title: Electoral results for the South Western Province (Victoria)
text: # Electoral results for the South Western Province (Victoria)
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the South Western Province in Victorian state elections.
  
  ## Members for South Western Province
  
  | Member 1 | Party | Year | Member 2 | Party | Member 3 | Member 4 | Member 5 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | James Henty | | 1856 | William Roope | | James Cowie | Robert Hope | James Strachan |
  | James Henty | | 1858 | William Roope | | George Coppin | Robert Hope | James Strachan |
  | James Henty | | 1860 | John McCrae | | George Coppin | Robert Hope | James Strachan |
  | James Henty | | 1862 | John McCrae | | George Coppin | Robert Hope | James Strachan |
  | James Henty | | 1863 | John McCrae | | Caleb Jenner | Robert Hope | James Strachan |
  | James Henty | | 1864 | John McCrae | | Caleb Jenner | John Lowe | James Strachan |
  | James Henty | | 1866 | John McCrae | | Caleb Jenner | John Lowe | George Rolfe |
  | James Henty | | 1867 | John McCrae | | Caleb Jenner | John Lowe | Thomas Learmonth |
  | James Henty | | 1867 | John McCrae | | Caleb Jenner | Robert Hope | Thomas Learmonth |
  | James Henty | | 1868 | John McCrae | | Caleb Jenner | Robert Hope | Thomas Learmonth |
  | James Henty | | 1869 | John McCrae | | Caleb Jenner | Robert Hope | Philip Russell |
  | James Henty | | 1870 | John Cumming | | Caleb Jenner | Robert Hope | Philip Russell |
  | James Henty | | 1870 | John Cumming | | Caleb Jenner | Robert Hope | Philip Russell |
  | James Henty | | 1872 | John Cumming | | Caleb Jenner | Robert Hope | Philip Russell |
  | James Henty | | 1874 | John Cumming | | Caleb Jenner | Henry Cuthbert | Philip Russell |
  | James Henty | | 1875 | John Cumming | | Caleb Jenner | Henry Cuthbert | George Belcher |
  | James Henty | | 1876 | John Cumming | | Caleb Jenner | Henry Cuthbert | George Belcher |
  | James Henty | | 1878 | John Cumming | | Caleb Jenner | Henry Cuthbert | George Belcher |
  | James Henty | | 1880 | Philip Russell | | Caleb Jenner | Henry Cuthbert | George Belcher |
  | Francis Ormond | | 1882 | Philip Russell | | Caleb Jenner | Henry Cuthbert | George Belcher |
  | Francis Ormond | | 1882 | Philip Russell | | Caleb Jenner | | |
  | Francis Ormond | | 1884 | Philip Russell | | Caleb Jenner | | |
  | Francis Ormond | | 1886 | Joseph Connor | | Caleb Jenner | | |
  | Francis Ormond | | 1886 | Joseph Connor | | William Robertson | | |
  | Francis Ormond | | 1886 | Joseph Connor | | William Robertson | | |
  | Francis Ormond | | 1888 | Joseph Connor | | Sidney Austin | | |
  | Donald Wallace | | 1889 | Joseph Connor | | Sidney Austin | | |
  | Donald Wallace | | 1890 | Joseph Connor | | Sidney Austin | | |
  | Donald Wallace | | 1892 | Joseph Connor | | Sidney Austin | | |
  | Donald Wallace | | 1894 | Joseph Connor | | Sidney Austin | | |
  | Joseph Grey | | 1895 | Joseph Connor | | Sidney Austin | | |
  | Henry Wrixon | | 1896 | Joseph Connor | | Sidney Austin | | |
  | Henry Wrixon | | 1896 | Joseph Connor | | Sidney Austin | | |
  | Henry Wrixon | | 1898 | Joseph Connor | | Sidney Austin | | |
  | Henry Wrixon | | 1899 | Thomas Harwood | | Sidney Austin | | |
  | Henry Wrixon | | 1900 | Thomas Harwood | | Sidney Austin | | |
  | Henry Wrixon | | 1902 | Thomas Harwood | | Sidney Austin | | |
  | Henry Wrixon | | 1904 | Thomas Harwood | | | | |
  | Henry Wrixon | | 1907 | Thomas Harwood | | | | |
  | Henry Wrixon | | 1910 | Thomas Harwood | | | | |
  | Austin Austin | | 1910 | Thomas Harwood | | | | |
  | Austin Austin | | 1912 | Horace Richardson | | | | |
  | Austin Austin | | 1913 | Horace Richardson | | | | |
  | Austin Austin | | 1916 | Horace Richardson | | | | |
  | Austin Austin | Nationalist | 1917 | Horace Richardson | Nationalist | | | |
  | Austin Austin | Nationalist | 1919 | Horace Richardson | Nationalist | | | |
  | Austin Austin | Nationalist | 1922 | Horace Richardson | Nationalist | | | |
  | Howard Hitchcock | Nationalist | 1925 | Horace Richardson | Nationalist | | | |
  | Howard Hitchcock | Nationalist | 1928 | Horace Richardson | Nationalist | | | |
  | Gordon McArthur | Nationalist | 1931 | Horace Richardson | Nationalist | | | |
  | Gordon McArthur | United Australia | 1931 | Horace Richardson | United Australia | | | |
  | Gordon McArthur | United Australia | 1934 | John Percy Jones | United Australia | | | |
  | Gordon McArthur | United Australia | 1937 | John Percy Jones | United Australia | | | |
  | Gordon McArthur | United Australia | 1940 | Allan McDonald | Country | | | |
  | Gordon McArthur | United Australia | 1943 | Allan McDonald | Country | | | |
  | Gordon McArthur | Liberal | 1945 | Allan McDonald | Country | | | |
  | Gordon McArthur | Liberal | 1946 | Allan McDonald | Country | | | |
  | Gordon McArthur | Liberal | 1947 | Allan McDonald | Independent | | | |
  | Gordon McArthur | Liberal and Country | 1949 | Allan McDonald | Liberal and Country | | | |
  | Gordon McArthur | Liberal and Country | 1952 | Don Ferguson | Labor | | | |
  | Gordon McArthur | Liberal and Country | 1955 | Don Ferguson | Labor | | | |
  | Gordon McArthur | Liberal and Country | 1958 | Geoffrey Thom | Liberal and Country | | | |
  | Gordon McArthur | Liberal and Country | 1961 | Geoffrey Thom | Liberal and Country | | | |
  | Gordon McArthur | Liberal and Country | 1964 | Geoffrey Thom | Liberal and Country | | | |
  | Stanley Gleeson | Liberal | 1965 | Geoffrey Thom | Liberal | | | |
  | Stanley Gleeson | Liberal | 1967 | Geoffrey Thom | Liberal | | | |
  | Stanley Gleeson | Liberal | 1970 | Glyn Jenkins | Liberal | | | |
  | Stanley Gleeson | Liberal | 1973 | Glyn Jenkins | Liberal | | | |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1970s
  
