title: Electoral results for the district of Waranga
text: # Electoral results for the district of Waranga
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Waranga in Victorian state elections.
  
  ## Members for Waranga
  
  | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - |
  | John Morrissey | Unaligned | 1904–1907 |
  | John Walter Mason | Unaligned | 1907–1908 |
  | Martin Cussen | Liberal | 1908–1911 |
  | John Gordon | Liberal | 1911–1917 |
  | John Gordon | Nationalist | 1917–1927 |
  | Ernest Coyle | Nationalist | 1927–1931 |
  | Ernest Coyle | UAP | 1931–1933 |
  | Ernest Coyle | Country | 1933–1943 |
  | Wollaston Heily | Country | 1943–1945 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1940s
  
  1943 Waranga state by-election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Country | Wollaston Heily | 4,144 | 57.9 | -12.1 |
  | | Independent | Edward Hill | 3,011 | 42.1 | +42.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 7,155 | 99.3 | +0.3 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 47 | 0.7 | -0.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,202 | 83.4 | -3.7 |
  | | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1943 Victorian state election: Waranga :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Country | Ernest Coyle | 5,185 | 70.0 | -30.0 |
  | | Independent | Patrick Finnigan | 2,227 | 30.0 | +30.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 7,412 | 99.0 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 78 | 1.0 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,490 | 87.1 | |
  | | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1940 Victorian state election: Waranga :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Country | Ernest Coyle | unopposed | | |
  | | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1930s
  
  1937 Victorian state election: Waranga :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Country | Ernest Coyle | unopposed | | |
  | | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | | |
  
  1935 Victorian state election: Waranga :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Country | Ernest Coyle | 5,824 | 64.4 | +21.2 |
  | | Independent | William Cochrane | 1,854 | 20.5 | +20.5 |
  | | United Australia | David Thomas | 1,370 | 15.1 | -41.7 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 9,048 | 98.9 | +0.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 100 | 1.1 | -0.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,148 | 95.5 | +1.1 |
  | | Country gain from United Australia | Country gain from United Australia | Swing | N/A | |
  
  * Coyle was elected as a UAP member for Waranga in the 1932 election, but joined the Country party in 1933.
  
  1932 Victorian state election: Waranga :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | United Australia | Ernest Coyle | 4,987 | 56.8 | +8.2 |
  | | Country | John McEwen | 3,799 | 43.2 | +24.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 8,588 | 98.8 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 102 | 1.2 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,890 | 94.4 | +0.2 |
  | | United Australia hold | United Australia hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1920s
  
  1929 Victorian state election: Waranga :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nationalist | Ernest Coyle | 4,176 | 48.6 | +7.6 |
  | | Labor | John Minogue | 2,809 | 32.7 | -5.3 |
  | | Country | William Pook | 929 | 10.8 | -9.7 |
  | | Country | Edward Buckland | 674 | 7.8 | +7.8 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 8,588 | 98.8 | +0.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 102 | 1.2 | -0.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,690 | 94.2 | +3.0 |
  | | Nationalist hold | Nationalist hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  * Preferences were not distributed.
  
  1927 Victorian state election: Waranga :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Gerald Honan | 3,176 | 38.0 |
  | | Nationalist | Ernest Coyle | 2,322 | 27.7 |
  | | Country | John McKee | 1,747 | 20.5 |
  | | Nationalist | Henry Thomas | 1,122 | 13.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 8,367 | 98.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 161 | 1.9 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,528 | 91.2 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Nationalist | Ernest Coyle | 4,518 | 54.0 |
  | | Labor | Gerald Honan | 3,849 | 46.0 |
  | | Nationalist hold | Nationalist hold | Swing | |
  
  1924 Victorian state election: Waranga :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nationalist | John Gordon | unopposed | | |
  | | Nationalist hold | Nationalist hold | Swing | | |
  
  1921 Victorian state election: Waranga :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nationalist | John Gordon | unopposed | | |
  | | Nationalist hold | Nationalist hold | Swing | | |
  
  1920 Victorian state election: Waranga :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nationalist | John Gordon | 3,102 | 66.6 | +0.9 |
  | | Labor | Thomas McKendrick | 1,554 | 33.4 | -0.9 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,656 | 93.5 | -2.4 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 324 | 6.5 | +2.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,980 | 70.5 | +7.4 |
  | | Nationalist hold | Nationalist hold | Swing | +0.9 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1910s
  
  1917 Victorian state election: Waranga :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nationalist | John Gordon | 2,811 | 65.7 | -8.0 |
  | | Labor | Leon Villiers | 1,465 | 34.3 | +8.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,276 | 95.9 | -2.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 183 | 4.1 | +2.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,459 | 63.1 | -4.5 |
  | | Nationalist hold | Nationalist hold | Swing | -8.0 | |
  
  1914 Victorian state election: Waranga :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | John Gordon | 3,442 | 73.7 | +23.6 |
  | | Labor | Daniel Nagle | 1,229 | 26.3 | +26.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,671 | 98.0 | -1.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 98 | 2.0 | +1.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,769 | 67.6 | -12.3 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1911 Victorian state election: Waranga :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | John Gordon | 2,845 | 50.1 | +24.4 |
  | | Independent | Henry Thomas | 2,829 | 49.9 | +29.9 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 5,674 | 99.0 | -0.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 57 | 1.0 | +0.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,731 | 79.9 | +7.8 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |
  