Electoral results for the Higinbotham Province

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

Members for Higinbotham Province

Member 1 Party Year
  James Kennedy United Australia 1937 Member 2 Party
1940   James Disney United Australia
1943
  Liberal 1945   Liberal
1946   Arthur Warner Liberal
  Liberal and Country 1949   Liberal and Country
1949
1952
  Lindsay Thompson Liberal and Country 1954
1955
1958
1961
1964   Baron Snider Liberal and Country
  Liberal 1965   Liberal
1967   Murray Hamilton Liberal
  William Fry Liberal 1967
1970
1973
1976
  Robert Lawson Liberal 1979
1982   Geoffrey Connard Liberal
1985
1988
  Chris Strong Liberal 1992
1996   John Ross Liberal
1999
2002   Noel Pullen Labor

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

2002 Victorian state election: Higinbotham Province[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Michael Heffernan 60,580 45.7 −10.1
Labor Noel Pullen 52,445 39.6 +36.9
Greens Tony McDermott 16,451 12.4 +12.4
Democrats Derek Wilson 2,952 2.2 −39.1
Total formal votes 132,428 97.2 +0.3
Informal votes 3,845 2.8 −0.3
Turnout 136,273 92.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Noel Pullen 66,711 50.4 +6.5
Liberal Michael Heffernan 65,717 49.6 −6.5
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +6.5

Elections in the 1990s

1999 Victorian state election: Higinbotham Province[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Chris Strong 69,024 56.4 −0.4
Democrats Craig Tucker 53,414 43.6 +35.8
Total formal votes 122,438 96.9 −1.0
Informal votes 3,892 3.1 +1.0
Turnout 126,330 92.8
Liberal hold Swing −4.4
1996 Victorian state election: Higinbotham Province[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Ross 69,727 56.7 −5.3
Labor Ken Wilson 42,032 34.2 +3.2
Democrats Diane Barry 9,655 7.9 +7.9
Democratic Labor Gail King 1,507 1.2 −1.5
Total formal votes 122,921 98.0 +1.6
Informal votes 2,549 2.0 −1.6
Turnout 125,470 94.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Ross 74,580 60.8 −3.9
Labor Ken Wilson 48,149 39.2 +3.9
Liberal hold Swing −3.9
1992 Victorian state election: Higinbotham Province[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Chris Strong 74,382 62.0 +7.2
Labor Thomas Hickie 37,182 31.0 −13.5
Natural Law Edward Havard 5,088 4.2 +4.2
Democratic Labor Gail de Rozario 3,288 2.7 +2.7
Total formal votes 119,940 96.4 −0.1
Informal votes 4,488 3.6 +0.1
Turnout 124,428 94.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Chris Strong 77,462 64.7 +9.5
Labor Thomas Hickie 42,345 35.3 −9.5
Liberal hold Swing +9.5

Elections in the 1980s

1988 Victorian state election: Higinbotham Province[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Geoffrey Connard 58,905 57.1 +4.7
Labor Kevin McCosh 44,283 42.9 +1.7
Total formal votes 103,188 96.3 −0.9
Informal votes 4,011 3.7 +0.9
Turnout 107,199 91.6 −0.8
Liberal hold Swing +1.5
1985 Victorian state election: Higinbotham Province[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Lawson 57,733 52.4
Labor Denis Oakley 45,329 41.2
Democrats Anton Hermann 7,039 6.4
Total formal votes 110,101 97.3
Informal votes 3,113 2.7
Turnout 113,214 92.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Robert Lawson 61,216 55.6 +2.3
Labor Denis Oakley 48,885 44.4 −2.3
Liberal hold Swing +2.3
1982 Victorian state election: Higinbotham Province[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Geoffrey Connard 49,967 49.2 −5.5
Labor Geoffrey Fleming 43,674 43.0 −2.3
Democrats Barry Preston 7,821 7.7 +7.7
Total formal votes 101,462 97.6 +0.4
Informal votes 2,454 2.4 −0.4
Turnout 103,916 94.5 +1.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Geoffrey Connard 53,012 52.3 −2.4
Labor Geoffrey Fleming 48,450 47.7 +2.4
Liberal hold Swing −2.4

