Electoral results for the district of Mornington

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

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Members for Mornington

First incarnation (1859–1967)
MemberPartyTerm
  William Lyall Unaligned1859–1861
  Henry Champman Unaligned1861–1862
 Sir James McCulloch Unaligned1862–1872
  James Purves Unaligned1872–1880
  James Gibb Unaligned1880–1886
  Louis Smith Unaligned1886–1894
  Alfred Downward Unaligned1894–1929
  Herbert Downward Country 1929–1932
  Alfred Kirton United Australia 1932–1947
  Country
  William Leggatt Liberal 1947–1956
  Roberts Dunstan Liberal 1956–1967
Second incarnation (1985–present)
MemberPartyTerm
  Robin Cooper Liberal 1985–2006
  David Morris Liberal 2006–2022
  Chris Crewther Liberal 2022–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2022 Victorian state election: Mornington [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Chris Crewther 17,91042.58−8.01
Independent Kate Lardner9,43222.42+22.42
Labor Georgia Fowler9,24621.98−12.30
Greens Harry Sinclair2,6776.38−3.42
Freedom Paul Pettitt1,0412.47+2.47
Animal Justice Leonie Schween7401.76−3.57
Independent Jane Agirtan6411.52+1.52
Family First Ross Hayward3750.89+0.89
Total formal votes42,06295.85+0.38
Informal votes1,8234.15−0.38
Turnout 43,88591.34−0.64
Notional two-party-preferred count
Liberal Chris Crewther 24,51458.28+3.28
Labor Georgia Fowler17,54841.72−3.28
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Chris Crewther 21,32650.70−4.30
Independent Kate Lardner20,73649.30+49.30
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 2010s

2018 Victorian state election: Mornington [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal David Morris 20,96350.59−8.20
Labor Ryan White14,20434.28+6.99
Greens David Sinclair4,0609.80−1.91
Animal Justice Tyson Jack2,2085.33+5.33
Total formal votes41,43595.47−0.49
Informal votes1,9644.53+0.49
Turnout 43,39991.98−2.22
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal David Morris 22,77555.00−7.61
Labor Ryan White18,63845.01+7.61
Liberal hold Swing −7.61
2014 Victorian state election: Mornington [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal David Morris 23,18458.8−2.8
Labor Rebecca Wright10,76227.3+2.2
Greens Matthew McLaren4,61811.7+1.2
Rise Up Australia Peter Moldovan4531.2+1.1
Country Alliance Marion Barnes4161.1−0.1
Total formal votes39,43396.0−0.2
Informal votes1,6604.0+0.2
Turnout 41,09394.2+2.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal David Morris 24,71162.6−3.6
Labor Rebecca Wright14,75937.4+3.6
Liberal hold Swing −3.6
2010 Victorian state election: Mornington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal David Morris 22,23861.44+5.67
Labor James Dooley9,11925.19−2.99
Greens Martin Rush3,82310.56+0.43
Independent Matt Taylor6061.67+1.67
Country Alliance Stephen Schafer4111.14+1.14
Total formal votes36,19796.11−0.40
Informal votes1,4643.89+0.40
Turnout 37,66193.70+0.33
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal David Morris 23,91566.03+4.18
Labor James Dooley12,30533.97−4.18
Liberal hold Swing +4.18

Elections in the 2000s

2006 Victorian state election: Mornington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal David Morris 18,56155.8+6.4
Labor William Puls9,37928.2−11.1
Greens Malcolm Jones3,37010.1−1.3
Family First Thea Clarke1,0833.3+3.3
People Power Mark Fleming8902.7+2.7
Total formal votes33,28396.5−1.2
Informal votes1,2033.5+1.2
Turnout 34,48693.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal David Morris 20,58261.9+10.1
Labor William Puls12,69538.1−10.1
Liberal hold Swing +10.1
2002 Victorian state election: Mornington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robin Cooper 15,60849.4−10.0
Labor Judith Graley 12,42439.3+8.5
Greens Paula Johnson3,59111.4+9.2
Total formal votes31,62397.7−0.3
Informal votes7302.3+0.3
Turnout 32,35393.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Robin Cooper 16,38851.8−10.0
Labor Judith Graley 15,23548.2+10.0
Liberal hold Swing -10.0

Elections in the 1990s

1999 Victorian state election: Mornington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robin Cooper 17,82153.0−6.2
Labor Gwen Cornelius12,19836.3−0.8
Independent Vivienne Nicholson2,8168.4+8.4
Independent Snez Plunkett7832.3+2.3
Total formal votes33,61897.6−0.4
Informal votes8132.4+0.4
Turnout 34,43193.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Robin Cooper 18,73355.7−5.6
Labor Gwen Cornelius14,88044.3+5.6
Liberal hold Swing -5.6
1996 Victorian state election: Mornington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robin Cooper 18,29159.2−0.6
Labor Dean Fletcher11,46737.1+4.1
Natural Law Suzanne Edwards1,1253.6−3.5
Total formal votes30,88398.1+1.3
Informal votes6101.9−1.3
Turnout 31,49393.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Robin Cooper 18,90861.3−1.6
Labor Dean Fletcher11,95438.7+1.6
Liberal hold Swing -1.6
1992 Victorian state election: Mornington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robin Cooper 16,76059.8+10.4
Labor Carlyle La'Brooy9,26233.0−10.8
Natural Law Jan Charlwood2,0157.2+7.2
Total formal votes28,03796.7+0.0
Informal votes9443.3−0.0
Turnout 28,98195.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Robin Cooper 17,62062.9+11.6
Labor Carlyle La'Brooy10,40637.1−11.6
Liberal hold Swing +11.6

Elections in the 1980s

1988 Victorian state election: Mornington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robin Cooper 16,36349.93−2.06
Labor Barry Smith14,01742.77−5.24
Democrats Peter Carroll2,3937.30+7.30
Total formal votes32,77396.77−0.95
Informal votes1,0933.23+0.95
Turnout 33,86692.49+0.11
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Robin Cooper 17,05052.03+0.04
Labor Barry Smith15,71947.97−0.04
Liberal hold Swing +0.04
1985 Victorian state election: Mornington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robin Cooper 14,37652.0+7.6
Labor David Hassett13,27548.0+3.8
Total formal votes27,65197.7
Informal votes6442.3
Turnout 28,29592.4
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +3.4

Elections in the 1960s

1964 Victorian state election: Mornington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Roberts Dunstan 17,62957.8+0.3
Labor Ken Stafford8,67828.5+1.9
Democratic Labor John Cass4,19613.8−2.1
Total formal votes30,50398.0−0.3
Informal votes6262.0+0.3
Turnout 31,12992.8−0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Roberts Dunstan 21,19569.5−1.6
Labor Ken Stafford9,30830.5+1.6
Liberal and Country hold Swing -1.6
1961 Victorian state election: Mornington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Roberts Dunstan 14,85657.5−6.0
Labor Brian Pigott6,85426.6−9.9
Democratic Labor John Cass4,10815.9+15.9
Total formal votes25,81898.3−0.1
Informal votes4551.7+0.1
Turnout 26,27393.2+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Roberts Dunstan 18,14871.1+7.6
Labor Brian Pigott7,67028.9−7.6
Liberal and Country hold Swing +7.6

Elections in the 1950s

1958 Victorian state election: Mornington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Roberts Dunstan 13,72863.5
Labor Gordon Anstee7,89736.5
Total formal votes21,62598.4
Informal votes3411.6
Turnout 21,96693.0
Liberal and Country hold Swing
1956 Mornington state by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Roberts Dunstan 14,09165.20.0
Labor Harold Thornell7,52334.8+34.8
Total formal votes21,61498.9+2.7
Informal votes2321.1−2.7
Turnout 21,84683.4−9.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing N/A
1955 Victorian state election: Mornington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country William Leggatt 14,32765.2
Victorian Liberal Fred Jarman7,64634.8
Total formal votes21,97396.2
Informal votes8703.8
Turnout 28,84392.5
Liberal and Country hold Swing
1952 Victorian state election: Mornington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Norman Parker7,97041.2+13.6
Liberal and Country William Leggatt 7,16237.0−22.5
Electoral Reform Gerard Hirst2,91815.1+15.1
Independent Morton Moyes1,3176.8+6.8
Total formal votes19,36798.2−0.8
Informal votes3501.8+0.8
Turnout 19,71793.00.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country William Leggatt 10,85856.1−13.7
Labor Norman Parker8,50943.9+13.7
Liberal and Country hold Swing -13.7
1950 Victorian state election: Mornington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country William Leggatt 9,84759.5+6.6
Labor Alexander Higgins4,56627.6−1.3
Independent Albert Allnutt2,13312.9+12.9
Total formal votes16,54699.00.0
Informal votes1701.00.0
Turnout 16,71693.0+1.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country William Leggatt 11,55469.8+0.6
Labor Alexander Higgins4,99230.2−0.6
Liberal and Country hold Swing +0.6

