Electoral results for the district of Dundas (Victoria)

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

Members for Dundas

1973 Victorian state election: Dundas^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edward Lewis	7,478	41.3	+7.1
	Liberal	Bruce Chamberlain	6,780	37.4	+7.5
	Country	Alexander McLennan	2,867	15.8	-4.7
	Democratic Labor	Patrick Healy	1,008	5.6	-2.7
Total formal votes			18,113	98.0	+1.6
Informal votes			374	2.0	−1.6
Turnout			18,487	96.1	−0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Chamberlain	9,699	53.6	+7.4
	Labor	Edward Lewis	8,414	46.4	-7.4
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+7.4

1970 Victorian state election: Dundas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edward Lewis	5,884	34.2	-0.5
	Liberal	William McDonald	5,145	29.9	-3.0
	Country	Alexander McLennan	3,530	20.5	-2.0
	Democratic Labor	James Eveston	1,424	8.3	-1.7
	Defence of Government Schools	Alma Crouch	1,045	6.1	+6.1
	Independent	John Moodie	159	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			17,187	96.4	−1.8
Informal votes			641	3.6	+1.8
Turnout			17,828	96.7	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Edward Lewis	9,211	53.6	+5.6
	Liberal	William McDonald	7,976	46.4	-5.6
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+5.6

1967 Victorian state election: Dundas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Jones	6,069	34.7	+12.3
	Liberal	William McDonald	5,751	32.9	-4.6
	Country	Reginald Fogarty	3,931	22.5	-7.3
	Democratic Labor	James Eveston	1,753	10.0	-0.3
Total formal votes			17,504	98.2
Informal votes			324	1.8
Turnout			17,828	96.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	William McDonald	9,107	52.0	-15.6
	Labor	Jack Jones	8,397	48.0	+15.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-15.6

1964 Victorian state election: Dundas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	William McDonald	7,324	35.7	-9.3
	Labor	Bob McClure	7,080	34.5	-6.3
	Country	Reginald Fogarty	3,941	19.2	+19.2
	Democratic Labor	James Eveston	2,186	10.6	-3.6
Total formal votes			20,531	98.6	−0.3
Informal votes			281	1.4	+0.3
Turnout			20,812	96.2	−0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	William McDonald	12,096	58.9	+3.6
	Labor	Bob McClure	8,345	41.1	-3.6
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+3.6

1961 Victorian state election: Dundas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	William McDonald	9,344	45.0	-3.7
	Labor	Bob McClure	8,463	40.8	+1.2
	Democratic Labor	James Eveston	2,943	14.2	+2.5
Total formal votes			20,750	98.9	−0.4
Informal votes			237	1.1	+0.4
Turnout			20,987	96.4	+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	William McDonald	11,484	55.3	-3.1
	Labor	Bob McClure	9,266	44.7	+3.1
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	-3.1

1958 Victorian state election: Dundas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal and Country	William McDonald	10,142	48.7
	Labor	Bob McClure	8,261	39.6
	Democratic Labor	John Peters	2,439	11.7
Total formal votes			20,842	99.3
Informal votes			143	0.7
Turnout			20,985	96.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	William McDonald	12,174	58.4
	Labor	Bob McClure	8,668	41.6
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

1955 Victorian state election: Dundas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Bob McClure	7,238	39.7
	Liberal and Country	William McDonald	7,093	38.9
	Country	John O'Brien	2,024	11.1
	Labor (A-C)	John Peters	1,895	10.4
Total formal votes			18,250	98.6
Informal votes			264	1.4
Turnout			18,514	96.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	William McDonald	10,393	56.9
	Labor	Bob McClure	7,857	43.1
	Liberal and Country gain from Labor		Swing

1952 Victorian state election: Dundas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob McClure	8,165	55.1	+13.1
	Liberal and Country	William McDonald	6,646	44.9	-2.5
Total formal votes			14,811	99.2	0.0
Informal votes			123	0.8	0.0
Turnout			14,934	96.9	+0.9
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	+11.1

1950 Victorian state election: Dundas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	William McDonald	6,828	47.4	-8.0
	Labor	Joseph Toleman	6,039	42.0	-2.6
	Country	Gilbert Kirsopp	1,524	10.6	+10.6
Total formal votes			14,391	99.2	−0.4
Informal votes			112	0.8	+0.4
Turnout			14,503	96.0	−0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	William McDonald	8,059	56.0	+0.6
	Labor	Joseph Toleman	6,332	44.0	-0.6
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+0.6

