Electoral results for the district of Nunawading

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

Members for Nunawading

Member		Party	Term
	Edmund Greenwood	Nationalist	1927–1929
	Robert Menzies	Nationalist	1929–1931
		United Australia	1931–1934
	William Boyland	United Australia	1934–1937
	Ivy Weber	Independent	1937–1943
	Bob Gray	Labor	1943–1945

Election results

Elections in the 1940s

1943 Nunawading state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Gray	11,021	43.9	+7.0
	United Australia	Oliver Norman	4,580	18.3	−5.4
	Ind. United Australia	John Hogan	3,162	12.6	−11.1
	Independent	Fred Edmunds	2,315	9.2	+9.2
	Independent	Claude Robertson	1,763	7.0	+7.0
	Independent	Lila Monsbourgh	1,526	6.1	+6.1
	Independent	Walter Fordham	709	2.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			25,167	97.3	+0.4
Informal votes			707	2.7	−0.4
Turnout			25,874	84.0	−4.0
After distribution of preferences
	Labor	Bob Gray	12,736	50.6
	United Australia	Oliver Norman	6,371	25.3
	Ind. United Australia	John Hogan	5,960	23.7
	Labor gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not fully distributed.

1943 Victorian state election: Nunawading^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Gray	9,498	36.9	+7.4
	Independent	Ivy Weber	8,665	33.7	−0.9
	United Australia	John Hogan	6,085	23.7	−8.0
	Independent	Clifford Wolfe	1,480	5.8	+5.8
Total formal votes			25,728	96.9	−1.1
Informal votes			813	3.1	+1.1
Turnout			26,541	88.0	−5.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Ivy Weber	14,492	56.3	+0.2
	Labor	Bob Gray	11,236	43.7	+43.7
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

1940 Victorian state election: Nunawading

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	William Dimmick	8,591	35.7	+5.8
	Independent	Ivy Weber	8,368	34.8	+8.2
	Labor	Thomas Brennan	7,097	29.5	+5.7
Total formal votes			24,056	98.0	+0.6
Informal votes			492	2.0	−0.6
Turnout			24,548	93.5	−0.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Ivy Weber	13,505	56.1	+2.3
	United Australia	William Dimmick	10,551	43.9	−2.3
	Independent hold		Swing	+2.3

Elections in the 1930s

1937 Victorian state election: Nunawading

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	William Boyland	6,717	29.9	−13.4
	Independent	Ivy Weber	5,970	26.6	+26.6
	Labor	Arthur Lewis	5,430	24.2	−4.2
	Independent	John Mahony	4,335	19.3	+19.3
Total formal votes			22,452	97.4	−1.3
Informal votes			600	2.6	+1.3
Turnout			23,052	94.1	−1.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Ivy Weber	12,095	53.8	+53.8
	United Australia	William Boyland	10,357	46.1	−15.3
	Independent gain from United Australia		Swing	N/A

1935 Victorian state election: Nunawading

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	William Boyland	9,277	43.3	−56.7
	Labor	Arthur Lewis	6,078	28.4	+28.4
	Independent	Edmund Greenwood	6,043	28.2	+28.2
Total formal votes			21,398	98.7
Informal votes			282	1.3
Turnout			21,680	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	William Boyland	13,133	61.4	−38.6
	Labor	Arthur Lewis	8,265	38.6	+38.6
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

1934 Nunawading state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	David Robertson	4,882	25.0
	Labor	Fred Katz	4,761	24.3
	United Australia	William Boyland	4,447	22.7
	United Australia	Edmund Greenwood	3,261	16.7
	United Australia	George Reid	2,203	11.3
Total formal votes			19,554	95.9
Informal votes			843	4.1
Turnout			20,397	90.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
	United Australia	William Boyland	10,189	52.1
	United Australia	David Robertson	9,365	47.9
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

1932 Victorian state election: Nunawading

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Robert Menzies	unopposed
	United Australia hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Victorian state election: Nunawading

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Robert Menzies	10,932	55.4	−0.8
	Labor	John McKellar	8,793	44.6	+10.7
Total formal votes			19,725	99.2	+1.5
Informal votes			151	0.8	−1.5
Turnout			19,876	94.5	+1.4
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−3.7

1927 Victorian state election: Nunawading

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Edmund Greenwood	8,044	46.5
	Labor	John Toohey	5,866	33.9
	Nationalist	Garnet Soilleux	1,674	9.7
	Australian Liberal	Stephen Thompson	1,095	6.3
	Australian Liberal	Robert Halliday	602	3.5
Total formal votes			17,281	97.7
Informal votes			410	2.3
Turnout			17,691	93.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Edmund Greenwood	10,209	59.1
	Labor	John Toohey	7,072	40.9
	Nationalist hold		Swing

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.