Electoral results for the district of Melbourne

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

Members for Melbourne

Member		Party	Term
	Archibald Michie	None	1856–1859
	David Moore	None	1856–1859
	William Stawell	None	1856–1857
	Henry Langlands	None	1857–1859
	James Service	None	1857–1859
	Geoffrey Carter	None	1889–1900
	Edward Findley	Labor	1900–1901
	James Boyd	Ministerialist	1901–1908
	Alexander Rogers	Labor	1908–1924
	Tom Hayes	Labor	1924–1955
		Labor (Anti-Communist)	1955–1955
	Arthur Clarey	Labor	1955–1972
	Barry Jones	Labor	1972–1977
	Keith Remington	Labor	1977–1988
	Neil Cole	Labor	1988–1999
	Bronwyn Pike	Labor	1999–2012
	Jennifer Kanis	Labor	2012–2014
	Ellen Sandell	Greens	2014–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2022

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

2022 Victorian state election: Melbourne^[1][2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Greens	Ellen Sandell	15,855	37.3	−1.3
	Labor	Rebecca Thistleton	13,033	30.6	−5.1
	Liberal	George Palackalody	7,522	17.7	+0.3
	Victorian Socialists	Colleen Bolger	2,323	5.5	+5.5
	Reason	Nicola Foxworthy	1,601	3.8	0.0
	Animal Justice	Rabin Bangaar	701	1.6	−0.3
	Family First	Michael Janson	535	1.3	+1.3
	Freedom	Steven J. Smith	521	1.2	+1.2
	Ind. (Indigenous)	Laylah Al-Saimary	428	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			42,519	96.6	+1.3
Informal votes			1,485	3.4	−1.3
Turnout			44,004	80.7	+0.1
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Labor	Rebecca Thistleton	31,895	75.0	+0.6
	Liberal	George Palackalody	10,624	25.0	−0.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Greens	Ellen Sandell	25,593	60.2	+8.5
	Labor	Rebecca Thistleton	16,926	39.8	−8.5
	Greens hold		Swing	+8.5

Elections in the 2010s

2018

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

2018 Victorian state election: Melbourne^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Greens	Ellen Sandell	15,755	38.85	−2.59
	Labor	Jennifer Kanis	14,568	35.92	+6.65
	Liberal	Darin Schade	6,920	17.06	−7.03
	Reason	Leo Close	1,513	3.73	+3.73
	Animal Justice	Lawrence Pope	830	2.05	−0.12
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Rookes	410	1.01	+1.01
	Independent	Peter Hanlon	328	0.81	+0.81
	Aussie Battler	Kim Fuhrmann	233	0.57	+0.57
Total formal votes			40,557	95.29	−1.21
Informal votes			2,004	4.71	+1.21
Turnout			42,561	84.46	−3.08
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jennifer Kanis	30,521	75.25	+4.79
	Liberal	Darin Schade	10,036	24.75	−4.79
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Greens	Ellen Sandell	20,816	51.33	−1.04
	Labor	Jennifer Kanis	19,741	48.68	+1.04
	Greens hold		Swing	−1.04

2014

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

2014 Victorian state election: Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Greens	Ellen Sandell	15,333	41.4	+8.9
	Labor	Jennifer Kanis	10,830	29.3	−5.0
	Liberal	Ed Huntingford	8,913	24.1	−4.7
	Animal Justice	Kate Elliott	802	2.2	+2.2
	Christians	Neville Chisholm	491	1.3	+1.3
	Voice for the West	Tehiya Umer	325	0.9	+0.9
	Family First	Kerry Sutherland	306	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			37,000	96.5	+0.2
Informal votes			1,343	3.5	−0.2
Turnout			38,343	87.5	+2.3
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Labor	Jennifer Kanis	26,071	70.5	+6.1
	Liberal	Ed Huntingford	10,929	29.5	−6.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Greens	Ellen Sandell	19,401	52.4	+7.1
	Labor	Jennifer Kanis	17,599	47.6	−7.1
	Greens gain from Labor		Swing	+7.1

2012 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 2012 Melbourne state by-election § Results.[edit]

