Electoral results for the district of Benalla

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

Members for Benalla

Member Party Term
  John Carlisle Comm Liberal 1904–1917
  Economy 1917–1918
  Nationalist 1918–1920
  Farmers Union 1920–1920
  Country 1920-1926
  Independent 1926–1927
  Edward Cleary Country 1927–1930
  Country Progressive 1930–1936
  Frederick Cook Independent 1936–1939
  Liberal Country 1939–1943
  Country 1943–1961
  Tom Trewin Country 1961–1975
National Country 1975–1982
  Pat McNamara National 1982–2000
  Denise Allen Labor 2000–2002
  Bill Sykes National 2002–2014

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

2010 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Bill Sykes 21,072 63.28 +21.15
Labor Rowena Allen 6,124 18.39 −6.81
Greens Kammy Cordner Hunt 2,756 8.28 +1.18
Country Alliance Rochelle Hunt 2,546 7.65 +7.65
Independent Nicholas Williams 804 2.41 +2.41
Total formal votes 33,302 95.97 −0.50
Informal votes 1,398 4.03 +0.50
Turnout 34,700 93.82 +0.67
Two-party-preferred result
National Bill Sykes 24,354 73.06 +5.55
Labor Rowena Allen 8,978 26.94 −5.55
National hold Swing +5.55

Elections in the 2000s

2006 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Bill Sykes 13,533 42.1 +15.6
Labor Rob Mitchell 8,094 25.2 −16.1
Liberal Hamish McMillan 7,396 23.0 −3.1
Greens Kammy Cordner Hunt 2,282 7.1 +0.9
Family First James A. Rainey 819 2.5 +2.5
Total formal votes 32,124 96.4 −1.2
Informal votes 1,211 3.6 +1.2
Turnout 33,335 93.1
Two-party-preferred result
National Bill Sykes 21,687 67.5 +15.5
Labor Rob Mitchell 10,437 32.5 −15.5
National hold Swing +15.5
2002 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Denise Allen 13,129 41.3 −1.8
National Bill Sykes 8,414 26.5 −26.3
Liberal Andrew Dwyer 8,306 26.1 +22.3
Greens Peter Stewart 1,961 6.2 +6.1
Total formal votes 31,810 97.6 +1.0
Informal votes 791 2.4 −1.0
Turnout 32,601 94.0 +1.0
Two-party-preferred result
National Bill Sykes 16,531 52.0 −4.7
Labor Denise Allen 15,279 48.0 +4.7
National gain from Labor Swing −4.7
2000 Benalla state by-election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Denise Allen 12,514 42.07 −0.52
National Bill Sykes 12,244 41.16 −16.25
Independent Geoff Rowe 2,072 6.97 +6.97
Independent Bill Hill 1,983 6.67 +6.67
Greens Janet Mackenzie 597 2.01 +2.01
Independent Maurie Smith 234 0.79 +0.79
Reform Alf Thorpe 101 0.34 +0.34
Total formal votes 29,745 97.22 +0.79
Informal votes 849 2.78 –0.79
Turnout 30,594 89.60 −3.35
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Denise Allen 14,991 50.40 +7.81
National Bill Sykes 14,754 49.60 −7.81
Labor gain from National Swing 7.81

Elections in the 1990s

1999 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Pat McNamara 17,543 57.4 −7.9
Labor Denise Allen 13,013 42.6 +7.9
Total formal votes 30,556 96.4 −1.6
Informal votes 1,128 3.6 +1.6
Turnout 31,684 93.0 −1.9
National hold Swing −7.9
1996 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Pat McNamara 18,055 58.9 −9.3
Labor Zuvele Leschen 7,250 23.6 −3.2
Independent Bill Hill 4,711 15.4 +15.4
Independent Brian Lumsden 382 1.2 −3.8
Natural Law James Charlwood 275 0.9 +0.9
Total formal votes 30,673 98.1 +0.3
Informal votes 601 1.9 −0.3
Turnout 31,274 94.9 −0.9
Two-party-preferred result
National Pat McNamara 19,969 65.3 −5.5
Labor Zuvele Leschen 10,628 34.7 +5.5
National hold Swing −5.5
1992 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Pat McNamara 20,306 68.2 +25.8
Labor Anne Cox 7,984 26.8 −0.3
Independent Brian Lumsden 1,491 5.0 +5.0
Total formal votes 29,781 97.7 −0.2
Informal votes 686 2.3 +0.2
Turnout 30,467 95.8
Two-party-preferred result
National Pat McNamara 21,085 70.8 +0.2
Labor Anne Cox 8,687 29.2 −0.2
National hold Swing +0.2

Elections in the 1980s

1988 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Pat McNamara 12,004 42.54 −4.88
Labor Barbara Stepan 8,394 29.75 −2.71
Liberal Margaret Stribling 6,333 22.44 +2.32
Independent Grant Triffett 909 3.22 +3.22
Call to Australia Win Wise 576 2.04 +2.04
Total formal votes 28,216 97.76 −0.59
Informal votes 646 2.24 +0.59
Turnout 28,862 92.36 −0.25
Two-party-preferred result
National Pat McNamara 19,173 67.95 +1.86
Labor Barbara Stepan 9,043 32.05 −1.86
National hold Swing +1.86
1985 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Pat McNamara 13,031 47.4 +13.4
Labor Grant Triffett 8,922 32.5 −1.7
Liberal Leonard Crocombe 5,529 20.1 −7.7
Total formal votes 27,482 98.3
Informal votes 460 1.7
Turnout 27,942 92.6
Two-party-preferred result
National Pat McNamara 18,163 66.1 +3.2
Labor Grant Triffett 9,319 33.9 −3.2
National hold Swing +3.2
1982 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Pat McNamara 9,027 36.7 −5.6
Labor James Ure 8,291 33.7 +0.8
Liberal Andrew Mein 6,303 25.6 +0.7
Democrats Rita Dart 975 4.0 +4.0
Total formal votes 24,596 98.5 +0.7
Informal votes 382 1.5 −0.7
Turnout 24,978 93.5 +0.1
Two-party-preferred result
National Pat McNamara 15,593 63.4 −2.0
Labor James Ure 9,003 36.6 +2.0
National hold Swing −2.0

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Tom Trewin 9,991 42.3 −1.8
Labor Brian Cousins 7,768 32.9 +6.0
Liberal Alan Jones 5,883 24.9 +2.4
Total formal votes 23,642 97.8 −0.6
Informal votes 522 2.2 +0.6
Turnout 24,164 93.4 −0.4
Two-party-preferred result
National Tom Trewin 15,460 65.4 −4.7
Labor Brian Cousins 8,182 34.6 +4.7
National hold Swing −4.7
1976 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Tom Trewin 10,160 44.1 +10.7
Labor John Dennis 6,205 26.9 −3.6
Liberal Leo Gorman 5,188 22.5 −3.9
Democratic Labor Christopher Cody 1,495 6.5 −3.0
Total formal votes 23,048 98.4
Informal votes 378 1.6
Turnout 23,426 93.8
Two-party-preferred result
National Tom Trewin 16,156 70.1 +3.9
Labor John Dennis 6,892 29.9 −3.9
National hold Swing +3.9
1973 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Tom Trewin 8,990 48.8 +2.7
Labor James Scott 4,236 23.0 +1.2
Liberal Vernon Dawson 3,209 17.4 −2.8
Democratic Labor Christopher Cody 1,971 10.7 −1.2
Total formal votes 18,406 97.6 +0.1
Informal votes 449 2.4 −0.1
Turnout 18,855 94.8 −1.1
Two-party-preferred result
Country Tom Trewin 13,705 74.5 −0.9
Labor James Scott 4,701 25.5 +0.9
Country hold Swing −0.9
1970 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Tom Trewin 7,981 46.1 −6.0
Labor John Coutts 3,762 21.8 +2.9
Liberal Dulcie Brack 3,503 20.2 +3.0
Democratic Labor Christopher Cody 2,053 11.9 +0.1
Total formal votes 17,299 97.5 −0.1
Informal votes 438 2.5 +0.1
Turnout 17,737 95.9 −0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Country Tom Trewin 13,043 75.4 −2.2
Labor John Coutts 4,256 24.6 +2.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Tom Trewin 9,399 54.3 −23.3
Liberal Dulcie Brack 7,900 45.7 +45.7
Country hold Swing −2.2

