Electoral results for the district of Gippsland East

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

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Members for Gippsland East

MemberPartyTerm
  Henry Foster Unaligned1889–1902
  James Cameron Ministerialist1902–1920
  Commonwealth Liberal
  Nationalist
 Sir Albert Lind Farmers Union 1920–1961
  Country
  Bruce Evans Country 1961–1975
  National Country 1975–1982
  National 1982–1992
  David Treasure National 1992–1999
  Craig Ingram Independent 1999–2010
  Tim Bull National 2010–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2022 Victorian state election: Gippsland East [1] [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Tim Bull 26,73763.3+6.6
Labor Stephen Richardson7,19117.0−4.7
Greens Nissa Ling2,6916.4+0.2
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Ricky Muir 2,4605.8+5.8
Freedom Ed Barnes1,3403.2+3.2
Family First Carl John Fechner1,0682.5+2.5
Animal Justice Sally Court7251.7+1.7
Total formal votes42,20995.5+1.2
Informal votes1,9954.5−1.2
Turnout 44,20489.0+1.3
Two-party-preferred result
National Tim Bull 31,47574.6+7.0
Labor Stephen Richardson10,73425.4−7.0
National hold Swing +7.0

Elections in the 2010s

2018 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Tim Bull 22,43856.7−3.7
Labor Mark Reeves8,58921.7+1.3
Liberal Democrats Sonia Buckley2,5076.3+6.3
Greens Deb Foskey 2,4556.2−1.8
Independent Matt Stephenson1,5093.8+3.8
Independent George Neophytou1,2103.1+3.1
Independent Benjamin Garrett8422.1+2.1
Total formal votes39,55094.2−0.2
Informal votes2,4115.8+0.2
Turnout 41,96190.6
Two-party-preferred result
National Tim Bull 26,81967.6−0.3
Labor Mark Reeves12,85932.4+0.3
National hold Swing -0.3
2014 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Tim Bull 22,98460.4+15.2
Labor Kate Maxfield7,75420.4+12.9
Greens Scott Campbell-Smith3,0358.0+2.7
Country Alliance David Hutchison1,4363.8+1.2
Independent Leigh McDonald9292.4+2.4
Independent Peter Gardner7632.0+2.0
Independent Peter McKenzie6441.7+1.7
Rise Up Australia Jenny Jack5311.4+1.4
Total formal votes38,07694.4−2.4
Informal votes2,2705.6+2.4
Turnout 40,34693.6+1.0
Two-party-preferred result
National Tim Bull 25,95467.9−5.2
Labor Kate Maxfield12,26332.1+5.2
National hold Swing −5.2
2010 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Tim Bull 16,98745.12+26.32
Independent Craig Ingram 9,52825.31−13.11
Liberal Sonia Buckley5,36814.26−7.53
Labor Gregg Cook2,8217.49−4.16
Greens Jill Redwood1,9765.25+0.33
Country Alliance Deborah Meester9722.58+2.58
Total formal votes37,65296.81+0.94
Informal votes1,2423.19−0.94
Turnout 38,89493.91+1.09
Two-party-preferred result
National Tim Bull 27,52973.1+9.6
Labor Gregg Cook10,12326.9−9.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
National Tim Bull 23,40362.06+20.53
Independent Craig Ingram 14,30537.94−20.53
National gain from Independent Swing +20.53

Elections in the 2000s

2006 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Craig Ingram 13,34438.4−2.9
Liberal Peter Bommer7,56621.8+9.1
National Chris Nixon6,53018.8−5.1
Labor Zach Smith4,04711.7−3.1
Greens Geoffrey De Jonge1,7094.9+0.3
Family First Dean Beveridge1,1373.3+3.3
Independent Clint Eastwood3951.1+1.1
Total formal votes34,72895.9−0.2
Informal votes1,4964.1+0.2
Turnout 36,22492.8−0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Peter Bommer22,06463.5+3.4
Labor Zach Smith12,66236.5−3.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Craig Ingram 20,52659.1−2.6
Liberal Peter Bommer14,20240.9+40.9
Independent hold Swing -2.6
2002 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Craig Ingram 13,91941.3+18.9
National Darren Chester 8,06123.9−13.0
Labor Terry Grange4,99714.8−13.0
Liberal Leigh Dent4,27312.7+12.7
Greens Kevin Thiele1,5364.6+4.6
Independent Jacqueline McKeown4471.3+1.3
Independent Ben Buckley4441.3−3.8
Total formal votes33,67796.1−1.2
Informal votes1,3653.9+1.2
Turnout 35,04293.5
Two-party-preferred result
National Darren Chester 20,20460.2+7.4
Labor Terry Grange13,37139.8−7.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Craig Ingram 20,79161.7+4.2
National Darren Chester 12,88638.3−4.2
Independent hold Swing +4.2

