Electoral results for the South Eastern Province (Victoria)
Appearance
This is a list of electoral results for the South Eastern Province in Victorian state elections.
Members for South Eastern Province
Member 1 | Party | Year | Member 2 | Party | Member 3 | Party | |||
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Frank Dobson | 1882 | James Buchanan | James Balfour | none | |||||
1884 | |||||||||
1886 | |||||||||
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1890 | |||||||||
1892 | |||||||||
1894 | |||||||||
James Campbell | 1895 | ||||||||
1896 | |||||||||
1898 | William Knox | ||||||||
1900 | |||||||||
1901 | Duncan McBryde | ||||||||
1902 | |||||||||
1904 | |||||||||
1907 | |||||||||
William Adamson | Liberal | 1910 | |||||||
1913 | |||||||||
1916 | |||||||||
Nationalist | 1917 | ||||||||
1919 | Alfred Chandler | Nationalist | |||||||
William Tyner | Nationalist | 1922 | |||||||
1925 | |||||||||
1928 | |||||||||
1931 | |||||||||
United Australia | 1931 | United Australia | |||||||
1934 | |||||||||
1935 | Gilbert Chandler | United Australia | |||||||
1937 | Charles Gartside | United Australia | |||||||
Cyril Isaac | United Australia | 1940 | |||||||
1943 | |||||||||
Liberal | 1945 | Liberal | |||||||
1946 | |||||||||
Liberal and Country | 1949 | Liberal and Country | |||||||
1949 | |||||||||
1952 | Electoral Reform | ||||||||
George Tilley | Labor | 1952 | |||||||
1955 | Charles Bridgford | Liberal and Country | |||||||
Bill Mair | Liberal and Country | 1958 | |||||||
1961 | Alan Hunt | Liberal and Country | |||||||
1964 | |||||||||
Ian Cathie | Labor | 1964 | |||||||
1965 | Liberal | ||||||||
1967 | |||||||||
Roy Ward | Liberal | 1970 | |||||||
1973 | |||||||||
1976 | |||||||||
1979 | |||||||||
1982 | |||||||||
1985 | |||||||||
Ken Smith | Liberal | 1988 | |||||||
1992 | Ron Bowden | Liberal | |||||||
1996 | |||||||||
1999 | |||||||||
Election results
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Ron Bowden | 70,597 | 52.6 | -4.0 | |
Labor | Michael Binney | 51,147 | 38.1 | +2.7 | |
Democrats | Richard Armstrong | 6,551 | 4.9 | 0.0 | |
Greens | Stuart Kingsford | 5,972 | 4.4 | +4.4 | |
Total formal votes | 134,267 | 97.2 | −0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 3,807 | 2.8 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 138,074 | 94.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Ron Bowden | 76,088 | 56.7 | -3.4 | |
Labor | Michael Binney | 58,148 | 43.3 | +3.4 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -3.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Ken Smith | 71,864 | 56.6 | -0.6 | |
Labor | Jude Perera | 45,005 | 35.4 | +2.0 | |
Democrats | Glen Maddock | 6,192 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
Democratic Labor | Pat Crea | 1,461 | 1.1 | -2.4 | |
Natural Law | Alan Shield | 1,422 | 1.1 | -4.8 | |
Independent | Bill McCluskey | 1,133 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
Total formal votes | 127,077 | 97.8 | +1.3 | ||
Informal votes | 2,846 | 2.2 | −1.3 | ||
Turnout | 129,923 | 94.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Ken Smith | 76,236 | 60.1 | -2.2 | |
Labor | Jude Perera | 50,660 | 39.9 | +2.2 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -2.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Ron Bowden | 66,314 | 57.1 | +3.4 | |
Labor | Chrys Abraham | 38,811 | 33.4 | -12.7 | |
Natural Law | Alan Shield | 6,830 | 5.9 | +5.9 | |
Democratic Labor | Patrick Crea | 4,178 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
Total formal votes | 116,133 | 96.5 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 4,187 | 3.5 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 120,320 | 95.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Ron Bowden | 72,223 | 62.3 | +8.5 | |
Labor | Chrys Abraham | 43,738 | 37.7 | -8.5 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +8.5 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Ken Smith | 70,536 | 54.8 | +1.6 | |
Labor | Denise Hassett | 58,245 | 45.2 | +4.7 | |
Total formal votes | 128,781 | 96.7 | −1.1 | ||
Informal votes | 4,375 | 3.3 | +1.1 | ||
Turnout | 133,156 | 93.1 | −0.6 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -1.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Alan Hunt | 60,266 | 53.2 | ||
Labor | Bora Eric | 45,784 | 40.5 | ||
Democrats | Irene Fisher | 7,117 | 6.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 113,167 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 2,567 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 115,734 | 93.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Alan Hunt | 63,713 | 56.3 | +2.7 | |
Labor | Bora Eric | 49,454 | 43.7 | -2.7 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Roy Ward | 43,307 | 44.1 | -2.1 | |
Labor | Bora Eric | 38,254 | 39.2 | +5.9 | |
National | Leslie Handley | 10,033 | 10.3 | -4.7 | |
Democrats | Harold Fraser | 5,913 | 6.1 | +0.6 | |
Total formal votes | 97,507 | 97.7 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 2,283 | 2.3 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 99,790 | 93.5 | +0.7 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Roy Ward | 53,932 | 55.3 | -6.2 | |
