Electoral results for the district of Mitcham (Victoria)

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

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Members for Mitcham

MemberPartyTerm
  Dorothy Goble Liberal 1967–1976
  George Cox Liberal 1976–1982
  John Harrowfield Labor 1982–1992
  Roger Pescott Liberal 1992–1997
  Tony Robinson Labor 1997–2010
  Dee Ryall Liberal 2010–2014

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

2010 Victorian state election: Mitcham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Dee Ryall 15,71746.55+7.09
Labor Tony Robinson 11,66934.56−5.56
Greens Sheridan Lewis4,02411.92+0.33
Sex Party Paul Elliott9632.85+2.85
Family First Daniel Ha7582.25−2.28
Democratic Labor Barry O'Shea6321.87+1.87
Total formal votes33,76396.55+0.06
Informal votes1,2083.45−0.06
Turnout 34,97194.38−0.10
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Dee Ryall 17,85252.90+4.77
Labor Tony Robinson 15,89547.10−4.77
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +4.77

Elections in the 2000s

2006 Victorian state election: Mitcham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tony Robinson 13,30540.1−7.7
Liberal Philip Daw13,08539.5+1.6
Greens Rob Redman3,84311.6+1.0
Family First Miriam Rawson1,5014.5+4.5
Independent Peter Allan9362.8+2.8
People Power Sharon Partridge4901.5+1.5
Total formal votes33,16096.5−0.9
Informal votes1,2053.5+0.9
Turnout 34,36594.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tony Robinson 17,23452.0−5.7
Liberal Philip Daw15,92648.0+5.7
Labor hold Swing -5.7
2002 Victorian state election: Mitcham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tony Robinson 16,09747.8+3.0
Liberal Russell Hannan12,73537.9−9.9
Greens Bill Pemberton3,55910.6+10.6
Independent Kaele Way9462.8+2.8
Independent Liz Turner3070.9+0.9
Total formal votes33,64497.4−0.4
Informal votes9062.6+0.4
Turnout 34,55094.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tony Robinson 19,40557.7+7.7
Liberal Russell Hannan14,23942.3−7.7
Labor hold Swing +7.7

Elections in the 1990s

1999 Victorian state election: Mitcham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Andrew Munroe15,04347.2−6.4
Labor Tony Robinson 14,41145.2+4.7
Independent Chris Aubrey1,5294.8+4.8
Hope Tim Petherbridge8942.8+2.8
Total formal votes31,87797.8−0.3
Informal votes7292.2+0.3
Turnout 32,60694.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tony Robinson 16,11050.5+5.8
Liberal Andrew Munroe15,76749.5−5.8
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +5.8
1997 Mitcham state by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tony Robinson 13,20646.3+5.8
Liberal Andrew Munroe8,76430.7−22.9
Democrats John McLaren1,8576.5+6.5
Independent Peter Stokes1,3564.7+4.7
Greens Robyn Evans1,0213.6+3.6
Independent Tim Petherbridge5511.9+1.9
Independent Rob Wootton4981.7+1.7
Independent Adam Kliska2570.9+0.9
Shooters David McDermott2450.9+0.9
Reform Mike Dunn2040.7+0.7
Independent Steve Raskovy880.3+0.3
Abolish Child Support Abolish Child Support690.2+0.2
Independent Adrian Stagg550.2+0.2
Independent Basil Smith480.2+0.2
Independent Neville Ford420.1+0.1
Independent Shalam Kalinkara420.1+0.1
Total formal votes28,54996.5−1.6
Informal votes1,0403.5+1.6
Turnout 29,58987.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tony Robinson 17,21460.5+15.8
Liberal Andrew Munroe11,24739.5−15.8
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +15.8
1996 Victorian state election: Mitcham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Roger Pescott 16,95153.6−0.8
Labor Julie Warren12,79140.5+3.1
Independent Howard Tankey1,5394.9+4.9
Natural Law Andrew Stenberg3331.1+1.1
Total formal votes31,61498.1+1.1
Informal votes6201.9−1.1
Turnout 32,23495.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Roger Pescott 17,44655.3−3.2
Labor Julie Warren14,08844.7+3.2
Liberal hold Swing -3.2
1992 Victorian state election: Mitcham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Roger Pescott 16,73554.4+11.6
Labor John Harrowfield 11,50437.4−8.9
Independent Gilbert Boffa2,5168.2+8.2
Total formal votes30,75597.0−0.2
Informal votes9623.0+0.2
Turnout 31,71795.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Roger Pescott 17,96658.5+10.8
Labor John Harrowfield 12,72641.5−10.8
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +10.8

