Electoral results for the district of Bendigo West

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

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Members for Bendigo West

First incarnation (1904–1927)
MemberPartyTerm
  David Smith Labor 1904–1914
  Independent 1914–1917
  National Labor 1917–1920
  Nationalist 1920–1924
  Arthur Cook Labor 1924–1927
Second incarnation (1985–present)
MemberPartyTerm
  David Kennedy Labor 1985–1992
  Max Turner Liberal 1992–1996
  Bob Cameron Labor 1996–2010
  Maree Edwards Labor 2010–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2022 Victorian state election: Bendigo West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Maree Edwards 18,70446.47−7.01
Liberal Ken Price10,05724.99−2.10
Greens James Searle4,63411.51−1.54
Legalise Cannabis Wayne Taylor2,1755.40+5.40
Family First Steve Serpell1,7044.23+4.23
Animal Justice Victoria Maxwell1,0402.58−3.80
Independent Matt Bansemer9792.43+2.43
Freedom Richard James Woolley6061.51+1.51
Independent Marilyn Nuske3490.87+0.87
Total formal votes40,24894.47−0.69
Informal votes2,4015.63+0.69
Turnout 42,64989.21−1.95
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Maree Edwards 25,96764.35−4.20
Liberal Ken Price14,38835.65+4.20
Labor hold Swing −4.20

Elections in the 2010s

2018 Victorian state election: Bendigo West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Maree Edwards 20,97953.5+5.6
Liberal Kevin Finn10,63627.1−5.2
Greens Laurie Whelan5,11613.0+1.2
Animal Justice Marilyn Nuske2,5016.4+6.4
Total formal votes39,23295.0−0.6
Informal votes2,0415.0+0.6
Turnout 41,27391.1−2.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Maree Edwards 26,88368.5+6.3
Liberal Kevin Finn12,33931.5−6.3
Labor hold Swing +6.3
2014 Victorian state election: Bendigo West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Maree Edwards 18,24747.9+8.2
Liberal Michael Langdon12,32832.3+12.4
Greens John Brownstein4,48211.8+1.0
Family First Amanda Moskalewicz1,3113.4+1.6
Country Alliance Elise Chapman1,0712.8−0.8
Rise Up Australia Sandra Caddy6921.8+1.8
Total formal votes38,13195.6+1.0
Informal votes1,7534.4−1.0
Turnout 39,88493.8+2.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Maree Edwards 23,70262.2+4.0
Liberal Michael Langdon14,41937.8−4.0
Labor hold Swing +4.0
2010 Victorian state election: Bendigo West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Maree Edwards 14,43139.34−9.12
National Steven Oliver 7,96521.71+15.41
Liberal Anita Donlon7,34320.02−9.16
Greens Sue-Ellen Radford3,99910.90−0.07
Country Alliance Trevor Phillips1,3283.62+3.62
Family First Frances Wintle6711.83−3.25
Democratic Labor Sandra Caddy5841.59+1.59
Christian Democrats Anne Foster3610.98+0.98
Total formal votes36,68294.52−1.63
Informal votes2,1275.48+1.63
Turnout 38,80993.11+0.22
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Maree Edwards 19,41752.93−7.63
National Steven Oliver 17,26547.07+47.07
Labor hold Swing -7.63

Elections in the 2000s

2006 Victorian state election: Bendigo West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bob Cameron 17,12048.46−7.97
Liberal Bruce McClure10,31029.18+6.14
Greens Sue-Ellen Radford3,87710.97+0.79
National Glenn Murrells2,2276.30−3.88
Family First Rachel Harrison1,7965.08+5.08
Total formal votes35,33096.15−1.39
Informal votes1,4133.85+1.39
Turnout 36,74392.89−1.05
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bob Cameron 21,44760.56−5.38
Liberal Bruce McClure13,96539.44+5.38
Labor hold Swing -5.38
2002 Victorian state election: Bendigo West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bob Cameron 19,86556.43+0.04
Liberal Geoff Austerberry8,11223.04−12.92
National Robin Taylor3,64210.35+10.35
Greens Doug Ralph3,58310.18+5.90
Total formal votes35,20297.54−0.53
Informal votes8882.46+0.53
Turnout 36,09093.94−0.86
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bob Cameron 23,20365.94+4.68
Liberal Geoff Austerberry11,98634.06−4.68
Labor hold Swing +4.68

