Electoral results for the district of Bellarine

Last updated July 18, 2024

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Bellarine in Victorian state elections.

Members for Bellarine

First incarnation (1967–1976)
Member		Party	Term
	Aurel Smith	Liberal	1967–1976
Second incarnation (1985–Present)
	Graham Ernst	Labor	1985–1992
	Garry Spry	Liberal	1992–2002
	Lisa Neville	Labor	2002–2022
	Alison Marchant	Labor	2022–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2022 Victorian state election: Bellarine ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alison Marchant	20,103	42.63	−7.24
	Liberal	Donnie Grigau	15,617	33.12	−2.37
	Greens	Rachel Semmens	5,557	11.74	+2.75
	Independent	Sarah Fenton	2,158	4.58	+4.58
	Animal Justice	Adam Cardilini	1,088	2.31	−2.16
	Family First	Guy Manuell	1,033	2.19	+2.19
	Justice	Brett Anthony Ritchie	770	1.63	+1.63
	Freedom	Kylee Muse	458	0.97	+0.97
	Angry Victorians	Brendan Taylor	389	0.82	+0.82
Total formal votes			47,153	95.63	−0.43
Informal votes			2,156	4.37	+0.43
Turnout			49,308	89.62	–3.10
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Alison Marchant	27,567	58.46	−2.99
	Liberal	Donnie Grigau	19,586	41.54	+2.99
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.99

Elections in the 2010s

2018 Victorian state election: Bellarine^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lisa Neville	21,948	49.87	+6.31
	Liberal	Brian McKiterick	15,619	35.49	−5.12
	Greens	Rachel Semmens	3,957	8.99	−0.43
	Animal Justice	Naomi Adams	1,968	4.47	+4.47
	Victorian Socialists	Jackie Kriz	521	1.18	+1.18
Total formal votes			44,013	96.06	+0.90
Informal votes			1,804	3.94	−0.90
Turnout			45,817	92.72	−2.66
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lisa Neville	27,049	61.45	+6.61
	Liberal	Brian McKiterick	16,966	38.55	−6.61
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.61

2014 Victorian state election: Bellarine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lisa Neville	16,818	43.6	+6.1
	Liberal	Ron Nelson	15,678	40.6	−6.0
	Greens	Brenton Peake	3,639	9.4	+0.6
	Sex Party	Rhiannon Hunter	631	1.6	+1.6
	Family First	Robert Keenan	572	1.5	−0.5
	Shooters and Fishers	Joshua Williams	490	1.3	+1.3
	Country Alliance	John Irvine	436	1.1	−0.3
	Rise Up Australia	Christopher Dawson	178	0.5	+0.5
	Independent	Gus Kacinskas	169	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			38,611	95.2	−0.0
Informal votes			1,964	4.8	+0.0
Turnout			40,575	95.4	+5.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lisa Neville	21,174	54.8	+7.3
	Liberal	Ron Nelson	17,437	45.2	−7.3
	Labor notional gain from Liberal		Swing	+7.3

2010 Victorian state election: Bellarine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kurt Reiter	17,140	43.05	+5.85
	Labor	Lisa Neville	16,324	41.00	−7.49
	Greens	Judy Baldacchino	3,123	7.84	−1.75
	Family First	Lara Duff	944	2.37	−2.34
	Democratic Labor	Klaus Clapinski	831	2.09	+2.09
	Country Alliance	Nick McCallum	665	1.67	+1.67
	Independent	Stephen Juhasz	510	1.28	+1.28
	Socialist Alliance	Mitch Cherry	274	0.69	+0.69
Total formal votes			39,811	94.69	−1.79
Informal votes			2,231	5.31	+1.79
Turnout			42,042	94.76	+0.59
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lisa Neville	20,449	51.37	−6.59
	Liberal	Kurt Reiter	19,362	48.63	+6.59
	Labor hold		Swing	−6.59

Elections in the 2000s

2006 Victorian state election: Bellarine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lisa Neville	18,014	48.49	−1.26
	Liberal	Don Gibson	13,821	37.20	−2.45
	Greens	Justin Teague	3,564	9.59	−1.01
	Family First	Len Lengyel	1,751	4.71	+4.71
Total formal votes			37,150	96.48	−1.24
Informal votes			1,354	3.52	+1.24
Turnout			38,504	94.17	−1.04
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lisa Neville	21,513	57.96	−0.25
	Liberal	Don Gibson	15,604	42.04	+0.25
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.25

