Electoral results for the East Yarra Province

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

Members for East Yarra Province

Member 1		Party	Year	Member 2		Party
	James Balfour	Unaligned	1904		Edward Miller	Unaligned
			1907
			1910
			1913		Robert Beckett	Non-Labor
	James Merritt	Non-Labor	1913
			1916
		Nationalist	1917		William Edgar	Nationalist
			1919
			1922
			1925
	George Swinburne	Nationalist	1928
	Robert Menzies	Nationalist	1928
	Clifden Eager	Nationalist	1930
			1931
		United Australia	1931			United Australia
			1934
			1937
			1940
			1943
		Liberal	1945			Liberal
			1946
			1948		Ewen Cameron	Liberal
		Liberal and Country	1949			Liberal and Country
			1949
		Independent	1952
			1955
	Dick Hamer	Liberal and Country	1958
			1961
			1964		Bill Campbell	Liberal and Country
			1964
		Liberal	1965			Liberal
			1967
			1970
	Haddon Storey	Liberal	1971
			1973
			1976
			1979
			1982
			1983		Mark Birrell	Liberal
			1985
			1988
			1992
	David Davis	Liberal	1996
			1999
			2002		Richard Dalla-Riva	Liberal

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

2002 Victorian state election: East Yarra by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Dalla-Riva	58,145	45.8	−11.0
	Labor	Will Fowles	43,964	34.6	+1.8
	Greens	Wendy Salter	21,096	16.6	+16.6
	Democrats	Ari Sharp	3,805	3.0	−7.4
Total formal votes			127,010	97.0	−0.5
Informal votes			3,933	3.0	+0.5
Turnout			130,943	92.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Richard Dalla-Riva	65,500	51.5	−8.8
	Labor	Will Fowles	61,634	48.5	+8.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-8.8

This election followed the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mark Birrell, who resigned. The by-election was conducted on the same day as the 2002 election, but used the old electoral boundaries.

2002 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Davis	60,379	45.6	−10.8
	Labor	Tom Wilson	47,741	36.1	+2.9
	Greens	Peter Campbell	20,311	15.3	+15.3
	Democrats	Kent Winzer	2,097	1.6	−8.8
	Independent	Bill French	1,003	0.8	+0.8
	Hope	Ronald Haack	792	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			132,323	96.4	−1.0
Informal votes			4,940	3.6	+1.0
Turnout			137,263	92.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Davis	66,304	50.1	−9.9
	Labor	Tom Wilson	66,019	49.9	+9.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-9.9

Elections in the 1990s

1999 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mark Birrell	72,041	56.8	−0.5
	Labor	Doug Walpole	41,644	32.8	+2.6
	Democrats	Pierre Harcourt	13,236	10.4	+1.5
Total formal votes			126,921	97.5	−0.8
Informal votes			3,308	2.5	+0.8
Turnout			130,229	92.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Mark Birrell	76,560	60.3	−1.9
	Labor	Doug Walpole	50,356	39.7	+1.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.9

1996 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Davis	72,536	57.3	−6.2
	Labor	Morley Muralitharan	38,297	30.2	+0.1
	Democrats	Pierre Harcourt	11,372	9.0	+9.0
	Natural Law	Lesley Mendelson	2,335	1.8	+1.8
	Democratic Labor	John Murphy	2,130	1.7	−4.7
Total formal votes			126,670	98.3	+1.5
Informal votes			2,199	1.7	−1.5
Turnout			128,869	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Davis	78,558	62.2	−4.2
	Labor	Morley Muralitharan	47,736	37.8	+4.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.2

1992 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mark Birrell	78,005	63.5	+5.5
	Labor	Rosemary Barker	37,038	30.1	−11.8
	Democratic Labor	Margaret Reed	7,840	6.4	+6.4
Total formal votes			122,883	96.8	+0.3
Informal votes			4,068	3.2	−0.3
Turnout			126,951	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Mark Birrell	81,579	66.4	+8.4
	Labor	Rosemary Barker	41,191	33.6	−8.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+8.4

Elections in the 1980s

1988 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Haddon Storey	62,522	60.3	+2.3
	Labor	Terry Monagle	41,217	39.7	+5.4
Total formal votes			103,739	96.6	−1.1
Informal votes			3,604	3.4	+1.1
Turnout			107,343	90.8	−1.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.5

1985 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mark Birrell	63,782	58.0
	Labor	Bernard Ziegenbein	37,766	34.3
	Democrats	Margaret Cole	8,490	7.7
Total formal votes			110,038	97.7
Informal votes			2,616	2.3
Turnout			112,654	92.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Mark Birrell	68,003	61.8	+4.4
	Labor	Bernard Ziegenbein	42,035	38.2	−4.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.4

1983 East Yarra Province state by-election ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mark Birrell	48,460	56.9	+3.2
	Labor	Bob Ives	34,549	40.6	+4.5
	Independent	Isaac Lahav	2,100	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			85,109	98.6	+0.8
Informal votes			1,252	1.4	−0.8
Turnout			86,361	79.4	−13.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Mark Birrell		58.1	+0.2
	Labor	Bob Ives		41.9	−0.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.2

• This by-election was caused by the resignation of Bill Campbell. Two party preferred result was estimated.

