Electoral results for the district of Maryborough (Victoria)

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

Members for Maryborough

First incarnation 1859–1877, two members
Member 1TermMember 2Term
Richard D. IrelandOct 1859    – Dec 1860[1] Michael PrendergastOct 1859 – Jul  1861
Nathaniel LeviJan 1861[2] – Dec 1865 Richard Davies IrelandAug 1861[c]
George S. EvansOct 1861 – Aug 1864
James MasonNov 1864 – Dec 1865
Robert BowmanFeb 1866   – Mar 1870 James McKeanFeb 1866 – Jan 1871
Duncan GilliesMar 1870   – Apr 1877 William FraserApr 1871 – Apr 1877
[c] Davies won both Maryborough and Villiers and Heytesbury at the August 1861 general elections,[3] he resigned from Maryborough.
Second incarnation 1889–1927, one member
MemberPartyTerm
  Alfred Outtrim Unaligned 1889–1902
  Frederick Field Unaligned 1902–1904
  Alfred Outtrim Labor 1904–1916
  National Labor 1916–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1920
  George Frost Labor 1920–1927

Election results

Elections in the 1920s

1924 Victorian state election: Maryborough[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Frost 3,207 68.3 +12.3
Independent Liberal Thomas Richards 1,488 31.7 +31.7
Total formal votes 4,695 99.4 -0.2
Informal votes 31 0.6 +0.2
Turnout 4,726 74.3 -2.0
Labor hold SwingN/A
1921 Victorian state election: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Frost 2,837 56.0 +7.4
Nationalist James Holland 2,229 44.0 +9.5
Total formal votes 5,066 99.6 +5.6
Informal votes 20 0.4 -5.6
Turnout 5,086 76.3 +2.7
Labor hold Swing+4.4
1920 Victorian state election: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Frost 2,319 48.6 +7.8
Nationalist Alfred Outtrim 1,649 34.5 -5.4
Victorian Farmers Robert Laidlaw 806 16.9 +16.9
Total formal votes 4,774 94.0 -4.0
Informal votes 305 6.0 +4.0
Turnout 5,079 73.6 +6.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor George Frost 2,466 51.6 +8.2
Nationalist Alfred Outtrim 2,308 48.4 -8.2
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing+8.2

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Victorian state election: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Jude 1,929 40.8 -21.8
National Labor Alfred Outtrim 1,886 39.9 +39.9
Nationalist Robert Laidlaw 908 19.2 -18.2
Total formal votes 4,723 98.0 -0.3
Informal votes 99 2.0 +0.3
Turnout 4,822 67.2 +7.0
Two-party-preferred result
National Labor Alfred Outtrim 2,672 56.6 +56.6
Labor Thomas Jude 2,051 43.4 -19.2
National Labor gain from Labor SwingN/A
1914 Victorian state election: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alfred Outtrim 2,930 62.6 +6.7
Liberal James Holland 1,748 37.4 -6.7
Total formal votes 4,678 98.3 -0.6
Informal votes 83 1.7 +0.6
Turnout 4,761 60.2 -13.7
Labor hold Swing+6.7
1911 Victorian state election: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alfred Outtrim 3,245 55.9 N/A
Liberal James Bennett 2,562 44.1 +44.1
Total formal votes 5,807 98.9
Informal votes 63 1.1
Turnout 5,870 73.9
Labor hold SwingN/A

References

  1. "Mr. Ireland's Defeat". Bendigo Advertiser. 13 December 1860.
  2. "The Victorian Parliament". The Argus. Melbourne. 4 January 1861. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  3. "The Victorian Parliament". The Argus. Melbourne: Trove. 31 August 1861. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  4. 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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