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Electoral results for the district of Upper Yarra

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

Members for Upper Yarra

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Party Member Term
  Nationalist George Knox 1927 – 1945

Election results

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Elections in the 1940s

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1943 Victorian state election: Upper Yarra[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia George Knox 10,307 65.0 −35.0
Labor Arthur Fraser 3,874 24.4 +24.4
Communist George Brown 1,674 10.6 +10.6
Total formal votes 16,185 86.6
Informal votes 330 98.0
Turnout 16,185 86.6
United Australia hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1940 Victorian state election: Upper Yarra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia George Knox unopposed
United Australia hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

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1937 Victorian state election: Upper Yarra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia George Knox unopposed
United Australia hold Swing
1935 Victorian state election: Upper Yarra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia George Knox unopposed
United Australia hold Swing
1932 Victorian state election: Upper Yarra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia George Knox unopposed
United Australia hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

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1929 Victorian state election: Upper Yarra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist George Knox unopposed
Nationalist hold Swing
1927 Victorian state election: Upper Yarra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist George Knox 4,057 40.2
Labor Henry Courtney 3,076 30.5
Independent John Mahony 1,402 13.9
Australian Liberal George Ingram 554 5.5
Country John Dedman 503 5.0
Independent Henry Glynn 492 4.9
Total formal votes 10,084 96.9
Informal votes 327 3.1
Turnout 10,411 90.9
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist George Knox 6,320 62.7
Labor Henry Courtney 3,764 37.3
Nationalist 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.