Electoral results for the district of Borung
# Electoral results for the district of Borung

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

## Members for Borung

### First incarnation (1889–1927)

| Member | Party | Term |
| - | - | - |
| Walter Duncan | | 1889–1892 |
| John Dyer | | 1892–1902 |
| William Hutchinson | Ministerialist | 1902–1917 |
| William Hutchinson | Nationalist | 1917–1920 |
| David Allison | Victorian Farmers' Union | 1920–1927 |

### Second incarnation (1945–1955)

| Member | Member | Party | Term |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Wilfred Mibus | Country | 1945–1949 |
| | Wilfred Mibus | Liberal and Country | 1949–1955 |

## Election results

### Elections in the 1950s

1952 Victorian state election: Borung :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal and Country | Wilfred Mibus | 8,174 | 61.9 | +5.5 |
| | Labor | Lionel Reid | 5,030 | 38.1 | +38.1 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 13,204 | 99.3 | +0.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 99 | 0.7 | -0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,303 | 95.6 | -0.5 |
| | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | N/A | |

1950 Victorian state election: Borung :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal and Country | Wilfred Mibus | 7,354 | 56.4 | +56.4 |
| | Country | Rupert Levitzke | 5,644 | 43.6 | -20.9 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 13,031 | 99.1 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 123 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,154 | 96.1 | -0.1 |
| | Liberal and Country gain from Country | Liberal and Country gain from Country | Swing | N/A | |

### Elections in the 1940s

1947 Victorian state election: Borung :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Country | Wilfred Mibus | 8,225 | 64.5 | +37.2 |
| | Independent Country | Finlay Cameron | 4,521 | 35.5 | +19.9 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 12,746 | 99.1 | +0.6 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 121 | 0.9 | -0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,867 | 96.2 | +5.9 |
| | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | N/A | |

1945 Victorian state election: Borung :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labor | Arthur Ackland | 3,680 | 31.8 |
| | Country | Wilfred Mibus | 3,159 | 27.3 |
| | Independent Country | Winton Turnbull | 2,273 | 19.7 |
| | Country | Finlay Cameron | 1,808 | 15.6 |
| | Independent | Florence Rodan | 645 | 5.6 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 11,565 | 98.5 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 172 | 1.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,737 | 90.3 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Country | Wilfred Mibus | 6,794 | 58.7 |
| | Labor | Arthur Ackland | 4,771 | 41.3 |
| | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | |

### Elections in the 1920s

1924 Victorian state election: Borung :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Country | David Allison | 1,901 | 51.2 | -1.4 |
| | Country | Edwin Reseigh | 932 | 25.1 | +25.1 |
| | Country | George Clyne | 878 | 23.7 | +23.7 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 3,711 | 98.7 | -0.8 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 51 | 1.3 | +0.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,762 | 47.9 | -23.9 |
| | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | N/A | |

1921 Victorian state election: Borung :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Victorian Farmers | David Allison | 2,938 | 52.6 | +0.4 |
| | Nationalist | William Hutchinson | 2,652 | 47.4 | -0.4 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 5,590 | 99.5 | +1.6 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 31 | 0.5 | -1.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,621 | 71.8 | +1.0 |
| | Victorian Farmers hold | Victorian Farmers hold | Swing | +0.4 | |

1920 Victorian state election: Borung :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Victorian Farmers | David Allison | 2,788 | 52.2 | +3.8 |
| | Nationalist | William Hutchinson | 2,557 | 47.8 | -3.8 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 5,345 | 97.9 | +1.3 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 114 | 2.1 | -1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,459 | 70.8 | +9.7 |
| | Victorian Farmers gain from Nationalist | Victorian Farmers gain from Nationalist | Swing | +3.8 | |

### Elections in the 1910s

1917 Victorian state election: Borung :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Nationalist | William Hutchinson | 2,266 | 51.6 |
| | Victorian Farmers | Edwin Reseigh | 2,127 | 48.4 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,393 | 96.6 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 156 | 3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,549 | 61.1 |
| | Nationalist hold | Nationalist hold | Swing | N/A |

1914 Victorian state election: Borung :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | William Hutchinson | unopposed | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

1911 Victorian state election: Borung :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | William Hutchinson | unopposed | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |
