Electoral results for the district of Burwood

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

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Members for Burwood

First incarnation (1955–1967)
MemberPartyTerm
  Jim MacDonald Liberal and Country 1955–1965
  Liberal 1965–1967
Second incarnation (1976–present)
MemberPartyTerm
  Jeff Kennett Liberal 1976–1999
  Bob Stensholt Labor 1999–2010
  Graham Watt Liberal 2010–2018
  Will Fowles Labor 2018–2022

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

2018 Victorian state election: Burwood [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Graham Watt 16,13842.73−7.33
Labor Will Fowles 14,92439.52+5.10
Greens Graham Ross4,60412.19−0.80
Sustainable Australia Andrew Williams1,1012.92+2.92
Animal Justice Amanda Beattie1,0002.65+2.65
Total formal votes37,76796.55+0.02
Informal votes1,3483.45−0.02
Turnout 39,11590.61−2.80
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Will Fowles 20,13253.31+6.47
Liberal Graham Watt 17,63546.69−6.47
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +6.47
2014 Victorian state election: Burwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Graham Watt 18,90250.1−0.1
Labor Gavin Ryan12,99534.4+1.5
Greens Beck Stuart4,90413.0+1.1
Independent Peter Campbell9602.5+2.5
Total formal votes37,76196.5−0.2
Informal votes1,3573.5+0.2
Turnout 39,11893.4+0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Graham Watt 20,07953.2−3.1
Labor Gavin Ryan17,68846.8+3.1
Liberal hold Swing −3.1
2010 Victorian state election: Burwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Graham Watt 17,50049.70+8.46
Labor Bob Stensholt 11,73233.32−8.77
Greens Emily Cowan4,14611.78−0.81
Sex Party Eamon Cole-Flynn7512.13+2.13
Democratic Labor Lucia De Summa5451.55+1.55
Family First Iming Chan5361.52−2.55
Total formal votes35,21096.66−0.56
Informal votes1,2153.34+0.56
Turnout 36,24593.51+0.54
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Graham Watt 19,71055.86+9.59
Labor Bob Stensholt 15,57444.14−9.59
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +9.59

Elections in the 2000s

2006 Victorian state election: Burwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bob Stensholt 14,56542.09−3.01
Liberal Graham Bailey14,27241.24+1.19
Greens John Presley4,35812.59+1.06
Family First John Canavan1,4084.07+4.07
Total formal votes34,60397.22−0.27
Informal votes9892.78+0.27
Turnout 35,59292.97−0.58
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bob Stensholt 18,58153.73−1.35
Liberal Graham Bailey16,00346.27+1.35
Labor hold Swing -1.35
2002 Victorian state election: Burwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bob Stensholt 15,59845.1+2.3
Liberal Di Rule13,85040.0−14.6
Greens Josephine Lee3,98911.5+11.5
Independent Tom Morissey1,1483.3+3.3
Total formal votes34,84597.5+0.0
Informal votes8912.5−0.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bob Stensholt 19,05255.1+10.9
Liberal Di Rule15,53344.9−10.9
Labor hold Swing +10.9

Elections in the 1990s

1999 Burwood state by-election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bob Stensholt 13,41045.05+3.51
Liberal Lana McLean12,05440.49–15.02
Independent Stephen Mayne 1,9756.63+6.63
Greens Philip Crohn1,8756.30+6.30
Democratic Labor Peter Ferwerda4531.52+1.52
Total formal votes29,76797.57+0.02
Informal votes7412.43–0.02
Turnout 30,50887.26–5.72
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bob Stensholt 15,96353.63+10.42
Liberal Lana McLean13,80446.37–10.42
Labor gain from Liberal Swing 10.42
1999 Victorian state election: Burwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Jeff Kennett 17,45555.5−1.7
Labor Bob Stensholt 13,06241.5+2.0
Natural Law Mark Bunn 7342.3−0.9
Abolish Child Support Justice Abolish1940.6+0.6
Total formal votes31,44597.6−0.7
Informal votes7892.4+0.7
Turnout 32,23493.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jeff Kennett 17,85856.8−1.8
Labor Bob Stensholt 13,58543.2+1.8
Liberal hold Swing -1.8
1996 Victorian state election: Burwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Jeff Kennett 17,83657.2−0.0
Labor Helen Matthews12,32139.5+6.6
Natural Law Neil Phillips1,0013.2−0.9
Total formal votes31,15898.3+1.5
Informal votes5461.7−1.5
Turnout 31,70494.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jeff Kennett 18,23458.6−0.7
Labor Helen Matthews12,89541.4+0.7
Liberal hold Swing -0.7
1992 Victorian state election: Burwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Jeff Kennett 17,56057.2+7.7
Labor Frank Dempsey10,09832.9−11.8
Natural Law Richard Aldous1,2654.1+4.1
Independent Jon Sonnberg9503.1+3.1
Independent Geoff Dreschler8002.6+2.6
Total formal votes30,67396.8−0.4
Informal votes1,0233.2+0.4
Turnout 31,69695.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jeff Kennett 18,15759.3+7.1
Labor Frank Dempsey12,45240.7−7.1
Liberal hold Swing +7.1

Elections in the 1980s

1988 Victorian state election: Burwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Jeff Kennett 13,75952.90−2.68
Labor Eric Hobsbawn10,93842.06−2.36
Call to Australia Barbara McCrohan1,3105.04+5.04
Total formal votes26,00797.58−0.18
Informal votes6442.42+0.18
Turnout 26,65192.32−0.81
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jeff Kennett 14,45855.59+0.01
Labor Eric Hobsbawn11,54944.41−0.01
Liberal hold Swing +0.01
1985 Victorian state election: Burwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Jeff Kennett 15,11755.6+6.2
Labor Eric Hobsbawn12,08344.4+3.0
Total formal votes27,20097.8
Informal votes6222.2
Turnout 27,82293.1
Liberal hold Swing +2.5
1982 Victorian state election: Burwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Jeff Kennett 12,80952.6−1.6
Labor Paul Trewern9,26938.1+2.5
Democrats Harold Jeffrey2,2789.4−0.8
Total formal votes24,35698.4+0.1
Informal votes3881.6−0.1
Turnout 24,74494.1+1.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jeff Kennett 13,77756.6−2.5
Labor Paul Trewern10,57943.4+2.5
Liberal hold Swing -2.5

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: Burwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Jeff Kennett 13,59954.2−3.6
Labor Douglas Bennett8,93835.6+1.6
Democrats Veronica Lysaght2,54810.2+10.2
Total formal votes25,08598.3−0.1
Informal votes4281.7+0.1
Turnout 25,51392.90.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jeff Kennett 14,81559.1−5.5
Labor Douglas Bennett10,27040.9+5.5
Liberal hold Swing -5.5
1976 Victorian state election: Burwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Jeff Kennett 14,92657.8−0.9
Labor Douglas Bennett8,76134.0+3.4
Democratic Labor Joseph Stanley1,6806.5−0.9
Workers Michael Boffa4371.7+1.7
Total formal votes25,80498.4
Informal votes4121.6
Turnout 26,21692.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jeff Kennett 16,67964.6−2.2
Labor Douglas Bennett9,12535.4+2.2
Liberal hold Swing -2.2

Elections in the 1960s

1964 Victorian state election: Burwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Jim MacDonald 12,27261.2+1.9
Labor Mary Barnard5,05825.2−0.9
Democratic Labor Kenneth Abbott2,71513.5−1.1
Total formal votes20,04598.40.0
Informal votes3181.60.0
Turnout 20,36394.3−0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Jim MacDonald 14,57972.8+1.1
Labor Mary Barnard5,46627.2−1.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing +1.1
1961 Victorian state election: Burwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Jim MacDonald 11,92959.3−10.7
Labor Peter Lynn5,25226.1−3.9
Democratic Labor John Duffy2,94414.6+14.6
Total formal votes20,12598.40.0
Informal votes3191.60.0
Turnout 20,44494.7−0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Jim MacDonald 14,38271.7+1.6
Labor Peter Lynn5,74328.3−1.6
Liberal and Country hold Swing +1.6

Elections in the 1950s

1958 Victorian state election: Burwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Jim MacDonald 14,12570.0
Labor Vincent Scully6,04030.0
Total formal votes20,16598.4
Informal votes3221.6
Turnout 20,48794.8
Liberal and Country hold Swing
1955 Victorian state election: Burwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Jim MacDonald 12,19062.1
Labor Gwendolyn Noad4,96525.3
Labor (A-C) William Mahoney1,9549.9
Independent Ivan Robinson5302.7
Total formal votes19,63998.3
Informal votes3341.7
Turnout 19,97393.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Jim MacDonald 14,11771.9
Labor Gwendolyn Noad5,52228.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing

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