Electoral results for the Geelong Province
Appearance
This is a list of electoral results for the Geelong Province in Victorian state elections.
Members for Geelong Province
[edit]Member 1 | Party | Year | ||||
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Glyn Jenkins | Liberal | 1976 | Member 2 | Party | ||
1979 | Rod Mackenzie | Labor | ||||
David Henshaw | Labor | 1982 | ||||
1985 | ||||||
1987 | Independent | |||||
1988 | ||||||
1992 | Bill Hartigan | Liberal | ||||
Ian Cover | Liberal | 1996 | ||||
1999 | Elaine Carbines | Labor | ||||
John Eren | Labor | 2002 |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Eren | 72,683 | 51.2 | +5.7 | |
Liberal | Ian Cover | 51,059 | 36.0 | −9.2 | |
Greens | Bruce Murray | 11,904 | 8.4 | +4.3 | |
Democrats | Erica Menheere-Thompson | 3,255 | 2.3 | −2.9 | |
Christian Democrats | Alan Barron | 1,826 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
Independent | Val Nicholls | 1,144 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Total formal votes | 141,871 | 97.0 | −0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 4,395 | 3.0 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 146,266 | 94.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | John Eren | 86,253 | 60.8 | +8.8 | |
Liberal | Ian Cover | 55,564 | 39.2 | −8.8 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +8.8 |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Bill Hartigan | 58,390 | 45.7 | −5.5 | |
Labor | Elaine Carbines | 57,389 | 44.9 | +1.6 | |
Democrats | Robyn Hodge | 6,540 | 5.1 | +0.6 | |
Greens | Adrian Whitehead | 5,568 | 4.4 | +4.4 | |
Total formal votes | 127,887 | 97.4 | −0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 3,350 | 2.6 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 131,237 | 94.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Elaine Carbines | 65,790 | 51.4 | +4.7 | |
Liberal | Bill Hartigan | 62,097 | 48.6 | −4.7 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ian Cover | 63,930 | 51.2 | +6.7 | |
Labor | Carole Marple | 54,008 | 43.3 | +3.3 | |
Democrats | Gerald Desmarais | 5,599 | 4.5 | +4.5 | |
Democratic Labor | Bill Verhoef | 1,332 | 1.1 | −0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 124,869 | 97.8 | +1.3 | ||
Informal votes | 2,852 | 2.2 | −1.3 | ||
Turnout | 127,721 | 95.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Ian Cover | 66,366 | 53.3 | +0.1 | |
Labor | Carole Marple | 58,143 | 46.7 | −0.1 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Bill Hartigan | 52,698 | 44.5 | +2.0 | |
Labor | Jan Alen | 47,263 | 39.9 | −8.6 | |
Geelong Community | Rod Mackenzie | 14,586 | 12.3 | +12.3 | |
Call to Australia | Ian Winter | 2,168 | 1.8 | −3.0 | |
Democratic Labor | Paul Cahill | 1,713 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
Total formal votes | 118,428 | 96.5 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 4,318 | 3.5 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 122,746 | 95.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Bill Hartigan | 62,863 | 53.2 | +4.3 | |
Labor | Jan Alen | 55,346 | 46.8 | −4.3 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +4.3 |
Elections in the 1980s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | David Henshaw | 54,291 | 48.4 | −4.7 | |
Liberal | John Lucas | 47,838 | 42.7 | +0.9 | |
Call to Australia | Dirk Terpstra | 5,363 | 4.8 | +4.8 | |
Independent | James Jordan | 4,623 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
Total formal votes | 112,115 | 96.5 | −1.0 | ||
Informal votes | 4,108 | 3.5 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 116,223 | 93.1 | −1.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | David Henshaw | 57,218 | 51.1 | −4.6 | |
Liberal | John Lucas | 54,857 | 48.9 | +4.6 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −4.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Rod Mackenzie | 58,009 | 53.1 | ||
Liberal | Joss Manders | 45,661 | 41.8 | ||
Democrats | Laurence Levy | 5,604 | 5.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 109,274 | 97.5 | |||
Informal votes | 2,796 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 112,070 | 94.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Rod Mackenzie | 60,867 | 55.7 | −1.1 | |
Liberal | Joss Manders | 48,407 | 44.3 | +1.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | David Henshaw | 48,457 | 55.7 | +6.7 | |
Liberal | Glyn Jenkins | 35,872 | 41.2 | −5.9 | |
Democratic Labor | Michael O'Keefe | 2,711 | 3.1 | −0.8 | |
Total formal votes | 87,040 | 97.2 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 2,458 | 2.8 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 89,498 | 94.5 | +0.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | David Henshaw | 56.5 | +5.6 | ||
Liberal | Glyn Jenkins | 43.5 | −5.6 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.6 |
- Two party preferred vote was estimated.
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Rod Mackenzie | 40,564 | 49.0 | +1.5 | |
Liberal | Gordon Hall | 39,047 | 47.2 | −5.3 | |
Democratic Labor | James Jordan | 3,212 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
Total formal votes | 82,823 | 97.0 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 2,586 | 3.0 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 85,409 | 94.2 | −1.5 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Rod Mackenzie | 42,133 | 50.9 | +3.4 | |
Liberal | Gordon Hall | 40,690 | 49.1 | −3.4 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Glyn Jenkins | 41,401 | 52.5 | ||
Labor | Rod Mackenzie | 37,413 | 47.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 78,814 | 96.9 | |||
Informal votes | 2,544 | 3.1 | |||
Turnout | 81,358 | 95.7 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
References
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