title: Electoral results for the Southern Province
text: # Electoral results for the Southern Province
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the Southern Province in Victorian state elections.
  
  ## Members for Southern Province
  
  | Member 1 | Party | Year | Member 2 | Party | Member 3 | Member 4 | Member 5 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | John Bennett | | 1856 | William J. T. Clarke | | Thomas Power | Thomas McCombie | Donald Kennedy |
  | John Bennett | | 1858 | William J. T. Clarke | | Thomas Power | Thomas McCombie | Donald Kennedy |
  | John Bennett | | 1859 | William J. T. Clarke | | Thomas Power | Gideon Rutherford | Donald Kennedy |
  | John Bennett | | 1860 | William J. T. Clarke | | Thomas Power | William Degraves | Donald Kennedy |
  | John Bennett | | 1861 | Joseph Sutherland | | Thomas Power | William Degraves | Donald Kennedy |
  | John Bennett | | 1862 | William J. T. Clarke | | Thomas Power | William Degraves | Donald Kennedy |
  | John Bear | | 1863 | William J. T. Clarke | | Thomas Power | William Degraves | Donald Kennedy |
  | John Bear | | 1864 | William J. T. Clarke | | Thomas Power | William Degraves | William Taylor |
  | John Bear | | 1864 | William J. T. Clarke | | William Pettett | William Degraves | William Taylor |
  | John Bear | | 1866 | William J. T. Clarke | | William Pettett | William Degraves | John Sherwin |
  | John Bear | | 1868 | William J. T. Clarke | | William Pettett | William Degraves | William à Beckett |
  | John Bear | | 1868 | William J. T. Clarke | | William Pettett | William Degraves | William à Beckett |
  | John Bear | | 1870 | Frank Dobson | | William Pettett | William Degraves | William à Beckett |
  | John Bear | | 1870 | Frank Dobson | | William Pettett | William Degraves | William à Beckett |
  | John Bear | | 1871 | Frank Dobson | | Thomas Hamilton | William Degraves | William à Beckett |
  | John Bear | | 1872 | Frank Dobson | | Thomas Hamilton | William Degraves | William à Beckett |
  | John Bear | | 1874 | Frank Dobson | | Thomas Hamilton | James Balfour | William à Beckett |
  | John Bear | | 1874 | Frank Dobson | | Thomas Hamilton | James Balfour | William à Beckett |
  | John Bear | | 1876 | Frank Dobson | | Thomas Hamilton | James Balfour | James Buchanan |
  | William Clarke | | 1878 | Frank Dobson | | Thomas Hamilton | James Balfour | James Buchanan |
  | William Clarke | | 1880 | Frank Dobson | | Thomas Hamilton | James Balfour | James Buchanan |
  | William Clarke | | 1882 | Donald Melville | | Thomas Hamilton | | |
  | William Clarke | | 1884 | Donald Melville | | Thomas Henty | | |
  | William Clarke | | 1886 | Donald Melville | | Thomas Henty | | |
  | William Clarke | | 1887 | Donald Melville | | Charles James | | |
  | William Clarke | | 1888 | Donald Melville | | Charles James | | |
  | William Clarke | | 1890 | Donald Melville | | Thomas Brunton | | |
  | William Clarke | | 1892 | Donald Melville | | Thomas Brunton | | |
  | William Clarke | | 1894 | Donald Melville | | Thomas Brunton | | |
  | William Clarke | | 1896 | Donald Melville | | Thomas Brunton | | |
  | Rupert Clarke | | 1897 | Donald Melville | | Thomas Brunton | | |
  | Rupert Clarke | | 1898 | Donald Melville | | Thomas Brunton | | |
  | Rupert Clarke | | 1900 | Donald Melville | | Thomas Brunton | | |
  | Rupert Clarke | | 1902 | Donald Melville | | Thomas Brunton | | |
  | William Embling | | 1904 | Nicholas Fitzgerald | | | | |
  | William Embling | | 1907 | Nicholas Fitzgerald | | | | |
  | William Embling | | 1908 | George Dickie | | | | |
  | William Embling | | 1910 | George Dickie | | | | |
  | William Embling | | 1910 | Russell Clarke | | | | |
  | William Angliss | | 1912 | Russell Clarke | | | | |
  | William Angliss | | 1913 | Russell Clarke | | | | |
  | William Angliss | | 1916 | Russell Clarke | | | | |
  | William Angliss | Nationalist | 1917 | Russell Clarke | Nationalist | | | |
  | William Angliss | Nationalist | 1919 | Russell Clarke | Nationalist | | | |
  | William Angliss | Nationalist | 1922 | Russell Clarke | Nationalist | | | |
  | William Angliss | Nationalist | 1925 | Russell Clarke | Nationalist | | | |
  | William Angliss | Nationalist | 1928 | Russell Clarke | Nationalist | | | |
  | William Angliss | Nationalist | 1931 | Russell Clarke | Nationalist | | | |
  | William Angliss | United Australia | 1931 | Russell Clarke | United Australia | | | |
  | William Angliss | United Australia | 1934 | Russell Clarke | United Australia | | | |
  | William Angliss | United Australia | 1937 | Gilbert Chandler | United Australia | | | |
  | William Angliss | United Australia | 1940 | Gilbert Chandler | United Australia | | | |
  | William Angliss | United Australia | 1943 | Gilbert Chandler | United Australia | | | |
  | William Angliss | Liberal | 1945 | Gilbert Chandler | Liberal | | | |
  | William Angliss | Liberal | 1946 | Gilbert Chandler | Liberal | | | |
  | William Angliss | Liberal and Country | 1949 | Gilbert Chandler | Liberal and Country | | | |
  | William Angliss | Liberal and Country | 1949 | Gilbert Chandler | Liberal and Country | | | |
  | Roy Rawson | Labor | 1952 | Gilbert Chandler | Liberal and Country | | | |
  | Roy Rawson | Labor | 1955 | Gilbert Chandler | Liberal and Country | | | |
  | Raymond Garrett | Liberal and Country | 1958 | Gilbert Chandler | Liberal and Country | | | |
  | Raymond Garrett | Liberal and Country | 1961 | Gilbert Chandler | Liberal and Country | | | |
  | Raymond Garrett | Liberal and Country | 1964 | Gilbert Chandler | Liberal and Country | | | |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1960s
  
