Electoral results for the district of Prahran

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

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Members for Prahran

MemberPartyTerm
  Edward Dixon Unaligned1889–1894
  Frederick Gray Labor1894–1900
  Donald Mackinnon Liberal 1900–1920
  Alexander Parker Labor 1920–1921
  Richard Fetherston Nationalist 1921–1924
  Arthur Jackson Labor 1924–1932
  John Ellis United Australia 1932–1944
  Liberal 1944–1945
  Bill Quirk Labor 1945–1948
  Frank Crean Labor 1949–1951
  Robert Pettiona Labor 1951–1955
  Sam Loxton Liberal 1955–1979
  Bob Miller Labor 1979–1985
  Don Hayward Liberal 1985–1996
  Leonie Burke Liberal 1996–2002
  Tony Lupton Labor 2002–2010
  Clem Newton-Brown Liberal 2010–2014
  Sam Hibbins Greens 2014–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2022 Victorian state election: Prahran [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Greens Sam Hibbins 14,28636.4+8.1
Liberal Matthew Lucas12,19831.1−1.6
Labor Wesa Chau10,42126.6−3.9
Animal Justice Alice Le Huray1,2633.2+0.9
Family First Ronald Emilsen6261.6+1.6
Independent Alan Menadue4491.1+0.8
Total formal votes39,24397.0+2.1
Informal votes1,2233.0−2.1
Turnout 40,46682.7−1.6
Notional two-party-preferred count
Labor Wesa Chau23,96661.1+1.6
Liberal Matthew Lucas15,27738.9–1.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Greens Sam Hibbins 24,33462.0+3.0
Liberal Matthew Lucas14,90938.0−3.0
Greens hold Swing +3.0

Elections in the 2010s

2018 Victorian state election: Prahran [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Katie Allen 13,95634.53−10.29
Labor Neil Pharaoh11,70228.95+3.04
Greens Sam Hibbins 11,34728.07+3.32
Democratic Labour Leon Kofmansky9332.31+2.31
Animal Justice Jennifer Long9002.23−0.04
Reason Tom Tomlin8302.05+2.05
Sustainable Australia Dennis Bilic4681.16+1.16
Aussie Battler Wendy Patterson1560.39+0.39
Independent Alan Menadue1300.32+0.10
Total formal votes40,42294.77−0.12
Informal votes2,2295.23+0.12
Turnout 42,65184.67−3.80
Notional two-party-preferred count
Labor Neil Pharaoh23,26357.55+7.58
Liberal Katie Allen 17,15942.45−7.58
Two-candidate-preferred result
Greens Sam Hibbins 23,22457.45+7.08
Liberal Katie Allen 17,19842.55−7.08
Greens hold Swing +7.08
2014 Victorian state election: Prahran
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Clem Newton-Brown 16,58244.81−2.14
Labor Neil Pharaoh9,58625.91−1.87
Greens Sam Hibbins 9,16024.75+4.96
Animal Justice Eleonora Gullone8372.26+2.26
Family First Alan Walker2820.76+0.17
Independent Jason Goldsmith2470.67+0.67
Independent Steve Stefanopoulos2270.61+0.61
Independent Alan Menadue820.22+0.22
Total formal votes37,00394.89−1.88
Informal votes1,9915.11+1.88
Turnout 38,99488.47−0.34
Notional two-party-preferred count
Liberal Clem Newton-Brown 18,58050.03−4.6
Labor Neil Pharaoh18,55549.97+4.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Greens Sam Hibbins 18,64050.37+50.37
Liberal Clem Newton-Brown 18,36349.63−5.17
Greens gain from Liberal Swing N/A
2010 Victorian state election: Prahran
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Clem Newton-Brown 16,19747.95+6.08
Labor Tony Lupton 9,38427.78−8.94
Greens Meni Christofakis6,68519.79−0.34
Sex Party Christian Vega1,0733.18+3.18
Independent Katharine Anderson2390.71+0.71
Family First Simon Ronchi1980.59−0.69
Total formal votes33,77696.77+0.46
Informal votes1,1283.23−0.46
Turnout 34,90488.91+3.94
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Clem Newton-Brown 18,46054.80+8.33
Labor Tony Lupton 15,22645.20−8.33
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +8.33

Elections in the 2000s

2006 Victorian state election: Prahran
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Clem Newton-Brown 13,13641.9+0.9
Labor Tony Lupton 11,51836.7−1.3
Greens Justin Walker6,31520.1+2.1
Family First Gary Pinto4021.3+1.3
Total formal votes31,37196.3−0.8
Informal votes1,2013.7+0.8
Turnout 32,57285.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tony Lupton 16,80053.6−0.8
Liberal Clem Newton-Brown 14,57146.4+0.8
Labor hold Swing −0.8
2002 Victorian state election: Prahran
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Leonie Burke 12,71341.0−10.7
Labor Tony Lupton 11,77238.0−1.4
Greens Dinesh Mathew5,59118.0+11.4
Democrats John Gourlay5041.6+1.6
Independent Abraham Lincoln4191.4+1.4
Total formal votes30,99997.1−0.2
Informal votes9212.9+0.2
Turnout 31,92086.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tony Lupton 16,86954.4+9.1
Liberal Leonie Burke 14,13045.6−9.1
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +9.1

