Electoral results for the North Western Province (Victoria)

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

Members for North Western Province

Member 1		Party	Year	Member 2		Party	Member 3		Party	Member 4		Party	Member 5		Party
	Dennis Keogh		1856		John Allan			William Mitchell			John Patterson			George Urquhart
			1858		Alexander Fraser
			1858					David Wilkie
			1859								William Mitchell
			1860											George Rolfe
	Francis Robertson		1860
			1860
			1862											William Campbell
	Nicholas Fitzgerald		1864
			1866
			1868					Francis Robertson
			1870
			1872
			1874
			1876
			1878
			1880
			1881		William Stanbridge
			1882											William Zeal
			1882		George Young			James Bell			David Coutts
			1884
			1886
			1888
	Joseph Pratt		1889
			1890
			1891		Duncan McBryde
			1892
			1894
			1895
			1896		Pharez Phillips
			1897								Thomas Comrie
			1898
			1900
			1901		Henry Williams
			1901
			1902
			1903		Richard Rees
			1904
	Frederick Hagelthorn		1907
			1910
			1913
			1916
	George Goudie	Country	1919
			1919		William Crockett	VFU
			1922
			1925
			1926			Country Progressive
			1928		William McCann	Country Progressive
			1930			Country
			1931
			1932		Henry Pye	Country
			1934
			1937
			1940
			1942		Percy Byrnes	Country
			1943
			1946
	Colin McNally	Country	1949
			1952
	Arthur Mansell	Country	1952
			1955
			1958
			1961
			1964
			1967
			1969		Bernie Dunn	National
			1970
	Ken Wright	National	1973
			1976
			1979
			1982
			1985
			1988		Ron Best	National
	Barry Bishop	National	1992
			1996
			1999
			2002		Damian Drum	National

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

2002 Victorian state election: North Western Province ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Marg Lewis	47,302	36.1	−4.6
	National	Damian Drum	30,494	23.2	−27.2
	Liberal	Peter Kennedy	29,776	22.7	+21.0
	Independent	Laurie Whelan	16,308	12.4	+12.4
	Greens	Julie Rivendell	7,328	5.6	+5.6
Total formal votes			131,208	96.7	−1.0
Informal votes			4,472	3.3	+1.0
Turnout			135,680	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Damian Drum	66,200	50.5	−5.3
	Labor	Marg Lewis	65,008	49.5	+5.3
	National hold		Swing	-5.3

Elections in the 1990s

1999 Victorian state election: North Western Province ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Barry Bishop	62,789	51.6	−5.6
	Labor	Judith Kidd	49,952	41.1	+7.3
	Democrats	Andrew Van Diesen	8,855	7.3	+1.6
Total formal votes			121,596	97.7	−0.4
Informal votes			2,913	2.3	+0.4
Turnout			124,509	94.1
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Barry Bishop	67,257	55.3	−6.3
	Labor	Judith Kidd	54,332	44.7	+6.3
	National hold		Swing	-6.3

1996 Victorian state election: North Western Province ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Ron Best	69,081	57.2	+2.1
	Labor	Gary Thorn	40,796	33.8	+3.4
	Democrats	Don Semmens	6,856	5.7	+5.7
	Independent	Gary Schorel	2,473	2.0	+2.0
	Democratic Labor	Peter Ferwerda	1,479	1.2	−0.7
Total formal votes			120,685	98.1	+0.7
Informal votes			2,375	1.9	−0.7
Turnout			123,060	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Ron Best	74,137	61.6	−3.5
	Labor	Gary Thorn	46,181	38.4	+3.5
	National hold		Swing	-3.5

1992 Victorian state election: North Western Province ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Barry Bishop	64,950	55.2	+17.3
	Labor	Bob Cameron	35,760	30.4	−3.8
	Independent	Elizabeth Cox	14,677	12.5	+12.5
	Democratic Labor	Gavan Grimes	2,297	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			117,684	97.4	−0.3
Informal votes			3,119	2.6	+0.3
Turnout			120,803	96.1
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Barry Bishop	76,641	65.1	+2.3
	Labor	Bob Cameron	41,004	34.9	−2.3
	National hold		Swing	+2.3

Elections in the 1980s

1988 Victorian state election: North Western Province ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Ron Best	42,721	37.6	0.0
	Labor	Linda Freedman	39,252	34.5	+1.4
	Liberal	Derek Bowman	31,705	27.9	−1.4
Total formal votes			113,678	97.7	−0.5
Informal votes			2,640	2.3	+0.5
Turnout			116,318	93.3	−1.0
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Ron Best	71,164	62.6	0.0
	Labor	Linda Freedman	42,514	37.4	0.0
	National hold		Swing	0.0

1985 Victorian state election: North Western Province ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Ken Wright	41,144	37.6
	Labor	Phillip Eddy	36,168	33.1
	Liberal	Bill Ebery	32,041	29.3
Total formal votes			109,353	98.2
Informal votes			2,048	1.8
Turnout			111,401	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Ken Wright	68,412	62.6	+16.2
	Labor	Phillip Eddy	40,867	37.4	−16.2
	National hold		Swing	+16.2

