Electoral results for the district of Wangaratta and Ovens

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

Member		Party	Term
	John Bowser	Country	1927–1929
	Lot Diffey	Country	1929–1945

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Lot Diffey	6,478	66.5	−7.3
	Labor	Charles McKissack	3,263	33.5	+33.5
Total formal votes			9,741	98.9	+0.2
Informal votes			108	1.1	−0.2
Turnout			9,849	87.0	−5.6
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Lot Diffey	7,700	73.8	−26.2
	Liberal Country	Rupert Whalley	2,727	26.2	+26.2
Total formal votes			10,427	98.7
Informal votes			141	1.3
Turnout			10,568	92.6
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Lot Diffey	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Lot Diffey	5,601	53.6	−46.4
	Labor	Paul Jones	4,853	46.4	+46.4
Total formal votes			10,454	99.1
Informal votes			93	0.9
Turnout			10,547	94.1
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clive Walker	3,428	38.3	+38.3
	Country	Lot Diffey	2,821	31.6	−30.8
	Country Progressive	William Higgins	1,375	15.4	+15.4
	Independent Country	Percival Inchbold	1,313	14.7	+14.7
Total formal votes			8,937	98.7	+1.9
Informal votes			114	1.3	−1.9
Turnout			9,051	95.1	+3.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Lot Diffey	4,869	54.5	+1.3
	Labor	Clive Walker	4,068	45.5	+45.5
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	John Bowser	3,221	38.8
	Australian Liberal	William Higgins	3,116	37.6
	Country	Lot Diffey	1,953	23.6
Total formal votes			8,290	96.8
Informal votes			271	3.2
Turnout			8,561	92.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	John Bowser	4,409	53.2
	Australian Liberal	William Higgins	3,881	46.8
	Country hold		Swing