  1973 Victorian state election: South Western Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Stan Gleeson | 45,418 | 45.0 | +6.1 |
  | | Labor | Stanley Nash | 40,179 | 39.8 | -0.4 |
  | | Democratic Labor | James Crockett | 7,994 | 7.9 | -6.5 |
  | | Country | Gilbert Anderson | 7,401 | 7.3 | +0.8 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 100,992 | 96.5 | -0.4 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,681 | 3.5 | +0.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 104,673 | 94.3 | -1.3 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Stan Gleeson | 58,678 | 58.1 | +3.3 |
  | | Labor | Stanley Nash | 42,314 | 41.9 | -3.3 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +3.3 | |
  
  1970 Victorian state election: South Western Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Stanley Nash | 35,619 | 40.2 | +4.0 |
  | | Liberal | Glyn Jenkins | 34,396 | 38.9 | -2.3 |
  | | Democratic Labor | William Bond | 12,746 | 14.4 | -0.2 |
  | | Country | Bartus De Groot | 5,783 | 6.5 | -1.5 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 88,544 | 96.9 | +0.4 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,864 | 3.1 | -0.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 91,408 | 95.6 | +0.7 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Glyn Jenkins | 48,524 | 54.8 | -5.2 |
  | | Labor | Stanley Nash | 40,020 | 45.2 | +5.2 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -5.2 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1960s
  
  1967 Victorian state election: South Western Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Stan Gleeson | 33,889 | 41.2 |
  | | Labor | John Woolfe | 29,710 | 36.2 |
  | | Democratic Labor | Gerald Gleeson | 11,970 | 14.6 |
  | | Country | Christian Edwards | 6,610 | 8.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 82,179 | 96.5 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,952 | 3.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 85,131 | 94.9 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Stan Gleeson | 49,304 | 60.0 |
  | | Labor | John Woolfe | 32,875 | 40.0 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |
  
  1965 South Western Province state by-election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal and Country | Stan Gleeson | 40,507 | 53.8 | +5.9 |
  | | Labor | Stanley Nash | 34,779 | 46.2 | +12.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 75,286 | 98.5 | +0.8 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,158 | 1.5 | -0.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 76,444 | 89.6 | -6.0 |
  | | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | -2.9 | |
  
  * This by-election was caused by the death of Gordon McArthur.
  
  1964 Victorian state election: South Western Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal and Country | Geoffrey Thom | 37,359 | 47.9 | +2.5 |
  | | Labor | Gordon Scholes | 26,644 | 34.1 | -2.5 |
  | | Democratic Labor | Gerald Gleeson | 14,045 | 18.0 | 0.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 78,048 | 97.7 | +0.3 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,870 | 2.3 | -0.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 79,918 | 95.6 | +0.8 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal and Country | Geoffrey Thom | 46,740 | 59.9 | -1.7 |
  | | Labor | Gordon Scholes | 31,308 | 40.1 | +1.7 |
  | | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | -1.7 | |
  
  1961 Victorian state election: South Western Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal and Country | Gordon McArthur | 33,000 | 45.4 | -1.0 |
  | | Labor | Stanley Nash | 26,654 | 36.6 | -4.9 |
  | | Democratic Labor | Newell Barrett | 13,102 | 18.0 | +5.9 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 72,756 | 97.4 | -1.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,936 | 2.6 | +1.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 74,692 | 94.8 | +1.2 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal and Country | Gordon McArthur | 44,818 | 61.6 | +4.9 |
  | | Labor | Stanley Nash | 27,938 | 38.4 | -4.9 |
  | | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | +4.9 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1950s
  
  1958 Victorian Legislative Council election: South Western Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal and Country | Geoffrey Thom | 31,878 | 46.4 | -7.5 |
  | | Labor | Don Ferguson | 28,510 | 41.5 | +11.4 |
  | | Democratic Labor | Norman Smith | 8,298 | 12.1 | -4.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 68,686 | 99.1 | +0.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 645 | 0.9 | -0.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 69,331 | 93.6 | +1.2 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal and Country | Geoffrey Thom | 38,909 | 56.6 | -11.6 |
  | | Labor | Don Ferguson | 29,777 | 43.4 | +11.6 |
  | | Liberal and Country gain from Labor | Liberal and Country gain from Labor | Swing | -11.6 | |
  