title: Electoral results for the district of Wimmera
text: # Electoral results for the district of Wimmera
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Wimmera in Victorian state elections.
  
  ## Members for Wimmera
  
  Two members (1856–1859) :
  
  | Member | Member | Party | Term | Member | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | William Hammill | None | 1856–1857 | | James McCulloch | None | 1856–1859 |
  | | John Quarterman | None | 1857–1859 | | James McCulloch | None | 1856–1859 |
  
  One member (1859–1877) :
  
  | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - |
  | Robert Firebrace | None | 1859–1861 |
  | Samuel Wilson | None | 1861–1864 |
  | James MacBain | None | 1864–1877 |
  
  Two members (1877–1889) :
  
  | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | James MacBain | None | 1877–1880 | Robert Clark | None | 1877–1880 |
  | Walter Madden | None | 1880–1889 | William O'Callaghan | None | 1880–1883 |
  | Walter Madden | None | 1880–1889 | Richard Baker | None | 1883–1889 |
  
  One member (1992–2002) :
  
  | Member | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Bill McGrath | National | 1992–1999 |
  | | Hugh Delahunty | National | 1999–2002 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1990s
  
  1999 Victorian state election: Wimmera :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | National | Hugh Delahunty | 9,866 | 32.4 | -24.5 |
  | | Liberal | Garry Cross | 9,450 | 31.1 | +31.1 |
  | | Labor | Les Power | 7,230 | 23.8 | +3.0 |
  | | One Nation | Bob Mackley | 1,630 | 5.4 | +5.4 |
  | | Independent | Doug Hallam | 1,446 | 4.8 | +4.8 |
  | | Independent | Laurie Liston | 792 | 2.6 | +2.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 30,414 | 97.2 | -1.4 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 878 | 2.8 | +1.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,292 | 95.8 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | National | Hugh Delahunty | 19,850 | 65.1 | -6.1 |
  | | Labor | Les Power | 10,648 | 34.9 | +6.1 |
  | Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
  | | National | Hugh Delahunty | 17,510 | 57.6 | -13.6 |
  | | Liberal | Garry Cross | 12,904 | 42.4 | +42.4 |
  | | National hold | National hold | Swing | -13.6 | |
  
  1996 Victorian state election: Wimmera :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | National | Bill McGrath | 17,844 | 56.9 | -22.7 |
  | | Independent | Gary Cross | 6,727 | 21.5 | +21.5 |
  | | Labor | Les Power | 6,498 | 20.7 | +0.3 |
  | | Natural Law | Nick Kenos | 282 | 0.9 | +0.9 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 31,351 | 98.6 | +1.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 441 | 1.4 | -1.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,792 | 95.9 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | National | Bill McGrath | 22,275 | 71.2 | -8.4 |
  | | Labor | Les Power | 9,023 | 28.8 | +8.4 |
  | | National hold | National hold | Swing | -8.4 | |
  
  1992 Victorian state election: Wimmera :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | National | Bill McGrath | 25,325 | 79.6 | +30.0 |
  | | Labor | Felix Blatt | 6,485 | 20.4 | -0.9 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 31,810 | 97.6 | -0.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 794 | 2.4 | +0.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,604 | 97.3 | |
  | | National hold | National hold | Swing | +2.0 | |
  