Electoral results for the district of Northcote

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

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Members for Northcote

MemberPartyTerm
  John Cain Labor 1927–1957
  Frank Wilkes Labor 1957–1988
  Tony Sheehan Labor 1988–1998
  Mary Delahunty Labor 1998 by–2006
  Fiona Richardson Labor 2006–2017
  Lidia Thorpe Greens 2017 by–2018
  Kat Theophanous Labor 2018–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2022

2022 Victorian state election: Northcote [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Kat Theophanous 17,30340.6−1.1
Greens Campbell Gome12,79730.0−9.5
Liberal Stewart Todhunter5,20512.2+1.5
Victorian Socialists Kath Larkin2,7766.5+6.5
Reason April Clarke1,5393.6+0.2
Animal Justice Tim Oseckas7571.8−0.7
Freedom Anastacia Ntouni7291.7+1.7
Liberal Democrats Anthony Cave5301.2+0.1
Independent Adrian Whitehead5181.2+1.2
Family First Kathrine Ashton4080.9+0.9
Independent Ashish Verma800.2+0.2
Total formal votes42,64294.5−1.1
Informal votes2,4455.4+1.1
Turnout 45,08789.5+0.4
Notional two-party-preferred count
Labor Kat Theophanous 34,84081.7
Liberal Stewart Todhunter7,80218.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Kat Theophanous 21,41350.2−1.5
Greens Campbell Gome21,22949.8+1.5
Labor hold Swing –1.5

Elections in the 2010s

2018

2018 Victorian state election: Northcote [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Kat Theophanous 17,74841.71+0.73
Greens Lidia Thorpe 16,81639.52+3.24
Liberal John MacIsaac4,57010.74−5.74
Reason Franca Smarrelli1,4483.40+3.40
Animal Justice David Bramante1,0262.41+0.67
Liberal Democrats Samuel Fink5001.18+1.18
Independent Bryony Edwards4441.04+0.21
Total formal votes42,55295.70−0.08
Informal votes1,9114.30+0.08
Turnout 44,46391.05−0.61
Notional two-party-preferred count
Labor Kat Theophanous 35,41783.23+3.41
Liberal John MacIsaac7,13516.77−3.41
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Kat Theophanous 22,00451.71−4.33
Greens Lidia Thorpe 20,54848.29+4.33
Labor gain from Greens Swing −4.33

2017 by-election

Northcote state by-election, 2017 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Greens Lidia Thorpe 16,31945.2+8.9
Labor Clare Burns12,77935.4−5.6
Independent Vince Fontana1,8645.2+5.2
Liberal Democrats Dean Rossiter1,4974.1+4.1
Independent Reason Laura Chipp1,1523.2+3.2
Animal Justice Nina Lenk7732.1+0.4
Independent Philip Cooper4361.2+1.2
Independent Russell Hayward3601.0+1.0
Independent Joseph Toscano 3310.9+0.9
Independent Nevena Spirovska2150.6+0.6
Independent Brian Sanaghan2080.6+0.6
Save The Planet Bryony Edwards540.4−0.4
Total formal votes36,08894.9−0.9
Informal votes1,9405.1+0.9
Turnout 38,02879.0−12.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Greens Lidia Thorpe 20,13755.6+11.6
Labor Clare Burns16,08044.4−11.6
After distribution of preferences
Greens Lidia Thorpe 18,38050.9N/A
Labor Clare Burns14,41039.9N/A
Independent Vince Fontana3,2989.1N/A
Greens gain from Labor Swing +11.6
The VEC stops distributing preferences when a candidate reaches over 50 per cent of the vote. An indicative two-candidate-preferred count had Lidia Thorpe (Greens) on 20,137 votes (55.6%) to Clare Burns (Labor) on 16,080 votes (44.4%)—a swing of 11.6 percentage points to the Greens. [4]

