Electoral results for the district of Camberwell

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

Members for Camberwell

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Member Party Term
  Robert Whately Liberal 19451956
  Vernon Wilcox Liberal 19561976

Election results

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Elections in the 1970s

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1973 Victorian state election: Camberwell[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Vernon Wilcox 14,678 61.9 +7.8
Labor Colin MacLeod 7,190 30.3 −2.6
Democratic Labor Joseph Stanley 1,829 7.7 −5.2
Total formal votes 23,697 98.2 +0.4
Informal votes 421 1.8 −0.4
Turnout 24,118 93.2 +0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Vernon Wilcox 16,233 68.5 +3.4
Labor Colin MacLeod 7,464 31.5 −3.4
Liberal hold Swing +3.4
1970 Victorian state election: Camberwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Vernon Wilcox 12,159 54.1 −5.6
Labor Allan McDonald 7,392 32.9 +6.7
Democratic Labor Joseph Stanley 2,901 12.9 −1.2
Total formal votes 22,452 97.8 +0.2
Informal votes 496 2.2 −0.2
Turnout 22,948 92.8 0.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Vernon Wilcox 14,625 65.1 −6.6
Labor Allan McDonald 7,827 34.9 +6.6
Liberal hold Swing −6.6

Elections in the 1960s

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1967 Victorian state election: Camberwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Vernon Wilcox 13,508 59.7 −3.0
Labor Adrianus Knulst 5,938 26.2 +2.2
Democratic Labor Joseph Stanley 3,190 14.1 +0.8
Total formal votes 22,636 97.6
Informal votes 548 2.4
Turnout 23,184 92.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Vernon Wilcox 16,219 71.7 −2.4
Labor Adrianus Knulst 6,417 28.3 +2.4
Liberal hold Swing −2.4
1964 Victorian state election: Camberwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Vernon Wilcox 10,856 58.1 +0.8
Labor Dolph Eddy 5,304 28.4 +0.6
Democratic Labor John Rogers 2,525 13.5 −1.4
Total formal votes 18,685 98.0 +0.1
Informal votes 373 2.0 −0.1
Turnout 19,058 92.5 −0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Vernon Wilcox 13,003 69.6 −0.4
Labor Dolph Eddy 5,682 30.4 +0.4
Liberal and Country hold Swing −0.4
1961 Victorian state election: Camberwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Vernon Wilcox 10,773 57.3 −3.1
Labor Anthony Giblett 5,218 27.8 +0.6
Democratic Labor Celia Laird 2,808 14.9 +2.4
Total formal votes 18,799 97.9 −0.4
Informal votes 406 2.1 +0.4
Turnout 19,205 93.0 −0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Vernon Wilcox 13,160 70.0 −2.0
Labor Anthony Giblett 5,639 30.0 +2.0
Liberal and Country hold Swing −2.0

Elections in the 1950s

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1958 Victorian state election: Camberwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Vernon Wilcox 11,673 60.4
Labor George Blood 5,251 27.2
Democratic Labor Leonora Lloyd 2,411 12.5
Total formal votes 19,335 98.3
Informal votes 339 1.7
Turnout 19,674 93.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Vernon Wilcox 13,722 72.0
Labor George Blood 5,613 28.0
Liberal and Country hold Swing
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.
1956 Camberwell state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Vernon Wilcox 10,931 63.9 −3.1
Labor George Grace 6,185 36.1 +3.1
Total formal votes 14,748 98.1 −0.2
Informal votes 281 1.9 +0.2
Turnout 15,029 84.5 −8.4
Liberal and Country hold Swing −3.1
1955 Victorian state election: Camberwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Robert Whately 13,369 67.0
Labor Barry Jones 6,595 33.0
Total formal votes 19,964 98.3
Informal votes 336 1.7
Turnout 20,300 92.9
Liberal and Country hold Swing
1952 Victorian state election: Camberwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Florence Rodan 8,664 32.9 −2.0
Liberal and Country Robert Whately 7,084 26.9 −38.2
Electoral Reform Vernon Wilcox 5,564 21.1 +21.1
Independent Reginald Cooper 5,046 19.1 +19.1
Total formal votes 26,358 97.8 −1.5
Informal votes 599 2.2 +1.5
Turnout 26,957 94.2 +0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Robert Whately 15,472 58.7 −6.4
Labor Florence Rodan 10,886 41.3 +6.4
Liberal and Country hold Swing −6.4
1950 Victorian state election: Camberwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Robert Whately 16,390 65.1 −2.1
Labor John Stewart 8,788 34.9 +34.9
Total formal votes 25,178 99.3 +2.8
Informal votes 182 0.7 −2.8
Turnout 25,360 93.7 +1.9
Liberal and Country hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1940s

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1947 Victorian state election: Camberwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Whately 16,021 67.2 +26.6
Independent Liberal Walter Fordham 7,803 32.8 +2.5
Total formal votes 23,824 96.5 −1.0
Informal votes 858 3.5 +1.0
Turnout 24,682 91.8 +3.7
Liberal hold Swing +13.7
1945 Victorian state election: Camberwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Whately 8,775 40.6
Independent Walter Fordham 6,542 30.3
Independent Dora Nankivell 3,476 16.1
Ministerial Liberal Norman Mackay 2,801 13.0
Total formal votes 21,594 97.5
Informal votes 549 2.5
Turnout 22,143 88.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Robert Whately 11,556 53.5
Independent Walter Fordham 10,038 46.5
Liberal hold Swing

References

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