COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA SEVENTEENTH PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== WIMMERA, Vic ==================================================================== North-western Victoria: Kerang, Mildura, St Arnaud, Swan Hill -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 February 1946, following the resignation of Alexander Wilson -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 majority: Independent over Independent 17.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,831 -00.3 Votes cast: 37,162 82.9 -13.7 Informal votes: 1,692 04.5 -02.4 Formal votes: 35,470 95.5 +02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Arlington-Burke 1,824 05.1 Arnold Eberle 2,042 05.8 Anthony Everett CP 6,724 19.0 Louis Phillips 312 00.9 John Smith 2,923 08.2 James Stoddart 6,361 17.9 Winton Turnbull CP 15,284 43.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 35,470 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Arlington-Burke and Smith were independent Labor candidates. 2. Stoddart was an independent Country candidate. 3. The combined Country Party vote was 62.1%. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Phillips's 312 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arlington-Burke 50 16.0 1,874 05.3 Eberle 26 08.3 2,068 05.8 Everett 71 22.8 6,795 19.2 Smith 77 24.7 3,000 08.5 Stoddart 45 14.4 6,406 18.1 Turnbull 43 13.8 15,327 43.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 312 35,470 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Arlington-Burke's 1,874 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Eberle 798 42.6 2,866 08.1 Everett 350 (18.7 7,145 20.1 Smith 348 (18.6 3,348 09.4 Stoddart 171 09.1 6,577 18.5 Turnbull 207 11.0 15,534 43.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,874 35,470 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Eberle's 2,866 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Everett 1,392 48.6 8,537 24.1 Smith 234 08.2 3,582 10.1 Stoddart 452 15.8 7,029 19.8 Turnbull 788 27.5 16,322 46.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,866 35,470 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Smith's 3,582 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Everett 1,406 39.3 9,943 28.0 Stoddart 1,332 37.2 8,361 23.6 Turnbull 844 23.6 17,166 48.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,582 35,470 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Stoddart's 8,361 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Everett 4,603 55.1 14,546 41.0 TURNBULL 3,758 44.9 20,924 59.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,361 35,470 09.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Winton George Turnbull (1899-1980): Elected 1946 By Born: 13 December 1899, Hamilton, Victoria. Career: Primary education. Wheat farmer. Military Service 1940-46. --------------------------------------------------------------------