Electoral results for the district of Balwyn

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

Members for Balwyn

Member Party Term
  Alex Taylor Liberal 1955–1973
  Jim Ramsay Liberal 1973–1988
  Robert Clark Liberal 1988–1992

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1988 Victorian state election: Balwyn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Clark 16,816 64.28 −1.15
Labor George Theodoridis 9,344 35.72 +1.15
Total formal votes 26,160 97.41 −0.65
Informal votes 696 2.59 +0.65
Turnout 26,856 90.98 −1.51
Liberal hold Swing −1.15
1985 Victorian state election: Balwyn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jim Ramsay 17,994 65.4 +8.2
Labor Frank Pederick 9,509 34.6 −0.2
Total formal votes 27,503 98.1
Informal votes 543 1.9
Turnout 28,046 92.5
Liberal hold Swing +4.9
1982 Victorian state election: Balwyn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jim Ramsay 15,047 58.1 −0.5
Labor Nora Sparrow 8,857 34.2 +3.6
Democrats Russel White 1,995 7.7 −3.1
Total formal votes 25,899 98.5 +0.4
Informal votes 385 1.5 −0.4
Turnout 26,284 93.4 +0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jim Ramsay 15,895 61.4 −4.6
Labor Nora Sparrow 10,004 38.6 +4.6
Liberal hold Swing −4.6

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: Balwyn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jim Ramsay 15,206 58.6 −4.9
Labor Ann Jackson 7,924 30.6 +2.6
Democrats Ralph Corrie 2,800 10.8 +10.8
Total formal votes 25,930 98.1 −0.3
Informal votes 505 1.9 +0.3
Turnout 26,435 92.7 +0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jim Ramsay 17,112 66.0 −3.3
Labor Ann Jackson 8,818 34.0 +3.3
Liberal hold Swing −3.3
1976 Victorian state election: Balwyn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jim Ramsay 16,775 63.5 0.0
Labor Paul Gibson 7,399 28.0 −2.2
Democratic Labor John Hansen 1,190 4.5 −1.8
Australia Peter King 1,053 4.0 +4.0
Total formal votes 26,417 98.4
Informal votes 425 1.6
Turnout 26,842 92.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jim Ramsay 18,299 69.3 +0.2
Labor Paul Gibson 8,118 30.7 −0.2
Liberal hold Swing +0.2
1973 Victorian state election: Balwyn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jim Ramsay 17,009 62.9 +8.4
Labor Joan Coxsedge 8,290 30.7 −1.4
Democratic Labor James Marmion 1,729 6.4 −6.9
Total formal votes 27,028 98.3 +0.3
Informal votes 461 1.7 −0.3
Turnout 27,489 92.2 −1.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jim Ramsay 18,478 68.4 +2.5
Labor Joan Coxsedge 8,550 31.6 −2.5
Liberal hold Swing +2.5
1970 Victorian state election: Balwyn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alex Taylor 13,528 54.5 −3.5
Labor Donald Phelan 7,972 32.1 +2.1
Democratic Labor John Hansen 3,310 13.3 +1.3
Total formal votes 25,326 98.0 0.0
Informal votes 516 2.0 0.0
Turnout 25,326 93.4 0.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alex Taylor 16,342 65.9 −2.3
Labor Donald Phelan 8,468 34.1 +2.3
Liberal hold Swing −2.3

Elections in the 1960s

1967 Victorian state election: Balwyn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alex Taylor 14,004 58.0 −4.5
Labor Richard Dunstan 7,248 30.0 +4.3
Democratic Labor Andrew Gyles 2,910 12.0 +0.2
Total formal votes 24,162 98.0
Informal votes 489 2.0
Turnout 24,651 93.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alex Taylor 16,478 68.2 −4.4
Labor Richard Dunstan 7,684 31.8 +4.4
Liberal hold Swing −4.4
1964 Victorian state election: Balwyn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Alex Taylor 16,397 62.3 −0.1
Labor Tony Lamb 6,746 25.6 +1.3
Democratic Labor James Tighe 3,168 12.0 −1.3
Total formal votes 26,311 98.6 +0.1
Informal votes 375 1.4 −0.1
Turnout 26,686 93.8 −0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Alex Taylor 19,090 72.6 −1.1
Labor Tony Lamb 7,221 27.4 +1.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing −1.1
1961 Victorian state election: Balwyn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Alex Taylor 15,653 62.4 +1.7
Labor Edmund Du Vergier 6,104 24.3 +1.8
Democratic Labor Leo Erwin 3,346 13.3 +2.9
Total formal votes 25,113 98.5 −0.1
Informal votes 380 1.5 +0.1
Turnout 25,493 94.1 +0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Alex Taylor 18,506 73.7 −1.3
Labor Edmund Du Vergier 6,607 26.3 +1.3
Liberal and Country hold Swing −1.3

Elections in the 1950s

1958 Victorian state election: Balwyn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Alex Taylor 14,351 60.7
Labor John MacPherson 5,321 22.5
Democratic Labor Leo Erwin 2,459 10.4
Independent Frank Block 1,508 6.4
Total formal votes 23,639 98.6
Informal votes 331 1.4
Turnout 23,970 94.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Alex Taylor 17,723 75.0
Labor John MacPherson 5,916 25.0
Liberal and Country hold Swing
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.
1955 Victorian state election: Balwyn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Alex Taylor 14,842 69.9
Labor Florence Rodan 6,394 30.1
Total formal votes 21,236 98.8
Informal votes 261 1.2
Turnout 21,497 93.7
Liberal and Country hold Swing

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