Wimmera

1966

W.B.Bolton (Lib)		10139 (26.4%)
B.M.D'Elia (DLP)		3160 (8.2%) 
G.A.Jeffs (ALP)			10210 (26.6%)
R.S.King (CP)			14860 (38.7%)
Informal			858

After preferences:

W.B.Bolton (Lib)		19010 (49.6%)
R.S.King (CP)			19359 (50.4%)

Estimated 2-party vote: CP 70.4%, Lib 29.6%

1969

M.Bourke (Lib)			11015 (25.0%)
B.J.Brooke (ALP)		16534 (37.5%)
B.S.Cronin (DLP)		2851 (6.5%)
R.S.King (CP)			13632 (31.0%)
Informal			715

After preferences:

B.J.Brooke (ALP)		18501 (42.0%)
R.S.King (CP)			25531 (58.0%)

1972

B.J.Brooke (ALP)		18412 (42.1%)
R.F.Buckley (Ind)		1652 (3.8%)
R.J.Hawks (DLP)			3113 (7.1%)
R.S.King (CP)			20512 (46.9%)
Informal			422

After preferences:

B.J.Brooke (ALP)		19410 (44.4%)
R.S.King (CP)			24279 (55.6%)

1974

B.J.Brooke (ALP)		17338 (36.9%)
K.W.Dunn (DLP)			1804 (3.8%)
R.S.King (CP)			18306 (39.0%)
H.M.Mitchell (Lib)		9191 (19.6%)
K.A.Sullivan (AP)		331 (0.7%)
Informal			758

After preferences:

B.J.Brooke (ALP)		18031 (38.4%)
R.S.King (CP)			28939 (61.6%)

1975

B.J.Brooke (ALP)		16030 (33.4%)
R.S.King (Nat)			28275 (58.8%)
M.O.McOwan (DLP)		1762 (3.7%)
F.W.Petering (Ind)		1986 (4.1%)
Informal			649

Estimated two-party preferred: Nat 63.7%, ALP 36.3%

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