Electoral results for the Waverley Province

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

Members for Waverley Province

Member 1		Party	Year
	Don Saltmarsh	Liberal	1976	Member 2		Party
			1979		Cyril Kennedy	Labor
	Tony Van Vliet [d]	Labor	1982
	Brian Mier	Labor	1982
			1985
			1988
			1992		Andrew Brideson	Liberal
	Maree Luckins	Liberal	1996
			1999
	John Lenders	Labor	2002

^[d] Vliet died 16 October 1982

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

2002 Victorian state election: Waverley Province ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Lenders	67,950	54.0	+6.2
	Liberal	Denise McGill	43,226	34.3	−9.7
	Greens	Heather Welsh	11,238	8.9	+8.8
	Democrats	Polly Morgan	3,447	2.7	−4.3
Total formal votes			125,861	96.2	+0.4
Informal votes			4,915	3.8	−0.4
Turnout			130,776	92.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Lenders	78,478	62.4	+9.8
	Liberal	Denise McGill	47,362	37.6	−9.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.8

Elections in the 1990s

1999 Victorian state election: Waverley Province ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrew Brideson	57,252	47.0	−3.9
	Labor	Stuart Morris	54,573	44.8	+4.3
	Democrats	Polly Morgan	9,869	8.1	+1.2
Total formal votes			121,694	96.3	−1.1
Informal votes			4,686	3.7	+1.1
Turnout			126,380	93.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Andrew Brideson	61,735	50.7	−4.1
	Labor	Stuart Morris	59,959	49.3	+4.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.1

1996 Victorian state election: Waverley Province ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Maree Luckins	62,281	50.9	−1.7
	Labor	Garth Head	49,573	40.5	+1.2
	Democrats	Richard Grummet	8,450	6.9	+6.9
	Democratic Labor	Matt Cody	1,960	1.6	−2.2
Total formal votes			122,264	97.4	+2.5
Informal votes			3,266	2.6	−2.5
Turnout			125,530	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Maree Luckins	66,917	54.8	−0.1
	Labor	Garth Head	55,085	45.2	+0.1
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	-0.1

1992 Victorian state election: Waverley Province ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrew Brideson	63,180	52.6	+4.6
	Labor	Cyril Kennedy	47,270	39.4	−12.6
	Democratic Labor	Matthew Cody	4,615	3.8	+3.8
	Independent	Elizabeth Billing	3,349	2.8	+2.8
	Independent	Stephen Bingle	1,616	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			120,030	94.9	−0.1
Informal votes			6,420	5.1	+0.1
Turnout			126,450	96.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Andrew Brideson	65,806	54.9	+6.9
	Labor	Cyril Kennedy	54,013	45.1	−6.9
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+6.9

Elections in the 1980s

1988 Victorian state election: Waverley Province ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Brian Mier	56,169	53.7	+4.8
	Liberal	Savvas Grigoropoulos	48,381	46.3	+5.0
Total formal votes			104,550	95.3	−1.6
Informal votes			5,157	4.7	+1.6
Turnout			109,707	92.7	−1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.9

1985 Victorian state election: Waverley Province ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Cyril Kennedy	53,713	48.9
	Liberal	Robert Clark	45,362	41.3
	Call to Australia	William Watson	6,471	5.9
	Democrats	Jeffrey McAlpine	4,200	3.8
Total formal votes			109,746	96.9
Informal votes			3,524	3.1
Turnout			113,270	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Cyril Kennedy	59,921	54.6	+0.8
	Liberal	Robert Clark	49,825	45.4	−0.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.8

1982 Waverley Province state by-election ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Brian Mier	55,983	50.3	+1.4
	Liberal	Bruce Atkinson	47,061	42.3	+1.2
	Democrats	Kenneth Mylius	4,644	4.2	−2.8
	Democratic Labor	Edward Wood	3,240	2.9	−0.2
	Independent	Wilfrid Thiele	373	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			111,301	97.0	+0.2
Informal votes			3,476	3.0	−0.2
Turnout			114,777	87.9	−6.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Brian Mier		53.2	−0.8
	Liberal	Bruce Atkinson		46.8	+0.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.8

• This by-election was caused by the death of Tony Van Vliet. Two party preferred vote was estimated.

1982 Victorian state election: Waverley Province ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tony Van Vliet	57,047	48.9	+4.1
	Liberal	Brian Joyce	47,938	41.2	−2.9
	Democrats	Kenneth Mylius	8,114	6.9	−1.1
	Democratic Labor	E.J. Woods	3,634	3.1	+3.1
Total formal votes			116,733	96.8	+0.9
Informal votes			3,843	3.2	−0.9
Turnout			120,576	94.7	+1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tony Van Vliet	62,982	54.0	+3.4
	Liberal	Brian Joyce	53,751	46.0	−3.4
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.4

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: Waverley Province ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Cyril Kennedy	49,097	44.8	+2.0
	Liberal	William McDonald	48,309	44.1	−13.1
	Democrats	Frederick Steinicke	8,813	8.1	+8.1
	Independent	Stephen Buttery	3,284	3.0	+3.0
Total formal votes			109,503	95.9	−0.6
Informal votes			4,675	4.1	+0.6
Turnout			114,178	93.5	+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Cyril Kennedy	55,376	50.6	+6.3
	Liberal	William McDonald	54,127	49.4	−6.3
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.3

1976 Victorian state election: Waverley Province ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Don Saltmarsh	59,058	57.2
	Labor	Anthony Scarcella	44,146	42.8
Total formal votes			103,204	96.5
Informal votes			3,754	3.5
Turnout			106,958	93.3
	Liberal hold		Swing

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