Electoral results for the district of Moonee Ponds

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

Members for Moonee Ponds

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Member Party Term
  Samuel Merrifield Labor 1945–1955
  Jack Holden Liberal 1955–1967
  Tom Edmunds Labor 1967–1976

Election results

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Elections in the 1970s

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1973 Victorian state election: Moonee Ponds[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Edmunds 12,991 54.1 +1.5
Liberal William Lawrence 8,282 34.5 +2.1
Democratic Labor Michael McMahon 2,758 11.5 −3.6
Total formal votes 24,031 95.9 −0.2
Informal votes 1,017 4.1 +0.2
Turnout 25,048 94.5 −0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tom Edmunds 13,405 55.8 +1.0
Liberal William Lawrence 10,626 44.2 −1.0
Labor hold Swing +1.0
1970 Victorian state election: Moonee Ponds
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Edmunds 12,146 52.6 +5.0
Liberal John Williams 7,485 32.4 −0.1
Democratic Labor Barry O'Brien 3,479 15.0 0.0
Total formal votes 23,110 96.1 0.0
Informal votes 934 3.9 0.0
Turnout 24,044 95.2 +1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tom Edmunds 12,668 54.8 +3.5
Liberal John Williams 10,442 45.2 −3.5
Labor hold Swing +3.5

Elections in the 1960s

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1967 Victorian state election: Moonee Ponds
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Edmunds 11,280 47.6 +1.4
Liberal Jack Holden 7,716 32.5 −3.4
Democratic Labor Barry O'Brien 3,554 15.0 −2.8
Independent Lancelot Hutchinson 1,165 4.9 +4.9
Total formal votes 23,715 96.1
Informal votes 960 3.9
Turnout 24,675 94.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tom Edmunds 12,168 51.3 +4.2
Liberal Jack Holden 11,547 48.7 −4.2
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +4.2
1964 Victorian state election: Moonee Ponds
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Edmunds 7,903 43.3 +1.8
Liberal and Country Jack Holden 7,293 39.9 +1.1
Democratic Labor Barry O'Brien 3,078 16.8 −1.3
Total formal votes 18,274 97.4 +0.2
Informal votes 481 2.6 −0.2
Turnout 18,755 93.9 −0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Jack Holden 10,224 56.0 +0.1
Labor Tom Edmunds 8,050 44.0 −0.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing +0.1
1961 Victorian state election: Moonee Ponds
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Edmunds 7,724 41.5 +3.8
Liberal and Country Jack Holden 7,222 38.8 −3.1
Democratic Labor Paul Gunn 3,360 18.1 −0.3
Independent Peter Kirchner 306 1.6 +1.6
Total formal votes 18,612 97.2 −1.1
Informal votes 529 2.8 +1.1
Turnout 19,141 94.6 −0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Jack Holden 10,406 55.9 −4.5
Labor Tom Edmunds 8,206 44.1 +4.5
Liberal and Country hold Swing −4.5

Elections in the 1950s

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1958 Victorian state election: Moonee Ponds
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Jack Holden 8,128 41.9
Labor Thomas Moloney 7,306 37.7
Democratic Labor Paul Gunn 3,565 18.4
Independent Lancelot Hutchinson 379 2.0
Total formal votes 19,378 98.3
Informal votes 328 1.7
Turnout 19,706 94.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Jack Holden 11,694 60.4
Labor Thomas Moloney 7,684 39.6
Liberal and Country hold Swing
1955 Victorian state election: Moonee Ponds
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Samuel Merrifield 9,389 46.0
Liberal and Country Jack Holden 6,846 33.5
Labor (A-C) Harold Hilbert 4,167 20.4
Total formal votes 20,402 98.7
Informal votes 272 1.3
Turnout 20,674 93.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Jack Holden 10,633 52.1
Labor Samuel Merrifield 9,769 47.9
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing
1952 Victorian state election: Moonee Ponds
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Samuel Merrifield unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1950 Victorian state election: Moonee Ponds
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Samuel Merrifield 14,073 56.0 +1.2
Liberal and Country John Rossiter 7,902 31.4 −13.8
Independent Brian O'Callaghan 3,154 12.6 +12.6
Total formal votes 25,129 99.1 0.0
Informal votes 228 0.9 0.0
Turnout 25,357 95.4 +0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Samuel Merrifield 14,388 57.2 +2.4
Liberal and Country John Rossiter 10,741 42.8 −2.4
Labor hold Swing +2.4

Elections in the 1940s

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1947 Victorian state election: Moonee Ponds
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Samuel Merrifield 13,982 54.8 −45.2
Liberal Wallace Crichton 11,534 45.2 +45.2
Total formal votes 25,516 99.1
Informal votes 229 0.9
Turnout 25,745 94.9
Labor hold Swing N/A
1945 Victorian state election: Moonee Ponds
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Samuel Merrifield unopposed
Labor hold Swing

References

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