Electoral results for the Melbourne West Province

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

Members for Melbourne West Province
Member 1PartyYearMember 2Party
  John Aikman Non-Labor 1904   William Edgar Non-Labor
1907
1910
1913   William Fielding Labor
1916   Arthur Disney Labor
  Daniel McNamara Labor 1916
  John Aikman Non-Labor
  Nationalist 1917
1919
  Robert Williams Labor 1922
1925
1928
1931
  Independent 1932
1934
1937
  Pat Kennelly Labor 1938
1940
1943
1943   Les Coleman Labor
1946
1949
  Bert Bailey Labor 1952
  Labor (A-C) 1955   Labor (A-C)
1955   Buckley Machin Labor
  Archie Todd Labor 1958
1961
1963   Alexander Knight Labor
1964
1967
  Bunna Walsh Labor 1970
  Bon Thomas Labor 1970
1973
1976
1979   Joan Coxsedge Labor
  Joan Kirner Labor 1982
1985
  Licia Kokocinski Labor 1988
1992   Jean McLean Labor
  Sang Nguyen Labor 1996
1999   Kaye Darveniza Labor
2002

Election results

Elections in the 2000s
2002 Victorian state election: Melbourne West Province[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Sang Nguyen 78,617 60.4 -0.7
Liberal Peter Hammond 32,350 24.9 -8.2
Greens Andrew Ellis 15,007 11.5 +11.5
Democrats Barry Thomas 4,123 3.2 -2.6
Total formal votes 130,097 95.4 -0.3
Informal votes 6,314 4.6 +0.3
Turnout 136,411 92.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Sang Nguyen 91,780 70.6 +5.7
Liberal Peter Hammond 38,237 29.4 -5.7
Labor hold Swing+5.7

Elections in the 1990s
1999 Victorian state election: Melbourne West Province[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kaye Darveniza 79,460 60.8 +13.2
Liberal Angela Borg 43,561 33.3 -0.2
Democrats Diane Bames 7,682 5.9 +2.8
Total formal votes 130,703 95.8 -0.4
Informal votes 5,801 4.2 +0.4
Turnout 136,504 92.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kaye Darveniza 84,297 64.5 +3.3
Liberal Angela Borg 46,404 35.5 -3.3
Labor hold Swing+3.3
1996 Victorian state election: Melbourne West Province[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Sang Nguyen 59,414 47.6 +2.7
Liberal Chris MacGregor 41,861 33.5 +3.7
Independent Les Twentyman 12,878 10.3 -12.6
Democratic Labor Kevin Carroll 4,876 3.9 +1.6
Democrats Alan Parker 3,867 3.1 +3.1
Natural Law Panayiota Stamatopoulou 1,064 0.9 +0.9
Independent Joe Santana 853 0.7 +0.7
Total formal votes 124,813 96.1 +1.4
Informal votes 5,053 3.9 -1.4
Turnout 129,866 93.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Sang Nguyen 76,203 61.2 +5.6
Liberal Chris MacGregor 48,360 38.8 -5.6
Labor hold Swing+5.6
1992 Victorian state election: Melbourne West Province[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jean McLean 51,960 44.9 -18.2
Liberal Patricia Vejby 34,543 29.9 -7.0
Independent Les Twentyman 26,499 22.9 +22.9
Democratic Labor Maurice Allen 2,693 2.3 +2.3
Total formal votes 115,695 94.7 +1.7
Informal votes 6,520 5.3 -1.7
Turnout 122,215 95.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jean McLean 64,176 55.6 -7.5
Liberal Patricia Vejby 51,199 44.4 +7.5
Labor hold Swing-7.5