1982 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Haddon Storey	52,671	53.7	−2.6
	Labor	Doug Walpole	35,442	36.1	+3.4
	Democrats	Keith Bruckner	9,985	10.2	−0.9
Total formal votes			98,098	97.8	+0.2
Informal votes			2,165	2.2	−0.2
Turnout			100,263	92.7	+1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Haddon Storey		57.9	−4.5
	Labor	Doug Walpole		42.1	+4.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.5

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Campbell	56,302	56.3	−8.5
	Labor	Jeanne Hendy	32,679	32.7	−2.5
	Democrats	Michael McBride	11,075	11.1	+11.1
Total formal votes			100,056	97.6	−0.1
Informal votes			2,483	2.4	+0.1
Turnout			102,539	91.5	−0.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1976 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Haddon Storey	66,998	64.8
	Labor	Robert Gurry	36,306	35.2
Total formal votes			103,304	97.7
Informal votes			2,428	2.3
Turnout			105,732	91.8
	Liberal hold		Swing

1973 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Campbell	68,336	58.5	+5.7
	Labor	Rosslyn Ives	31,799	27.2	−7.1
	Democratic Labor	Helen Hart	8,837	7.6	−5.3
	Australia	Harold Jeffrey	7,765	6.7	+6.7
Total formal votes			116,737	97.2	+0.3
Informal votes			3,399	2.8	−0.3
Turnout			120,136	91.8	−1.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Campbell		68.0	+3.4
	Labor	Rosslyn Ives		32.0	−3.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.4

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

1971 East Yarra Province state by-election ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Haddon Storey	51,415	55.6	+2.8
	Labor	Stanley Bannan	23,749	25.7	−9.6
	Defence of Government Schools	Lancelot Hutchinson	8,886	9.6	+9.6
	Independent	Dorothy Buchanan	7,544	8.2	+8.2
	Independent	I J Mackay	869	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			92,463	97.5	+0.6
Informal votes			2,336	2.5	−0.6
Turnout			94,799	79.3	−13.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Haddon Storey		61.8	−2.8
	Labor	Stanley Bannan		38.2	+2.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.8

• This by-election was caused by the resignation of Rupert Hamer, who successfully contested the 1971 Kew state by-election to move to the Lower House upon being elected as leader of the Liberal party. The two party preferred margin was estimated.

1970 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rupert Hamer	57,786	52.8	−4.1
	Labor	Stanley Bannan	37,645	34.3	+5.5
	Democratic Labor	John Rogers	14,083	12.9	−1.3
Total formal votes			109,514	96.9	−0.1
Informal votes			3,468	3.1	+0.1
Turnout			112,982	93.1	−0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Rupert Hamer		64.4	−5.3
	Labor	Stanley Bannan		35.6	+5.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.3

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Elections in the 1960s

1967 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Campbell	61,857	56.9
	Labor	James Lawson	31,410	28.9
	Democratic Labor	John Rogers	15,491	14.2
Total formal votes			108,758	97.0
Informal votes			3,358	3.0
Turnout			112,116	93.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Campbell		69.7
	Labor	James Lawson		30.3
	Liberal hold		Swing

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

1964 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Rupert Hamer	73,387	59.7	+2.3
	Labor	John Paterson	33,075	26.9	−0.7
	Democratic Labor	John Hoare	16,508	13.4	−1.6
Total formal votes			122,970	97.7	−0.1
Informal votes			2,883	2.3	+0.1
Turnout			125,853	93.2	−3.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Rupert Hamer		71.8	+0.9
	Labor	John Paterson		28.2	−0.9
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+0.9

1964 East Yarra Province state by-election ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Bill Campbell	70,383	67.2	+9.8
	Independent	C Calderwood	21,115	20.2	+20.2
	Independent	Geoffrey Broomhall	6,936	6.6	+6.6
	Independent	John Murray	6,294	6.0	+6.0
Total formal votes			104,728	96.2	−1.5
Informal votes			4,132	3.8	+1.5
Turnout			108,860	80.6	−12.8
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

• This by-election was caused by the death of Ewen Cameron. Preferences were not distributed.

1961 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Ewen Cameron	68,916	57.4	+8.4
	Labor	Leo Bartley	33,083	27.6	+27.6
	Democratic Labor	John Hoare	17,978	15.0	−3.4
Total formal votes			119,977	97.7	−0.3
Informal votes			2,859	2.3	+0.3
Turnout			122,836	93.4	+0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Ewen Cameron		70.9
	Labor	Leo Bartley		29.1
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Elections in the 1950s

Victorian Legislative Council election, 1958: East Yarra Province ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Rupert Hamer	57,238	49.0	−6.2
	Independent	Clifden Eager	38,055	32.6	+32.6
	Democratic Labor	John Hoare	21,495	18.4	+8.3
Total formal votes			116,788	98.0	+0.1
Informal votes			2,350	2.0	−0.1
Turnout			119,138	92.5	+1.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Rupert Hamer	75,174	64.4
	Independent	Clifden Eager	41,614	35.6
	Liberal and Country gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

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