title: Electoral results for the district of Goulburn (Victoria)
text: # Electoral results for the district of Goulburn (Victoria)
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Goulburn in Victorian state elections.
  
  ## Members for Goulburn
  
  | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - |
  | Joseph Smith | Labor | 1945–1947 |
  | Philip Grimwade | Liberal | 1947–1950 |
  | Joseph Smith | Labor | 1950–1955 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1950s
  
  1952 Victorian state election: Goulburn :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Joseph Smith | 8,478 | 62.5 | +12.6 |
  | | Liberal and Country | John Roberts | 5,087 | 37.5 | 0.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 13,565 | 99.0 | -0.6 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 133 | 1.0 | +0.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,698 | 93.6 | -1.1 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +10.3 | |
  
  1950 Victorian state election: Goulburn :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Joseph Smith | 6,476 | 49.9 | +4.8 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Philip Grimwade | 4,873 | 37.5 | +7.0 |
  | | Country | William Hoddinott | 1,637 | 12.6 | -11.8 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 12,986 | 99.6 | +0.4 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 57 | 0.4 | -0.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,043 | 94.7 | +0.8 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Joseph Smith | 6,774 | 52.2 | +5.5 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Philip Grimwade | 6,212 | 47.8 | -5.5 |
  | | Labor gain from Liberal and Country | Labor gain from Liberal and Country | Swing | +5.5 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1940s
  
  1947 Victorian state election: Goulburn :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Joseph Smith | 5,632 | 45.1 | -0.4 |
  | | Liberal | Philip Grimwade | 3,811 | 30.5 | +8.8 |
  | | Country | Cyril Davy | 3,045 | 24.4 | +8.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 12,488 | 99.2 | +0.3 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 101 | 0.8 | -0.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,589 | 93.9 | +6.7 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Philip Grimwade | 6,655 | 53.3 | +5.2 |
  | | Labor | Joseph Smith | 5,833 | 46.7 | -5.2 |
  | | Liberal gain from Labor | Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +5.2 | |
  
  1945 Victorian state election: Goulburn :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Joseph Smith | 4,970 | 45.5 |
  | | Liberal | Philip Grimwade | 2,374 | 21.7 |
  | | Independent Country | Edwin Mackrell | 1,822 | 16.7 |
  | | Country | Cyril Davy | 1,748 | 16.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 10,914 | 98.9 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 118 | 1.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,032 | 87.2 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Joseph Smith | 5,664 | 51.9 |
  | | Liberal | Phillip Grimwade | 5,250 | 48.1 |
  | | Labor gain from Country | Labor gain from Country | Swing | |
  