# Electoral results for the district of Port Fairy and Glenelg

This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Port Fairy and Glenelg in Victorian state elections.

## Members for Port Fairy and Glenelg

| Member | Party | Term |
| Ernie Bond | Labor Party | 1927–1932 |
| Ernie Bond | Independent | 1932–1938 |
| Ernie Bond | Labor Party | 1938–1943 |
| Harry Hedditch | United Country Party | 1943–1945 |

## Election results
### Elections in the 1940s

1943 Victorian state election: Port Fairy and Glenelg :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent Country | Harry Hedditch | 4,589 | 44.5 | +44.5 |
| | Labor | Martin Bourke | 3,985 | 38.6 | -21.1 |
| | Independent | James Hardy | 1,002 | 9.7 | +9.7 |
| | Country | Paul Bailey | 740 | 7.2 | -11.3 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 10,316 | 98.6 | −0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 144 | 1.4 | +0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,460 | 87.6 | −8.2 |
| Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
| | Independent Country | Harry Hedditch | 5,611 | 54.4 | |
| | Labor | Martin Bourke | 4,705 | 45.6 | |
| | Independent Country gain from Labor | Independent Country gain from Labor | Swing | N/A | |
1940 Victorian state election: Port Fairy and Glenelg :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Ernie Bond | 6,899 | 59.7 | +59.7 |
| | United Australia | Sydney Patterson | 2,509 | 21.7 | +21.7 |
| | Country | Robert Rankin | 2,137 | 18.5 | +18.5 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 11,545 | 98.7 | −0.7 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 156 | 1.3 | +0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,701 | 95.8 | +1.0 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | Ernie Bond | | 61.5 | +61.5 |
| | United Australia | Sydney Patterson | | 38.5 | +38.5 |
| | Labor gain from Independent | Labor gain from Independent | Swing | N/A | |
* Ernie Bond had been elected as an Independent in 1937 and joined the Labor party before the election.

### Elections in the 1930s

1937 Victorian state election: Port Fairy and Glenelg :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent Labor | Ernie Bond | 8,814 | 78.0 | -22.0 |
| | Independent | Robert Roberts | 2,487 | 22.0 | +22.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 11,301 | 99.4 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 71 | 0.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,372 | 94.8 | |
| | Independent Labor hold | Independent Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |
1935 Victorian state election: Port Fairy and Glenelg :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Ernie Bond | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
1932 Victorian state election: Port Fairy and Glenelg :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Premiers' Plan Labor | Ernie Bond | 5,572 | 51.3 | +51.3 |
| | Country | James Black | 3,153 | 29.9 | +29.9 |
| | Independent | Hugh MacLeod | 2,132 | 19.6 | +19.6 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 10,857 | 98.7 | −0.3 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 145 | 1.3 | +0.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,002 | 95.7 | −0.4 |
| | Premiers' Plan Labor gain from Labor | Premiers' Plan Labor gain from Labor | Swing | N/A | |
* Preferences were not distributed.

### Elections in the 1920s

1929 Victorian state election: Port Fairy and Glenelg :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Ernie Bond | 6,439 | 61.5 | +0.9 |
| | Ind. Nationalist | William Stevenson | 2,735 | 26.1 | +26.1 |
| | Nationalist | Donald Ferguson | 1,291 | 12.3 | -27.1 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 10,465 | 99.0 | +0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 111 | 1.0 | −0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,576 | 96.1 | +1.9 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |
* Preferences were not distributed.
1927 Victorian state election: Port Fairy and Glenelg :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | Ernie Bond | 6,154 | 60.6 |
| | Nationalist | William Shaw | 3,996 | 39.4 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 10,150 | 98.9 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 115 | 1.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,265 | 94.2 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |