Electoral results for the district of Allandale

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

Members for Allandale

Member		Party	Term
	Alexander Peacock	Ministerial	1904–1911
		Fusion Liberal	1911–1916
		Nationalist	1916–1931
		United Australia	1931–1933
	Millie Peacock	United Australia	1933–1935
	Thomas Parkin	United Australia	1935–1936
	Patrick Denigan	Labor	1936–1945
	Russell White	Country	1945–1955

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

1952 Victorian state election: Allandale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Russell White	7,620	51.1	+17.0
	Labor	Patrick Denigan	7,277	48.9	+5.8
Total formal votes			14,897	98.8	-0.5
Informal votes			183	1.2	+0.5
Turnout			15,080	94.7	-1.0
	Country hold		Swing	-4.2

1950 Victorian state election: Allandale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Stanley Glover	6,274	43.1	+1.8
	Country	Russell White	4,973	34.2	-7.1
	Liberal and Country	Thomas Grigg	3,314	22.8	+4.4
Total formal votes			14,561	99.3	-0.1
Informal votes			109	0.7	+0.1
Turnout			14,670	95.7	+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Russell White	8,058	55.3	-1.5
	Labor	Stanley Glover	6,503	44.7	+1.5
	Country hold		Swing	-1.5

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Victorian state election: Allandale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Russell White	5,911	41.3	+10.6
	Labor	Thomas Powell	4,771	40.3	-8.2
	Liberal	Hector Alcock	2,640	18.4	-2.4
Total formal votes			14,322	99.4	+0.3
Informal votes			79	0.6	-0.3
Turnout			14,401	95.4	+5.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Russell White	8,142	56.8	+6.5
	Labor	Thomas Powell	6,180	43.2	-6.5
	Country hold		Swing	+6.5

1945 Victorian state election: Allandale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Patrick Denigan	6,257	48.5
	Country	Russell White	3,965	30.7
	Liberal	Albert Woodward	2,692	20.8
Total formal votes			12,914	99.1
Informal votes			117	0.9
Turnout			13,031	90.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Russell White	6,498	50.3
	Labor	Patrick Denigan	6,416	49.7
	Country gain from Labor		Swing

1943 Victorian state election: Allandale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Patrick Denigan	4,051	48.2	-10.8
	Country	Arthur Boustead	2,394	28.5	+0.5
	United Australia	Allen Driscoll	1,967	23.4	+23.4
Total formal votes			8,412	99.4	+0.5
Informal votes			50	0.6	-0.5
Turnout			8,462	89.2	-6.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Patrick Denigan	4,317	51.3
	Country	Arthur Boustead	4,095	48.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1940 Victorian state election: Allandale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Patrick Denigan	5,533	59.0	+11.2
	Country	Albert Hocking	2,624	28.0	+0.7
	Liberal VIC Country	William Chapman	1,218	13.0	+13.0
Total formal votes			9,375	98.9	-0.2
Informal votes			109	1.1	+0.2
Turnout			9,484	95.3	-0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Patrick Denigan		61.2
	Country	Albert Hocking		38.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.6

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Elections in the 1930s

1937 Victorian state election: Allandale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Patrick Denigan	4,661	47.8	+5.7
	Country	Russell White	2,664	27.3	+0.9
	United Australia	Edward Montgomery	2,434	24.9	-6.6
Total formal votes			9,759	99.1	+0.3
Informal votes			86	0.9	-0.3
Turnout			9,845	96.1	-0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Patrick Denigan	4,925	50.6	+2.0
	Country	Russell White	4,834	49.4	+49.4
	Labor gain from United Australia		Swing	+2.0

1935 Victorian state election: Allandale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Patrick Denigan	4,187	42.1	+42.1
	United Australia	Thomas Parkin	3,135	31.5	-69.5
	Country	Ord Glen	2,633	26.4	+26.4
Total formal votes			9,955	98.8
Informal votes			125	1.2
Turnout			10,080	96.4
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Thomas Parkin	5,116	51.4	-48.6
	Labor	Patrick Denigan	4,839	48.6	+48.6
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

1932 Victorian state election: Allandale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Alexander Peacock	unopposed
	United Australia hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Victorian state election: Allandale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Alexander Peacock	unopposed
	Nationalist hold		Swing

1927 Victorian state election: Allandale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Alexander Peacock	5,053	56.2
	Labor	William McGrath	3,938	43.8
Total formal votes			8,991	97.0
Informal votes			275	3.0
Turnout			9,266	95.4
	Nationalist hold		Swing

1924 Victorian state election: Allandale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Alexander Peacock	unopposed
	Nationalist hold		Swing

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