2012 Melbourne state by-election^[5][6][7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Greens	Cathy Oke	10,197	36.52	+4.60
	Labor	Jennifer Kanis	9,321	33.38	–2.29
	Sex Party	Fiona Patten	1,832	6.56	+3.67
	Independent	Stephen Mayne	1,325	4.74	+4.74
	Independent Liberal	David Nolte	1,302	4.66	+4.66
	Independent	Berhan Ahmed	1,127	4.04	+4.04
	Family First	Ashley Fenn	841	3.01	+3.01
	Democratic Labor	Michael Murphy	521	1.87	+1.87
	Christians	Maria Bengtsson	342	1.22	+1.22
	Independent	Joseph Toscano	208	0.74	+0.74
	Independent	Kate Borland	207	0.74	+0.74
	Independent	Adrian Whitehead	169	0.61	+0.61
	Independent Socialist Equality	Patrick O'Connor	162	0.58	+0.58
	Independent Democrat	David Collyer	160	0.57	+0.57
	Independent Secular	John Perkins	162	0.58	+0.58
	Independent	Gerrit Schorel-Hlavka	66	0.24	+0.24
Total formal votes			27,925	90.66	–5.65
Informal votes			2,878	9.34	+5.65
Turnout			30,803	68.62	–18.31
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Jennifer Kanis	14,384	51.51	–4.66
	Greens	Cathy Oke	13,541	48.49	+4.66
	Labor hold		Swing	–4.66

Almost two-thirds of preferences went to Labor over the Greens. The two-candidate vote remained level during the polling booth count, however the postal vote count favoured Labor and put the result beyond doubt. The Greens conceded defeat on 24 July. The Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC) officially declared that Labor had retained the seat on 25 July. Results were final as of 31 July.^[5][9][10]

2010

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

2010 Victorian state election: Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bronwyn Pike	13,116	35.67	−8.89
	Greens	Brian Walters	11,735	31.92	+4.51
	Liberal	Luke Martin	10,281	27.96	+5.88
	Sex Party	Rory Killen	1,061	2.89	+2.89
	Independent	Peter Lazzari	231	0.63	+0.63
	Independent	John Perkins	201	0.55	+0.55
	Independent	Maxine Fensom	142	0.39	+0.39
Total formal votes			36,767	96.31	−0.01
Informal votes			1,409	3.69	+0.01
Turnout			38,176	86.93	+2.09
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Labor	Bronwyn Pike	23,683	64.41	−7.0
	Liberal	Luke Martin	13,084	35.59	+7.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Bronwyn Pike	20,510	55.76	+3.88
	Greens	Brian Walters	16,273	44.24	−3.88
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.88

Elections in the 2000s

2006

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

2006 Victorian state election: Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bronwyn Pike	14,149	44.6	−0.7
	Greens	Richard Di Natale	8,704	27.4	+3.2
	Liberal	Steve Papas	7,009	22.1	+1.1
	Independent	Kevin Chamberlin	866	2.7	−3.2
	People Power	Isabell Collins	526	1.7	+1.7
	Family First	Rebecca Gebbing	496	1.6	+1.6
Total formal votes			31,750	96.3	+0.4
Informal votes			1,214	3.7	−0.4
Turnout			32,964	84.8
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Labor	Bronwyn Pike	22,677	71.4	−0.7
	Liberal	Steve Papas	9,070	28.6	+0.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Bronwyn Pike	16,512	52.0	+0.1
	Greens	Richard Di Natale	15,238	48.0	−0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.1

2002

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

2002 Victorian state election: Melbourne^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bronwyn Pike	12,882	45.3	−12.7
	Greens	Richard Di Natale	6,880	24.2	+24.2
	Liberal	Sue Bourke	5,971	21.0	−15.3
	Independent Labor	Kevin Chamberlin	1,690	5.9	+5.9
	Socialist Alliance	Arun Pradhan	290	1.0	+1.0
	Independent	Maxine Fensom	253	0.9	+0.9
	Citizens Electoral Council	Jeremy Beck	242	0.9	+0.9
	Independent	Michael Cebon	214	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			28,422	95.9	−0.4
Informal votes			1,212	4.1	+0.4
Turnout			29,634	87.5
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Labor	Bronwyn Pike	20,510	72.2	+9.8
	Liberal	Sue Bourke	7,910	27.8	−9.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Bronwyn Pike	14,757	51.9	−10.4
	Greens	Richard Di Natale	13,665	48.1	+48.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1990s

