Electoral results for the district of Eaglehawk

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

Members for Eaglehawk edit

Member Party Term
  Henry Williams Unaligned 1889–1902
  Hay Kirkwood Ministerial 1902–1907
  Tom Tunnecliffe Labor 1907–1920
  Albert Dunstan Vic. Farmers/
Country
1920–1927

Election results edit

Elections in the 1920s edit

1924 Victorian state election: Eaglehawk[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Albert Dunstan 2,747 83.4 +46.1
Nationalist Albert Hodsworth 546 16.6 -4.7
Total formal votes 3,293 99.5 +1.4
Informal votes 16 0.5 -1.4
Turnout 3,309 56.5 -20.0
Country hold Swing N/A
1921 Victorian state election: Eaglehawk
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Victorian Farmers Albert Dunstan 1,795 37.3 +4.4
Labor Thomas Gamboni 1,484 30.8 -16.4
Nationalist Edward Heitmann 1,027 21.3 +1.5
Independent William Wallace 419 8.7 +8.7
Independent William Dunstan 91 1.9 +1.9
Total formal votes 4,816 98.1 +2.5
Informal votes 92 1.9 -2.5
Turnout 4,908 76.5 -1.2
Two-party-preferred result
Victorian Farmers Albert Dunstan 3,077 63.9 +13.8
Labor Thomas Gamboni 1,739 36.1 -13.8
Victorian Farmers hold Swing +13.8
1920 Victorian state election: Eaglehawk
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Tunnecliffe 2,302 47.2 +2.6
Victorian Farmers Albert Dunstan 1,604 32.9 +5.4
Nationalist William Watkins 967 19.8 -8.0
Total formal votes 4,996 95.6 -2.5
Informal votes 224 4.4 +2.5
Turnout 5,097 77.7 +4.9
Two-party-preferred result
Victorian Farmers Albert Dunstan 2,441 50.1 +50.1
Labor Tom Tunnecliffe 2,432 49.9 -1.5
Victorian Farmers gain from Labor Swing +1.5

Elections in the 1910s edit

1917 Victorian state election: Eaglehawk
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Tunnecliffe 2,278 44.6 -7.7
Nationalist Thomas Hicks 1,422 27.8 -19.9
Victorian Farmers William Hill 1,407 27.5 +27.5
Total formal votes 5,107 98.1 -0.3
Informal votes 101 1.9 +0.3
Turnout 5,208 72.8 +20.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tom Tunnecliffe 2,625 51.4 -0.9
Nationalist Thomas Hicks 2,482 48.6 +0.9
Labor hold Swing -0.9
1914 Victorian state election: Eaglehawk
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
1911 Victorian state election: Eaglehawk
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Tunnecliffe 3,052 53.1 -0.6
Liberal William Richards 2,696 46.9 +0.6
Total formal votes 5,748 99.1 -0.7
Informal votes 51 0.9 +0.7
Turnout 5,799 71.3 +4.6
Labor hold Swing -0.6

References edit

  1. ^ 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.