Electoral results for the Melbourne West Province

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

Members for Melbourne West Province

Member 1		Party	Year	Member 2		Party
	John Aikman	Non-Labor	1904		William Edgar	Non-Labor
			1907
			1910
			1913		William Fielding	Labor
			1916		Arthur Disney	Labor
	Daniel McNamara	Labor	1916
	John Aikman	Non-Labor
		Nationalist	1917
			1919
	Robert Williams	Labor	1922
			1925
			1928
			1931
		Independent	1932
			1934
			1937
	Pat Kennelly	Labor	1938
			1940
			1943
			1943		Les Coleman	Labor
			1946
			1949
	Bert Bailey	Labor	1952
		Labor (A-C)	1955			Labor (A-C)
			1955		Buckley Machin	Labor
	Archie Todd	Labor	1958
			1961
			1963		Alexander Knight	Labor
			1964
			1967
	Bunna Walsh	Labor	1970
	Bon Thomas	Labor	1970
			1973
			1976
			1979		Joan Coxsedge	Labor
	Joan Kirner	Labor	1982
			1985
	Licia Kokocinski	Labor	1988
			1992		Jean McLean	Labor
	Sang Nguyen	Labor	1996
			1999		Kaye Darveniza	Labor
			2002

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

2002 Victorian state election: Melbourne West Province ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Sang Nguyen	78,617	60.4	−0.7
	Liberal	Peter Hammond	32,350	24.9	−8.2
	Greens	Andrew Ellis	15,007	11.5	+11.5
	Democrats	Barry Thomas	4,123	3.2	−2.6
Total formal votes			130,097	95.4	−0.3
Informal votes			6,314	4.6	+0.3
Turnout			136,411	92.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Sang Nguyen	91,780	70.6	+5.7
	Liberal	Peter Hammond	38,237	29.4	−5.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.7

Elections in the 1990s

1999 Victorian state election: Melbourne West Province ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kaye Darveniza	79,460	60.8	+13.2
	Liberal	Angela Borg	43,561	33.3	−0.2
	Democrats	Diane Bames	7,682	5.9	+2.8
Total formal votes			130,703	95.8	−0.4
Informal votes			5,801	4.2	+0.4
Turnout			136,504	92.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kaye Darveniza	84,297	64.5	+3.3
	Liberal	Angela Borg	46,404	35.5	−3.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.3

1996 Victorian state election: Melbourne West Province ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Sang Nguyen	59,414	47.6	+2.7
	Liberal	Chris MacGregor	41,861	33.5	+3.7
	Independent	Les Twentyman	12,878	10.3	−12.6
	Democratic Labor	Kevin Carroll	4,876	3.9	+1.6
	Democrats	Alan Parker	3,867	3.1	+3.1
	Natural Law	Panayiota Stamatopoulou	1,064	0.9	+0.9
	Independent	Joe Santana	853	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			124,813	96.1	+1.4
Informal votes			5,053	3.9	−1.4
Turnout			129,866	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Sang Nguyen	76,203	61.2	+5.6
	Liberal	Chris MacGregor	48,360	38.8	−5.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.6

1992 Victorian state election: Melbourne West Province ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jean McLean	51,960	44.9	−18.2
	Liberal	Patricia Vejby	34,543	29.9	−7.0
	Independent	Les Twentyman	26,499	22.9	+22.9
	Democratic Labor	Maurice Allen	2,693	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			115,695	94.7	+1.7
Informal votes			6,520	5.3	−1.7
Turnout			122,215	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jean McLean	64,176	55.6	−7.5
	Liberal	Patricia Vejby	51,199	44.4	+7.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.5

Elections in the 1980s

1988 Victorian state election: Melbourne West Province ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Licia Kokocinski	69,482	63.4	+0.5
	Liberal	Darren Olney	40,123	36.6	+7.6
Total formal votes			109,605	92.9	−2.8
Informal votes			8,399	7.1	+2.8
Turnout			118,004	91.6	−0.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.5

1985 Victorian state election: Melbourne West Province ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joan Coxsedge	68,229	62.9
	Liberal	Matthew Matich	31,474	29.0
	Democrats	Johannus Paas	8,821	8.1
Total formal votes			108,524	95.7
Informal votes			4,929	4.3
Turnout			113,453	92.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Joan Coxsedge	72,603	66.9	−4.8
	Liberal	Matthew Matich	35,921	33.1	+4.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.8