2014

2014 Victorian state election: Northcote [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Fiona Richardson 15,92841.0−3.1
Greens Trent McCarthy14,10136.3+4.4
Liberal Anthony D'Angelo6,40716.5−3.2
The Basics Rock 'n' Roll Jamie McCarney 1,0432.7+2.7
Animal Justice Georgina Purcell6781.7+1.7
Family First Helen Fenn3901.0+1.0
Independent Bryony Edwards3240.8+0.8
Total formal votes38,87195.8−0.0
Informal votes1,7134.2+0.0
Turnout 40,58491.7+2.1
Notional two-party-preferred count
Labor Fiona Richardson 31,02779.8+4.3
Liberal Anthony D'Angelo7,84420.2−4.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Fiona Richardson 21,78356.0−4.2
Greens Trent McCarthy17,08844.0+4.2
Labor hold Swing −4.2

2010

2010 Victorian state election: Northcote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Fiona Richardson 15,91744.94−7.63
Greens Anne Martinelli10,92730.85+3.44
Liberal Steve Moran6,86319.37+4.08
Sex Party Robert Bishop1,0983.10+3.10
Independent Darren Lewin-Hill4041.14−0.39
Independent Dominic Marino2130.60+0.60
Total formal votes35,42295.76+0.41
Informal votes1,5674.24−0.41
Turnout 36,98991.50+0.97
Notional two-party-preferred count
Labor Fiona Richardson 26,83375.9−4.4
Liberal Steve Moran8,52524.1+4.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Fiona Richardson 21,66661.23+2.71
Greens Anne Martinelli13,71638.77−2.71
Labor hold Swing +2.71

Elections in the 2000s

2006

2006 Victorian state election: Northcote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Fiona Richardson 17,50852.6−2.6
Greens Alex Bhathal9,13127.4+2.0
Liberal Graham Watt 5,09215.3−1.5
Family First Daniel Willis1,0653.2+3.2
Independent Darren Lewin-Hill5111.5+1.5
Total formal votes33,30795.3−0.5
Informal votes1,6254.7+0.5
Turnout 34,93290.5
Notional two-party-preferred count
Labor Fiona Richardson 26,73780.3+2.0
Liberal Graham Watt 6,56219.7−2.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Fiona Richardson 19,48458.5+0.6
Greens Alex Bhathal13,81341.5−0.6
Labor hold Swing +0.6

2002

2002 Victorian state election: Northcote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Mary Delahunty 18,22955.2−11.2
Greens Sarah Nicholson8,39425.4+25.4
Liberal Graham Watt 5,55016.8−9.2
Socialist Alliance Jackie Lynch5981.8+1.8
Citizens Electoral Council Paul Gallagher2600.8+0.8
Total formal votes33,03195.8−0.1
Informal votes1,4344.2+0.1
Turnout 34,46591.4
Notional two-party-preferred count
Labor Mary Delahunty 25,85778.3+5.7
Liberal Graham Watt 7,15721.7−5.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Mary Delahunty 19,10357.9−14.7
Greens Sarah Nicholson13,89242.1+42.1
Labor hold Swing -14.7

Elections in the 1990s

1999

1999 Victorian state election: Northcote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Mary Delahunty 20,68166.1+6.5
Liberal Elizabeth Richardson8,12426.0−2.2
Independent Susanna Duffy2,4807.9+7.9
Total formal votes31,28596.0−0.2
Informal votes1,3064.0+0.2
Turnout 32,59191.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Mary Delahunty 22,73372.7+2.8
Liberal Elizabeth Richardson8,55227.3−2.8
Labor hold Swing +2.8

1998 by-election

1998 Northcote state by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Mary Delahunty 16,95460.0+0.4
Democrats Kern Saunders7,43926.3+26.3
One Nation Nikolas Kavalenka1,6906.0+6.0
Greens Gurm Sekhon1,0813.8+3.8
Independent Denis Evans5552.0+2.0
Independent Maurice Sibelle4721.7+1.7
Abolish Child Support Abboud Haidar750.3+0.3
Total formal votes28,26695.4−0.8
Informal votes1,3734.6+0.8
Turnout 29,63985.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Mary Delahunty 18,35165.0−4.9
Democrats Kern Saunders9,89135.0+35.0
Labor hold Swing -4.9