1947 Victorian state election: Dundas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William McDonald	7,812	55.4	+20.5
	Labor	Bill Slater	6,287	44.6	-20.5
Total formal votes			14,099	99.6	+0.8
Informal votes			53	0.4	−0.8
Turnout			14,152	96.1	+5.7
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+20.5

1945 Victorian state election: Dundas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Bill Slater	8,022	65.1
	Country	Arthur Carracher	4,307	34.9
Total formal votes			12,329	98.8
Informal votes			144	1.2
Turnout			12,473	90.4
	Labor hold		Swing

1943 Victorian state election: Dundas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Slater	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1940 Victorian state election: Dundas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Slater	7,358	63.0	-37.0
	United Australia	William Ellis	4,319	37.0	+37.0
Total formal votes			11,677	99.4
Informal votes			70	0.6
Turnout			11,747	95.0
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1937 Victorian state election: Dundas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Slater	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1935 Victorian state election: Dundas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Slater	6,462	58.7	+8.6
	United Australia	Athol Cooper	4,541	41.3	-8.6
Total formal votes			11,003	99.4	0.0
Informal votes			62	99.4	0.0
Turnout			11,065	95.4	−0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.6

1932 Victorian state election: Dundas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Slater	5,368	50.1	-7.6
	United Australia	Athol Cooper	5,347	49.9	+7.6
Total formal votes			10,715	99.4	+0.2
Informal votes			69	0.6	−0.2
Turnout			10,784	95.9	+0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.6

1929 Victorian state election: Dundas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Slater	5,922	57.7	+0.8
	Nationalist	William Ellis	4,340	42.3	-0.8
Total formal votes			10,262	99.2	−0.1
Informal votes			84	0.8	+0.1
Turnout			10,346	95.5	+0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.8

1927 Victorian state election: Dundas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Bill Slater	5,675	56.9
	Nationalist	Gilbert Smith	4,304	43.1
Total formal votes			9,979	99.3
Informal votes			73	0.7
Turnout			10,052	95.1
	Labor hold		Swing

1924 Victorian state election: Dundas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Slater	3,282	54.0	-5.5
	Nationalist	Albert Borella	2,795	46.0	+5.5
Total formal votes			6,077	99.8	+0.8
Informal votes			15	0.2	−0.8
Turnout			6,092	73.8	+4.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.5

1921 Victorian state election: Dundas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Slater	3,335	59.5	-5.0
	Nationalist	Sidney Officer	2,267	40.5	+5.0
Total formal votes			5,602	99.0	+3.9
Informal votes			57	1.0	−3.9
Turnout			5,659	68.9	−1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.0

1920 Victorian state election: Dundas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Slater	3,560	64.5	+17.7
	Victorian Farmers	William Nankervis	1,963	35.5	+35.5
Total formal votes			5,523	95.1	−1.3
Informal votes			287	4.9	+1.3
Turnout			5,810	70.4	+12.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+13.8

1917 Victorian state election: Dundas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Slater	2,182	46.8	+2.3
	Nationalist	William Smith	1,668	35.8	-4.7
	Nationalist	Edward Dobson	813	17.4	+17.4
Total formal votes			4,663	96.4	−1.9
Informal votes			175	3.6	+1.9
Turnout			4,838	57.6	−13.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Slater	2,364	50.7	+1.1
	Nationalist	William Smith	2,299	49.3	-1.1
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing	+1.1

1914 Victorian state election: Dundas
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

1911 Victorian state election: Dundas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Thomson	2,508	44.6	-6.4
	Labor	Neil Mackinnon	2,131	37.9	-10.1
	Independent Liberal	Duncan McLennan	985	17.5	+17.5
Total formal votes			5,624	98.3	−1.2
Informal votes			98	1.7	+1.2
Turnout			5,722	73.1	+6.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Thomson	3,395	60.4	+8.4
	Labor	Neil Mackinnon	2,229	39.6	-8.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+8.4

^ Hughes, Colin A. (1977). 1965-1974 Election Results. Canberra: Australian Nat. Univ. Pr. ISBN 0708113400.