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: Higinbotham Province[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Lawson 55,703 54.7 −7.3
Labor Geoffrey Fleming 46,031 45.3 +7.3
Total formal votes 101,734 97.2 −0.4
Informal votes 2,961 2.8 +0.4
Turnout 104,695 93.4 +0.5
Liberal hold Swing −7.3
1976 Victorian state election: Higinbotham Province[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Murray Hamilton 65,031 63.1
Labor Russell Shearn 39,696 37.9
Total formal votes 104,727 97.6
Informal votes 2,566 2.4
Turnout 107,293 92.9
Liberal hold Swing
1973 Victorian state election: Higinbotham Province[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Fry 68,273 55.6 +8.1
Labor Henry Woodley 44,792 36.5 −3.2
Democratic Labor Frederick Skinner 9,631 7.9 −4.9
Total formal votes 122,696 97.2 +0.2
Informal votes 3,524 2.8 −0.2
Turnout 126,220 93.6 −0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal William Fry 62.7 +3.6
Labor Henry Woodley 37.3 −3.6
Liberal hold Swing +3.6
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.
1970 Victorian state election: Higinbotham Province[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Murray Hamilton 53,258 47.5 −5.7
Labor Anthony Balmer 44,599 39.7 +6.3
Democratic Labor Frederick Skinner 14,378 12.8 −0.6
Total formal votes 112,235 97.0 −0.2
Informal votes 3,479 3.0 +0.2
Turnout 115,714 94.5 +0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Murray Hamilton 66,302 59.1 −6.2
Labor Anthony Balmer 45,933 40.9 +6.2
Liberal hold Swing −6.2

Elections in the 1960s

1967 Victorian state election: Higinbotham Province[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Fry 57,385 53.2
Labor Anthony Scarcella 36,071 33.4
Democratic Labor Ian Radnell 14,395 13.4
Total formal votes 107,851 97.2
Informal votes 3,119 2.8
Turnout 110,970 94.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal William Fry 65.3
Labor Anthony Scarcella 34.7
Liberal hold Swing
1967 Higinbotham Province state by-election[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Murray Hamilton 61,179 59.2 +6.2
Labor Edward Benjamin 39,254 38.0 +3.9
Independent Leslie Payne 2,946 2.9 +2.9
Total formal votes 103,379 98.4 +0.8
Informal votes 1,645 1.6 −0.8
Turnout 105,024 82.6 −11.0
Liberal and Country hold Swing N/A
  • This by-election was caused by the death of Baron Snider. Preferences were not distributed.
1964 Victorian state election: Higinbotham Province[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Baron Snider 59,791 53.0 +0.9
Labor Colin Campbell 38,474 34.1 +4.0
Democratic Labor Francis Sampson 14,635 13.0 −4.9
Total formal votes 112,900 97.6 +0.1
Informal votes 2,752 2.4 −0.1
Turnout 115,652 93.6 −0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Baron Snider 64.7 −1.7
Labor Colin Campbell 35.3 +1.7
Liberal and Country hold Swing −1.7
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.
1961 Victorian state election: Higinbotham Province[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Lindsay Thompson 57,948 52.1 −7.2
Labor Eric Perryman 33,471 30.1 −4.8
Democratic Labor Henry Moore 19,871 17.9 +17.9
Total formal votes 111,290 97.5 −0.7
Informal votes 2,885 2.5 +0.7
Turnout 114,175 94.1 +2.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Lindsay Thompson 66.4 +4.1
Labor Eric Perryman 33.6 −4.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing +4.1
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Elections in the 1950s

1958 Victorian Legislative Council election: Higinbotham Province[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Arthur Warner 64,984 59.3 −40.7
Labor Genevieve Mann 38,174 34.9 +34.9
Independent Grace Stratton 6,345 5.9 +5.9
Total formal votes 109,503 98.2
Informal votes 2,035 1.8
Turnout 111,538 92.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Arthur Warner 62.3
Labor Genevieve Mann 37.7
Liberal and Country hold Swing N/A
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.

References

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