Electoral results for the Melbourne North Province

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

Members for Melbourne North Province
Member 1PartyTermMember 2Party
  Donald Melville   1904   Francis Stuart  
1907   William Evans Labor
1910
1913
1914   William Beckett Labor
1916
  Esmond Kiernan Labor 1919
1922
1925
1928
1931   Herbert Olney Nationalist
  Independent 1931   United Australia
1934
1937
  Archibald Fraser Labor 1940
1943   Likely McBrien Independent
1946
1949   John Galbally Labor
1952
  Jack Little Labor 1954
  Labor (A-C) 1955
1955
  John Walton Labor 1958
1961
1964
1967
1970
1973
1976
1979   Giovanni Sgro Labor
  Caroline Hogg Labor 1982
1985
1988
1992   Don Nardella Labor
1996
  Candy Broad Labor 1999   Marsha Thomson Labor
2002

Election results

Elections in the 2000s
2002 Victorian state election: Melbourne North Province[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Candy Broad 90,720 69.4 +4.3
Liberal Henry Buch 25,976 19.9 -11.4
Greens David Cuthbertson 10,674 8.2 +8.2
Democrats Penelope Robertson 3,333 2.6 +2.0
Total formal votes 130,703 94.7 0.0
Informal votes 7,276 5.3 0.0
Turnout 137,979 92.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Candy Broad 101,705 77.8 +10.7
Liberal Henry Buch 28,979 22.2 -10.7
Labor hold Swing+10.7

Elections in the 1990s
1999 Victorian state election: Melbourne North by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Candy Broad 79,955 63.6 +6.0
Liberal Monique Kraskov 40,444 32.2 -3.8
Independent Claire Bradshaw 5,255 4.2 +4.2
Total formal votes 125,654 94.9 -1.5
Informal votes 6,798 5.1 +1.5
Turnout 132,452 92.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Candy Broad 83,034 66.1 +4.4
Liberal Monique Kraskov 42,607 33.9 -4.4
Labor hold Swing+4.4

This election was caused by the vacancy following the resignation of Caroline Hogg.

1999 Victorian state election: Melbourne North Province[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Marsha Thomson 78,663 62.6 +4.9
Liberal George De Bono 42,115 33.5 -2.5
Independent Malcolm McClure 4,909 3.9 +3.9
Total formal votes 125,687 94.9 -1.4
Informal votes 6,777 5.1 +1.4
Turnout 132,464 92.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Marsha Thomson 81,196 64.6 +2.9
Liberal George De Bono 44,484 35.4 -2.9
Labor hold Swing+2.9
1996 Victorian state election: Melbourne North Province[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Caroline Hogg 71,022 57.7 +2.6
Liberal Julie Beattie 44,334 36.0 -2.3
Democrats Morris Moretta 4,762 3.9 +3.9
Democratic Labor Hank Ferwerda 1,708 1.4 -5.3
Friendly Migrant Workers Joseph Kaliniy 1,339 1.1 +1.1
Total formal votes 123,165 96.3 +2.2
Informal votes 4,699 3.7 -2.2
Turnout 127,864 94.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Caroline Hogg 75,831 61.7 +1.9
Liberal Julie Beattie 47,131 38.3 -1.9
Labor hold Swing+1.9
1992 Victorian state election: Melbourne North Province[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Don Nardella 62,132 55.0 -7.5
Liberal Alice Collis 43,220 38.3 +1.3
Democratic Labor Mark Beshara 7,569 6.7 +6.7
Total formal votes 112,921 94.1 +0.9
Informal votes 7,040 5.9 -0.9
Turnout 119,961 94.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Don Nardella 67,458 59.8 -2.8
Liberal Alice Collis 45,274 40.2 +2.8
Labor hold Swing-2.8

