Electoral results for the district of Prahran

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

Members for Prahran
MemberPartyTerm
  Edward Dixon Unaligned 1889–1894
  Frederick Gray Labor 1894–1900
  Donald Mackinnon Liberal 1900–1920
  Alexander Parker Labor 1920–1921
  Richard Fetherston Nationalist 1921–1924
  Arthur Jackson Labor 1924–1932
  John Ellis United Australia 1932–1944
  Liberal 1944–1945
  Bill Quirk Labor 1945–1948
  Frank Crean Labor 1949–1951
  Robert Pettiona Labor 1951–1955
  Sam Loxton Liberal 1955–1979
  Bob Miller Labor 1979–1985
  Don Hayward Liberal 1985–1996
  Leonie Burke Liberal 1996–2002
  Tony Lupton Labor 2002–2010
  Clem Newton-Brown Liberal 2010–2014
  Sam Hibbins Greens 2014–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s
2018 Victorian state election: Prahran[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Katie Allen 13,956 34.53 −10.29
Labor Neil Pharaoh 11,702 28.95 +3.04
Greens Sam Hibbins 11,347 28.07 +3.32
Democratic Labour Leon Kofmansky 933 2.31 +2.31
Animal Justice Jennifer Long 900 2.23 −0.04
Reason Tom Tomlin 830 2.05 +2.05
Sustainable Australia Dennis Bilic 468 1.16 +1.16
Aussie Battler Wendy Patterson 156 0.39 +0.39
Independent Alan Menadue 130 0.32 +0.10
Total formal votes 40,422 94.77 −0.12
Informal votes 2,229 5.23 +0.12
Turnout 42,651 84.67 −3.80
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Neil Pharaoh 23,263 57.55 +7.58
Liberal Katie Allen 17,159 42.45 −7.58
Two-candidate-preferred result
Greens Sam Hibbins 23,224 57.45 +7.08
Liberal Katie Allen 17,198 42.55 −7.08
Greens hold Swing+7.08
2014 Victorian state election: Prahran
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Clem Newton-Brown 16,582 44.81 −2.14
Labor Neil Pharaoh 9,586 25.91 −1.87
Greens Sam Hibbins 9,160 24.75 +4.96
Animal Justice Eleonora Gullone 837 2.26 +2.26
Family First Alan Walker 282 0.76 +0.17
Independent Jason Goldsmith 247 0.67 +0.67
Independent Steve Stefanopoulos 227 0.61 +0.61
Independent Alan Menadue 82 0.22 +0.22
Total formal votes 37,003 94.89 −1.88
Informal votes 1,991 5.11 +1.88
Turnout 38,994 88.47 −0.34
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Clem Newton-Brown 18,580 50.03 −4.6
Labor Neil Pharaoh 18,555 49.97 +4.6
Two-party-preferred result
Greens Sam Hibbins 18,640 50.37 +50.37
Liberal Clem Newton-Brown 18,363 49.63 −5.17
Greens gain from Liberal SwingN/A
2010 Victorian state election: Prahran
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Clem Newton-Brown 16,197 47.95 +6.08
Labor Tony Lupton 9,384 27.78 −8.94
Greens Meni Christofakis 6,685 19.79 −0.34
Sex Party Christian Vega 1,073 3.18 +3.18
Independent Katharine Anderson 239 0.71 +0.71
Family First Simon Ronchi 198 0.59 −0.69
Total formal votes 33,776 96.77 +0.46
Informal votes 1,128 3.23 −0.46
Turnout 34,904 88.91 +3.94
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Clem Newton-Brown 18,460 54.80 +8.33
Labor Tony Lupton 15,226 45.20 −8.33
Liberal gain from Labor Swing+8.33

Elections in the 2000s
2006 Victorian state election: Prahran
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Clem Newton-Brown 13,136 41.9 +0.9
Labor Tony Lupton 11,518 36.7 −1.3
Greens Justin Walker 6,315 20.1 +2.1
Family First Gary Pinto 402 1.3 +1.3
Total formal votes 31,371 96.3 −0.8
Informal votes 1,201 3.7 +0.8
Turnout 32,572 85.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tony Lupton 16,800 53.6 −0.8
Liberal Clem Newton-Brown 14,571 46.4 +0.8
Labor hold Swing−0.8
2002 Victorian state election: Prahran
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Leonie Burke 12,713 41.0 −10.7
Labor Tony Lupton 11,772 38.0 −1.4
Greens Dinesh Mathew 5,591 18.0 +11.4
Democrats John Gourlay 504 1.6 +1.6
Independent Abraham Lincoln 419 1.4 +1.4
Total formal votes 30,999 97.1 −0.2
Informal votes 921 2.9 +0.2
Turnout 31,920 86.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tony Lupton 16,869 54.4 +9.1
Liberal Leonie Burke 14,130 45.6 −9.1
Labor gain from Liberal Swing+9.1

Elections in the 1990s
1999 Victorian state election: Prahran
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Leonie Burke 16,789 51.0 −1.8
Labor Joseph O'Reilly 13,056 39.7 −3.9
Greens Wendy Salter 2,282 6.9 +6.9
Democratic Labor Frances Murphy 609 1.9 +1.9
Natural Law Margaret Dawson 164 0.5 −3.1
Total formal votes 32,900 97.3 −0.4
Informal votes 904 2.7 +0.4
Turnout 33,804 86.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Leonie Burke 17,785 54.0 −0.6
Labor Joseph O'Reilly 15,126 46.0 +0.6
Liberal hold Swing−0.6
1996 Victorian state election: Prahran
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Leonie Burke 17,135 52.8 −1.9
Labor Nicky Kepert 14,133 43.6 +8.1
Natural Law Jan Allison 1,157 3.6 +0.0
Total formal votes 32,425 97.7 +1.8
Informal votes 770 2.3 −1.8
Turnout 33,195 87.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Leonie Burke 17,673 54.6 −3.2
Labor Nicky Kepert 14,697 45.4 +3.2
Liberal hold Swing−3.2
1992 Victorian state election: Prahran
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Don Hayward 16,502 54.8 +6.4
Labor Cynthia Levey 10,682 35.4 −11.3
Greens Francesca Davidson 1,863 6.2 +6.2
Natural Law Greg Broszczyk 1,086 3.6 +3.6
Total formal votes 30,133 95.9 +0.6
Informal votes 1,291 4.1 −0.6
Turnout 31,424 89.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Don Hayward 17,387 57.8 +7.5
Labor Cynthia Levey 12,678 42.2 −7.5
Liberal hold Swing+7.5

Elections in the 1980s
1988 Victorian state election: Prahran
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Don Hayward 13,531 56.05 +2.62
Labor Roman Jade 10,020 41.50 +0.28
Call to Australia Neil Baluch 592 2.45 +2.45
Total formal votes 24,143 95.91 −1.28
Informal votes 1,029 4.09 +1.28
Turnout 25,172 86.46 −1.80
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Don Hayward 13,864 57.42 +0.48
Labor Roman Jade 10,279 42.58 −0.48
Liberal hold Swing+0.48
1985 Victorian state election: Prahran
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Don Hayward 14,582 53.4 +3.9
Labor Hendrik van Leeuwen 11,250 41.2 −3.4
Independent Norman Long 746 2.7 +2.7
Public Transport Alan Parker 714 2.6 +2.6
Total formal votes 27,292 97.2
Informal votes 788 2.8
Turnout 28,080 88.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Don Hayward 15,502 56.8 +5.1
Labor Hendrik van Leeuwen 11,790 43.2 −5.1
Liberal hold Swing+5.1
1982 Victorian state election: Prahran
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bob Miller 11,241 50.6 +4.5
Liberal Peter Thomson 9,746 43.9 +0.3
Democrats Pamela Hoobin 1,038 4.7 −4.3
Socialist Trevor McCandless 195 0.9 +0.9
Total formal votes 22,220 97.6 +0.9
Informal votes 546 2.4 −0.9
Turnout 22,766 89.1 +0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bob Miller 11,935 53.7 +2.8
Liberal Peter Thomson 10,285 46.3 −2.8
Labor hold Swing+2.8

Elections in the 1970s
1979 Victorian state election: Prahran
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bob Miller 10,517 46.1 +5.6
Liberal Anthony De Domenico 9,960 43.6 −7.9
Democrats Peter Bowden 2,059 9.0 +9.0
Independent Trevor McCandless 291 1.3 +1.3
Total formal votes 22,827 96.7 −0.3
Informal votes 780 3.3 +0.3
Turnout 23,607 88.2 +3.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bob Miller 11,630 50.9 +6.6
Liberal Anthony De Domenico 11,197 49.1 −6.6
Labor gain from Liberal Swing+6.6
1976 Victorian state election: Prahran
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sam Loxton 12,414 51.5 +0.3
Labor Morris Milder 9,760 40.5 −2.2
Independent Michael Salvaris 1,086 4.5 +4.5
Workers Paul Krutulis 858 3.6 +3.6
Total formal votes 24,118 97.0
Informal votes 753 3.0
Turnout 24,871 84.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Sam Loxton 13,419 55.7 −0.8
Labor Morris Milder 10,699 44.3 +0.8
Liberal hold Swing−0.8
1973 Victorian state election: Prahran
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sam Loxton 11,306 48.1 +6.0
Labor Murray Pearce 10,305 43.9 +4.1
Democratic Labor John Johnston 1,891 8.1 −0.5
Total formal votes 23,502 96.7 +1.5
Informal votes 795 3.3 −1.5
Turnout 24,297 87.7 −1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Sam Loxton 12,955 55.1 +0.1
Labor Murray Pearce 10,547 44.9 −0.1
Liberal hold Swing+0.1
1970 Victorian state election: Prahran
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sam Loxton 9,188 42.1 −2.3
Labor Ivan Trayling 8,681 39.8 +4.2
Democratic Labor John Johnston 1,877 8.6 0.0
Independent James Banks 1,460 6.7 +6.7
Def. of Govt Schools David Tuck 601 2.8 +2.8
Total formal votes 21,807 95.2 +0.2
Informal votes 1,092 4.8 −0.2
Turnout 22,899 88.7 −0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Sam Loxton 11,983 55.0 +1.2
Labor Ivan Trayling 9,824 45.0 −1.2
Liberal hold Swing+1.2

Elections in the 1960s
1967 Victorian state election: Prahran
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sam Loxton 9,845 44.4 +0.1
Labor John Dyer 7,902 35.6 −9.2
Independent George Gahan 2,378 10.7 +10.7
Democratic Labor Gavan Grimes 1,906 8.6 −2.3
Independent John Ketelhorn 148 0.7 +0.7
Total formal votes 22,179 95.0
Informal votes 1,159 5.0
Turnout 23,338 89.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Sam Loxton 11,934 53.8 +0.2
Labor John Dyer 10,245 46.2 −0.2
Liberal hold Swing+0.2
1964 Victorian state election: Prahran
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Sam Loxton 7,464 45.8 +4.1
Labor Robert Pettiona 6,709 41.1 −4.2
Democratic Labor Gordon Haberman 1,794 10.5 −2.5
Independent John Amurry 430 2.6 +2.6
Total formal votes 16,307 96.6 −0.5
Informal votes 567 3.4 +0.5
Turnout 16,874 92.3 0.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Sam Loxton 14,289 64.8 +2.5
Labor Robert Pettiona 7,750 35.2 −2.5
Liberal and Country hold Swing+2.5
1961 Victorian state election: Prahran
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Gahan 7,430 45.3 +2.0
Liberal and Country Sam Loxton 6,839 41.7 −2.0
Democratic Labor Gordon Haberman 2,137 13.0 0.0
Total formal votes 16,406 97.1 −0.8
Informal votes 486 2.9 +0.8
Turnout 16,892 92.3 +0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Sam Loxton 8,648 52.7 −2.2
Labor George Gahan 7,758 47.3 +2.2
Liberal and Country hold Swing−2.2

Elections in the 1950s
1958 Victorian state election: Prahran
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Sam Loxton 7,798 43.7
Labor Robert Pettiona 7,734 43.3
Democratic Labor Gordon Haberman 2,325 13.0
Total formal votes 17,857 97.9
Informal votes 375 2.1
Turnout 18,232 92.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Sam Loxton 9,794 54.9
Labor Robert Pettiona 8,063 45.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing
1955 Victorian state election: Prahran
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert Pettiona 7,738 47.3
Liberal and Country Sam Loxton 5,847 35.7
Labor (A-C) James Johnson 2,238 13.7
Independent Leonard Bennett 553 3.4
Total formal votes 16,376 96.6
Informal votes 576 3.4
Turnout 16,952 92.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Sam Loxton 8,195 50.04
Labor Robert Pettiona 8,181 49.96
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing
1952 Victorian state election: Prahran
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert Pettiona 13,009 61.6 +6.0
Liberal and Country Charles Gawith 8,114 38.4 −6.0
Total formal votes 21,123 98.2 −0.8
Informal votes 380 1.8 +0.8
Turnout 21,503 92.2 −2.0
Labor hold Swing+6.0
1950 Victorian state election: Prahran
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Crean 12,879 55.6 +5.4
Liberal and Country Charles Barrington 10,267 44.4 −5.4
Total formal votes 23,146 99.0 +0.1
Informal votes 223 1.0 −0.1
Turnout 23,369 94.2 +3.4
Labor hold Swing+5.4

References
  • "Prahran District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  1. State Election 2018: Prahran District, VEC.
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