Electoral results for the district of Gisborne

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

Members for Gisborne

1999 Victorian state election: Gisborne^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rob Knowles	14,084	41.9	-13.8
	Labor	Jo Duncan	13,589	40.4	-0.4
	Independent	Deb Dunn	3,394	10.1	+10.1
	Democrats	Russell Mowatt	1,260	3.7	+3.7
	Greens	Lawrie Hall	678	2.0	+2.0
	Independent	George Reynolds	643	1.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			33,648	97.2	−0.9
Informal votes			981	2.8	+0.9
Turnout			34,629	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jo Duncan	17,371	51.6	+9.4
	Liberal	Rob Knowles	16,277	48.4	-9.4
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+9.4

1996 Victorian state election: Gisborne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tom Reynolds	17,630	55.7	-7.2
	Labor	Mark Ridgeway	12,918	40.8	+3.7
	Call to Australia	Frank Colosimo	667	2.1	+2.1
	Natural Law	Mark Brady	457	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			31,672	98.0	+0.9
Informal votes			631	2.0	−0.9
Turnout			32,303	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tom Reynolds	18,293	57.8	-5.1
	Labor	Mark Ridgeway	13,337	42.2	+5.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.1

1992 Victorian state election: Gisborne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tom Reynolds	18,478	62.9	+7.7
	Labor	Barry Rowe	10,905	37.1	-5.5
Total formal votes			29,383	97.1	−0.4
Informal votes			865	2.9	+0.4
Turnout			30,248	95.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.5

1988 Victorian state election: Gisborne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tom Reynolds	18,061	54.46	-3.06
	Labor	Eric Dearricott	13,964	42.11	-0.37
	Independent	Glenn Torney	1,138	3.43	+3.43
Total formal votes			33,163	97.46	−0.83
Informal votes			866	2.54	+0.83
Turnout			34,029	93.46	−1.28
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tom Reynolds	18,697	56.38	-1.14
	Labor	Eric Dearricott	14,466	43.62	+1.14
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.14

1985 Victorian state election: Gisborne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tom Reynolds	16,400	57.5	+10.5
	Labor	Douglas Bishop	12,114	42.5	-2.8
Total formal votes			28,514	98.3
Informal votes			495	1.7
Turnout			29,009	94.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.5

1982 Victorian state election: Gisborne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tom Reynolds	16,473	49.1	-2.9
	Labor	Philip Coman	15,921	47.4	-0.6
	Independent	Kottarammukallel Sebastian	1,189	3.5	+3.5
Total formal votes			33,583	98.4	+1.0
Informal votes			548	1.6	−1.0
Turnout			34,131	94.5	+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tom Reynolds	17,092	50.9	-1.1
	Labor	Philip Coman	16,491	49.1	+1.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.1

1979 Victorian state election: Gisborne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tom Reynolds	15,284	52.0	-0.5
	Labor	Ian Elliott	14,098	48.0	+13.4
Total formal votes			29,382	97.4	−0.9
Informal votes			774	2.6	+0.9
Turnout			30,156	94.2	+0.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-12.2

1976 Victorian state election: Gisborne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Athol Guy	13,159	52.5	+2.2
	Labor	George Beardsley	8,669	34.6	-1.7
	National	Robert Cooper	1,738	6.9	+3.0
	Democratic Labor	Richard McManus	1,484	5.9	-3.4
Total formal votes			25,050	98.3
Informal votes			439	1.7
Turnout			25,489	94.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Athol Guy	16,083	64.2	+2.3
	Labor	George Beardsley	8,967	35.8	-2.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.3

1973 Victorian state election: Gisborne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Athol Guy	14,810	47.2	0.0
	Labor	Ernest Jamieson	12,579	40.1	+2.0
	Democratic Labor	Maurice Flynn	2,736	8.7	-4.3
	Country	Peter Holzgrefe	1,258	4.0	+4.0
Total formal votes			31,383	97.7	+0.6
Informal votes			736	2.3	−0.6
Turnout			32,119	92.7	−1.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Athol Guy	18,243	58.1	-1.7
	Labor	Ernest Jamieson	13,140	41.9	+1.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.7

1971 Gisborne state by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernest Jamieson	9,386	41.6	+3.5
	Liberal	Athol Guy	8,262	36.6	-10.6
	Democratic Labor	Maurice Flynn	3,367	14.9	+1.9
	Independent Country	Peter Holzgrefe	1,540	6.8	+6.8
Total formal votes			22,555	97.9	+0.8
Informal votes			494	2.1	−0.8
Turnout			23,049	85.3	−9.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Athol Guy	12,363	54.8	-5.0
	Labor	Ernest Jamieson	10,192	45.2	+5.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.0

1970 Victorian state election: Gisborne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Julian Doyle	10,473	47.2	+5.0
	Labor	Robert Harrison	8,457	38.1	+8.6
	Democratic Labor	Raymond Studham	2,885	13.0	-3.4
	Independent	Roy Hartley	389	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			22,204	97.1	+2.2
Informal votes			658	2.9	−2.2
Turnout			22,862	94.6	+1.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Julian Doyle	13,282	59.8	-5.4
	Labor	Robert Harrison	8,922	40.2	+5.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.4

1967 Victorian state election: Gisborne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Julian Doyle	7,398	42.2	+1.1
	Labor	Michael Nolan	5,166	29.5	-5.8
	Democratic Labor	John McMahon	2,872	16.4	-4.2
	Country	George Duncan	1,847	10.5	+10.5
	Independent	Peter Hatherley	61	0.4	+0.4
	Independent	Derek Hobler	52	0.3	+0.3
	Independent	Jeffrey Hatswell	49	0.3	+0.3
	Independent	Warren Nicol	46	0.3	+0.3
	Independent	Peter Kensett	25	0.1	+0.1
Total formal votes			17,516	94.9
Informal votes			948	5.1
Turnout			18,464	92.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Julian Doyle	11,422	65.2	+3.4
	Labor	Michael Nolan	6,094	34.8	-3.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.4