Elections in the 1990s

1999 Victorian state election: Prahran
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Leonie Burke 16,78951.0−1.8
Labor Joseph O'Reilly13,05639.7−3.9
Greens Wendy Salter2,2826.9+6.9
Democratic Labor Frances Murphy6091.9+1.9
Natural Law Margaret Dawson1640.5−3.1
Total formal votes32,90097.3−0.4
Informal votes9042.7+0.4
Turnout 33,80486.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Leonie Burke 17,78554.0−0.6
Labor Joseph O'Reilly15,12646.0+0.6
Liberal hold Swing −0.6
1996 Victorian state election: Prahran
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Leonie Burke 17,13552.8−1.9
Labor Nicky Kepert14,13343.6+8.1
Natural Law Jan Allison1,1573.6+0.0
Total formal votes32,42597.7+1.8
Informal votes7702.3−1.8
Turnout 33,19587.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Leonie Burke 17,67354.6−3.2
Labor Nicky Kepert14,69745.4+3.2
Liberal hold Swing −3.2
1992 Victorian state election: Prahran
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Don Hayward 16,50254.8+6.4
Labor Cynthia Levey10,68235.4−11.3
Greens Francesca Davidson1,8636.2+6.2
Natural Law Greg Broszczyk1,0863.6+3.6
Total formal votes30,13395.9+0.6
Informal votes1,2914.1−0.6
Turnout 31,42489.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Don Hayward 17,38757.8+7.5
Labor Cynthia Levey12,67842.2−7.5
Liberal hold Swing +7.5

Elections in the 1980s

1988 Victorian state election: Prahran
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Don Hayward 13,53156.05+2.62
Labor Roman Jade10,02041.50+0.28
Call to Australia Neil Baluch5922.45+2.45
Total formal votes24,14395.91−1.28
Informal votes1,0294.09+1.28
Turnout 25,17286.46−1.80
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Don Hayward 13,86457.42+0.48
Labor Roman Jade10,27942.58−0.48
Liberal hold Swing +0.48
1985 Victorian state election: Prahran
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Don Hayward 14,58253.4+3.9
Labor Hendrik van Leeuwen11,25041.2−3.4
Independent Norman Long7462.7+2.7
Public TransportAlan Parker7142.6+2.6
Total formal votes27,29297.2
Informal votes7882.8
Turnout 28,08088.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Don Hayward 15,50256.8+5.1
Labor Hendrik van Leeuwen11,79043.2−5.1
Liberal hold Swing +5.1
1982 Victorian state election: Prahran
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bob Miller 11,24150.6+4.5
Liberal Peter Thomson9,74643.9+0.3
Democrats Pamela Hoobin1,0384.7−4.3
Socialist Trevor McCandless1950.9+0.9
Total formal votes22,22097.6+0.9
Informal votes5462.4−0.9
Turnout 22,76689.1+0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bob Miller 11,93553.7+2.8
Liberal Peter Thomson10,28546.3−2.8
Labor hold Swing +2.8

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: Prahran
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bob Miller 10,51746.1+5.6
Liberal Anthony De Domenico9,96043.6−7.9
Democrats Peter Bowden2,0599.0+9.0
Independent Trevor McCandless2911.3+1.3
Total formal votes22,82796.7−0.3
Informal votes7803.3+0.3
Turnout 23,60788.2+3.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bob Miller 11,63050.9+6.6
Liberal Anthony De Domenico11,19749.1−6.6
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +6.6
1976 Victorian state election: Prahran
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Sam Loxton 12,41451.5+0.3
Labor Morris Milder9,76040.5−2.2
Independent Michael Salvaris1,0864.5+4.5
Workers Paul Krutulis8583.6+3.6
Total formal votes24,11897.0
Informal votes7533.0
Turnout 24,87184.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Sam Loxton 13,41955.7−0.8
Labor Morris Milder10,69944.3+0.8
Liberal hold Swing −0.8
1973 Victorian state election: Prahran
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Sam Loxton 11,30648.1+6.0
Labor Murray Pearce10,30543.9+4.1
Democratic Labor John Johnston1,8918.1−0.5
Total formal votes23,50296.7+1.5
Informal votes7953.3−1.5
Turnout 24,29787.7−1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Sam Loxton 12,95555.1+0.1
Labor Murray Pearce10,54744.9−0.1
Liberal hold Swing +0.1
1970 Victorian state election: Prahran
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Sam Loxton 9,18842.1−2.3
Labor Ivan Trayling 8,68139.8+4.2
Democratic Labor John Johnston1,8778.60.0
Independent James Banks1,4606.7+6.7
Def. of Govt Schools David Tuck6012.8+2.8
Total formal votes21,80795.2+0.2
Informal votes1,0924.8−0.2
Turnout 22,89988.7−0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Sam Loxton 11,98355.0+1.2
Labor Ivan Trayling 9,82445.0−1.2
Liberal hold Swing +1.2

