Electoral results for the district of Forest Hill

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

Members for Forest Hill

2018 Victorian state election: Forest Hill^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Neil Angus	16,970	48.61	−1.11
	Labor	Manoj Kumar	14,164	40.57	+5.37
	Greens	Naresh Bhalla	3,083	8.83	−0.08
	Independent	Claude Bai	696	1.99	+1.99
Total formal votes			34,913	95.44	−0.29
Informal votes			1,670	4.57	+0.29
Turnout			36,583	91.85	−2.17
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Neil Angus	17,858	51.15	−3.67
	Labor	Manoj Kumar	17,055	48.85	+3.67
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.67

2014 Victorian state election: Forest Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Neil Angus	18,340	49.7	+0.9
	Labor	Pauline Richards	12,984	35.2	−3.0
	Greens	Brewis Atkinson	3,289	8.9	+1.1
	Animal Justice	Kane Rogers	999	2.7	+2.7
	Christians	Lynne Maddison	561	1.5	+1.5
	Family First	Wendy Ross	508	1.4	−0.6
	Country Alliance	Melissa Trotter	211	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			36,892	95.7	−0.6
Informal votes			1,646	4.3	+0.6
Turnout			38,538	94.0	−1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Neil Angus	20,286	54.8	+1.3
	Labor	Pauline Richards	16,717	45.2	−1.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.3

2010 Victorian state election: Forest Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Neil Angus	16,043	48.62	+4.28
	Labor	Kirstie Marshall	12,796	38.78	−3.29
	Greens	Andrew Henley	2,501	7.58	−1.06
	Family First	Ivan Stratov	632	1.92	−3.03
	Sex Party	Daniel Irwin	614	1.86	+1.86
	Democratic Labor	James Fung	411	1.25	+1.25
Total formal votes			32,997	96.29	−0.09
Informal votes			1,271	3.71	+0.09
Turnout			34,268	94.11	−0.06
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Neil Angus	17,550	53.17	+3.94
	Labor	Kirstie Marshall	15,458	46.83	−3.94
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+3.94

2006 Victorian state election: Forest Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Neil Angus	14,757	44.34	+5.68
	Labor	Kirstie Marshall	14,002	42.07	−5.05
	Greens	Mick Kir	2,874	8.64	−0.27
	Family First	Stella Collins	1,648	4.95	+4.95
Total formal votes			33,281	96.38	−0.45
Informal votes			1,250	3.62	+0.45
Turnout			34,531	94.17	+0.03
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kirstie Marshall	16,920	50.82	−4.96
	Liberal	Neil Angus	16,375	49.18	+4.96
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.96

2002 Victorian state election: Forest Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kirstie Marshall	16,105	47.1	+4.9
	Liberal	Vasan Srinivasan	13,213	38.7	−16.7
	Greens	Adam Pepper	3,045	8.9	+8.9
	Independent	Noel Spurr	1,105	3.2	+3.2
	Independent	Rodney Campbell	708	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			34,176	96.8	−0.6
Informal votes			1,118	3.2	+0.6
Turnout			35,294	94.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kirstie Marshall	19,063	55.8	+12.0
	Liberal	Vasan Srinivasan	15,113	44.2	−12.0
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+12.0

1999 Victorian state election: Forest Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Richardson	17,583	55.9	−3.8
	Labor	Julie Buxton	12,895	41.0	+3.3
	Hope	Sandra Hardiman	1,000	3.2	+3.2
Total formal votes			31,478	97.5	−0.6
Informal votes			816	2.5	+0.6
Turnout			32,294	93.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Richardson	17,974	57.1	−3.4
	Labor	Julie Buxton	13,503	42.9	+3.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.4

1996 Victorian state election: Forest Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Richardson	18,637	59.6	−5.7
	Labor	David Finnerty	11,766	37.6	+3.0
	Natural Law	Deborah Shay	853	2.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			31,256	98.1	+2.1
Informal votes			608	1.9	−2.1
Turnout			31,864	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Richardson	18,793	60.5	−4.8
	Labor	David Finnerty	12,271	39.5	+4.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.8

1992 Victorian state election: Forest Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Richardson	19,989	65.3	+11.9
	Labor	Helen Zenkis	10,600	34.7	−11.9
Total formal votes			30,589	96.0	−0.2
Informal votes			1,287	4.0	+0.2
Turnout			31,876	95.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+11.9

1988 Victorian state election: Forest Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Richardson	14,557	52.88	−0.99
	Labor	John Madden	12,971	47.12	+0.99
Total formal votes			27,528	96.07	−1.48
Informal votes			1,127	3.93	+1.48
Turnout			28,655	93.81	−0.90
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.99

1985 Victorian state election: Forest Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Richardson	14,543	53.9	+7.2
	Labor	John Madden	12,452	46.1	+1.4
Total formal votes			26,995	97.5
Informal votes			679	2.5
Turnout			27,674	94.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.3

1982 Victorian state election: Forest Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Richardson	14,816	46.9	−3.4
	Labor	Anne Blackburn	14,286	45.2	+5.7
	Democrats	Ross Larson	2,476	7.8	−1.9
Total formal votes			31,578	98.2	+0.2
Informal votes			581	1.8	−0.2
Turnout			32,159	95.2	+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Richardson	15,842	50.2	−4.8
	Labor	Anne Blackburn	15,736	49.8	+4.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.8

1979 Victorian state election: Forest Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Richardson	14,745	50.3	−8.0
	Labor	Anne Blackburn	11,576	39.5	+3.1
	Democrats	John Goodall	2,841	9.7	+9.7
	Independent	Wilhelm Kapphan	177	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			29,339	98.0	−0.3
Informal votes			594	2.0	+0.3
Turnout			29,933	94.4	+0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Richardson	16,131	55.0	−8.1
	Labor	Anne Blackburn	13,208	45.0	+8.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	−8.1

1976 Victorian state election: Forest Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Richardson	16,065	58.3	+4.1
	Labor	Neville Gay	9,993	36.4	+2.0
	Democratic Labor	Francis Poole	1,388	5.1	−1.4
Total formal votes			27,446	98.3
Informal votes			470	1.7
Turnout			27,916	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Richardson	17,314	63.1	+0.9
	Labor	Neville Gay	10,132	36.9	−0.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.9

"Forest Hill District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2011.