Elections in the 1960s

1967 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Tom Trewin 8,761 52.1 −8.0
Labor Nathanial Robertson 3,179 18.9 +18.9
Liberal Ian Bayles 2,898 17.2 −5.7
Democratic Labor Christopher Cody 1,989 11.8 −5.2
Total formal votes 16,827 97.6
Informal votes 412 2.4
Turnout 17,239 96.1
Two-party-preferred result
Country Tom Trewin 13,059 77.6 +14.1
Labor Nathanial Robertson 3,768 22.4 +22.4
Country hold Swing +14.1
1964 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Tom Trewin 11,713 59.4 +23.6
Liberal and Country Ewen Cameron 4,872 24.7 +5.3
Democratic Labor Christopher Cody 3,151 16.0 +0.6
Total formal votes 19,736 98.3 +0.3
Informal votes 338 1.7 −0.3
Turnout 20,074 95.2 −3.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Tom Trewin 12,343 62.5 −4.5
Liberal and Country Ewen Cameron 7,393 37.5 +37.5
Country hold Swing −4.5
1961 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Tom Trewin 7,007 35.8 +1.6
Labor Jack Ginifer 5,758 29.5 +1.0
Liberal and Country John Hanson 3,785 19.4 −4.6
Democratic Labor Bartholomew O'Dea 3,000 15.4 +2.0
Total formal votes 19,550 98.0 −1.0
Informal votes 394 2.0 +1.0
Turnout 19,944 98.8 +4.0
Two-party-preferred result
Country Tom Trewin 13,102 67.0 −0.1
Labor Jack Ginifer 6,448 33.0 +0.1
Country hold Swing −0.1

Elections in the 1950s

1958 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Frederick Cook 6,628 34.2
Labor Jack Ginifer 5,520 28.5
Liberal and Country James Bennison 4,651 24.0
Democratic Labor William Mithen 2,604 13.4
Total formal votes 19,403 99.0
Informal votes 188 1.0
Turnout 19,591 94.8
Two-party-preferred result
Country Frederick Cook 13,028 67.1
Labor Jack Ginifer 6,375 32.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Frederick Cook 11,810 60.9
Liberal and Country James Bennison 7,593 39.1
Country hold Swing
1955 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Frederick Cook 7,589 38.8
Labor (A-C) Ernest Straughair 6,028 30.8
Liberal and Country Jack Pennington 5,949 30.4
Total formal votes 19,566 97.9
Informal votes 423 2.1
Turnout 19,989 94.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Frederick Cook 12,804 65.4
Labor (A-C) Ernest Straughair 6,762 34.6
Country hold Swing
1952 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Frederick Cook unopposed
Country hold Swing
1950 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Frederick Cook 7,466 59.1 −8.2
Liberal and Country Jack Pennington 5,174 40.9 +8.2
Total formal votes 12,640 97.3 +1.0
Informal votes 348 2.7 −1.0
Turnout 12,988 94.2 +1.2
Country hold Swing −8.2

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Frederick Cook 8,141 67.3 +12.6
Liberal Thomas Nolan 3,955 32.7 +32.7
Total formal votes 12,096 96.3 −1.2
Informal votes 467 3.7 +1.2
Turnout 12,563 93.0 +4.2
Country hold Swing N/A
1945 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Frederick Cook 6,125 54.7
Country Percy Johnson 5,077 45.3
Total formal votes 11,202 97.5
Informal votes 288 2.5
Turnout 11,490 88.8
Country hold Swing
1943 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Frederick Cook 3,779 40.2 −14.8
Labor Andrew McIntosh 3,109 33.0 +33.0
Country Percy Johnson 2,520 26.8 +26.8
Total formal votes 9,408 99.1 +0.2
Informal votes 83 0.9 −0.2
Turnout 9,491 87.3 −4.6
Two-party-preferred result
Country Frederick Cook 5,649 60.0 +15.0
Labor Andrew McIntosh 3,759 40.0 +40.0
Country gain from Liberal Country Swing N/A
1940 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Country Frederick Cook 5,592 55.0 +55.0
Country Manvers Meadows 4,580 45.0 +19.2
Total formal votes 10,172 98.9 0.0
Informal votes 115 1.1 0.0
Turnout 10,287 91.9 −3.1
Liberal Country gain from Independent Swing N/A

