Electoral results for the district of Hawthorn

This is a list of electoral results for the district of Hawthorn in Victorian state elections.

Members for Hawthorn

Member		Party	Term
	Charles Taylor	Liberal	1889–1894
	Robert Murray Smith	Conservative	1894–1900
	Robert Barbour	Liberal	1900–1901
		Ministerialist	1901–1902
	George Swinburne	Ministerialist	1902–1907
		Independent	1907–1911
		Liberal	1911–1913
	William Murray McPherson	Liberal	1913–1916
		Economy	1916–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1930
	John Gray	Nationalist	1930–1931
		United Australia	1931–1939
	Les Tyack	United Australia	1939–1940
	Leslie Hollins	Independent	1940–1945
	Fred Edmunds	Liberal	1945–1949
		Independent	1949–1950
	Les Tyack	Liberal	1950–1952
	Charles Murphy	Labor	1952–1955
		Labor (Anti-Communist)	1955
	Jim Manson	Liberal	1955–1958
	Peter Garrisson	Liberal	1958–1963
		Independent	1963–1964
	Walter Jona	Liberal	1964–1985
	Phil Gude	Liberal	1985–1999
	Ted Baillieu	Liberal	1999–2014
	John Pesutto	Liberal	2014–2018
	John Kennedy	Labor	2018–2022
	John Pesutto	Liberal	2022–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2022

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Hawthorn.[edit]

2022 Victorian state election: Hawthorn[1][2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Pesutto	18,728	42.3	−1.8
	Labor	John Kennedy	9,799	22.1	−10.9
	Independent	Melissa Lowe	8,851	20.0	+20.0
	Greens	Nick Savage	4,927	11.1	−6.4
	Animal Justice	Faith Fuhrer	660	1.5	−0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Peppard	583	1.3	+1.3
	Family First	Ken Triantafillis	408	0.9	+0.9
	Democratic Labour	Stratton Bell	354	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			44,310	97.4	+1.0
Informal votes			1,178	2.6	−1.0
Turnout			45,488	90.8	+1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Pesutto	22,927	51.7	+2.3
	Labor	John Kennedy	21,383	48.3	–2.3
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+2.3

Elections in the 2010s

2018

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2018 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Hawthorn.[edit]

2018 Victorian state election: Hawthorn[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Pesutto	17,231	43.89	−10.60
	Labor	John Kennedy	12,646	32.21	+8.04
	Greens	Nicholas Bieber	7,167	18.26	−3.07
	Sustainable Australia	Sophie Paterson	960	2.45	+2.45
	Animal Justice	Catherine Wright	885	2.25	+2.25
	Independent	Richard Grummet	367	0.93	+0.93
Total formal votes			39,256	96.41	+0.16
Informal votes			1,462	3.59	−0.16
Turnout			40,718	90.83	−2.12
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Kennedy	19,793	50.42	+9.01
	Liberal	John Pesutto	19,463	49.58	−9.01
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+9.01

2014

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2014 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Hawthorn.[edit]

Victorian state election, 2014: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Pesutto	20,551	54.5	−6.3
	Labor	John McNally	9,117	24.2	+3.1
	Greens	Tim Hartnett	8,042	21.3	+4.5
Total formal votes			37,710	96.2	−0.8
Informal votes			1,470	3.8	+0.8
Turnout			39,180	93.0	+1.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Pesutto	22,041	58.6	−8.0
	Labor	John McNally	15,577	41.4	+8.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−8.0

2010

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2010 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Hawthorn.[edit]

2010 Victorian state election: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ted Baillieu	21,036	60.89	+4.83
	Labor	John McNally	7,218	20.89	−4.81
	Greens	Jenny Henty	5,883	17.03	+0.78
	Family First	Peter Grounds	409	1.18	−0.80
Total formal votes			34,546	97.06	−0.36
Informal votes			1,046	2.94	+0.36
Turnout			35,593	91.85	+1.02
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ted Baillieu	23,060	66.74	+4.48
	Labor	John McNally	11,493	33.26	−4.48
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.48

Elections in the 2000s

2006

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2006 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Hawthorn.[edit]

