnout 31,503 97.1
National hold Swing −1.4

Elections in the 1980s

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1988 Victorian state election: Warrnambool
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National John McGrath 14,838 52.44 +20.25
Liberal Eda Ritchie 7,244 25.60 −15.84
Labor Peter Steele 6,213 21.96 −4.41
Total formal votes 28,295 98.62 −0.35
Informal votes 397 1.38 +0.35
Turnout 28,692 94.94 +0.21
Two-party-preferred result
National John McGrath 21,866 77.28
Labor Peter Steele 6,429 22.72
National hold Swing
  • The two party preferred vote was not counted between the National and Liberal candidates for Warrnambool.
1985 Victorian state election: Warrnambool
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Adam Kempton 11,417 41.4 −17.7
National John McGrath 8,871 32.2 +32.2
Labor Peter Cox 7,265 26.4 −8.6
Total formal votes 27,553 99.0
Informal votes 288 1.0
Turnout 27,841 94.7
Two-party-preferred result
National John McGrath 18,130 65.8 +0.7
Labor Peter Cox 9,423 34.2 −0.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
National John McGrath 15,578 56.5 +56.5
Liberal Adam Kempton 11,975 43.5 −21.6
National gain from Liberal Swing N/A
1983 Warrnambool state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National John McGrath 9,114 37.2 +37.2
Liberal Adam Kempton 7,797 31.8 −27.1
Labor Peter Cox 7,595 31.0 −4.3
Total formal votes 24,506 99.2 +0.6
Informal votes 208 0.8 −0.6
Turnout 24,714 91.6 −3.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Adam Kempton 13,676 55.8 −5.5
National John McGrath 10,830 44.2 +5.5
Liberal hold Swing N/A
1982 Victorian state election: Warrnambool
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ian Smith 14,640 58.9 +7.8
Labor Paul Martin 8,780 35.3 +2.1
Democrats Kathleen May 1,455 5.9 +5.9
Total formal votes 24,875 98.6 +0.8
Informal votes 353 1.4 −0.8
Turnout 25,228 95.2 −0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ian Smith 15,258 61.3 −1.1
Labor Paul Martin 9,617 38.7 +1.1
Liberal hold Swing −1.1

Elections in the 1970s

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1979 Victorian state election: Warrnambool
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ian Smith 12,258 51.1 +4.3
Labor Vernon Delaney 7,975 33.2 +2.0
National Ian Symons 3,051 12.7 −2.4
Independent Gwenneth Trayling 708 3.0 +3.0
Total formal votes 23,992 97.8 −0.9
Informal votes 536 2.2 +0.9
Turnout 24,528 95.3 +0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ian Smith 14,983 62.4 −2.8
Labor Vernon Delaney 9,009 37.6 +2.8
Liberal hold Swing −2.8
1976 Victorian state election: Warrnambool
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ian Smith 11,036 46.8 +6.5
Labor Vernon Delaney 7,365 31.2 −1.6
National Murray Lane 3,556 15.1 −0.1
Democratic Labor Peter Burke 1,643 7.0 −4.8
Total formal votes 23,600 98.7
Informal votes 308 1.3
Turnout 23,908 95.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ian Smith 15,387 65.2 +2.1
Labor Vernon Delaney 8,213 34.8 −2.1
Liberal hold Swing +2.1
1973 Victorian state election: Warrnambool
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ian Smith 8,796 43.7 +7.0
Labor Ken Sanders 5,702 28.4 −0.2
Country Harold Stephenson 3,033 15.1 +3.3
Democratic Labor Francis Hasell 2,583 12.8 −6.2
Total formal votes 20,114 98.4 +0.2
Informal votes 320 1.6 −0.2
Turnout 20,434 96.3 −0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ian Smith 13,815 68.7 +9.9
Labor Ken Sanders 6,299 31.7 −9.9
Liberal hold Swing +9.9
1970 Victorian state election: Warrnambool
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ian Smith 6,650 36.7 +8.1
Labor Donald Grossman 5,181 28.6 +3.7
Democratic Labor Francis Hasell 3,448 19.0 −2.6
Country Cyril Boyle 2,138 11.8 −3.2
Defence of Government Schools Robert McCosh 711 3.9 +3.9
Total formal votes 18,128 98.2 +0.2
Informal votes 334 1.8 −0.2
Turnout 18,462 96.7 0.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ian Smith 10,652 58.8 −10.6
Labor Donald Grossman 7,476 41.2 +10.6
Liberal hold Swing −10.6

