title: Electoral results for the district of Daylesford
text: # Electoral results for the district of Daylesford
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Daylesford in Victorian state elections.
  
  ## Members for Daylesford
  
  | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - |
  | James Wheeler | Unaligned | 1889–1900 |
  | Donald McLeod | Liberal | 1900–1917 |
  | Donald McLeod | Nationalist | 1917–1923 |
  | James McDonald | Labor | 1923* |
  | Roderick McLeod | Nationalist | 1923–1924 |
  | James McDonald | Labor | 1924–1927 |
  
  * In the 1923 by-election, James McDonald of Labor was initially declared the winner, but a later recount established that Roderick McLeod had won.
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1920s
  
  1924 Victorian state election: Daylesford :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | James McDonald | 2,668 | 52.3 | +10.4 |
  | | Nationalist | Roderick McLeod | 2,435 | 47.7 | -10.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 5,103 | 99.7 | +0.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 17 | 0.3 | -0.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,120 | 82.8 | +20.7 |
  | | Labor gain from Nationalist | Labor gain from Nationalist | Swing | +10.4 | |
  
  1923 Daylesford state by-election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | James McDonald | 1,933 | 45.2 | +3.3 |
  | | Nationalist | Roderick McLeod | 1,696 | 39.7 | -18.4 |
  | | Country | Edward Trembath | 645 | 15.1 | +15.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,274 | 98.6 | -1.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 62 | 1.4 | +1.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,336 | 68.8 | +6.7 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Nationalist | Roderick McLeod | 2,125 | 50.1 | -8.0 |
  | | Labor | James McDonald | 2,120 | 49.9 | +8.0 |
  | | Nationalist hold | Nationalist hold | Swing | -8.0 | |
  
  * The initial result of 2,138 to McDonald and 2,136 to McLeod was overturned, and McLeod was awarded the seat.
  
  1921 Victorian state election: Daylesford :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nationalist | Donald McLeod | 2,300 | 58.1 | -5.2 |
  | | Labor | James McDonald | 1,657 | 41.9 | +41.9 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 3,957 | 99.6 | +3.8 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 18 | 0.4 | -3.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,975 | 62.1 | -1.1 |
  | | Nationalist hold | Nationalist hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1920 Victorian state election: Daylesford :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nationalist | Donald McLeod | 2,433 | 63.2 | +7.3 |
  | | Nationalist | Henry Taylor | 1,419 | 36.8 | +36.8 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 3,852 | 95.8 | -1.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 171 | 4.2 | +1.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,023 | 63.2 | -6.2 |
  | | Nationalist hold | Nationalist hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1910s
  
  1917 Victorian state election: Daylesford :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nationalist | Donald McLeod | 2,530 | 55.9 | -10.2 |
  | | Labor | Joseph Hannigan | 1,998 | 44.1 | +44.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,528 | 96.9 | -1.6 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 147 | 3.1 | +1.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,675 | 69.4 | +5.3 |
  | | Nationalist hold | Nationalist hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1914 Victorian state election: Daylesford :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Donald McLeod | 3,011 | 66.1 | +12.0 |
  | | Independent | Morton Dunlop | 1,547 | 33.9 | +33.9 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,558 | 98.5 | -0.4 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 68 | 1.5 | +0.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,626 | 64.1 | -23.3 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1911 Victorian state election: Daylesford :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Donald McLeod | 3,102 | 54.1 | +5.6 |
  | | Labor | John Hannan | 2,637 | 45.9 | +16.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 5,739 | 98.9 | -0.5 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 65 | 1.1 | +0.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,804 | 78.4 | +14.3 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |
  