title: Electoral results for the district of Grant
text: # Electoral results for the district of Grant
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Grant in Victorian state elections.
  
  ## Members for Grant
  
  First incarnation (1877–1904) — Two members until 1889 :
  
  | Member 1 | Term | Member 2 | Term |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Peter Lalor | May 1877 – Feb 1889 | John Rees | May 1877 – Mar 1889 |
  | Harry Armytage | Apr 1889 – Sep 1894 | | |
  | John Percy Chirnside | Oct 1894 – May 1904 | | |
  
  Second incarnation (1927–1967) :
  
  | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - |
  | Ralph Hjorth | Labor | 1927 – 1932 |
  | Frederick Holden | United Australia Party | 1932 – 1937 |
  | Frederick Holden | Independent | 1937 – 1940 |
  | Frederick Holden | Country | 1940 – 1950 |
  | Alexander Fraser | Liberal and Country | 1950 – 1952 |
  | Leslie D'Arcy | Labor | 1952 – 1955 |
  | Leslie D'Arcy | Labor (Anti-Communist) | 1955 |
  | Roy Crick | Labor | 1955 – 1966 |
  | Jack Ginifer | Labor | 1966 – 1967 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1960s
  
  1966 Grant state by-election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Jack Ginifer | 25,666 | 72.6 | +16.4 |
  | | Independent | James Davies | 9,774 | 27.6 | +27.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 35,440 | 95.0 | -1.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,879 | 5.0 | +1.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,319 | 72.4 | -22.0 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1964 Victorian state election: Grant :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Roy Crick | 23,493 | 56.0 | +0.6 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Francis Hunter | 9,940 | 23.7 | +3.8 |
  | | Democratic Labor | Robert Bainbridge | 8,489 | 20.3 | -1.7 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 41,922 | 96.2 | -1.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,664 | 3.8 | +1.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,586 | 94.4 | -4.7 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Roy Crick | 24,766 | 59.1 | -2.0 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Francis Hunter | 17,156 | 40.9 | +2.0 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -2.0 | |
  
  1961 Victorian state election: Grant :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Roy Crick | 19,305 | 55.4 | -3.9 |
  | | Democratic Labor | Robert Bainbridge | 7,677 | 22.0 | +6.1 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Max Crellin | 6,924 | 19.9 | -4.9 |
  | | Communist | William Wilson | 940 | 2.7 | +2.7 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 35,381 | 97.4 | -0.3 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 940 | 2.6 | +0.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,321 | 99.1 | +4.5 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Roy Crick | 21,303 | 61.1 | -0.6 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Max Crellin | 14,078 | 38.9 | +0.6 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -0.6 | |
  
  * The two candidate preferred vote was not counted between the Labor and DLP candidates for Grant.
  
  ### Elections in the 1950s
  
  1958 Victorian state election: Grant :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Roy Crick | 16,188 | 59.3 |
  | | Liberal and Country | John Anderson | 6,759 | 24.8 |
  | | Democratic Labor | Maxwell Campbell | 4,339 | 15.9 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 27,286 | 97.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 636 | 2.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,922 | 94.6 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Roy Crick | 16,839 | 61.7 |
  | | Liberal and Country | John Anderson | 10,447 | 38.3 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |
  
  * Two party preferred vote was estimated.
  
  1955 Victorian state election: Grant :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Roy Crick | 14,185 | 51.5 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Max Gillett | 8,104 | 29.4 |
  | | Labor (A-C) | Leslie D'Arcy | 5,275 | 19.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 27,564 | 98.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 556 | 2.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,120 | 94.1 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Roy Crick | 14,975 | 54.3 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Max Gillett | 12,589 | 45.7 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |
  
  1952 Victorian state election: Grant :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Leslie D'Arcy | 10,678 | 60.3 | +14.8 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Alexander Fraser | 6,498 | 36.7 | +5.2 |
  | | Independent | Thomas Fynmore | 541 | 3.0 | +3.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 17,717 | 98.6 | -0.4 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 251 | 1.4 | +0.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,968 | 92.9 | +0.5 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Leslie D'Arcy | 10,948 | 61.8 | +12.6 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Alexander Fraser | 6,169 | 38.2 | -12.6 |
  | | Labor gain from Liberal and Country | Labor gain from Liberal and Country | Swing | +12.6 | |
  