  1964 Victorian state election: Southern Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal and Country | Raymond Garrett | 106,429 | 43.8 | -1.8 |
  | | Labor | Geraldus Den Dulk | 100,331 | 41.3 | +2.4 |
  | | Democratic Labor | Raymond Studham | 36,258 | 14.9 | -0.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 243,018 | 97.0 | +0.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 7,416 | 3.0 | -0.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 250,434 | 94.9 | +0.3 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal and Country | Raymond Garrett | 139,352 | 57.3 | -2.0 |
  | | Labor | Geraldus Den Dulk | 103,666 | 42.7 | +2.0 |
  | | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | -2.0 | |
  
  1961 Victorian state election: Southern Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal and Country | Gilbert Chandler | 89,181 | 45.6 | -1.3 |
  | | Labor | Stanley Willis | 76,060 | 38.9 | -2.9 |
  | | Democratic Labor | Raymond Studham | 30,194 | 15.5 | +4.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 195,435 | 96.9 | -1.6 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 6,182 | 3.1 | +1.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 201,617 | 94.6 | +2.2 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal and Country | Gilbert Chandler | 115,846 | 59.3 | +2.5 |
  | | Labor | Stanley Willis | 79,589 | 40.7 | -2.5 |
  | | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | +2.5 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1950s
  
  1958 Victorian Legislative Council election: Southern Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal and Country | Raymond Garrett | 68,095 | 46.9 | -5.6 |
  | | Labor | Roy Rawson | 60,691 | 41.8 | +4.8 |
  | | Democratic Labor | Leo Mahony | 16,372 | 11.3 | +0.8 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 145,158 | 98.5 | +0.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,233 | 1.5 | -0.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 147,391 | 92.4 | +0.8 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal and Country | Raymond Garrett | 82,395 | 56.8 | -5.2 |
  | | Labor | Roy Rawson | 62,763 | 43.2 | +5.2 |
  | | Liberal and Country gain from Labor | Liberal and Country gain from Labor | Swing | -5.2 | |
  