Electoral results for the district of Monbulk

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

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Members for Monbulk

MemberPartyTerm
  Bill Borthwick Liberal 1967–1982
  Neil Pope Labor 1982–1992
  Steve McArthur Liberal 1992–2002
  James Merlino Labor 2002–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

2018 Victorian state election: Monbulk [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor James Merlino 15,91241.89+4.35
Liberal John Schurink13,82336.39−3.73
Greens Liz Hicks5,82615.34+1.94
Democratic Labour Joshua Norman1,2513.29+2.14
Independent Jordan Crook1,1763.10+2.18
Total formal votes37,98895.15+0.31
Informal votes1,9384.85−0.31
Turnout 39,92692.16−2.32
Two-party-preferred result
Labor James Merlino 22,26658.61+3.65
Liberal John Schurink15,72241.39−3.65
Labor hold Swing +3.65
2014 Victorian state election: Monbulk [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Mark Verschuur15,06340.1−4.6
Labor James Merlino 14,09637.5+3.4
Greens Michael Clarke5,02913.4−1.6
Animal Justice Jennifer McAdam1,0792.9+2.9
Family First Amelia Mason7862.1−0.0
Democratic Labour Ron Prendergast4331.2−0.4
Rise Up Australia Ana Rojas4271.1+1.1
Independent Jordan Crook3420.9+0.9
Country Alliance Craig Jenkin2930.8−0.2
Total formal votes37,54894.8−0.7
Informal votes2,0445.2+0.7
Turnout 39,59294.5−1.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor James Merlino 20,64355.0+6.1
Liberal Mark Verschuur16,90545.0−6.1
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +6.1
2010 Victorian state election: Monbulk
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Matt Mills14,50642.55+5.16
Labor James Merlino 12,31836.14-4.47
Greens Jo Tenner5,24415.38-0.78
Democratic Labor Elizabeth Coyne6181.81+1.81
Family First Rajeeva Gunasekera6101.79-2.37
Country Alliance Simon Picknell5281.55+1.55
Independent Lawrence Mobsby2640.77+0.77
Total formal votes34,08895.56-0.29
Informal votes1,5824.44+0.29
Turnout 35,67094.15+0.18
Two-party-preferred result
Labor James Merlino 17,76252.08-4.45
Liberal Matt Mills16,34547.92+4.45
Labor hold Swing -4.45

Elections in the 2000s

2006 Victorian state election: Monbulk
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor James Merlino 13,26340.6-3.0
Liberal Clive Larkman12,21237.4-0.0
Greens Robert Stephen5,27816.2+0.4
Family First Carl Huybers1,3594.2+4.2
People Power Joanne Stride5471.7+1.7
Total formal votes32,65995.8-1.3
Informal votes1,4154.2+1.3
Turnout 34,07494.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor James Merlino 18,51156.7-1.6
Liberal Clive Larkman14,14843.3+1.6
Labor hold Swing -1.6
2002 Victorian state election: Monbulk
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor James Merlino 14,30343.6+3.0
Liberal Steve McArthur 12,28537.4-11.6
Greens Craig Smith5,18215.8+8.8
Democrats Tony Holland5371.6+1.6
Christian Democrats Wolf Voigt5321.6+0.4
Total formal votes32,83997.1-0.2
Informal votes9742.9+0.2
Turnout 33,81393.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor James Merlino 19,13258.3+10.7
Liberal Steve McArthur 13,70741.7-10.7
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +10.7

Elections in the 1990s

1999 Victorian state election: Monbulk
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Steve McArthur 15,20649.8-2.7
Labor Leslie Wood12,26640.2+2.0
Greens Robyn Holtham1,9286.3+6.3
Democratic Labor Frank Feltham4431.5+1.5
Christian Democrats Wolf Voigt4141.4+1.4
Natural Law Lorna Scurfield2580.8-0.5
Total formal votes30,51597.2-0.8
Informal votes8702.8+0.8
Turnout 31,38593.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Steve McArthur 16,24153.2-2.0
Labor Leslie Wood14,30646.8+2.0
Liberal hold Swing -2.0
1996 Victorian state election: Monbulk
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Steve McArthur 15,68452.5+1.7
Labor Philip Staindl11,39038.2+2.0
Independent Louis Delacretaz2,0246.8+6.8
Natural Law Jennifer Brain3901.3-0.6
Independent Terry Lonergan3581.2+1.2
Total formal votes29,84698.1+1.1
Informal votes5861.9-1.1
Turnout 30,43294.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Steve McArthur 16,44255.2-0.1
Labor Philip Staindl13,32544.8+0.1
Liberal hold Swing -0.1
1992 Victorian state election: Monbulk
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Steve McArthur 14,58450.8+8.4
Labor Neil Pope 10,36836.1-16.0
Independent Jenny Saulwick1,6465.7+5.7
Democrats John McLaren1,5685.5+5.2
Natural Law Bill Watson5421.9+1.9
Total formal votes28,70896.9-0.3
Informal votes9073.1+0.3
Turnout 29,61595.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Steve McArthur 15,81455.3+9.6
Labor Neil Pope 12,77144.7-9.6
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +9.6

