Electoral results for the Melbourne Province
Appearance
This is a list of electoral results for the Melbourne Province in Victorian state elections.
Members for Melbourne Province
[edit]Member 1 | Party | Year | Member 2 | Party | Member 3 | Party | |||
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William Hearn | 1882 | James Lorimer | Cornelius Ham | ||||||
1884 | |||||||||
1886 | |||||||||
James Service | 1888 | ||||||||
1888 | Member 4 | Party | |||||||
1889 | George Coppin | ||||||||
1889 | Benjamin Benjamin | ||||||||
1890 | |||||||||
1892 | |||||||||
1892 | Robert Reid | ||||||||
1894 | |||||||||
1895 | Arthur Snowden | ||||||||
1896 | |||||||||
1898 | |||||||||
John Mark Davies | 1899 | ||||||||
1900 | |||||||||
1901 | |||||||||
1902 | |||||||||
1903 | William Cain | Non-Labor | |||||||
1904 | |||||||||
1907 | |||||||||
1910 | John McWhae | ||||||||
1913 | |||||||||
1916 | |||||||||
1917 | Nationalist | ||||||||
Henry Weedon | Nationalist | 1919 | |||||||
Henry Cohen | Nationalist | 1921 | |||||||
1921 | Herbert Smith | Nationalist | |||||||
1922 | |||||||||
1925 | |||||||||
1928 | |||||||||
1931 | |||||||||
United Australia | 1931 | United Australia | |||||||
1934 | |||||||||
1936 | George Wales | United Australia | |||||||
Daniel McNamara | Labor | 1937 | |||||||
1938 | Paul Jones | Labor | |||||||
1940 | William Beckett | Labor | |||||||
1943 | |||||||||
1946 | |||||||||
Fred Thomas | Labor | 1948 | |||||||
1949 | |||||||||
1952 | Patrick Sheehy | Labor | |||||||
1955 | Labor (A-C) | ||||||||
1955 | |||||||||
1958 | Jack O'Connell | Labor | |||||||
Doug Elliot | Labor | 1960 | |||||||
1961 | |||||||||
1964 | |||||||||
1967 | |||||||||
1970 | |||||||||
1972 | Ivan Trayling | Labor | |||||||
1973 | |||||||||
1976 | |||||||||
Evan Walker | Labor | 1979 | |||||||
1982 | Barry Pullen | Labor | |||||||
1985 | |||||||||
1988 | |||||||||
Doug Walpole | Labor | 1992 | |||||||
1996 | |||||||||
Gavin Jennings | Labor | 1999 | Glenyys Romanes | Labor | |||||
2002 |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Gavin Jennings | 61,810 | 48.7 | −6.7 | |
Greens | Robyn Evans | 31,481 | 24.8 | +24.8 | |
Liberal | Michael Christo | 30,771 | 24.2 | −10.0 | |
Democrats | Danii Coric | 2,878 | 2.3 | −8.0 | |
Total formal votes | 126,940 | 96.5 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 4,652 | 3.5 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 131,592 | 90.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Gavin Jennings | 67,059 | 52.8 | −10.6 | |
Greens | Robyn Evans | 59,881 | 47.2 | +47.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −10.6 |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Gavin Jennings | 69,811 | 53.3 | −1.6 | |
Liberal | Khiet Nguyen | 41,634 | 31.8 | −1.8 | |
Greens | Gurm Sekhon | 11,126 | 8.5 | +8.5 | |
Democrats | Brendan Sharp | 8,437 | 6.4 | −2.0 | |
Total formal votes | 131,008 | 95.9 | −1.0 | ||
Informal votes | 5,555 | 4.1 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 136,563 | 89.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Gavin Jennings | 82,617 | 63.1 | −0.7 | |
Liberal | Khiet Nguyen | 48,336 | 36.9 | +0.7 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −0.7 |
This election was caused by the vacancy following the resignation of Barry Pullen.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Glenyys Romanes | 73,484 | 56.0 | +1.1 | |
Liberal | Stuart McCraith | 44,220 | 33.7 | +0.2 | |
Democrats | Scott Handsaker | 13,517 | 10.3 | +1.9 | |
Total formal votes | 131,221 | 96.0 | −0.9 | ||
Informal votes | 5,460 | 4.0 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 136,681 | 89.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Glenyys Romanes | 83,865 | 63.9 | +0.1 | |
Liberal | Stuart McCraith | 47,313 | 36.1 | −0.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Barry Pullen | 70,215 | 54.9 | +3.2 | |
Liberal | Stuart McCraith | 42,862 | 33.5 | −2.1 | |
Democrats | Robert Stone | 10,766 | 8.4 | +1.4 | |
Democratic Labor | John Mulholland | 2,283 | 1.8 | −0.2 | |
Natural Law | Ngaire Mason | 1,701 | 1.3 | −2.3 | |
Total formal votes | 127,827 | 96.9 | +2.5 | ||
Informal votes | 4,097 | 3.1 | −2.5 | ||
Turnout | 131,924 | 90.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Barry Pullen | 81,343 | 63.8 | +4.9 | |
Liberal | Stuart McCraith | 46,128 | 36.2 | −4.9 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +4.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Doug Walpole | 60,570 | 51.7 | −13.6 | |
Liberal | John Miles | 41,684 | 35.6 | +0.9 | |
Democrats | Robert Stone | 8,197 | 7.0 | +7.0 | |
Natural Law | Ngaire Mason | 4,298 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
Democratic Labor | John Mulholland | 2,312 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
Total formal votes | 117,061 | 94.4 | +1.0 | ||
Informal votes | 6,890 | 5.6 | −1.0 | ||
Turnout | 123,951 | 92.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Doug Walpole | 68,723 | 58.9 | −6.4 | |
Liberal | John Miles | 48,016 | 41.1 | +6.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −6.4 |
Elections in the 1980s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Barry Pullen | 63,140 | 66.0 | +2.8 | |
Liberal | Katherine Edgar | 32,562 | 34.0 | +3.5 | |
Total formal votes | 95,702 | 93.4 | −2.0 | ||
Informal votes | 6,759 | 6.6 | +2.0 | ||
Turnout | 102,461 | 87.0 | −1.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Evan Walker | 65,653 | 63.2 | ||
Liberal | Vincent Volpe | 31,621 | 30.4 | ||
Democrats | Simon James | 6,560 | 6.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 103,834 | 95.4 | |||
Informal votes | 4,966 | 4.6 | |||
Turnout | 108,800 | 88.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Evan Walker | 68,946 | 66.4 | −4.5 | |
Liberal | Vincent Volpe | 34,888 | 33.6 | +4.5 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −4.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Barry Pullen | 55,348 | 61.2 | −1.3 | |
Liberal | Craig Baxter | 27,935 | 30.9 | −6.6 | |
Democrats | Stephen Duthy | 7,175 | 7.9 | +7.9 | |
Total formal votes | 90,458 | 95.5 | +0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 4,245 | 4.5 | −0.7 | ||
Turnout | 94,703 | 89.0 | +1.6 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Barry Pullen | 65.9 | +3.4 | ||
Liberal | Craig Baxter | 34.1 | −3.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +3.4 |
- Two party preferred vote was estimated.