Elections in the 1960s

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1967 Victorian state election: Warrnambool
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ian Smith 5,064 28.6 −13.9
Labor Vincent Ayres 4,404 24.9 −2.3
Democratic Labor Patrick Bourke 3,824 21.6 −0.2
Country Cyril Boyle 2,655 15.0 +6.6
Independent George Gibbs 1,759 9.9 +9.9
Total formal votes 17,706 98.0
Informal votes 352 2.0
Turnout 18,058 96.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ian Smith 12,285 69.4 +0.5
Labor Vincent Ayres 5,421 30.6 −0.5
Liberal hold Swing +0.5

Elections in the 1950s

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1952 Victorian state election: Warrnambool
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Malcolm Gladman 7,256 51.1 +9.3
Liberal and Country Ronald Mack 6,957 48.9 +14.8
Total formal votes 14,213 99.4 0.0
Informal votes 87 0.6 0.0
Turnout 14,300 96.1 −0.3
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing +2.1
1950 Victorian state election: Warrnambool
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Farrell 5,804 41.8 +1.2
Liberal and Country Ronald Mack 4,745 34.1 +34.1
Country Henry Bailey 3,349 24.1 −35.3
Total formal votes 13,898 99.4 0.0
Informal votes 89 0.6 0.0
Turnout 13,987 96.4 +0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Ronald Mack 7,102 51.1 +51.1
Labor James Farrell 6,796 48.9 +8.3
Liberal and Country gain from Country Swing N/A

Elections in the 1940s

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1947 Victorian state election: Warrnambool
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Henry Bailey 8,204 59.4 +7.8
Labor Fred Reid 5,607 40.6 −7.8
Total formal votes 13,811 99.4 +0.6
Informal votes 80 0.6 −0.6
Turnout 13,891 96.0 +6.1
Country hold Swing +7.8
1945 Victorian state election: Warrnambool
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Henry Bailey 6,358 51.6
Labor James Farrell 5,973 48.4
Total formal votes 12,331 98.8
Informal votes 143 1.2
Turnout 12,474 89.9
Country hold Swing
1943 Victorian state election: Warrnambool
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Henry Bailey 6,725 62.2 −1.6
Labor John McDonald 4,090 37.8 +37.8
Total formal votes 10,815 97.2 −1.7
Informal votes 313 2.8 +1.7
Turnout 11,128 88.3 −6.7
Country hold Swing N/A
1940 Victorian state election: Warrnambool
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Henry Bailey 7,557 63.8 +5.8
United Australia Keith McGarvie 4,284 36.2 −5.8
Total formal votes 11,841 98.9 −0.4
Informal votes 137 1.1 +0.4
Turnout 11,978 95.0 −0.9
Country hold Swing +5.8

Elections in the 1930s

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1937 Victorian state election: Warrnambool
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Henry Bailey 6,795 58.0 +18.0
United Australia Keith McGarvie 4,928 42.0 +5.9
Total formal votes 11,723 99.3 0.0
Informal votes 82 0.7 0.0
Turnout 11,805 95.9 +0.6
Country hold Swing +0.6
1935 Victorian state election: Warrnambool
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Henry Bailey 4,649 40.0 +40.0
United Australia Keith McGarvie 4,188 36.1 −19.0
Labor Frederick Gill 2,775 23.9 +23.9
Total formal votes 11,612 99.3 −0.1
Informal votes 81 0.7 +0.1
Turnout 11,693 96.5 0.0
Two-party-preferred result
Country Henry Bailey 6,671 57.4 +57.4
United Australia Keith McGarvie 4,941 42.6 −12.5
Country gain from United Australia Swing N/A
1933 Warrnambool state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Henry Bailey 3,820 35.2 −9.7
United Australia Keith McGarvie 3,061 28.2 −26.9
Country Robert Glasgow 2,451 22.6 +22.6
Labor Frederick Gill 1,518 14.0 +14.0
Total formal votes 10,850 98.9 −0.5
Informal votes 117 1.1 +0.5
Turnout 10,967 92.5 −4.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
United Australia Keith McGarvie 5,589 51.5 −3.6
Independent Henry Bailey 5,261 48.5 +48.5
United Australia hold Swing N/A
1932 Victorian state election: Warrnambool
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia James Fairbairn 6,060 55.1 +55.1
Premiers' Plan Labor Henry Bailey 4,930 44.9 +44.9
Total formal votes 10,990 99.4 +0.4
Informal votes 62 0.6 −0.4
Turnout 11,052 96.5 +1.1
United Australia gain from Labor Swing N/A

