Electoral results for the Melbourne Province

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

Members for Melbourne Province

Member 1		Party	Year	Member 2		Party	Member 3		Party
	William Hearn		1882		James Lorimer			Cornelius Ham
			1884
			1886
	James Service		1888
			1888							Member 4		Party
			1889								George Coppin
			1889		Benjamin Benjamin
			1890
			1892
			1892		Robert Reid
			1894
			1895								Arthur Snowden
			1896
			1898
	John Mark Davies		1899
			1900
			1901
			1902
			1903		William Cain	Non-Labor
			1904
			1907
			1910		John McWhae
			1913
			1916
			1917			Nationalist
	Henry Weedon	Nationalist	1919
	Henry Cohen	Nationalist	1921
			1921		Herbert Smith	Nationalist
			1922
			1925
			1928
			1931
		United Australia	1931			United Australia
			1934
			1936		George Wales	United Australia
	Daniel McNamara	Labor	1937
			1938		Paul Jones	Labor
			1940		William Beckett	Labor
			1943
			1946
	Fred Thomas	Labor	1948
			1949
			1952		Patrick Sheehy	Labor
			1955			Labor (A-C)
			1955
			1958		Jack O'Connell	Labor
	Doug Elliot	Labor	1960
			1961
			1964
			1967
			1970
			1972		Ivan Trayling	Labor
			1973
			1976
	Evan Walker	Labor	1979
			1982		Barry Pullen	Labor
			1985
			1988
	Doug Walpole	Labor	1992
			1996
	Gavin Jennings	Labor	1999		Glenyys Romanes	Labor
			2002

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

2002 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gavin Jennings	61,810	48.7	-6.7
	Greens	Robyn Evans	31,481	24.8	+24.8
	Liberal	Michael Christo	30,771	24.2	-10.0
	Democrats	Danii Coric	2,878	2.3	-8.0
Total formal votes			126,940	96.5	+0.4
Informal votes			4,652	3.5	-0.4
Turnout			131,592	90.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gavin Jennings	67,059	52.8	-10.6
	Greens	Robyn Evans	59,881	47.2	+47.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-10.6

Elections in the 1990s

1999 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province by-election ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gavin Jennings	69,811	53.3	-1.6
	Liberal	Khiet Nguyen	41,634	31.8	-1.8
	Greens	Gurm Sekhon	11,126	8.5	+8.5
	Democrats	Brendan Sharp	8,437	6.4	-2.0
Total formal votes			131,008	95.9	-1.0
Informal votes			5,555	4.1	+1.0
Turnout			136,563	89.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gavin Jennings	82,617	63.1	-0.7
	Liberal	Khiet Nguyen	48,336	36.9	+0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.7

This election was caused by the vacancy following the resignation of Barry Pullen.

1999 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Glenyys Romanes	73,484	56.0	+1.1
	Liberal	Stuart McCraith	44,220	33.7	+0.2
	Democrats	Scott Handsaker	13,517	10.3	+1.9
Total formal votes			131,221	96.0	-0.9
Informal votes			5,460	4.0	+0.9
Turnout			136,681	89.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Glenyys Romanes	83,865	63.9	+0.1
	Liberal	Stuart McCraith	47,313	36.1	-0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.1

1996 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Barry Pullen	70,215	54.9	+3.2
	Liberal	Stuart McCraith	42,862	33.5	-2.1
	Democrats	Robert Stone	10,766	8.4	+1.4
	Democratic Labor	John Mulholland	2,283	1.8	-0.2
	Natural Law	Ngaire Mason	1,701	1.3	-2.3
Total formal votes			127,827	96.9	+2.5
Informal votes			4,097	3.1	-2.5
Turnout			131,924	90.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Barry Pullen	81,343	63.8	+4.9
	Liberal	Stuart McCraith	46,128	36.2	-4.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.9

1992 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Doug Walpole	60,570	51.7	-13.6
	Liberal	John Miles	41,684	35.6	+0.9
	Democrats	Robert Stone	8,197	7.0	+7.0
	Natural Law	Ngaire Mason	4,298	3.7	+3.7
	Democratic Labor	John Mulholland	2,312	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			117,061	94.4	+1.0
Informal votes			6,890	5.6	-1.0
Turnout			123,951	92.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Doug Walpole	68,723	58.9	-6.4
	Liberal	John Miles	48,016	41.1	+6.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-6.4

Elections in the 1980s

1988 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Barry Pullen	63,140	66.0	+2.8
	Liberal	Katherine Edgar	32,562	34.0	+3.5
Total formal votes			95,702	93.4	-2.0
Informal votes			6,759	6.6	+2.0
Turnout			102,461	87.0	-1.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.4

