Electoral results for the district of Upper Yarra
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Australian district election results
This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Upper Yarra in Victorian state elections.
| Party | Member | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nationalist | George Knox | 1927 – 1945 | |
Election results
Elections in the 1940s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Australia | George Knox | 10,307 | 65.0 | −35.0 | |
| Labor | Arthur Fraser | 3,874 | 24.4 | +24.4 | |
| Communist | George Brown | 1,674 | 10.6 | +10.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 16,185 | 86.6 | |||
| Informal votes | 330 | 98.0 | |||
| Turnout | 16,185 | 86.6 | |||
| United Australia hold | Swing | N/A | |||
- Preferences were not distributed.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Australia | George Knox | unopposed | |||
| United Australia hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1930s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Australia | George Knox | unopposed | |||
| United Australia hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Australia | George Knox | unopposed | |||
| United Australia hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Australia | George Knox | unopposed | |||
| United Australia hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1920s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationalist | George Knox | unopposed | |||
| Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationalist | George Knox | 4,057 | 40.2 | ||
| Labor | Henry Courtney | 3,076 | 30.5 | ||
| Independent | John Mahony | 1,402 | 13.9 | ||
| Australian Liberal | George Ingram | 554 | 5.5 | ||
| Country | John Dedman | 503 | 5.0 | ||
| Independent | Henry Glynn | 492 | 4.9 | ||
| Total formal votes | 10,084 | 96.9 | |||
| Informal votes | 327 | 3.1 | |||
| Turnout | 10,411 | 90.9 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Nationalist | George Knox | 6,320 | 62.7 | ||
| Labor | Henry Courtney | 3,764 | 37.3 | ||
| Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ 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.