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Electoral results for the district of Knox

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

Members for Knox

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Member Party Term
  Steve Crabb Labor Party 1976–1992
  Hurtle Lupton Liberal Party 1992–2002

Election results

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Elections in the 1990s

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1999 Victorian state election: Knox[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Hurtle Lupton 20,481 56.0 -0.9
Labor Christopher Smith 14,684 40.1 -0.1
Democratic Labor Ken Wells 1,408 3.8 +3.8
Total formal votes 36,573 97.5 −0.5
Informal votes 943 2.5 +0.5
Turnout 37,516 94.3 −0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Hurtle Lupton 20,962 57.3 -0.6
Labor Christopher Smith 15,611 42.7 +0.6
Liberal hold Swing -0.6
1996 Victorian state election: Knox
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Hurtle Lupton 18,916 56.9 +6.7
Labor Christopher Smith 13,376 40.2 +3.8
Natural Law Leah Mandylas 951 2.9 +2.9
Total formal votes 33,243 98.0 +0.9
Informal votes 689 2.0 −0.9
Turnout 33,932 94.9 −1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Hurtle Lupton 19,234 57.9 +1.8
Labor Christopher Smith 13,981 42.1 -1.8
Liberal hold Swing +1.8
1992 Victorian state election: Knox
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Hurtle Lupton 15,281 50.2 +9.2
Labor Carolyn Hirsh 11,081 36.4 -16.6
Independent Peter Herbert 2,350 7.7 +7.7
Independent Bill Johnson 1,725 5.7 +5.7
Total formal votes 30,437 97.0 +0.7
Informal votes 926 3.0 −0.7
Turnout 31,363 95.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Hurtle Lupton 17,005 56.1 +11.1
Labor Carolyn Hirsh 13,292 43.9 -11.1
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +11.1

Elections in the 1980s

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1988 Victorian state election: Knox
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Steve Crabb 14,173 53.27 -6.05
Liberal Bruce Bingham 10,311 38.75 +1.84
Call to Australia Kenneth Morgan 1,077 4.05 +4.05
Independent Stephen Gillies 1,047 3.93 +3.93
Total formal votes 26,608 96.66 −1.21
Informal votes 918 3.34 +1.21
Turnout 27,526 93.45 −0.73
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Steve Crabb 14,896 55.99 -4.63
Liberal Bruce Bingham 11,709 44.01 +4.63
Labor hold Swing -4.63
1985 Victorian state election: Knox
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Steve Crabb 15,236 59.3 +1.2
Liberal Jill Hall 9,480 36.9 +1.9
Public Transport Thomas Tyrer 967 3.8 +3.8
Total formal votes 25,683 97.9
Informal votes 559 2.1
Turnout 26,242 94.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Steve Crabb 15,769 61.4 -0.7
Liberal Jill Hall 9,914 38.6 +0.7
Labor hold Swing -0.7
1982 Victorian state election: Knox
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Steve Crabb 18,071 57.2 +1.1
Liberal Peter Evans 11,272 35.7 -5.1
Democrats Dennis Ryan 2,237 7.1 +7.1
Total formal votes 31,580 98.1 +0.4
Informal votes 621 1.9 −0.4
Turnout 32,201 95.3 +0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Steve Crabb 19,357 61.3 +2.9
Liberal Peter Evans 12,223 38.7 -2.9
Labor hold Swing +2.9

Elections in the 1970s

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1979 Victorian state election: Knox
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Steve Crabb 16,187 56.1 +4.3
Liberal Gerald Ashman 11,772 40.8 -7.9
Independent Derek Kruse 922 3.2 +3.2
Total formal votes 28,881 97.7 +0.3
Informal votes 669 2.3 −0.3
Turnout 29,550 95.0 +2.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Steve Crabb 16,876 58.4 +7.1
Liberal Gerald Ashman 12,005 41.6 -7.1
Labor hold Swing +7.1
1976 Victorian state election: Knox
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Steve Crabb 13,573 51.3 +5.7
Liberal Bruce Fasham 12,874 48.7 +5.4
Total formal votes 26,447 97.4
Informal votes 717 2.6
Turnout 27,164 92.5
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +2.1

References

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  1. ^ Green, Antony. "1999 Victorian State Election Results" (PDF). ABC.