Electoral results for the district of Korong

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

Members for Korong

First incarnation (1889–1927)
Member		Party	Term
	Robert Calvert	Ministerialist	1889–1892
	Thomas Langdon	Ministerialist	1892–1914
	Achilles Gray	Ministerialist	1914–1917
	Isaac Weaver	VFU	1917–1920
		Country	1920–1927
Second incarnation (1945–1955)
Member		Party	Term
	(Sir) Albert Dunstan	Country	1945–1950
	Keith Turnbull	Liberal and Country	1950–1955

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

1952

1952 Victorian state election: Korong^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Keith Turnbull	4,359	36.2	−0.4
	Labor	Campbell Turnbull	3,892	32.4	−0.3
	Country	Frank Coghill	3,371	28.0	−2.7
	Electoral Reform	Wallace Lunn	409	3.4	+3.4
Total formal votes			12,031	99.0	−0.3
Informal votes			125	1.0	+0.3
Turnout			12,156	95.2	−0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Keith Turnbull	7,332	60.9	+0.5
	Labor	Campbell Turnbull	4,699	39.1	−0.5
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+0.5

1950

1950 Victorian state election: Korong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Keith Turnbull	4,428	36.6	+36.6
	Labor	Jack McLean	3,957	32.7	+3.8
	Country	James Matheson	3,718	30.7	−40.4
Total formal votes			12,103	99.3	−0.1
Informal votes			89	0.7	+0.1
Turnout			12,192	95.4	+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Keith Turnbull	7,313	60.4	+60.4
	Labor	Jack McLean	4,790	39.6	+10.7
	Liberal and Country gain from Country		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1940s

1947

1947 Victorian state election: Korong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Albert Dunstan	8,715	71.1	+3.3
	Labor	Ernest Duus	3,547	28.9	−3.3
Total formal votes			12,262	99.4	+0.2
Informal votes			70	0.6	−0.2
Turnout			12,332	94.9	+6.4
	Country hold		Swing	+3.3

1945

1945 Victorian state election: Korong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Albert Dunstan	7,662	67.8
	Labor	William Casey	3,647	32.2
Total formal votes			11,309	99.2
Informal votes			91	0.8
Turnout			11,400	88.5
	Country hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1924

1924 Victorian state election: Korong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Isaac Weaver	2,791	67.5	+5.6
	Nationalist	John O'Brien	1,342	32.5	−5.6
Total formal votes			4,133	99.7	+0.3
Informal votes			12	0.3	−0.3
Turnout			4,145	63.6	−3.8
	Country hold		Swing	+5.6

1921

1921 Victorian state election: Korong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Victorian Farmers	Isaac Weaver	2,835	61.9	−18.8
	Nationalist	Peter Hansen	1,742	38.1	+18.8
Total formal votes			4,577	99.4	+5.1
Informal votes			30	0.6	−5.1
Turnout			4,607	67.4	+3.7
	Victorian Farmers hold		Swing	−18.8

1920

1920 Victorian state election: Korong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Victorian Farmers	Isaac Weaver	3,314	80.7	+25.6
	Nationalist	Charles Kelly	794	19.3	−25.6
Total formal votes			4,108	94.3	−2.9
Informal votes			250	5.7	+2.9
Turnout			4,358	63.7	+3.0
	Victorian Farmers hold		Swing	+25.6

Elections in the 1910s

1917

1917 Victorian state election: Korong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Victorian Farmers	Isaac Weaver	2,306	55.1	+55.1
	Nationalist	Achilles Gray	1,876	44.9	−18.7
Total formal votes			4,182	97.1	0.0
Informal votes			123	2.9	0.0
Turnout			4,305	60.7	+2.0
	Victorian Farmers gain from Nationalist		Swing	N/A

1914

1914 Victorian state election: Korong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Achilles Gray	2,611	63.6	+0.7
	Independent	William Williams	1,496	36.4	−0.7
Total formal votes			4,107	97.1
Informal votes			122	2.9
Turnout			4,229	58.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

1914 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1914 Korong state by-election § Results.[edit]

1914 Korong state by-election^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Achilles Gray	2,502	62.9	+62.9
	Liberal	William Williams	1,474	37.1	+37.1
Total formal votes			3,976	98.3	N/A
Informal votes			69	1.7	N/A
Turnout			4,045	59.9	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

1911

1911 Victorian state election: Korong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Langdon	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

1907 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1907 Korong state by-election § Results.[edit]

1907 Korong state by-election^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Liberal	Thomas Langdon	unopposed
Registered electors			2,787
	United Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

References

1. Hughes, Colin A. (1975). Voting for the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1890-1964. Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 070811332X.
2. "THE TWENTY-THIRD PARLIAMENT". Psephos: Adam Carr's Electoral Archive.
3. "THE TWENTIETH PARLIAMENT". Psephos: Adam Carr's Electoral Archive.