Results of the 1914 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly)

Victorian state election, 26 November 1914^[1] Legislative Assembly << 1911–1917 >>
Enrolled voters		810,026
Votes cast		319,950		Turnout	39.50	–15.90
Informal votes		7,294		Informal	2.27	+0.91
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Liberal	167,112	53.44	+6.83	42	– 2
	Labor	121,562	38.88	–4.18	21	+ 2
	Independent	24,022	7.68	–2.65	2	± 0
Total		312,696			65

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1914 Victorian state election.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gordon Webber	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Elmslie	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alexander Peacock	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert McGregor	4,079	53.6	−6.5
	Labor	James Harrison	3,524	46.4	+10.0
Total formal votes			7,603	98.5	+0.3
Informal votes			113	1.5	−0.3
Turnout			7,716	70.2	−1.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−8.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Matthew Baird	4,390	61.3	+4.7
	Labor	Thomas Richards	2,765	38.6	−4.7
Total formal votes			7,155	98.6	−0.5
Informal votes			104	1.4	+0.5
Turnout			7,259	67.8	−4.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Farrer	3,711	59.4	+22.9
	Labor	Alexander Parker	2,533	40.6	+2.9
Total formal votes			6,244	97.0	−1.4
Informal votes			194	3.0	+1.4
Turnout			6,438	56.8	−12.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Carlisle	2,785	66.4	−6.4
	Labor	Ebenezer Brown	1,411	33.6	+6.4
Total formal votes			4,196	98.0	−0.8
Informal votes			84	2.0	+0.8
Turnout			4,280	52.9	−9.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Leckie	2,183	50.2	−11.9
	Labor	John Ross	1,668	38.3	+0.5
	Independent	Jorgen Petersen	500	11.5	+11.5
Total formal votes			4,351	98.2	0.0
Informal votes			82	1.8	0.0
Turnout			4,433	61.6	−7.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Leckie		60.6	−1.5
	Labor	John Ross		39.4	+1.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alfred Hampson	3,126	57.8	−1.4
	Liberal	John Curnow	2,287	42.2	+16.4
Total formal votes			5,413	97.1	−1.3
Informal votes			164	2.9	+1.3
Turnout			5,577	59.1	−2.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Andrew	2,879	43.5	−5.2
	Independent	David Smith	2,190	33.1	+33.1
	Labor	Arthur Cook	1,543	23.3	−28.0
Total formal votes			6,612	97.6	−0.8
Informal votes			166	2.4	+2.4
Turnout			6,778	64.7	+3.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	David Smith	3,315	50.1	+50.1
	Liberal	David Andrew	3,297	49.9	+1.2
	Independent gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frank Madden	7,929	69.2	+8.8
	Labor	Ralph Charrett	3,537	30.8	+30.8
Total formal votes			11,466	98.3	−1.1
Informal votes			204	1.7	+1.1
Turnout			11,670	38.9	−13.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Oswald Snowball	5,348	72.3	−27.7
	Labor	Albert Andrews	2,048	27.7	+27.7
Total formal votes			7,396	98.1
Informal votes			144	1.9
Turnout			7,540	41.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Jewell	6,318	62.1	+0.2
	Liberal	Joseph Waxman	3,849	37.9	−0.2
Total formal votes			10,167	97.2	−1.7
Informal votes			298	2.8	+1.7
Turnout			10,465	48.2	−10.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrew Robertson	3,689	62.2	+0.9
	Labor	George McGowan	2,246	37.8	−0.9
Total formal votes			5,935	97.8	−0.6
Informal votes			131	2.2	+0.6
Turnout			6,066	55.9	−5.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harry Lawson	3,662	70.3	+8.8
	Labor	Luke Clough	1,547	29.7	−8.8
Total formal votes			5,209	98.3	−1.0
Informal votes			90	1.7	+1.0
Turnout			5,299	72.0	−5.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+8.8

