Electoral results for the Nunawading Province

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

Members for Nunawading Province

Member 1		Party	Year
	Vernon Hauser	Liberal	1976	Member 2		Party
			1979		Peter Block	Liberal
	Laurie McArthur	Labor	1982
			1985		Bob Ives	Labor
			1985		Rosemary Varty	Liberal
	George Cox	Liberal	1988

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1988 Victorian state election: Nunawading Province ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Cox	56,764	51.1	+5.0
	Labor	Laurie McArthur	54,308	48.9	+3.1
Total formal votes			111,072	96.7	−1.0
Informal votes			3,782	3.3	+1.0
Turnout			114,854	93.4	−0.6
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+1.1

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1985 Nunawading Province state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rosemary Varty	51,006	49.2	+3.1
	Labor	Robert S Ives	40,578	39.2	−6.6
	Democrats	Michael Nardella	4,760	4.6	−3.5
	Call to Australia	William A Watson	2,682	2.6
	Nuclear Disarmament	Jennifer M Cotterell	2,530	2.4
	Democratic Labor	Peter A Ferwerda	1,361	1.3
		Basil J Smith	438	0.4
		Brian R Lumsden	204	0.2
		Wilhelm Kapphan	75	0.1
Total formal votes			103,634
Informal votes			2,055	1.9
Turnout			105,689
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Rosemary Varty	52,086	50.3
	Labor	Robert Ives	40,818	39.4
	Democrats	Michael Nardella	4,947	4.8
	Call to Australia	William A Watson	3,120	3.0
	Nuclear Disarmament	Jennifer Cotterell	2,649	2.6
	hold		Swing

• A full distribution of preferences was not carried out, as Varty recorded a majority after the fifth count.

1985 Victorian state election: Nunawading Province ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rosemary Varty	50,584	46.1
	Labor	Bob Ives	50,220	45.8
	Democrats	Michael Nardella	8,855	8.1
Total formal votes			109,659	97.7
Informal votes			2,561	2.3
Turnout			112,220	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Ives	54,822*	50.0	−3.6
	Liberal	Rosemary Varty	54,821	50.0	+3.6
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	-3.6

• Includes the casting vote by the returning officer.
• This result was overturned by the Court of Disputed Returns and a by-election was held.

1982 Victorian state election: Nunawading Province ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Vernon Hauser	53,096	45.7	−4.1
	Labor	Laurie McArthur	51,895	44.7	+5.8
	Democrats	Jeffrey McAlpine	11,179	9.6	−1.7
Total formal votes			116,170	97.9	+0.3
Informal votes			2,506	2.1	−0.3
Turnout			118,676	94.9	+0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Laurie McArthur	58,461	50.3	+6.1
	Liberal	Vernon Hauser	57,709	49.7	−6.1
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.1

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: Nunawading Province ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Block	55,983	49.8	−10.4
	Labor	Alan Wearne	43,709	38.9	−0.9
	Democrats	Jeffrey McAlpine	12,644	11.3	+11.3
Total formal votes			112,336	97.6	0.0
Informal votes			2,706	2.4	0.0
Turnout			115,042	94.0	+0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Block	62,697	55.8	−4.4
	Labor	Alan Wearne	49,639	44.2	+4.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.4

1976 Victorian state election: Nunawading Province ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Vernon Hauser	65,006	60.2
	Labor	John Madden	43,049	39.8
Total formal votes			108,055	97.6
Informal votes			2,612	2.4
Turnout			110,667	93.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

References

1. Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1988". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
2. Carr, Adam. "Victoria - Legislative Council - Election of 2 March 1985". Psephos. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
3. Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1985". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
4. Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1982". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
5. Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1979". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
6. Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1976". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.