Electoral results for the district of Moonee Ponds

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

Members for Moonee Ponds

Member		Party	Term
	Samuel Merrifield	Labor	1945–1955
	Jack Holden	Liberal	1955–1967
	Tom Edmunds	Labor	1967–1976

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

1973 Victorian state election: Moonee Ponds

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Edmunds	12,991	54.1	+1.5
	Liberal	William Lawrence	8,282	34.5	+2.1
	Democratic Labor	Michael McMahon	2,758	11.5	-3.6
Total formal votes			24,031	95.9	-0.2
Informal votes			1,017	4.1	+0.2
Turnout			25,048	94.5	-0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tom Edmunds	13,405	55.8	+1.0
	Liberal	William Lawrence	10,626	44.2	-1.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.0

1970 Victorian state election: Moonee Ponds

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Edmunds	12,146	52.6	+5.0
	Liberal	John Williams	7,485	32.4	-0.1
	Democratic Labor	Barry O'Brien	3,479	15.0	0.0
Total formal votes			23,110	96.1	0.0
Informal votes			934	3.9	0.0
Turnout			24,044	95.2	+1.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tom Edmunds	12,668	54.8	+3.5
	Liberal	John Williams	10,442	45.2	-3.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.5

Elections in the 1960s

1967 Victorian state election: Moonee Ponds

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Edmunds	11,280	47.6	+1.4
	Liberal	Jack Holden	7,716	32.5	-3.4
	Democratic Labor	Barry O'Brien	3,554	15.0	-2.8
	Independent	Lancelot Hutchinson	1,165	4.9	+4.9
Total formal votes			23,715	96.1
Informal votes			960	3.9
Turnout			24,675	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tom Edmunds	12,168	51.3	+4.2
	Liberal	Jack Holden	11,547	48.7	-4.2
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+4.2

1964 Victorian state election: Moonee Ponds

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Edmunds	7,903	43.3	+1.8
	Liberal and Country	Jack Holden	7,293	39.9	+1.1
	Democratic Labor	Barry O'Brien	3,078	16.8	-1.3
Total formal votes			18,274	97.4	+0.2
Informal votes			481	2.6	-0.2
Turnout			18,755	93.9	-0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Jack Holden	10,224	56.0	+0.1
	Labor	Tom Edmunds	8,050	44.0	-0.1
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+0.1

1961 Victorian state election: Moonee Ponds

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Edmunds	7,724	41.5	+3.8
	Liberal and Country	Jack Holden	7,222	38.8	-3.1
	Democratic Labor	Paul Gunn	3,360	18.1	-0.3
	Independent	Peter Kirchner	306	1.6	+1.6
Total formal votes			18,612	97.2	-1.1
Informal votes			529	2.8	+1.1
Turnout			19,141	94.6	-0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Jack Holden	10,406	55.9	-4.5
	Labor	Tom Edmunds	8,206	44.1	+4.5
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	-4.5

Elections in the 1950s

1958 Victorian state election: Moonee Ponds

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Jack Holden	8,128	41.9
	Labor	Thomas Moloney	7,306	37.7
	Democratic Labor	Paul Gunn	3,565	18.4
	Independent	Lancelot Hutchinson	379	2.0
Total formal votes			19,378	98.3
Informal votes			328	1.7
Turnout			19,706	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Jack Holden	11,694	60.4
	Labor	Thomas Moloney	7,684	39.6
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

1955 Victorian state election: Moonee Ponds

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Samuel Merrifield	9,389	46.0
	Liberal and Country	Jack Holden	6,846	33.5
	Labor (A-C)	Harold Hilbert	4,167	20.4
Total formal votes			20,402	98.7
Informal votes			272	1.3
Turnout			20,674	93.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Jack Holden	10,633	52.1
	Labor	Samuel Merrifield	9,769	47.9
	Liberal and Country gain from Labor		Swing

1952 Victorian state election: Moonee Ponds

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Samuel Merrifield	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1950 Victorian state election: Moonee Ponds

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Samuel Merrifield	14,073	56.0	+1.2
	Liberal and Country	John Rossiter	7,902	31.4	-13.8
	Independent	Brian O'Callaghan	3,154	12.6	+12.6
Total formal votes			25,129	99.1	0.0
Informal votes			228	0.9	0.0
Turnout			25,357	95.4	+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Samuel Merrifield	14,388	57.2	+2.4
	Liberal and Country	John Rossiter	10,741	42.8	-2.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.4

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Victorian state election: Moonee Ponds

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Samuel Merrifield	13,982	54.8	-45.2
	Liberal	Wallace Crichton	11,534	45.2	+45.2
Total formal votes			25,516	99.1
Informal votes			229	0.9
Turnout			25,745	94.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1945 Victorian state election: Moonee Ponds

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Samuel Merrifield	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing