Electoral results for the Division of Corangamite

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Corangamite in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1901 until the present.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Chester Manifold	Protectionist	1901–1903
	Gratton Wilson	Free Trade, Anti-Socialist	1903–1909
		Commonwealth Liberal	1909–1910
	James Scullin	Labor	1910–1913
	Chester Manifold	Commonwealth Liberal	1913–1916
		Nationalist	1916–1918
	William Gibson	Country	1918–1929
	Richard Crouch	Labor	1929–1931
	William Gibson	Country	1931–1934
	Geoffrey Street	United Australia	1934–1940
	Allan McDonald	United Australia	1940–1944
		Liberal	1944–1953
	Dan Mackinnon	Liberal	1953–1966
	Tony Street	Liberal	1966–1984
	Stewart McArthur	Liberal	1984–2007
	Darren Cheeseman	Labor	2007–2013
	Sarah Henderson	Liberal	2013–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Australian federal election, 2016: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Sarah Henderson	45,687	46.42	−1.83
	Labor	Libby Coker	30,267	30.75	−1.28
	Greens	Patchouli Paterson	11,273	11.45	−0.41
	Justice	Patrice Nelson	3,039	3.09	+3.09
	Family First	Alan Barron	1,906	1.94	+0.96
	Animal Justice	Andy Meddick	1,739	1.77	+1.77
	Independent	Michael Lawrence	1,519	1.54	+1.54
	Drug Law Reform	Courtney Dalton	1,269	1.29	+1.29
	Liberal Democrats	Louis Rowe	871	0.89	+0.89
	Rise Up Australia	Nick Steel	847	0.86	+0.57
Total formal votes			98,417	95.00	−0.57
Informal votes			5,181	5.00	+0.57
Turnout			103,598	93.93	−1.61
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Sarah Henderson	52,291	53.13	−0.81
	Labor	Libby Coker	46,126	46.87	+0.81
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.81

Australian federal election, 2013: Corangamite^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Sarah Henderson	44,778	48.25	+3.15
	Labor	Darren Cheeseman	29,728	32.03	−7.29
	Greens	Lloyd Davies	11,007	11.86	+0.34
	Palmer United	Buddy Rojek	2,026	2.18	+2.18
	Sex Party	Jayden Millard	1,726	1.86	+1.86
	Family First	Peter Wray	908	0.98	−0.99
	Independent	Adrian Whitehead	694	0.75	+0.75
	National	Andrew Black	598	0.64	+0.64
	Christians	Alan Barron	499	0.54	+0.54
	Country Alliance	Warren Jackman	408	0.44	+0.44
	Rise Up Australia	Helen Rashleigh	273	0.29	+0.29
	Protectionist	Nick Steel	156	0.17	+0.17
Total formal votes			92,801	95.57	−1.24
Informal votes			4,304	4.43	+1.24
Turnout			97,105	95.59	+0.69
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Sarah Henderson	50,057	53.94	+4.22
	Labor	Darren Cheeseman	42,744	46.06	−4.22
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+4.22

Australian federal election, 2010: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Sarah Henderson	42,155	44.99	+0.29
	Labor	Darren Cheeseman	37,043	39.53	−2.38
	Greens	Mike Lawrence	10,713	11.43	+3.46
	Family First	Ann Wojczuk	1,850	1.97	−1.59
	Independent	Sally-Anne Brown	1,418	1.51	+1.51
	Liberal Democrats	Nathan Timmins	169	0.55	+0.36
Total formal votes			93,699	96.78	−0.69
Informal votes			3,117	3.22	+0.69
Turnout			96,816	95.32	−1.15
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Darren Cheeseman	47,235	50.41	−0.44
	Liberal	Sarah Henderson	46,464	49.59	+0.44
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.44