Elections in the 1930s

1937 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Frederick Cook 4,126 38.5 +38.5
Labor Jack Devlin 3,836 35.8 +35.8
Country Mervyn Huggins 2,762 25.8 −74.2
Total formal votes 10,724 98.9
Informal votes 117 1.1
Turnout 10,841 95.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Frederick Cook 5,806 54.1 +54.1
Labor Jack Devlin 4,918 45.9 +45.9
Independent gain from Country Swing N/A
1936 Benalla state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Michael Cleary 2,715 28.2
Independent Frederick Cook 2,452 25.4
Country Malachy Ryan 1,337 13.9
Country Henry Hill 1,057 11.0
Country Arthur Harrison 1,052 10.9
Country William Tonkin 1,030 10.7
Total formal votes 9,643 97.0
Informal votes 302 3.0
Turnout 9,945 90.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Frederick Cook 5,006 51.9
Country Michael Cleary 4,637 48.1
Independent gain from Country Swing N/A
1935 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Edward Clearly unopposed
Country hold Swing
1932 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Edward Cleary unopposed
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Progressive Edward Cleary 5,327 56.4 +17.7
Country Patrick Connell 4,123 43.6 +18.6
Total formal votes 9,450 99.1 +1.3
Informal votes 87 0.9 −1.3
Turnout 9,537 94.5 +1.8
Country Progressive hold Swing N/A
1927 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Progressive Edward Cleary 3,406 38.7
Independent John Carlisle 3,201 36.3
Country Patrick Connell 2,200 25.0
Total formal votes 8,807 97.8
Informal votes 203 2.2
Turnout 9,010 92.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Progressive Edward Cleary 4,413 50.1
Independent John Carlisle 4,394 49.9
Country Progressive gain from Country Swing N/A
1924 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country John Carlisle 2,397 61.6 −3.2
Nationalist Alexander Mitchell 1,494 38.4 +3.2
Total formal votes 3,891 99.5 +0.7
Informal votes 19 0.5 −0.7
Turnout 3,910 55.0 −2.4
Country hold Swing −3.2
1921 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Victorian Farmers John Carlisle 2,912 64.8 −1.2
Nationalist Alfred Manning 1,582 35.2 +1.2
Total formal votes 4,494 98.8 +3.3
Informal votes 55 1.2 −3.3
Turnout 4,549 57.4 −1.9
Victorian Farmers hold Swing −1.2
1920 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Victorian Farmers John Carlisle 2,937 66.0 +66.0
Nationalist Robert Lewers 1,512 34.0 −28.3
Total formal votes 4,449 95.5 −1.8
Informal votes 208 4.5 +1.8
Turnout 4,657 59.3 −4.0
Victorian Farmers gain from Nationalist Swing N/A
  • John Carlisle was the sitting Nationalist MP for Benalla, but changed to the Victorian Farmers Union before this election.

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist John Carlisle 2,688 55.1 −11.3
Labor Laurence Corboy 1,840 37.7 +4.1
Nationalist Thomas Kennedy 353 7.2 +7.2
Total formal votes 4,881 97.3 −0.7
Informal votes 139 2.7 +0.7
Turnout 5,020 63.3 +10.4
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist John Carlisle 61.6 −4.8
Labor Laurence Corboy 38.4 +4.8
Nationalist hold Swing −4.8
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.
1914 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Carlisle 2,785 66.4 −6.4
Labor Ebenezer Brown 1,411 33.6 +6.4
Total formal votes 4,196 98.0 −0.8
Informal votes 84 2.0 +0.8
Turnout 4,280 52.9 −9.2
Liberal hold Swing −6.4
1911 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Carlisle 3,437 72.8 +11.3
Labor Gerald Stanley 1,285 27.2 +27.2
Total formal votes 4,722 98.8 −0.8
Informal votes 57 1.2 +0.8
Turnout 4,779 62.1 +17.4
Liberal hold Swing N/A

References

  • "Benalla District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 8 December 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
  1. ^ Report on the Benalla District by-election, Victorian Electoral Commission