Electoral results for the district of Wangaratta

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

Members of Wangaratta

John Bowser was member for Wangaratta and Rutherglen until the 1904 election.

Member Party Term
  Sir John Bowser Unaligned 1904–1916
  Nationalist 1916–1921
  Country 1921–1927

Election results

Elections in the 1920s

1924 Victorian state election: Wangaratta[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country John Bowser unopposed
Country hold Swing
1921 Victorian state election: Wangaratta
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Victorian Farmers John Bowser unopposed
Victorian Farmers hold Swing
1920 Victorian state election: Wangaratta
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Victorian Farmers John Bowser unopposed
Victorian Farmers gain from Nationalist Swing N/A
  • John Bowser was the sitting Nationalist MP for Wangaratta, but changed to the Victorian Farmers Union before this election.

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Victorian state election: Wangaratta
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist John Bowser unopposed
Nationalist hold Swing
1914 Victorian state election: Wangaratta
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Bowser 3,269 70.8 −29.2
Labor William Phillips 1,347 29.2 +29.2
Total formal votes 4,616 98.3
Informal votes 78 1.7
Turnout 4,694 55.1
Liberal hold Swing N/A
1911 Victorian state election: Wangaratta
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Bowser unopposed
Liberal 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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