Electoral results for the district of Essendon

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

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Members for Essendon

MemberPartyTerm
  William Watt Liberal 1904–1914
  Maurice Blackburn Labor 1914–1917
  Thomas Ryan Nationalist 1917–1924
  Frank Keane Labor 1924–1927
  Arthur Drakeford Labor 1927–1932
  James Dillon United Australia 1932–1943
  Samuel Merrifield Labor 1943–1945
  Arthur Drakeford Jr Labor 1945–1947
  Allen Bateman Liberal 1947–1950
  George Fewster Labor 1950–1955
  Labor (Anti-Communist) 1955
 Sir Kenneth Wheeler Liberal 1958–1979
  Barry Rowe Labor 1979–1992
  Ian Davis Liberal 1992–1996
  Judy Maddigan Labor 1996–2010
  Justin Madden Labor 2010–2014
  Danny Pearson Labor 2014–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2022 Victorian state election: Essendon [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Danny Pearson 17,19641.1−5.1
Liberal Angelo Baronessa12,33129.5+1.9
Greens Jared Prentis6,34415.1−1.7
Victorian Socialists Daniel Nair Dadich1,9514.7+4.7
Animal Justice Gayle Williams1,1732.8+2.8
Reason Nicholas Hope1,0182.4+2.4
Freedom David Wright1,0062.4+2.4
Family First Margaret Muir8482.0+2.0
Total formal votes41,86796.0+1.5
Informal votes1,7614.0−1.5
Turnout 43,62888.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Danny Pearson 26,14662.5−3.4
Liberal Angelo Baronessa15,72137.5+3.4
Labor hold Swing −3.4

Elections in the 2010s

2018 Victorian state election: Essendon [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Danny Pearson 19,17346.23+5.33
Liberal Gino Potenza11,41427.52−8.34
Greens James Williams6,97116.81−1.22
Independent Richard Lawrence1,7024.10+0.72
Independent Kate Baker1,3563.27+3.27
Democratic Labour Dermot Connors8562.06+2.06
Total formal votes41,47295.25−0.81
Informal votes2,0674.75+0.81
Turnout 43,53989.91−2.52
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Danny Pearson 27,31565.86+7.20
Liberal Gino Potenza14,15734.14−7.20
Labor hold Swing +7.20
2014 Victorian state election: Essendon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Danny Pearson 16,02640.9+2.8
Liberal Fred Ackerman14,05235.9+1.1
Greens Ashley Waite7,06518.0+0.1
Independent Richard Lawrence1,3263.4+3.4
Voice for the West Mario Mendez7141.8+1.8
Total formal votes39,18396.1+0.1
Informal votes1,6053.9−0.1
Turnout 40,78892.4+2.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Danny Pearson 22,98858.7+4.3
Liberal Fred Ackerman16,19541.3−4.3
Labor hold Swing +4.3
2010 Victorian state election: Essendon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Rebecca Gauci12,98336.83+3.53
Labor Justin Madden 12,86736.50−13.37
Greens Rose Iser5,81616.50+4.34
Independent Paul Giuliano2,5407.21+7.21
Democratic Labor Sarah Notaro1,0472.97+2.97
Total formal votes35,25395.97+0.72
Informal votes1,4804.03−0.72
Turnout 36,73392.17+0.44
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Justin Madden 18,22451.66−10.04
Liberal Rebecca Gauci17,05148.34+10.04
Labor hold Swing -10.04

Elections in the 2000s

2006 Victorian state election: Essendon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Judy Maddigan 16,38349.87−4.67
Liberal Conrad D'Souza10,93933.30+1.84
Greens Bob Muntz3,99512.16−0.29
Family First Arthur Tsiglopoulos9973.03+3.03
Independent Philip Cutler4141.26+1.26
Citizens Electoral Council Jeremy Beck1250.38−1.17
Total formal votes32,85395.25−1.62
Informal votes1,6394.75+1.62
Turnout 34,49291.73−0.73
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Judy Maddigan 20,27661.70−4.22
Liberal Conrad D'Souza12,58638.30+4.22
Labor hold Swing -4.22
2002 Victorian state election: Essendon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Judy Maddigan 18,25554.5−3.6
Liberal Steve Reynolds10,53131.5−10.4
Greens Victor Lewis-Hansom4,16712.4+12.4
Citizens Electoral Council Colin Horne5191.6+1.6
Total formal votes33,47296.9−0.6
Informal votes1,0813.1+0.6
Turnout 34,55392.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Judy Maddigan 22,06565.9+7.8
Liberal Steve Reynolds11,40534.1−7.8
Labor hold Swing +7.8