Elections in the 2000s

Australian federal election, 2007: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Stewart McArthur	40,408	44.70	−7.35
	Labor	Darren Cheeseman	37,886	41.91	+5.16
	Greens	Fiona Nelson	7,202	7.97	+0.46
	Family First	Jan Edwards	3,217	3.56	+0.82
	Democrats	Gabrielle Killeen	1,512	1.67	+1.67
	Liberty & Democracy	Sukrit Sabhlok	169	0.19	+0.19
Total formal votes			90,394	97.47	+0.51
Informal votes			2,347	2.53	−0.51
Turnout			92,741	96.45	+0.39
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Darren Cheeseman	45,968	50.85	+6.17
	Liberal	Stewart McArthur	44,426	49.15	−6.17
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.17

Australian federal election, 2004: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Stewart McArthur	44,060	52.05	+4.89
	Labor	Peter McMullin	31,105	36.75	+3.20
	Greens	Stephen Chenery	6,355	7.51	+1.19
	Family First	Christine Modra	2,318	3.74	+2.74
	Socialist Alliance	Chris Johnson	491	0.58	+0.58
	CEC	Andrew Bailey	313	0.37	+0.37
Total formal votes			84,642	96.96	+0.37
Informal votes			2,652	3.04	−0.37
Turnout			87,294	96.06	−0.18
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Stewart McArthur	46,828	55.32	−0.05
	Labor	Peter McMullin	37,814	44.68	+0.05
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.05

Australian federal election, 2001: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Stewart McArthur	37,929	47.42	+1.40
	Labor	Michael Bjork-Billings	26,569	33.21	−2.87
	Democrats	Robyn Hodge	5,128	6.41	+0.02
	Greens	Iain Lygo	5,098	6.37	+3.30
	One Nation	Graham Hills	1,982	2.48	−3.07
	liberals for forests	Nigel Strauss	1,960	2.45	+2.45
	Independent	Simon Arundell	1,326	1.66	−0.53
Total formal votes			79,992	96.62	−0.83
Informal votes			2,798	3.38	+0.83
Turnout			82,790	96.86
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Stewart McArthur	44,529	55.67	+1.17
	Labor	Michael Bjork-Billings	35,463	44.33	−1.17
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.17

Elections in the 1990s

Australian federal election, 1998: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Stewart McArthur	34,336	46.02	−6.64
	Labor	Michael Bjork-Billings	26,923	36.08	+0.22
	Democrats	Jeffrey Paull	4,765	6.39	−5.10
	One Nation	Duncan Maclean	4,140	5.55	+5.55
	Greens	Adrian Whitehead	2,292	3.07	+3.07
	Independent	Simon Arundell	1,634	2.19	+2.19
	Unity	Robert Harwood	525	0.70	+0.70
Total formal votes			74,615	97.45	−0.33
Informal votes			1,949	2.55	+0.33
Turnout			76,564	95.79	−0.90
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Stewart McArthur	40,665	54.50	−3.19
	Labor	Michael Bjork-Billings	33,950	45.50	+3.19
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.19

Australian federal election, 1996: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Stewart McArthur	38,445	52.66	+0.18
	Labor	Bernie Eades	26,179	35.86	−1.80
	Democrats	Pamela Johnson	8,382	11.48	+8.22
Total formal votes			73,006	97.78	+0.22
Informal votes			1,655	2.22	−0.22
Turnout			74,661	96.70	−0.08
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Stewart McArthur	41,939	57.69	+1.73
	Labor	Bernie Eades	30,761	42.31	−1.73
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.73

Australian federal election, 1993: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Stewart McArthur	38,133	53.40	−0.82
	Labor	Bernie Eades	26,199	36.69	+6.12
	Democrats	Greta Pearce	2,208	3.09	−7.90
	Independent	Norm Powell	2,203	3.09	+3.09
	Independent	John Warnock	1,231	1.72	+1.72
	Call to Australia	Terry Winter	866	1.21	−2.19
	Natural Law	Isaac Golden	567	0.79	+0.79
Total formal votes			71,407	97.54	−0.14
Informal votes			1,798	2.46	+0.14
Turnout			73,205	96.77
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Stewart McArthur	40,655	56.97	−3.82
	Labor	Bernie Eades	30,701	43.03	+3.82
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.82