  1950 Victorian state election: Grant :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Leslie D'Arcy | 6,833 | 45.5 | +5.1 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Alexander Fraser | 4,727 | 31.5 | +4.6 |
  | | Country | Frederick Holden | 3,454 | 23.0 | -9.7 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 15,014 | 99.0 | +0.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 149 | 1.0 | -0.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 15,163 | 93.4 | -0.5 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal and Country | Alexander Fraser | 7,627 | 50.8 | +50.8 |
  | | Labor | Leslie D'Arcy | 7,387 | 49.2 | +7.2 |
  | | Liberal and Country gain from Country | Liberal and Country gain from Country | Swing | N/A | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1940s
  
  1947 Victorian state election: Grant :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Horace Hughes | 5,637 | 40.4 | -1.4 |
  | | Country | Frederick Holden | 4,573 | 32.7 | -9.3 |
  | | Liberal | Tom Austin | 3,756 | 26.9 | +10.7 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 13,966 | 98.9 | +0.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 157 | 1.1 | -0.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,123 | 93.4 | +6.9 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Country | Frederick Holden | 8,105 | 58.0 | +1.4 |
  | | Labor | Horace Hughes | 5,861 | 42.0 | -1.4 |
  | | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | +1.4 | |
  
  1945 Victorian state election: Grant :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Country | Frederick Holden | 5,280 | 42.0 |
  | | Labor | Geoffrey Ryan | 5,257 | 41.8 |
  | | Liberal | Albert Pennell | 2,035 | 16.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 12,572 | 98.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 171 | 1.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,743 | 86.5 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Country | Frederick Holden | 7,123 | 56.6 |
  | | Labor | Geoffrey Ryan | 5,449 | 43.4 |
  | | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | |
  
  1943 Victorian state election: Grant :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Country | Frederick Holden | 4,461 | 45.8 | -54.2 |
  | | Labor | Horace Hughes | 3,838 | 39.4 | +39.4 |
  | | Independent | Herbert Ladd | 1,433 | 14.7 | +14.7 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 9,732 | 98.3 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 164 | 1.7 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,896 | 84.5 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Country | Frederick Holden | 5,348 | 55.0 | -45.0 |
  | | Labor | Horace Hughes | 4,384 | 45.0 | +45.0 |
  | | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1940 Victorian state election: Grant :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent UAP | Frederick Holden | unopposed | | |
  | | Independent UAP gain from United Australia | Independent UAP gain from United Australia | Swing | N/A | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1930s
  
  1937 Victorian state election: Grant :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | United Australia | Frederick Holden | unopposed | | |
  | | United Australia hold | United Australia hold | Swing | | |
  
  1935 Victorian state election: Grant :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | United Australia | Frederick Holden | 5,657 | 60.1 | +22.4 |
  | | Labor | Ralph Hjorth | 3,755 | 39.9 | +3.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 9,412 | 99.0 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 100 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,512 | 93.2 | +0.1 |
  | | United Australia hold | United Australia hold | Swing | +1.3 | |
  
  1932 Victorian state election: Grant :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | United Australia | Frederick Holden | 3,417 | 37.7 | +8.2 |
  | | Labor | Ralph Hjorth | 3,344 | 36.9 | -13.2 |
  | | Country | Robert McClelland | 2,295 | 25.3 | +4.9 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 9,056 | 99.0 | +0.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 94 | 1.0 | -0.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,150 | 93.1 | +0.6 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | United Australia | Frederick Holden | 5,321 | 58.8 | |
  | | Labor | Ralph Hjorth | 3,735 | 41.2 | |
  | | United Australia gain from Labor | United Australia gain from Labor | Swing | +10.8 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1920s
  
  1929 Victorian state election: Grant :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Ralph Hjorth | 4,457 | 50.1 | +2.3 |
  | | Nationalist | Frederick Holden | 2,624 | 29.5 | +4.5 |
  | | Country | Edwy Finch | 1,816 | 20.4 | -0.9 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 8,897 | 99.1 | +0.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 80 | 0.9 | -0.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,977 | 92.5 | +0.7 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Ralph Hjorth | | 52.0 | -1.4 |
  | | Nationalist | Frederick Holden | | 48.0 | +1.4 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -1.4 | |
  
  * Two party preferred vote was estimated.
  
  1927 Victorian state election: Grant :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Ralph Hjorth | 3,963 | 47.8 |
  | | Nationalist | Francis Connelly | 2,070 | 25.0 |
  | | Country | David Gibson | 1,763 | 21.3 |
  | | Independent | James Farrer | 489 | 5.9 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 8,285 | 98.4 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 131 | 1.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,416 | 91.8 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Ralph Hjorth | 4,420 | 53.4 |
  | | Nationalist | Francis Connelly | 3,865 | 46.6 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |
  