Elections in the 1990s

1999 Victorian state election: Essendon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Judy Maddigan 18,48958.5+5.1
Liberal Ken Saunders13,13541.5−5.1
Total formal votes31,62497.4−0.3
Informal votes8392.6+0.3
Turnout 32,46393.7
Labor hold Swing +5.1
1996 Victorian state election: Essendon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Judy Maddigan 15,65250.9+6.9
Liberal Ian Davis 13,28243.2+0.2
Independent Joan Brodie9783.2+3.2
Independent Geoff Lutz2910.9+0.9
Independent Simone Green2880.9+0.9
Natural Law Jamie Pollock2630.9−1.3
Total formal votes30,75497.7+1.4
Informal votes7272.3−1.4
Turnout 31,48193.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Judy Maddigan 16,40453.4+4.6
Liberal Ian Davis 14,32446.6−4.6
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +4.6
1992 Victorian state election: Essendon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Judy Maddigan 13,04644.0−10.0
Liberal Ian Davis 12,75743.0+1.0
Independent Rowena Allsop2,3417.9+7.9
Independent Geoff Ireland8753.0+3.0
Natural Law John Bell6282.1+2.1
Total formal votes29,64796.3+0.7
Informal votes1,1453.7−0.7
Turnout 30,79293.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ian Davis 15,15951.2+6.7
Labor Judy Maddigan 14,42948.8−6.7
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +6.7

Elections in the 1980s

1988 Victorian state election: Essendon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Barry Rowe 13,86255.55−6.53
Liberal Thomas Hilbert10,40441.70+3.78
Call to Australia Karl Benden6862.75+2.75
Total formal votes24,95295.43−1.26
Informal votes1,1944.57+1.26
Turnout 26,14689.57−2.21
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Barry Rowe 14,15656.74−5.34
Liberal Thomas Hilbert10,40443.26+5.34
Labor hold Swing -5.34
1985 Victorian state election: Essendon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Barry Rowe 16,96462.1−1.8
Liberal Brian Dodgson10,36037.9+3.7
Total formal votes27,32496.7
Informal votes9353.3
Turnout 28,25991.8
Labor hold Swing -2.9
1982 Victorian state election: Essendon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Barry Rowe 14,39657.3+6.5
Liberal Graeme Goodson9,77038.9−2.5
Democrats Alan Powell7803.1+3.1
Australia Richard Wright1760.7+0.7
Total formal votes25,12297.2−0.1
Informal votes7192.8+0.1
Turnout 25,84195.1+0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Barry Rowe 14,93259.4+7.9
Liberal Graeme Goodson10,19040.6−7.9
Labor hold Swing +7.9

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: Essendon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Barry Rowe 12,86450.8+0.8
Liberal Ian Hocking10,48741.4−8.6
Democratic Labor Richard McManus1,9937.9+7.9
Total formal votes25,34497.3+0.1
Informal votes7022.7−0.1
Turnout 26,04694.4+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Barry Rowe 13,04551.5+1.6
Liberal Ian Hocking12,29948.5−1.6
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +1.6
1976 Victorian state election: Essendon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Kenneth Wheeler 13,19750.05+8.1
Labor Barry Rowe 13,17349.95+5.7
Total formal votes26,37097.2
Informal votes7482.8
Turnout 27,11893.9
Liberal hold Swing -2.8
1973 Victorian state election: Essendon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ronald Kennelly11,51442.7−3.0
Liberal Kenneth Wheeler 11,23241.6+4.2
Democratic Labor John Moloney2,4839.2−7.6
Australia Stanley Bell1,2054.5+4.5
Defence of Government Schools Lancelot Hutchinson5552.1+2.1
Total formal votes26,98996.0−0.8
Informal votes1,1134.0+0.8
Turnout 28,10295.1−0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Kenneth Wheeler 14,37753.3+2.6
Labor Ronald Kennelly12,61246.7−2.6
Liberal hold Swing +2.6
1970 Victorian state election: Essendon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ronald Kennelly11,13745.7+4.5
Liberal Kenneth Wheeler 9,12537.4−2.1
Democratic Labor Kevin Digby4,10316.8−1.7
Total formal votes24,36596.8−1.4
Informal votes8153.2+1.4
Turnout 25,18095.4−1.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Kenneth Wheeler 12,34250.7−4.7
Labor Ronald Kennelly12,02349.3+4.7
Liberal hold Swing -4.7