Australian federal election, 1990: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Stewart McArthur	36,516	54.2	+4.8
	Labor	Ian Caldwell	20,582	30.6	−9.5
	Democrats	Rob Mann	7,399	11.0	+4.7
	Call to Australia	John Andrews	2,293	3.4	+3.4
	Independent	Bruce Wilson	549	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			67,339	97.7
Informal votes			1,595	2.3
Turnout			68,934	96.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Stewart McArthur	40,867	60.8	+5.1
	Labor	Ian Caldwell	26,356	39.2	−5.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.1

Elections in the 1980s

Australian federal election, 1987: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Stewart McArthur	32,341	48.3	+0.4
	Labor	Ian Caldwell	27,620	41.2	−0.7
	Democrats	Rob Mann	4,225	6.3	+2.8
	National	John McDonald	2,813	4.2	+0.9
Total formal votes			66,999	96.4
Informal votes			2,504	3.6
Turnout			69,503	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Stewart McArthur	36,572	54.6	+1.2
	Labor	Ian Caldwell	30,411	45.4	−1.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.2

Australian federal election, 1984: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Stewart McArthur	29,487	47.9	−5.9
	Labor	Gavan O'Connor	25,772	41.9	−4.3
	Democrats	Robert Mann	2,178	3.5	+3.5
	National	Bruce Webster	2,028	3.3	+3.3
	Democratic Labor	James Jordan	1,559	2.5	+2.5
	Pensioner	Roy Charles	552	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			61,576	94.1
Informal votes			3,846	5.9
Turnout			65,422	97.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Stewart McArthur	32,886	53.4	−0.4
	Labor	Gavan O'Connor	28,660	46.6	+0.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.4

Corangamite by-election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Stewart McArthur	32,083	46.7	−11.5
	Labor	Gavan O'Connor	25,517	37.1	−4.7
	National	David Seymour	9,794	14.2	+14.2
	Democratic Labor	Joseph Lam	1,336	1.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			68,730	98.4
Informal votes			1,096	1.6
Turnout			69,826	92.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Stewart McArthur	40,837	59.4	+1.2
	Labor	Gavan O'Connor	27,893	40.6	−1.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.2

Australian federal election, 1983: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Tony Street	40,694	58.2	+1.6
	Labor	Gavan O'Connor	29,231	41.8	+10.5
Total formal votes			69,925	98.3
Informal votes			1,190	1.7
Turnout			71,115	97.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.6

Australian federal election, 1980: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Tony Street	37,913	56.6	−1.9
	Labor	Neil Gedge	20,959	31.3	+4.9
	Democrats	Kathleen May	5,031	7.5	−2.4
	Democratic Labor	Bernie Finn	3,043	4.5	+0.2
Total formal votes			66,946	98.3
Informal votes			1,164	1.7
Turnout			68,110	96.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tony Street		62.8	−5.0
	Labor	Neil Gedge		37.2	+5.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.0

Elections in the 1970s

Australian federal election, 1977: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Tony Street	37,163	58.5	−5.3
	Labor	Shirley Ambrose	16,786	26.4	−4.4
	Democrats	Kathleen May	6,275	9.9	+9.9
	Democratic Labor	Francis O'Brien	2,756	4.3	+0.3
	Independent	Neil McDonald	548	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			63,528	98.3
Informal votes			1,101	1.7
Turnout			64,629	97.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tony Street		67.8	−0.2
	Labor	Shirley Ambrose		32.2	+0.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.2

Australian federal election, 1975: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Tony Street	38,253	65.0	+6.6
	Labor	Shirley Ambrose	17,433	29.6	−4.6
	Democratic Labor	Francis O'Brien	2,360	4.0	−1.4
	Australia Party	Ian Slater	538	0.9	−1.1
	Independent	Brian Costin	305	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			58,889	98.7
Informal votes			800	1.3
Turnout			59,689	97.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tony Street		69.2	+5.7
	Labor	Shirley Ambrose		30.8	−5.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.7

