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This is a list of electoral results for the Western Province in Victorian state elections.

Members for Western Province

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Member 1 Party Year Member 2 Party Member 3 Party Member 4 Party Member 5 Party
  Stephen Henty   1856   Charles Vaughan     James Palmer     Andrew Cruikshank     Daniel Tierney  
1858   Henry Miller  
1858
1859   Niel Black  
1860
1862
1864   Charles Sladen  
1864
1866   James Strachan  
1866
1868   Robert Simson  
1870   Thomas McKellar  
  William Skene   1870
1872
1874   Thomas Bromell  
1875   Samuel Wilson  
  Charles Sladen   1876
1878   William Ross  
1880   Robert Simson  
1880
1881   Thomas Cumming  
  Nathan Thornley   1882  
1884
1886
1888   Samuel Cooke  
1888   Agar Wynne  
1890
1892
1894
1896
1898
1900
1901   Walter Manifold  
1902
  Robert Ritchie   1903
1903   Alexander MacLeod  
1904  
  Edward White   1907
1910
1913
1916
  Nationalist 1917   Nationalist
1919
1922
1924   Marcus Saltau Nationalist
1925
1928
  William Williamson Independent 1931
1931   United Australia
1934
  Leonard Rodda[r] Country 1937
1940   Robert Rankin Country
1943
  Leonard Rodda Country 1943
1945
1946
  Hugh MacLeod Independent 1946
  Liberal and Country 1949   Liberal and Country
1949
  Electoral Reform 1952
1952   David Arnott Labor
  Ronald Mack Liberal and Country 1955
1958   Kenneth Gross Liberal and Country
1961
1964
  Liberal 1965   Liberal
1967
  Clive Mitchell Country 1968
1970
  Digby Crozier Liberal 1973
1976   Bruce Chamberlain Liberal
1979
1982
  Roger Hallam National 1985
1988
1992
1996
1999
  David Koch Liberal 2002   John Vogels Liberal
[r] Rodda resigned in July 1943, re-elected in October 1943

Election results

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Elections in the 2000s

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2002 Victorian state election: Western by-election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Koch 46,321 38.8 +38.8
Labor Stephen Clegg 40,984 34.3 −0.7
National David Miller 21,263 17.8 −41.7
Greens Sally-Anne Brown 10,973 9.2 +9.2
Total formal votes 119,541 96.7 −1.1
Informal votes 4,019 3.3 +1.1
Turnout 123,560 94.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal David Koch 66,953 56.0 +56.0
Labor Stephen Clegg 52,588 44.0 +5.9
Liberal gain from National Swing N/A

This election followed the vacancy caused by the resignation of Roger Hallam, who resigned. The by-election was conducted on the same day as the 2002 election, but used the old electoral boundaries.

2002 Victorian state election: Western Province[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Vogels 56,497 40.0 +32.5
Labor Lesley Jackson 54,815 38.8 +0.8
National Greg Walcott 20,142 14.3 −34.9
Greens Viola Spokes 9,823 7.0 +7.0
Total formal votes 141,277 96.8 −0.8
Informal votes 4,611 3.2 +0.8
Turnout 145,888 94.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Vogels 76,772 54.3 −4.7
Labor Lesley Jackson 64,505 45.7 +4.7
Liberal hold Swing −4.7

Elections in the 1990s

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1999 Victorian state election: Western Province[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Roger Hallam 71,778 59.5 +59.5
Labor Peter Mitchell 42,151 35.0 +4.4
Reform Leigh McDonald 6,617 5.5 +5.5
Total formal votes 120,546 97.8 −0.4
Informal votes 2,737 2.2 +0.4
Turnout 123,283 95.4
Two-party-preferred result
National Roger Hallam 74,660 61.9 +61.9
Labor Peter Mitchell 45,884 38.1 +2.8
National hold Swing +61.9
1996 Victorian state election: Western Province[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bruce Chamberlain 73,811 60.5 +60.5
Labor Elizabeth Wilson 37,351 30.6 +3.2
Democrats Don Anderson 8,085 6.6 +6.6
Democratic Labor Christine Dodd 2,837 2.3 −2.8
Total formal votes 122,084 98.2 +0.9
Informal votes 2,276 1.8 −0.9
Turnout 124,360 95.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bruce Chamberlain 78,769 64.7 −6.0
Labor Elizabeth Wilson 42,897 35.3 +6.0
Liberal hold Swing −6.0
1992 Victorian state election: Western Province[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Roger Hallam 82,017 67.6 +45.9
Labor David Broderick 33,198 27.3 −0.7
Democratic Labor Christine Dodd 6,186 5.1 +5.1
Total formal votes 121,401 97.2 −0.7
Informal votes 3,461 2.8 +0.7
Turnout 124,862 96.6
Two-party-preferred result
National Roger Hallam 85,770 70.7 +70.7
Labor David Broderick 35,590 29.3 −2.0
National hold Swing +2.0

Elections in the 1980s

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1988 Victorian state election: Western Province[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bruce Chamberlain 53,370 48.1 +6.8
Labor Kevin Watt 29,988 27.0 −0.6
National James Saunders 25,289 22.8 −8.3
Independent Julie Jennings 2,345 2.1 +2.1
Total formal votes 110,992 98.0 −0.4
Informal votes 2,253 2.0 +0.4
Turnout 113,245 94.7 −0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bruce Chamberlain 77,111 69.5 +24.2
Labor Kevin Watt 33,870 30.5 +30.5
Liberal hold Swing N/A
1985 Victorian state election: Western Province[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Wyld 45,393 41.3
National Roger Hallam 34,157 31.1
Labor Brian Clarke 30,335 27.6
Total formal votes 109,885 98.4
Informal votes 1,802 1.6
Turnout 111,687 95.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
National Roger Hallam 60,064 54.7
Liberal Henry Wyld 49,821 45.3
National gain from Liberal Swing N/A
1982 Victorian state election: Western Province[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bruce Chamberlain 49,661 62.6 +11.9
Labor Allan Sargent 29,618 37.4 +3.8
Total formal votes 79,279 98.1 +0.2
Informal votes 1,545 1.9 −0.2
Turnout 80,824 95.2 0.0
Liberal hold Swing −1.4