Elections in the 1920s

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1929 Victorian state election: Warrnambool
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Henry Bailey 6,146 62.3 +9.2
Australian Liberal William Downing 3,726 37.7 +32.7
Total formal votes 9,872 99.0 −0.1
Informal votes 95 1.0 +0.1
Turnout 9,967 95.4 +1.3
Labor hold Swing N/A
1927 Victorian state election: Warrnambool
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Henry Bailey 4,947 53.1
Nationalist James Swan 3,904 41.9
Australian Liberal William Downing 466 5.0
Total formal votes 9,317 99.1
Informal votes 83 0.9
Turnout 9,400 94.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Henry Bailey 53.6
Nationalist James Swan 46.4
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.
1924 Victorian state election: Warrnambool
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist James Deany 3,188 50.1 −10.1
Independent Labor Harold Lawson 2,288 36.0 +36.0
Labor Laurence Bolton 888 13.9 −25.9
Total formal votes 6,364 99.3 −0.2
Informal votes 47 0.7 +0.2
Turnout 6,411 68.1 +2.7
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist James Deany 52.4 −7.8
Independent Labor Harold Lawson 47.6 +47.6
Nationalist hold Swing N/A
  • Two candidate preferred vote was estimated.
1921 Victorian state election: Warrnambool
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist James Deany 3,541 60.2 +18.6
Labor Fred Katz 2,336 39.8 +2.0
Total formal votes 5,877 99.5 +4.9
Informal votes 27 0.5 −4.9
Turnout 5,904 65.4 −6.9
Nationalist hold Swing +4.3
1920 Victorian state election: Warrnambool
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist James Deany 2,661 41.6 −21.4
Labor George Heather 2,415 37.8 +0.8
Victorian Farmers John Clark 1,318 20.6 +20.6
Total formal votes 6,394 94.6 −3.1
Informal votes 364 5.4 +3.1
Turnout 6,758 72.3 +9.9
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist James Deany 3,575 55.9 −7.1
Labor George Heather 2,819 44.1 +7.1
Nationalist hold Swing −7.1

Elections in the 1910s

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1917 Victorian state election: Warrnambool
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist James Deany 3,489 63.0 +0.1
Labor James McMeel 2,046 37.0 −0.1
Total formal votes 5,535 97.7 +0.5
Informal votes 128 2.3 −0.5
Turnout 5,663 62.4 +8.1
Nationalist hold Swing +0.1
1916 Warrnambool state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alfred Pearce 2,152 35.5 −1.6
Liberal Desmond Dunne 1,566 25.8 N/A
Liberal James Deany 1,190 19.6 N/A
Liberal Percy Webb 1,155 19.0 N/A
Total formal votes 6,063 N/A N/A
Informal votes N/A N/A N/A
Turnout N/A N/A N/A
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal James Deany 3,574 58.9 −4.0
Labor Alfred Pearce 2,490 41.1 +4.0
Liberal hold Swing −4.0
1914 Victorian state election: Warrnambool
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Murray 3,715 62.9 −3.9
Labor Alfred Pearce 2,195 37.1 +3.9
Total formal votes 5,910 97.2 −2.1
Informal votes 173 2.8 +2.1
Turnout 6,083 54.3 −17.8
Liberal hold Swing −3.9
1911 Victorian state election: Warrnambool
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Murray 4,144 66.8 +0.9
Labor Richard Morrison 2,063 33.2 −0.9
Total formal votes 6,207 99.3 −0.2
Informal votes 47 0.7 +0.2
Turnout 6,254 72.1 +14.9
Liberal hold Swing +0.9

References

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  1. ^ Green, Antony. "1999 Victorian State Election Results" (PDF). ABC.
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