Elections in the 1990s

1999 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National David Treasure 10,77635.9−16.9
Labor Bill Bolitho8,17727.3−1.3
Independent Craig Ingram 7,43924.8+24.8
One Nation Michael Freshwater1,9116.4+6.4
Independent Ben Buckley1,7045.7+5.7
Total formal votes30,00797.4−0.9
Informal votes8122.6+0.9
Turnout 30,81993.2
Two-party-preferred result
National David Treasure 15,78252.6−12.6
Labor Bill Bolitho14,22247.4+12.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Craig Ingram 17,31757.7+57.7
National David Treasure 12,69042.3−22.9
Independent gain from National Swing +57.7
1996 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National David Treasure 15,99952.9−3.6
Labor Lynne Roder8,63628.5+8.1
Independent Bruce Ellett5,22617.3+6.5
Natural Law Bruce Lusher4081.3+1.3
Total formal votes30,26998.3+0.5
Informal votes5301.7−0.5
Turnout 30,79994.1
Two-party-preferred result
National David Treasure 19,67265.2−8.2
Labor Lynne Roder10,49434.8+8.2
National hold Swing -8.2
1992 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National David Treasure 16,22556.5+8.9
Labor John Halloran5,86920.4−9.1
Independent Bruce Ellett3,09910.8+10.8
Independent Roger Steedman1,7326.0+6.0
Independent Ian Honey1,2744.4+4.4
Independent Bob Lansbury5261.8+1.8
Total formal votes28,72597.8−0.1
Informal votes6592.2+0.1
Turnout 29,38495.1
Two-party-preferred result
National David Treasure 21,05373.4+4.2
Labor John Halloran7,63926.6−4.2
National hold Swing +4.2

Elections in the 1980s

1988 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Bruce Evans 13,21846.99−2.63
Labor Jan Devink8,23229.26−1.40
Liberal William Young6,16221.91+2.19
Call to Australia Robert Watson5181.84+1.84
Total formal votes28,13097.91−0.57
Informal votes6012.09+0.57
Turnout 28,71392.44−0.27
Two-party-preferred result
National Bruce Evans 19,38469.42+1.90
Labor Jan Devink8,53830.58−1.90
National hold Swing +1.90
1985 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Bruce Evans 13,07849.6+5.5
Labor Clifford Harding8,08130.7−1.7
Liberal David McInnes5,19619.7+0.4
Total formal votes26,35598.5
Informal votes4061.5
Turnout 26,76192.7
Two-party-preferred result
National Bruce Evans 17,79467.5+3.3
Labor Clifford Harding8,56132.5−3.3
National hold Swing +3.3
1982 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Bruce Evans 11,20243.6+2.3
Labor Dan Luscombe8,37032.6+1.4
Liberal John Riggall5,02919.6−7.9
Democrats Ian Glover1,0694.2+4.2
Total formal votes25,67097.7+1.1
Informal votes6122.3−1.1
Turnout 26,28292.9+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
National Bruce Evans 16,44664.1−3.2
Labor Dan Luscombe9,22435.9+3.2
National hold Swing -3.2

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Bruce Evans 9,80741.3−4.6
Labor Graeme McIntyre7,42131.2+31.2
Liberal Philip Davis6,54927.5+6.0
Total formal votes23,77796.6−1.2
Informal votes8443.4+1.2
Turnout 24,62192.7+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
National Bruce Evans 16,00567.3−3.4
Labor Graeme McIntyre7,91932.9+32.9
National hold Swing -3.4
1976 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Bruce Evans 10,48445.9+7.1
Independent Geoffrey Cox6,41928.1+28.1
Liberal Geoffrey Ramsden4,89921.4−2.9
Democratic Labor Robert McMahon1,0384.5−1.5
Total formal votes22,84097.8
Informal votes5052.2
Turnout 23,34592.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
National Bruce Evans 16,14670.7+3.3
Independent Geoffrey Cox6,69429.3+29.3
National hold Swing N/A
1973 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Bruce Evans 7,82140.5+3.6
Labor Geoffrey Cox6,00231.1+5.1
Liberal John Sheehan4,28522.2−2.3
Democratic Labor Robert McMahon1,2016.2−6.3
Total formal votes19,30997.8+0.5
Informal votes4422.2−0.5
Turnout 19,75193.9−0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Country Bruce Evans 12,99467.3−3.5
Labor Geoffrey Cox6,31532.7+3.5
Country hold Swing -3.5
1970 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Bruce Evans 6,57036.9−13.2
Labor Philip Grech4,62826.0+4.5
Liberal Keith Mason4,36724.5+9.4
Democratic Labor Frank Burns2,22612.5−0.7
Total formal votes17,79197.3−0.3
Informal votes4982.7+0.3
Turnout 18,28994.4+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Country Bruce Evans 12,60170.8−4.2
Labor Philip Grech5,19029.2+4.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Bruce Evans 11,57965.1−9.9
Liberal Keith Mason6,21234.9+9.9
Country hold Swing -9.9

