Electoral results for the Division of Bland
This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Bland in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1901 until its abolition in 1906.
Members
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Watson | Labor | 1901—1906 | |
Election results
Elections in the 1900s
| Australian federal election, 1903: Bland | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Chris Watson | 4,779 | 55.4 | -2.0 | |
| Free Trade | John Longmuir | 3,854 | 44.6 | +33.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 8,633 | 96.4 | |||
| Informal votes | 327 | 3.6 | |||
| Turnout | 8,960 | 43.0 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | -7.5 | |||
| Australian federal election, 1901: Bland | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Chris Watson | 4,132 | 57.4 | +57.4 | |
| Ind. Protectionist | Patrick Heffernan | 2,271 | 31.6 | +31.6 | |
| Free Trade | William Lucas | 792 | 11.0 | +11.0 | |
| Total formal votes | 7,195 | 97.6 | |||
| Informal votes | 175 | 2.4 | |||
| Turnout | 7,370 | 67.0 | |||
| Labour win | (new division) | ||||
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