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Electoral results for the district of Hawthorn

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

Members for Hawthorn

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Member Party Term
  Charles Taylor Liberal 1889–1894
  Robert Murray Smith Conservative 1894–1900
  Robert Barbour Liberal 1900–1901
  Ministerialist 1901–1902
  George Swinburne Ministerialist 1902–1907
  Independent 1907–1911
  Liberal 1911–1913
  William Murray McPherson Liberal 1913–1916
  Economy 1916–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1930
  John Gray Nationalist 1930–1931
  United Australia 1931–1939
  Les Tyack United Australia 1939–1940
  Leslie Hollins Independent 1940–1945
  Fred Edmunds Liberal 1945–1949
  Independent 1949–1950
  Les Tyack Liberal 1950–1952
  Charles Murphy Labor 1952–1955
  Labor (Anti-Communist) 1955
  Jim Manson Liberal 1955–1958
  Peter Garrisson Liberal 1958–1963
  Independent 1963–1964
  Walter Jona Liberal 1964–1985
  Phil Gude Liberal 1985–1999
  Ted Baillieu Liberal 1999–2014
  John Pesutto Liberal 2014–2018
  John Kennedy Labor 2018–2022
  John Pesutto Liberal 2022–present

Election results

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Elections in the 2020s

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2022

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2022 Victorian state election: Hawthorn[1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Pesutto 18,728 42.3 −1.8
Labor John Kennedy 9,799 22.1 −10.9
Independent Melissa Lowe 8,851 20.0 +20.0
Greens Nick Savage 4,927 11.1 −6.4
Animal Justice Faith Fuhrer 660 1.5 −0.7
Liberal Democrats Richard Peppard 583 1.3 +1.3
Family First Ken Triantafillis 408 0.9 +0.9
Democratic Labour Stratton Bell 354 0.8 +0.8
Total formal votes 44,310 97.4 +1.0
Informal votes 1,178 2.6 −1.0
Turnout 45,488 90.8 +1.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Pesutto 22,927 51.7 +2.3
Labor John Kennedy 21,383 48.3 –2.3
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +2.3

Elections in the 2010s

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2018

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2018 Victorian state election: Hawthorn[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Pesutto 17,231 43.89 −10.60
Labor John Kennedy 12,646 32.21 +8.04
Greens Nicholas Bieber 7,167 18.26 −3.07
Sustainable Australia Sophie Paterson 960 2.45 +2.45
Animal Justice Catherine Wright 885 2.25 +2.25
Independent Richard Grummet 367 0.93 +0.93
Total formal votes 39,256 96.41 +0.16
Informal votes 1,462 3.59 −0.16
Turnout 40,718 90.83 −2.12
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Kennedy 19,793 50.42 +9.01
Liberal John Pesutto 19,463 49.58 −9.01
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +9.01

2014

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Victorian state election, 2014: Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Pesutto 20,551 54.5 −6.3
Labor John McNally 9,117 24.2 +3.1
Greens Tim Hartnett 8,042 21.3 +4.5
Total formal votes 37,710 96.2 −0.8
Informal votes 1,470 3.8 +0.8
Turnout 39,180 93.0 +1.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Pesutto 22,041 58.6 −8.0
Labor John McNally 15,577 41.4 +8.0
Liberal hold Swing −8.0

2010

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2010 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ted Baillieu 21,036 60.89 +4.83
Labor John McNally 7,218 20.89 -4.81
Greens Jenny Henty 5,883 17.03 +0.78
Family First Peter Grounds 409 1.18 -0.80
Total formal votes 34,546 97.06 −0.36
Informal votes 1,046 2.94 +0.36
Turnout 35,593 91.85 +1.02
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ted Baillieu 23,060 66.74 +4.48
Labor John McNally 11,493 33.26 -4.48
Liberal hold Swing +4.48

Elections in the 2000s

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2006

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2006 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ted Baillieu 18,860 56.1 +6.4
Labor John McNally 8,647 25.7 -4.8
Greens Lynda Birch 5,467 16.3 -3.5
Family First Veronica Sidhu 667 2.0 +2.0
Total formal votes 33,641 97.4 +0.1
Informal votes 890 2.6 −0.1
Turnout 34,531 90.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ted Baillieu 20,941 62.3 +6.4
Labor John McNally 12,694 37.7 -6.4
Liberal hold Swing +6.4

2002

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2002 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ted Baillieu 16,407 49.7 -12.9
Labor Avis Meddings 10,082 30.5 -1.9
Greens Tania Giles 6,544 19.8 +19.8
Total formal votes 33,033 97.3 −0.4
Informal votes 921 2.7 +0.4
Turnout 33,954 91.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ted Baillieu 18,458 55.9 -8.2
Labor Avis Meddings 14,575 44.1 +8.2
Liberal hold Swing -8.2

Elections in the 1990s

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1999

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1999 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ted Baillieu 20,548 62.6 +1.7
Labor N. R. Wickiramasingham 10,635 32.4 +3.3
Hope Kerry Dawborn 1,650 5.0 +5.0
Total formal votes 32,833 97.6 −1.1
Informal votes 792 2.4 +1.1
Turnout 33,625 91.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ted Baillieu 21,042 64.1 +0.5
Labor N. R. Wickiramasingham 11,791 35.9 -0.5
Liberal hold Swing +0.5

1996

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1996 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Phil Gude 20,251 60.9 -4.1
Labor Ian Cleaver-Wilkinson 9,662 29.1 +3.5
Independent Jenny Henty 2,744 8.3 +8.3
Natural Law Lorna Scurfield 592 1.8 -7.6
Total formal votes 33,249 98.8 +1.7
Informal votes 406 1.2 −1.7
Turnout 33,655 94.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Phil Gude 21,068 63.6 -4.8
Labor Ian Cleaver-Wilkinson 12,077 36.4 +4.8
Liberal hold Swing -4.8

1992

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1992 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Phil Gude 20,571 65.0 +6.4
Labor Gordon McCaskie 8,096 25.6 -15.5
Natural Law Lorna Scurfield 2,983 9.4 +9.4
Total formal votes 31,650 97.1 +0.2
Informal votes 933 2.9 −0.2
Turnout 32,583 94.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Phil Gude 21,619 68.4 +9.6
Labor Gordon McCaskie 9,984 31.6 -9.6
Liberal hold Swing +9.6

Elections in the 1980s

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1988

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1988 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Phil Gude 15,213 58.03 +2.28
Labor Bridget Groves 11,001 41.97 -2.28
Total formal votes 26,214 96.82 −0.61
Informal votes 861 3.18 +0.61
Turnout 27,075 89.33 −1.15
Liberal hold Swing +2.28

1985

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1985 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Phil Gude 15,605 55.7 +4.3
Labor Jill Eastwood 12,387 44.3 +3.2
Total formal votes 27,992 97.4
Informal votes 738 2.6
Turnout 28,730 90.5
Liberal hold Swing +1.5

1982

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1982 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Walter Jona 11,509 50.0 -4.7
Labor Jennifer Eastwood 9,889 42.9 +6.3
Democrats Mark Harris 1,638 7.1 -1.6
Total formal votes 23,036 98.0 +0.4
Informal votes 461 2.0 −0.4
Turnout 23,497 90.9 +1.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Walter Jona 12,118 52.6 -7.2
Labor Jennifer Eastwood 10,918 47.4 +7.2
Liberal hold Swing -7.2

Elections in the 1970s

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1979

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1979 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Walter Jona 12,903 54.7 +0.4
Labor Kevin Zervos 8,620 36.6 -1.4
Democrats Alberta Steegstra 2,050 8.7 +8.7
Total formal votes 23,573 97.6 −0.4
Informal votes 581 2.4 +0.4
Turnout 24,154 89.3 −1.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Walter Jona 14,102 59.8 -0.9
Labor Kevin Zervos 9,471 40.2 +0.9
Liberal hold Swing -0.9

1976

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1976 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Walter Jona 13,580 54.3 +1.0
Labor Evan Walker 9,487 38.0 +2.9
Democratic Labor Daniel Condon 1,556 6.2 -1.2
Independent Jennifer Relf 361 1.4 +1.4
Total formal votes 24,984 98.0
Informal votes 506 2.0
Turnout 25,490 90.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Walter Jona 15,161 60.7 -1.1
Labor Evan Walker 9,823 39.3 +1.1
Liberal hold Swing -1.1

1973

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1973 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Walter Jona 12,190 51.0 +5.0
Labor Evan Walker 8,800 36.8 -4.9
Democratic Labor Bernard Gaynor 1,785 7.5 -4.8
Australia John Worcester 1,136 4.8 +4.8
Total formal votes 23,911 97.1 +0.3
Informal votes 703 2.9 −0.3
Turnout 24,614 89.6 −2.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Walter Jona 14,162 59.2 +2.6
Labor Evan Walker 9,749 40.8 -2.6
Liberal hold Swing +2.6

1970

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1970 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Walter Jona 10,285 46.0 -1.7
Labor David Andrews 9,313 41.7 +6.2
Democratic Labor Bernard Gaynor 2,749 12.3 -4.5
Total formal votes 22,347 96.8 0.0
Informal votes 734 3.2 0.0
Turnout 23,081 92.4 +0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Walter Jona 12,652 56.6 -3.0
Labor David Andrews 9,695 43.4 +3.0
Liberal hold Swing -3.0