2006 Victorian state election: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ted Baillieu	18,860	56.1	+6.4
	Labor	John McNally	8,647	25.7	−4.8
	Greens	Lynda Birch	5,467	16.3	−3.5
	Family First	Veronica Sidhu	667	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			33,641	97.4	+0.1
Informal votes			890	2.6	−0.1
Turnout			34,531	90.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ted Baillieu	20,941	62.3	+6.4
	Labor	John McNally	12,694	37.7	−6.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.4

2002

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2002 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Hawthorn.[edit]

2002 Victorian state election: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ted Baillieu	16,407	49.7	−12.9
	Labor	Avis Meddings	10,082	30.5	−1.9
	Greens	Tania Giles	6,544	19.8	+19.8
Total formal votes			33,033	97.3	−0.4
Informal votes			921	2.7	+0.4
Turnout			33,954	91.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ted Baillieu	18,458	55.9	−8.2
	Labor	Avis Meddings	14,575	44.1	+8.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−8.2

Elections in the 1990s

1999

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1999 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Hawthorn.[edit]

1999 Victorian state election: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ted Baillieu	20,548	62.6	+1.7
	Labor	N. R. Wickiramasingham	10,635	32.4	+3.3
	Hope	Kerry Dawborn	1,650	5.0	+5.0
Total formal votes			32,833	97.6	−1.1
Informal votes			792	2.4	+1.1
Turnout			33,625	91.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ted Baillieu	21,042	64.1	+0.5
	Labor	N. R. Wickiramasingham	11,791	35.9	−0.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.5

1996

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1996 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Hawthorn.[edit]

1996 Victorian state election: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Phil Gude	20,251	60.9	−4.1
	Labor	Ian Cleaver-Wilkinson	9,662	29.1	+3.5
	Independent	Jenny Henty	2,744	8.3	+8.3
	Natural Law	Lorna Scurfield	592	1.8	−7.6
Total formal votes			33,249	98.8	+1.7
Informal votes			406	1.2	−1.7
Turnout			33,655	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Phil Gude	21,068	63.6	−4.8
	Labor	Ian Cleaver-Wilkinson	12,077	36.4	+4.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.8

1992

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1992 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Hawthorn.[edit]

1992 Victorian state election: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Phil Gude	20,571	65.0	+6.4
	Labor	Gordon McCaskie	8,096	25.6	−15.5
	Natural Law	Lorna Scurfield	2,983	9.4	+9.4
Total formal votes			31,650	97.1	+0.2
Informal votes			933	2.9	−0.2
Turnout			32,583	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Phil Gude	21,619	68.4	+9.6
	Labor	Gordon McCaskie	9,984	31.6	−9.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+9.6

Elections in the 1980s

1988

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1988 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Hawthorn.[edit]

1988 Victorian state election: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Phil Gude	15,213	58.03	+2.28
	Labor	Bridget Groves	11,001	41.97	−2.28
Total formal votes			26,214	96.82	−0.61
Informal votes			861	3.18	+0.61
Turnout			27,075	89.33	−1.15
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.28

1985

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1985 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Hawthorn.[edit]

1985 Victorian state election: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Phil Gude	15,605	55.7	+4.3
	Labor	Jill Eastwood	12,387	44.3	+3.2
Total formal votes			27,992	97.4
Informal votes			738	2.6
Turnout			28,730	90.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.5

1982

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1982 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Hawthorn.[edit]

1982 Victorian state election: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Walter Jona	11,509	50.0	−4.7
	Labor	Jennifer Eastwood	9,889	42.9	+6.3
	Democrats	Mark Harris	1,638	7.1	−1.6
Total formal votes			23,036	98.0	+0.4
Informal votes			461	2.0	−0.4
Turnout			23,497	90.9	+1.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Walter Jona	12,118	52.6	−7.2
	Labor	Jennifer Eastwood	10,918	47.4	+7.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−7.2

Elections in the 1970s

1979

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1979 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Hawthorn.[edit]

