Electoral results for the district of Ripon

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

Members for Ripon

Victorian state election, 2014: Ripon^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Daniel McGlone	14,059	35.1	−3.7
	Liberal	Louise Staley	13,118	32.8	+4.2
	National	Scott Turner	7,342	18.3	−2.7
	Greens	Rod May	2,856	7.1	+1.2
	Family First	Danielle Fowler	897	2.2	−0.7
	Country Alliance	Trevor Domaschenz	495	1.2	−1.5
	Democratic Labour	Mitchell Lee	490	1.2	+1.2
	Rise Up Australia	Peter Mulcahy	448	1.1	+1.1
	Christians	Kevin Loiterton	352	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			40,057	93.6	−1.6
Informal votes			2,732	6.4	+1.6
Turnout			42,789	94.8	+1.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Louise Staley	20,329	50.8	−0.9
	Labor	Daniel McGlone	19,728	49.2	+0.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.9

Victorian state election, 2010: Ripon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joe Helper	14,169	42.06	−4.73
	Liberal	Vic Dunn	11,596	34.42	−0.84
	National	Wendy McIvor	3,850	11.43	+2.92
	Greens	Steve Morse	2,084	6.19	+0.23
	Country Alliance	Scott Watts	1,211	3.59	+3.59
	Family First	Jesse Boer	776	2.30	−1.18
Total formal votes			33,686	95.36	−0.94
Informal votes			1,640	4.64	+0.94
Turnout			35,326	93.90	−0.17
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Joe Helper	17,777	52.72	−1.63
	Liberal	Vic Dunn	15,940	47.28	+1.63
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.63

Victorian state election, 2006: Ripon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joe Helper	15,461	46.8	−5.6
	Liberal	Vic Dunn	11,650	35.3	+1.4
	National	Robyn Smith	2,811	8.5	+0.7
	Greens	Steven Morse	1,970	6.0	+1.2
	Family First	Leanne Rawson	1,149	3.5	+3.5
Total formal votes			33,041	96.3	−0.9
Informal votes			1,268	3.7	+0.9
Turnout			34,309	94.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Joe Helper	17,964	54.3	−3.1
	Liberal	Vic Dunn	15,090	45.7	+3.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.1

Victorian state election, 2002: Ripon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joe Helper	17,439	52.4	+3.1
	Liberal	Rob de Fegely	11,278	33.9	−9.5
	National	Kevin Erwin	2,588	7.8	+2.8
	Greens	Phil Millar	1,581	4.8	+4.6
	Independent	John McCallum	367	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			33,253	97.2	−0.3
Informal votes			967	2.8	+0.3
Turnout			34,220	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Joe Helper	19,097	57.4	+5.8
	Liberal	Rob de Fegely	14,155	42.6	−5.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.8

Victorian state election, 1999: Ripon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joe Helper	15,579	52.6	+8.8
	Liberal	Steve Elder	14,045	47.4	−5.0
Total formal votes			29,624	97.8	−0.5
Informal votes			668	2.2	+0.5
Turnout			30,292	95.5
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+7.2

Victorian state election, 1996: Ripon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Steve Elder	15,678	52.5	−1.2
	Labor	Hilary Hunt	13,098	43.8	+7.2
	Call to Australia	Kingston Eldridge	564	1.9	+1.9
	Natural Law	Martin Magee	548	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			29,888	98.3	+0.5
Informal votes			522	1.7	−0.5
Turnout			30,410	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Steve Elder	16,303	54.6	−2.5
	Labor	Hilary Hunt	13,567	45.4	+2.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.5

Victorian state election, 1992: Ripon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Steve Elder	16,028	53.7	−0.3
	Labor	Hilary Hunt	10,922	36.6	−6.7
	Independent	Gwenda Allgood	2,902	9.7	+9.7
Total formal votes			29,852	97.8	+0.0
Informal votes			664	2.2	−0.0
Turnout			30,516	96.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Steve Elder	17,057	57.1	+1.1
	Labor	Hilary Hunt	12,795	42.9	−1.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.1

Victorian state election, 1988: Ripon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tom Austin	16,120	56.90	+0.38
	Labor	John McQuilten	12,208	43.10	−0.38
Total formal votes			28,328	97.59	−0.66
Informal votes			699	2.41	+0.66
Turnout			29,027	94.62	−0.88
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.38

Victorian state election, 1985: Ripon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tom Austin	15,861	56.5	+2.1
	Labor	John McQuilten	12,204	43.5	−2.0
Total formal votes			28,065	98.2
Informal votes			501	1.8
Turnout			28,566	95.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.0

Victorian state election, 1982: Ripon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tom Austin	13,974	54.7	+7.8
	Labor	Ian Bryant	11,553	45.3	+2.7
Total formal votes			25,527	98.1	−0.1
Informal votes			485	1.9	+0.1
Turnout			26,012	95.2	−0.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.5

Victorian state election, 1979: Ripon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tom Austin	11,738	46.9	+8.7
	Labor	Alex Pope	10,664	42.6	+4.2
	National	Robert Peck	2,637	10.5	−10.0
Total formal votes			25,039	98.2	−0.3
Informal votes			446	1.8	+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tom Austin	13,819	55.2	−4.7
	Labor	Alex Pope	11,220	44.8	+4.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.7

Victorian state election, 1976: Ripon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alexander Pope	9,277	38.4	−9.0
	Liberal	Tom Austin	9,216	38.2	+4.8
	National	Rob Borbidge	4,941	20.5	+6.5
	Democratic Labor	Francis O'Brien	713	2.9	−2.3
Total formal votes			24,147	98.5
Informal votes			366	1.5
Turnout			24,513	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tom Austin	14,473	59.9	+10.3
	Labor	Alexander Pope	9,674	40.1	−10.3
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+10.3

Victorian state election, 1952: Ripon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernie Morton	8,726	59.9	+10.9
	Liberal and Country	Rutherford Guthrie	5,846	40.1	+0.6
Total formal votes			14,572	99.1	−0.5
Informal votes			133	0.9	+0.5
Turnout			14,705	95.5	−0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.4

Victorian state election, 1950: Ripon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernie Morton	6,991	49.0	+2.9
	Liberal and Country	Rutherford Guthrie	5,640	39.5	+9.7
	Country	Allan Vanstan	1,642	11.5	−12.6
Total formal votes			14,273	99.6	+0.1
Informal votes			50	0.4	−0.1
Turnout			14,323	95.8	−0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ernie Morton	7,351	51.5	+3.7
	Liberal and Country	Rutherford Guthrie	6,922	48.5	−3.7
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	+3.7

"Ripon District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 21 November 2011.