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Victoria, Australia, district election results

This is a list of electoral results for the South Eastern Province in Victorian state elections.

Members for South Eastern Province

Member 1 Party Year Member 2 Party Member 3 Party
  Frank Dobson   1882   James Buchanan     James Balfour none
1884
1886
1888
1890
1892
1894
  James Campbell   1895
1896
1898   William Knox  
1900
1901   Duncan McBryde  
1902
1904  
1907
  William Adamson Liberal 1910
1913
1916
  Nationalist 1917
1919   Alfred Chandler Nationalist
  William Tyner Nationalist 1922
1925
1928
1931
  United Australia 1931   United Australia
1934
1935   Gilbert Chandler United Australia
1937   Charles Gartside United Australia
  Cyril Isaac United Australia 1940
1943
  Liberal 1945   Liberal
1946
  Liberal and Country 1949   Liberal and Country
1949
1952   Electoral Reform
  George Tilley Labor 1952
1955   Charles Bridgford Liberal and Country
  Bill Mair Liberal and Country 1958
1961   Alan Hunt Liberal and Country
1964
  Ian Cathie Labor 1964
1965   Liberal
1967
  Roy Ward Liberal 1970
1973
1976
1979
1982
1985
  Ken Smith Liberal 1988
1992   Ron Bowden Liberal
1996
1999
 

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

1999 Victorian state election: South Eastern Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ron Bowden 70,597 52.6 −4.0
Labor Michael Binney 51,147 38.1 +2.7
Democrats Richard Armstrong 6,551 4.9 0.0
Greens Stuart Kingsford 5,972 4.4 +4.4
Total formal votes 134,267 97.2 −0.6
Informal votes 3,807 2.8 +0.6
Turnout 138,074 94.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ron Bowden 76,088 56.7 −3.4
Labor Michael Binney 58,148 43.3 +3.4
Liberal hold Swing −3.4
1996 Victorian state election: South Eastern Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ken Smith 71,864 56.6 −0.6
Labor Jude Perera 45,005 35.4 +2.0
Democrats Glen Maddock 6,192 4.9 +4.9
Democratic Labor Pat Crea 1,461 1.1 −2.4
Natural Law Alan Shield 1,422 1.1 −4.8
Independent Bill McCluskey 1,133 0.9 +0.9
Total formal votes 127,077 97.8 +1.3
Informal votes 2,846 2.2 −1.3
Turnout 129,923 94.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ken Smith 76,236 60.1 −2.2
Labor Jude Perera 50,660 39.9 +2.2
Liberal hold Swing −2.2
1992 Victorian state election: South Eastern Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ron Bowden 66,314 57.1 +3.4
Labor Chrys Abraham 38,811 33.4 −12.7
Natural Law Alan Shield 6,830 5.9 +5.9
Democratic Labor Patrick Crea 4,178 3.6 +3.6
Total formal votes 116,133 96.5 −0.1
Informal votes 4,187 3.5 +0.1
Turnout 120,320 95.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ron Bowden 72,223 62.3 +8.5
Labor Chrys Abraham 43,738 37.7 −8.5
Liberal hold Swing +8.5

Elections in the 1980s

1988 Victorian state election: South Eastern Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ken Smith 70,536 54.8 +1.6
Labor Denise Hassett 58,245 45.2 +4.7
Total formal votes 128,781 96.7 −1.1
Informal votes 4,375 3.3 +1.1
Turnout 133,156 93.1 −0.6
Liberal hold Swing −1.5
1985 Victorian state election: South Eastern Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alan Hunt 60,266 53.2
Labor Bora Eric 45,784 40.5
Democrats Irene Fisher 7,117 6.3
Total formal votes 113,167 97.8
Informal votes 2,567 2.2
Turnout 115,734 93.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alan Hunt 63,713 56.3 +2.7
Labor Bora Eric 49,454 43.7 −2.7
Liberal hold Swing +2.7
1982 Victorian state election: South Eastern Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Roy Ward 43,307 44.1 −2.1
Labor Bora Eric 38,254 39.2 +5.9
National Leslie Handley 10,033 10.3 −4.7
Democrats Harold Fraser 5,913 6.1 +0.6
Total formal votes 97,507 97.7 +0.2
Informal votes 2,283 2.3 −0.2
Turnout 99,790 93.5 +0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Roy Ward 53,932 55.3 −6.2
Labor Bora Eric 43,575 44.7 +6.2
Liberal hold Swing −6.2

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: South Eastern Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alan Hunt 40,278 46.1 +0.5
Labor Norman Spencer 29,065 33.3 +4.3
National Donald McRae 13,110 15.0 −4.6
Democrats Stefan Taficsuk 4,790 5.5 +5.5
Total formal votes 87,243 97.5 −0.5
Informal votes 2,275 2.5 +0.5
Turnout 89,518 92.8 +0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alan Hunt 53,662 61.5 −4.9
Labor Norman Spencer 33,581 38.5 +4.9
Liberal hold Swing −4.9
1976 Victorian state election: South Eastern Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Roy Ward 35,254 45.6
Labor Merton Ryan 22,434 29.0
National William Gleeson 15,159 19.6
Democratic Labor Noel Gleeson 4,454 5.8
Total formal votes 77,301 98.0
Informal votes 1,598 2.0
Turnout 78,899 92.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Roy Ward 51,347 66.4
Labor Merton Ryan 25,954 33.6
Liberal hold Swing
1973 Victorian state election: South Eastern Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alan Hunt 85,285 49.9 +8.6
Labor David Bottomley 74,070 43.3 −3.5
Democratic Labor John Dougherty 11,625 6.8 −5.1
Total formal votes 170,980 96.7 +0.2
Informal votes 5,813 3.3 −0.2
Turnout 176,793 93.7 −1.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alan Hunt 93,819 54.9 +4.0
Labor David Bottomley 77,161 45.1 −4.0
Liberal hold Swing +4.0
1970 Victorian state election: South Eastern Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ian Cathie 64,291 46.8 +9.3
Liberal Roy Ward 56,841 41.3 −8.6
Democratic Labor John Launder 16,362 11.9 −0.7
Total formal votes 137,494 96.5 −0.2
Informal votes 4,970 3.5 +0.2
Turnout 142,464 94.9 0.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Roy Ward 69,995 50.9 −9.3
Labor Ian Cathie 67,499 49.1 +9.3
Liberal hold Swing −9.3

Elections in the 1960s

1967 Victorian state election: South-Eastern Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alan Hunt 58,302 49.9
Labor Sydney Pargeter 43,866 37.5
Democratic Labor William Scantlebury 14,752 12.6
Total formal votes 116,920 96.7
Informal votes 3,972 3.3
Turnout 120,282 94.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alan Hunt 70,418 60.2
Labor Sydney Pargeter 46,502 39.8
Liberal hold Swing
1964 South Eastern Province state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ian Cathie 56,983 46.6 +8.6
Liberal and Country Leslie Payne 42,552 34.8 −13.9
Country Douglas Thompson 11,478 9.4 +9.4
Democratic Labor Thomas McDonald 10,696 8.7 −4.7
Independent F L Gray 576 0.5 +0.5
Total formal votes 122,285 97.8 +0.3
Informal votes 2,774 2.2 −0.3
Turnout 125,059 90.2 −3.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ian Cathie 62,544 51.2 +10.9
Liberal and Country Leslie Payne 59,741 48.8 −10.9
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing +10.9
  • This by-election was caused by the death of Bill Mair.
1964 Victorian state election: South Eastern Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Bill Mair 60,956 48.7 +1.6
Labor Bruce Aitken 47,546 38.0 +0.4
Democratic Labor Martin Curry 16,741 13.4 −1.9
Total formal votes 125,243 97.5 +0.1
Informal votes 3,169 2.5 −0.1
Turnout 128,412 94.1 −0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Bill Mair 74,828 59.7 −0.2
Labor Bruce Aitken 50,415 40.3 +0.2
Liberal and Country hold Swing −0.2
1961 Victorian state election: South Eastern Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Alan Hunt 53,599 47.1 −3.6
Labor Reginald Butler 42,836 37.6 +3.0
Democratic Labor Martin Curry 17,442 15.3 +0.5
Total formal votes 113,877 97.4 −1.0
Informal votes 3,064 2.6 +1.0
Turnout 116,941 94.7 +2.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Alan Hunt 68,216 59.9 −3.4
Labor Reginald Butler 45,661 40.1 +3.4
Liberal and Country hold Swing −3.4

Elections in the 1950s

1958 Victorian Legislative Council election: South Eastern Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Bill Mair 51,103 50.7 +0.9
Labor George Tilley 34,896 34.6 +34.6
Democratic Labor James Austin 14,898 14.8 −11.8
Total formal votes 100,897 98.4 +0.9
Informal votes 1,608 1.6 −0.9
Turnout 102,505 92.6 +2.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Bill Mair 63.3 N/A
Labor George Tilley 36.7 N/A
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing N/A
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.

References

  1. Green, Antony. "1999 Victorian state election" (PDF).
  2. Green, Antony. "1996 Victorian state election" (PDF).
  3. Green, Antony. "1992 Victorian state election" (PDF).
  4. Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1988". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  5. Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1985". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  6. Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1982". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  7. Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1979". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
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