Electoral results for the district of Gippsland North

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Hector Stoddart	8,840	52.5	+4.2
	Country	Bill Fulton	7,992	47.5	+16.1
Total formal votes			16,832	99.0	−0.1
Informal votes			169	1.0	+0.1
Turnout			17,001	92.4	+0.1
	Labor gain from Country		Swing	+2.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Johns	7,179	48.3	+0.5
	Country	Bill Fulton	4,658	31.4	−20.8
	Liberal and Country	Donald Fowler	3,018	20.3	+20.3
Total formal votes			14,855	99.1	−0.2
Informal votes			141	0.9	+0.2
Turnout			14,996	92.3	−1.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Bill Fulton	7,487	50.4	−1.8
	Labor	James Johns	7,368	49.6	+1.8
	Country hold		Swing	−1.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Bill Fulton	6,880	52.2	+28.6
	Labor	James Johns	6,304	47.8	−2.5
Total formal votes			13,184	99.3	+0.8
Informal votes			97	0.7	−0.8
Turnout			13,281	94.2
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	James Johns	5,807	50.3
	Country	Bill Fulton	2,728	23.6
	Country	William Moncur	2,499	21.6
	Independent	David White	506	4.4
Total formal votes			11,540	98.5
Informal votes			177	1.5
Turnout			11,717	89.9
	Labor gain from Country		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Bill Fulton	5,575	57.4	+11.7
	Labor	Reuben Basham	4,141	42.6	+8.8
Total formal votes			9,716	99.0	+0.1
Informal votes			93	1.0	−0.1
Turnout			9,809	87.7	−4.4
	Country hold		Swing	−2.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Reuben Basham	3,895	42.2	+8.4
	Country	Bill Fulton	3,704	40.1	−5.6
	Independent	Roy Mawley	1,626	17.6	+17.6
Total formal votes			9,225	98.8	−0.1
Informal votes			108	1.2	+0.1
Turnout			9,333	82.9	−9.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Bill Fulton	4,946	53.6	−6.3
	Labor	Reuben Basham	4,279	46.4	+6.3
	Country hold		Swing	−6.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Alexander Borthwick	4,592	45.7	+24.2
	Labor	Albert Ainsworth	3,402	33.8	+14.8
	Liberal Country	Stephen Ashton	2,060	20.5	+20.5
Total formal votes			10,054	98.9	0.0
Informal votes			108	1.1	0.0
Turnout			10,162	92.1	−2.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Alexander Borthwick	6,027	59.9	+11.9
	Labor	Albert Ainsworth	4,027	40.1	+40.1
	Country gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Cullinan	3,086	30.3	+11.3
	Country	Alexander Borthwick	3,079	30.2	+8.7
	Independent	Archibald Gilchrist	1,720	16.9	+16.9
	United Australia	Donald Manson	1,714	16.8	+16.8
	Independent Labor	Jack Glover	578	5.7	+5.7
Total formal votes			10,356	98.3	−0.6
Informal votes			175	1.7	+0.6
Turnout			10,531	94.1	0.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Alexander Borthwick	6,130	60.3	+12.3
	Labor	Michael Cullinan	4,047	39.7	+39.7
	Country gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James McLachlan	4,038	38.8	−23.6
	Country	William Heath	2,239	21.5	−0.9
	Independent	Archibald Gilchrist	2,164	20.8	+20.8
	Labor	Alexander McAdam	1,977	19.0	+19.0
Total formal votes			10,418	98.9	+0.3
Informal votes			113	1.1	−0.3
Turnout			10,531	94.1	−1.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	James McLachlan	5,418	52.0
	Country	William Heath	5,000	48.0
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James McLachlan	6,416	62.4	+3.8
	Country	William Kelly	2,304	22.4	−0.2
	United Australia	Stephen Ashton	1,563	15.2	−3.6
Total formal votes			10,283	98.6	−0.5
Informal votes			144	1.4	+0.5
Turnout			10,427	95.4	+1.3
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James McLachlan	5,859	58.6	−41.4
	Country	Rowland Harrison	2,266	22.6	+22.6
	United Australia	Stephen Ashton	1,877	18.8	+18.8
Total formal votes			10,002	99.1
Informal votes			93	0.9
Turnout			10,095	94.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	James McLachlan		60.4
	Country	Rowland Harrison		39.6
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James McLachlan	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	James McLachlan	7,655	84.3
	Country	John Buchan	1,419	15.6
Total formal votes			9,063	98.9
Informal votes			105	1.1
Turnout			9,168	92.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labor	James McLachlan	4,533	70.6	−7.3
	Labor	David O'Donnell	1,401	21.8	−0.3
	Country	Matthew Boland	484	7.5	+7.5
Total formal votes			6,481	99.0	−0.2
Informal votes			68	1.0	+0.2
Turnout			6,486	68.0	+8.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent Labor	James McLachlan		77.9	0.0
	Labor	David O'Donnell		22.1	0.0
	Independent Labor hold		Swing	0.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James McLachlan	4,171	77.9	+4.2
	Labor	James Bermingham	1,183	22.1	+22.1
Total formal votes			5,354	99.2	+5.2
Informal votes			43	0.8	−5.2
Turnout			5,397	59.2	−10.8
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James McLachlan	4,436	73.7
	Independent	Anthony Brennan	1,583	26.3	+26.3
Total formal votes			6,019	94.0
Informal votes			382	6.0
Turnout			6,401	70.0
	Independent gain from National Labor		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James McLachlan	3,622	65.3	+7.1
	Liberal	Francis Minchin	1,121	20.2	−21.6
	Liberal	Walter Lyon	802	14.5	+14.5
Total formal votes			5,545	98.3	−0.5
Informal votes			95	1.7	+0.5
Turnout			5,640	60.0	−11.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	James McLachlan		66.7	+8.5
	Liberal	Francis Minchin		33.3	−8.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James McLachlan	3,366	58.2	+13.8
	Liberal	William Trenwith	2,422	41.8	+0.7
Total formal votes			5,788	98.8	−0.2
Turnout			5,861	71.1	+8.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A