Electoral results for the district of Sunshine

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

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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.

Members for Sunshine

First incarnation (1945-1955)
MemberPartyTerm
  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

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

1999 Victorian state election: Sunshine [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Telmo Languiller 19,82658.8−8.8
Liberal Simon Morgan9,10027.0−2.7
Independent Ian Baker 4,78014.2+14.2
Total formal votes33,70694.4−0.8
Informal votes1,9875.6+0.8
Turnout 35,69392.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Telmo Languiller 23,64370.1+1.0
Liberal Simon Morgan10,06229.9−1.0
Labor hold Swing +1.0
1996 Victorian state election: Sunshine
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ian Baker 22,03867.6+9.0
Liberal Mark Forytarz9,66529.7+0.9
Natural Law Paul Treacy8762.7+2.7
Total formal votes32,57995.2+3.0
Informal votes1,6374.8−3.0
Turnout 34,21692.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ian Baker 22,49969.1+5.8
Liberal Mark Forytarz10,06430.9−5.8
Labor hold Swing +5.8
1992 Victorian state election: Sunshine
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ian Baker 17,91858.7−2.3
Liberal Bernard Reilly8,79528.8+0.9
Independent Marion Martin1,6285.3+5.3
Independent Charles Skidmore1,5074.9+4.9
Independent Z. A. Derwinski6842.2+2.2
Total formal votes30,53292.2+1.7
Informal votes2,5837.8−1.7
Turnout 33,11594.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ian Baker 19,29663.3−1.7
Liberal Bernard Reilly11,17236.7+1.7
Labor hold Swing -1.7

Elections in the 1980s

1988 Victorian state election: Sunshine
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ian Baker 16,28566.40−4.67
Liberal Julie Reid6,42326.19−2.74
Independent Alan Finch1,8177.41+7.41
Total formal votes24,52592.39−3.15
Informal votes2,0207.61+3.15
Turnout 26,54590.71−1.65
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ian Baker 17,51371.49+0.42
Liberal Julie Reid6,98428.51−0.42
Labor hold Swing +0.42
1985 Victorian state election: Sunshine
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Fogarty 19,03271.1−3.2
Liberal Aldous Hicks7,74828.9+6.8
Total formal votes26,78095.5
Informal votes1,2514.5
Turnout 28,03192.4
Labor hold Swing -5.1
1982 Victorian state election: Sunshine
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Fogarty 19,84872.7+0.6
Liberal Mario De Bono6,11322.4−0.9
Democrats Algimantas Kacinskas1,3515.0+0.4
Total formal votes27,31294.9+0.6
Informal votes1,4745.1−0.6
Turnout 28,78694.80.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Fogarty 20,62575.5+1.0
Liberal Mario De Bono6,68724.5−1.0
Labor hold Swing +1.0

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: Sunshine
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Fogarty 19,18872.1+7.9
Liberal Andreas Zafiropoulos6,19823.3−1.9
Democrats Algimantas Kacinskas1,2324.6+4.6
Total formal votes26,61894.3−1.0
Informal votes1,6205.7+1.0
Turnout 28,23894.8+2.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Fogarty 19,83274.5+2.9
Liberal Andreas Zafiropoulos6,78625.5−2.9
Labor hold Swing +2.9
1976 Victorian state election: Sunshine
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Fogarty 16,71564.2−0.2
Liberal David More6,56325.2+0.6
Independent Charles Skidmore2,77110.6+10.6
Total formal votes26,04995.3
Informal votes1,2824.7
Turnout 27,33191.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Fogarty 18,65171.6+5.9
Liberal David More7,39828.4−5.9
Labor hold Swing +5.9
1973 Victorian state election: Sunshine
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Fogarty 15,36262.1+1.3
Liberal Ian Ryan6,31125.5+2.9
Democratic Labor Mary Barnes3,06512.4−4.2
Total formal votes24,73895.5+0.6
Informal votes1,1774.5−0.6
Turnout 25,91593.7−2.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Fogarty 15,82164.0+0.7
Liberal Ian Ryan8,91736.0−0.7
Labor hold Swing +0.7
1970 Victorian state election: Sunshine
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Denis Lovegrove 13,97660.8+2.5
Liberal Vaclav Ubl5,20222.6+1.2
Democratic Labor Robert Charles3,80816.6+0.1
Total formal votes22,98694.9−0.1
Informal votes1,2415.1+0.1
Turnout 24,22794.8+1.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Denis Lovegrove 14,54863.3+0.6
Liberal Vaclav Ubl8,43836.7−0.6
Labor hold Swing +0.6

Elections in the 1960s

1967 Victorian state election: Sunshine
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Denis Lovegrove 13,22358.3−6.3
Liberal Peter Ross4,86321.4+2.5
Democratic Labor Robert Charles3,72816.4−0.2
Independent Roy Hartley8543.8+3.8
Total formal votes22,66895.0
Informal votes1,1995.0
Turnout 23,86793.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Denis Lovegrove 14,20962.7−4.2
Liberal Peter Ross8,45937.3+4.2
Labor hold Swing -4.2

Elections in the 1950s

1952 Victorian state election: Sunshine
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ernie Shepherd unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1950 Victorian state election: Sunshine
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ernie Shepherd 20,36977.8+8.8
Liberal and Country Marguerite James5,82322.2−8.8
Total formal votes26,19299.00.0
Informal votes2581.00.0
Turnout 26,45095.1+0.8
Labor hold Swing +8.8

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Victorian state election: Sunshine
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ernie Shepherd 16,47469.0−31.0
Liberal Lindsay Smith7,41631.0+31.0
Total formal votes23,89099.0
Informal votes2381.0
Turnout 24,12894.3
Labor hold Swing N/A
1945 Victorian state election: Sunshine
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ernie Shepherd unopposed
Labor hold Swing

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References

  1. Green, Antony. "1999 Victorian State Election Results" (PDF). ABC.