1979 Victorian state election: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Walter Jona	12,903	54.7	+0.4
	Labor	Kevin Zervos	8,620	36.6	−1.4
	Democrats	Alberta Steegstra	2,050	8.7	+8.7
Total formal votes			23,573	97.6	−0.4
Informal votes			581	2.4	+0.4
Turnout			24,154	89.3	−1.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Walter Jona	14,102	59.8	−0.9
	Labor	Kevin Zervos	9,471	40.2	+0.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.9

1976

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1976 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Hawthorn.[edit]

1976 Victorian state election: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Walter Jona	13,580	54.3	+1.0
	Labor	Evan Walker	9,487	38.0	+2.9
	Democratic Labor	Daniel Condon	1,556	6.2	−1.2
	Independent	Jennifer Relf	361	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			24,984	98.0
Informal votes			506	2.0
Turnout			25,490	90.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Walter Jona	15,161	60.7	−1.1
	Labor	Evan Walker	9,823	39.3	+1.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.1

1973

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1973 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Hawthorn.[edit]

1973 Victorian state election: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Walter Jona	12,190	51.0	+5.0
	Labor	Evan Walker	8,800	36.8	−4.9
	Democratic Labor	Bernard Gaynor	1,785	7.5	−4.8
	Australia	John Worcester	1,136	4.8	+4.8
Total formal votes			23,911	97.1	+0.3
Informal votes			703	2.9	−0.3
Turnout			24,614	89.6	−2.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Walter Jona	14,162	59.2	+2.6
	Labor	Evan Walker	9,749	40.8	−2.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.6

1970

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1970 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Hawthorn.[edit]

1970 Victorian state election: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Walter Jona	10,285	46.0	−1.7
	Labor	David Andrews	9,313	41.7	+6.2
	Democratic Labor	Bernard Gaynor	2,749	12.3	−4.5
Total formal votes			22,347	96.8	0.0
Informal votes			734	3.2	0.0
Turnout			23,081	92.4	+0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Walter Jona	12,652	56.6	−3.0
	Labor	David Andrews	9,695	43.4	+3.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.0

Elections in the 1960s

1967

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1967 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Hawthorn.[edit]

1967 Victorian state election: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Walter Jona	10,722	47.7	+3.7
	Labor	Dolph Eddy	7,968	35.5	−0.1
	Democratic Labor	Daniel Condon	3,766	16.8	+3.3
Total formal votes			22,456	96.8
Informal votes			738	3.2
Turnout			23,194	93.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Walter Jona	13,390	59.6	−0.6
	Labor	Dolph Eddy	9,066	40.4	+0.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.6

1964

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1964 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Hawthorn.[edit]

1964 Victorian state election: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Horrie Garrick	6,454	39.3	−0.6
	Liberal and Country	Walter Jona	5,973	36.4	−6.0
	Democratic Labor	Charles Murphy	2,112	12.9	−4.8
	Independent Liberal	Peter Garrisson	1,505	9.2	+9.2
	Centre	Geoffrey Broomhall	374	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			16,418	95.3	−1.8
Informal votes			812	4.7	+1.8
Turnout			17,230	92.8	+1.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Walter Jona	9,242	56.4	−0.9
	Labor	Horrie Garrick	7,156	43.6	+0.9
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−0.9

1961

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1961 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Hawthorn.[edit]

1961 Victorian state election: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Peter Garrisson	7,071	42.4	+1.2
	Labor	John Reeves	6,657	39.9	−0.4
	Democratic Labor	Charles Murphy	2,963	17.7	−0.7
Total formal votes			16,691	97.1	−0.7
Informal votes			496	2.9	+0.7
Turnout			17,187	91.8	−0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Peter Garrisson	9,568	57.3	+0.5
	Labor	John Reeves	7,123	42.7	−0.5
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+0.5

Elections in the 1950s

1958

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1958 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Hawthorn.[edit]

1958 Victorian state election: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Peter Garrisson	7,469	41.2
	Labor	Jack Poke	7,308	40.3
	Democratic Labor	Charles Murphy	3,337	18.4
Total formal votes			18,114	97.8
Informal votes			404	2.2
Turnout			18,518	92.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Peter Garrisson	10,295	56.8
	Labor	Jack Poke	7,819	43.2
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

