Electoral results for the district of North Melbourne
This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of North Melbourne in Victorian state elections.
Members for North Melbourne
[edit]Two members initially, one from the redistribution of 1889 when Port Melbourne and other districts were created.
| Member 1 | Term | Member 2 | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Sinclair | Oct 1859 – Jul 1861 | George Elliott Barton | Oct 1859 – Jul? 1861 |
| Patrick Costello | Aug 1861 – Nov 1861[x] | John Davies | Aug 1861 – Aug 1864 |
| John Sinclair | Nov 1861[1]– Aug 1864 | ||
| John Goulson Burtt | Nov 1864 – Mar 1874 | William Robinson | Nov 1864 – Dec 1865 |
| John Harbison | Feb 1866 – Jan 1871 | ||
| James Munro | May 1874 – Apr 1877 | John Curtain | Apr 1871 – Apr 1877 |
| John Laurens | May 1877 – Mar 1889 | Joseph Storey | May 1877 – Mar 1881 |
| James Munro | Apr 1881[b] – Feb 1883 | ||
| James Rose | Feb 1883 – Mar 1889 |
| Single Member District 1889–1927 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| John Laurens | Unaligned | 1889–1892 | |
| David Wyllie | Unaligned | 1892–1893 | |
| Sylvanus Reynolds[b] | Unaligned | 1893–1894 | |
| George Prendergast | Labour | 1894–1897 | |
| William Watt | Unaligned | 1897–1900 | |
| George Prendergast | Labor | 1900–1927 | |
- b = by-election
- x = expelled
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1920s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | George Prendergast | unopposed | |||
| Labor hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | George Prendergast | unopposed | |||
| Labor hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | George Prendergast | 7,359 | 67.8 | +1.4 | |
| Nationalist | Henry Raphael | 3,496 | 32.2 | -1.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 10,855 | 98.6 | +2.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 152 | 1.4 | −2.4 | ||
| Turnout | 11,007 | 62.7 | +10.1 | ||
| Labor hold | Swing | +1.4 | |||
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | George Prendergast | 5,731 | 66.4 | -3.1 | |
| Nationalist | John Vroland | 2,899 | 33.6 | +3.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 8,630 | 96.2 | −0.6 | ||
| Informal votes | 341 | 3.8 | +0.6 | ||
| Turnout | 8,971 | 52.6 | +7.6 | ||
| Labor hold | Swing | -3.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | George Prendergast | 5,294 | 69.5 | +10.9 | |
| Liberal | Henry Nolan | 2,320 | 30.5 | -10.9 | |
| Total formal votes | 7,614 | 96.8 | −2.1 | ||
| Informal votes | 253 | 3.2 | +2.1 | ||
| Turnout | 7,867 | 45.0 | −19.8 | ||
| Labor hold | Swing | +10.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | George Prendergast | 5,637 | 58.6 | N/A | |
| Liberal | Solomon Bloom | 3,982 | 41.4 | +41.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 9,619 | 98.9 | |||
| Informal votes | 103 | 1.1 | |||
| Turnout | 9,722 | 64.8 | |||
| Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "Legislative Assembly". The Argus. Melbourne, Vic. 27 November 1861.
- ^ 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.