Elections in the 1960s

1967 Victorian state election: Essendon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Arthur Sanger9,62441.2−1.2
Liberal Kenneth Wheeler 9,21639.5+1.1
Democratic Labor Kevin Digby4,31518.5−0.8
Independent Francis Zajac1810.8+0.8
Total formal votes23,98698.2
Informal votes1811.8
Turnout 24,16796.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Kenneth Wheeler 12,92955.4+0.5
Labor Arthur Sanger10,40744.6−0.5
Liberal hold Swing +0.5
1964 Victorian state election: Essendon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Kenneth Wheeler 9,89341.9+2.0
Labor Richard Kirby9,23439.1+0.4
Democratic Labor Kevin Digby4,50419.1−1.0
Total formal votes23,63198.0+0.6
Informal votes4852.0−0.6
Turnout 24,11694.9−0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Kenneth Wheeler 13,45957.00.0
Labor Richard Kirby10,17243.00.0
Liberal and Country hold Swing 0.0
1961 Victorian state election: Essendon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Kenneth Wheeler 9,05439.9+1.8
Labor Leslie Edmunds8,79438.7−6.2
Democratic Labor Kevin Digby4,56420.1+3.0
Independent Norman McClure2941.3+1.3
Total formal votes22,70697.4−1.0
Informal votes6142.6+1.0
Turnout 23,32095.4−0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Kenneth Wheeler 12,93357.0+5.5
Labor Leslie Edmunds9,77343.0−5.5
Liberal and Country hold Swing +5.5

Elections in the 1950s

1958 Victorian state election: Essendon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Arthur Drakeford 9,73744.9
Liberal and Country Kenneth Wheeler 8,27038.1
Democratic Labor Kevin Digby3,70217.1
Total formal votes21,70998.4
Informal votes3431.6
Turnout 22,05295.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Kenneth Wheeler 11,18151.5
Labor Arthur Drakeford 10,52848.5
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing
1952 Victorian state election: Essendon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor George Fewster 19,80864.2+15.1
Liberal and Country Kenneth Wheeler8,27926.8−19.4
Independent Lancelot Hutchinson2,7659.0+9.0
Total formal votes30,85298.4−0.6
Informal votes4851.6+0.6
Turnout 31,33794.4−0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor George Fewster 20,08565.1+13.8
Liberal and Country Kenneth Wheeler10,76734.9−13.8
Labor hold Swing +13.8
1950 Victorian state election: Essendon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor George Fewster 13,72549.1−0.3
Liberal and Country Allen Bateman 12,91046.2−4.4
Independent Arthur Dodds1,3194.7+4.7
Total formal votes27,95499.0+0.1
Informal votes2871.0−0.1
Turnout 28,24195.3+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor George Fewster 14,33951.3+1.9
Liberal and Country Allen Bateman 13,61548.7−1.9
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing +1.9

