Electoral results for the district of Ascot Vale

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

Members for Ascot Vale

First incarnation (1955–1958)
MemberPartyTerm
  Ernie Shepherd Labor 1955–1958
Second incarnation (1976–1985)
MemberPartyTerm
  Tom Edmunds  Labor 1976–1985

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1982 Victorian state election: Ascot Vale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Edmunds 17,797 71.7 +3.4
Liberal David Hayward 7,012 28.3 -3.4
Total formal votes 24,809 95.4 +0.2
Informal votes 1,190 4.6 -0.2
Turnout 25,999 93.7 +1.2
Labor hold Swing+3.4

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: Ascot Vale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Edmunds 16,901 68.3 +5.0
Liberal Murray Kellam 7,859 31.7 -5.0
Total formal votes 24,760 95.2 -0.9
Informal votes 1,241 4.8 +0.9
Turnout 26,001 92.5 +0.1
Labor hold Swing+5.0
1976 Victorian state election: Ascot Vale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Edmunds 16,445 63.3 +3.9
Liberal Edmond Murphy 9,535 36.7 +5.9
Total formal votes 25,980 96.1
Informal votes 1,043 3.9
Turnout 27,023 92.4
Labor hold Swing+2.9

Elections in the 1950s

1955 Victorian state election: Ascot Vale[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ernie Shepherd 14,351 66.4
Liberal and Country George Evans 4,091 18.9
Labor (A-C) Paul Gunn 3,168 14.7
Total formal votes 21,610 98.2
Informal votes 399 1.8
Turnout 22,009 94.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ernie Shepherd 14,826 68.6
Liberal and Country George Evans 6,784 31.4
Labor hold Swing

References

  1. Hughes, Colin A. (1975). Voting for the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1890-1964. Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 070811332X.
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