1955

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1955 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Hawthorn.[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Jim Manson	7,247	44.2
	Labor	Jack Poke	5,097	31.1
	Labor (A-C)	Charles Murphy	3,739	22.8
	Henry George Justice	William Pitt	313	1.9
Total formal votes			16,396	97.7
Informal votes			390	2.3
Turnout			16,786	94.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Jim Manson	8,518	52.0
	Labor	Jack Poke	7,878	48.0
	Liberal and Country gain from Labor		Swing

1952

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1952 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Hawthorn.[edit]

1952 Victorian state election: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Murphy	9,948	48.7	+6.8
	Liberal and Country	Les Tyack	6,813	33.3	−6.5
	Electoral Reform	Charles Calderwood	3,677	18.0	+18.0
Total formal votes			20,438	98.0	−1.1
Informal votes			409	2.0	+1.1
Turnout			20,847	94.2	+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Charles Murphy	10,940	53.5	+7.8
	Liberal and Country	Les Tyack	9,498	46.5	−7.8
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	+7.8

1950

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1950 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Hawthorn.[edit]

1950 Victorian state election: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Murphy	9,361	41.9	+6.7
	Liberal and Country	Les Tyack	8,887	39.8	−12.0
	Independent	Fred Edmunds	4,100	18.3	+18.3
Total formal votes			22,348	99.1	+0.3
Informal votes			203	0.9	−0.3
Turnout			22,551	93.7	+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Les Tyack	12,134	54.3	−6.7
	Labor	Charles Murphy	10,214	45.7	+6.7
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−6.7

Elections in the 1940s

1947

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1947 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Hawthorn.[edit]

1947 Victorian state election: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Fred Edmunds	12,296	51.8	+19.1
	Labor	Charles Murphy	8,337	35.2	−0.2
	Independent	Leslie Hollins	3,088	13.0	−18.9
Total formal votes			23,721	98.8	+0.8
Informal votes			293	1.2	−0.8
Turnout			24,014	93.2	+5.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1945

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1945 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Hawthorn.[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Murphy	7,738	35.4
	Liberal	Fred Edmunds	7,139	32.7
	Independent	Leslie Hollins	6,975	31.9
Total formal votes			21,852	98.0
Informal votes			443	2.0
Turnout			22,295	87.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Fred Edmunds	12,062	55.2
	Labor	Charles Murphy	9,790	44.8
	Liberal gain from Independent		Swing

1943

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1943 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Hawthorn.[edit]

1943 Victorian state election: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Leslie Hollins	15,560	63.2	+9.3
	United Australia	Lyston Chisholm	9,065	36.8	−9.3
Total formal votes			24,625	97.6	−1.2
Informal votes			598	2.4	+1.2
Turnout			25,223	88.5	−5.2
	Independent hold		Swing	+9.3

1940

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1940 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Hawthorn.[edit]

1940 Victorian state election: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Leslie Hollins	12,918	53.9	+53.9
	United Australia	Les Tyack	11,034	46.1	−14.4
Total formal votes			12,918	98.8	−0.1
Informal votes			301	1.2	+0.1
Turnout			24,253	93.7	+1.6
	Independent gain from United Australia		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1930s

1939 by-election

The 1939 Hawthorn state by-election was held on 10 June 1939 following the death of incumbent MP John Gray. Gray, a United Australia Party (UAP) member, had died the previous month on 6 May. Despite a 34% swing away from the UAP (two Independent UAP candidates were also contesting), Les Tyack won the seat at the by-election for the UAP.[5]

1939 Hawthorn state by-election[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Albert Nicholls	5,986	27.5	−12.0
	United Australia	Les Tyack	5,769	26.5	−34.0
	Independent	Leslie Hollins	3,428	15.8	+15.8
	Ind. United Australia	John Chirnside	2,754	12.7	+12.7
	Ind. United Australia	William Vaughan	2,193	10.1	+10.1
	Independent	Benjamin Nicholson	1,606	7.4	+7.4
Total formal votes			21,736	95.8	−3.1
Informal votes			948	4.2	+3.1
Turnout			22,684	89.1	−3.0
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Les Tyack	11,757	54.1	−6.4
	Labor	Albert Nicholls	9,979	45.9	+6.4
	United Australia hold		Swing	−6.4