Elections in the 1960s

1967 Victorian state election: Prahran
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Sam Loxton 9,84544.4+0.1
Labor John Dyer 7,90235.6−9.2
Independent George Gahan 2,37810.7+10.7
Democratic Labor Gavan Grimes1,9068.6−2.3
Independent John Ketelhorn1480.7+0.7
Total formal votes22,17995.0
Informal votes1,1595.0
Turnout 23,33889.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Sam Loxton 11,93453.8+0.2
Labor John Dyer 10,24546.2−0.2
Liberal hold Swing +0.2
1964 Victorian state election: Prahran
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Sam Loxton 7,46445.8+4.1
Labor Robert Pettiona 6,70941.1−4.2
Democratic Labor Gordon Haberman1,79410.5−2.5
Independent John Amurry4302.6+2.6
Total formal votes16,30796.6−0.5
Informal votes5673.4+0.5
Turnout 16,87492.30.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Sam Loxton 14,28964.8+2.5
Labor Robert Pettiona 7,75035.2−2.5
Liberal and Country hold Swing +2.5
1961 Victorian state election: Prahran
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor George Gahan7,43045.3+2.0
Liberal and Country Sam Loxton 6,83941.7−2.0
Democratic Labor Gordon Haberman2,13713.00.0
Total formal votes16,40697.1−0.8
Informal votes4862.9+0.8
Turnout 16,89292.3+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Sam Loxton 8,64852.7−2.2
Labor George Gahan7,75847.3+2.2
Liberal and Country hold Swing −2.2

Elections in the 1950s

1958 Victorian state election: Prahran
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Sam Loxton 7,79843.7
Labor Robert Pettiona 7,73443.3
Democratic Labor Gordon Haberman2,32513.0
Total formal votes17,85797.9
Informal votes3752.1
Turnout 18,23292.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Sam Loxton 9,79454.9
Labor Robert Pettiona 8,06345.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing
1955 Victorian state election: Prahran
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Robert Pettiona 7,73847.3
Liberal and Country Sam Loxton 5,84735.7
Labor (A-C) James Johnson2,23813.7
Independent Leonard Bennett5533.4
Total formal votes16,37696.6
Informal votes5763.4
Turnout 16,95292.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Sam Loxton 8,19550.04
Labor Robert Pettiona 8,18149.96
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing
1952 Victorian state election: Prahran
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Robert Pettiona 13,00961.6+6.0
Liberal and Country Charles Gawith8,11438.4−6.0
Total formal votes21,12398.2−0.8
Informal votes3801.8+0.8
Turnout 21,50392.2−2.0
Labor hold Swing +6.0
1951 Prahran state by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Robert Pettiona 10,92252.7-2.9
Liberal and Country Desmond McGinnes9,80347.3+2.9
Total formal votes20,72599.00.0
Informal votes2071.00.0
Turnout 20,93284.7-9.5
Labor hold Swing -2.9
1950 Victorian state election: Prahran
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Frank Crean 12,87955.6+5.4
Liberal and Country Charles Barrington10,26744.4−5.4
Total formal votes23,14699.0+0.1
Informal votes2231.0−0.1
Turnout 23,36994.2+3.4
Labor hold Swing +5.4