Elections in the 1970s

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1979 Victorian state election: Western Province[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Digby Crozier 39,262 50.8 +3.4
Labor Henry Birrell 25,969 33.6 +4.0
National Clive Mitchell 12,126 15.7 −7.3
Total formal votes 77,357 97.9 −0.5
Informal votes 1,640 2.1 +0.5
Turnout 78,997 95.2 0.0
Liberal hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1976 Victorian state election: Western Province[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bruce Chamberlain 36,209 47.4
Labor Thomas Windsor 22,600 29.6
National Linden Cameron 17,548 23.0
Total formal votes 76,357 98.4
Informal votes 1,277 1.6
Turnout 77,634 95.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bruce Chamberlain 52,214 68.4
Labor Thomas Windsor 24,143 31.6
Liberal hold Swing
1973 Victorian state election: Western Province[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Digby Crozier 23,061 37.8 +3.8
Labor Donald Grossman 19,404 31.8 +0.2
Country Clive Mitchell 12,725 20.8 +0.6
Democratic Labor Alan Beattie 5,898 9.7 −4.5
Total formal votes 61,088 97.8 +0.1
Informal votes 1,396 2.2 −0.1
Turnout 62,484 95.9 −0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Digby Crozier 38,562 63.1 +8.2
Labor Donald Grossman 22,526 36.9 −8.2
Liberal gain from Country Swing N/A
1970 Victorian state election: Western Province[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Kenneth Gross 19,372 34.0 −3.1
Labor Thomas Windsor 18,039 31.6 +4.8
Country Linden Cameron 11,517 20.2 −2.2
Democratic Labor Alan Beattie 8,081 14.2 +0.5
Total formal votes 57,009 97.7 +0.2
Informal votes 1,320 2.3 −0.2
Turnout 58,329 96.8 +0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Kenneth Gross 31,271 54.9 −4.6
Labor Thomas Windsor 25,738 45.1 +4.6
Liberal hold Swing −4.6

Elections in the 1960s

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1968 Western Province state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Digby Crozier 15,881 28.9 −8.2
Labor T C Windsor 15,216 27.7 +0.9
Country Clive Mitchell 13,497 24.5 +2.1
Democratic Labor Alan Beattie 6,539 11.9 −1.8
Independent Malcolm Gladman 3,873 7.0 +7.0
Total formal votes 55,006 98.6 +1.1
Informal votes 761 1.4 −1.1
Turnout 55,767 93.4 −3.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Clive Mitchell 32,335 58.8 +58.8
Liberal Digby Crozier 22,671 41.2 −18.4
Country gain from Liberal Swing N/A
  • This by-election was caused by the death of Ronald Mack.
1967 Victorian state election: Western Province[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ronald Mack 20,600 37.1
Labor Edward Lewis 14,865 26.8
Country Linden Cameron 12,431 22.4
Democratic Labor Alan Beattie 7,626 13.7
Total formal votes 55,522 97.5
Informal votes 1,433 2.5
Turnout 56,955 96.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ronald Mack 33,094 59.6
Labor Edward Lewis 22,428 40.4
Liberal hold Swing
1964 Victorian state election: Western Province[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Kenneth Gross 19,700 36.2 −8.7
Labor Bill Lewis 15,521 28.5 −10.4
Country Linden Cameron 12,366 22.7 +22.7
Democratic Labor Johannes Smoes 6,809 12.5 −3.7
Total formal votes 54,396 98.2 −0.2
Informal votes 975 1.8 +0.2
Turnout 55,371 96.1 −0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Kenneth Gross 36,117 66.4 +7.1
Labor Bill Lewis 18,279 33.6 −7.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing +7.1
1961 Victorian state election: Western Province[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Ronald Mack 24,168 44.9 −2.3
Labor James McIntyre 20,909 38.9 −0.6
Democratic Labor Geoffrey White 8,727 16.2 +2.9
Total formal votes 53,804 98.4 −0.8
Informal votes 861 1.6 +0.8
Turnout 54,665 96.4 +0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Ronald Mack 31,894 59.3 +1.6
Labor James McIntyre 21,910 40.7 −1.6
Liberal and Country hold Swing +1.6

Elections in the 1950s

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1958 Victorian Legislative Council election: Western Province[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Kenneth Gross 25,004 47.2 −1.6
Labor David Arnott 20,917 39.5 +8.6
Democratic Labor James Eveston 7,047 13.3 +2.1
Total formal votes 52,968 99.2 +0.3
Informal votes 441 0.8 −0.3
Turnout 53,409 95.5 +4.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Kenneth Gross 30,563 57.7 −8.9
Labor David Arnott 22,405 42.3 +8.9
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing −8.9

References

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  1. ^ Green, Antony. "2002 Victorian state election" (PDF).
  2. ^ Green, Antony. "2002 Victorian state election" (PDF).
  3. ^ Green, Antony. "1999 Victorian state election" (PDF).
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "1996 Victorian state election" (PDF).
  5. ^ Green, Antony. "1992 Victorian state election" (PDF).
  6. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1988". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  7. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1985". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  8. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1982". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  9. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1979". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  10. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1976". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  11. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1973". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  12. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1970". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  13. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1967". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  14. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1964". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  15. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1961". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  16. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1958". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
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