Electoral results for the Melbourne Province

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

Members for Melbourne Province

Member 1 Party Year Member 2 Party Member 3 Party
  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

Elections in the 2000s

2002 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

1999 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province by-election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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.

1999 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
1996 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
1992 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

1988 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
1985 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
1982 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

1979 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
1976 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
1973 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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.
1972 Melbourne Province state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ivan Trayling unopposed
Labor hold Swing N/A
1970 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

1967 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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.
1964 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
1961 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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.
1960 Melbourne Province state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

1958 Victorian Legislative Council election: Melbourne Province[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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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