Labor | Bora Eric | 43,575 | 44.7 | +6.2 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -6.2 |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Alan Hunt | 40,278 | 46.1 | +0.5 | |
Labor | Norman Spencer | 29,065 | 33.3 | +4.3 | |
National | Donald McRae | 13,110 | 15.0 | -4.6 | |
Democrats | Stefan Taficsuk | 4,790 | 5.5 | +5.5 | |
Total formal votes | 87,243 | 97.5 | −0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 2,275 | 2.5 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 89,518 | 92.8 | +0.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Alan Hunt | 53,662 | 61.5 | -4.9 | |
Labor | Norman Spencer | 33,581 | 38.5 | +4.9 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -4.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Roy Ward | 35,254 | 45.6 | ||
Labor | Merton Ryan | 22,434 | 29.0 | ||
National | William Gleeson | 15,159 | 19.6 | ||
Democratic Labor | Noel Gleeson | 4,454 | 5.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 77,301 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 1,598 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 78,899 | 92.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Roy Ward | 51,347 | 66.4 | ||
Labor | Merton Ryan | 25,954 | 33.6 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Alan Hunt | 85,285 | 49.9 | +8.6 | |
Labor | David Bottomley | 74,070 | 43.3 | -3.5 | |
Democratic Labor | John Dougherty | 11,625 | 6.8 | -5.1 | |
Total formal votes | 170,980 | 96.7 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 5,813 | 3.3 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 176,793 | 93.7 | −1.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Alan Hunt | 93,819 | 54.9 | +4.0 | |
Labor | David Bottomley | 77,161 | 45.1 | -4.0 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Ian Cathie | 64,291 | 46.8 | +9.3 | |
Liberal | Roy Ward | 56,841 | 41.3 | -8.6 | |
Democratic Labor | John Launder | 16,362 | 11.9 | -0.7 | |
Total formal votes | 137,494 | 96.5 | −0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 4,970 | 3.5 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 142,464 | 94.9 | 0.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Roy Ward | 69,995 | 50.9 | -9.3 | |
Labor | Ian Cathie | 67,499 | 49.1 | +9.3 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -9.3 |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Alan Hunt | 58,302 | 49.9 | ||
Labor | Sydney Pargeter | 43,866 | 37.5 | ||
Democratic Labor | William Scantlebury | 14,752 | 12.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 116,920 | 96.7 | |||
Informal votes | 3,972 | 3.3 | |||
Turnout | 120,282 | 94.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Alan Hunt | 70,418 | 60.2 | ||
Labor | Sydney Pargeter | 46,502 | 39.8 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Ian Cathie | 56,983 | 46.6 | +8.6 | |
Liberal and Country | Leslie Payne | 42,552 | 34.8 | -13.9 | |
Country | Douglas Thompson | 11,478 | 9.4 | +9.4 | |
Democratic Labor | Thomas McDonald | 10,696 | 8.7 | -4.7 | |
Independent | F L Gray | 576 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Total formal votes | 122,285 | 97.8 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 2,774 | 2.2 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 125,059 | 90.2 | −3.9 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ian Cathie | 62,544 | 51.2 | +10.9 | |
Liberal and Country | Leslie Payne | 59,741 | 48.8 | -10.9 | |
Labor gain from Liberal and Country | Swing | +10.9 |
- This by-election was caused by the death of Bill Mair.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Bill Mair | 60,956 | 48.7 | +1.6 | |
Labor | Bruce Aitken | 47,546 | 38.0 | +0.4 | |
Democratic Labor | Martin Curry | 16,741 | 13.4 | -1.9 | |
Total formal votes | 125,243 | 97.5 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 3,169 | 2.5 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 128,412 | 94.1 | −0.6 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Bill Mair | 74,828 | 59.7 | -0.2 | |
Labor | Bruce Aitken | 50,415 | 40.3 | +0.2 | |
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | -0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Alan Hunt | 53,599 | 47.1 | -3.6 | |
Labor | Reginald Butler | 42,836 | 37.6 | +3.0 | |
Democratic Labor | Martin Curry | 17,442 | 15.3 | +0.5 | |
Total formal votes | 113,877 | 97.4 | −1.0 | ||
Informal votes | 3,064 | 2.6 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 116,941 | 94.7 | +2.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Alan Hunt | 68,216 | 59.9 | -3.4 | |
Labor | Reginald Butler | 45,661 | 40.1 | +3.4 | |
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | -3.4 |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Bill Mair | 51,103 | 50.7 | +0.9 | |
Labor | George Tilley | 34,896 | 34.6 | +34.6 | |
Democratic Labor | James Austin | 14,898 | 14.8 | -11.8 | |
Total formal votes | 100,897 | 98.4 | +0.9 | ||
Informal votes | 1,608 | 1.6 | −0.9 | ||
Turnout | 102,505 | 92.6 | +2.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Bill Mair | 63.3 | N/A | ||
Labor | George Tilley | 36.7 | N/A | ||
Liberal and Country gain from Labor | Swing | N/A |
- Two party preferred vote was estimated.
References
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