Electoral results for the district of Morwell

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

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Members for Morwell

MemberPartyTerm
  Jim Balfour Liberal 1955–1967
  Archie Tanner Liberal 1967–1970
  Derek Amos Labor 1970–1981
  Valerie Callister Labor 1981–1988
  Keith Hamilton Labor 1988–2002
  Brendan Jenkins Labor 2002–2006
  Russell Northe National 2006–2017
  Independent 2017–2022
  Martin Cameron National 2022–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2022 Victorian state election: Morwell [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Kate Maxfield13,60131.44−6.76
National Martin Cameron 9,90222.89+14.09
Liberal Dale Harriman6,71015.51+0.31
One Nation Allan Hicken2,6486.12+6.12
Independent Sharon Gibson2,5155.81+5.81
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers David Snelling20444.72−1.08
Greens Rochelle Hine1,8304.23+0.43
Independent Tracie Lund1,2062.79+1.00
Freedom Alex Maidana9002.08+2.08
Family First Brendan Clarke7491.73+1.73
Animal Justice Jessica McAuliffe6871.59+1.59
Independent Lisa Proctor4691.08+1.08
Total formal votes43,26192.46+0.34
Informal votes3,5267.54−0.34
Turnout 46,78786.99−3.04
Two-party-preferred result
National Martin Cameron 23,54154.42+8.42
Labor Kate Maxfield19,72045.58−8.42
National notional  gain from Labor Swing +8.42

Elections in the 2010s

2018 Victorian state election: Morwell [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Mark Richards13,72534.19−1.40
Independent Russell Northe 7,85119.56+19.56
Liberal Dale Harriman4,95512.34+12.34
National Sheridan Bond4,28310.67−33.75
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Ricky Muir 2,8567.11+7.11
Independent Ray Burgess2,3885.95+5.95
Greens Daniel Caffrey1,4603.64−1.08
Aussie Battler Reece Diggins8922.22+2.22
Independent Tracie Lund8412.10−8.81
Democratic Labour Nathan Keen6541.63+1.63
Independent Christine Sindt2370.59+0.59
Total formal votes40,14292.12−2.50
Informal votes3,4367.88+2.50
Turnout 43,57890.03−3.38
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Mark Richards21,03752.41+4.21
National Sheridan Bond19,10547.59−4.21
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Russell Northe 20,80851.84+51.84
Labor Mark Richards19,33448.16−0.16
Independent gain from National Swing N/A
2014 Victorian state election: Morwell [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Russell Northe 17,82444.4−4.9
Labor Jadon Mintern14,28235.6+4.3
Independent Tracie Lund4,37710.9+10.9
Greens Dan Caffrey1,8944.7−0.3
Country Alliance Stewart Birkett9502.4−1.3
Rise Up Australia Peter Dorian4231.1+1.1
Independent Jacqueline Rose3800.9+0.9
Total formal votes40,13094.6−0.4
Informal votes2,2835.4+0.4
Turnout 42,41393.4+1.4
Two-party-preferred result
National Russell Northe 20,78751.8−11.5
Labor Jadon Mintern19,34348.2+11.5
National hold Swing −11.5
2010 Victorian state election: Morwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Russell Northe 19,20056.11+28.52
Labor Graeme Middlemiss9,75228.50−12.07
Greens Dan Jordan1,6454.81−0.26
Country Alliance Peter Kelly1,2263.58+3.58
Independent Lou Sigmund9682.83+2.83
Independent Glyn Baker8512.49+2.49
Independent Peter Gardner5741.68+1.68
Total formal votes34,21694.90−0.87
Informal votes1,8385.10+0.87
Turnout 36,05493.29−0.41
Two-party-preferred result
National Russell Northe 22,72666.26+14.14
Labor Graeme Middlemiss11,57233.74−14.14
National hold Swing +14.14

