Electoral results for the Division of Grampians

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Grampians in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1901 until its abolition in 1922.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Thomas Skene	Free Trade, Anti-Socialist	1901–1906
	Hans Irvine	Anti-Socialist	1906–1909
		Commonwealth Liberal	1909–1914
	Edward Jolley	Labor	1914–1915
	Carty Salmon	Commonwealth Liberal	1915–1916
		Nationalist	1916–1917
	Edmund Jowett	Nationalist	1917–1919
		Country	1919–1922

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

Australian federal election, 1919: Grampians

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Victorian Farmers	Edmund Jowett	13,736	58.2	+58.2
	Labor	Mark Lazarus	9,855	41.8	-1.2
Total formal votes			23,591	98.6
Informal votes			343	1.4
Turnout			23,934	78.2
	Victorian Farmers gain from Nationalist		Swing	+1.2

Grampians by-election, 1917

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Edmund Jowett	11,232	54.8	-2.2
	Labor	David Russell	9,265	45.2	+2.2
Total formal votes			20,497	99.5
Informal votes			109	0.5
Turnout			20,606	65.7
	Nationalist hold		Swing	-2.2

Australian federal election, 1917: Grampians

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Carty Salmon	15,089	57.0	+7.3
	Labor	John McDougall	11,390	43.0	-7.3
Total formal votes			26,479	98.1
Informal votes			509	1.9
Turnout			26,988	84.4
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+7.3

Grampians by-election, 1915

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Carty Salmon	12,116	51.3	+1.6
	Labor	John McDougall	11,522	48.7	-1.6
Total formal votes			23,638	99.5
Informal votes			120	0.5
Turnout			23,758	67.9
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+1.6

Australian federal election, 1914: Grampians

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Edward Jolley	14,694	50.3	+4.2
	Liberal	Hans Irvine	14,517	49.7	-4.2
Total formal votes			29,211	98.3
Informal votes			495	1.7
Turnout			29,706	85.5
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+4.2

Australian federal election, 1913: Grampians

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Hans Irvine	15,414	53.9	+4.1
	Labor	Archibald Stewart	13,191	46.1	-4.1
Total formal votes			28,605	98.0
Informal votes			580	2.0
Turnout			29,185	79.5
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+4.1

Australian federal election, 1910: Grampians

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Hans Irvine	9,000	50.4	-5.4
	Labour	Archibald Stewart	8,857	49.6	+5.4
Total formal votes			17,857	98.4
Informal votes			294	1.6
Turnout			18,151	65.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.4

Elections in the 1900s

Australian federal election, 1906: Grampians

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Anti-Socialist	Hans Irvine	7,598	55.8	+19.5
	Labour	Edward Grayndler	6,013	44.2	+18.3
Total formal votes			13,611	95.6
Informal votes			633	4.4
Turnout			14,244	50.5
	Anti-Socialist hold		Swing	+3.2

Australian federal election, 1903: Grampians

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Free Trade	Thomas Skene	3,836	36.3	-12.7
	Protectionist	Archibald Ritchie	3,285	31.1	-5.7
	Labour	Patrick McGrath	2,735	25.9	+25.9
	Independent Labour	Albert Andrews	722	6.9	+6.9
Total formal votes			10,578	97.7
Informal votes			254	2.3
Turnout			10,832	49.8
	Free Trade hold		Swing	-3.5

Australian federal election, 1901: Grampians

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Free Trade	Thomas Skene	2,576	49.0	+49.0
	Protectionist	Alfred Rinder	1,934	36.8	+36.8
	Ind. Protectionist	Holford Wettenhall	745	14.2	+14.2
Total formal votes			5,255	99.0
Informal votes			54	1.0
Turnout			5,309	49.4
	Free Trade win		(new seat)

References

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