Elections in the 1940s

1949 Prahran state by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Frank Crean 11,37951.2+1.0
Liberal Martin Smith10,82948.8-1.0
Total formal votes22,20899.1+0.2
Informal votes1950.9-0.2
Turnout 22,40386.9-3.9
Labor hold Swing +1.0
1947 Victorian state election: Prahran
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Quirk 12,32950.2-3.2
Liberal Martin Smith12,23849.8+9.7
Total formal votes24,56798.9+1.1
Informal votes2801.1-1.1
Turnout 24,84790.8+5.2
Labor hold Swing N/A
1945 Victorian state election: Prahran
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Quirk 11,94953.4
Liberal Peter Isaacson 8,97740.1
Independent Labor Arthur Jackson 1,4596.5
Total formal votes22,38597.8
Informal votes4952.2
Turnout 22,88085.6
Labor gain from Liberal Swing
1945 Prahran state by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Quirk 11,14347.3+9.2
Liberal Frank Collins9,07838.5-10.6
Communist Leslie Sampson1,8968.0-4.6
Independent William Harris1,4576.2+6.2
Total formal votes23,57497.4+0.6
Informal votes6392.6-0.6
Turnout 24,21374.6-8.7
After distribution of preferences
Labor Bill Quirk 11,80350.1
Liberal Frank Collins9,73141.3
Communist Leslie Sampson2,0408.7
Labor gain from Liberal Swing N/A
1943 Victorian state election: Prahran
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia John Ellis 13,03149.1-6.7
Labor John Ryder10,12338.1-6.1
Communist Malcolm Good3,40612.8+12.8
Total formal votes26,56096.8-1.4
Informal votes8803.2+1.4
Turnout 37,44083.3-7.3
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia John Ellis 13,99452.7-3.1
Labor John Ryder12,56647.4+3.1
United Australia hold Swing -3.1
1940 Victorian state election: Prahran
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia John Ellis 12,87855.8+0.3
Labor Roy Cameron10,19344.2-0.3
Total formal votes23,07198.2-0.7
Informal votes4161.8+0.7
Turnout 23,48790.6-3.6
United Australia hold Swing +0.3

Elections in the 1930s

1937 Victorian state election: Prahran
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia John Ellis 13,24355.5-1.9
Labor Archibald Fraser 10,59944.5+1.9
Total formal votes23,84298.9+0.3
Informal votes2591.1-0.3
Turnout 24,10194.2+0.6
United Australia hold Swing -1.9
1935 Victorian state election: Prahran
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia John Ellis 13,47857.4-2.1
Labor Archibald Fraser10,01642.6+20.4
Total formal votes23,49498.6+0.9
Informal votes3311.4-0.9
Turnout 23,82593.6+2.3
United Australia hold Swing -6.7
1932 Victorian state election: Prahran
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia John Ellis 12,76859.5+16.2
Labor Victor Stout4,77122.2-34.5
Premiers' Plan Labor Arthur Jackson 3,91318.2+18.2
Total formal votes21,45297.7-1.3
Informal votes5022.3+1.3
Turnout 21,95491.3-4.8
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia John Ellis 64.1
Labor Victor Stout35.9
United Australia gain from Labor Swing N/A

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Victorian state election: Prahran
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Arthur Jackson 12,51656.7+0.2
Nationalist Alfred Cole9,57543.3-0.2
Total formal votes22,10098.9+0.2
Informal votes2541.1-0.2
Turnout 22,34592.0+0.7
Labor hold Swing +0.2
1927 Victorian state election: Prahran
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Arthur Jackson 12,77256.5+4.9
Nationalist Thomas White 9,84743.5+11.1
Total formal votes22,61998.7
Informal votes2891.3
Turnout 22,90891.3
Labor hold Swing
1924 Victorian state election: Prahran
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Arthur Jackson 6,31651.6+2.6
Nationalist Richard Fetherston 3,95732.4-18.2
Independent Liberal Alfred Woodfull1,85015.1+15.1
Independent Labor Harold Croughnan1060.9+0.9
Total formal votes12,22997.6-1.7
Informal votes3072.4+1.7
Turnout 12,53664.5+9.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Arthur Jackson 53.5+4.1
Nationalist Richard Fetherston 46.5-4.1
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +4.1
1921 Victorian state election: Prahran
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Richard Fetherston 5,81550.6+2.1
Labor Alexander Parker 5,66849.4-2.1
Total formal votes11,48399.3+0.2
Informal votes860.7-0.2
Turnout 11,56954.8-6.0
Nationalist gain from Labor Swing +2.1
1920 Victorian state election: Prahran
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Alexander Parker 6,40851.5+10.6
Nationalist Donald Mackinnon 6,04848.5-10.6
Total formal votes12,45699.1+2.0
Informal votes1180.9-2.0
Turnout 12,57460.8+15.4
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +10.6

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Victorian state election: Prahran
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Donald Mackinnon 5,29159.1+6.7
Labor Harry Smith3,65940.9-6.7
Total formal votes8,95097.1-0.6
Informal votes2652.9+0.6
Turnout 9,21545.4-1.9
Nationalist hold Swing +6.7
1914 Victorian state election: Prahran
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Donald Mackinnon 4,91352.4-6.3
Labor Henry Duke4,46247.6+6.3
Total formal votes9,37597.7-1.4
Informal votes2282.3+1.4
Turnout 9,59847.3-5.4
Liberal hold Swing -6.3
1911 Victorian state election: Prahran
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Donald Mackinnon 5,47258.7-8.8
Labor Frank Henty3,85341.3+8.8
Total formal votes9,32599.1-0.7
Informal votes880.9+0.7
Turnout 9,41352.7-0.2
Liberal hold Swing -8.8

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References

  1. ↑ Prahran District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  2. ↑ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  3. ↑ State Election 2018: Prahran District, VEC.
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