Elections in the 2000s

2006 Victorian state election: Morwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Brendan Jenkins 13,34740.6−2.6
National Russell Northe 9,07727.6+15.3
Liberal Stephen Parker4,60814.0−5.3
Independent Lisa Proctor2,9388.9+8.9
Greens Jeffrey Wrathall1,6685.1−0.8
Family First Katy Koo1,2643.8+3.8
Total formal votes32,90295.8−0.5
Informal votes1,4554.2+0.5
Turnout 34,35793.7
Two-party-preferred result
National Russell Northe 17,17352.2+52.2
Labor Brendan Jenkins 15,72947.8−7.1
National gain from Labor Swing N/A
2002 Victorian state election: Morwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Brendan Jenkins 14,07343.2−12.4
Liberal Diane Blackwood6,28919.3−15.5
Independent Brad Platschinda4,73314.5+14.5
National Jenny Hammett4,01412.3+12.3
Greens Catheryn Thompson1,9175.9+5.9
Independent Harry Alexander1,5214.7+4.7
Total formal votes32,54796.3−1.5
Informal votes1,2573.7+1.5
Turnout 33,80493.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Brendan Jenkins 17,85554.9−4.4
Liberal Diane Blackwood14,69245.1+4.4
Labor hold Swing -4.4

Elections in the 1990s

1999 Victorian state election: Morwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Keith Hamilton 17,36655.5+4.0
Liberal Peter Tyler11,04035.3+35.3
Independent Helen Hoppner2,9129.3+9.3
Total formal votes31,31897.8−0.1
Informal votes7002.2+0.1
Turnout 32,01894.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Keith Hamilton 18,45758.9+6.2
Liberal Peter Tyler12,85641.1+41.1
Labor hold Swing +6.2
1996 Victorian state election: Morwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Keith Hamilton 16,08051.5+8.4
National Helen Hoppner14,09445.1+28.7
Natural Law Michael Pollock1,0533.4+2.8
Total formal votes31,22797.9+0.6
Informal votes6732.1−0.6
Turnout 31,90095.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Keith Hamilton 16,45252.7−1.3
National Helen Hoppner14,74647.3+1.3
Labor hold Swing -1.3
1992 Victorian state election: Morwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Keith Hamilton 13,52443.1+1.3
Liberal Martin Hill8,17726.0+5.9
National Tom Wallace 5,16916.5+2.4
Independent Barry Murphy 3,69411.8−0.7
Independent Bill Mele6422.0+2.0
Natural Law Martin Kirsch1950.6+0.6
Total formal votes31,40197.2+0.6
Informal votes8892.8−0.6
Turnout 32,29096.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Keith Hamilton 16,90654.0+1.8
Liberal Martin Hill14,42846.0−1.8
Labor hold Swing +1.8

Elections in the 1980s

1988 Victorian state election: Morwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Keith Hamilton 11,67542.03−10.68
Liberal Norman Olsen5,57720.08−5.53
Independent Barry Murphy 3,68713.27+13.27
National Alan Witchell3,50712.63+4.23
Independent Geoffrey Francis2,5979.35+9.35
Democrats James Richards7332.64+2.64
Total formal votes27,77696.61−1.20
Informal votes9753.39+1.20
Turnout 28,75194.28+0.65
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Keith Hamilton 14,65452.79−6.08
Liberal Norman Olsen13,10547.21+6.08
Labor hold Swing -6.08
1985 Victorian state election: Morwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Valerie Callister 14,47252.7−7.9
Liberal Graeme Bond6,97625.4+1.3
Independent Geoffrey Francis3,70113.5+13.5
National Terie Porter2,3058.4−0.5
Total formal votes27,45497.8
Informal votes6162.2
Turnout 28,07093.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Valerie Callister 15,75957.4−7.4
Liberal Graeme Bond11,69542.6+7.4
Labor hold Swing -7.4
1982 Victorian state election: Morwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Valerie Callister 16,04560.6−0.2
Liberal David Little6,38224.1−1.3
National Gordon Robertson2,3478.9+1.5
Democrats Ross Ollquist1,7136.5+1.5
Total formal votes26,48797.8+0.6
Informal votes5922.2−0.6
Turnout 27,07994.5+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Valerie Callister 17,26565.2−1.4
Liberal David Little9,22234.8+1.4
Labor hold Swing -1.4
1981 Morwell state by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Valerie Callister 14,38361.7+0.9
Liberal Ian Lockwood5,68124.4−1.0
Democrats Ross Ollquist2,1789.4+4.4
Democratic Labor Gerard Madden1,0564.5+4.5
Total formal votes23,29898.3+1.1
Informal votes4081.7−1.1
Turnout 23,70685.0−9.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Valerie Callister 66.9+0.3
Liberal Ian Lockwood33.1−0.3
Labor hold Swing +0.3

