Electoral results for the district of Heatherton

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

Members for Heatherton

Member		Party	Term
	Norman Billing	Liberal	1967–1976
	Llew Reese	Liberal	1976–1979
	Peter Spyker	Labor	1979–1985

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1982 Victorian state election: Heatherton ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Spyker	16,746	55.3	+9.2
	Liberal	Geoff Leigh	10,924	36.1	−6.3
	Democrats	Michael Johnson	2,619	8.7	−2.8
Total formal votes			30,289	97.1	+0.6
Informal votes			902	2.9	−0.6
Turnout			31,191	95.3	+1.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Spyker	18,252	60.3	+9.3
	Liberal	Geoff Leigh	12,037	39.7	−9.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.3

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: Heatherton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Spyker	12,897	46.1	+1.5
	Liberal	Llew Reese	11,866	42.4	−13.0
	Democrats	Sonia Sargood	3,201	11.5	+11.5
Total formal votes			27,964	96.5	−0.4
Informal votes			1,000	3.5	+0.4
Turnout			28,964	93.7	+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Spyker	14,276	51.0	+6.4
	Liberal	Llew Reese	13,688	49.0	−6.4
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.4

1976 Victorian state election: Heatherton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Llew Reese	14,542	55.4	+5.7
	Labor	Peter Spyker	11,690	44.6	+1.4
Total formal votes			26,232	96.9
Informal votes			851	3.1
Turnout			27,083	93.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.3

1973 Victorian state election: Heatherton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Norman Billing	18,288	48.7	+10.9
	Labor	John Wilson	16,805	44.8	−0.1
	Democratic Labor	Brian Sherman	2,450	6.5	−6.2
Total formal votes			37,543	96.9	+0.6
Informal votes			1,181	3.1	−0.6
Turnout			38,724	94.2	−1.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Norman Billing	20,409	54.4	+4.0
	Labor	John Wilson	17,134	45.6	−4.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.0

1970 Victorian state election: Heatherton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kenneth Bathie	13,422	44.9	+2.2
	Liberal	Norman Billing	11,298	37.8	−4.6
	Democratic Labor	Joseph O'Neill	3,786	12.7	−2.2
	Independent	Herman Crowther	1,408	4.7	+4.7
Total formal votes			29,914	96.3	−0.5
Informal votes			1,142	3.7	+0.5
Turnout			31,056	95.2	+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Norman Billing	15,069	50.4	−3.4
	Labor	Kenneth Bathie	14,845	49.6	+3.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.4

Elections in the 1960s

1967 Victorian state election: Heatherton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Keith Ewert	10,467	42.7	−0.2
	Liberal	Norman Billing	10,395	42.4	+2.3
	Democratic Labor	Joseph O'Neill	3,663	14.9	−1.1
Total formal votes			24,525	96.8
Informal votes			799	3.2
Turnout			25,324	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Norman Billing	13,196	53.8	+1.1
	Labor	Keith Ewert	11,329	46.2	−1.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.1

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.