Electoral results for the district of Greensborough

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

Members for Greensborough

Member Party Term
  Monte Vale Liberal 1967–1970
  Bob Fell Labor 1970–1973
  Monte Vale Liberal 1973
1973–1977
  Pauline Toner Labor 1977–1989
  Sherryl Garbutt Labor 1989–1992

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1989 Greensborough state by-election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Sherryl Garbutt 11,862 40.12 −15.95
Liberal Margaret Brown 11,363 38.43 −5.50
Democrats Peter Allan 4,671 15.80 +15.80
Democratic Labor John Mulholland 706 2.39 +2.39
Independent Barbara Gilchrist 479 1.62 +1.62
Independent Lance Hutchinson 387 1.31 +1.31
Independent Raelene Jones 100 0.34 +0.34
Total formal votes 29,568 96.94 +0.18
Informal votes 932 3.06 −0.18
Turnout 30,500 90.25 −3.67
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Sherryl Garbutt 15,229 51.55 −4.52
Liberal Margaret Brown 14,314 48.45 +4.52
Labor hold Swing −4.52
1988 Victorian state election: Greensborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Pauline Toner 16,622 56.07 +0.98
Liberal Robert Manuell 13,022 43.93 −0.98
Total formal votes 29,644 96.76 −1.05
Informal votes 992 3.24 +1.05
Turnout 30,636 93.92 +0.17
Labor hold Swing +0.98
1985 Victorian state election: Greensborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Pauline Toner 14,632 55.1 +1.2
Liberal Andrew Cove 11,930 44.9 +8.3
Total formal votes 26,562 97.8
Informal votes 595 2.2
Turnout 27,157 93.8
Labor hold Swing −3.7
1982 Victorian state election: Greensborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Pauline Toner 19,688 53.6 +5.5
Liberal John Dobinson 13,667 37.2 −3.6
Democrats Antony Siddons 3,373 9.2 −1.4
Total formal votes 36,728 98.6 +0.2
Informal votes 526 1.4 −0.2
Turnout 37,254 95.3 +2.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Pauline Toner 21,627 58.9 +5.0
Liberal John Dobinson 15,101 41.1 −5.0
Labor hold Swing +5.0

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: Greensborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Pauline Toner 15,266 48.1 +0.8
Liberal Ronald Turner 12,929 40.7 −12.0
Democrats Leo Bates 3,369 10.6 +10.6
Australia Dorothy Prout 161 0.5 +0.5
Total formal votes 31,725 98.4 +0.3
Informal votes 529 1.6 −0.3
Turnout 32,254 92.9 −0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Pauline Toner 17,091 53.9 +6.7
Liberal Ronald Turner 14,634 46.1 −6.7
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +6.7
1977 Greensborough state election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Pauline Toner 11,551 42.7 −4.6
Liberal William Foster 9,199 34.0 −18.6
Democrats David Ross 4,744 17.5 +17.5
Democratic Labor Christopher Curtis 1,591 5.9 +5.9
Total formal votes 27,085 98.6 +0.5
Informal votes 384 1.4 −0.5
Turnout 27,469 87.2 −5.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Pauline Toner 14,519 53.6 +6.3
Liberal William Foster 12,566 46.4 −6.3
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +6.3
1976 Victorian state election: Greensborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Monte Vale 14,648 52.7 +10.4
Labor Brian McKinlay 13,120 47.3 +2.8
Total formal votes 27,768 98.1
Informal votes 531 1.9
Turnout 28,299 93.1
Liberal hold Swing +1.9
1973 Greensborough state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Monte Vale 20,323 47.3 +4.9
Labor Bob Fell 17,724 41.2 −2.6
Australia Flora Miller 2,533 6.0 +0.2
Democratic Labor Christopher Curtis 2,395 5.6 −1.0
Total formal votes 42,975 98.7 +1.0
Informal votes 559 1.3 −1.0
Turnout 43,534 88.2 −6.0
After distribution of preferences
Liberal Monte Vale 22,269 51.8
Labor Bob Fell 18,053 42.0
Australia Flora Miller 2,653 6.2
Liberal hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed to completion.
1973 Victorian state election: Greensborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bob Fell 19,155 43.8 −0.5
Liberal Monte Vale 18,524 42.4 +6.8
Democratic Labor Ernest Dobson 2,886 6.6 −5.6
Australia Flora Miller 2,546 5.8 +5.8
Independent David Close 590 1.4 +1.4
Total formal votes 43,701 97.7 −0.1
Informal votes 1,018 2.3 +0.1
Turnout 44,719 94.2 −1.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Monte Vale 21,853 50.01 +2.0
Labor Bob Fell 21,848 49.99 −2.0
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +2.0
  • This result was declared void and a by-election was held on 13 October 1973, in which Monte Vale retained this seat for the Liberal party.
1970 Victorian state election: Greensborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bob Fell 15,026 44.3 +1.5
Liberal Monte Vale 12,087 35.7 −4.5
Democratic Labor Raymond Morrissey 4,132 12.2 −4.8
Defence of Government Schools Dorothy Frost 2,661 7.9 +7.9
Total formal votes 33,906 97.8 +0.1
Informal votes 748 2.2 −0.1
Turnout 34,654 95.4 +1.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bob Fell 17,642 52.0 +5.3
Liberal Monte Vale 16,264 48.0 −5.3
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +5.3

Elections in the 1960s

1967 Victorian state election: Greensborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bob Fell 11,487 42.8 +1.6
Liberal Monte Vale 10,800 40.2 −2.9
Democratic Labor Bill Barry 4,566 17.0 +1.3
Total formal votes 26,853 97.7
Informal votes 629 2.3
Turnout 27,482 94.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Monte Vale 14,306 53.3 −1.7
Labor Bob Fell 12,547 46.7 +1.7
Liberal hold Swing −1.7

References

  1. ^ Report on the Greensborough district by-election, 15 April 1989. State Electoral Office Victoria. 1989.