# Electoral results for the district of Port Melbourne

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

## Members for Port Melbourne

| Member | Party | Term |
| Frederick Derham | Unaligned | 1889–1892 |
| Philip Salmon | Unaligned | 1892–1894 |
| George Sangster | Labor | 1894–1902 |
| George Sangster | Independent Labor | 1902–1906 |
| George Sangster | Labor | 1906–1915 |
| Owen Sinclair | Labor | 1915–1917 |
| Owen Sinclair | Independent | 1917 |
| James Murphy | Labor | 1917–1942 |
| Tom Corrigan | Labor | 1942–1952 |
| Stan Corrigan | Labor | 1952–1955 |
| Stan Corrigan | Labor (Anti-Communist) | 1955 |
| Archie Todd | Labor | 1955–1958 |

## Election results
### Elections in the 1950s

1955 Victorian state election: Port Melbourne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | Archie Todd | 7,701 | 50.1 |
| | Labor (A-C) | Stan Corrigan | 5,349 | 34.8 |
| | Liberal and Country | John Talbot | 1,972 | 12.8 |
| | Communist | Laurence Troy | 340 | 2.2 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 15,362 | 95.9 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 657 | 4.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 16,019 | 93.1 |
| Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | Archie Todd | 8,492 | 55.3 |
| | Labor (A-C) | Stan Corrigan | 6,870 | 44.7 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |
1952 Victorian state election: Port Melbourne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Stan Corrigan | 19,942 | 91.1 | +14.9 |
| | Communist | Albert Bull | 1,939 | 8.9 | +3.8 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 21,881 | 96.8 | −1.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 716 | 3.2 | +1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,597 | 91.2 | −2.2 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |
1952 Port Melbourne state by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Stan Corrigan | 16,353 | 78.93 | +2.78 |
| | Liberal and Country | Kenneth Cole | 2,730 | 13.18 | −5.60 |
| | Communist | William Bird | 1,636 | 7.90 | +2.82 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 20,719 | 97.95 | −0.03 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 433 | 2.05 | +0.03 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,152 | 84.0 | −9.0 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +2.78 | |
1950 Victorian state election: Port Melbourne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Tom Corrigan | 18,598 | 76.2 | +7.3 |
| | Liberal and Country | Alex Taylor | 4,587 | 18.8 | -6.1 |
| | Communist | Ralph Gibson | 1,239 | 5.1 | -1.1 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 24,424 | 98.0 | +0.4 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 503 | 2.0 | −0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,927 | 93.4 | +0.4 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | Tom Corrigan | 19,713 | 80.7 | +6.5 |
| | Liberal and Country | Alex Taylor | 4,711 | 19.3 | -6.5 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +6.5 | |

### Elections in the 1940s

1947 Victorian state election: Port Melbourne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Tom Corrigan | 17,446 | 68.9 | -7.5 |
| | Liberal | Stanley Evans | 6,315 | 24.9 | +24.9 |
| | Communist | Ralph Gibson | 1,575 | 6.2 | -17.4 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 25,336 | 97.6 | +2.3 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 622 | 2.4 | −2.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,958 | 93.0 | +6.9 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |
* Preferences were not distributed.
1945 Victorian state election: Port Melbourne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | Tom Corrigan | 16,777 | 76.4 |
| | Communist | Ralph Gibson | 5,177 | 23.6 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 21,954 | 95.3 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,076 | 4.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,030 | 86.1 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |
1943 Victorian state election: Port Melbourne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Tom Corrigan | 11,644 | 61.2 | -38.8 |
| | Communist | John Blake | 7,384 | 38.8 | +38.8 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 19,028 | 95.8 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 828 | 4.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,856 | 87.6 | |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |
1942 Port Melbourne state by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Tom Corrigan | 10,156 | 59.6 | -40.4 |
| | Communist | John Blake | 6,890 | 40.4 | +40.4 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 17,046 | 97.5 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 432 | 2.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,478 | 80.4 | |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |
1940 Victorian state election: Port Melbourne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | James Murphy | unopposed | | |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1930s

1937 Victorian state election: Port Melbourne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | James Murphy | 15,014 | 76.2 | +2.4 |
| | Independent | Mary Jones | 4,703 | 23.8 | -2.4 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 19,717 | 98.2 | +0.9 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 354 | 1.8 | −0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,071 | 93.8 | +0.9 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +2.4 | |
1935 Victorian state election: Port Melbourne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | James Murphy | 14,844 | 73.8 | -26.2 |
| | Independent | Mary Jones | 5,258 | 26.2 | +26.2 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 20,102 | 97.3 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 567 | 2.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,669 | 92.9 | |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |
1932 Victorian state election: Port Melbourne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | James Murphy | unopposed | | |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1920s

1929 Victorian state election: Port Melbourne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | James Murphy | 16,648 | 89.5 | -10.5 |
| | Communist | Thomas Le Huray | 1,962 | 10.5 | +10.5 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 18,610 | 96.7 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 637 | 3.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,247 | 90.4 | |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |
1927 Victorian state election: Port Melbourne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | James Murphy | unopposed | | |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | | |
1924 Victorian state election: Port Melbourne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | James Murphy | unopposed | | |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | | |
1921 Victorian state election: Port Melbourne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | James Murphy | unopposed | | |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | | |
1920 Victorian state election: Port Melbourne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | James Murphy | 7,062 | 67.9 | +13.6 |
| | Independent | Owen Sinclair | 3,337 | 32.1 | +10.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 10,399 | 98.6 | +1.7 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 151 | 1.4 | −1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,550 | 65.8 | +5.0 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Elections in the 1910s

1917 Victorian state election: Port Melbourne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | James Murphy | 5,242 | 54.3 |
| | Nationalist | James Crichton | 2,202 | 22.8 |
| | Independent Labor | Owen Sinclair | 2,134 | 22.1 |
| | Independent Labor | Henry Sanderson | 74 | 0.8 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 9,652 | 96.9 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 306 | 3.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,958 | 60.8 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | James Murphy | | 71.5 |
| | Nationalist | James Crichton | | 28.5 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
* Two party preferred vote was estimated.
1915 Port Melbourne state by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Owen Sinclair | unopposed | | |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | | |
1914 Victorian state election: Port Melbourne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | George Sangster | unopposed | | |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | | |
1911 Victorian state election: Port Melbourne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | George Sangster | 6,295 | 82.0 | N/A |
| | Independent Liberal | Reuben Kefford | 1,382 | 18.0 | +18.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 7,677 | 98.6 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 108 | 1.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,785 | 50.6 | |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |