Electoral results for the district of Lowan
Appearance
This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Lowan in Victorian state elections.
Members for Lowan
[edit]First incarnation (1889–1945) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
Richard Baker | Unaligned | 1889–1894 | |
Sir William Irvine | Unaligned | 1894–1906 | |
Robert Stanley | Ministerialist | 1906–1911 | |
Comm Liberal | |||
James Menzies | Comm Liberal | 1911–1920 | |
Nationalist | |||
Marcus Wettenhall | Farmers Union | 1920–1935 | |
Land | |||
Hamilton Lamb | Land | 1935–1943 | |
Wilfred Mibus | Land | 1944–1945 | |
Second incarnation (1955–1992) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
Wilfred Mibus | Liberal & Country | 1955–1964 | |
Land | |||
Jim McCabe | Liberal | 1964–1967 | |
Ray Buckley | Land | 1967–1970 | |
Jim McCabe | Liberal | 1970–1979 | |
Bill McGrath | National Country | 1979–1982 | |
National | 1982–1992 | ||
Third incarnation (2002–present) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
Hugh Delahunty | National | 2002–2014 | |
Emma Kealy | National | 2014–present |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | Emma Kealy | 25,482 | 59.0 | –0.7 | |
Labor | Mick Monaghan | 8,454 | 19.6 | −1.8 | |
Greens | Richard Lane | 2,575 | 6.0 | +0.6 | |
Independent | Amanda Mead | 2,384 | 5.5 | +5.5 | |
Angry Victorians | Richard Etherton | 1,710 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
Family First | Robert Coleman | 1,573 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
Animal Justice | Tamasin Ramsay | 1,019 | 2.4 | +2.1 | |
Total formal votes | 43,297 | 94.3 | −0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 2,612 | 5.7 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 45,909 | 89.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
National | Emma Kealy | 30,991 | 71.6 | +0.6 | |
Labor | Mick Monaghan | 12,288 | 28.4 | −0.6 | |
National hold | Swing | +0.6 |
Elections in the 2010s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | Emma Kealy | 25,554 | 67.0 | +12.9 | |
Labor | Maurice Billi | 7,675 | 20.1 | +1.5 | |
Independent | Barry Shea | 2,468 | 6.5 | +6.5 | |
Greens | Nkandu Beltz | 2,037 | 5.3 | -3.2 | |
Victorian Socialists | Trevor Grenfell | 434 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
Total formal votes | 38,168 | 95.0 | −0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 2,002 | 5.0 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 40,170 | 93.5 | −1.5 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
National | Emma Kealy | 28,056 | 73.5 | +2.2 | |
Labor | Maurice Billi | 10,121 | 26.5 | -2.2 | |
National hold | Swing | +2.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Emma Kealy | 21,087 | 54.1 | −13.2 | |
Labor | Bob Scates | 7,243 | 18.6 | −3.6 | |
Independent | Katrina Rainsford | 5,532 | 14.2 | +14.2 | |
Greens | Nkandu Beltz | 3,324 | 8.5 | +2.9 | |
Country Alliance | Steve Price | 1,796 | 4.6 | +4.5 | |
Total formal votes | 38,982 | 95.5 | −0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 1,851 | 4.5 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 40,833 | 95.0 | −0.8 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
National | Emma Kealy | 27,773 | 71.3 | −0.7 | |
Labor | Bob Scates | 11,199 | 28.7 | +0.7 | |
National hold | Swing | −0.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Hugh Delahunty | 23,702 | 67.42 | +19.75 | |
Labor | Mandy Kirsopp | 7,783 | 22.14 | -0.23 | |
Greens | Ben Wilkie | 1,966 | 5.59 | +1.34 | |
Family First | Randall Reimer | 1,704 | 4.85 | +1.50 | |
Total formal votes | 35,155 | 96.27 | −0.15 | ||
Informal votes | 1,363 | 3.73 | +0.15 | ||
Turnout | 36,518 | 94.91 | +0.17 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
National | Hugh Delahunty | 25,337 | 72.08 | 0.00 | |
Labor | Mandy Kirsopp | 9,812 | 27.92 | 0.00 | |
National hold | Swing | 0.00 |
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Hugh Delahunty | 16,624 | 47.7 | +7.0 | |
Labor | Paul Battista | 7,803 | 22.4 | -4.7 | |
Liberal | Katrina Rainsford | 7,798 | 22.4 | -5.2 | |
Greens | Rob Daly | 1,483 | 4.3 | -0.3 | |
Family First | Graeme Presser | 1,168 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
Total formal votes | 34,876 | 96.4 | −1.1 | ||
Informal votes | 1,295 | 3.6 | +1.1 | ||
Turnout | 36,171 | 94.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
National | Hugh Delahunty | 25,169 | 72.1 | +5.0 | |
Labor | Paul Battista | 9,748 | 27.9 | -5.0 | |
National hold | Swing | +5.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Hugh Delahunty | 14,568 | 40.7 | +21.9 | |
Liberal | Howard Templeton | 9,871 | 27.6 | -9.3 | |
Labor | Charles Williams | 9,683 | 27.1 | +4.3 | |
Greens | David Brain | 1,658 | 4.6 | +4.6 | |
Total formal votes | 35,780 | 97.5 | −0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 917 | 2.5 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 36,697 | 95.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
National | Hugh Delahunty | 24,001 | 67.1 | +5.2 | |
Labor | Charles Williams | 11,779 | 32.9 | -5.2 | |
National hold | Swing | +5.2 |
Elections in the 1980s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | Bill McGrath | 16,468 | 61.03 | -2.13 | |
Liberal | Roderick Coutts | 6,003 | 22.25 | +4.03 | |
Labor | Robert Luciani | 4,511 | 16.72 | -1.90 | |
Total formal votes | 26,982 | 98.62 | −0.29 | ||
Informal votes | 377 | 1.38 | +0.29 | ||
Turnout | 27,359 | 95.42 | −0.41 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
National | Bill McGrath | 22,134 | 82.04 | +2.17 | |
Labor | Robert Luciani | 4,845 | 17.96 | -2.17 | |
National hold | Swing | +2.17 |
- The two party preferred vote was not counted between the National and Liberal candidates for Lowan.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Bill McGrath | 17,138 | 63.2 | +14.8 | |
Labor | William Albon | 5,052 | 18.6 | -3.7 | |
Liberal | John Mann | 4,944 | 18.2 | -9.0 | |
Total formal votes | 27,134 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 300 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 27,434 | 95.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
National | Bill McGrath | 21,761 | 80.2 | +4.5 | |
Labor | William Albon | 5,373 | 19.8 | -4.5 | |
National hold | Swing | +4.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Bill McGrath | 12,508 | 52.2 | +20.4 | |
Liberal | Robert Kosch | 5,701 | 23.8 | -20.8 | |
Labor | David Drake-Feary | 5,354 | 22.3 | -1.3 | |
Democrats | Zelma Furey | 402 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
Total formal votes | 23,965 | 98.5 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 352 | 1.5 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 24,317 | 95.1 | −0.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
National | Bill McGrath | 18,095 | 75.5 | +4.0 | |
Labor | David Drake-Feary | 5,870 | 24.5 | -4.0 | |
National hold | Swing | +4.0 |
- The two candidate preferred vote was not counted between the National and Liberal candidates for Lowan.
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Jim McCabe | 10,564 | 44.6 | +1.1 | |
National | Bill McGrath | 7,535 | 31.8 | +5.1 | |
Labor | David Drake-Feary | 5,599 | 23.6 | +2.3 | |
Total formal votes | 23,698 | 98.5 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 353 | 1.5 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 24,051 | 95.2 | −0.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
National | Bill McGrath | 16,941 | 71.5 | -3.0 | |
Labor | David Drake-Feary | 6,757 | 28.5 | +3.0 | |
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
National | Bill McGrath | 11,976 | 50.5 | +12.2 | |
Liberal | Jim McCabe | 11,722 | 49.5 | -12.2 | |
National gain from Liberal | Swing | +12.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jim McCabe | 10,052 | 43.5 | -0.1 | |
National | Howard Ellis | 6,174 | 26.7 | +6.3 | |
Labor | Brian Brooke | 4,923 | 21.3 | -6.8 | |
Independent | Francis Petering | 1,164 | 5.0 | +5.0 | |
Democratic Labor | Kevin Dunn | 788 | 3.4 | -1.5 | |
Total formal votes | 23,101 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 451 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 23,552 | 95.3 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Jim McCabe | 14,249 | 61.7 | -5.8 | |
National | Howard Ellis | 8,852 | 38.3 | +38.3 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | K.A. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jim McCabe | 8,220 | 44.9 | +11.0 | |
Labor | Arthur Rowe | 4,471 | 24.5 | -2.1 | |
Land | Graeme Smith | 3,966 | 21.7 | -10.8 | |
Democratic Labor | Kevin Dunn | 843 | 4.6 | -2.4 | |
Independent | Clifford Dodds | 785 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
Total formal votes | 18,285 | 98.3 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 309 | 1.7 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 18,594 | 95.4 | −1.7 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Jim McCabe | 13,260 | 72.5 | +3.4 | |
Labor | Arthur Rowe | 5,025 | 27.5 | -3.4 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jim McCabe | 6,008 | 33.9 | -6.2 | |
Land | Ray Buckley | 5,754 | 32.5 | -1.1 | |
Labor | Gustav Lehmann | 4,714 | 26.6 | +5.9 | |
Democratic Labor | John Giles | 1,240 | 7.0 | +1.4 | |
Total formal votes | 17,716 | 98.3 | −0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 304 | 1.7 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 18,020 | 97.1 | +0.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Jim McCabe | 12,241 | 69.1 | -5.9 | |
Labor | Gustav Lehmann | 5,475 | 30.9 | +5.9 | |
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Jim McCabe | 9,940 | 56.1 | +8.8 | |
Land | Ray Buckley | 7,776 | 43.9 | -8.8 | |
Liberal gain from Country | Swing | +8.8 |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Jim McCabe | 7,181 | 40.1 | +2.3 | |
Land | Ray Buckley | 6,024 | 33.6 | -16.7 | |
Labor | Roslyn Snow | 3,715 | 20.7 | +17.1 | |
Democratic Labor | Michael Grimes | 1,007 | 5.6 | -2.7 | |
Total formal votes | 17,927 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 260 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 18,187 | 96.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Land | Ray Buckley | 13,439 | 75.0 | ||
Labor | Roslyn Snow | 4,488 | 25.0 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Land | Ray Buckley | 9,448 | 52.7 | -3.3 | |
Liberal | Jim McCabe | 8,479 | 47.3 | +3.3 | |
Country gain from Liberal | Swing | -3.3 |
- In the redistribution, Lowan became a notionally Country party held seat.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Land | Lloyd Atkin | 9,167 | 45.7 | +45.7 | |
Liberal and Country | Jim McCabe | 9,146 | 45.6 | -13.7 | |
Democratic Labor | Frits Albers | 1,760 | 8.8 | -1.8 | |
Total formal votes | 20,073 | 98.7 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 261 | 1.3 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 20,334 | 96.2 | +0.2 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Jim McCabe | 10,398 | 51.8 | -16.5 | |
Land | Lloyd Atkin | 9,675 | 48.2 | +48.2 | |
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | -16.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Wilfred Mibus | 11,699 | 59.3 | +4.8 | |
Labor | James Redford | 5,933 | 30.1 | +30.1 | |
Democratic Labor | Derek Williams | 2,091 | 10.6 | -6.0 | |
Total formal votes | 19,723 | 98.8 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 245 | 1.2 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 19,968 | 96.0 | −0.4 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Wilfred Mibus | 13,477 | 68.3 | -0.7 | |
Labor | James Redford | 6,246 | 31.7 | +0.7 | |
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | -0.7 |
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Wilfred Mibus | 10,679 | 54.5 | ||
Land | Ian McCann | 5,664 | 28.9 | ||
Democratic Labor | Edgar McMahon | 3,258 | 16.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 19,601 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 257 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 19,858 | 96.4 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Wilfred Mibus | 12,308 | 62.8 | ||
Land | Ian McCann | 7,293 | 37.2 | ||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Wilfred Mibus | 11,546 | 68.1 | ||
Land | Griffith Perkins | 5,418 | 31.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 16,964 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 316 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 17,280 | 96.3 | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Tripovich | 4,201 | 42.07 | n/a | |
Land | Wilfred Mibus | 4,000 | 40.06 | n/a | |
Unendorsed Country | William Armstrong | 1,785 | 17.88 | n/a | |
Total formal votes | 9,986 | n/a | n/a | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Land | Wilfred Mibus | 5,223 | 52.30 | n/a | |
Labor | John Tripovich | 4,763 | 47.70 | n/a | |
Country hold | Swing | K.A. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Land | Hamilton Lamb | unopposed | |||
Country hold | Swing |
- Hamilton Lamb was a prisoner-of-war at this time and was not opposed. He died on the Burma Railway on 7 December 1943. Confirmation of his death was not received until September 1944.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Land | Hamilton Lamb | 5,525 | 47.8 | -18.0 | |
Independent | Winton Turnbull | 2,962 | 25.7 | +25.7 | |
United Australia | Arthur Bennett | 2,267 | 19.6 | -14.6 | |
Independent | Marcus Wettenhall | 794 | 7.4 | +7.4 | |
Total formal votes | 11,548 | 98.1 | −1.2 | ||
Informal votes | 223 | 1.9 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 11,771 | 94.9 | +0.5 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Land | Hamilton Lamb | 55.5 | -10.3 | ||
Independent | Winton Turnbull | 44.5 | +44.5 | ||
Country hold | Swing | K.A. |
- Two candidate preferred vote was estimated.