Elections in the 1960s

1967 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Bruce Evans 8,60550.2−13.4
Labor Thomas Powell3,68321.5+21.5
Liberal D.P. Palmer2,59615.1−6.4
Democratic Labor Frank Burns2,27313.2−1.7
Total formal votes17,15797.6
Informal votes4232.4
Turnout 17,58094.1
Two-party-preferred result
Country Bruce Evans 12,87475.0+8.4
Labor Thomas Powell4,28325.0+25.0
Country hold Swing +8.4
1964 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Bruce Evans 12,72963.9+26.6
Liberal and Country Rae Archibald4,28921.5−2.6
Democratic Labor Frank Burns2,88514.5−0.2
Total formal votes19,90397.80.0
Informal votes4532.20.0
Turnout 20,35693.1−0.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Bruce Evans 13,30666.9+4.6
Liberal and Country Rae Archibald6,59733.1−4.6
Country hold Swing +4.6
1961 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Bruce Evans 7,34237.3−20.9
Liberal and Country Rae Archibald4,75224.1+1.1
Labor Neil Rosser4,71523.9+23.9
Democratic Labor Frank Burns2,90114.7−4.1
Total formal votes19,71097.8−0.7
Informal votes4412.2+0.7
Turnout 20,15193.6−0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Country Bruce Evans 14,08571.5−0.8
Labor Neil Rosser5,62528.5+28.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Bruce Evans 12,27362.3−10.0
Liberal and Country Rae Archibald7,43737.7+10.0
Country hold Swing -10.0

Elections in the 1950s

1958 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Albert Lind 11,28558.2
Liberal and Country Rae Archibald4,46523.0
Democratic Labor Frank Burns3,65018.8
Total formal votes19,40098.5
Informal votes3041.5
Turnout 19,70494.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Albert Lind 13,11067.6
Liberal and Country Rae Archibald6,29032.4
Country hold Swing
1955 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Albert Lind 13,08475.2
Labor (A-C) Frank Burns4,32324.8
Total formal votes17,40798.3
Informal votes3081.7
Turnout 17,71592.5
Country hold Swing
1952 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Albert Lind unopposed
Country hold Swing
1950 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Albert Lind 8,42169.5−2.0
Liberal and Country Gordon Savage3,69130.5+30.5
Total formal votes12,11298.1−1.2
Informal votes2371.9+1.2
Turnout 12,34993.9+0.3
Country hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Albert Lind 8,37671.5+6.3
Labor Thomas Parkinson3,33328.5−6.3
Total formal votes11,78999.3+0.1
Informal votes770.7−0.1
Turnout 11,78693.6+5.9
Country hold Swing +6.3
1945 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Albert Lind 6,81265.2
Labor Reuben Basham3,63834.8
Total formal votes10,45099.2
Informal votes870.8
Turnout 10,53787.7
Country hold Swing
1943 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Albert Lind unopposed
Country hold Swing
1940 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Albert Lind unopposed
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1937 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Albert Lind unopposed
Country hold Swing
1935 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Albert Lind 5,49473.6−26.4
Labor Arnold Holst1,96826.4+26.4
Total formal votes7,46299.3
Informal votes500.7
Turnout 7,51293.9
Country hold Swing N/A
1932 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Albert Lind unopposed
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Albert Lind 5,14877.4+7.3
Independent Joseph Coate1,50222.6+22.6
Total formal votes6,65099.4+0.5
Informal votes430.6−0.5
Turnout 6,69393.9+4.9
Country hold Swing N/A
1927 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Albert Lind 4,34470.1
Independent Frederick Blight1,85529.9
Total formal votes6,19998.9
Informal votes691.1
Turnout 6,26889.0
Country hold Swing
1924 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Albert Lind unopposed
Country hold Swing
1921 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Victorian Farmers Albert Lind 2,65962.9+19.7
Nationalist John Jeffers1,56737.1+1.0
Total formal votes4,22699.4+5.5
Informal votes250.6−5.5
Turnout 4,25169.2+4.2
Victorian Farmers hold Swing +2.6
1920 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Victorian Farmers Albert Lind 1,62443.3+43.3
Nationalist James Cameron 1,35236.1−31.3
Labor Thomas Rickards77220.6−12.0
Total formal votes3,74893.9−3.5
Informal votes2426.1+3.5
Turnout 3,99065.0+6.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Victorian Farmers Albert Lind 2,27260.6N/A
Nationalist James Cameron 1,47639.4N/A
Victorian Farmers gain from Nationalist Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist James Cameron 1,92552.5+6.5
Labor Gordon Holmes1,19432.6−12.6
Nationalist James Bayliss54814.9+14.9
Total formal votes3,66797.4−0.3
Informal votes982.6+0.3
Turnout 3,76559.0−0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist James Cameron 65.9+13.4
Labor Gordon Holmes34.1−13.4
Nationalist hold Swing +13.4
1914 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James Cameron 1,78846.0−7.7
Labor Edward Russell1,75645.2−1.1
Independent Donald McRae3428.8+8.8
Total formal votes3,88697.7−1.5
Informal votes932.3+1.5
Turnout 3,97959.3−9.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal James Cameron 2,04052.5−1.2
Labor Edward Russell1,84647.5+1.2
Liberal hold Swing -1.2
1911 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James Cameron 2,33353.7−17.0
Labor Charles Francis2,01046.3+46.3
Total formal votes4,34399.2+0.1
Informal votes370.8−0.1
Turnout 4,38069.0+20.6
Liberal hold Swing N/A

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