Electoral results for the Gippsland Province

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

Members for Gippsland Province

Member 1		Party	Year	Member 2		Party	Member 3		Party
	John Dougharty		1882		William Pearson Sr.			William McCulloch
			1884
			1886
	George Davis		1888							Member 4		Party
			1889								Charles Sargeant
			1890
			1892
			1893		Edward Crooke
			1894
			1895
			1896
	William Pearson Jr.		1896
			1898
			1898								Joseph Hoddinott
			1900
			1901
			1902
			1903					Samuel Vary
			1904
			1907
			1910
			1913
			1916
	George M. Davis	Nationalist	1917
			1919
			1922		Martin McGregor	Nationalist
			1925
			1928
			1931
		United Australia	1931			United Australia
			1934
			1936		James M. Balfour	Country
	William MacAulay	Country	1937
		Liberal Country	1938
			1940
		Country	1943
			1943		Trevor Harvey	Country
			1946
			1949
			1952
			1953		Bill Fulton	Country
			1955
	Bob May	Country	1957
			1958
			1961
			1964		Arthur Hewson	Country
			1967
			1970		Eric Kent	Labor
	Dick Long	Liberal	1973
			1976		James Taylor	Liberal
			1979
			1982		Barry Murphy	Labor
			1985
			1988		Peter Hall	National
	Philip Davis	Liberal	1992
			1996
			1999
			2002

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

2002 Victorian state election: Gippsland Province ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Wishart	52,917	39.5	+0.8
	National	Peter Hall	36,086	27.0	+27.0
	Liberal	Peter Tyler	31,120	23.3	−17.6
	Greens	Madelon Lane	9,910	7.4	+7.0
	Democrats	Jo McCubbin	3,767	2.8	−3.0
Total formal votes			133,800	96.6	0.0
Informal votes			4,674	3.4	0.0
Turnout			138,474	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Peter Hall	69,590	52.0	+0.1
	Labor	Don Wishart	64,210	48.0	−0.1
	National hold		Swing	+0.1

Elections in the 1990s

1999 Victorian state election: Gippsland Province ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Wishart	47,503	39.8	+6.2
	Liberal	Philip Davis	46,447	38.9	+38.9
	Independent	Doug Treasure	11,179	9.4	+9.4
	Democrats	Jo McCubbin	6,802	5.7	+1.0
	Independent	Phil Seabrook	3,957	3.3	+3.3
	Independent	John O'Brien	3,516	2.9	+2.9
Total formal votes			119,404	96.5	−1.4
Informal votes			4,330	3.5	+1.4
Turnout			123,734	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Philip Davis	60,046	50.3	+50.3
	Labor	Don Wishart	59,358	49.7	+10.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+50.3

1996 Victorian state election: Gippsland Province ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Peter Hall	67,637	55.7	+55.7
	Labor	Christian Zahra	40,837	33.6	+0.8
	Democrats	Greg Kerr	5,720	4.7	+4.7
	Independent	Ben Buckley	5,375	4.4	−0.2
	Democratic Labor	Michael Rowe	1,872	1.5	−2.4
Total formal votes			121,441	97.9	+0.6
Informal votes			2,560	2.1	−0.6
Turnout			124,001	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Peter Hall	73,844	61.0	−0.9
	Labor	Christian Zahra	47,253	39.0	+0.9
	National hold		Swing	-0.9

1992 Victorian state election: Gippsland Province ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Philip Davis	62,713	52.5	+23.9
	Labor	Judith Stone	39,235	32.8	−4.7
	Independent	Paul Newnham	7,398	6.2	+6.2
	Independent	Ben Buckley	5,522	4.6	+4.6
	Democratic Labor	Michael Rowe	4,691	3.9	+3.9
Total formal votes			119,559	97.3	+0.2
Informal votes			3,313	2.7	−0.2
Turnout			122,872	95.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Philip Davis	73,891	61.9	+3.9
	Labor	Judith Stone	45,489	38.1	−3.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.9

Elections in the 1980s

1988 Victorian state election: Gippsland Province ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alan Hollway	42,209	37.5	+0.5
	National	Peter Hall	33,108	29.4	+3.7
	Liberal	James Taylor	32,110	28.5	−0.2
	Independent	Glen Mann	3,178	2.8	+2.8
	Independent	Bruce Ingle	1,947	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			112,552	97.1	−0.6
Informal votes			3,367	2.9	+0.6
Turnout			115,919	93.6	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Peter Hall	65,204	58.0	+58.0
	Labor	Alan Hollway	47,223	42.0	−0.9
	National gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

1985 Victorian state election: Gippsland Province ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Reginald Smith	40,085	37.0
	Liberal	Dick Long	31,055	28.7
	National	Anthony Stewart	27,839	25.7
	Call to Australia	Cornelius Gordyn	4,615	4.3
	Democrats	Catherine Stewart	2,649	2.5
	Independent	Ben Buckley	2,005	1.9
Total formal votes			108,248	97.7
Informal votes			2,576	2.3
Turnout			110,824	93.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Dick Long	61,780	57.1	+4.7
	Labor	Reginald Smith	46,328	42.9	−4.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.7