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Victorian state election: Essendon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Allen Bateman 12,77650.6+14.0
Labor Arthur Drakeford 12,46449.4−14.0
Total formal votes25,24098.9+0.9
Informal votes2881.1−0.9
Turnout 25,52894.8+5.1
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +14.0
1945 Victorian state election: Essendon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Arthur Drakeford Jr. 14,00763.4
Liberal James Dillon 8,07336.6
Total formal votes22,08098.0
Informal votes4422.0
Turnout 22,52289.7
Labor hold Swing
1943 Victorian state election: Essendon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Samuel Merrifield 12,29445.6−2.8
United Australia James Dillon 11,37042.2−9.4
Independent Arthur Dodds3,29612.2+12.2
Total formal votes26,96097.8−1.2
Informal votes5912.2+1.2
Turnout 27,55189.2−6.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Samuel Merrifield 14,23952.8+4.4
United Australia James Dillon 12,72147.2−4.4
Labor gain from United Australia Swing +4.4
1940 Victorian state election: Essendon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia James Dillon 12,93151.6−3.1
Labor Arthur Clarey 12,14948.4+3.1
Total formal votes25,08099.0+0.1
Informal votes2611.0−0.1
Turnout 25,34195.4−1.3
United Australia hold Swing -3.1

Elections in the 1930s

1937 Victorian state election: Essendon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia James Dillon 12,99954.7+2.9
Labor Arthur Clarey 10,75245.3−2.9
Total formal votes23,75198.9−0.3
Informal votes2621.1+0.3
Turnout 24,01396.7+0.3
United Australia hold Swing +2.9
1935 Victorian state election: Essendon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia James Dillon 11,74651.8−1.1
Labor Alan Bird 10,92148.2+1.1
Total formal votes22,66799.2+0.1
Informal votes1930.8−0.1
Turnout 22,86096.40.0
United Australia hold Swing -1.1
1932 Victorian state election: Essendon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia James Dillon 11,57252.9+26.8
Labor Arthur Drakeford 10,30047.1−10.4
Total formal votes21,87299.1+0.8
Informal votes2060.9−0.8
Turnout 22,07896.4+0.3
United Australia gain from Labor Swing +12.0

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Victorian state election: Essendon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Arthur Drakeford 12,11957.5+5.1
Nationalist Arthur Clerke5,50626.1−21.5
Ind. Nationalist Arthur Fenton2,68012.7+12.7
Ind. Nationalist Gerald Fitzgerald7753.7+3.7
Total formal votes21,08098.3−1.0
Informal votes3681.7+1.0
Turnout 21,44896.1+1.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Arthur Drakeford 59.1+6.7
Nationalist Arthur Clerke40.9−6.7
Labor hold Swing +6.7
1927 Victorian state election: Essendon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Arthur Drakeford 10,19652.4
Nationalist Robert Gilbertson9,25447.6
Total formal votes19,45099.3
Informal votes1440.7
Turnout 19,59494.8
Labor hold Swing
1924 Victorian state election: Essendon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Frank Keane 12,37555.0+10.9
Nationalist Thomas Ryan 10,10645.0−10.9
Total formal votes22,48199.6−0.1
Informal votes960.4+0.1
Turnout 22,57761.0+2.9
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +10.9
1921 Victorian state election: Essendon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Thomas Ryan 10,25455.9−1.4
Labor Alexander Taylor8,09344.1+1.4
Total formal votes18,34799.7+0.7
Informal votes580.3−0.7
Turnout 18,40558.1−7.2
Nationalist hold Swing -1.4
1920 Victorian state election: Essendon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Thomas Ryan 11,60757.3+2.2
Labor Joseph Murphy8,66142.7−2.2
Total formal votes20,26899.0+1.7
Informal votes2101.0−1.7
Turnout 20,47865.3+2.1
Nationalist hold Swing +2.2

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Victorian state election: Essendon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Thomas Ryan 9,55155.1+7.5
Labor Maurice Blackburn 7,78244.9−7.5
Total formal votes17,33397.3−1.3
Informal votes4732.7+1.3
Turnout 17,80663.2+7.1
Nationalist gain from Labor Swing +7.5
1914 Victorian state election: Essendon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Maurice Blackburn 7,34252.4+11.3
Liberal Edward Reynolds 6,66047.6−11.3
Total formal votes14,00298.6−0.4
Informal votes1951.4+0.4
Turnout 14,19756.1−10.1
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +11.3
1911 Victorian state election: Essendon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Watt 7,13458.9+13.5
Labor Frank Keane 4,98741.1+0.1
Total formal votes12,12199.0−0.6
Informal votes1251.0+0.6
Turnout 12,24666.2+14.0
Liberal hold Swing N/A

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References

  1. Essendon District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  2. State Election 2018: Essendon District, VEC.