title: Electoral results for the district of Wangaratta and Ovens
text: # Electoral results for the district of Wangaratta and Ovens
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Wangaratta and Ovens in Victorian state elections.
  
  ## Members for Wangaratta and Ovens
  
  | Member | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | John Bowser | Country | 1927–1929 |
  | | Lot Diffey | Country | 1929–1945 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1940s
  
  1943 Victorian state election: Wangaratta and Ovens :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Country | Lot Diffey | 6,478 | 66.5 | -7.3 |
  | | Labor | Charles McKissack | 3,263 | 33.5 | +33.5 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 9,741 | 98.9 | +0.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 108 | 1.1 | -0.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,849 | 87.0 | -5.6 |
  | | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1940 Victorian state election: Wangaratta and Ovens :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Country | Lot Diffey | 7,700 | 73.8 | -26.2 |
  | | Liberal Country | Rupert Whalley | 2,727 | 26.2 | +26.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 10,427 | 98.7 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 141 | 1.3 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,568 | 92.6 | |
  | | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1930s
  
  1937 Victorian state election: Wangaratta and Ovens :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Country | Lot Diffey | unopposed | | |
  | | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | | |
  
  1935 Victorian state election: Wangaratta and Ovens :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Country | Lot Diffey | 5,601 | 53.6 | -46.4 |
  | | Labor | Paul Jones | 4,853 | 46.4 | +46.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 10,454 | 99.1 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 93 | 0.9 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,547 | 94.1 | |
  | | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1932 Victorian state election: Wangaratta and Ovens :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Country | Lot Diffey | unopposed | | |
  | | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1920s
  
  1929 Victorian state election: Wangaratta and Ovens :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Clive Walker | 3,428 | 38.3 | +38.3 |
  | | Country | Lot Diffey | 2,821 | 31.6 | -30.8 |
  | | Country Progressive | William Higgins | 1,375 | 15.4 | +15.4 |
  | | Independent Country | Percival Inchbold | 1,313 | 14.7 | +14.7 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 8,937 | 98.7 | +1.9 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 114 | 1.3 | -1.9 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,051 | 95.1 | +3.1 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Country | Lot Diffey | 4,869 | 54.5 | +1.3 |
  | | Labor | Clive Walker | 4,068 | 45.5 | +45.5 |
  | | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1927 Victorian state election: Wangaratta and Ovens :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Country | John Bowser | 3,221 | 38.8 |
  | | Australian Liberal | William Higgins | 3,116 | 37.6 |
  | | Country | Lot Diffey | 1,953 | 23.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 8,290 | 96.8 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 271 | 3.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,561 | 92.0 |
  | Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
  | | Country | John Bowser | 4,409 | 53.2 |
  | | Australian Liberal | William Higgins | 3,881 | 46.8 |
  | | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | |
  