1999

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

1999 Victorian state election: Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bronwyn Pike	20,572	59.3	+5.7
	Liberal	Lana McLean	12,122	35.0	+4.2
	Independent	Jorge Jorquera	1,986	5.7	+5.7
Total formal votes			34,680	96.3	−0.7
Informal votes			1,334	3.7	+0.7
Turnout			36,014	87.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bronwyn Pike	22,122	63.8	−2.1
	Liberal	Lana McLean	12,568	36.2	+2.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.1

1996

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

1996 Victorian state election: Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Neil Cole	17,276	53.6	+2.1
	Liberal	Chin Tan	9,907	30.8	−2.1
	Independent	Gurm Sekhon	1,965	6.1	+6.1
	Independent	Trevor Huggard	1,930	6.0	+6.0
	Independent	Di Quin	808	2.5	+2.5
	Natural Law	Amara Clarke	320	1.0	−0.8
Total formal votes			32,206	97.0	+3.0
Informal votes			1,006	3.0	−3.0
Turnout			33,212	88.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Neil Cole	21,145	65.9	+3.8
	Liberal	Chin Tan	10,935	34.1	−3.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.8

1992

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

1992 Victorian state election: Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Neil Cole	14,731	51.5	−15.9
	Liberal	Kate Nunan	9,391	32.8	+1.5
	Democrats	Bryce Vissel	2,319	8.1	+8.1
	Independent	Dean Reynolds	824	2.9	+2.9
	Independent	Dave Holmes	658	2.3	+2.3
	Natural Law	Tony Botsman	517	1.8	+1.8
	Independent	John Dobinson	156	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			28,596	94.0	+0.7
Informal votes			1,826	6.0	−0.7
Turnout			30,422	90.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Neil Cole	17,721	62.1	−5.8
	Liberal	Kate Nunan	10,807	37.9	+5.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.8

Elections in the 1980s

1988

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

1988 Victorian state election: Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Neil Cole	15,270	68.03	+7.07
	Liberal	Catherine Dossetor	7,177	31.97	−0.19
Total formal votes			22,447	93.47	−2.22
Informal votes			1,569	6.53	+2.22
Turnout			24,016	84.87	−0.61
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.71

1985

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

1985 Victorian state election: Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Keith Remington	15,155	61.0	−3.4
	Liberal	Peter Jones	7,996	32.2	+7.9
	Public Transport	Janet Walk	1,709	6.9	+6.9
Total formal votes			24,860	95.7
Informal votes			1,121	4.3
Turnout			25,981	85.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Keith Remington	16,209	65.2	−6.1
	Liberal	Peter Jones	8,651	34.8	+6.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−6.1

1982

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

1982 Victorian state election: Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Keith Remington	12,819	62.9	+4.1
	Liberal	John Simmonds	5,102	25.0	−4.1
	Democrats	Catherine Stewart	1,350	6.6	−2.0
	Independent	Cecil Murgatroyd	626	3.1	+3.1
	Communist	Roger Wilson	479	2.4	−1.1
Total formal votes			20,376	95.7	+1.4
Informal votes			911	4.3	−1.4
Turnout			21,287	90.0	+3.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Keith Remington	14,147	69.4	+3.4
	Liberal	John Simmonds	6,229	30.6	−3.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.4

Elections in the 1970s

1979

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

1979 Victorian state election: Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Keith Remington	12,129	58.8	−3.6
	Liberal	John Campbell	6,001	29.1	−5.7
	Democrats	Trevor Cooke	1,769	8.6	+8.6
	Communist	Roger Wilson	725	3.5	+3.5
Total formal votes			20,624	94.3	−1.6
Informal votes			1,247	5.7	+1.6
Turnout			21,871	86.1	−0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Keith Remington	13,608	66.0	+1.2
	Liberal	John Campbell	7,016	34.0	−1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.2

1977 by-election

1977 Melbourne state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Keith Remington	10,026	56.8	−5.6
	Liberal	Anthony Cree	4,769	27.0	−7.7
	Democrats	Peter Bowden	2,853	16.2	+16.2
Total formal votes			17,648	97.4	+1.5
Informal votes			470	2.6	−1.5
Turnout			18,118	66.8	−19.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1976

