Electoral results for the district of Nunawading

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

Members for Nunawading

Member Party Term
  Edmund Greenwood Nationalist 1927–1929
  Robert Menzies Nationalist 1929–1931
  United Australia 1931–1934
  William Boyland United Australia 1934–1937
  Ivy Weber Independent 1937–1943
  Bob Gray Labor 1943–1945

Election results

Elections in the 1940s

1943 Nunawading state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bob Gray 11,021 43.9 +7.0
United Australia Oliver Norman 4,580 18.3 −5.4
Ind. United Australia John Hogan 3,162 12.6 −11.1
Independent Fred Edmunds 2,315 9.2 +9.2
Independent Claude Robertson 1,763 7.0 +7.0
Independent Lila Monsbourgh 1,526 6.1 +6.1
Independent Walter Fordham 709 2.8 +2.8
Total formal votes 25,167 97.3 +0.4
Informal votes 707 2.7 −0.4
Turnout 25,874 84.0 −4.0
After distribution of preferences
Labor Bob Gray 12,736 50.6
United Australia Oliver Norman 6,371 25.3
Ind. United Australia John Hogan 5,960 23.7
Labor gain from Independent Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not fully distributed.
1943 Victorian state election: Nunawading[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bob Gray 9,498 36.9 +7.4
Independent Ivy Weber 8,665 33.7 −0.9
United Australia John Hogan 6,085 23.7 −8.0
Independent Clifford Wolfe 1,480 5.8 +5.8
Total formal votes 25,728 96.9 −1.1
Informal votes 813 3.1 +1.1
Turnout 26,541 88.0 −5.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Ivy Weber 14,492 56.3 +0.2
Labor Bob Gray 11,236 43.7 +43.7
Independent hold Swing N/A
1940 Victorian state election: Nunawading
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia William Dimmick 8,591 35.7 +5.8
Independent Ivy Weber 8,368 34.8 +8.2
Labor Thomas Brennan 7,097 29.5 +5.7
Total formal votes 24,056 98.0 +0.6
Informal votes 492 2.0 −0.6
Turnout 24,548 93.5 −0.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Ivy Weber 13,505 56.1 +2.3
United Australia William Dimmick 10,551 43.9 −2.3
Independent hold Swing +2.3

Elections in the 1930s

1937 Victorian state election: Nunawading
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia William Boyland 6,717 29.9 −13.4
Independent Ivy Weber 5,970 26.6 +26.6
Labor Arthur Lewis 5,430 24.2 −4.2
Independent John Mahony 4,335 19.3 +19.3
Total formal votes 22,452 97.4 −1.3
Informal votes 600 2.6 +1.3
Turnout 23,052 94.1 −1.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Ivy Weber 12,095 53.8 +53.8
United Australia William Boyland 10,357 46.1 −15.3
Independent gain from United Australia Swing N/A
1935 Victorian state election: Nunawading
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia William Boyland 9,277 43.3 −56.7
Labor Arthur Lewis 6,078 28.4 +28.4
Independent Edmund Greenwood 6,043 28.2 +28.2
Total formal votes 21,398 98.7
Informal votes 282 1.3
Turnout 21,680 95.1
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia William Boyland 13,133 61.4 −38.6
Labor Arthur Lewis 8,265 38.6 +38.6
United Australia hold Swing N/A
1934 Nunawading state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia David Robertson 4,882 25.0
Labor Fred Katz 4,761 24.3
United Australia William Boyland 4,447 22.7
United Australia Edmund Greenwood 3,261 16.7
United Australia George Reid 2,203 11.3
Total formal votes 19,554 95.9
Informal votes 843 4.1
Turnout 20,397 90.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
United Australia William Boyland 10,189 52.1
United Australia David Robertson 9,365 47.9
United Australia hold Swing N/A
1932 Victorian state election: Nunawading
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Robert Menzies unopposed
United Australia hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Victorian state election: Nunawading
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Robert Menzies 10,932 55.4 −0.8
Labor John McKellar 8,793 44.6 +10.7
Total formal votes 19,725 99.2 +1.5
Informal votes 151 0.8 −1.5
Turnout 19,876 94.5 +1.4
Nationalist hold Swing −3.7
1927 Victorian state election: Nunawading
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Edmund Greenwood 8,044 46.5
Labor John Toohey 5,866 33.9
Nationalist Garnet Soilleux 1,674 9.7
Australian Liberal Stephen Thompson 1,095 6.3
Australian Liberal Robert Halliday 602 3.5
Total formal votes 17,281 97.7
Informal votes 410 2.3
Turnout 17,691 93.1
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Edmund Greenwood 10,209 59.1
Labor John Toohey 7,072 40.9
Nationalist hold Swing

References

  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.
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