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: Morwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Derek Amos 14,94660.8−1.4
Liberal Ian Lockwood6,23925.4+2.1
National Gary Black1,8087.3+7.3
Democrats Ross Ollquist1,2305.0+5.0
Independent Robert McCracken3721.5+1.5
Total formal votes24,59597.2−1.1
Informal votes7132.8+1.1
Turnout 25,30894.2+0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Derek Amos 16,38466.6+3.0
Liberal Ian Lockwood8,21133.4−3.0
Labor hold Swing +3.0
1976 Victorian state election: Morwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Derek Amos 14,83262.2+3.7
Liberal Frank Hall5,55123.3−1.6
National James Davis2,44410.3+0.6
Democratic Labor John Mann1,0224.3−2.6
Total formal votes23,84998.3
Informal votes4091.7
Turnout 24,25893.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Derek Amos 15,17863.6+2.7
Liberal Frank Hall8,67136.4−2.7
Labor hold Swing +2.7
1973 Victorian state election: Morwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Derek Amos 13,61156.0+7.0
Liberal Desmond Bennett5,98824.6−2.4
Country John Vinall3,07312.6−0.2
Democratic Labor Leslie Hilton1,6366.7−4.5
Total formal votes24,30897.8+0.3
Informal votes5342.2−0.3
Turnout 24,84295.0−0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Derek Amos 14,16358.3+0.4
Liberal Desmond Bennett10,14541.7−0.4
Labor hold Swing +0.4
1970 Victorian state election: Morwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Derek Amos 10,92349.0+7.2
Liberal Archie Tanner 6,01227.0+6.2
Country James Wyeth2,85412.8−11.3
Democratic Labor Thomas Lawless2,50511.2−2.1
Total formal votes22,29497.5+0.2
Informal votes5782.5−0.2
Turnout 22,87295.1−0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Derek Amos 12,91557.9+9.2
Liberal Archie Tanner 9,37942.1−9.2
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +9.2

Elections in the 1960s

1967 Victorian state election: Morwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Colin Pratt8,80441.8+14.6
Country John Vinall5,07024.1−9.7
Liberal Archie Tanner 4,37320.8−4.4
Democratic Labor Thomas Lawless2,80813.3−0.6
Total formal votes21,05597.3
Informal votes5752.7
Turnout 21,63095.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Archie Tanner 10,79351.3−13.5
Labor Colin Pratt10,26248.7+13.5
Liberal hold Swing -13.5
1964 Victorian state election: Morwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor George Wragg9,82642.3−1.2
Liberal and Country Jim Balfour 8,72237.6+5.8
Democratic Labor Bernard Shaw2,84412.2−0.7
Country Ian Gibson1,8267.9−4.0
Total formal votes23,21898.1+0.4
Informal votes4441.9−0.4
Turnout 23,66295.8+0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Jim Balfour 12,91555.6+4.0
Labor George Wragg10,30344.4−4.0
Liberal and Country hold Swing +4.0
1961 Victorian state election: Morwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor George Brown9,26743.5−1.7
Liberal and Country Jim Balfour 6,76731.8−9.9
Democratic Labor Leslie Hilton2,74712.9−0.2
Country John Vinall2,52611.9+11.9
Total formal votes21,30797.7−0.8
Informal votes5092.3+0.8
Turnout 21,81695.1+0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Jim Balfour 10,99551.6−1.1
Labor George Brown10,31248.4+1.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing -1.1

Elections in the 1950s

1958 Victorian state election: Morwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Hector Stoddart8,89845.2
Liberal and Country Jim Balfour 8,22341.7
Democratic Labor Alfred Gerrard2,58713.1
Total formal votes19,70898.5
Informal votes3001.5
Turnout 20,00894.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Jim Balfour 10,37952.7
Labor Hector Stoddart9,32947.3
Liberal and Country hold Swing
1955 Victorian state election: Morwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Hector Stoddart 7,93341.3
Liberal and Country Jim Balfour 4,99326.0
Country George Purvis4,28722.3
Labor (A-C) Gordon Green1,97910.3
Total formal votes19,19298.4
Informal votes3031.6
Turnout 19,49592.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Jim Balfour 10,19853.1
Labor Hector Stoddart 8,99446.9
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing

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