1996

1996 Victorian state election: Northcote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tony Sheehan 18,55059.6+4.5
Liberal Alex Hay8,78328.2+0.4
Independent Greg Barber 2,4217.8+7.8
Independent Jonathan Hogge8232.6+2.6
Natural Law Michael Dickins5541.8+0.2
Total formal votes31,13196.2+3.2
Informal votes1,2383.8−3.2
Turnout 32,36992.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tony Sheehan 21,64669.9+4.7
Liberal Alex Hay9,33630.1−4.7
Labor hold Swing +4.7

1992

1992 Victorian state election: Northcote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tony Sheehan 16,28855.1−16.5
Liberal Nicholas Kotsiras 8,21227.8−0.6
Independent Carolyn Purdue2,3377.9+7.9
Independent Frank Ryan1,2284.2+4.2
Natural Law Michael Dickins4731.6+1.6
Independent Joe Kenwright3201.1+1.1
Call to Australia Ken Cook2570.9+0.9
Independent John Graham2360.8+0.8
Independent Dimitrios Karmis2010.7+0.7
Total formal votes29,55293.0+0.1
Informal votes2,2347.0−0.1
Turnout 31,78693.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tony Sheehan 19,21365.2−6.5
Liberal Nicholas Kotsiras 10,27134.8+6.5
Labor hold Swing -6.5

Elections in the 1980s

1988

1988 Victorian state election: Northcote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tony Sheehan 17,90071.67−0.17
Liberal Ross Lane7,07528.33+0.17
Total formal votes24,97593.10−2.41
Informal votes1,8516.90+2.41
Turnout 26,82689.73−1.02
Labor hold Swing -0.17

1985

1985 Victorian state election: Northcote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Frank Wilkes 19,12071.8−2.8
Liberal William Hamilton7,49528.2+2.8
Total formal votes26,61595.5
Informal votes1,2524.5
Turnout 27,86790.8
Labor hold Swing -2.8

1982

1982 Victorian state election: Northcote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Frank Wilkes 19,11373.5+3.3
Liberal Gerard Clarke6,89826.5−0.2
Total formal votes26,01195.5−0.4
Informal votes1,2174.5+0.4
Turnout 27,22892.6+1.9
Labor hold Swing +1.6

Elections in the 1970s

1979

1979 Victorian state election: Northcote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Frank Wilkes 17,89770.2+6.0
Liberal Lilian Heath6,82126.7−9.1
Independent Ian Hughes7933.1+3.1
Total formal votes25,51195.9−0.4
Informal votes1,1034.1+0.4
Turnout 26,61490.70.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Frank Wilkes 18,33671.9+7.7
Liberal Lilian Heath7,17528.1−7.7
Labor hold Swing +7.7

1976

1976 Victorian state election: Northcote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Frank Wilkes 16,80964.2+5.8
Liberal Gillford Brown9,38835.8+4.6
Total formal votes26,19796.3
Informal votes1,0023.7
Turnout 27,19990.7
Labor hold Swing +4.3

1973

1973 Victorian state election: Northcote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Frank Wilkes 13,43858.7−2.3
Liberal Michael Galli6,99030.6+30.6
Democratic Labor Albert Dowsey2,44810.7−28.3
Total formal votes22,87695.8+1.6
Informal votes1,0134.2−1.6
Turnout 23,88993.4−0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Frank Wilkes 13,80560.3−0.7
Liberal Michael Galli9,07139.7+0.7
Labor hold Swing -0.7

1970

1970 Victorian state election: Northcote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Frank Wilkes 13,06161.0+6.9
Democratic Labor Albert Dowsey8,33839.0+23.2
Total formal votes21,39994.3−1.9
Informal votes1,2875.7+1.9
Labor hold Swing +4.5

Elections in the 1960s

1967

1967 Victorian state election: Northcote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Frank Wilkes 12,12154.1+0.7
Liberal Peter Falconer6,74830.1−0.2
Democratic Labor John Little3,52715.8−0.5
Total formal votes22,39696.2
Informal votes8773.8
Turnout 23,27394.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Frank Wilkes 12,65056.5+0.8
Liberal Peter Falconer9,74643.5−0.8
Labor hold Swing +0.8

