Electoral results for the district of Wimmera

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

Members for Wimmera

Two members (1856–1859)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	William Hammill	None	1856–1857		James McCulloch	None	1856–1859
	John Quarterman	None	1857–1859

One member (1859–1877)
Member		Party	Term
	Robert Firebrace	None	1859–1861
	Samuel Wilson	None	1861–1864
	James MacBain	None	1864–1877

Two members (1877–1889)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	James MacBain	None	1877–1880		Robert Clark	None	1877–1880
	Walter Madden	None	1880–1889		William O'Callaghan	None	1880–1883
				Richard Baker	None	1883–1889

One member (1992–2002)
Member		Party	Term
	Bill McGrath	National	1992–1999
	Hugh Delahunty	National	1999–2002

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

Victorian state election, 1999: Wimmera[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Hugh Delahunty	9,866	32.4	-24.5
	Liberal	Garry Cross	9,450	31.1	+31.1
	Labor	Les Power	7,230	23.8	+3.0
	One Nation	Bob Mackley	1,630	5.4	+5.4
	Independent	Doug Hallam	1,446	4.8	+4.8
	Independent	Laurie Liston	792	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			30,414	97.2	-1.4
Informal votes			878	2.8	+1.4
Turnout			31,292	95.8
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Hugh Delahunty	19,850	65.1	-6.1
	Labor	Les Power	10,648	34.9	+6.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Hugh Delahunty	17,510	57.6	-13.6
	Liberal	Garry Cross	12,904	42.4	+42.4
	National hold		Swing	-13.6

Victorian state election, 1996: Wimmera
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Bill McGrath	17,844	56.9	-22.7
	Independent	Gary Cross	6,727	21.5	+21.5
	Labor	Les Power	6,498	20.7	+0.3
	Natural Law	Nick Kenos	282	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			31,351	98.6	+1.0
Informal votes			441	1.4	-1.0
Turnout			31,792	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Bill McGrath	22,275	71.2	-8.4
	Labor	Les Power	9,023	28.8	+8.4
	National hold		Swing	-8.4

Victorian state election, 1992: Wimmera
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Bill McGrath	25,325	79.6	+30.0
	Labor	Felix Blatt	6,485	20.4	-0.9
Total formal votes			31,810	97.6	-0.7
Informal votes			794	2.4	+0.7
Turnout			32,604	97.3
	National hold		Swing	+2.0

References

1. Green, Antony. "1999 Victorian State Election Results" (PDF). ABC.