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1 Members for Fitzroy  




2 Election results  


2.1  Elections in the 1960s  




2.2  Elections in the 1950s  




2.3  Elections in the 1920s  




2.4  Elections in the 1910s  






3 References  













Electoral results for the district of Fitzroy (Victoria)







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This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of FitzroyinVictorian state elections.

Members for Fitzroy[edit]

First incarnation (1877–1927)
(Dual-member electorate until 1904)
Member Party Term Member Party Term
  Albert Tucker Unaligned 1877–1900
  Robert MacGregor Unaligned 1877–1879
  Cuthbert Blackett Unaligned 1879–1880
  William Vale Unaligned 1880–1881
  Cuthbert Blackett Unaligned 1881–1883
  Robert Reid Unaligned 1883–1889
  Robert Best Unaligned 1889–1901
  John Billson Labor 1900–1924
  Patrick O'Connor Labor 1901–1902
  Robert Barr Ministerialist 1902–1904
       
  Maurice Blackburn Labor 1925–1927
Second incarnation (1958–1967)
Member Party Term
  Denis Lovegrove   Labor   1958–1967

Election results[edit]

Elections in the 1960s[edit]

1964 Victorian state election: Fitzroy[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Denis Lovegrove 8,976 64.5 +7.0
Liberal and Country Harley Price 2,549 17.7 +2.1
Democratic Labor Nino Randazzo 2,402 17.2 -9.7
Total formal votes 13,927 93.8 0.0
Informal votes 927 6.2 0.0
Turnout 14,854 92.3 +1.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Denis Lovegrove 9,336 67.0 +5.5
Liberal and Country Harley Price 4,591 33.0 -5.5
Labor hold Swing +5.5
1961 Victorian state election: Fitzroy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Denis Lovegrove 8,427 57.5 -7.3
Democratic Labor Bill Barry 3,951 26.9 +8.1
Liberal and Country Maxwell Lee 2,285 15.6 -0.7
Total formal votes 14,663 93.8 -2.2
Informal votes 970 6.2 +2.2
Turnout 15,633 90.9 -0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Denis Lovegrove 9,019 61.5 -6.1
Liberal and Country Maxwell Lee 5,644 38.5 +6.1
Labor hold Swing -6.1

Elections in the 1950s[edit]

1958 Victorian state election: Fitzroy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Denis Lovegrove 11,092 64.8
Democratic Labor David Woodhouse 3,224 18.9
Liberal and Country Charles Gillies 2,793 16.3
Total formal votes 17,109 96.0
Informal votes 711 4.0
Turnout 17,820 91.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Denis Lovegrove 11,575 67.6
Liberal and Country Charles Gillies 5,534 32.4
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s[edit]

1925 Fitzroy state by-election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Maurice Blackburn 4,339 60.7
Independent Joseph Boell 2,809 39.3
Total formal votes 7,148 98.7
Informal votes 92 1.3
Turnout 7,240 57.4
Labor hold Swing
1924 Victorian state election: Fitzroy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Billson unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1921 Victorian state election: Fitzroy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Billson 3,946 67.0 -5.9
Nationalist Albert Kemp 1,940 33.0 +5.9
Total formal votes 5,886 99.3 +1.7
Informal votes 40 0.7 -1.7
Turnout 5,926 40.2 -18.5
Labor hold Swing -5.9
1920 Victorian state election: Fitzroy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Billson 6,162 72.9
Nationalist Albert Fraser 2,296 27.1 +27.1
Total formal votes 8,458 97.6
Informal votes 208 2.4
Turnout 8,666 58.7
Labor hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s[edit]

1917 Victorian state election: Fitzroy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Billson unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1914 Victorian state election: Fitzroy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Billson unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1911 Victorian state election: Fitzroy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Billson 4,486 63.6 +12.4
Liberal Alexander McNair 2,567 36.4 -12.4
Total formal votes 7,053 98.7 -0.8
Informal votes 95 1.3 +0.8
Turnout 7,148 52.1 -1.4
Labor hold Swing +12.4

References[edit]

  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.
  • ^ "FITZROY BY-ELECTION". The Argus. Melbourne. 7 February 1925. p. 36. Retrieved 3 July 2011 – via National Library of Australia.

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