Electoral results for the Western Province (Victoria)

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

Members for Western Province

Member 1		Party	Year	Member 2		Party	Member 3		Party	Member 4		Party	Member 5		Party
	Stephen Henty		1856		Charles Vaughan			James Palmer			Andrew Cruikshank			Daniel Tierney
			1858								Henry Miller
			1858
			1859											Niel Black
			1860
			1862
			1864		Charles Sladen
			1864
			1866								James Strachan
			1866
			1868		Robert Simson
			1870					Thomas McKellar
	William Skene		1870
			1872
			1874								Thomas Bromell
			1875					Samuel Wilson
	Charles Sladen		1876
			1878		William Ross
			1880											Robert Simson
			1880
			1881					Thomas Cumming
	Nathan Thornley		1882
			1884
			1886
			1888		Samuel Cooke
			1888					Agar Wynne
			1890
			1892
			1894
			1896
			1898
			1900
			1901		Walter Manifold
			1902
	Robert Ritchie		1903
			1903					Alexander MacLeod
			1904
	Edward White		1907
			1910
			1913
			1916
		Nationalist	1917			Nationalist
			1919
			1922
			1924		Marcus Saltau	Nationalist
			1925
			1928
	William Williamson	Independent	1931
			1931			United Australia
			1934
	Leonard Rodda [r]	Country	1937
			1940		Robert Rankin	Country
			1943
	Leonard Rodda	Country	1943
			1945
			1946
	Hugh MacLeod	Independent	1946
		Liberal and Country	1949			Liberal and Country
			1949
		Electoral Reform	1952
			1952		David Arnott	Labor
	Ronald Mack	Liberal and Country	1955
			1958		Kenneth Gross	Liberal and Country
			1961
			1964
		Liberal	1965			Liberal
			1967
	Clive Mitchell	Country	1968
			1970
	Digby Crozier	Liberal	1973
			1976		Bruce Chamberlain	Liberal
			1979
			1982
	Roger Hallam	National	1985
			1988
			1992
			1996
			1999
	David Koch	Liberal	2002		John Vogels	Liberal

^[r] Rodda resigned in July 1943, re-elected in October 1943

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

2002 Victorian state election: Western by-election ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Koch	46,321	38.8	+38.8
	Labor	Stephen Clegg	40,984	34.3	−0.7
	National	David Miller	21,263	17.8	−41.7
	Greens	Sally-Anne Brown	10,973	9.2	+9.2
Total formal votes			119,541	96.7	−1.1
Informal votes			4,019	3.3	+1.1
Turnout			123,560	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Koch	66,953	56.0	+56.0
	Labor	Stephen Clegg	52,588	44.0	+5.9
	Liberal gain from National		Swing	N/A

This election followed the vacancy caused by the resignation of Roger Hallam, who resigned. The by-election was conducted on the same day as the 2002 election, but used the old electoral boundaries.

2002 Victorian state election: Western Province ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Vogels	56,497	40.0	+32.5
	Labor	Lesley Jackson	54,815	38.8	+0.8
	National	Greg Walcott	20,142	14.3	−34.9
	Greens	Viola Spokes	9,823	7.0	+7.0
Total formal votes			141,277	96.8	−0.8
Informal votes			4,611	3.2	+0.8
Turnout			145,888	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Vogels	76,772	54.3	−4.7
	Labor	Lesley Jackson	64,505	45.7	+4.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.7

Elections in the 1990s

1999 Victorian state election: Western Province ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Roger Hallam	71,778	59.5	+59.5
	Labor	Peter Mitchell	42,151	35.0	+4.4
	Reform	Leigh McDonald	6,617	5.5	+5.5
Total formal votes			120,546	97.8	−0.4
Informal votes			2,737	2.2	+0.4
Turnout			123,283	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Roger Hallam	74,660	61.9	+61.9
	Labor	Peter Mitchell	45,884	38.1	+2.8
	National hold		Swing	+61.9

1996 Victorian state election: Western Province ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Chamberlain	73,811	60.5	+60.5
	Labor	Elizabeth Wilson	37,351	30.6	+3.2
	Democrats	Don Anderson	8,085	6.6	+6.6
	Democratic Labor	Christine Dodd	2,837	2.3	−2.8
Total formal votes			122,084	98.2	+0.9
Informal votes			2,276	1.8	−0.9
Turnout			124,360	95.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Chamberlain	78,769	64.7	−6.0
	Labor	Elizabeth Wilson	42,897	35.3	+6.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-6.0

1992 Victorian state election: Western Province ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Roger Hallam	82,017	67.6	+45.9
	Labor	David Broderick	33,198	27.3	−0.7
	Democratic Labor	Christine Dodd	6,186	5.1	+5.1
Total formal votes			121,401	97.2	−0.7
Informal votes			3,461	2.8	+0.7
Turnout			124,862	96.6
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Roger Hallam	85,770	70.7	+70.7
	Labor	David Broderick	35,590	29.3	−2.0
	National hold		Swing	+2.0

Elections in the 1980s

1988 Victorian state election: Western Province ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Chamberlain	53,370	48.1	+6.8
	Labor	Kevin Watt	29,988	27.0	−0.6
	National	James Saunders	25,289	22.8	−8.3
	Independent	Julie Jennings	2,345	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			110,992	98.0	−0.4
Informal votes			2,253	2.0	+0.4
Turnout			113,245	94.7	−0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Chamberlain	77,111	69.5	+24.2
	Labor	Kevin Watt	33,870	30.5	+30.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

1985 Victorian state election: Western Province ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Wyld	45,393	41.3
	National	Roger Hallam	34,157	31.1
	Labor	Brian Clarke	30,335	27.6
Total formal votes			109,885	98.4
Informal votes			1,802	1.6
Turnout			111,687	95.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Roger Hallam	60,064	54.7
	Liberal	Henry Wyld	49,821	45.3
	National gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

1982 Victorian state election: Western Province ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Chamberlain	49,661	62.6	+11.9
	Labor	Allan Sargent	29,618	37.4	+3.8
Total formal votes			79,279	98.1	+0.2
Informal votes			1,545	1.9	−0.2
Turnout			80,824	95.2	0.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.4

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: Western Province ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Digby Crozier	39,262	50.8	+3.4
	Labor	Henry Birrell	25,969	33.6	+4.0
	National	Clive Mitchell	12,126	15.7	−7.3
Total formal votes			77,357	97.9	−0.5
Informal votes			1,640	2.1	+0.5
Turnout			78,997	95.2	0.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1976 Victorian state election: Western Province ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Chamberlain	36,209	47.4
	Labor	Thomas Windsor	22,600	29.6
	National	Linden Cameron	17,548	23.0
Total formal votes			76,357	98.4
Informal votes			1,277	1.6
Turnout			77,634	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Chamberlain	52,214	68.4
	Labor	Thomas Windsor	24,143	31.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

1973 Victorian state election: Western Province ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Digby Crozier	23,061	37.8	+3.8
	Labor	Donald Grossman	19,404	31.8	+0.2
	Country	Clive Mitchell	12,725	20.8	+0.6
	Democratic Labor	Alan Beattie	5,898	9.7	−4.5
Total formal votes			61,088	97.8	+0.1
Informal votes			1,396	2.2	−0.1
Turnout			62,484	95.9	−0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Digby Crozier	38,562	63.1	+8.2
	Labor	Donald Grossman	22,526	36.9	−8.2
	Liberal gain from Country		Swing	N/A

1970 Victorian state election: Western Province ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kenneth Gross	19,372	34.0	−3.1
	Labor	Thomas Windsor	18,039	31.6	+4.8
	Country	Linden Cameron	11,517	20.2	−2.2
	Democratic Labor	Alan Beattie	8,081	14.2	+0.5
Total formal votes			57,009	97.7	+0.2
Informal votes			1,320	2.3	−0.2
Turnout			58,329	96.8	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Kenneth Gross	31,271	54.9	−4.6
	Labor	Thomas Windsor	25,738	45.1	+4.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.6

Elections in the 1960s

1968 Western Province state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Digby Crozier	15,881	28.9	−8.2
	Labor	T C Windsor	15,216	27.7	+0.9
	Country	Clive Mitchell	13,497	24.5	+2.1
	Democratic Labor	Alan Beattie	6,539	11.9	−1.8
	Independent	Malcolm Gladman	3,873	7.0	+7.0
Total formal votes			55,006	98.6	+1.1
Informal votes			761	1.4	−1.1
Turnout			55,767	93.4	−3.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Clive Mitchell	32,335	58.8	+58.8
	Liberal	Digby Crozier	22,671	41.2	−18.4
	Country gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

• This by-election was caused by the death of Ronald Mack.

1967 Victorian state election: Western Province ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ronald Mack	20,600	37.1
	Labor	Edward Lewis	14,865	26.8
	Country	Linden Cameron	12,431	22.4
	Democratic Labor	Alan Beattie	7,626	13.7
Total formal votes			55,522	97.5
Informal votes			1,433	2.5
Turnout			56,955	96.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ronald Mack	33,094	59.6
	Labor	Edward Lewis	22,428	40.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

1964 Victorian state election: Western Province ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Kenneth Gross	19,700	36.2	−8.7
	Labor	Bill Lewis	15,521	28.5	−10.4
	Country	Linden Cameron	12,366	22.7	+22.7
	Democratic Labor	Johannes Smoes	6,809	12.5	−3.7
Total formal votes			54,396	98.2	−0.2
Informal votes			975	1.8	+0.2
Turnout			55,371	96.1	−0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Kenneth Gross	36,117	66.4	+7.1
	Labor	Bill Lewis	18,279	33.6	−7.1
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+7.1

1961 Victorian state election: Western Province ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Ronald Mack	24,168	44.9	−2.3
	Labor	James McIntyre	20,909	38.9	−0.6
	Democratic Labor	Geoffrey White	8,727	16.2	+2.9
Total formal votes			53,804	98.4	−0.8
Informal votes			861	1.6	+0.8
Turnout			54,665	96.4	+0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Ronald Mack	31,894	59.3	+1.6
	Labor	James McIntyre	21,910	40.7	−1.6
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+1.6

Elections in the 1950s

1958 Victorian Legislative Council election: Western Province ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Kenneth Gross	25,004	47.2	−1.6
	Labor	David Arnott	20,917	39.5	+8.6
	Democratic Labor	James Eveston	7,047	13.3	+2.1
Total formal votes			52,968	99.2	+0.3
Informal votes			441	0.8	−0.3
Turnout			53,409	95.5	+4.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Kenneth Gross	30,563	57.7	−8.9
	Labor	David Arnott	22,405	42.3	+8.9
	Liberal and Country gain from Labor		Swing	-8.9

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