1914 Victorian state election: East Melbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Henry Weedon	1,990	29.8	+29.8
	Liberal	Alfred Farthing	1,910	28.6	−16.7
	Labor	Percy Clarey	1,853	27.8	+1.5
	Independent	Valentine Cole	918	13.8	+13.8
Total formal votes			6,671	96.1	−2.1
Informal votes			270	3.9	+2.1
Turnout			6,941	52.1	−2.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alfred Farthing	3,729	55.9	+4.9
	Independent	Henry Weedon	2,942	44.1	−4.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.9

1914 Victorian state election: Evelyn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Rouget	1,546	29.3	+10.6
	Labor	Edward Duncan	1,285	24.4	+10.7
	Liberal	George Maxwell	935	17.7	+17.7
	Liberal	William Everard	804	15.2	+15.2
	Liberal	William Sell	370	7.0	−2.5
	Liberal	Edward Skardon	331	6.3	+6.3
Total formal votes			5,271	96.2	−2.4
Informal votes			210	3.8	+2.4
Turnout			5,481	52.7	−4.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	James Rouget	3,436	65.2	+0.5
	Labor	Edward Duncan	1,835	34.8	−0.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.5

1914 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Cameron	1,788	46.0	−7.7
	Labor	Edward Russell	1,756	45.2	−1.1
	Independent	Donald McRae	342	8.8	+8.8
Total formal votes			3,886	97.7	−1.5
Informal votes			93	2.3	+1.5
Turnout			3,979	59.3	−9.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	James Cameron	2,040	52.5	−1.2
	Labor	Edward Russell	1,846	47.5	+1.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.2

1914 Victorian state election: Gippsland North
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	%	±%
	Independent	Allan Cameron	2,770	52.9	+52.9
	Liberal	Reginald Argyle	2,465	47.1	−4.2
Total formal votes			5,235	97.9	−1.4
Informal votes			112	2.1	+1.4
Turnout			5,347	71.8	−5.9
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Donald McLeod	3,011	66.1	+12.0
	Independent	Morton Dunlop	1,547	33.9	+33.9
Total formal votes			4,558	98.5	−0.4
Informal votes			68	1.5	+0.4
Turnout			4,626	64.1	−23.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Egerton Holden	2,740	44.5	+6.7
	Liberal	William Smith	2,494	40.5	−19.9
	Independent	John Loughnane	918	14.9	+14.9
Total formal votes			6,152	98.1	−0.2
Informal votes			122	1.9	+0.2
Turnout			6,274	71.3	−1.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	William Smith	3,100	50.4	−10.0
	Labor	Egerton Holden	3,052	49.6	+10.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−10.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Tunnecliffe	2,783	52.3	−0.8
	Liberal	William Wallace	2,536	47.7	+0.8
Total formal votes			5,319	98.4	−0.7
Informal votes			87	1.6	+0.7
Turnout			5,406	52.1	−19.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Maurice Blackburn	7,342	52.4	+11.3
	Liberal	Edward Reynolds	6,660	47.6	−11.3
Total formal votes			14,002	98.6	−0.4
Informal votes			195	1.4	+0.4
Turnout			14,197	56.1	−10.1
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+11.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hugh Campbell	3,449	58.1	−0.3
	Labor	Charles Paramor	2,491	41.9	+0.3
Total formal votes			5,940	96.7	−1.5
Informal votes			200	3.3	+1.5
Turnout			6,140	66.0	−8.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John Mitchell	2,001	37.5
	Liberal	Patrick O'Hanlon	1,427	26.7
	Liberal	Thomas Lyons	1,094	20.5
	Liberal	Alexander McClelland	815	15.3
Total formal votes			5,337	98.4
Informal votes			86	1.6
Turnout			5,423	58.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	John Mitchell	3,366	63.1
	Liberal	Patrick O'Hanlon	1,971	36.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Chatham	2,496	58.7	−5.9
	Liberal	Nicholas Howell	1,758	41.3	+5.9
Total formal votes			4,254	97.9	−0.7
Informal votes			92	2.1	+0.7
Turnout			4,346	69.1	−2.9
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Oman	4,296	60.1	+7.3
	Labor	Patrick McMahon	2,850	39.9	0.0
Total formal votes			7,146	97.5	−1.4
Informal votes			183	2.5	+1.4
Turnout			7,329	59.7	−7.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William McPherson	6,187	76.1	+12.8
	Independent	Frederick Dawborn	1,939	23.9	+14.5
Total formal votes			8,126	97.9	−0.6
Informal votes			171	2.1	+0.6
Turnout			8,297	34.5	−30.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Albert Park