1982 Victorian state election: North Western Province ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Bernie Dunn	38,371	49.9	+4.2
	Labor	John Anderson	20,051	26.1	+2.1
	Liberal	Ian Milburn	18,420	24.0	−6.3
Total formal votes			76,842	97.4	+0.2
Informal votes			2,010	2.6	−0.2
Turnout			78,852	94.6	−0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Bernie Dunn	55,984	72.9	+10.0
	Labor	John Anderson	20,858	27.1	+27.1
	National hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: North Western Province ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Ken Wright	34,310	45.7	−5.5
	Liberal	Ian Milburn	22,768	30.3	+0.4
	Labor	Pamela Fowler	18,019	24.0	+5.1
Total formal votes			75,097	97.2	−0.5
Informal votes			2,193	2.8	+0.5
Turnout			77,290	95.2	+0.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Ken Wright	47,267	62.9	−3.4
	Liberal	Ian Milburn	27,830	37.1	+3.4
	National hold		Swing	-3.4

1976 Victorian state election: North Western Province ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Bernie Dunn	37,083	51.2
	Liberal	William Armstrong	21,627	29.9
	Labor	Edward McCormack	13,686	18.9
Total formal votes			72,396	97.7
Informal votes			1,711	2.3
Turnout			74,107	94.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Bernie Dunn		66.3
	Liberal	William Armstrong		33.7
	National hold		Swing

• Two candidate preferred vote was estimated.

1973 Victorian state election: North Western Province ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Ken Wright	18,440	40.1	−2.5
	Labor	Margaret Davies	11,787	25.6	−1.3
	Liberal	Heather Mitchell	11,303	24.6	+6.8
	Democratic Labor	Stanley Croughan	4,470	9.7	−3.0
Total formal votes			46,000	96.8	+0.3
Informal votes			1,521	3.2	−0.3
Turnout			47,521	95.1	−0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Ken Wright	31,060	67.5	−0.9
	Labor	Margaret Davies	14,940	32.5	+0.9
	Country hold		Swing	-0.9

1970 Victorian state election: North Western Province ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Bernie Dunn	18,749	42.6	−8.3
	Labor	Pamela Fowler	11,825	26.9	+6.9
	Liberal	Heather Mitchell	7,812	17.8	+0.8
	Democratic Labor	Stanley Croughan	5,600	12.7	+0.6
Total formal votes			43,986	96.5	−0.4
Informal votes			1,599	3.5	+0.6
Turnout			45,585	96.0	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Bernie Dunn	30,101	68.4	−2.9
	Labor	Pamela Fowler	13,885	31.6	+2.9
	Country hold		Swing	-2.9

Elections in the 1960s

1967 Victorian state election: North-Western Province ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Arthur Mansell	22,435	50.9
	Labor	Bruce Phayer	8,816	20.0
	Liberal	Walter Scown	7,474	17.0
	Democratic Labor	Daniel Cooper	5,337	12.1
Total formal votes			44,062	96.9
Informal votes			1,369	3.1
Turnout			45,431	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Arthur Mansell		71.3
	Labor	Walter Scown		29.7
	Country hold		Swing

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

1964 Victorian state election: North-Western Province ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Percy Byrnes	25,410	57.7	+6.6
	Labor	Kevin Raymond	7,905	17.9	−1.6
	Liberal and Country	Kathleen Richardson	6,844	15.5	−3.0
	Democratic Labor	Desmond Cotter	3,916	8.9	−1.9
Total formal votes			44,075	97.5	+0.6
Informal votes			45,206	95.8	−0.1
Turnout			45,206	95.8	−0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Percy Byrnes		77.2	+2.7
	Labor	Kevin Raymond		22.8	−2.7
	Country hold		Swing	+2.7

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

1961 Victorian state election: North Western Province ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Arthur Mansell	22,181	51.1	−23.5
	Labor	Thomas Gilhooley	8,472	19.5	+19.5
	Liberal and Country	Geoffrey Harding	8,040	18.5	+18.5
	Democratic Labor	Michael Howley	4,701	10.8	+10.8
Total formal votes			43,394	96.9	−1.5
Informal votes			1,399	3.1	+1.5
Turnout			44,793	95.9	+2.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Arthur Mansell		74.5	−0.1
	Labor	Thomas Gilhooley		25.5	+25.5
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Elections in the 1950s

1958 Victorian Legislative Council election: North Western Province ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Percy Byrnes	32,150	74.6	−25.4
	Independent	Albert Allnutt	10,966	25.4	+25.4
Total formal votes			43,116	98.4
Informal votes			699	1.6
Turnout			43,815	93.9
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

References

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2. Green, Antony. "1999 Victorian state election" (PDF).
3. Green, Antony. "1996 Victorian state election" (PDF).
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