Electoral results for the Gippsland Province

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

Members for Gippsland Province
Member 1 Party Year Member 2 Party Member 3 Party
  John Dougharty   1882   William Pearson Sr.     William McCulloch  
1884
1886
  George Davis   1888 Member 4 Party
1889   Charles Sargeant  
1890
1892
1893   Edward Crooke  
1894
1895
1896
  William Pearson Jr.   1896
1898
1898   Joseph Hoddinott  
1900
1901
1902
1903   Samuel Vary  
1904  
1907
1910
1913
1916
  George M. Davis Nationalist 1917
1919
1922   Martin McGregor Nationalist
1925
1928
1931
  United Australia 1931   United Australia
1934
1936   James M. Balfour Country
  William MacAulay Country 1937
  Liberal Country 1938
1940
  Country 1943
1943   Trevor Harvey Country
1946
1949
1952
1953   Bill Fulton Country
1955
  Bob May Country 1957
1958
1961
1964   Arthur Hewson Country
1967
1970   Eric Kent Labor
  Dick Long Liberal 1973
1976   James Taylor Liberal
1979
1982   Barry Murphy Labor
1985
1988   Peter Hall National
  Philip Davis Liberal 1992
1996
1999
2002

Election results

Elections in the 2000s
2002 Victorian state election: Gippsland Province[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Don Wishart 52,917 39.5 +0.8
National Peter Hall 36,086 27.0 +27.0
Liberal Peter Tyler 31,120 23.3 -17.6
Greens Madelon Lane 9,910 7.4 +7.0
Democrats Jo McCubbin 3,767 2.8 -3.0
Total formal votes 133,800 96.6 0.0
Informal votes 4,674 3.4 0.0
Turnout 138,474 94.0
Two-party-preferred result
National Peter Hall 69,590 52.0 +0.1
Labor Don Wishart 64,210 48.0 -0.1
National hold Swing+0.1

Elections in the 1990s
1999 Victorian state election: Gippsland Province[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Don Wishart 47,503 39.8 +6.2
Liberal Philip Davis 46,447 38.9 +38.9
Independent Doug Treasure 11,179 9.4 +9.4
Democrats Jo McCubbin 6,802 5.7 +1.0
Independent Phil Seabrook 3,957 3.3 +3.3
Independent John O'Brien 3,516 2.9 +2.9
Total formal votes 119,404 96.5 -1.4
Informal votes 4,330 3.5 +1.4
Turnout 123,734 94.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Philip Davis 60,046 50.3 +50.3
Labor Don Wishart 59,358 49.7 +10.7
Liberal hold Swing+50.3
1996 Victorian state election: Gippsland Province[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Peter Hall 67,637 55.7 +55.7
Labor Christian Zahra 40,837 33.6 +0.8
Democrats Greg Kerr 5,720 4.7 +4.7
Independent Ben Buckley 5,375 4.4 -0.2
Democratic Labor Michael Rowe 1,872 1.5 -2.4
Total formal votes 121,441 97.9 +0.6
Informal votes 2,560 2.1 -0.6
Turnout 124,001 95.0
Two-party-preferred result
National Peter Hall 73,844 61.0 -0.9
Labor Christian Zahra 47,253 39.0 +0.9
National hold Swing-0.9
1992 Victorian state election: Gippsland Province[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Philip Davis 62,713 52.5 +23.9
Labor Judith Stone 39,235 32.8 -4.7
Independent Paul Newnham 7,398 6.2 +6.2
Independent Ben Buckley 5,522 4.6 +4.6
Democratic Labor Michael Rowe 4,691 3.9 +3.9
Total formal votes 119,559 97.3 +0.2
Informal votes 3,313 2.7 -0.2
Turnout 122,872 95.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Philip Davis 73,891 61.9 +3.9
Labor Judith Stone 45,489 38.1 -3.9
Liberal hold Swing+3.9

Elections in the 1980s
1988 Victorian state election: Gippsland Province[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alan Hollway 42,209 37.5 +0.5
National Peter Hall 33,108 29.4 +3.7
Liberal James Taylor 32,110 28.5 -0.2
Independent Glen Mann 3,178 2.8 +2.8
Independent Bruce Ingle 1,947 1.7 +1.7
Total formal votes 112,552 97.1 -0.6
Informal votes 3,367 2.9 +0.6
Turnout 115,919 93.6 +0.1
Two-party-preferred result
National Peter Hall 65,204 58.0 +58.0
Labor Alan Hollway 47,223 42.0 -0.9
National gain from Liberal SwingN/A
1985 Victorian state election: Gippsland Province[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Reginald Smith 40,085 37.0
Liberal Dick Long 31,055 28.7
National Anthony Stewart 27,839 25.7
Call to Australia Cornelius Gordyn 4,615 4.3
Democrats Catherine Stewart 2,649 2.5
Independent Ben Buckley 2,005 1.9
Total formal votes 108,248 97.7
Informal votes 2,576 2.3
Turnout 110,824 93.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Dick Long 61,780 57.1 +4.7
Labor Reginald Smith 46,328 42.9 -4.7
Liberal hold Swing+4.7
1982 Victorian state election: Gippsland Province[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Barry Murphy 35,235 42.9 +2.7
Liberal James Taylor 23,723 28.9 -2.8
National John Vinall 16,053 19.6 +3.0
Democrats James Gilbert 4,960 6.0 -2.2
Independent Bruce Ingle 2,118 2.6 +0.3
Total formal votes 82,089 96.9 +1.0
Informal votes 2,591 3.1 -1.0
Turnout 84,680 93.8 +0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Barry Murphy 41,109 50.1 +5.0
Liberal James Taylor 40,980 49.9 -5.0
Labor gain from Liberal Swing+5.0

Elections in the 1970s
1979 Victorian state election: Gippsland Province[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Matthews 30,624 40.2 +2.0
Liberal Dick Long 24,874 32.7 +3.1
National John King 12,678 16.7 -8.8
Democrats Ian Goldie 6,232 8.2 +8.2
Independent Bruce Ingle 1,718 2.3 +2.3
Total formal votes 76,126 95.9 -1.9
Informal votes 3,280 4.1 +1.9
Turnout 79,406 93.5 +0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Dick Long 41,788 54.9 -2.5
Labor Thomas Matthews 34,338 45.1 +2.5
Liberal hold Swing-2.5
1976 Victorian state election: Gippsland Province[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Eric Kent 28,096 38.2
Liberal James Taylor 21,769 29.6
National John Vinall 18,796 25.5
Democratic Labor Leslie Hilton 4,941 6.7
Total formal votes 73,602 97.8
Informal votes 1,683 2.2
Turnout 75,285 93.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal James Taylor 42,238 57.4
Labor Eric Kent 31,364 42.6
Liberal gain from Labor Swing
1973 Victorian state election: Gippsland Province[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Matthews 29,543 34.5 +1.4
Liberal Dick Long 25,392 29.6 +3.2
Country Bob May 22,663 26.4 -0.4
Democratic Labor Gregory Answorth 8,114 9.5 -4.3
Total formal votes 85,712 97.0 +0.2
Informal votes 2,630 3.0 -0.2
Turnout 88,342 94.3 -0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Dick Long 51,813 60.4 +17.9
Labor Thomas Matthews 33,899 39.6 -17.9
Liberal gain from Country SwingN/A
1970 Victorian state election: Gippsland Province[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Eric Kent 25,992 33.1 +3.9
Country Arthur Hewson 21,037 26.8 -9.0
Liberal Dick Long 20,758 26.4 +6.7
Democratic Labor Gregory Answorth 10,839 13.8 -1.6
Total formal votes 78,626 96.8 -0.2
Informal votes 2,595 3.2 +0.2
Turnout 81,221 94.7 -0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Eric Kent 45,201 57.5 +22.9
Liberal Dick Long 33,425 42.5 +42.5
Labor gain from Country Swing+22.9

Elections in the 1960s
1967 Victorian state election: Gippsland Province[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Bob May 27,009 35.8
Labor Ivan Maddern 21,989 29.2
Liberal John Sullivan 14,818 19.7
Democratic Labor John Hansen 11,593 15.4
Total formal votes 75,409 97.0
Informal votes 2,337 3.0
Turnout 77,746 94.8
Two-party-preferred result
Country Bob May 49,349 65.4
Labor Ivan Maddern 26,060 34.6
Country hold Swing
1964 Victorian state election: Gippsland Province[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Arthur Hewson 38,696 53.2 +18.9
Liberal and Country Archie Tanner 18,910 26.0 +6.7
Democratic Labor John Hansen 15,077 20.7 +6.5
Total formal votes 72,683 97.3 +0.1
Informal votes 2,008 2.7 -0.1
Turnout 74,691 94.5 +0.1
Country hold SwingN/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1961 Victorian state election: Gippsland Province[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Bob May 23,659 34.3 -21.8
Labor George Evans 22,246 32.3 +2.4
Liberal and Country Archie Tanner 13,328 19.3 +19.3
Democratic Labor John Hansen 9,781 14.2 +0.2
Total formal votes 69,014 97.2 -1.5
Informal votes 2,005 2.8 +1.5
Turnout 71,019 94.4 +1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Country Bob May 43,306 62.7 -4.6
Labor George Evans 25,708 37.3 +4.6
Country hold Swing-4.6

Elections in the 1950s
1958 Victorian Legislative Council election: Gippsland Province[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Bill Fulton 36,878 56.1 -16.1
Labor Frederick Gregory 19,645 29.9 +29.9
Democratic Labor John Hansen 9,191 14.0 -13.8
Total formal votes 65,714 98.7 +0.7
Informal votes 883 1.3 -0.7
Turnout 66,597 93.4 +2.4
Two-party-preferred result
Country Bill Fulton 67.3
Labor Frederick Gregory 32.7
Country hold SwingN/A
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.

References
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