Australian federal election, 1974: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Tony Street	32,960	58.4	+5.0
	Labor	Edwin Morris	19,280	34.2	−3.2
	Democratic Labor	Francis O'Brien	3,076	5.4	−3.8
	Australia Party	Ian Slater	1,126	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			56,442	98.6
Informal votes			792	1.4
Turnout			57,234	96.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tony Street		63.5	+1.8
	Labor	Edwin Morris		36.5	−1.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.8

Australian federal election, 1972: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Tony Street	26,769	53.4	−2.2
	Labor	Edwin Morris	18,729	37.4	+4.2
	Democratic Labor	Francis O'Brien	4,594	9.2	−2.0
Total formal votes			50,092	99.0
Informal votes			530	1.0
Turnout			50,622	97.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tony Street		61.7	−2.9
	Labor	Edwin Morris		38.3	+2.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.9

Elections in the 1960s

Australian federal election, 1969: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Tony Street	25,900	55.6	+6.6
	Labor	Neil Moorfoot	15,447	33.2	+7.4
	Democratic Labor	Francis O'Brien	5,216	11.2	−0.8
Total formal votes			46,563	98.4
Informal votes			770	1.6
Turnout			47,333	97.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tony Street		64.6	−9.0
	Labor	Neil Moorfoot		35.4	+9.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−9.0

Australian federal election, 1966: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Tony Street	22,334	47.6	−9.9
	Labor	Lindsay Romey	11,419	24.3	−4.8
	Country	Gilbert Anderson	7,585	16.1	+16.1
	Democratic Labor	Brian Cronin	5,634	12.0	−1.4
Total formal votes			46,972	97.6
Informal votes			1,160	2.4
Turnout			48,132	97.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tony Street		72.1	+2.5
	Labor	Lindsay Romey		27.9	−2.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.5

Australian federal election, 1963: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Dan Mackinnon	26,347	57.5	+4.7
	Labor	Fred Black	13,324	29.1	+0.1
	Democratic Labor	Francis O'Brien	6,139	13.4	−4.8
Total formal votes			45,810	99.3
Informal votes			335	0.7
Turnout			46,145	97.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Dan Mackinnon		69.6	+1.3
	Labor	Fred Black		30.4	−1.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.3

Australian federal election, 1961: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Dan Mackinnon	23,319	52.8	−1.0
	Labor	Desmond Hulme	12,829	29.0	+2.3
	Democratic Labor	Patrick Bourke	8,032	18.2	+0.4
Total formal votes			44,180	98.5
Informal votes			668	1.5
Turnout			44,848	96.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Dan Mackinnon		68.3	−2.4
	Labor	Desmond Hulme		31.7	+2.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.4

Elections in the 1950s

Australian federal election, 1958: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Dan Mackinnon	22,724	53.8	−7.0
	Labor	Edwin Morris	11,299	26.7	+0.6
	Democratic Labor	Patrick Bourke	7,526	17.8	+4.8
	Independent	Elsie Brushfield	728	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			42,277	98.1
Informal votes			824	1.9
Turnout			43,101	96.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Dan Mackinnon		70.7	−0.5
	Labor	Edwin Morris		29.3	+0.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.5

Australian federal election, 1955: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Dan Mackinnon	24,349	60.8	+2.3
	Labor	Edwin Morris	10,463	26.1	−15.4
	Labor (A-C)	Leo O'Brien	5,210	13.0	+13.0
Total formal votes			40,022	98.0
Informal votes			809	2.0
Turnout			40,831	96.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Dan Mackinnon		71.2	+12.7
	Labor	Edwin Morris		28.8	−12.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+12.7

Australian federal election, 1954: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Dan Mackinnon	22,253	57.6	−1.1
	Labor	Angus McLean	16,407	42.4	+1.1
Total formal votes			38,660	99.4
Informal votes			244	0.6
Turnout			38,904	97.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.1

Corangamite by-election, 1953

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Dan Mackinnon	19,449	52.2	−6.5
	Labor	Angus McLean	17,782	47.8	+6.5
Total formal votes			37,231	99.5
Informal votes			196	0.5
Turnout			37,427	92.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.5