Allandale

Ballarat East

Ballarat West

Barwon

Benalla

Benambra

Bendigo East

Bendigo West

Boroondara

Borung

Brighton

Brunswick

Bulla

Carlton

Castlemaine and Maldon

Collingwood

Dalhousie

Dandenong

Daylesford

Dundas

Eaglehawk

East Melbourne

Essendon

Evelyn

Fitzroy

Flemington

Geelong

Gippsland East

Gippsland North

Gippsland South

Gippsland West

Glenelg

Goulburn Valley

Grenville

Gunbower

Hampden

Hawthorn

Jika Jika

Kara Kara

Korong

Lowan

Maryborough

Melbourne

Mornington

North Melbourne

Ovens

Polwarth

Port Fairy

Port Melbourne

Prahran

Richmond

Rodney

St Kilda

Stawell and Ararat

Swan Hill

Toorak

Upper Goulburn

Walhalla

Wangaratta

Waranga

Warrenheip

Warrnambool

Williamstown

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Membrey	7,177	56.1	−1.0
	Labor	Francis Morgan	5,623	43.9	+1.0
Total formal votes			12,800	98.2	−0.9
Informal votes			232	1.8	+0.9
Turnout			13,032	51.2	−14.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Pennington	3,545	65.4	−34.6
	Labor	Richard Taafe	1,872	34.6	+34.6
Total formal votes			5,275	98.2
Informal votes			232	1.8
Turnout			5,507	73.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Achilles Gray	2,611	63.6	−36.4
	Independent	William Williams	1,496	36.4	+36.4
Total formal votes			4,107	97.1
Informal votes			122	2.9
Turnout			4,229	58.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alexander Rogers	2,799	64.0	−11.1
	Liberal	Henry Hall	1,574	36.0	+11.1
Total formal votes			4,373	96.5	−1.8
Informal votes			159	3.5	+1.8
Turnout			4,532	44.8	−11.9
	Labor hold		Swing	−11.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alfred Downward	3,735	63.0	+16.0
	Labor	Francis Murphy	2,193	37.0	+1.2
Total formal votes			5,928	96.5	−1.9
Informal votes			213	3.5	+1.9
Turnout			6,141	44.8	−16.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Prendergast	5,294	69.5	+10.9
	Liberal	Henry Nolan	2,320	30.5	−10.9
Total formal votes			7,614	96.8	−2.1
Informal votes			253	3.2	+2.1
Turnout			7,867	45.0	−19.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alfred Billson	2,293	52.4	−8.3
	Labor	Christopher Bennett	2,083	47.6	+8.3
Total formal votes			4,376	97.9	+2.2
Informal votes			93	2.1	−2.2
Turnout			4,469	66.2	+1.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	−8.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Johnstone	4,389	63.0	+0.5
	Labor	John Considine	2,576	37.0	−0.5
Total formal votes			6,965	97.4	−1.9
Informal votes			189	2.6	+1.9
Turnout			7,154	64.4	−12.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Henry Bailey	2,874	52.5	+3.0
	Liberal	James Duffus	2,602	47.5	−3.0
Total formal votes			5,476	97.7	+1.6
Informal votes			132	2.3	−1.6
Turnout			5,608	71.2	−5.5
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.0