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Wimmera — Australian Federal Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Wimmera was won by Robert King (National Country Party) at the 1975 federal election, with a margin of 12,245 votes over Brian Brooke after preferences. This page covers every federal election in Wimmera from 1901 to 1975.

Australia uses instant-runoff (preferential) voting: voters rank candidates in order of preference, and if no one has a majority of first-preference votes, the lowest-placed candidate is eliminated and their votes redistributed to voters' next preference, repeating until one candidate has a majority. The "Winner" and "Margin" below reflect the final result after preferences (equivalent to the AEC's own two-candidate-preferred figure) — not simply whoever led on first preferences, which can occasionally be a different candidate.

Full Election History (After Preferences), 1901–1975

Election Winner Party Final Votes Final Share Runner-up Margin
1901 Pharez Phillips Prot 2,372 56.4% William Irvine (FT) 540 (12.8 pts)
1903 Pharez Phillips Prot 3,263 51.3% Max Hirsch (FT) 169 (2.7 pts)
1906 Sydney Sampson AS 7,911 69.0% Richard Taffe (Labor) 4,357 (38.0 pts)
1910 Sydney Sampson Liberal 11,488 66.0% Richard Taffe (Labor) 5,568 (32.0 pts)
1913 Sydney Sampson Liberal 18,030 71.0% Thomas Carey (Labor) 10,668 (42.0 pts)
1914 Sydney Sampson Liberal -1 100.0% None (None) -1 (100.0 pts)
1917 Sydney Sampson National -1 100.0% None (None) -1 (100.0 pts)
1919 Percy Stewart VFU 15,963 59.5% Sydney Sampson (National) 5,088 (19.0 pts)
1922 Percy Stewart Country Party 13,614 71.2% Alfred Shaw (Independent) 8,111 (42.4 pts)
1925 Percy Stewart Independent 32,128 77.8% Lucas De Garis (Independent) 22,974 (55.7 pts)
1928 Percy Stewart Independent 26,227 58.4% John Harris (Country Party) 7,511 (16.7 pts)
1929 Percy Stewart Independent 27,942 60.0% John Harris (Country Party) 9,333 (20.0 pts)
1931 Hugh Mcclelland Country Party 28,137 61.8% Alexander Dowsley (Independent) 10,717 (23.5 pts)
1934 Hugh Mcclelland Country Party 25,279 51.0% Hugh Simpson (Independent) 956 (1.9 pts)
1937 Alex Wilson Independent 24,179 51.9% Hugh Mcclelland (Country Party) 1,783 (3.8 pts)
1940 Alex Wilson Independent 29,918 66.2% Hugh Mcclelland (Country Party) 14,615 (32.3 pts)
1943 Alexander Wilson Independent 26,479 70.7% Reginald Skeat (Independent) 15,503 (41.4 pts)
1946 Winton Turnbull Country Party 26,551 62.1% Alfred Loveridge (Labor) 10,335 (24.2 pts)
1949 William Lawrence Liberal 22,894 64.9% Cyril Sudholz (Labor) 10,500 (29.8 pts)
1951 William Lawrence Liberal 22,005 63.0% Cyril Sudholz (Labor) 9,073 (26.0 pts)
1954 William Lawrence Liberal 22,686 64.6% Cyril Sudholz (Labor) 10,279 (29.3 pts)
1955 William Lawrence Liberal 22,833 66.0% Winston Lamb (Labor) 11,088 (32.1 pts)
1958 Robert King Country Party 21,821 55.9% William Lawrence (Liberal) 4,612 (11.8 pts)
1961 Robert King Country Party 26,614 68.5% Thomas Windsor (Labor) 14,365 (37.0 pts)
1963 Robert King Country Party 19,910 64.0% Thomas Windsor (Labor) 8,692 (27.9 pts)
1966 Robert King Country Party 19,359 50.5% Wilson Bolton (Liberal) 349 (0.9 pts)
1969 Robert King Country Party 25,531 58.0% Brian Brooke (Labor) 7,030 (16.0 pts)
1972 Robert King Country Party 24,279 55.6% Brian Brooke (Labor) 4,869 (11.1 pts)
1974 Robert King Country Party 28,939 61.6% Brian Brooke (Labor) 10,908 (23.2 pts)
1975 Robert King National Country Party 28,275 63.8% Brian Brooke (Labor) 12,245 (27.6 pts)

First-Preference Result by Election

Every candidate's first-preference votes, before any preference redistribution.

1901

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Pharez PhillipsProt2,37249.2%
William IrvineFT1,83238.0%
Henry WilliamIndependent61712.8%

1903

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Pharez PhillipsProt3,26339.0%
Max HirschFT3,09437.0%
John GrayIndependent2,01124.0%

1906

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Sydney SampsonAS7,91151.6%
Richard TaffeLabor3,55423.2%
Max HirschIndependent2,00213.0%
Herman BrauerIndependent1,73711.3%
William LeslieIndependent1420.9%

1910

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Sydney SampsonLiberal11,48866.0%
Richard TaffeLabor5,92034.0%

1913

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Sydney SampsonLiberal18,03071.0%
Thomas CareyLabor7,36229.0%

1914

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Sydney SampsonLiberal-1100.0%

1917

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Sydney SampsonNational-1100.0%

1919

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Percy StewartVFU15,96359.5%
Sydney SampsonNational10,87540.5%

1922

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Percy StewartCountry Party13,61471.2%
Alfred ShawIndependent5,50328.8%

1925

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Percy StewartIndependent32,12877.8%
Lucas De GarisIndependent9,15422.2%

1928

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Percy StewartIndependent26,22758.4%
John HarrisCountry Party18,71641.6%

1929

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Percy StewartIndependent27,94260.0%
John HarrisCountry Party18,60940.0%

