Electoral results for the district of Heidelberg

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

Members for Heidelberg[edit]

Member Party Term
  Gordon Webber Labor 1927–1932
  Henry Zwar United Australia 1932–1944
Liberal 1944–1945
Independent Liberal 1945

Election results[edit]

Elections in the 1940s[edit]

1943 Victorian state election: Heidelberg[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Henry Zwar 20,185 61.1 -2.5
Labor Leonard Hartnett 12,852 38.9 +2.5
Total formal votes 33,037 98.8 -0.2
Informal votes 405 1.2 +0.2
Turnout 33,442 89.5 -5.8
United Australia hold Swing -2.5
1940 Victorian state election: Heidelberg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Henry Zwar 19,226 63.6 +11.3
Labor James O'Meara 11,024 36.4 -11.3
Total formal votes 30,250 99.0 -0.3
Informal votes 312 1.0 +0.3
Turnout 30,562 95.3 +0.2
United Australia hold Swing +11.3

Elections in the 1930s[edit]

1937 Victorian state election: Heidelberg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Henry Zwar 14,666 52.3 -2.5
Labor Morton Dunlop 13,387 47.7 +2.5
Total formal votes 28,053 99.3 +0.5
Informal votes 209 0.7 -0.5
Turnout 28,262 95.1 -1.2
United Australia hold Swing -2.5
1935 Victorian state election: Heidelberg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Henry Zwar 14,577 54.8 +9.8
Labor Gordon Webber 12,021 45.2 +3.8
Total formal votes 26,598 98.8 +0.6
Informal votes 318 1.2 -0.6
Turnout 26,916 96.3 +2.7
United Australia hold Swing -0.2
1932 Victorian state election: Heidelberg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Henry Zwar 11,192 45.0 +10.7
Labor Gordon Webber 10,306 41.4 -24.3
Ind. United Australia William Hemburrow 3,363 13.5 +13.5
Total formal votes 24,861 98.2 -0.7
Informal votes 463 1.8 +0.7
Turnout 25,324 93.6 +0.8
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia Henry Zwar 13,676 55.0 +20.7
Labor Gordon Webber 11,195 45.0 -20.7
United Australia gain from Labor Swing +20.7

Elections in the 1920s[edit]

1929 Victorian state election: Heidelberg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Gordon Webber 15,391 65.7 +11.3
Nationalist William Luke 8,031 34.3 -11.3
Total formal votes 23,422 98.9 -0.4
Informal votes 269 1.1 +0.4
Turnout 23,691 92.8 +0.7
Labor hold Swing +11.3
1927 Victorian state election: Heidelberg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Gordon Webber 10,924 54.4
Nationalist Henry Zwar 9,156 45.6
Total formal votes 20,080 99.3
Informal votes 151 0.7
Turnout 20,231 92.1
Labor hold Swing

References[edit]

  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.