Elections in the 1980s
1988 Victorian state election: Melbourne North Province[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Caroline Hogg 66,350 65.4 -2.2
Liberal Simon St John 35,182 34.6 +2.2
Total formal votes 101,532 93.0 -2.2
Informal votes 7,652 7.0 +2.2
Turnout 109,184 91.7 -2.0
Labor hold Swing-2.2
1985 Victorian state election: Melbourne North Province[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Giovanni Sgro 71,366 67.6
Liberal Brett Pullyblank 34,135 32.4
Total formal votes 105,501 95.2
Informal votes 5,359 4.8
Turnout 110,860 93.6
Labor hold Swing-4.1
1982 Victorian state election: Melbourne North Province[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Caroline Hogg 74,100 73.9 +20.8
Liberal Geoffrey Lutz 26,229 26.1 -0.2
Total formal votes 100,329 94.7 0.0
Informal votes 5,578 5.3 0.0
Turnout 105,907 92.3 +1.1
Labor hold Swing+5.3

Elections in the 1970s
1979 Victorian state election: Melbourne North Province[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Giovanni Sgro 52,787 53.1 -10.5
Liberal Geoff Lutz 26,222 26.4 -11.1
Independent Eric Granger 20,496 20.6 +20.6
Total formal votes 99,955 94.7 -0.4
Informal votes 5,555 5.3 +0.4
Turnout 105,060 91.2 -0.4
Labor hold SwingN/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1976 Victorian state election: Melbourne North Province[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Walton 65,513 63.5
Liberal Geoff Lutz 37,629 36.5
Total formal votes 103,142 95.1
Informal votes 5,356 4.9
Turnout 108,498 91.6
Labor hold Swing
1973 Victorian state election: Melbourne North Province[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Galbally 58,954 55.3 +0.9
Liberal Richard Alston 35,617 33.4 +3.2
Democratic Labor Christina Staunton 12,029 11.3 -4.1
Total formal votes 106,600 94.1 -0.4
Informal votes 6,639 5.9 +0.4
Turnout 113,239 94.1 -0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Galbally 56.6 +0.7
Liberal Richard Alston 43.4 -0.7
Labor hold Swing+0.7
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.
1970 Victorian state election: Melbourne North Province[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Walton 55,060 54.4 0.0
Liberal Jean Baldwin 30,575 30.2 -0.9
Democratic Labor Henry Darroch 15,608 15.4 +0.9
Total formal votes 101,243 94.5 +0.6
Informal votes 5,849 5.5 -0.6
Turnout 107,092 94.9 -0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Walton 55.9 0.0
Liberal Jean Baldwin 44.1 0.0
Labor hold Swing0.0
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Elections in the 1960s
1967 Victorian state election: Melbourne North Province[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Galbally 56,378 54.4
Liberal Walter Dale 32,176 31.1
Democratic Labor Joseph O'Leary 15,003 14.5
Total formal votes 103,557 95.5
Informal votes 4,908 4.5
Turnout 108,465 95.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Galbally 55.9
Liberal Walter Dale 44.1
Labor hold Swing
  • Two party preferred was estimated.
1964 Victorian state election: Melbourne North Province[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Walton 67,535 49.7 -2.5
Liberal and Country Alan Jarman 42,904 31.6 +2.1
Democratic Labor Henry Darroch 25,408 18.7 +0.4
Total formal votes 135,847 96.6 -0.1
Informal votes 4,792 3.4 +0.1
Turnout 140,639 94.9 -0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Walton 69,128 50.9 -3.1
Liberal and Country Alan Jarman 66,719 49.1 +3.1
Labor hold Swing-3.1
1961 Victorian state election: Melbourne North Province[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Galbally 70,736 52.2 -0.6
Liberal and Country Alfred Carter 40,020 29.5 +1.3
Democratic Labor Kevin Daniel 24,877 18.3 -0.7
Total formal votes 135,633 96.7 -1.5
Informal votes 4,533 3.3 +1.5
Turnout 140,166 95.0 +2.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Galbally 54.0 -2.6
Liberal and Country Alfred Carter 46.0 +2.6
Labor hold Swing-2.6
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Elections in the 1950s
Victorian Legislative Council election, 1958: Melbourne North Province[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Walton 69,982 52.8 -12.5
Liberal and Country Gladys Brown 37,369 28.2 +28.2
Democratic Labor Jack Little 25,208 19.0 +3.2
Total formal votes 132,559 98.2 +0.3
Informal votes 2,359 1.8 -0.3
Turnout 134,918 92.9 -0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Walton 56.6
Liberal and Country Gladys Brown 43.4
Labor hold SwingN/A
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.
  • Jack Little was elected in 1952 as a member of Labor, then defected to the DLP in 1955.

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