Electoral results for the district of Gisborne

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

Members for Gisborne

Member		Party	Term
	Julian Doyle	Liberal	1967–1971
	Athol Guy	Liberal	1971–1979
	Tom Reynolds	Liberal	1979–1999
	Jo Duncan	Labor	1999–2002

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

1999 Victorian state election: Gisborne ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rob Knowles	14,084	41.9	−13.8
	Labor	Jo Duncan	13,589	40.4	−0.4
	Independent	Deb Dunn	3,394	10.1	+10.1
	Democrats	Russell Mowatt	1,260	3.7	+3.7
	Greens	Lawrie Hall	678	2.0	+2.0
	Independent	George Reynolds	643	1.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			33,648	97.2	−0.9
Informal votes			981	2.8	+0.9
Turnout			34,629	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jo Duncan	17,371	51.6	+9.4
	Liberal	Rob Knowles	16,277	48.4	−9.4
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+9.4

1996 Victorian state election: Gisborne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tom Reynolds	17,630	55.7	−7.2
	Labor	Mark Ridgeway	12,918	40.8	+3.7
	Call to Australia	Frank Colosimo	667	2.1	+2.1
	Natural Law	Mark Brady	457	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			31,672	98.0	+0.9
Informal votes			631	2.0	−0.9
Turnout			32,303	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tom Reynolds	18,293	57.8	−5.1
	Labor	Mark Ridgeway	13,337	42.2	+5.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.1

1992 Victorian state election: Gisborne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tom Reynolds	18,478	62.9	+7.7
	Labor	Barry Rowe	10,905	37.1	−5.5
Total formal votes			29,383	97.1	−0.4
Informal votes			865	2.9	+0.4
Turnout			30,248	95.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.5

Elections in the 1980s

1988 Victorian state election: Gisborne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tom Reynolds	18,061	54.46	−3.06
	Labor	Eric Dearricott	13,964	42.11	−0.37
	Independent	Glenn Torney	1,138	3.43	+3.43
Total formal votes			33,163	97.46	−0.83
Informal votes			866	2.54	+0.83
Turnout			34,029	93.46	−1.28
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tom Reynolds	18,697	56.38	−1.14
	Labor	Eric Dearricott	14,466	43.62	+1.14
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.14

1985 Victorian state election: Gisborne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tom Reynolds	16,400	57.5	+10.5
	Labor	Douglas Bishop	12,114	42.5	−2.8
Total formal votes			28,514	98.3
Informal votes			495	1.7
Turnout			29,009	94.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.5

1982 Victorian state election: Gisborne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tom Reynolds	16,473	49.1	−2.9
	Labor	Philip Coman	15,921	47.4	−0.6
	Independent	Kottarammukallel Sebastian	1,189	3.5	+3.5
Total formal votes			33,583	98.4	+1.0
Informal votes			548	1.6	−1.0
Turnout			34,131	94.5	+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tom Reynolds	17,092	50.9	−1.1
	Labor	Philip Coman	16,491	49.1	+1.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.1

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: Gisborne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tom Reynolds	15,284	52.0	−0.5
	Labor	Ian Elliott	14,098	48.0	+13.4
Total formal votes			29,382	97.4	−0.9
Informal votes			774	2.6	+0.9
Turnout			30,156	94.2	+0.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-12.2

1976 Victorian state election: Gisborne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Athol Guy	13,159	52.5	+2.2
	Labor	George Beardsley	8,669	34.6	−1.7
	National	Robert Cooper	1,738	6.9	+3.0
	Democratic Labor	Richard McManus	1,484	5.9	−3.4
Total formal votes			25,050	98.3
Informal votes			439	1.7
Turnout			25,489	94.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Athol Guy	16,083	64.2	+2.3
	Labor	George Beardsley	8,967	35.8	−2.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.3

1973 Victorian state election: Gisborne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Athol Guy	14,810	47.2	0.0
	Labor	Ernest Jamieson	12,579	40.1	+2.0
	Democratic Labor	Maurice Flynn	2,736	8.7	−4.3
	Country	Peter Holzgrefe	1,258	4.0	+4.0
Total formal votes			31,383	97.7	+0.6
Informal votes			736	2.3	−0.6
Turnout			32,119	92.7	−1.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Athol Guy	18,243	58.1	−1.7
	Labor	Ernest Jamieson	13,140	41.9	+1.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.7

1971 Gisborne state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernest Jamieson	9,386	41.6	+3.5
	Liberal	Athol Guy	8,262	36.6	−10.6
	Democratic Labor	Maurice Flynn	3,367	14.9	+1.9
	Independent Country	Peter Holzgrefe	1,540	6.8	+6.8
Total formal votes			22,555	97.9	+0.8
Informal votes			494	2.1	−0.8
Turnout			23,049	85.3	−9.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Athol Guy	12,363	54.8	−5.0
	Labor	Ernest Jamieson	10,192	45.2	+5.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.0

1970 Victorian state election: Gisborne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Julian Doyle	10,473	47.2	+5.0
	Labor	Robert Harrison	8,457	38.1	+8.6
	Democratic Labor	Raymond Studham	2,885	13.0	−3.4
	Independent	Roy Hartley	389	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			22,204	97.1	+2.2
Informal votes			658	2.9	−2.2
Turnout			22,862	94.6	+1.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Julian Doyle	13,282	59.8	−5.4
	Labor	Robert Harrison	8,922	40.2	+5.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.4

Elections in the 1960s

1967 Victorian state election: Gisborne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Julian Doyle	7,398	42.2	+1.1
	Labor	Michael Nolan	5,166	29.5	−5.8
	Democratic Labor	John McMahon	2,872	16.4	−4.2
	Country	George Duncan	1,847	10.5	+10.5
	Independent	Peter Hatherley	61	0.4	+0.4
	Independent	Derek Hobler	52	0.3	+0.3
	Independent	Jeffrey Hatswell	49	0.3	+0.3
	Independent	Warren Nicol	46	0.3	+0.3
	Independent	Peter Kensett	25	0.1	+0.1
Total formal votes			17,516	94.9
Informal votes			948	5.1
Turnout			18,464	92.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Julian Doyle	11,422	65.2	+3.4
	Labor	Michael Nolan	6,094	34.8	−3.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.4

References

1. Green, Antony. "1999 Victorian State Election Results" (PDF). ABC.