Elections in the 1980s

1988 Victorian state election: Monbulk
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Neil Pope 14,38451.89-1.82
Liberal Nola Vulling12,16743.89-2.40
Call to Australia Christopher Shirreff1,1684.21+4.21
Total formal votes27,71997.26-0.50
Informal votes7812.74+0.50
Turnout 28,50092.77+0.14
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Neil Pope 14,84053.54-0.17
Liberal Nola Vulling12,87946.46+0.17
Labor hold Swing -0.17
1985 Victorian state election: Monbulk
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Neil Pope 14,23953.7+12.3
Liberal Raymond Yates12,27046.3+7.1
Total formal votes26,50997.8
Informal votes6082.2
Turnout 27,11792.6
Labor hold Swing +0.9
1982 Victorian state election: Monbulk
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Neil Pope 12,47741.80.0
Liberal Bill Borthwick 11,72739.3-7.0
Independent Bert Wainer 2,8929.7+9.7
Democrats Milton Blake2,0016.7-4.1
Independent Jean Langworthy7372.5+2.5
Total formal votes29,83497.50.0
Informal votes7482.50.0
Turnout 30,58293.4+1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Neil Pope 15,80953.0+5.2
Liberal Bill Borthwick 14,02547.0-5.2
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +5.2

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: Monbulk
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bill Borthwick 12,61946.3-10.3
Labor Francesco Cafarella11,40041.8-1.6
Democrats Malcolm Matheson2,93810.8+10.8
Australia Ian Wood3011.1+1.1
Total formal votes27,25897.5-0.3
Informal votes6932.5+0.3
Turnout 27,95192.4+0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bill Borthwick 14,22452.2-4.4
Labor Francesco Cafarella13,03447.8+4.4
Liberal hold Swing -4.4
1976 Victorian state election: Monbulk
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bill Borthwick 13,97856.6+5.0
Labor Stuart Morris10,70443.4+2.7
Total formal votes24,68297.8
Informal votes5612.2
Turnout 25,24391.5
Liberal hold Swing +0.1
1973 Victorian state election: Monbulk
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bill Borthwick 17,49451.7+4.4
Labor Vernon Allison13,69040.5-1.4
Australia David Barford1,4314.2+4.2
Democratic Labor Franciscus Hallewas1,2153.6-7.2
Total formal votes33,83097.7+0.6
Informal votes7882.3-0.6
Turnout 34,61892.2-1.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bill Borthwick 19,09956.5-0.2
Labor Vernon Allison14,73143.5+0.2
Liberal hold Swing -0.2
1970 Victorian state election: Monbulk
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bill Borthwick 12,58247.3-3.6
Labor James Simmonds11,15141.9+5.6
Democratic Labor George Noone2,86510.8-0.8
Total formal votes26,59897.1+0.3
Informal votes7912.9-0.3
Turnout 27,38994.1+0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bill Borthwick 15,07956.7-4.6
Labor James Simmonds11,51943.3+4.6
Liberal hold Swing -4.6

Elections in the 1960s

1967 Victorian state election: Monbulk
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bill Borthwick 11,62150.9-2.6
Labor Margaret Howells8,29036.3+0.8
Democratic Labor Noel Clarke2,64211.6+0.5
Independent Ronald Pike2901.3+1.3
Total formal votes22,84396.8
Informal votes7503.2
Turnout 23,59393.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bill Borthwick 14,01261.3-1.6
Labor Margaret Howells8,83138.7+1.6
Liberal hold Swing -1.6

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