title: Electoral results for the district of Glen Iris
text: # Electoral results for the district of Glen Iris
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Glen Iris in Victorian state elections.
  
  ## Members for Glen Iris
  
  First incarnation 1945–1955 :
  
  | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - |
  | Ian McLaren | Independent | 1945–1947 |
  | Les Norman | Liberal / LCP | 1947–1952 |
  | Thomas Hollway | Electoral Reform League | 1952–1955 |
  
  Second incarnation 1967–1976 :
  
  | Member | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Jim MacDonald | Liberal | 1967–1976 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1970s
  
  1973 Victorian state election: Glen Iris :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Jim MacDonald | 13,690 | 56.5 | +2.9 |
  | | Labor | Douglas Gammon | 7,064 | 29.2 | -5.5 |
  | | Democratic Labor | Edward Cleary | 1,749 | 7.2 | -4.4 |
  | | Australia | Jack Hammond | 1,731 | 7.1 | +7.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 24,234 | 98.3 | +0.4 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 425 | 1.7 | -0.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,659 | 92.9 | -0.5 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Jim MacDonald | 15,869 | 65.5 | +2.0 |
  | | Labor | Douglas Gammon | 8,365 | 34.5 | -2.0 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +2.0 | |
  
  1970 Victorian state election: Glen Iris :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Jim MacDonald | 12,261 | 53.6 | -2.4 |
  | | Labor | Douglas Gammon | 7,942 | 34.7 | +5.3 |
  | | Democratic Labor | John Preece | 2,657 | 11.6 | -3.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 22,860 | 97.9 | +0.3 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 479 | 2.1 | -0.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,339 | 93.4 | -0.8 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Jim MacDonald | 14,519 | 63.5 | -5.0 |
  | | Labor | Douglas Gammon | 8,341 | 36.5 | +5.0 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -5.0 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1960s
  
  1967 Victorian state election: Glen Iris :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Jim MacDonald | 12,944 | 56.0 | -6.5 |
  | | Labor | Allan McDonald | 6,779 | 29.4 | +3.9 |
  | | Democratic Labor | Kenneth Abbott | 3,378 | 14.6 | +2.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 23,101 | 97.6 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 565 | 2.4 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,666 | 94.2 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Jim MacDonald | 15,815 | 68.5 | -4.3 |
  | | Labor | Allan McDonald | 7,286 | 31.5 | +4.3 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -4.3 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1950s
  
  1952 Victorian state election: Glen Iris :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Electoral Reform | Thomas Hollway | 15,152 | 56.4 | +56.4 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Les Norman | 10,727 | 39.9 | -26.6 |
  | | Communist | Ian Turner | 971 | 3.6 | +3.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 26,850 | 97.9 | -1.4 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 585 | 2.1 | +1.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,435 | 94.7 | 0.0 |
  | Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
  | | Electoral Reform | Thomas Hollway | 15,638 | 58.2 | +58.2 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Les Norman | 11,212 | 41.8 | -24.7 |
  | | Electoral Reform gain from Liberal and Country | Electoral Reform gain from Liberal and Country | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1950 Victorian state election: Glen Iris :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal and Country | Les Norman | 16,532 | 66.5 | +5.3 |
  | | Labor | Gwendolyn Noad | 8,333 | 33.5 | +33.5 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 24,865 | 99.3 | +0.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 179 | 0.7 | -0.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,044 | 94.7 | +1.2 |
  | | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1940s
  
  1947 Victorian state election: Glen Iris :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Les Norman | 14,190 | 61.2 | +20.6 |
  | | Independent | Ian McLaren | 8,991 | 38.8 | +8.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 23,181 | 99.1 | +0.5 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 211 | 0.9 | -0.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,392 | 93.5 | +5.6 |
  | | Liberal gain from Independent | Liberal gain from Independent | Swing | +18.2 | |
  
  1945 Victorian state election: Glen Iris :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Alan Moir | 8,305 | 40.6 |
  | | Independent | Ian McLaren | 6,223 | 30.4 |
  | | Labor | Thomas Brennan | 5,921 | 29.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 20,449 | 98.6 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 287 | 1.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,736 | 87.9 |
  | Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
  | | Independent | Ian McLaren | 11,646 | 57.0 |
  | | Liberal | Alan Moir | 8,803 | 43.0 |
  | | Independent gain from Liberal | Independent gain from Liberal | Swing | |
  