Electoral results for the district of Syndal

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

Members for Syndal

Member Party Term
  Ray Wiltshire Liberal 1967–1976
  Geoff Coleman Liberal 1976–1982
  David Gray Labor 1982–1985
  Geoff Coleman Liberal 1985–1992

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1988 Victorian state election: Syndal[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Geoff Coleman 11,905 46.23 −3.51
Labor James Claven 11,241 43.65 −3.76
Democrats Martin Maguire 1,575 6.12 +6.12
Call to Australia Ronald Marshman 1,032 4.01 +4.01
Total formal votes 25,753 96.54 −0.96
Informal votes 922 3.46 +0.96
Turnout 26,675 93.24 −2.10
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Geoff Coleman 13,044 50.66 −0.69
Labor James Claven 12,704 49.34 +0.69
Liberal hold Swing −0.69
1985 Victorian state election: Syndal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Geoff Coleman 13,492 49.7 +6.3
Labor David Gray 12,862 47.4 +0.8
Independent Edward Hawthorn 773 2.9 +2.9
Total formal votes 27,127 97.5
Informal votes 696 2.5
Turnout 27,823 95.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Geoff Coleman 13,929 51.4 +1.5
Labor David Gray 13,198 48.6 −1.5
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +1.5
1982 Victorian state election: Syndal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor David Gray 13,567 49.3 +4.4
Liberal Geoff Coleman 11,153 40.5 −5.9
Democrats Fraser Hercus 1,802 6.6 −2.1
Democratic Labor Paul Carroll 1,008 3.7 +3.7
Total formal votes 27,530 97.8 +1.0
Informal votes 608 2.2 −1.0
Turnout 28,138 94.6 +0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor David Gray 14,826 53.8 +4.5
Liberal Geoff Coleman 12,704 46.2 −4.5
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +4.5

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: Syndal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Geoff Coleman 12,586 46.4 −9.7
Labor Russell Oakley 12,183 44.9 +1.0
Democrats Christopher Prawdzic 2,354 8.7 +8.7
Total formal votes 27,123 96.8 −0.5
Informal votes 881 3.2 +0.5
Turnout 28,004 94.0 +0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Geoff Coleman 13,752 50.7 −5.4
Labor Russell Oakley 13,371 49.3 +5.4
Liberal hold Swing −5.4
1976 Victorian state election: Syndal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Geoff Coleman 14,898 56.1 +7.5
Labor John Perryman 11,638 43.9 +4.0
Total formal votes 26,536 97.3
Informal votes 748 2.7
Turnout 27,284 93.5
Liberal hold Swing −1.0
1973 Victorian state election: Syndal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ray Wiltshire 20,029 52.3 +5.6
Labor Christopher Miller 13,386 35.0 −3.5
Democratic Labor Daniel McCabe 2,724 7.2 −7.6
Australia Kenneth Mylius 2,135 5.6 +5.6
Total formal votes 38,292 97.9 +0.1
Informal votes 801 2.1 −0.1
Turnout 39,093 94.4 −1.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ray Wiltshire 23,217 60.6 +2.2
Labor Christopher Miller 15,075 39.4 −2.2
Liberal hold Swing +2.2
1970 Victorian state election: Syndal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ray Wiltshire 15,341 46.7 −3.3
Labor Peter Setford 12,667 38.5 +2.6
Democratic Labor Daniel McCabe 4,872 14.8 +0.8
Total formal votes 32,880 97.8 −0.1
Informal votes 731 2.2 +0.1
Turnout 33,611 95.7 +0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ray Wiltshire 19,210 58.4 −3.6
Labor Peter Setford 13,670 41.6 +3.6
Liberal hold Swing −3.6

Elections in the 1960s

1967 Victorian state election: Syndal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ray Wiltshire 13,400 50.0 −4.0
Labor Robert Fordham 9,634 35.9 +4.2
Democratic Labor John Rose 3,761 14.0 −0.4
Total formal votes 26,795 97.9
Informal votes 567 2.1
Turnout 27,362 95.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ray Wiltshire 16,597 62.0 −4.3
Labor Robert Fordham 10,198 38.0 +4.3
Liberal hold Swing −4.3

References

  1. ^ Statistics for the General Election Held on Saturday, 1 October 1988. Victoria: Government Printer. 1988.