Electoral results for the district of Carlton

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

Members for Carlton

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Member Party Term
  James Munro Unaligned 1877–1880
  John Gardiner Unaligned 1880–1892
  Frederick Bromley Labour 1892–1908
  Robert Solly Labor 1908–1932
  Bill Barry Labor 1932–1955
  Labor (Anti-Communist) 1955
  Denis Lovegrove Labor 1955–1958

Election results

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Elections in the 1950s

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1955 Victorian state election: Carlton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Denis Lovegrove 7,141 49.2
Labor (A-C) Bill Barry 4,809 33.1
Liberal and Country Francis Michaelson 1,998 13.8
Communist John Prescott 568 3.9
Total formal votes 14,516 93.7
Informal votes 975 6.3
Turnout 15,491 91.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Denis Lovegrove 8,091 55.7
Labor (A-C) Bill Barry 6,425 44.3
Labor hold Swing
1952 Victorian state election: Carlton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Barry 18,152 91.9 +17.6
Communist John Prescott 1,597 8.1 +8.1
Total formal votes 26,358 97.8 −0.4
Informal votes 599 2.2 +0.4
Turnout 26,957 94.2 +0.5
Labor hold Swing N/A
1950 Victorian state election: Carlton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Barry 17,692 74.3 +7.3
Liberal and Country Frank Block 6,124 25.7 -7.3
Total formal votes 23,816 98.2 +0.3
Informal votes 439 1.8 −0.3
Turnout 24,255 92.8 +0.9
Labor hold Swing +7.3

Elections in the 1940s

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1947 Victorian state election: Carlton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Barry 16,458 67.0 -9.2
Liberal Stanley Lang 8,124 33.0 +33.0
Total formal votes 24,582 97.9 +5.0
Informal votes 532 2.1 −5.0
Turnout 25,114 91.9 +6.5
Labor hold Swing N/A
1945 Victorian state election: Carlton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Barry 15,862 78.2
Communist Gerald O'Day 4,430 21.8
Total formal votes 20,292 92.9
Informal votes 1,554 7.1
Turnout 21,846 85.4
Labor hold Swing
1943 Victorian state election: Carlton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Barry 11,408 62.4 -8.9
Communist Gerald O'Day 3,973 21.7 +13.3
Independent Richard Bowers 2,889 15.8 +15.8
Total formal votes 18,270 95.5 −0.3
Informal votes 862 4.5 +0.3
Turnout 19,132 84.2 −4.6
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1940 Victorian state election: Carlton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Barry 13,058 71.3 -28.7
United Australia David Mandie 3,716 20.3 +20.3
Communist Ralph Gibson 1,547 8.4 +8.4
Total formal votes 18,321 95.8
Informal votes 804 4.2
Turnout 19,125 88.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Barry 78.9
United Australia David Mandie 21.1
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Elections in the 1930s

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1937 Victorian state election: Carlton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Barry unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1935 Victorian state election: Carlton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Barry 11,397 60.3 -1.7
United Australia Francis Nelson 5,166 27.2 -10.7
Communist Gerald O'Day 2,340 12.4 +12.4
Total formal votes 18,903 96.8 −0.4
Informal votes 629 3.2 +0.4
Turnout 19,532 91.9 +0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Barry 71.5 +9.5
United Australia Francis Nelson 29.5 -9.5
Labor hold Swing +9.5
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.
1932 Carlton state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Barry 8,649 50.5 -11.5
United Australia William Townsend 6,212 36.3 -1.7
Communist Gerald O'Day 2,258 13.2 +13.2
Total formal votes 17,119 97.0 −0.2
Informal votes 530 3.0 +0.2
Turnout 17,649 87.3 −4.0
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1932 Victorian state election: Carlton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert Solly 11,065 62.0 -38.0
United Australia David Crone 6,769 38.0 +38.0
Total formal votes 17,834 97.2
Informal votes 521 2.8
Turnout 18,355 91.3
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

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1929 Victorian state election: Carlton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert Solly unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1927 Victorian state election: Carlton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert Solly 14,470 73.9
Australian Liberal Roderick McSolvin 5,102 26.1
Total formal votes 19,572 98.3
Informal votes 332 1.7
Turnout 19,904 90.3
Labor hold Swing
1924 Victorian state election: Carlton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert Solly unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1921 Victorian state election: Carlton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert Solly unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1920 Victorian state election: Carlton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert Solly unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1910s

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1917 Victorian state election: Carlton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert Solly unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1914 Victorian state election: Carlton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert Solly unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1911 Victorian state election: Carlton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert Solly 4,735 71.7 N/A
Liberal John Gardiner 1,866 28.3 +28.3
Total formal votes 6,601 98.6
Informal votes 91 1.4
Turnout 6,692 54.5
Labor hold Swing N/A

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.
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