1931

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
William MorganUnited Australia Party12,76328.0%
Alexander DowsleyIndependent12,58427.6%
Hugh McclellandCountry Party12,07126.5%
Samuel LockhartCountry Party5,23311.5%
William MccannCountry Party2,9066.4%

1934

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Hugh McclellandCountry Party16,50933.3%
Hugh SimpsonIndependent16,48833.2%
William MorganUnited Australia Party8,78817.7%
Gordon AndersonIndependent7,81715.8%

1937

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Alex WilsonIndependent24,17951.9%
Hugh McclellandCountry Party22,39648.1%

1940

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Alex WilsonIndependent19,91544.0%
Hugh McclellandCountry Party12,56127.8%
Michael NolanLabor11,22224.8%
Robert JohnstoneIndependent1,5233.4%

1943

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Alexander WilsonIndependent26,47962.3%
Reginald SkeatIndependent10,97625.8%
Albert ThompsonIndependent3,2197.6%
Herbert FollettIndependent1,4493.4%
Eric PhillipsIndependent3780.9%

1946

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Winton TurnbullCountry Party26,55162.1%
Alfred LoveridgeLabor16,21637.9%

1949

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
William LawrenceLiberal13,76139.0%
Cyril SudholzLabor11,18431.7%
Harrie WadeCountry Party10,34329.3%

1951

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
William LawrenceLiberal22,00563.0%
Cyril SudholzLabor12,93237.0%

1954

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
William LawrenceLiberal15,23843.4%
Cyril SudholzLabor11,67133.3%
Herbert HiltonCountry Party8,18423.3%

1955

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
William LawrenceLiberal22,83358.6%
Winston LambLabor11,74530.1%
Bernard FlanaganLabor (Anti-Communist)4,41311.3%

1958

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
William LawrenceLiberal14,92438.2%
Thomas WindsorLabor10,76027.6%
Robert KingCountry Party9,86625.3%
James MccaffreyDemocratic Labor Party3,4808.9%

1961

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Robert KingCountry Party13,36434.4%
Thomas WindsorLabor11,56729.8%
William LawrenceLiberal10,71827.6%
Joseph MurphyDemocratic Labor Party3,2148.3%

1963

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Robert KingCountry Party16,77243.0%
Thomas WindsorLabor11,02328.3%
Howard RoddaLiberal7,59919.5%
Adrian CahillDemocratic Labor Party3,6109.3%

1966

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Robert KingCountry Party14,86038.7%
George JeffsLabor10,21026.6%
Wilson BoltonLiberal10,13926.4%
Bruno D'eliaDemocratic Labor Party3,1608.2%

1969

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Brian BrookeLabor16,53437.5%
Robert KingCountry Party13,63231.0%
Miles BourkeLiberal11,01525.0%
Brian CroninDemocratic Labor Party2,8516.5%

1972

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Robert KingCountry Party20,51247.0%
Brian BrookeLabor18,41242.1%
Robert HawksDemocratic Labor Party3,1137.1%
Ray BuckleyIndependent1,6523.8%

1974

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Robert KingCountry Party18,30639.0%
Brian BrookeLabor17,33836.9%
Heather MitchellLiberal9,19119.6%
Kevin DunnDemocratic Labor Party1,8043.8%
Keith SullivanAP3310.7%

1975

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Robert KingNational Country Party28,27558.8%
Brian BrookeLabor16,03033.4%
Francis PeteringIndependent1,9864.1%
Marjorie McowanDemocratic Labor Party1,7623.7%

Margin Over Time

Final (after-preferences) winning margin, percentage points, coloured by the winning party.

1901: Prot margin 12.8 pts 1903: Prot margin 2.7 pts 1906: AS margin 38.0 pts 1910: Liberal margin 32.0 pts 1913: Liberal margin 42.0 pts 1914: Liberal margin 100.0 pts 1917: National margin 100.0 pts 1919: VFU margin 19.0 pts 1922: Country Party margin 42.4 pts 1925: Independent margin 55.7 pts 1928: Independent margin 16.7 pts 1929: Independent margin 20.0 pts 1931: Country Party margin 23.5 pts 1934: Country Party margin 1.9 pts 1937: Independent margin 3.8 pts 1940: Independent margin 32.3 pts 1943: Independent margin 41.4 pts 1946: Country Party margin 24.2 pts 1949: Liberal margin 29.8 pts 1951: Liberal margin 26.0 pts 1954: Liberal margin 29.3 pts 1955: Liberal margin 32.1 pts 1958: Country Party margin 11.8 pts 1961: Country Party margin 37.0 pts 1963: Country Party margin 27.9 pts 1966: Country Party margin 0.9 pts 1969: Country Party margin 16.0 pts 1972: Country Party margin 11.1 pts 1974: Country Party margin 23.2 pts 1975: National Country Party margin 27.6 pts 1901 1903 1906 1910 1913 1914 1917 1919 1922 1925 1928 1929 1931 1934 1937 1940 1943 1946 1949 1951 1954 1955 1958 1961 1963 1966 1969 1972 1974 1975

Trend

Wimmera has been contested at 30 federal elections on record since 1901. Winning parties over that span: Prot, AS, Liberal, National, VFU, Country Party, Independent, National Country Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Wimmera in the 1975 federal election?

Robert King (National Country Party) won Wimmera in 1975 after preferences, with 28,275 votes (63.8%) to Brian Brooke's 16,030.

Which parties have won Wimmera since 1901?

Since 1901, Wimmera has been won by: AS, Country Party, Independent, Liberal, National, National Country Party, Prot, VFU.

What was the closest result in Wimmera?

The closest result on record for Wimmera was 1966, when Robert King (Country Party) beat Wilson Bolton by 349 votes (0.9 percentage points) after preferences.

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