Elections in the 1990s

1999 Victorian state election: Bendigo West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bob Cameron 18,31556.4+12.7
Liberal Felix Cappy11,67936.0−7.0
Greens Anne Hall1,3914.3+4.3
Independent Alan Howard1,0923.4+3.4
Total formal votes32,47798.1−0.4
Informal votes6381.9+0.4
Turnout 33,11594.8−0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bob Cameron 19,89361.3+9.6
Liberal Felix Cappy12,58238.7−9.6
Labor hold Swing +9.6
1996 Victorian state election: Bendigo West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bob Cameron 13,84943.7−1.8
Liberal Max Turner 13,63243.0+7.3
Independent Willi Carney1,9366.1+6.1
Independent Karen Brown1,1533.6+3.6
Shooters Tom Comini9743.1+3.1
Natural Law Robert Freethy1520.5+0.5
Total formal votes31,69698.5+0.7
Informal votes4911.5−0.7
Turnout 32,18794.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bob Cameron 16,37151.7+2.8
Liberal Max Turner 15,28148.3−2.8
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +2.8
1992 Victorian state election: Bendigo West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor David Kennedy 13,76345.5−0.1
Liberal Max Turner 10,78835.7+5.3
National Tony Southcombe3,99513.2−1.2
Independent Brian Keogh1,6835.6+5.6
Total formal votes30,22997.7+0.3
Informal votes7032.3−0.3
Turnout 30,93296.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Max Turner 15,43351.1+2.7
Labor David Kennedy 14,76048.9−2.7
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +2.7

Elections in the 1980s

1988 Victorian state election: Bendigo West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor David Kennedy 13,88144.97−8.75
Liberal William Maltby9,53430.89−1.20
National Peter McNaught4,54914.74+0.55
Democrats Peter Shaw-Truex1,1383.69+3.69
Independent Harold Hall8912.89+2.89
Call to Australia Graeme Furlong8762.84+2.84
Total formal votes30,86997.39−0.86
Informal votes8282.61+0.86
Turnout 31,69794.15−0.80
Two-party-preferred result
Labor David Kennedy 15,69750.88−4.80
Liberal William Maltby15,15549.12+4.80
Labor hold Swing -4.80
1985 Victorian state election: Bendigo West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor David Kennedy 15,68753.7+4.0
Liberal Alexander Sandner9,37132.1−6.0
National Reginald Holt4,14214.2+9.2
Total formal votes29,20098.2
Informal votes5201.8
Turnout 29,72095.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor David Kennedy 16,26455.7+1.0
Liberal Alexander Sandner12,93644.3−1.0
Labor hold Swing +1.0

Elections in the 1920s

1924 Victorian state election: Bendigo West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Arthur Cook 3,42551.3+3.9
Nationalist Edwin Ham3,24748.7−3.9
Total formal votes6,67299.1−0.4
Informal votes580.9+0.4
Turnout 6,73074.6+8.5
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +3.9
1921 Victorian state election: Bendigo West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist David Smith 3,25952.6+14.1
Labor Thomas Jude2,93747.4+10.5
Total formal votes6,19699.5+4.2
Informal votes340.5−4.2
Turnout 6,23066.1−5.6
Nationalist hold Swing +1.7
1920 Victorian state election: Bendigo West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist David Smith 2,40838.4−21.4
Labor Thomas Jude2,32237.1−3.1
Independent David Andrew 1,53724.5+24.5
Total formal votes6,26795.3−2.4
Informal votes3084.7+2.4
Turnout 6,57571.7+11.4
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist David Smith 3,17350.9−8.9
Labor Thomas Jude3,05849.1+8.9
Nationalist hold Swing -8.9

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Victorian state election: Bendigo West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Labor David Smith 3,34459.8+26.7
Labor Arthur Cook 2,24440.2+16.9
Total formal votes5,58897.2−0.4
Informal votes1612.8+0.4
Turnout 5,74960.3−4.4
National Labor gain from Independent Swing N/A
1914 Victorian state election: Bendigo West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal David Andrew 2,87943.5−5.2
Independent David Smith 2,19033.1+33.1
Labor Arthur Cook 1,54323.3−28.0
Total formal votes6,61297.6−0.8
Informal votes1662.4+2.4
Turnout 6,77864.7+3.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent David Smith 3,31550.1+50.1
Liberal David Andrew 3,29749.9+1.2
Independent gain from Labor Swing N/A
1911 Victorian state election: Bendigo West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor David Smith 3,40551.3N/A
Liberal David Andrew 3,22648.7+48.7
Total formal votes6,63199.2
Informal votes530.8
Turnout 6,68464.9
Labor hold Swing N/A

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References

  1. Bendigo West District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.