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Land | Hamilton Lamb | 7,514 | 65.8 | +10.8 | |
United Australia | Jabez Potts | 3,899 | 34.2 | +34.2 | |
Total formal votes | 11,413 | 99.3 | −0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 78 | 0.7 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 11,491 | 94.4 | −0.1 | ||
Country hold | Swing | K.A. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Land | Hamilton Lamb | 6,173 | 55.0 | +55.0 | |
Land | Marcus Wettenhall | 5,043 | 45.0 | -17.3 | |
Total formal votes | 11,216 | 99.5 | +1.4 | ||
Informal votes | 57 | 0.5 | −1.4 | ||
Turnout | 11,273 | 94.5 | −2.1 | ||
Country hold | Swing | K.A. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Land | Marcus Wettenhall | 6,745 | 62.3 | +15.8 | |
United Australia | Frederick Thompson | 4,081 | 37.7 | +37.7 | |
Total formal votes | 10,826 | 98.1 | −0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 206 | 1.9 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 11,032 | 96.6 | +1.5 | ||
Country hold | Swing | K.A. |
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Land | Marcus Wettenhall | 4,922 | 46.5 | -11.2 | |
Labor | James McDonald | 3,475 | 32.8 | +32.8 | |
Country Progressive | Albert Bussau | 2,189 | 20.7 | -21.5 | |
Total formal votes | 10,586 | 98.8 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 130 | 1.2 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 10,716 | 95.1 | +4.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Land | Marcus Wettenhall | 6,168 | 58.3 | +0.6 | |
Labor | James McDonald | 4,418 | 41.7 | +41.7 | |
Country hold | Swing | K.A. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Land | Marcus Wettenhall | 5,633 | 57.7 | ||
Country Progressive | George Clyne | 4,127 | 42.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 9,760 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 167 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 9,927 | 91.1 | |||
Country hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Land | Marcus Wettenhall | 2,959 | 42.9 | -7.3 | |
Nationalist | James Menzies | 2,400 | 34.8 | -14.8 | |
Land | Harold Glowrey | 1,152 | 16.7 | +16.7 | |
Nationalist | William Bolwell | 392 | 5.7 | +5.7 | |
Total formal votes | 6,903 | 98.5 | +0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 107 | 1.5 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,010 | 66.9 | −2.8 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Land | Marcus Wettenhall | 3,877 | 56.2 | +6.0 | |
Nationalist | James Menzies | 3,026 | 43.8 | -6.0 | |
Country hold | Swing | +6.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Victorian Farmers | Marcus Wettenhall | 3,320 | 50.2 | -4.4 | |
Nationalist | James Menzies | 3,295 | 49.8 | +4.4 | |
Total formal votes | 6,615 | 99.3 | +2.4 | ||
Informal votes | 45 | 0.7 | −2.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,657 | 69.7 | +2.0 | ||
Victorian Farmers hold | Swing | -4.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Victorian Farmers | Marcus Wettenhall | 3,246 | 54.6 | +54.6 | |
Nationalist | James Menzies | 2,853 | 45.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,279 | 96.9 | |||
Informal votes | 201 | 3.1 | |||
Turnout | 6,480 | 67.7 | |||
Victorian Farmers gain from Nationalist | Swing | K.A. |
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | James Menzies | unopposed | |||
Nationalist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Menzies | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Menzies | 4,464 | 77.1 | K.A. | |
Labor | George McGowan | 1,328 | 22.9 | +22.9 | |
Total formal votes | 5,792 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 101 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 5,893 | 65.0 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | K.A. |
References
[edit]- "Lowan District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ^ Lowan District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ "FINAL LOWAN FIGURES". The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954). Vic.: National Library of Australia. 14 November 1944. p. 2. Retrieved 30 April 2012.