Elections in the 1980s

1988 Victorian state election: Mitcham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Harrowfield 12,38045.98−7.73
Liberal Matthew Starr11,54842.89−3.40
Democrats Louise Enders1,8306.80+6.80
Call to Australia Johan Elsmann1,1644.32+4.32
Total formal votes26,92297.10−0.42
Informal votes8052.90+0.42
Turnout 27,72793.72−0.71
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Harrowfield 14,24752.95−0.76
Liberal Matthew Starr12,66147.05+0.76
Labor hold Swing -0.76
1985 Victorian state election: Mitcham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Harrowfield 14,92853.7+4.9
Liberal Bruce Camfield12,86846.3+5.6
Total formal votes27,79697.5
Informal votes7082.5
Turnout 28,50494.4
Labor hold Swing +0.1
1982 Victorian state election: Mitcham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Harrowfield 13,58150.0+5.7
Liberal George Cox 11,07540.8−3.5
Democrats Ross Roberts1,7026.3−2.1
Democratic Labor Ada Kowal7852.9+2.9
Total formal votes27,14397.9+0.1
Informal votes5732.1−0.1
Turnout 27,71695.3+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Harrowfield 14,63853.9+4.6
Liberal George Cox 12,50546.1−4.6
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +4.6

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: Mitcham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George Cox 11,80744.3−11.2
Labor Michael Shatin11,79944.3−0.2
Democrats Frank Andrewartha2,2278.4+8.4
Australia Peter Allan8013.0+3.0
Total formal votes26,63497.8+0.4
Informal votes6072.2−0.4
Turnout 27,24194.5+0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal George Cox 13,51250.7−4.8
Labor Michael Shatin13,12249.3+4.8
Liberal hold Swing -4.8
1976 Victorian state election: Mitcham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George Cox 14,29455.5+9.7
Labor Gordon Henderson11,44444.5+2.4
Total formal votes25,73897.4
Informal votes6932.6
Turnout 26,43193.6
Liberal hold Swing +1.7
1973 Victorian state election: Mitcham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Dorothy Goble 14,27847.3+7.7
Labor John Hyslop12,15640.3−1.0
Democratic Labor Marianne Crowe1,6375.4−6.8
Australia Ethel Beaumont1,6195.4+5.4
Defence of Government Schools Ray Nilsen5031.7−5.2
Total formal votes30,19397.8+0.6
Informal votes6922.2−0.6
Turnout 30,88593.3−1.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Dorothy Goble 16,66155.2+2.9
Labor John Hyslop13,53244.8−2.9
Liberal hold Swing +2.9
1970 Victorian state election: Mitcham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Hyslop11,14641.3+0.1
Liberal Dorothy Goble 10,69339.6−6.2
Democratic Labor Marianne Crowe3,29412.2−0.8
Defence of Government Schools Ray Nilsen1,8706.9+6.9
Total formal votes27,00397.2−0.7
Informal votes7742.8+0.7
Turnout 27,77794.8−0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Dorothy Goble 14,12252.3−4.7
Labor John Hyslop12,88147.7+4.7
Liberal hold Swing -4.7

Elections in the 1960s

1967 Victorian state election: Mitcham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Dorothy Goble 11,32945.7−4.2
Labor Graham Walsh10,20341.2+5.8
Democratic Labor Gerald Shinnick3,23113.1−1.6
Total formal votes24,76397.9
Informal votes5342.1
Turnout 25,29795.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Dorothy Goble 14,11657.0−5.5
Labor Graham Walsh10,64743.0+5.5
Liberal hold Swing -5.5

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