This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Sunshine in Victorian state elections.
Sunshine was very safe Labor territory as the ALP has always won the seat with a primary vote.
In fact only on three occasions in 1967, 1992 and 1999 did the Labor primary vote fell below 60%.
Despite 1992 seeing the sitting Labor Government being swept away in a landslide, sitting member Ian Baker only suffered a minor swing against him on the two-party preferred basis.
In 1999, Baker was disendorsed by the ALP and ran unsuccessfully as an independent against the successful Labor candidate Telmo Languiller.
Baker as an independent won 14.2% of the vote and with Languiller winning 58.8% which equalled to more than 70% of the vote.
First incarnation (1945-1955) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
Ernie Shepherd | Labor Party | 1945–1955 | |
Second incarnation (1967-2002) | |||
Denis Lovegrove | Labor Party | 1967–1973 | |
Bill Fogarty | Labor Party | 1973–1988 | |
Ian Baker | Labor Party | 1988–1999 | |
Telmo Languiller | Labor Party | 1999–2002 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Telmo Languiller | 19,826 | 58.8 | −8.8 | |
Liberal | Simon Morgan | 9,100 | 27.0 | −2.7 | |
Independent | Ian Baker | 4,780 | 14.2 | +14.2 | |
Total formal votes | 33,706 | 94.4 | −0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 1,987 | 5.6 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 35,693 | 92.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Telmo Languiller | 23,643 | 70.1 | +1.0 | |
Liberal | Simon Morgan | 10,062 | 29.9 | −1.0 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +1.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Ian Baker | 22,038 | 67.6 | +9.0 | |
Liberal | Mark Forytarz | 9,665 | 29.7 | +0.9 | |
Natural Law | Paul Treacy | 876 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
Total formal votes | 32,579 | 95.2 | +3.0 | ||
Informal votes | 1,637 | 4.8 | −3.0 | ||
Turnout | 34,216 | 92.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ian Baker | 22,499 | 69.1 | +5.8 | |
Liberal | Mark Forytarz | 10,064 | 30.9 | −5.8 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +5.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Ian Baker | 17,918 | 58.7 | −2.3 | |
Liberal | Bernard Reilly | 8,795 | 28.8 | +0.9 | |
Independent | Marion Martin | 1,628 | 5.3 | +5.3 | |
Independent | Charles Skidmore | 1,507 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
Independent | Z. A. Derwinski | 684 | 2.2 | +2.2 | |
Total formal votes | 30,532 | 92.2 | +1.7 | ||
Informal votes | 2,583 | 7.8 | −1.7 | ||
Turnout | 33,115 | 94.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ian Baker | 19,296 | 63.3 | −1.7 | |
Liberal | Bernard Reilly | 11,172 | 36.7 | +1.7 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -1.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ian Baker | 16,285 | 66.40 | −4.67 | |
Liberal | Julie Reid | 6,423 | 26.19 | −2.74 | |
Independent | Alan Finch | 1,817 | 7.41 | +7.41 | |
Total formal votes | 24,525 | 92.39 | −3.15 | ||
Informal votes | 2,020 | 7.61 | +3.15 | ||
Turnout | 26,545 | 90.71 | −1.65 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ian Baker | 17,513 | 71.49 | +0.42 | |
Liberal | Julie Reid | 6,984 | 28.51 | −0.42 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +0.42 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Fogarty | 19,032 | 71.1 | −3.2 | |
Liberal | Aldous Hicks | 7,748 | 28.9 | +6.8 | |
Total formal votes | 26,780 | 95.5 | |||
Informal votes | 1,251 | 4.5 | |||
Turnout | 28,031 | 92.4 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | -5.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Fogarty | 19,848 | 72.7 | +0.6 | |
Liberal | Mario De Bono | 6,113 | 22.4 | −0.9 | |
Democrats | Algimantas Kacinskas | 1,351 | 5.0 | +0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 27,312 | 94.9 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 1,474 | 5.1 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 28,786 | 94.8 | 0.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bill Fogarty | 20,625 | 75.5 | +1.0 | |
Liberal | Mario De Bono | 6,687 | 24.5 | −1.0 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +1.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Fogarty | 19,188 | 72.1 | +7.9 | |
Liberal | Andreas Zafiropoulos | 6,198 | 23.3 | −1.9 | |
Democrats | Algimantas Kacinskas | 1,232 | 4.6 | +4.6 | |
Total formal votes | 26,618 | 94.3 | −1.0 | ||
Informal votes | 1,620 | 5.7 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 28,238 | 94.8 | +2.9 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bill Fogarty | 19,832 | 74.5 | +2.9 | |
Liberal | Andreas Zafiropoulos | 6,786 | 25.5 | −2.9 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +2.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Fogarty | 16,715 | 64.2 | −0.2 | |
Liberal | David More | 6,563 | 25.2 | +0.6 | |
Independent | Charles Skidmore | 2,771 | 10.6 | +10.6 | |
Total formal votes | 26,049 | 95.3 | |||
Informal votes | 1,282 | 4.7 | |||
Turnout | 27,331 | 91.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bill Fogarty | 18,651 | 71.6 | +5.9 | |
Liberal | David More | 7,398 | 28.4 | −5.9 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +5.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Fogarty | 15,362 | 62.1 | +1.3 | |
Liberal | Ian Ryan | 6,311 | 25.5 | +2.9 | |
Democratic Labor | Mary Barnes | 3,065 | 12.4 | −4.2 | |
Total formal votes | 24,738 | 95.5 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 1,177 | 4.5 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 25,915 | 93.7 | −2.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bill Fogarty | 15,821 | 64.0 | +0.7 | |
Liberal | Ian Ryan | 8,917 | 36.0 | −0.7 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +0.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Denis Lovegrove | 13,976 | 60.8 | +2.5 | |
Liberal | Vaclav Ubl | 5,202 | 22.6 | +1.2 | |
Democratic Labor | Robert Charles | 3,808 | 16.6 | +0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 22,986 | 94.9 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 1,241 | 5.1 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 24,227 | 94.8 | +1.7 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Denis Lovegrove | 14,548 | 63.3 | +0.6 | |
Liberal | Vaclav Ubl | 8,438 | 36.7 | −0.6 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +0.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Denis Lovegrove | 13,223 | 58.3 | −6.3 | |
Liberal | Peter Ross | 4,863 | 21.4 | +2.5 | |
Democratic Labor | Robert Charles | 3,728 | 16.4 | −0.2 | |
Independent | Roy Hartley | 854 | 3.8 | +3.8 | |
Total formal votes | 22,668 | 95.0 | |||
Informal votes | 1,199 | 5.0 | |||
Turnout | 23,867 | 93.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Denis Lovegrove | 14,209 | 62.7 | −4.2 | |
Liberal | Peter Ross | 8,459 | 37.3 | +4.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -4.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ernie Shepherd | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Ernie Shepherd | 20,369 | 77.8 | +8.8 | |
Liberal and Country | Marguerite James | 5,823 | 22.2 | −8.8 | |
Total formal votes | 26,192 | 99.0 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 258 | 1.0 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 26,450 | 95.1 | +0.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +8.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Ernie Shepherd | 16,474 | 69.0 | −31.0 | |
Liberal | Lindsay Smith | 7,416 | 31.0 | +31.0 | |
Total formal votes | 23,890 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 238 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 24,128 | 94.3 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ernie Shepherd | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
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