title: Electoral results for the district of Dalhousie
text: # Electoral results for the district of Dalhousie
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Dalhousie in Victorian state elections.
  
  ## Members for Dalhousie
  
  First incarnation 1859–1889 :
  
  | Member | Term |
  | - | - |
  | Peter Snodgrass | Oct. 1859 – Aug. 1864 |
  | George John Sands | Nov. 1864 – July 1867 |
  | Charles Duffy | Aug. 1867 – Mar. 1874 |
  | John Gavan Duffy | May 1874 – Feb. 1886 |
  | George John Sands | Mar. 1886 – Mar. 1887 |
  | John Gavan Duffy | June $1887^#$ – Mar. 1889 |
  
  Second incarnation 1904–1927 :
  
  | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - |
  | Reginald Argyle | Unaligned | 1904–1914 |
  | Allan Cameron | Liberal | 1914–1917 |
  | Allan Cameron | Nationalist | 1917–1923 |
  | Reg Pollard | Labor | $1924^#–1927$ |
  
  $^#$ = by-election
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1920s
  
  1924 Victorian state election: Dalhousie :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Reg Pollard | 2,232 | 40.8 | +40.8 |
  | | Nationalist | Angus McNab | 1,796 | 32.9 | -67.1 |
  | | Country | Gerald McKenna | 1,438 | 26.3 | +26.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 5,466 | 99.4 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 36 | 0.6 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,502 | 82.1 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Reg Pollard | 2,857 | 52.3 | +52.3 |
  | | Nationalist | Angus McNab | 2,609 | 47.7 | -52.3 |
  | | Labor gain from Nationalist | Labor gain from Nationalist | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1924 Dalhousie state by-election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nationalist | Angus McNab | 1,568 | 34.2 |
  | | Labor | Reg Pollard | 1,522 | 33.3 |
  | | Country | Gerald McKenna | 1,023 | 22.3 |
  | | Independent | John McCarthy | 475 | 10.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,588 | 98.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 62 | 1.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,650 | 71.5 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Reg Pollard | 2,339 | 51.0 |
  | | Nationalist | Angus McNab | 2,249 | 49.0 |
  | | Labor gain from Nationalist | Labor gain from Nationalist | Swing | N/A |
  
  1921 Victorian state election: Dalhousie :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nationalist | Allan Cameron | unopposed | | |
  | | Nationalist hold | Nationalist hold | Swing | | |
  
  1920 Victorian state election: Dalhousie :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nationalist | Allan Cameron | 2,482 | 47.0 | +10.9 |
  | | Victorian Farmers | Thomas Paterson | 1,927 | 36.5 | +36.5 |
  | | Ind. Nationalist | Robert Mitchell | 875 | 16.5 | +16.5 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 5,284 | 95.0 | -2.5 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 280 | 5.0 | +2.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,564 | 78.9 | +4.2 |
  | Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
  | | Nationalist | Allan Cameron | 2,857 | 54.1 | |
  | | Victorian Farmers | Thomas Paterson | 2,427 | 45.9 | |
  | | Nationalist hold | Nationalist hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1910s
  
  1917 Victorian state election: Dalhousie :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nationalist | Reginald Argyle | 2,232 | 42.7 | -4.4 |
  | | Nationalist | Allan Cameron | 1,888 | 36.1 | -16.8 |
  | | Labor | Joseph O'Connor | 868 | 16.6 | +16.6 |
  | | Nationalist | Alexander Wilson | 244 | 4.7 | +4.7 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 5,232 | 97.5 | -0.4 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 136 | 2.5 | +0.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,368 | 74.7 | +2.9 |
  | Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
  | | Nationalist | Allan Cameron | 2,708 | 51.8 | -1.1 |
  | | Nationalist | Reginald Argyle | 2,524 | 48.2 | +1.1 |
  | | Nationalist hold | Nationalist hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1914 Victorian state election: Dalhousie :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | Allan Cameron | 2,770 | 52.9 | +52.9 |
  | | Liberal | Reginald Argyle | 2,465 | 47.1 | -4.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 5,235 | 97.9 | -1.4 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 112 | 2.1 | +1.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,347 | 71.8 | -5.9 |
  | | Independent gain from Liberal | Independent gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1911 Victorian state election: Dalhousie :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Reginald Argyle | 3,010 | 51.3 | +0.9 |
  | | Independent | John Duffy | 1,615 | 27.5 | -22.1 |
  | | Labor | Richard Taafe | 1,239 | 21.1 | +21.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 5,864 | 98.7 | –0.6 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 75 | 1.3 | +0.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,939 | 77.7 | +1.9 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  * Preferences were not distributed.
  