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Evan Walker | 56,565 | 62.5 | +4.7 | |
Liberal | Bill Stanley | 33,917 | 37.5 | −4.7 | |
Total formal votes | 90,482 | 94.8 | −0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 4,946 | 5.2 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 95,428 | 87.4 | +1.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +4.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Ivan Trayling | 58,113 | 57.8 | ||
Liberal | Bryce McNair | 42,483 | 42.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 100,596 | 95.2 | |||
Informal votes | 5,119 | 4.8 | |||
Turnout | 105,715 | 85.8 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Doug Elliot | 54,457 | 55.8 | +5.2 | |
Liberal | John Walsh | 34,878 | 35.7 | +4.6 | |
Democratic Labor | Gordon Haberman | 8,299 | 8.5 | −9.8 | |
Total formal votes | 97.634 | 93.9 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 6,286 | 6.1 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 103,920 | 88.8 | −2.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Doug Elliot | 57.2 | +4.9 | ||
Liberal | John Walsh | 42.8 | −4.9 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +4.9 |
- Two party preferred vote was estimated.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ivan Trayling | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- This by-election was caused by the death of Jack O'Connell.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Jack O'Connell | 48,201 | 50.6 | −3.6 | |
Liberal | Norman Long | 29,617 | 31.1 | +2.2 | |
Democratic Labor | Gordon Haberman | 17,462 | 18.3 | +5.6 | |
Total formal votes | 95,280 | 93.4 | −0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 6,765 | 6.6 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 102,045 | 91.1 | +0.8 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Jack O'Connell | 52.3 | −5.3 | ||
Liberal | Norman Long | 47.7 | +5.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −5.3 |
- Two party preferred vote was estimated.
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Douglas Elliot | 54,443 | 54.2 | ||
Liberal | Norman Long | 29,000 | 28.9 | ||
Democratic Labor | Gordon Haberman | 12,749 | 12.7 | ||
Independent | Frederick Levin | 4,245 | 4.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 100,437 | 93.9 | |||
Informal votes | 6,511 | 6.1 | |||
Turnout | 106,948 | 90.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Douglas Elliot | 57.6 | |||
Liberal | Norman Long | 42.4 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
- Two party preferred was estimated.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Jack O'Connell | 20,211 | 57.4 | −3.0 | |
Liberal and Country | Donald Gibson | 8,647 | 24.6 | +5.8 | |
Democratic Labor | Leo Morrison | 6,362 | 18.1 | −2.6 | |
Total formal votes | 35,220 | 93.9 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 2,275 | 6.1 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 37,495 | 91.9 | +1.5 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Jack O'Connell | 59.2 | −4.1 | ||
Liberal and Country | Donald Gibson | 40.8 | +40.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Doug Elliot | 22,982 | 60.4 | −8.3 | |
Democratic Labor | Harold Powell | 7,884 | 20.7 | −10.6 | |
Liberal and Country | Reginald Cannon | 7,156 | 18.8 | +18.8 | |
Total formal votes | 38,022 | 93.5 | −3.0 | ||
Informal votes | 2,650 | 6.5 | +3.0 | ||
Turnout | 40,672 | 90.4 | +2.1 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Doug Elliot | 63.3 | −5.4 | ||
Democratic Labor | Harold Powell | 36.7 | +5.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −5.4 |
- Two party preferred vote was estimated.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Doug Elliot | 24,378 | 74.6 | +5.9 | |
Democratic Labor | Maurie Sheehy | 8,320 | 25.4 | −5.9 | |
Total formal votes | 32,698 | 96.2 | −0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 1,274 | 3.8 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 33,972 | 72.5 | −15.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +5.9 |
- This by-election was caused by the death of Fred Thomas.
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Jack O'Connell | 30,298 | 68.7 | +5.4 | |
Democratic Labor | Maurie Sheehy | 13,784 | 31.3 | −5.4 | |
Total formal votes | 44,082 | 96.5 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 1,603 | 3.5 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 45,685 | 88.3 | −0.7 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +5.4 |
- Maurie Sheehy was elected in 1952 as a member of Labor, then defected to the DLP in 1955.
References
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