Australian federal election, 1951: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Allan McDonald	22,087	58.7	+1.2
	Labor	Angus McLean	15,535	41.3	+1.7
Total formal votes			37,622	99.1
Informal votes			357	0.9
Turnout			37,979	97.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.3

Elections in the 1940s

Australian federal election, 1949: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Allan McDonald	21,670	57.5	+1.1
	Labor	Henry Stacpoole	14,936	39.6	−3.9
	Independent	Elsie Brushfield	1,080	2.9	+2.9
Total formal votes			37,686	99.2
Informal votes			286	0.8
Turnout			37,972	97.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Allan McDonald		60.0	+3.6
	Labor	Henry Stacpoole		40.0	−3.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.6

Australian federal election, 1946: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Allan McDonald	25,999	54.9	+7.7
	Labor	Henry Stacpoole	21,317	45.1	+0.0
Total formal votes			47,316	99.2
Informal votes			393	0.8
Turnout			47,709	94.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.8

Australian federal election, 1943: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	United Australia	Allan McDonald	21,655	47.2	−9.0
	Labor	Harold Miller	20,691	45.1	+1.3
	Independent	Elsie Brushfield	1,856	4.0	+4.0
	Independent Country	Sydney Donaldson	1,643	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			45,845	98.9
Informal votes			515	1.1
Turnout			46,360	96.6
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Allan McDonald	24,342	53.1	−3.1
	Labor	Harold Miller	21,503	46.9	+3.1
	United Australia hold		Swing	+3.1

Australian federal election, 1940: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	United Australia	Allan McDonald	26,665	56.2	+2.3
	Labor	Harold Miller	20,801	43.8	−2.3
Total formal votes			47,466	99.2
Informal votes			371	0.8
Turnout			47,837	95.7
	United Australia hold		Swing	+2.3

Elections in the 1930s

Australian federal election, 1937: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	United Australia	Geoffrey Street	25,788	53.9	+13.8
	Labor	Arthur Haywood	22,096	46.1	+9.3
Total formal votes			47,884	99.0
Informal votes			494	1.0
Turnout			48,378	96.5
	United Australia hold		Swing	−5.7

Australian federal election, 1934: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	United Australia	Geoffrey Street	15,400	36.8	+36.8
	Labor	Arthur Haywood	15,222	36.4	−0.7
	Country	Gordon McGregor	5,217	12.5	−40.0
	Country	Gordon Bristow	4,334	10.4	+10.4
	Independent	Bevis Walters	1,676	4.0	+4.0
Total formal votes			41,849	96.1
Informal votes			1,687	3.9
Turnout			43,536	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Geoffrey Street	23,296	55.7	+55.7
	Labor	Arthur Haywood	18,553	44.3	+7.2
	United Australia gain from Country		Swing	−7.2

Australian federal election, 1931: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	William Gibson	25,985	62.9	+15.0
	Labor	Richard Crouch	15,321	37.1	−15.0
Total formal votes			41,306	98.7
Informal votes			540	1.3
Turnout			41,846	95.7
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	+15.0

Elections in the 1920s

Australian federal election, 1929: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Richard Crouch	20,924	52.1	+5.1
	Country	William Gibson	19,244	47.9	−5.1
Total formal votes			40,168	98.9
Informal votes			461	1.1
Turnout			40,629	95.3
	Labor gain from Country		Swing	+5.1

Australian federal election, 1928: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	William Gibson	20,501	53.0	−2.5
	Labor	Richard Crouch	18,211	47.0	+2.5
Total formal votes			38,712	97.6
Informal votes			959	2.4
Turnout			39,671	95.4
	Country hold		Swing	−2.5

Australian federal election, 1925: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	William Gibson	21,557	55.5	+27.0
	Labor	William Nicol	17,297	44.5	+0.0
Total formal votes			38,854	98.7
Informal votes			502	1.3
Turnout			39,356	92.2
	Country hold		Swing	+1.6