1982 Victorian state election: Gippsland Province ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Barry Murphy	35,235	42.9	+2.7
	Liberal	James Taylor	23,723	28.9	−2.8
	National	John Vinall	16,053	19.6	+3.0
	Democrats	James Gilbert	4,960	6.0	−2.2
	Independent	Bruce Ingle	2,118	2.6	+0.3
Total formal votes			82,089	96.9	+1.0
Informal votes			2,591	3.1	−1.0
Turnout			84,680	93.8	+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Barry Murphy	41,109	50.1	+5.0
	Liberal	James Taylor	40,980	49.9	−5.0
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+5.0

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: Gippsland Province ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Matthews	30,624	40.2	+2.0
	Liberal	Dick Long	24,874	32.7	+3.1
	National	John King	12,678	16.7	−8.8
	Democrats	Ian Goldie	6,232	8.2	+8.2
	Independent	Bruce Ingle	1,718	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			76,126	95.9	−1.9
Informal votes			3,280	4.1	+1.9
Turnout			79,406	93.5	+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Dick Long	41,788	54.9	−2.5
	Labor	Thomas Matthews	34,338	45.1	+2.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.5

1976 Victorian state election: Gippsland Province ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eric Kent	28,096	38.2
	Liberal	James Taylor	21,769	29.6
	National	John Vinall	18,796	25.5
	Democratic Labor	Leslie Hilton	4,941	6.7
Total formal votes			73,602	97.8
Informal votes			1,683	2.2
Turnout			75,285	93.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	James Taylor	42,238	57.4
	Labor	Eric Kent	31,364	42.6
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing

1973 Victorian state election: Gippsland Province ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Matthews	29,543	34.5	+1.4
	Liberal	Dick Long	25,392	29.6	+3.2
	Country	Bob May	22,663	26.4	−0.4
	Democratic Labor	Gregory Answorth	8,114	9.5	−4.3
Total formal votes			85,712	97.0	+0.2
Informal votes			2,630	3.0	−0.2
Turnout			88,342	94.3	−0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Dick Long	51,813	60.4	+17.9
	Labor	Thomas Matthews	33,899	39.6	−17.9
	Liberal gain from Country		Swing	N/A

1970 Victorian state election: Gippsland Province ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eric Kent	25,992	33.1	+3.9
	Country	Arthur Hewson	21,037	26.8	−9.0
	Liberal	Dick Long	20,758	26.4	+6.7
	Democratic Labor	Gregory Answorth	10,839	13.8	−1.6
Total formal votes			78,626	96.8	−0.2
Informal votes			2,595	3.2	+0.2
Turnout			81,221	94.7	−0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Eric Kent	45,201	57.5	+22.9
	Liberal	Dick Long	33,425	42.5	+42.5
	Labor gain from Country		Swing	+22.9

Elections in the 1960s

1967 Victorian state election: Gippsland Province ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Bob May	27,009	35.8
	Labor	Ivan Maddern	21,989	29.2
	Liberal	John Sullivan	14,818	19.7
	Democratic Labor	John Hansen	11,593	15.4
Total formal votes			75,409	97.0
Informal votes			2,337	3.0
Turnout			77,746	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Bob May	49,349	65.4
	Labor	Ivan Maddern	26,060	34.6
	Country hold		Swing

1964 Victorian state election: Gippsland Province ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Arthur Hewson	38,696	53.2	+18.9
	Liberal and Country	Archie Tanner	18,910	26.0	+6.7
	Democratic Labor	John Hansen	15,077	20.7	+6.5
Total formal votes			72,683	97.3	+0.1
Informal votes			2,008	2.7	−0.1
Turnout			74,691	94.5	+0.1
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1961 Victorian state election: Gippsland Province ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Bob May	23,659	34.3	−21.8
	Labor	George Evans	22,246	32.3	+2.4
	Liberal and Country	Archie Tanner	13,328	19.3	+19.3
	Democratic Labor	John Hansen	9,781	14.2	+0.2
Total formal votes			69,014	97.2	−1.5
Informal votes			2,005	2.8	+1.5
Turnout			71,019	94.4	+1.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Bob May	43,306	62.7	−4.6
	Labor	George Evans	25,708	37.3	+4.6
	Country hold		Swing	-4.6

Elections in the 1950s

1958 Victorian Legislative Council election: Gippsland Province ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Bill Fulton	36,878	56.1	−16.1
	Labor	Frederick Gregory	19,645	29.9	+29.9
	Democratic Labor	John Hansen	9,191	14.0	−13.8
Total formal votes			65,714	98.7	+0.7
Informal votes			883	1.3	−0.7
Turnout			66,597	93.4	+2.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Bill Fulton		67.3
	Labor	Frederick Gregory		32.7
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

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