2002 Victorian state election: Bellarine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lisa Neville	17,861	49.8	+4.8
	Liberal	Frank Kelloway	14,234	39.7	−9.4
	Greens	Catherine Jones	3,804	10.6	+10.6
Total formal votes			35,899	97.7	−0.4
Informal votes			836	2.3	+0.4
Turnout			36,735	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lisa Neville	20,911	58.2	+9.3
	Liberal	Frank Kelloway	14,988	41.8	−9.3
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+9.3

Elections in the 1990s

1999 Victorian state election: Bellarine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Garry Spry	15,875	49.5	−6.1
	Labor	Kerri Erler	14,289	44.5	+0.1
	Democrats	Erica Menheere-Thompson	1,930	6.0	+6.0
Total formal votes			32,094	98.2	−0.1
Informal votes			599	1.8	+0.1
Turnout			32,693	95.0	−0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Garry Spry	16,599	51.7	−3.8
	Labor	Kerri Erler	15,495	48.3	+3.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.8

1996 Victorian state election: Bellarine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Garry Spry	16,974	55.5	−2.4
	Labor	Elaine Carbines	13,586	44.5	+2.4
Total formal votes			30,560	98.3	+0.7
Informal votes			534	1.7	−0.7
Turnout			31,094	95.8	+1.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.4

1992 Victorian state election: Bellarine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Garry Spry	14,333	50.1	+7.3
	Labor	Graham Ernst	10,402	36.3	−7.8
	Geelong Community	Malcolm Brough	2,651	9.3	+9.3
	Independent	Gary MacNeill	1,241	4.3	+4.3
Total formal votes			28,627	97.6	−0.1
Informal votes			706	2.4	+0.1
Turnout			29,333	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Garry Spry	16,533	57.9	+6.8
	Labor	Graham Ernst	12,026	42.1	−6.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.8

Elections in the 1980s

1988 Victorian state election: Bellarine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Graham Ernst	13,865	46.07	−6.88
	Liberal	Margaret Byrne	12,360	41.07	−5.98
	National	John Foster	2,400	7.98	+7.98
	Democrats	Laurie Levy	1,469	4.88	+4.88
Total formal votes			30,094	97.53	−0.62
Informal votes			763	2.47	+0.62
Turnout			30,857	93.51	−1.16
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Graham Ernst	15,264	50.73	−2.22
	Liberal	Margaret Byrne	14,822	49.27	+2.22
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.22

1985 Victorian state election: Bellarine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Graham Ernst	14,738	53.0	+1.4
	Liberal	Hugh McKenzie	13,098	47.0	+6.0
Total formal votes			27,836	98.1
Informal votes			526	1.9
Turnout			28,362	94.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.2

Elections in the 1970s

1973 Victorian state election: Bellarine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Aurel Smith	15,095	50.9	+4.4
	Labor	Royston Lawson	12,231	41.3	−0.3
	Democratic Labor	Ray Evans	2,323	7.8	−4.1
Total formal votes			29,649	98.1	0.0
Informal votes			586	1.9	0.0
Turnout			30,235	94.4	−1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Aurel Smith	17,070	57.6	+1.0
	Labor	Royston Lawson	12,579	42.4	−1.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.0

1970 Victorian state election: Bellarine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Aurel Smith	10,682	46.5	−4.1
	Labor	Francis Brady	9,547	41.6	+4.5
	Democratic Labor	James Crockett	2,740	11.9	−0.4
Total formal votes			22,969	98.1	+0.2
Informal votes			439	1.9	−0.2
Turnout			23,408	95.6	+0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Aurel Smith	12,999	56.6	−3.5
	Labor	Francis Brady	9,466	43.4	+3.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.5

Elections in the 1960s

1967 Victorian state election: Bellarine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Aurel Smith	9,807	50.6	−6.0
	Labor	Francis Brady	7,191	37.1	+4.8
	Democratic Labor	James Crockett	2,392	12.3	+0.9
Total formal votes			19,390	97.9
Informal votes			422	2.1
Turnout			19,812	94.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Aurel Smith	11,840	61.1	−5.0
	Labor	Francis Brady	7,550	38.9	+5.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.0

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References

↑ "Bellarine District resultswebsite=Victorian Electoral Commission" . Retrieved 1 December 2022.
↑ State Election 2018: Bellarine, VEC.

"Bellarine District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2011.

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[1] "Bellarine District resultswebsite=Victorian Electoral Commission" . Retrieved 1 December 2022.

[2] State Election 2018: Bellarine, VEC.

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