Elections in the 1960s

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1967

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1967 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Walter Jona 10,722 47.7 +3.7
Labor Dolph Eddy 7,968 35.5 -0.1
Democratic Labor Daniel Condon 3,766 16.8 +3.3
Total formal votes 22,456 96.8
Informal votes 738 3.2
Turnout 23,194 93.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Walter Jona 13,390 59.6 -0.6
Labor Dolph Eddy 9,066 40.4 +0.6
Liberal hold Swing -0.6

1964

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1964 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Horrie Garrick 6,454 39.3 -0.6
Liberal and Country Walter Jona 5,973 36.4 -6.0
Democratic Labor Charles Murphy 2,112 12.9 -4.8
Independent Liberal Peter Garrisson 1,505 9.2 +9.2
Centre Geoffrey Broomhall 374 2.3 +2.3
Total formal votes 16,418 95.3 −1.8
Informal votes 812 4.7 +1.8
Turnout 17,230 92.8 +1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Walter Jona 9,242 56.4 -0.9
Labor Horrie Garrick 7,156 43.6 +0.9
Liberal and Country hold Swing -0.9

1961

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1961 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Peter Garrisson 7,071 42.4 +1.2
Labor John Reeves 6,657 39.9 -0.4
Democratic Labor Charles Murphy 2,963 17.7 -0.7
Total formal votes 16,691 97.1 −0.7
Informal votes 496 2.9 +0.7
Turnout 17,187 91.8 −0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Peter Garrisson 9,568 57.3 +0.5
Labor John Reeves 7,123 42.7 -0.5
Liberal and Country hold Swing +0.5

Elections in the 1950s

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1958

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1958 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Peter Garrisson 7,469 41.2
Labor Jack Poke 7,308 40.3
Democratic Labor Charles Murphy 3,337 18.4
Total formal votes 18,114 97.8
Informal votes 404 2.2
Turnout 18,518 92.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Peter Garrisson 10,295 56.8
Labor Jack Poke 7,819 43.2
Liberal and Country hold Swing

1955

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1955 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Jim Manson 7,247 44.2
Labor Jack Poke 5,097 31.1
Labor (A-C) Charles Murphy 3,739 22.8
Henry George Justice William Pitt 313 1.9
Total formal votes 16,396 97.7
Informal votes 390 2.3
Turnout 16,786 94.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Jim Manson 8,518 52.0
Labor Jack Poke 7,878 48.0
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing

1952

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1952 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Charles Murphy 9,948 48.7 +6.8
Liberal and Country Les Tyack 6,813 33.3 -6.5
Electoral Reform Charles Calderwood 3,677 18.0 +18.0
Total formal votes 20,438 98.0 −1.1
Informal votes 409 2.0 +1.1
Turnout 20,847 94.2 +0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Charles Murphy 10,940 53.5 +7.8
Liberal and Country Les Tyack 9,498 46.5 -7.8
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing +7.8

1950

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1950 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Charles Murphy 9,361 41.9 +6.7
Liberal and Country Les Tyack 8,887 39.8 -12.0
Independent Fred Edmunds 4,100 18.3 +18.3
Total formal votes 22,348 99.1 +0.3
Informal votes 203 0.9 −0.3
Turnout 22,551 93.7 +0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Les Tyack 12,134 54.3 -6.7
Labor Charles Murphy 10,214 45.7 +6.7
Liberal and Country hold Swing -6.7

Elections in the 1940s

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1947

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1947 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Fred Edmunds 12,296 51.8 +19.1
Labor Charles Murphy 8,337 35.2 -0.2
Independent Leslie Hollins 3,088 13.0 -18.9
Total formal votes 23,721 98.8 +0.8
Informal votes 293 1.2 −0.8
Turnout 24,014 93.2 +5.6
Liberal hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1945

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1945 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Charles Murphy 7,738 35.4
Liberal Fred Edmunds 7,139 32.7
Independent Leslie Hollins 6,975 31.9
Total formal votes 21,852 98.0
Informal votes 443 2.0
Turnout 22,295 87.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Fred Edmunds 12,062 55.2
Labor Charles Murphy 9,790 44.8
Liberal gain from Independent Swing

1943

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1943 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Leslie Hollins 15,560 63.2 +9.3
United Australia Lyston Chisholm 9,065 36.8 -9.3
Total formal votes 24,625 97.6 −1.2
Informal votes 598 2.4 +1.2
Turnout 25,223 88.5 −5.2
Independent hold Swing +9.3

1940

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1940 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Leslie Hollins 12,918 53.9 +53.9
United Australia Les Tyack 11,034 46.1 -14.4
Total formal votes 12,918 98.8 −0.1
Informal votes 301 1.2 +0.1
Turnout 24,253 93.7 +1.6
Independent gain from United Australia Swing N/A