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

1976 Victorian state election: Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Barry Jones	15,104	62.4	+4.5
	Liberal	Bruce Atkinson	8,415	34.7	+6.1
	Independent	Lou-Anne Barker	696	2.9	+2.9
Total formal votes			24,215	95.9
Informal votes			1,023	4.1
Turnout			25,238	86.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Barry Jones	15,685	64.8	+3.0
	Liberal	Bruce Atkinson	8,530	35.2	−3.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.0

1973

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

1973 Victorian state election: Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Barry Jones	12,582	57.0	−3.5
	Liberal	Michael Wallwork	6,244	28.3	+2.6
	Democratic Labor	Anna Linard	1,682	7.6	−6.2
	Australia	Michele Turner	1,558	7.1	+7.1
Total formal votes			22,066	94.4	+0.2
Informal votes			1,306	5.6	−0.2
Turnout			23,372	87.4	−3.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Barry Jones	13,769	62.4	−0.2
	Liberal	Michael Wallwork	8,297	37.6	+0.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.2

1972 by-election

1972 Melbourne state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Barry Jones	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1970

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

1970 Victorian state election: Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Clarey	12,768	60.5	+0.9
	Liberal	Allan Waite	5,428	25.7	+0.6
	Democratic Labor	Michael McMahon	2,908	13.8	−1.5
Total formal votes			21,104	94.2	0.0
Informal votes			1,289	5.8	0.0
Turnout			22,393	90.8	+2.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Arthur Clarey	13,204	62.6	+0.7
	Liberal	Allan Waite	7,900	37.4	−0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.7

Elections in the 1960s

1967

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

1967 Victorian state election: Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Clarey	12,904	59.6	+2.7
	Liberal	Anthony Gilligan	5,436	25.1	−0.4
	Democratic Labor	James Whitehead	3,302	15.3	−2.3
Total formal votes			21,642	94.2
Informal votes			1,329	5.8
Turnout			22,971	88.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Arthur Clarey	13,399	61.9	+3.5
	Liberal	Anthony Gilligan	8,243	38.1	−3.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.5

1964

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

1964 Victorian state election: Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Clarey	6,044	49.3	+1.3
	Liberal and Country	Bill Burns	3,860	31.5	+3.2
	Democratic Labor	Thomas Brennan	2,348	19.2	−2.8
Total formal votes			12,252	95.5	+1.9
Informal votes			575	4.5	−1.9
Turnout			12,827	90.2	+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Arthur Clarey	6,248	51.0	−2.8
	Liberal and Country	Bill Burns	6,004	49.0	+2.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.8

1961

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

1961 Victorian state election: Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Clarey	6,340	48.0	−2.2
	Liberal and Country	Bill Burns	3,742	28.3	+5.8
	Democratic Labor	Tom Hayes	2,909	22.0	−5.3
	Independent	Henry Roche	209	1.6	+1.6
Total formal votes			13,200	93.6	−2.8
Informal votes			896	6.4	+2.8
Turnout			14,096	90.0	+1.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Arthur Clarey	7,101	53.8	−0.5
	Liberal and Country	Bill Burns	6,099	46.2	+0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.5

Elections in the 1950s

1958

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

1958 Victorian state election: Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Clarey	8,129	50.2
	Democratic Labor	Tom Hayes	4,430	27.3
	Liberal and Country	Martha Yuille	3,645	22.5
Total formal votes			16,804	96.4
Informal votes			600	3.6
Turnout			16,804	89.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Arthur Clarey	8,793	54.3
	Liberal and Country	Martha Yuille	7,411	45.7
	Labor hold		Swing

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

1955

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

1955 Victorian state election: Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Clarey	6,913	48.9
	Liberal and Country	Alan Etherington	3,703	26.2
	Labor (A-C)	Tom Hayes	3,520	24.9
Total formal votes			14,136	95.9
Informal votes			597	4.1
Turnout			14,733	90.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Arthur Clarey	9,132	64.6
	Liberal and Country	Alan Etherington	5,004	35.4
	Labor hold		Swing

1952

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

1952 Victorian state election: Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Hayes	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1950