Elections in the 1980s
1988 Victorian state election: Melbourne West Province[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Licia Kokocinski 69,482 63.4 +0.5
Liberal Darren Olney 40,123 36.6 +7.6
Total formal votes 109,605 92.9 -2.8
Informal votes 8,399 7.1 +2.8
Turnout 118,004 91.6 -0.9
Labor hold Swing-3.5
1985 Victorian state election: Melbourne West Province[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Joan Coxsedge 68,229 62.9
Liberal Matthew Matich 31,474 29.0
Democrats Johannus Paas 8,821 8.1
Total formal votes 108,524 95.7
Informal votes 4,929 4.3
Turnout 113,453 92.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Joan Coxsedge 72,603 66.9 -4.8
Liberal Matthew Matich 35,921 33.1 +4.8
Labor hold Swing-4.8
1982 Victorian state election: Melbourne West Province[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Joan Kirner 71,793 66.5 +13.7
Liberal Matthew Matich 25,210 23.4 -5.6
Democrats Darryl Carlton 8,607 8.0 +2.7
Democratic Labor Margaret Reed 2,302 2.1 +2.1
Total formal votes 107,912 94.7 0.0
Informal votes 6,026 5.3 0.0
Turnout 113,938 93.9 +1.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Joan Kirner 71.7 +6.8
Liberal Matthew Matich 28.3 -6.8
Labor hold Swing+6.8
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Elections in the 1970s
1979 Victorian state election: Melbourne West Province[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Joan Coxsedge 54,263 52.8 -7.1
Liberal Rino Baggio 29,842 29.0 -11.2
Independent Alexander Knight 13,202 12.9 +12.9
Democrats Ivan Pollock 5,466 5.3 +5.3
Total formal votes 102,773 94.7 -0.2
Informal votes 5,716 5.3 +0.2
Turnout 108,489 93.6 +1.4
Labor hold SwingN/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1976 Victorian state election: Melbourne West Province[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bon Thomas 60,144 59.9
Liberal Peter Stirling 40,339 40.2
Total formal votes 100,483 94.9
Informal votes 5,407 5.1
Turnout 105,890 92.2
Labor hold Swing
1973 Victorian state election: Melbourne West Province[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alexander Knight 74,939 54.7 +0.8
Liberal Neville Hudson 49,189 35.9 +7.7
Democratic Labor Robin Thomas 12,874 9.4 -8.6
Total formal votes 137,002 93.9 -0.6
Informal votes 8,960 6.1 +0.6
Turnout 145,962 93.9 -1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Alexander Knight 55.6 0.0
Liberal Neville Hudson 44.4 0.0
Labor hold Swing0.0
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.
1970 Victorian state election: Melbourne West Province[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bunna Walsh 62,584 53.9 -4.0
Liberal William McDonald 36,692 28.2 +7.1
Democratic Labor Kenneth Berrie 20,865 18.0 -3.0
Total formal votes 120,141 93.8 -0.4
Informal votes 7,608 6.2 +0.4
Turnout 127,749 95.0 +1.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bunna Walsh 55.6 -4.4
Liberal William McDonald 44.4 +4.4
Labor hold Swing-4.4
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Elections in the 1960s
1967 Victorian state election: Melbourne West Province[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alexander Knight 60,703 57.9
Liberal Joseph Kadane 22,161 21.1
Democratic Labor Kenneth Berrie 21,996 21.0
Total formal votes 104,860 94.2
Informal votes 6,407 5.8
Turnout 111,267 93.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Alexander Knight 60.0
Liberal Joseph Kadane 40.0
Labor hold Swing
  • Two party preferred was estimated.
1964 Victorian state election: Melbourne West Province[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Archie Todd 52,700 60.6 -2.3
Liberal and Country Graham Strang 18,135 20.9 +6.6
Democratic Labor Bert Bailey 16,062 18.5 -4.4
Total formal votes 86,897 95.7 -1.0
Informal votes 3,934 4.3 +1.0
Turnout 90,831 94.2 -0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Archie Todd 62.5 -1.8
Liberal and Country Graham Strang 37.5 +1.8
Labor hold Swing-1.8
1961 Victorian state election: Melbourne West Province[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Buckley Machin 55,115 62.9 -8.4
Democratic Labor Bert Bailey 20,055 22.9 -5.8
Liberal and Country Dudley Coombes 12,511 14.3 +14.3
Total formal votes 87,681 95.6 -2.0
Informal votes 4,038 4.4 +2.0
Turnout 91,719 94.3 +1.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Buckley Machin 64.3 -7.0
Democratic Labor Bert Bailey 35.7 +7.0
Labor hold Swing-7.0
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Elections in the 1950s
1958 Victorian Legislative Council election: Melbourne West Province[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Archie Todd 64,209 71.3 +1.4
Democratic Labor Bert Bailey 25,797 28.7 -1.4
Total formal votes 90,006 97.6 +0.3
Informal votes 2,228 2.4 -0.3
Turnout 92,234 92.4 +0.1
Labor hold Swing+1.4
  • Bert Bailey was elected in 1952 as a member of Labor, then defected to the DLP in 1955.

References
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  2. Green, Antony. "1999 Victorian state election" (PDF).
  3. Green, Antony. "1996 Victorian state election" (PDF).
  4. Green, Antony. "1992 Victorian state election" (PDF).
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  6. Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1985". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
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