1985 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Evan Walker	65,653	63.2
	Liberal	Vincent Volpe	31,621	30.4
	Democrats	Simon James	6,560	6.3
Total formal votes			103,834	95.4
Informal votes			4,966	4.6
Turnout			108,800	88.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Evan Walker	68,946	66.4	-4.5
	Liberal	Vincent Volpe	34,888	33.6	+4.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.5

1982 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Barry Pullen	55,348	61.2	-1.3
	Liberal	Craig Baxter	27,935	30.9	-6.6
	Democrats	Stephen Duthy	7,175	7.9	+7.9
Total formal votes			90,458	95.5	+0.7
Informal votes			4,245	4.5	-0.7
Turnout			94,703	89.0	+1.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Barry Pullen		65.9	+3.4
	Liberal	Craig Baxter		34.1	-3.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.4

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Evan Walker	56,565	62.5	+4.7
	Liberal	Bill Stanley	33,917	37.5	-4.7
Total formal votes			90,482	94.8	-0.4
Informal votes			4,946	5.2	+0.4
Turnout			95,428	87.4	+1.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.7

1976 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ivan Trayling	58,113	57.8
	Liberal	Bryce McNair	42,483	42.2
Total formal votes			100,596	95.2
Informal votes			5,119	4.8
Turnout			105,715	85.8
	Labor hold		Swing

1973 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Doug Elliot	54,457	55.8	+5.2
	Liberal	John Walsh	34,878	35.7	+4.6
	Democratic Labor	Gordon Haberman	8,299	8.5	-9.8
Total formal votes			97.634	93.9	+0.5
Informal votes			6,286	6.1	-0.5
Turnout			103,920	88.8	-2.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Doug Elliot		57.2	+4.9
	Liberal	John Walsh		42.8	-4.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.9

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

1972 Melbourne Province state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ivan Trayling	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• This by-election was caused by the death of Jack O'Connell.

1970 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack O'Connell	48,201	50.6	-3.6
	Liberal	Norman Long	29,617	31.1	+2.2
	Democratic Labor	Gordon Haberman	17,462	18.3	+5.6
Total formal votes			95,280	93.4	-0.5
Informal votes			6,765	6.6	+0.5
Turnout			102,045	91.1	+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack O'Connell		52.3	-5.3
	Liberal	Norman Long		47.7	+5.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.3

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Elections in the 1960s

1967 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Douglas Elliot	54,443	54.2
	Liberal	Norman Long	29,000	28.9
	Democratic Labor	Gordon Haberman	12,749	12.7
	Independent	Frederick Levin	4,245	4.2
Total formal votes			100,437	93.9
Informal votes			6,511	6.1
Turnout			106,948	90.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Douglas Elliot		57.6
	Liberal	Norman Long		42.4
	Labor hold		Swing

• Two party preferred was estimated.

1964 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack O'Connell	20,211	57.4	-3.0
	Liberal and Country	Donald Gibson	8,647	24.6	+5.8
	Democratic Labor	Leo Morrison	6,362	18.1	-2.6
Total formal votes			35,220	93.9	+0.4
Informal votes			2,275	6.1	-0.4
Turnout			37,495	91.9	+1.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack O'Connell		59.2	-4.1
	Liberal and Country	Donald Gibson		40.8	+40.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1961 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Doug Elliot	22,982	60.4	-8.3
	Democratic Labor	Harold Powell	7,884	20.7	-10.6
	Liberal and Country	Reginald Cannon	7,156	18.8	+18.8
Total formal votes			38,022	93.5	-3.0
Informal votes			2,650	6.5	+3.0
Turnout			40,672	90.4	+2.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Doug Elliot		63.3	-5.4
	Democratic Labor	Harold Powell		36.7	+5.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.4

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

1960 Melbourne Province state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Doug Elliot	24,378	74.6	+5.9
	Democratic Labor	Maurie Sheehy	8,320	25.4	-5.9
Total formal votes			32,698	96.2	-0.3
Informal votes			1,274	3.8	+0.3
Turnout			33,972	72.5	-15.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.9

• This by-election was caused by the death of Fred Thomas.

Elections in the 1950s

1958 Victorian Legislative Council election: Melbourne Province ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack O'Connell	30,298	68.7	+5.4
	Democratic Labor	Maurie Sheehy	13,784	31.3	-5.4
Total formal votes			44,082	96.5	-0.1
Informal votes			1,603	3.5	+0.1
Turnout			45,685	88.3	-0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.4

• Maurie Sheehy was elected in 1952 as a member of Labor, then defected to the DLP in 1955.

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