Electoral results for the district of Bendigo

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

Members for Bendigo

Member		Party	Term
	Arthur Cook	Labor	1927–1945
	Bill Galvin	Labor	1945–1955
	John Stanistreet	Liberal and Country	1955–1958
	Bill Galvin	Labor	1958–1964
	Robert Trethewey	Liberal and Country/Liberal	1964–1973
	Daryl McClure	Liberal	1973–1982
	David Kennedy	Labor	1982–1985

Election Results

Elections in the 1980s

1982 Victorian state election: Bendigo ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Kennedy	12,456	47.6	+5.4
	Liberal	Daryl McClure	10,038	38.3	−4.3
	Democrats	Ian Price	1,365	5.2	−10.0
	Independent	Richard Turner	1,222	4.7	+4.7
	Independent	Christopher Stoltz	726	2.8	+2.8
	Independent	Joe Pearce	389	1.5	+1.5
Total formal votes			26,196	97.5	−0.7
Informal votes			682	2.5	+0.7
Turnout			26,878	95.7	+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	David Kennedy	14,372	54.9	+6.1
	Liberal	Daryl McClure	11,824	45.1	−6.1
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.1

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: Bendigo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Daryl McClure	10,829	42.6	−11.0
	Labor	Elaine Knight	10,742	42.2	−4.2
	Democrats	Christopher Stoltz	3,861	15.2	+15.2
Total formal votes			25,432	98.2	−0.5
Informal votes			467	1.8	+0.5
Turnout			25,899	95.2	−0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Daryl McClure	13,016	51.2	−2.4
	Labor	Elaine Knight	12,416	48.8	+2.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.4

1976 Victorian state election: Bendigo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Daryl McClure	13,021	53.6	+15.6
	Labor	Esmond Curnow	11,290	46.4	−0.5
Total formal votes			24,625	98.7
Informal votes			314	1.3
Turnout			24,625	95.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.6

1973 Victorian state election: Bendigo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Boyle	10,926	43.7	−0.9
	Liberal	Daryl McClure	9,557	38.2	−1.8
	Country	Peter Pritchard	2,512	10.0	+10.0
	Democratic Labor	Raymond Peterson	2,037	8.1	−7.2
Total formal votes			25,032	98.3	−0.1
Informal votes			442	1.7	+0.1
Turnout			25,474	96.2	+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Daryl McClure	13,743	54.9	+2.5
	Labor	David Boyle	11,289	45.1	−2.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.5

1970 Victorian state election: Bendigo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kevin Curran	9,991	44.6	+4.3
	Liberal	Robert Trethewey	8,960	40.0	+7.9
	Democratic Labor	Paul Brennan	3,435	15.3	+0.5
Total formal votes			22,386	98.4	+0.6
Informal votes			360	1.6	−0.6
Turnout			22,746	95.9	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Robert Trethewey	11,740	52.4	+1.7
	Labor	Kevin Curran	10,646	47.6	−1.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.7

Elections in the 1960s

1967 Victorian state election: Bendigo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ronald McIntyre	8,598	40.3	−3.8
	Liberal	Robert Trethewey	6,861	32.1	−6.2
	Democratic Labor	Paul Brennan	3,151	14.7	−2.9
	Country	Allan Miles	2,750	12.9	+12.9
Total formal votes			21,360	97.8
Informal votes			482	2.2
Turnout			21,842	95.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Robert Trethewey	10,824	50.7	−1.1
	Labor	Ronald McIntyre	10,536	49.3	+1.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.1

1964 Victorian state election: Bendigo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Donald McIntyre	9,204	44.1	−8.0
	Liberal and Country	Robert Trethewey	7,994	38.3	+6.8
	Democratic Labor	Paul Brennan	3,675	17.6	+1.2
Total formal votes			20,873	98.6	−0.2
Informal votes			302	1.4	+0.2
Turnout			21,175	95.6	−1.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Robert Trethewey	10,813	51.8	+6.3
	Labor	Donald McIntyre	10,060	48.2	−6.3
	Liberal and Country gain from Labor		Swing	+6.3

1961 Victorian state election: Bendigo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Galvin	10,875	52.1	+4.9
	Liberal and Country	Thomas Flood	6,579	31.5	+4.1
	Democratic Labor	Paul Brennan	3,434	16.4	+3.4
Total formal votes			20,888	98.8	+0.3
Informal votes			263	1.2	−0.3
Turnout			21,151	96.6	+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Galvin	11,389	54.5	+2.5
	Liberal and Country	Thomas Flood	9,499	45.5	−2.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.5

Elections in the 1950s

1958 Victorian state election: Bendigo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Galvin	9,812	47.2
	Liberal and Country	John Stanistreet	5,699	27.4
	Democratic Labor	James Brosnan	2,691	12.9
	Country	William Nicholls	2,571	12.4
Total formal votes			20,773	98.5
Informal votes			307	1.5
Turnout			21,080	96.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Galvin	10,801	52.0
	Liberal and Country	John Stanistreet	9,972	48.0
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing

1955 Victorian state election: Bendigo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Galvin	8,955	44.4
	Liberal and Country	John Stanistreet	5,627	27.9
	Labor (A-C)	Arthur Cook	3,036	15.0
	Country	Norman Oliver	2,564	12.7
Total formal votes			20,182	98.5
Informal votes			315	1.5
Turnout			20,497	96.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	John Stanistreet	10,097	50.03
	Labor	Bill Galvin	10,085	49.97
	Liberal and Country gain from Labor		Swing

1952 Victorian state election: Bendigo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Galvin	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1950 Victorian state election: Bendigo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Galvin	12,633	59.2	+2.8
	Liberal and Country	Harold Every	8,724	40.8	+7.8
Total formal votes			21,357	99.3	0.0
Informal votes			158	0.7	0.0
Turnout			21,515	96.2	+1.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.7

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Victorian state election: Bendigo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Galvin	11,618	56.4	−43.6
	Country	Norman Oliver	6,795	33.0	+33.0
	Liberal	Eric Thomson	2,190	10.6	+10.6
Total formal votes			20,603	99.3
Informal votes			140	0.7
Turnout			20,743	95.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1945 Victorian state election: Bendigo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Galvin	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1945 Bendigo state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Galvin	9,647	61.5
	Liberal	William Day	6,034	38.5
Total formal votes			15,681	99.1
Informal votes			149	0.9
Turnout			15,830	85.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1943 Victorian state election: Bendigo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Cook	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1940 Victorian state election: Bendigo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Cook	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1937 Victorian state election: Bendigo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Cook	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1935 Victorian state election: Bendigo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Cook	10,457	61.7	+10.1
	United Australia	Albert Staples	6,502	38.3	+12.3
Total formal votes			16,959	99.2	+0.3
Informal votes			135	0.8	−0.3
Turnout			17,094	95.1	−0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.9

1932 Victorian state election: Bendigo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Cook	8,239	51.6	−48.4
	United Australia	John Barton	4,157	26.0	+26.0
	Country	Joseph Don	3,566	22.3	+22.3
Total formal votes			15,962	98.9
Informal votes			176	1.1
Turnout			16,138	95.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Arthur Cook		53.8	−46.2
	United Australia	John Barton		46.2	+46.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Victorian state election: Bendigo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Cook	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1927 Victorian state election: Bendigo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Cook	8,954	62.7
	Nationalist	William Ewing	5,331	37.3
Total formal votes			14,285	98.9
Informal votes			171	1.1
Turnout			14,456	67.7
	Labor hold		Swing

References

1. Hughes, Colin A., Don Aitken (1987). Voting for the Australian state lower houses, 1975-1984. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN   0909779244.