Australian federal election, 1922: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Richard Crouch	10,788	44.5	+5.0
	Country	William Gibson	6,908	28.5	−8.2
	Nationalist	Allan McDonald	6,530	27.0	+3.2
Total formal votes			24,226	97.2
Informal votes			688	2.8
Turnout			24,914	62.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	William Gibson	13,059	53.9	−4.3
	Labor	Richard Crouch	11,167	46.1	+4.3
	Country hold		Swing	−4.3

Elections in the 1910s

Australian federal election, 1919: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Edward Malone	10,280	37.4	−2.2
	Victorian Farmers	William Gibson	8,632	31.4	+31.4
	Nationalist	Allan McDonald	8,563	31.2	−29.2
Total formal votes			27,475	96.6
Informal votes			969	3.4
Turnout			28,444	80.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Victorian Farmers	William Gibson	16,864	61.4	+61.4
	Labor	Edward Malone	10,611	38.6	−1.0
	Victorian Farmers hold		Swing	+1.0

Corangamite by-election, 1918

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	James Scullin	10,630	42.5	+2.9
	Victorian Farmers	William Gibson	6,604	26.4	+26.4
	Nationalist	George Knox	5,737	22.9	−37.5
	Ind. Nationalist	Russell Coldham	1,174	4.7	+4.7
	Returned Soldiers	Thomas Leaper	895	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			25,040	98.0
Informal votes			516	2.0
Turnout			25,553	73.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Victorian Farmers	William Gibson	14,096	56.3	+56.3
	Labor	James Scullin	10,944	43.7	+4.1
	Victorian Farmers gain from Nationalist		Swing	−4.1

Australian federal election, 1917: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Chester Manifold	18,432	60.4	+8.8
	Labor	Christopher Bennett	12,067	39.6	−8.8
Total formal votes			30,499	98.2
Informal votes			562	1.8
Turnout			31,061	84.6
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+8.8

Australian federal election, 1914: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Chester Manifold	16,575	51.6	−0.6
	Labor	Thomas Burke	15,535	48.4	+0.6
Total formal votes			32,110	98.4
Informal votes			530	1.6
Turnout			32,640	85.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.6

Australian federal election, 1913: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Chester Manifold	16,572	52.2	+6.1
	Labor	James Scullin	15,173	47.8	−6.1
Total formal votes			31,745	99.1
Informal votes			281	0.9
Turnout			32,026	81.2
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+6.1

Australian federal election, 1910: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	James Scullin	11,300	54.7	+29.4
	Liberal	Gratton Wilson	9,350	45.3	−29.4
Total formal votes			20,650	98.2
Informal votes			385	1.8
Turnout			21,035	68.6
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	+29.4

Elections in the 1900s

Australian federal election, 1906: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Anti-Socialist	Gratton Wilson	7,475	43.9	+8.7
	Protectionist	Desmond Dunne	5,237	30.8	+8.1
	Labour	Thomas Carey	4,306	25.3	+25.3
Total formal votes			17,018	95.7
Informal votes			765	4.3
Turnout			17,783	61.3
	Anti-Socialist hold		Swing	+4.4

Australian federal election, 1903: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Free Trade	Gratton Wilson	4,600	35.2	+35.2
	Ind. Protectionist	Desmond Dunne	4,036	30.8	+30.8
	Protectionist	Agar Wynne	2,968	22.7	−49.5
	Ind. Protectionist	John Woods	1,484	11.3	−16.5
Total formal votes			13,088	99.0
Informal votes			138	1.0
Turnout			13,226	55.5
	Free Trade gain from Protectionist		Swing	+35.2

Australian federal election, 1901: Corangamite

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Protectionist	Chester Manifold	3,886	72.2	+72.2
	Ind. Protectionist	John Woods	1,495	27.8	+27.8
Total formal votes			5,381	99.4
Informal votes			34	0.6
Turnout			5,415	48.6
	Protectionist win		(new seat)

References

1. "Two Party Preferred by division for Corangamite, Vic". Virtual Tally Room, Election 2013. Australian Electoral Commission. 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2013.

• Australian Electoral Commission. Federal election results
• Carr, Adam. Psephos