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Electoral results for the district of Rainbow

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

Members for Rainbow

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Member Party Term
  Keith Dodgshun Country 1945–1955

Election results

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Elections in the 1950s

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1952 Victorian state election: Rainbow[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Keith Dodgshun unopposed
Country hold Swing
1950 Victorian state election: Rainbow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Keith Dodgshun 8,403 71.9 −6.0
Liberal and Country John Meadle 3,288 28.1 +28.1
Total formal votes 11,691 98.9 −0.6
Informal votes 125 1.1 +0.6
Turnout 11,816 95.7 +0.4
Country hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1940s

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1947 Victorian state election: Rainbow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Keith Dodgshun 9,256 77.9 +14.0
Labor Raymond Peake 2,621 22.1 −14.0
Total formal votes 11,877 99.5 +0.1
Informal votes 59 0.5 −0.1
Turnout 11,936 95.3 +6.1
Country hold Swing +14.0
1945 Victorian state election: Rainbow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Keith Dodgshun 7,156 63.9
Labor John Tripovich 4,042 36.1
Total formal votes 11,198 99.4
Informal votes 65 0.6
Turnout 11,263 89.2
Country hold Swing

References

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  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.