Electoral results for the Silvan Province

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

Members for Silvan Province

Member 1		Party	Year
	Rosemary Varty	Liberal	1992	Member 2		Party
			1996		Wendy Smith	Liberal
	Andrew Olexander	Liberal	1999
			2002		Carolyn Hirsh	Labor
		Independent	2005			Independent

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

2002 Victorian state election: Silvan Province ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wendy Smith	59,906	44.4	−8.4
	Labor	Carolyn Hirsh	56,588	41.9	+3.5
	Greens	Michael Abson	14,793	11.0	+10.7
	Democrats	Tony Carden	2,333	1.7	−4.1
	Hope	Leo Tischler	1,347	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			134,967	96.7	−0.4
Informal votes			4,549	3.3	+0.4
Turnout			139,516	93.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Carolyn Hirsh	69,885	51.8	+8.3
	Liberal	Wendy Smith	65,082	48.2	−8.3
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.3

Elections in the 1990s

1999 Victorian state election: Silvan Province ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrew Olexander	66,992	53.1	−2.9
	Labor	Mark Tunstall	48,266	38.2	+3.5
	Democrats	Amanda Leeper	7,375	5.8	−0.1
	Christian Democrats	Ray Levick	2,116	1.7	+1.7
	Independent	Steve Raskovy	1,471	1.2	+0.4
Total formal votes			126,220	97.2	−0.6
Informal votes			3,685	2.8	+0.6
Turnout			129,905	93.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Andrew Olexander	71,662	56.8	−3.6
	Labor	Mark Tunstall	54,475	43.2	+3.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.6

1996 Victorian state election: Silvan Province ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wendy Smith	68,604	56.0	−1.7
	Labor	Kathy Jackson	42,540	34.7	−1.3
	Democrats	John McLaren	7,318	6.0	+6.0
	Natural Law	Sue Cawthorn	1,928	1.6	+1.6
	Democratic Labor	Alan Jansen	1,143	0.9	−5.3
	Independent	Steve Raskovy	952	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			122,485	97.8	+1.2
Informal votes			2,748	2.2	−1.2
Turnout			125,233	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Wendy Smith	73,821	60.4	+0.4
	Labor	Kathy Jackson	48,423	39.6	−0.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.4

1992 Victorian state election: Silvan Province ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rosemary Varty	67,485	57.7	+8.4
	Labor	Eugene O'Sullivan	42,139	36.1	−13.2
	Democratic Labor	Paul McCarthy	7,251	6.2	+6.2
Total formal votes			116,875	96.6	−0.1
Informal votes			4,053	3.4	+0.1
Turnout			120,928	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Rosemary Varty	70,087	60.0	+9.6
	Labor	Eugene O'Sullivan	46,677	40.0	−9.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+9.6

References

1. Green, Antony. "2002 Victorian state election" (PDF).
2. Green, Antony. "1999 Victorian state election" (PDF).
3. Green, Antony. "1996 Victorian state election" (PDF).
4. Green, Antony. "1992 Victorian state election" (PDF).