title: Electoral results for the district of Barwon (Victoria)
text: # Electoral results for the district of Barwon (Victoria)
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Barwon in Victorian state elections.
  
  ## Members for Barwon
  
  | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - |
  | Jonas Levien | Unaligned | 1877 |
  | John Ince | Unaligned | 1877–1880 |
  | Jonas Levien | Unaligned | 1880–1906 |
  | James Farrer | Liberal | 1906–1917 |
  | Duncan McLennan | Nationalist | 1917–1920 |
  | Edward Morley | Independent Nationalist | 1920–1921 |
  | Edward Morley | Nationalist | 1921–1929 |
  | Thomas Maltby | Nationalist | 1929–1931 |
  | Thomas Maltby | UAP | 1931–1945 |
  | Thomas Maltby | Independent Liberal | 1945–1946 |
  | Thomas Maltby | Liberal | 1946–1949 |
  | Thomas Maltby | Liberal and Country | 1949–1955 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1950s
  
  1952 Victorian state election: Barwon :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal and Country | Thomas Maltby | 8,483 | 51.7 | -48.3 |
  | | Labor | Charles Plummer | 7,915 | 48.3 | +48.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 16,398 | 99.0 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 172 | 1.0 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 16,570 | 93.8 | |
  | | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1950 Victorian state election: Barwon :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal and Country | Thomas Maltby | unopposed | | |
  | | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1940s
  
  1947 Victorian state election: Barwon :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Thomas Maltby | 9,449 | 65.7 | +49.2 |
  | | Labor | Don Ferguson | 4,933 | 34.3 | 0.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 14,382 | 98.9 | +0.6 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 155 | 1.1 | -0.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,537 | 94.1 | +2.5 |
  | | Liberal gain from Independent Liberal | Liberal gain from Independent Liberal | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1945 Victorian state election: Barwon :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Don Ferguson | 4,291 | 34.3 |
  | | Ministerial Liberal | Thomas Maltby | 3,557 | 28.4 |
  | | Country | James Henderson | 2,605 | 20.8 |
  | | Liberal | Robert Shirra | 2,068 | 16.5 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 12,521 | 98.3 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 213 | 1.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,734 | 89.2 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Ministerial Liberal | Thomas Maltby | 7,511 | 60.0 |
  | | Labor | Don Ferguson | 5,010 | 40.0 |
  | | Ministerial Liberal gain from Liberal | Ministerial Liberal gain from Liberal | Swing | |
  
  1943 Victorian state election: Barwon :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | United Australia | Thomas Maltby | 7,413 | 61.2 | -38.8 |
  | | Labor | George Gorrie | 4,701 | 38.8 | +38.8 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 12,114 | 99.1 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 107 | 0.9 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,221 | 88.4 | |
  | | United Australia hold | United Australia hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1940 Victorian state election: Barwon :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | United Australia | Thomas Maltby | unopposed | | |
  | | United Australia hold | United Australia hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1930s
  
  1937 Victorian state election: Barwon :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | United Australia | Thomas Maltby | 7,259 | 60.4 | +4.3 |
  | | Country | Warwick Cayley | 4,757 | 39.6 | +39.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 12,016 | 98.9 | +0.3 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 134 | 1.1 | -0.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,150 | 94.8 | -0.1 |
  | | United Australia hold | United Australia hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1935 Victorian state election: Barwon :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | United Australia | Thomas Maltby | 6,573 | 56.1 | -43.9 |
  | | Independent | Thomas Ellis | 2,701 | 23.1 | +23.1 |
  | | Labor | Sydney Gerson | 2,438 | 20.8 | +20.8 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 11,712 | 98.6 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 165 | 1.4 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,877 | 94.9 | |
  | | United Australia hold | United Australia hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  * Preferences were not distributed.
  
  1932 Victorian state election: Barwon :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | United Australia | Thomas Maltby | unopposed | | |
  | | United Australia hold | United Australia hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1920s
  
  1929 Victorian state election: Barwon :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nationalist | Thomas Maltby | 6,821 | 61.6 | -2.6 |
  | | Labor | John Bond | 4,246 | 38.4 | +2.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 11,067 | 99.3 | +0.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 78 | 0.7 | -0.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,145 | 96.2 | +4.6 |
  | | Nationalist hold | Nationalist hold | Swing | -2.6 | |
  
  1929 Barwon state by-election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nationalist | Thomas Maltby | 5,256 | 50.7 | -13.5 |
  | | Ind. Nationalist | John Black | 2,789 | 26.9 | +26.9 |
  | | Ind. Nationalist | Alan Belcher | 2,311 | 22.3 | +22.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 10,356 | 98.8 | +0.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 131 | 1.2 | -0.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,487 | 91.4 | -0.2 |
  | | Nationalist hold | Nationalist hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  * Preferences were not distributed.
  
  1927 Victorian state election: Barwon :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nationalist | Edward Morley | 6,637 | 64.2 |
  | | Labor | John Jensen | 3,703 | 35.8 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 10,340 | 98.6 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 146 | 1.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,486 | 91.6 |
  | | Nationalist hold | Nationalist hold | Swing | |
  
  1924 Victorian state election: Barwon :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nationalist | Edward Morley | 5,086 | 69.5 | +29.5 |
  | | Labor | Alicia Katz | 2,228 | 30.5 | +11.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 7,314 | 99.3 | +0.8 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 53 | 0.7 | -0.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,367 | 69.6 | +4.1 |
  | | Nationalist hold | Nationalist hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1921 Victorian state election: Barwon :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nationalist | Edward Morley | 3,117 | 40.0 | +4.7 |
  | | Ind. Nationalist | Duncan McLennan | 1,789 | 23.0 | +23.0 |
  | | Labor | Herbert Wookey | 1,484 | 19.1 | +19.1 |
  | | Victorian Farmers | James Farrer | 1,375 | 17.7 | -4.7 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 7,765 | 98.5 | +3.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 122 | 1.5 | -3.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,887 | 65.5 | -3.8 |
  | Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
  | | Nationalist | Edward Morley | 4,486 | 63.9 | +14.3 |
  | | Ind. Nationalist | Duncan McLennan | 3,279 | 36.1 | -14.3 |
  | | Nationalist gain from Ind. Nationalist | Nationalist gain from Ind. Nationalist | Swing | +14.3 | |
  
  * Edward Morley was elected in the 1920 election as an Independent Nationalist, but joined the Nationalists before this election.
  
  1920 Victorian state election: Barwon :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Ind. Nationalist | Edward Morley | 3,281 | 42.3 | +42.3 |
  | | Nationalist | Duncan McLennan | 2,743 | 35.3 | -3.8 |
  | | Victorian Farmers | Herbert Lumb | 1,739 | 22.4 | -10.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 7,763 | 94.8 | -1.4 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 424 | 5.2 | +1.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,187 | 69.3 | +20.0 |
  | Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
  | | Ind. Nationalist | Edward Morley | 3,912 | 50.4 | +50.4 |
  | | Nationalist | Duncan McLennan | 3,851 | 49.6 | -0.5 |
  | | Ind. Nationalist gain from Nationalist | Ind. Nationalist gain from Nationalist | Swing | N/A | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1910s
  
  1917 Victorian state election: Barwon :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nationalist | Duncan McLennan | 2,169 | 39.1 | +39.1 |
  | | Victorian Farmers | Lemuel Griffiths | 1,799 | 32.4 | +32.4 |
  | | Nationalist | James Farrer | 1,576 | 28.4 | -31.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,344 | 96.2 | -0.8 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 219 | 3.8 | +0.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,763 | 49.3 | -7.5 |
  | Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
  | | Nationalist | Duncan McLennan | 2,777 | 50.1 | |
  | | Victorian Farmers | Lemuel Griffiths | 2,767 | 49.9 | |
  | | Nationalist hold | Nationalist hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1914 Victorian state election: Barwon :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | James Farrer | 3,711 | 59.4 | +22.9 |
  | | Labor | Alexander Parker | 2,533 | 40.6 | +2.9 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 6,244 | 97.0 | -1.4 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 194 | 3.0 | +1.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,438 | 56.8 | -12.7 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -1.5 | |
  
  1911 Victorian state election: Barwon :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | William Brownbill | 2,676 | 37.7 | +1.1 |
  | | Liberal | James Farrer | 2,529 | 36.5 | -3.3 |
  | | Independent Liberal | William Kendell | 1,831 | 25.8 | +25.8 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 7,099 | 98.4 | -1.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 112 | 1.6 | +1.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,211 | 69.5 | +18.6 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | James Farrer | 4,326 | 60.9 | N/A |
  | | Labor | William Brownbill | 2,773 | 39.1 | N/A |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |
  