Electoral results for the district of Glenhuntly

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

Members for Glenhuntly

Member		Party	Term
	Joe Rafferty	Liberal	1967–1979
	Gerard Vaughan	Labor	1979–1985

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1982 Victorian state election: Glenhuntly ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gerard Vaughan	12,304	50.4	+4.3
	Liberal	Peter Norman	10,326	42.3	−2.4
	Democrats	Fred Ingamells	1,766	7.2	+7.2
Total formal votes			24,396	97.6	+0.6
Informal votes			590	2.4	−0.6
Turnout			24,986	93.1	0.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gerard Vaughan	13,319	54.6	+3.0
	Liberal	Peter Norman	11,077	45.4	−3.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.0

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: Glenhuntly

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gerard Vaughan	11,078	46.1	+4.8
	Liberal	Charles Hider	10,751	44.7	−7.2
	Australia	Gail Farrell	1,190	5.0	+5.0
	Democratic Labor	John Mulholland	1,023	4.3	−2.9
Total formal votes			24,042	97.0	−0.5
Informal votes			734	3.0	+0.5
Turnout			24,776	93.1	+1.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gerard Vaughan	12,396	51.6	+9.7
	Liberal	Charles Hider	11,646	48.4	−9.7
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+9.7

1976 Victorian state election: Glenhuntly

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joe Rafferty	13,183	51.9	+2.4
	Labor	Gerard Vaughan	10,487	41.3	+1.9
	Democratic Labor	Terence Farrell	1,751	6.9	−0.8
Total formal votes			25,421	97.5
Informal votes			658	2.5
Turnout			26,079	91.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Joe Rafferty	14,759	58.1	+0.2
	Labor	Gerard Vaughan	10,662	41.9	−0.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.2

1973 Victorian state election: Glenhuntly

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joe Rafferty	12,944	48.8	+3.4
	Labor	Kathleen Foster	10,237	38.6	−1.0
	Democratic Labor	Terence Farrell	2,232	8.4	−6.7
	Australia	Richard Franklin	1,131	4.3	+4.3
Total formal votes			26,544	97.1	+0.6
Informal votes			793	2.9	−0.6
Turnout			27,337	92.9	−0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Joe Rafferty	14,813	55.8	−0.3
	Labor	Kathleen Foster	11,731	44.2	+0.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.3

1970 Victorian state election: Glenhuntly

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joe Rafferty	11,342	45.4	−1.9
	Labor	Anthony Miller	9,894	39.6	+1.2
	Democratic Labor	Raymond Murphy	3,770	15.1	+0.8
Total formal votes			25,006	96.5	−0.7
Informal votes			897	3.5	+0.7
Turnout			25,903	93.2	−0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Joe Rafferty	14,033	56.1	−4.0
	Labor	Anthony Miller	10,973	43.9	+4.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.0

Elections in the 1960s

1967 Victorian state election: Glenhuntly

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joe Rafferty	11,223	47.3	−4.1
	Labor	Anthony Miller	9,108	38.4	+3.3
	Democratic Labor	Raymond Studham	3,392	14.3	+0.9
Total formal votes			23,723	97.2
Informal votes			678	2.8
Turnout			24,401	93.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Joe Rafferty	14,255	60.1	−2.8
	Labor	Anthony Miller	9,468	39.9	+2.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.8

References

1. Hughes, Colin A., Don Aitken (1987). Voting for the Australian state lower houses, 1975-1984. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN   0909779244.