Elections in the 1930s

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1939 by-election

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The 1939 Hawthorn state by-election was held on 10 June 1939 following the death of incumbent MP John Gray. Gray, a United Australia Party (UAP) member, had died the previous month on 6 May. Despite a 34% swing away from the UAP (two Independent UAP candidates were also contesting), Les Tyack won the seat at the by-election for the UAP.[5]

1939 Hawthorn state by-election[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Albert Nicholls 5,986 27.5 -12.0
United Australia Les Tyack 5,769 26.5 -34.0
Independent Leslie Hollins 3,428 15.8 +15.8
Ind. United Australia John Chirnside 2,754 12.7 +12.7
Ind. United Australia William Vaughan 2,193 10.1 +10.1
Independent Benjamin Nicholson 1,606 7.4 +7.4
Total formal votes 21,736 95.8 −3.1
Informal votes 948 4.2 +3.1
Turnout 22,684 89.1 −3.0
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia Les Tyack 11,757 54.1 -6.4
Labor Albert Nicholls 9,979 45.9 +6.4
United Australia hold Swing -6.4

1937

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1937 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia John Gray 14,192 60.5 +6.4
Labor Herbert Oke 9,275 39.5 +39.5
Total formal votes 23,467 98.9 +0.3
Informal votes 267 1.1 −0.3
Turnout 23,734 92.1 −2.4
United Australia hold Swing N/A

1935

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1935 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia John Gray 12,076 54.1 -45.9
Social Credit Leslie Hollins 10,229 45.9 +45.9
Total formal votes 22,305 98.6
Informal votes 325 1.4
Turnout 22,630 94.5
United Australia hold Swing N/A

1932

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1930 by-election

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The 1930 Hawthorn state by-election was held on 27 September 1930 following the resignation of incumbent MP William Murray McPherson. McPherson, who was Premier of Victoria from November 1928 until December 1929, had been defeated in a vote of no confidence following the 1929 state election. In August 1930, he announced his resignation as Nationalist Party leader and from politics.[7]

1930 Hawthorn state by-election[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist John Gray 12,430 63.6 +10.3
Labor William Hulse 7,116 36.4 -10.3
Total formal votes 19,546 99.2 0.0
Informal votes 167 0.8 0.0
Turnout 19,713 89.0 −5.4
Nationalist hold Swing +10.3

Elections in the 1920s

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1929

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1929 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist William McPherson 10,978 53.3 -4.3
Labor William Hulse 9,614 46.7 +4.3
Total formal votes 20,592 99.2 +0.5
Informal votes 167 0.8 −0.5
Turnout 20,759 92.9 −1.5
Nationalist hold Swing -4.3

1927

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1927 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist William McPherson 11,610 57.6
Labor Edward Cummins 8,555 42.4
Total formal votes 20,165 98.7
Informal votes 268 1.3
Turnout 20,433 94.4
Nationalist hold Swing

1924

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1924 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist William McPherson 9,576 50.6 -49.4
Labor Edward Cummins 6,545 34.6 +34.6
Independent Liberal Horace Mason 2,812 14.8 +14.8
Total formal votes 18,933 98.6
Informal votes 275 1.4
Turnout 19,208 59.8
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist William McPherson 63.9 -36.1
Labor Edward Cummins 36.1 +36.1
Nationalist hold Swing N/A
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.

1921

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1920

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1920 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist William McPherson 8,312 49.9
Ind. Nationalist Charles Smith 4,365 26.2 +26.2
Ind. Nationalist Cecil Brack 3,996 24.0 +24.0
Total formal votes 16,673 91.3
Informal votes 1,583 8.7
Turnout 18,256 63.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Nationalist William McPherson 10,284 61.7
Ind. Nationalist Charles Smith 6,389 38.3
Nationalist hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

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1917

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1914

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1914 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
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

1911

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1911 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Swinburne 8,344 63.3 +13.2
Labor John Fraser 3,594 27.3 +27.3
Independent Liberal Frederick Dawborn 1,238 9.4 -40.5
Total formal votes 13,356 98.5 −1.0
Informal votes 197 1.5 +1.0
Turnout 13,373 64.9 +17.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal George Swinburne 70.9
Labor John Fraser 29.1
Liberal hold Swing N/A
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.

References

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  • "Hawthorn District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
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  2. ^ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  3. ^ Hawthorn District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  4. ^ State Election 2018: Hawthorn District, VEC.
  5. ^ Parliament of Victoria (2001). "Gray, John Austin". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  6. ^ "THE THIRTY-THIRD PARLIAMENT". Psephos: Adam Carr's Electoral Archive.
  7. ^ "Sir William Murray McPherson (1865–1932)". Australian Dictionary of Biography.
  8. ^ "THE THIRTIETH PARLIAMENT". Psephos: Adam Carr's Electoral Archive.