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Victorian state election: Mornington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Leggatt 7,85452.9+7.4
Labor Bertram Maslen4,29228.9+28.9
Country Eric Rundle2,69218.1−36.4
Total formal votes14,83899.0+1.9
Informal votes1441.0−1.9
Liberal gain from Country Swing N/A
1945 Victorian state election: Mornington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Alfred Kirton 6,20554.5
Liberal Frank Sharpe5,18845.5
Total formal votes11,39397.1
Informal votes3372.9
Turnout 11,73083.8
Country hold Swing
1943 Victorian state election: Mornington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Alfred Kirton unopposed
Country hold Swing
1940 Victorian state election: Mornington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Alfred Kirton 8,88569.8+22.9
United Australia Harold Smith 3,85230.2−22.9
Total formal votes12,73798.7−0.6
Informal votes1741.3+0.6
Turnout 12,91190.4−1.9
Country gain from United Australia Swing +22.9

Elections in the 1930s

1937 Victorian state election: Mornington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Alfred Kirton 6,55453.1+0.6
Country George Bowden 5,78046.9−0.6
Total formal votes12,33499.3+0.8
Informal votes860.7−0.8
Turnout 12,42092.3−0.6
United Australia hold Swing +0.6
1935 Victorian state election: Mornington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Alfred Kirton 6,36152.5+1.1
Country George Bowden 5,75847.5+10.7
Total formal votes12,11998.5−0.3
Informal votes1791.5+0.3
Turnout 12,29892.9+2.1
United Australia hold Swing -4.8
1932 Victorian state election: Mornington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Alfred Kirton 5,83351.4+8.0
Country Herbert Downward 4,18136.8+8.7
Labor John Graham1,33811.8−13.0
Total formal votes11,35298.8+0.4
Informal votes1361.2−0.4
Turnout 11,48890.8−0.8
United Australia gain from Country Swing N/A

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Victorian state election: Mornington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Alfred Kirton 4,53143.4+6.3
Country Herbert Downward 2,93328.1−14.4
Labor John Jack2,58724.8+24.8
Independent Joseph Burch3813.6+3.6
Total formal votes10,43298.4+1.0
Informal votes1681.6−1.0
Turnout 10,60091.6+2.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Herbert Downward 5,36451.4−2.2
Nationalist Alfred Kirton 5,06848.6+2.2
Country hold Swing -2.2
1927 Victorian state election: Mornington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Alfred Downward 3,88442.5
Nationalist Alfred Kirton 3,38837.1
Australian Liberal Cyril Croskell1,86620.4
Total formal votes9,13897.4
Informal votes2482.6
Turnout 9,38689.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Alfred Downward 4,89853.6
Nationalist Alfred Kirton 4,24046.4
Country hold Swing
1924 Victorian state election: Mornington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor William Dowling3,73341.2+41.2
Country Alfred Downward 2,29825.4−22.0
Nationalist Frederick Hagelthorn 1,01911.2−20.6
Country Milton Wettenhall8439.3+9.3
Independent William Easton8209.0+9.0
Independent Percy Thompson3473.8+3.8
Total formal votes9,06096.5−1.0
Informal votes3283.5+1.0
Turnout 9,38855.0+7.1
Two-party-preferred result
Country Alfred Downward 4,86553.7+1.6
Labor William Dowling4,19546.3+46.3
Country hold Swing N/A
1921 Victorian state election: Mornington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Victorian Farmers Alfred Downward 3,48547.4−12.7
Nationalist William Cook2,33331.8−8.1
Ind. Nationalist Albert Sambell1,52620.8+20.8
Total formal votes7,34497.5+3.3
Informal votes1922.5−3.3
Turnout 7,53647.9−8.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
Victorian Farmers Alfred Downward 3,82752.1−8.0
Nationalist Arthur Leadbeater3,35639.9+8.0
Victorian Farmers hold Swing -8.0
1920 Victorian state election: Mornington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Victorian Farmers Alfred Downward 5,06260.1
Nationalist Arthur Leadbeater3,35639.9
Total formal votes8,41894.2−2.6
Informal votes5175.8+2.6
Turnout 8,93556.6+14.3
Victorian Farmers gain from Nationalist Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Victorian state election: Mornington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Alfred Downward 3,37355.5
Nationalist Robert Anderson2,70144.5
Total formal votes6,07496.8+0.3
Informal votes2003.2−0.3
Turnout 6,27442.3−2.5
Nationalist hold Swing N/A
1914 Victorian state election: Mornington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Alfred Downward 3,73563.0+16.0
Labor Francis Murphy2,19337.0+1.2
Total formal votes5,92896.5−1.9
Informal votes2133.5+1.9
Turnout 6,14144.8−16.2
Liberal hold Swing +0.3
1911 Victorian state election: Mornington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Alfred Downward 3,64347.0N/A
Labor Francis Murphy2,77535.8+35.8
Independent Liberal George Burchett1,33117.2+17.2
Total formal votes7,74998.4
Informal votes1261.6
Turnout 7,87561.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alfred Downward 4,85762.7N/A
Labor Francis Murphy2,89237.3+37.3
Liberal hold Swing N/A

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