Electoral results for the district of Ovens

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

Members for Ovens[edit]

One member initially, two from the increase in members of 1859.

Member 1 Term Member 2 Term
Daniel Cameron [a] Nov. 1856 – Mar. 1857  
John Wood[2] Apr. 1857[b] – July 1861
Alexander Keefer[3] Oct. 1859 – Mar. 1860
John Donald[4] Mar. 1860[b] – July 1861
William Charles Weekes[5] Aug. 1861 – Aug. 1864 Peter Wright Aug. 1861 – Aug. 1864
George Verney Smith[3] Nov. 1864 – Apr. 1877 George Kerferd[6] Nov. 1864 – Jan. 1886
George Billson[7] May 1877 – June 1880
William Zincke[8] July 1880 – Feb. 1883
George Billson[7] Feb. 1883 – Feb. 1886
Joseph Ferguson[9] Mar. 1886 – Mar. 1889 Ferguson Tuthill[10] Jan. 1886[b] – Mar. 1889
Single Member District 1889–1927
Member Party Term
  Joseph Ferguson Unaligned 1889–1894
  J. A. Isaacs Unaligned 1894–1902
  Thomas Ashworth Unaligned 1902–1904
  Alfred Billson Unaligned 1904–1916
  Nationalist 1916–1924
  Liberal 1924–1927
  1. ^ Daniel Cameron was also member for Ovens in the unicameral Victorian Legislative Council December 1855 to March 1856.[1]
  2. ^ a b c by-election

Election results[edit]

Elections in the 1920s[edit]

1924 Victorian state election: Ovens[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Australian Liberal Alfred Billson 1,986 56.4 +56.4
Labor John Price 1,533 43.6 +43.6
Total formal votes 3,519 98.8
Informal votes 43 1.2
Turnout 3,562 73.0
Australian Liberal gain from Nationalist Swing N/A
1921 Victorian state election: Ovens
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Alfred Billson unopposed
Nationalist hold Swing
1920 Victorian state election: Ovens
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Alfred Billson unopposed
Nationalist hold Swing
1917 Victorian state election: Ovens
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Alfred Billson 1,580 46.7 -5.7
Labor William Gribble 1,026 30.3 -17.3
Nationalist Erle Evans 776 22.9 +22.9
Total formal votes 3,382 95.9 -2.0
Informal votes 146 4.1 +2.0
Turnout 3,528 58.9 -7.3
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Alfred Billson 2,022 59.8 +7.4
Labor William Gribble 1,360 40.2 -7.4
Nationalist hold Swing +7.4
1914 Victorian state election: Ovens
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alfred Billson 2,293 52.4 -8.3
Labor Christopher Bennett 2,083 47.6 +8.3
Total formal votes 4,376 97.9 +2.2
Informal votes 93 2.1 -2.2
Turnout 4,469 66.2 +1.9
Liberal hold Swing -8.3
1911 Victorian state election: Ovens
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alfred Billson 2,599 60.7 -0.9
Labor Christopher Bennett 1,680 39.3 +0.9
Total formal votes 4,279 95.7 -3.6
Informal votes 191 4.3 +3.6
Turnout 4,470 64.3 +5.7
Liberal hold Swing -0.9

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Daniel Cameron". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  2. ^ Eastwood, Jill. "Wood, John Dennistoun (1829–1914)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Alexander Keefer". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  4. ^ "John Donald". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  5. ^ "William Charles Weekes". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  6. ^ Beever, Margot. "Kerferd, George Briscoe (1831–1889)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  7. ^ a b "George Billson". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  8. ^ "William Lawrence Zincke". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  9. ^ "Joseph Ferguson". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  10. ^ "Ferguson Hendley Tuthill". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  11. ^ 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.
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