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

1950 Victorian state election: Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Hayes	14,219	66.0	+6.2
	Liberal and Country	John Eddy	7,340	34.0	−6.2
Total formal votes			21,559	98.3	+1.1
Informal votes			368	1.7	−1.1
Turnout			21,927	90.5	+1.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.2

Elections in the 1940s

1947

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

1947 Victorian state election: Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Hayes	13,642	59.8	−40.2
	Liberal	George Crowther	9,189	40.2	+40.2
Total formal votes			22,831	97.2
Informal votes			647	2.8
Turnout			23,478	88.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1945

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

1945 Victorian state election: Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Hayes	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1943

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

1943 Victorian state election: Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Hayes	11,273	65.3	−34.7
	Independent	John Somerville	5,991	34.7	+34.7
Total formal votes			17,264	96.2
Informal votes			686	3.8
Turnout			17,950	75.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1940

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

1940 Victorian state election: Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Hayes	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1937

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

1937 Victorian state election: Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Hayes	10,902	63.0	−1.5
	United Australia	Reginald Archer	6,407	37.0	+1.5
Total formal votes			17,309	97.0	−2.6
Informal votes			537	3.0	+2.6
Turnout			17,846	88.4	−6.9
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.5

1935

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

1935 Victorian state election: Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Hayes	11,320	64.5	+9.4
	United Australia	Charles Lucas	6,239	35.5	−3.7
Total formal votes			17,559	96.7	−0.6
Informal votes			600	3.3	+0.6
Turnout			18,159	87.5	−2.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.3

1932

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

1932 Victorian state election: Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Hayes	9,289	55.1	−44.9
	United Australia	William Hendry	6,610	39.2	+39.2
	Communist	Ernie Thornton	953	5.7	+5.7
Total formal votes			16,852	97.3
Informal votes			472	2.7
Turnout			17,324	90.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tom Hayes		60.2	−39.8
	United Australia	William Hendry		39.8	+39.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Elections in the 1920s

1929

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

1929 Victorian state election: Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Hayes	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1927

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

1927 Victorian state election: Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Hayes	12,115	66.6
	Australian Liberal	Carlyle Ferguson	6,071	33.4
Total formal votes			18,186	97.4
Informal votes			489	2.6
Turnout			18,675	81.0
	Labor hold		Swing

1924

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

1924 Victorian state election: Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Hayes	3,385	76.7	−23.3
	Nationalist	Wilfred Kent Hughes	1,030	23.3	+23.3
Total formal votes			4,415	99.5
Informal votes			23	0.5
Turnout			4,438	57.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1921

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

1921 Victorian state election: Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alexander Rogers	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1920

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

1920 Victorian state election: Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alexander Rogers	4,037	80.9
	Nationalist	Alfred Buchanan	951	19.1	+19.1
Total formal votes			4,988	98.4
Informal votes			79	1.6
Turnout			5,067	57.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1910s

1917

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

1917 Victorian state election: Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alexander Rogers	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1914

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

1914 Victorian state election: Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alexander Rogers	2,799	64.0	−11.1
	Liberal	Henry Hall	1,574	36.0	+11.1
Total formal votes			4,373	96.5	−1.8
Informal votes			159	3.5	+1.8
Turnout			4,532	44.8	−11.9
	Labor hold		Swing	−11.1

1911

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

1911 Victorian state election: Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alexander Rogers	3,233	75.1	+39.5
	Liberal	Tom Brennan	1,070	24.9	−5.2
Total formal votes			4,303	98.3	−1.1
Informal votes			76	1.7	+1.1
Turnout			4,379	56.7	+17.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1900s

1908

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1908 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Melbourne.[edit]

1908 Victorian state election: Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alexander Rogers	781	35.6	+0.3
	United Liberal	John Hamilton	668	30.5
	Liberal	James Boyd	661	30.1
	Victorian Socialist	Angus McDonell	82	3.7	+3.7
Total formal votes			2,192	99.4	+0.3
Informal votes			14	0.6	–0.3
Turnout			2,206	39.1	–8.6
	Labor gain from United Liberal		Swing	+20.2

1901 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1901 Melbourne state by-election § Results.[edit]

1901 Melbourne state by-election^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Boyd	1,974	80.3	+53.3
	Labour	Daniel Carter	483	19.7	−12.4
Total formal votes			2,457	99.98
Informal votes			4	0.02
Turnout			2,461	51.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing