Electoral results for the Chelsea Province

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

Members for Chelsea Province

Member 1		Party	Year
	Neil Stacey	Liberal	1976	Member 2		Party
			1979		Eric Kent	Labor
	Mal Sandon	Labor	1982
			1985		Maureen Lyster	Labor
	Burwyn Davidson	Labor	1988
			1992		Sue Wilding	Liberal
	Cameron Boardman	Liberal	1996
			1999		Bob Smith	Labor
	Matt Viney	Labor	2002

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

2002 Victorian state election: Chelsea Province ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Matt Viney	69,508	54.0	+5.5
	Liberal	Vanthida Lao	42,715	33.2	−11.9
	Greens	Hilary Bray	11,904	9.3	+8.7
	Democrats	Wendy Thacker	4,525	3.5	−0.5
Total formal votes			128,652	96.1	−0.2
Informal votes			5,234	3.9	+0.2
Turnout			133,886	92.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Matt Viney	80,160	61.7	+8.9
	Liberal	Vanthida Lao	49,825	38.3	−8.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.9

Elections in the 1990s

1999 Victorian state election: Chelsea Province ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Smith	57,949	47.5	+5.3
	Liberal	Sue Wilding	56,642	46.4	−4.3
	Democrats	James Bennett	5,250	4.3	−0.4
	Independent	Michael Good	2,185	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			122,026	96.4	−1.1
Informal votes			4,621	3.6	+1.1
Turnout			126,647	93.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Smith	62,501	51.2	+4.5
	Liberal	Sue Wilding	59,525	48.8	−4.5
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+4.5

1996 Victorian state election: Chelsea Province ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cameron Boardman	61,122	50.7	+0.7
	Labor	Burwyn Davidson	50,902	42.2	+1.7
	Democrats	Kaylyn Raynor	5,694	4.7	+4.7
	Democratic Labor	Mechelina Schalken	1,480	1.2	−3.2
	Natural Law	Lee Fergusson	1,394	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			120,592	97.5	+1.9
Informal votes			3,155	2.5	−1.9
Turnout			123,747	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Cameron Boardman	64,158	53.3	−0.9
	Labor	Burwyn Davidson	56,315	46.7	+0.9
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	-0.9

1992 Victorian state election: Chelsea Province ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sue Wilding	58,108	49.9	+4.7
	Labor	Maureen Lyster	47,127	40.5	−11.4
	Independent	Judith O'Dwyer	5,929	5.1	+5.1
	Democratic Labor	John Cass	5,199	4.5	+4.5
Total formal votes			116,363	95.5	+0.4
Informal votes			5,455	4.5	−0.4
Turnout			121,818	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Sue Wilding	62,868	54.2	+7.6
	Labor	Maureen Lyster	53,161	45.8	−7.6
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+7.6

Elections in the 1980s

1988 Victorian state election: Chelsea Province ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Burwyn Davidson	54,959	50.5	−1.7
	Liberal	Michael O'Brien	49,707	45.7	−2.1
	Independent	Ken Glyde	4,074	3.8	+3.8
Total formal votes			108,740	96.0	−1.0
Informal votes			4,562	4.0	+1.0
Turnout			113,302	92.4	−0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Burwyn Davidson	57,092	52.5	+0.3
	Liberal	Michael O'Brien	51,171	47.8	−0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.3

1985 Victorian state election: Chelsea Province ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Maureen Lyster	55,866	52.2
	Liberal	Michael Herbst	51,171	47.8
Total formal votes			107,037	97.0
Informal votes			3,321	3.0
Turnout			110,358	93.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.9

1982 Victorian state election: Chelsea Province ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mal Sandon	72,115	58.0	+6.4
	Liberal	Neil Stacey	52,125	42.0	−6.4
Total formal votes			124,240	96.4	+0.1
Informal votes			4,686	3.6	−0.1
Turnout			128,926	93.8	0.0
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.4

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: Chelsea Province ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eric Kent	59,381	51.2	+2.4
	Liberal	Geoffrey Connard	55,684	48.8	−2.4
Total formal votes			115,065	96.3	−0.5
Informal votes			4,369	3.7	+0.5
Turnout			119,434	93.8	+1.3
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+2.4

1976 Victorian state election: Chelsea Province ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Neil Stacey	53,970	51.2
	Labor	Michael Duffy	51,521	48.8
Total formal votes			105,491	96.8
Informal votes			3,512	3.2
Turnout			109,003	92.5
	Liberal hold		Swing

References

1. Green, Antony. "2002 Victorian state election" (PDF).
2. Green, Antony. "1999 Victorian state election" (PDF).
3. Green, Antony. "1996 Victorian state election" (PDF).
4. Green, Antony. "1992 Victorian state election" (PDF).
5. Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1988". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
6. Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1985". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
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