1937

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1937 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Hawthorn.[edit]

1937 Victorian state election: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	John Gray	14,192	60.5	+6.4
	Labor	Herbert Oke	9,275	39.5	+39.5
Total formal votes			23,467	98.9	+0.3
Informal votes			267	1.1	−0.3
Turnout			23,734	92.1	−2.4
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

1935

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1935 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Hawthorn.[edit]

1935 Victorian state election: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	John Gray	12,076	54.1	−45.9
	Social Credit	Leslie Hollins	10,229	45.9	+45.9
Total formal votes			22,305	98.6
Informal votes			325	1.4
Turnout			22,630	94.5
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

1932

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1932 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Hawthorn.[edit]

1932 Victorian state election: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	John Gray	unopposed
	United Australia hold		Swing

1930 by-election

The 1930 Hawthorn state by-election was held on 27 September 1930 following the resignation of incumbent MP William Murray McPherson. McPherson, who was Premier of Victoria from November 1928 until December 1929, had been defeated in a vote of no confidence following the 1929 state election. In August 1930, he announced his resignation as Nationalist Party leader and from politics.[7]

1930 Hawthorn state by-election[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	John Gray	12,430	63.6	+10.3
	Labor	William Hulse	7,116	36.4	−10.3
Total formal votes			19,546	99.2	0.0
Informal votes			167	0.8	0.0
Turnout			19,713	89.0	−5.4
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+10.3

Elections in the 1920s

1929

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1929 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Hawthorn.[edit]

1929 Victorian state election: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	William McPherson	10,978	53.3	−4.3
	Labor	William Hulse	9,614	46.7	+4.3
Total formal votes			20,592	99.2	+0.5
Informal votes			167	0.8	−0.5
Turnout			20,759	92.9	−1.5
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−4.3

1927

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1927 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Hawthorn.[edit]

1927 Victorian state election: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	William McPherson	11,610	57.6
	Labor	Edward Cummins	8,555	42.4
Total formal votes			20,165	98.7
Informal votes			268	1.3
Turnout			20,433	94.4
	Nationalist hold		Swing

1924

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1924 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Hawthorn.[edit]

1924 Victorian state election: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	William McPherson	9,576	50.6	−49.4
	Labor	Edward Cummins	6,545	34.6	+34.6
	Independent Liberal	Horace Mason	2,812	14.8	+14.8
Total formal votes			18,933	98.6
Informal votes			275	1.4
Turnout			19,208	59.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	William McPherson		63.9	−36.1
	Labor	Edward Cummins		36.1	+36.1
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

1921

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1921 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Hawthorn.[edit]

1921 Victorian state election: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	William McPherson	unopposed
	Nationalist hold		Swing

1920

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1920 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Hawthorn.[edit]

1920 Victorian state election: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	William McPherson	8,312	49.9
	Ind. Nationalist	Charles Smith	4,365	26.2	+26.2
	Ind. Nationalist	Cecil Brack	3,996	24.0	+24.0
Total formal votes			16,673	91.3
Informal votes			1,583	8.7
Turnout			18,256	63.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Nationalist	William McPherson	10,284	61.7
	Ind. Nationalist	Charles Smith	6,389	38.3
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1910s

1917

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Hawthorn.[edit]

1917 Victorian state election: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	William McPherson	unopposed
	Nationalist hold		Swing

1914

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1914 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Hawthorn.[edit]

1914 Victorian state election: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William McPherson	6,187	76.1	+12.8
	Independent	Frederick Dawborn	1,939	23.9	+14.5
Total formal votes			8,126	97.9	−0.6
Informal votes			171	2.1	+0.6
Turnout			8,297	34.5	−30.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

1911

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1911 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Hawthorn.[edit]

1911 Victorian state election: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Swinburne	8,344	63.3	+13.2
	Labor	John Fraser	3,594	27.3	+27.3
	Independent Liberal	Frederick Dawborn	1,238	9.4	−40.5
Total formal votes			13,356	98.5	−1.0
Informal votes			197	1.5	+1.0
Turnout			13,373	64.9	+17.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	George Swinburne		70.9
	Labor	John Fraser		29.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

References

• "Hawthorn District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2011.

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