Electoral results for the district of Coburg

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

Members for Coburg
MemberPartyTerm
  Frank Keane Labor Party 1927–1940
  Charlie Mutton Independent 1940–1956
  Labor Party 1956–1967
  Jack Mutton Independent 1967–1979
  Peter Gavin Labor Party 1979–1992
  Tom Roper Labor Party 1992–1994
  Carlo Carli Labor Party 1994–2002

Election results

Elections in the 1990s
1999 Victorian state election: Coburg [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Carlo Carli 18,877 64.7 -0.3
Liberal Mark Hrycek 7,765 26.6 -3.9
Greens Emma Rush 2,547 8.7 +8.7
Total formal votes 29,189 95.9 -1.0
Informal votes 1,248 4.1 +1.0
Turnout 30,437 86.1 -6.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Carlo Carli 20,951 71.8 +4.9
Liberal Mark Hrycek 8,232 28.2 -4.9
Labor hold Swing+4.9
1996 Victorian state election: Coburg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Carlo Carli 19,934 65.0 +14.1
Liberal Dino De Marchi 9,348 30.5 +1.4
Natural Law Martin Richardson 1,405 4.6 +2.1
Total formal votes 30,687 96.9 +2.8
Informal votes 982 3.1 -2.8
Turnout 31,669 92.1 -0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Carlo Carli 20,509 66.9 +5.7
Liberal Dino De Marchi 10,140 33.1 -5.7
Labor hold Swing+5.7
1994 Coburg state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Carlo Carli 13,691 52.8 +2.0
Independent Sam Ganci 5,976 23.0 +23.0
Greens Andrea Sharam 5,368 20.7 +20.7
Independent Gilbert Boffa 906 3.5 +3.5
Total formal votes 25,941 91.8 -2.2
Informal votes 2,304 8.2 +2.2
Turnout 28,245 85.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Carlo Carli 17,188 66.3 +5.1
Independent Sam Ganci 8,738 33.7 +33.7
Labor hold SwingN/A
1992 Victorian state election: Coburg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Roper 14,662 50.8 -11.6
Liberal Ross Lazzaro 8,394 29.1 +2.2
Independent Norma Willoughby 2,396 8.3 +2.8
Pensioner and CIR Katheryne Savage 1,506 5.2 +5.2
Independent Jeff Sullivan 1,165 4.0 +4.0
Natural Law Byron Rigby 725 2.5 +2.5
Total formal votes 28,848 94.1 +1.0
Informal votes 1,813 5.9 -1.0
Turnout 30,661 92.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tom Roper 17,569 61.2 -4.5
Liberal Ross Lazzaro 11,142 38.8 +4.5
Labor hold Swing-4.5

Elections in the 1980s
1988 Victorian state election: Coburg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Peter Gavin 15,353 61.27 -9.17
Liberal Erdem Aydin 5,911 23.59 -5.97
Independent Norma Willoughby 3,793 15.14 +15.14
Total formal votes 25,057 93.70 -2.35
Informal votes 1,685 6.30 +2.35
Turnout 26,742 91.16 -1.48
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Peter Gavin 16,364 65.31 -5.13
Liberal Erdem Aydin 8,691 34.69 +5.13
Labor hold Swing-5.13
1985 Victorian state election: Coburg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Peter Gavin 19,235 70.4 -2.4
Liberal Antonino Boeti 8,070 29.6 +11.7
Total formal votes 27,305 96.0
Informal votes 1,124 4.0
Turnout 28,429 92.6
Labor hold Swing-5.3
1982 Victorian state election: Coburg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Peter Gavin 18,656 70.2 +24.5
Liberal Bozidar Jovanovic 5,464 20.5 +2.5
Independent Ernest Hadley 2,476 9.3 +9.3
Total formal votes 26,596 96.1 +2.5
Informal votes 1,067 3.9 -2.5
Turnout 27,663 94.3 -0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Peter Gavin 19,894 74.8 +5.3
Liberal Bozidar Jovanovic 6,702 25.2 -5.3
Labor hold Swing+5.3

Elections in the 1970s
1979 Victorian state election: Coburg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Peter Gavin 11,647 45.7 +2.4
Independent Jack Mutton 7,183 28.2 -0.3
Liberal Nicholas Kosenko 4,602 18.0 -5.1
Democrats Kenneth Goss 840 3.3 +3.3
Democratic Labor John Flint 801 3.1 -2.0
Independent Raymond Berbling 439 1.7 +1.7
Total formal votes 25,512 93.6 -3.0
Informal votes 1,751 6.4 +3.0
Turnout 27,263 94.8 +1.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Peter Gavin 17,731 69.5 +3.0
Liberal Nicholas Kosenko 7,781 30.5 -3.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Peter Gavin 13,072 51.2 +6.6
Independent Jack Mutton 12,440 48.8 -6.6
Labor gain from Independent Swing+6.6
1976 Victorian state election: Coburg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Peter Gavin 11,324 43.3 -1.2
Independent Jack Mutton 7,452 28.5 +8.6
Liberal Nicholas Kosenko 6,044 23.1 -2.0
Democratic Labor Helen Hart 1,336 5.1 -5.4
Total formal votes 26,156 96.6
Informal votes 931 3.4
Turnout 27,087 93.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Jack Mutton 14,478 55.3 +2.4
Labor Peter Gavin 11,678 44.7 -2.4
Independent hold Swing+2.4
1973 Victorian state election: Coburg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Cox 8,581 39.8 +1.0
Independent Jack Mutton 6,156 28.5 +1.2
Liberal Louis Mingaars 5,046 23.4 +1.6
Democratic Labor Timothy Gerrard 1,806 8.4 -3.9
Total formal votes 21,589 95.7 -0.1
Informal votes 967 4.3 +0.1
Turnout 22,556 95.6 +0.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Jack Mutton 12,505 57.9 -1.0
Labor Frank Cox 9,084 42.1 +1.0
Independent hold Swing-1.0
1970 Victorian state election: Coburg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Cox 8,236 38.8 -1.0
Independent Jack Mutton 5,728 27.3 +6.4
Liberal Joan Mathieson 4,627 21.8 -2.8
Democratic Labor Peter McCabe 2,616 12.3 -2.5
Total formal votes 21,207 95.8 +0.1
Informal votes 931 4.2 -0.1
Turnout 22,138 95.1 -0.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Jack Mutton 12,480 58.8 +0.4
Labor Frank Cox 8,727 41.2 -0.4
Independent hold Swing+0.4

Elections in the 1960s
1967 Victorian state election: Coburg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Brown 8,680 39.8 -14.2
Liberal Charles Symons 5,366 24.6 -1.7
Independent Jack Mutton 4,548 20.9 +20.9
Democratic Labor John Hardy 3,216 14.7 -5.0
Total formal votes 21,810 95.7
Informal votes 982 4.3
Turnout 22,792 95.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Brown 12,940 59.3 -2.4
Liberal Charles Symons 8,870 40.7 +2.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Jack Mutton 12,480 58.8 +58.8
Labor Bill Brown 8,727 41.2 -15.7
Independent gain from Labor SwingN/A
1964 Victorian state election: Coburg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Charlie Mutton 10,989 56.9 -1.9
Liberal and Country John Knight 4,629 24.0 +3.7
Democratic Labor John Hardy 3,703 19.2 -1.7
Total formal votes 19,321 97.1 +0.1
Informal votes 569 2.9 -0.1
Turnout 19,890 94.9 -0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Charlie Mutton 11,544 59.7 -2.2
Liberal and Country John Knight 7,777 40.3 +2.2
Labor hold Swing-2.2
1961 Victorian state election: Coburg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Charlie Mutton 11,658 58.8 -3.6
Democratic Labor John Livingstone 4,149 20.9 +5.9
Liberal and Country Bryce Pyatt 4,036 20.3 -2.2
Total formal votes 19,843 97.0 -1.1
Informal votes 617 3.0 +1.1
Turnout 20,460 95.2 -0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Charlie Mutton 12,280 61.9 -2.8
Liberal and Country Bryce Pyatt 7,563 38.1 +2.8
Labor hold Swing-2.8
  • The two candidate preferred vote was not counted between the Labor and DLP candidates for Coburg.

Elections in the 1950s
1958 Victorian state election: Coburg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Charlie Mutton 12,801 62.4
Liberal and Country Peter Robertson 4,623 22.5
Democratic Labor Kevin O'Dea 3,078 15.0
Total formal votes 20,502 98.1
Informal votes 399 1.9
Turnout 20,901 95.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Charlie Mutton 13,263 64.7
Liberal and Country Peter Robertson 7,239 35.3
Labor gain from Independent SwingN/A
  • Mutton was elected as an Independent in the 1955 election, but joined the Labor party in 1956.
1955 Victorian state election: Coburg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Charlie Mutton 11,809 53.2
Liberal and Country Donald Abernethy 5,711 25.7
Labor (A-C) Kevin Hayes 4,665 21.0
Total formal votes 22,185 98.2
Informal votes 415 1.8
Turnout 22,600 94.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Charlie Mutton 12,975 58.5
Liberal and Country Donald Abernethy 9,210 41.5
Independent hold Swing
1952 Victorian state election: Coburg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labor Charlie Mutton 12,617 53.6 +20.8
Labor Kevin Hayes 10,927 46.4 +7.4
Total formal votes 23,544 98.3 -0.7
Informal votes 404 1.7 +0.7
Turnout 23,948 94.1 -1.6
Independent Labor hold Swing-4.4
1950 Victorian state election: Coburg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Hayes 9,462 39.0 +10.4
Independent Charlie Mutton 7,977 32.8 -5.7
Liberal and Country John Morris 6,852 28.2 -4.6
Total formal votes 24,291 99.0 +0.3
Informal votes 236 1.0 -0.3
Turnout 24,527 95.7 +1.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Charlie Mutton 14,085 58.0 -7.3
Labor Kevin Hayes 10,206 42.0 +7.3
Independent hold Swing-7.3

References
  1. http://www.abc.net.au/elections/archive/vic/VIC1999_ResultsBook.pdf
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