1982 Victorian state election: Melbourne West Province ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joan Kirner	71,793	66.5	+13.7
	Liberal	Matthew Matich	25,210	23.4	−5.6
	Democrats	Darryl Carlton	8,607	8.0	+2.7
	Democratic Labor	Margaret Reed	2,302	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			107,912	94.7	0.0
Informal votes			6,026	5.3	0.0
Turnout			113,938	93.9	+1.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Joan Kirner		71.7	+6.8
	Liberal	Matthew Matich		28.3	−6.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.8

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: Melbourne West Province ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joan Coxsedge	54,263	52.8	−7.1
	Liberal	Rino Baggio	29,842	29.0	−11.2
	Independent	Alexander Knight	13,202	12.9	+12.9
	Democrats	Ivan Pollock	5,466	5.3	+5.3
Total formal votes			102,773	94.7	−0.2
Informal votes			5,716	5.3	+0.2
Turnout			108,489	93.6	+1.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1976 Victorian state election: Melbourne West Province ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bon Thomas	60,144	59.9
	Liberal	Peter Stirling	40,339	40.2
Total formal votes			100,483	94.9
Informal votes			5,407	5.1
Turnout			105,890	92.2
	Labor hold		Swing

1973 Victorian state election: Melbourne West Province ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alexander Knight	74,939	54.7	+0.8
	Liberal	Neville Hudson	49,189	35.9	+7.7
	Democratic Labor	Robin Thomas	12,874	9.4	−8.6
Total formal votes			137,002	93.9	−0.6
Informal votes			8,960	6.1	+0.6
Turnout			145,962	93.9	−1.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Alexander Knight		55.6	0.0
	Liberal	Neville Hudson		44.4	0.0
	Labor hold		Swing	0.0

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

1970 Melbourne West Province state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bon Thomas	67,552	67.3	+13.4
	Defence of Government Schools	Raymond Nilsen	32,764	32.7	+32.7
Total formal votes			100,316	93.0	−0.8
Informal votes			7,575	7.0	+0.8
Turnout			107,891	80.8	−14.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+11.7

• This by-election was caused by the disqualification of Bunna Walsh.

1970 Victorian state election: Melbourne West Province ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bunna Walsh	62,584	53.9	−4.0
	Liberal	William McDonald	36,692	28.2	+7.1
	Democratic Labor	Kenneth Berrie	20,865	18.0	−3.0
Total formal votes			120,141	93.8	−0.4
Informal votes			7,608	6.2	+0.4
Turnout			127,749	95.0	+1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bunna Walsh		55.6	−4.4
	Liberal	William McDonald		44.4	+4.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.4

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Elections in the 1960s

1967 Victorian state election: Melbourne West Province ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alexander Knight	60,703	57.9
	Liberal	Joseph Kadane	22,161	21.1
	Democratic Labor	Kenneth Berrie	21,996	21.0
Total formal votes			104,860	94.2
Informal votes			6,407	5.8
Turnout			111,267	93.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Alexander Knight		60.0
	Liberal	Joseph Kadane		40.0
	Labor hold		Swing

• Two party preferred was estimated.

1964 Victorian state election: Melbourne West Province ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Archie Todd	52,700	60.6	−2.3
	Liberal and Country	Graham Strang	18,135	20.9	+6.6
	Democratic Labor	Bert Bailey	16,062	18.5	−4.4
Total formal votes			86,897	95.7	−1.0
Informal votes			3,934	4.3	+1.0
Turnout			90,831	94.2	−0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Archie Todd		62.5	−1.8
	Liberal and Country	Graham Strang		37.5	+1.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.8

1961 Victorian state election: Melbourne West Province ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Buckley Machin	55,115	62.9	−8.4
	Democratic Labor	Bert Bailey	20,055	22.9	−5.8
	Liberal and Country	Dudley Coombes	12,511	14.3	+14.3
Total formal votes			87,681	95.6	−2.0
Informal votes			4,038	4.4	+2.0
Turnout			91,719	94.3	+1.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Buckley Machin		64.3	−7.0
	Democratic Labor	Bert Bailey		35.7	+7.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.0

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Elections in the 1950s

1958 Victorian Legislative Council election: Melbourne West Province ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Archie Todd	64,209	71.3	+1.4
	Democratic Labor	Bert Bailey	25,797	28.7	−1.4
Total formal votes			90,006	97.6	+0.3
Informal votes			2,228	2.4	−0.3
Turnout			92,234	92.4	+0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.4

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

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