Electoral results for the district of Greensborough

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

Members for Greensborough

Member		Party	Term
	Monte Vale	Liberal	1967–1970
	Bob Fell	Labor	1970–1973
	Monte Vale	Liberal	1973
			1973–1977
	Pauline Toner	Labor	1977–1989
	Sherryl Garbutt	Labor	1989–1992

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1989 Greensborough state by-election ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Sherryl Garbutt	11,862	40.12	−15.95
	Liberal	Margaret Brown	11,363	38.43	−5.50
	Democrats	Peter Allan	4,671	15.80	+15.80
	Democratic Labor	John Mulholland	706	2.39	+2.39
	Independent	Barbara Gilchrist	479	1.62	+1.62
	Independent	Lance Hutchinson	387	1.31	+1.31
	Independent	Raelene Jones	100	0.34	+0.34
Total formal votes			29,568	96.94	+0.18
Informal votes			932	3.06	−0.18
Turnout			30,500	90.25	−3.67
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Sherryl Garbutt	15,229	51.55	−4.52
	Liberal	Margaret Brown	14,314	48.45	+4.52
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.52

1988 Victorian state election: Greensborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pauline Toner	16,622	56.07	+0.98
	Liberal	Robert Manuell	13,022	43.93	−0.98
Total formal votes			29,644	96.76	−1.05
Informal votes			992	3.24	+1.05
Turnout			30,636	93.92	+0.17
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.98

1985 Victorian state election: Greensborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pauline Toner	14,632	55.1	+1.2
	Liberal	Andrew Cove	11,930	44.9	+8.3
Total formal votes			26,562	97.8
Informal votes			595	2.2
Turnout			27,157	93.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.7

1982 Victorian state election: Greensborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pauline Toner	19,688	53.6	+5.5
	Liberal	John Dobinson	13,667	37.2	−3.6
	Democrats	Antony Siddons	3,373	9.2	−1.4
Total formal votes			36,728	98.6	+0.2
Informal votes			526	1.4	−0.2
Turnout			37,254	95.3	+2.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Pauline Toner	21,627	58.9	+5.0
	Liberal	John Dobinson	15,101	41.1	−5.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.0

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: Greensborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pauline Toner	15,266	48.1	+0.8
	Liberal	Ronald Turner	12,929	40.7	−12.0
	Democrats	Leo Bates	3,369	10.6	+10.6
	Australia	Dorothy Prout	161	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			31,725	98.4	+0.3
Informal votes			529	1.6	−0.3
Turnout			32,254	92.9	−0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Pauline Toner	17,091	53.9	+6.7
	Liberal	Ronald Turner	14,634	46.1	−6.7
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.7

1977 Greensborough state election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pauline Toner	11,551	42.7	−4.6
	Liberal	William Foster	9,199	34.0	−18.6
	Democrats	David Ross	4,744	17.5	+17.5
	Democratic Labor	Christopher Curtis	1,591	5.9	+5.9
Total formal votes			27,085	98.6	+0.5
Informal votes			384	1.4	−0.5
Turnout			27,469	87.2	−5.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Pauline Toner	14,519	53.6	+6.3
	Liberal	William Foster	12,566	46.4	−6.3
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.3

1976 Victorian state election: Greensborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Monte Vale	14,648	52.7	+10.4
	Labor	Brian McKinlay	13,120	47.3	+2.8
Total formal votes			27,768	98.1
Informal votes			531	1.9
Turnout			28,299	93.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.9

1973 Greensborough state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Monte Vale	20,323	47.3	+4.9
	Labor	Bob Fell	17,724	41.2	−2.6
	Australia	Flora Miller	2,533	6.0	+0.2
	Democratic Labor	Christopher Curtis	2,395	5.6	−1.0
Total formal votes			42,975	98.7	+1.0
Informal votes			559	1.3	−1.0
Turnout			43,534	88.2	−6.0
After distribution of preferences
	Liberal	Monte Vale	22,269	51.8
	Labor	Bob Fell	18,053	42.0
	Australia	Flora Miller	2,653	6.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed to completion.

1973 Victorian state election: Greensborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Fell	19,155	43.8	−0.5
	Liberal	Monte Vale	18,524	42.4	+6.8
	Democratic Labor	Ernest Dobson	2,886	6.6	−5.6
	Australia	Flora Miller	2,546	5.8	+5.8
	Independent	David Close	590	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			43,701	97.7	−0.1
Informal votes			1,018	2.3	+0.1
Turnout			44,719	94.2	−1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Monte Vale	21,853	50.01	+2.0
	Labor	Bob Fell	21,848	49.99	−2.0
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+2.0

• This result was declared void and a by-election was held on 13 October 1973, in which Monte Vale retained this seat for the Liberal party.

1970 Victorian state election: Greensborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Fell	15,026	44.3	+1.5
	Liberal	Monte Vale	12,087	35.7	−4.5
	Democratic Labor	Raymond Morrissey	4,132	12.2	−4.8
	Defence of Government Schools	Dorothy Frost	2,661	7.9	+7.9
Total formal votes			33,906	97.8	+0.1
Informal votes			748	2.2	−0.1
Turnout			34,654	95.4	+1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Fell	17,642	52.0	+5.3
	Liberal	Monte Vale	16,264	48.0	−5.3
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+5.3

Elections in the 1960s

1967 Victorian state election: Greensborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Fell	11,487	42.8	+1.6
	Liberal	Monte Vale	10,800	40.2	−2.9
	Democratic Labor	Bill Barry	4,566	17.0	+1.3
Total formal votes			26,853	97.7
Informal votes			629	2.3
Turnout			27,482	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Monte Vale	14,306	53.3	−1.7
	Labor	Bob Fell	12,547	46.7	+1.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.7

References

1. Report on the Greensborough district by-election, 15 April 1989. State Electoral Office Victoria. 1989.