Electoral results for the district of Gisborne

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

Members for Gisborne

Member Party Term
  Julian Doyle Liberal 1967–1971
  Athol Guy Liberal 1971–1979
  Tom Reynolds Liberal 1979–1999
  Jo Duncan Labor 1999–2002

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

1999 Victorian state election: Gisborne[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rob Knowles 14,084 41.9 −13.8
Labor Jo Duncan 13,589 40.4 −0.4
Independent Deb Dunn 3,394 10.1 +10.1
Democrats Russell Mowatt 1,260 3.7 +3.7
Greens Lawrie Hall 678 2.0 +2.0
Independent George Reynolds 643 1.9 +1.9
Total formal votes 33,648 97.2 −0.9
Informal votes 981 2.8 +0.9
Turnout 34,629 95.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jo Duncan 17,371 51.6 +9.4
Liberal Rob Knowles 16,277 48.4 −9.4
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +9.4
1996 Victorian state election: Gisborne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Tom Reynolds 17,630 55.7 −7.2
Labor Mark Ridgeway 12,918 40.8 +3.7
Call to Australia Frank Colosimo 667 2.1 +2.1
Natural Law Mark Brady 457 1.4 +1.4
Total formal votes 31,672 98.0 +0.9
Informal votes 631 2.0 −0.9
Turnout 32,303 95.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Tom Reynolds 18,293 57.8 −5.1
Labor Mark Ridgeway 13,337 42.2 +5.1
Liberal hold Swing −5.1
1992 Victorian state election: Gisborne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Tom Reynolds 18,478 62.9 +7.7
Labor Barry Rowe 10,905 37.1 −5.5
Total formal votes 29,383 97.1 −0.4
Informal votes 865 2.9 +0.4
Turnout 30,248 95.6
Liberal hold Swing +5.5

Elections in the 1980s

1988 Victorian state election: Gisborne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Tom Reynolds 18,061 54.46 −3.06
Labor Eric Dearricott 13,964 42.11 −0.37
Independent Glenn Torney 1,138 3.43 +3.43
Total formal votes 33,163 97.46 −0.83
Informal votes 866 2.54 +0.83
Turnout 34,029 93.46 −1.28
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Tom Reynolds 18,697 56.38 −1.14
Labor Eric Dearricott 14,466 43.62 +1.14
Liberal hold Swing −1.14
1985 Victorian state election: Gisborne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Tom Reynolds 16,400 57.5 +10.5
Labor Douglas Bishop 12,114 42.5 −2.8
Total formal votes 28,514 98.3
Informal votes 495 1.7
Turnout 29,009 94.7
Liberal hold Swing +6.5
1982 Victorian state election: Gisborne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Tom Reynolds 16,473 49.1 −2.9
Labor Philip Coman 15,921 47.4 −0.6
Independent Kottarammukallel Sebastian 1,189 3.5 +3.5
Total formal votes 33,583 98.4 +1.0
Informal votes 548 1.6 −1.0
Turnout 34,131 94.5 +0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Tom Reynolds 17,092 50.9 −1.1
Labor Philip Coman 16,491 49.1 +1.1
Liberal hold Swing −1.1

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: Gisborne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Tom Reynolds 15,284 52.0 −0.5
Labor Ian Elliott 14,098 48.0 +13.4
Total formal votes 29,382 97.4 −0.9
Informal votes 774 2.6 +0.9
Turnout 30,156 94.2 +0.1
Liberal hold Swing −12.2
1976 Victorian state election: Gisborne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Athol Guy 13,159 52.5 +2.2
Labor George Beardsley 8,669 34.6 −1.7
National Robert Cooper 1,738 6.9 +3.0
Democratic Labor Richard McManus 1,484 5.9 −3.4
Total formal votes 25,050 98.3
Informal votes 439 1.7
Turnout 25,489 94.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Athol Guy 16,083 64.2 +2.3
Labor George Beardsley 8,967 35.8 −2.3
Liberal hold Swing +2.3
1973 Victorian state election: Gisborne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Athol Guy 14,810 47.2 0.0
Labor Ernest Jamieson 12,579 40.1 +2.0
Democratic Labor Maurice Flynn 2,736 8.7 −4.3
Country Peter Holzgrefe 1,258 4.0 +4.0
Total formal votes 31,383 97.7 +0.6
Informal votes 736 2.3 −0.6
Turnout 32,119 92.7 −1.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Athol Guy 18,243 58.1 −1.7
Labor Ernest Jamieson 13,140 41.9 +1.7
Liberal hold Swing −1.7
1971 Gisborne state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ernest Jamieson 9,386 41.6 +3.5
Liberal Athol Guy 8,262 36.6 −10.6
Democratic Labor Maurice Flynn 3,367 14.9 +1.9
Independent Country Peter Holzgrefe 1,540 6.8 +6.8
Total formal votes 22,555 97.9 +0.8
Informal votes 494 2.1 −0.8
Turnout 23,049 85.3 −9.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Athol Guy 12,363 54.8 −5.0
Labor Ernest Jamieson 10,192 45.2 +5.0
Liberal hold Swing −5.0
1970 Victorian state election: Gisborne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Julian Doyle 10,473 47.2 +5.0
Labor Robert Harrison 8,457 38.1 +8.6
Democratic Labor Raymond Studham 2,885 13.0 −3.4
Independent Roy Hartley 389 1.7 +1.7
Total formal votes 22,204 97.1 +2.2
Informal votes 658 2.9 −2.2
Turnout 22,862 94.6 +1.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Julian Doyle 13,282 59.8 −5.4
Labor Robert Harrison 8,922 40.2 +5.4
Liberal hold Swing −5.4

Elections in the 1960s

1967 Victorian state election: Gisborne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Julian Doyle 7,398 42.2 +1.1
Labor Michael Nolan 5,166 29.5 −5.8
Democratic Labor John McMahon 2,872 16.4 −4.2
Country George Duncan 1,847 10.5 +10.5
Independent Peter Hatherley 61 0.4 +0.4
Independent Derek Hobler 52 0.3 +0.3
Independent Jeffrey Hatswell 49 0.3 +0.3
Independent Warren Nicol 46 0.3 +0.3
Independent Peter Kensett 25 0.1 +0.1
Total formal votes 17,516 94.9
Informal votes 948 5.1
Turnout 18,464 92.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Julian Doyle 11,422 65.2 +3.4
Labor Michael Nolan 6,094 34.8 −3.4
Liberal hold Swing +3.4

References

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