1964

1964 Victorian state election: Northcote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Frank Wilkes 9,97356.0−1.0
Liberal and Country Max Crellin 4,77226.8+8.7
Democratic Labor John Little3,06117.2−7.7
Total formal votes17,80696.6−0.2
Informal votes6173.4+0.2
Turnout 18,42394.7−0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Frank Wilkes 10,43258.6−2.1
Liberal and Country Max Crellin 7,37441.4+2.1
Labor hold Swing -2.1

1961

1961 Victorian state election: Northcote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Frank Wilkes 10,55157.0−2.9
Democratic Labor Thomas Walsh4,62024.9+1.7
Liberal and Country Julian Sullivan3,34918.1+1.1
Total formal votes18,52096.8−1.2
Informal votes6143.2+1.2
Turnout 19,13494.9+0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Frank Wilkes 11,24460.7−2.6
Liberal and Country Julian Sullivan7,27639.3+2.6
Labor hold Swing -2.6
  • The two candidate preferred vote was not counted between the Labor and DLP candidates for Northcote.

Elections in the 1950s

1958

1958 Victorian state election: Northcote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Frank Wilkes 11,98059.9
Democratic Labor Thomas Walsh4,63123.1
Liberal and Country Edward Wells3,39417.0
Total formal votes20,00598.0
Informal votes4142.0
Turnout 20,41994.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Frank Wilkes 12,67463.3
Democratic Labor Thomas Walsh7,33136.7
Labor hold Swing

1957

1957 Northcote state by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Frank Wilkes 8,34756.6−4.3
Liberal and Country Frederick Capp3,24322.0−0.6
Democratic Labor Thomas Walsh3,15821.4+4.9
Total formal votes14,74898.1−0.2
Informal votes2811.9+0.2
Turnout 15,02984.5−8.2
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1955

1955 Victorian state election: Northcote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Cain 10,65560.9
Liberal and Country Neil McDay3,95322.6
Labor (A-C) David Woodhouse2,89016.5
Total formal votes17,49898.3
Informal votes2941.7
Turnout 17,79292.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Cain 11,08963.4
Liberal and Country Neil McDay6,40936.6
Labor hold Swing

1952

1952 Victorian state election: Northcote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Cain Unopposed
Labor hold Swing N/A

1950

1950 Victorian state election: Northcote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Cain 17,04070.0+6.2
Liberal and Country Thomas Templeton7,30130.0−6.2
Total formal votes24,34196.7+1.2
Informal votes1710.7−1.2
Turnout 24,51296.7+1.2
Labor hold Swing +6.2

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Victorian state election: Northcote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Cain 15,61863.8−36.2
Liberal Jack McColl8,85336.2+36.2
Total formal votes24,47199.0
Informal votes2481.0
Turnout 24,71995.5
Labor hold Swing N/A
1945 Victorian state election: Northcote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Cain unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1943 Victorian state election: Northcote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Cain unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1940 Victorian state election: Northcote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Cain 17,18474.4+3.0
United Australia Herbert Rasmussen5,90225.6−3.0
Total formal votes23,08698.7−0.4
Informal votes3041.3+0.4
Turnout 23,39094.7−0.1
Labor hold Swing +3.0

Elections in the 1930s

1937 Victorian state election: Northcote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Cain 16,51371.4+3.7
United Australia Jonas Holt6,59128.6−3.7
Total formal votes23,10499.1+0.7
Informal votes2160.9−0.7
Turnout 23,32094.8−0.9
Labor hold Swing +3.7
1935 Victorian state election: Northcote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Cain 15,10867.7+8.2
United Australia Fred Edmunds 7,19132.3−8.2
Total formal votes22,29998.4−0.5
Informal votes3621.6+0.5
Turnout 22,66195.7+2.1
Labor hold Swing +8.2
1932 Victorian state election: Northcote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Cain 12,94559.5−40.5
United Australia William Olver8,80240.5+40.5
Total formal votes21,74798.9
Informal votes2361.1
Turnout 21,98393.6
Labor hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Victorian state election: Northcote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Cain unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1927 Victorian state election: Northcote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Cain unopposed
Labor hold Swing

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