Results of the 1999 Victorian state election (Legislative Council)

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Victorian state election, 18 September 1999 [1] [2]
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Enrolled voters3,130,338
Votes cast2,909,727 Turnout 92.95–1.13
Informal votes97,949Informal3.37+0.79
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeats
won		Seats
held
  Labor 1,187,48442.23+1.74814
  Liberal 1,116,34739.70–4.171124
  National 204,5877.28+0.6536
  Democrats 190,9406.79+1.0600
  Greens 62,7962.23+2.2300
  Reform 6,6170.24+0.2400
  Christian Democrats 6,6080.24+0.0400
  Independent 36,3991.29+0.3500
Total2,811,778  2244
Two-party-preferred
  Labor 1,408,84350.12+4.08
  Liberal/National Coalition 1,402,33849.88–4.08

This is a list of Legislative Council results for the Victorian 1999 state election. 22 of the 44 seats were contested.

Results by province

Ballarat

1999 Victorian state election: Ballarat Province [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Dianne Hadden-Tregear 57,65547.9+6.4
Liberal David Clark55,83446.4−5.3
Democrats Geoff Lutz6,8535.7+1.8
Total formal votes120,34297.3−0.9
Informal votes3,3832.7+0.9
Turnout 123,72592.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Dianne Hadden-Tregear 61,77451.3+5.7
Liberal David Clark58,56848.7−5.7
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +5.7

Central Highlands

1999 Victorian state election Central Highlands Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Graeme Stoney 70,35353.3−0.8
Labor Rob Mitchell 61,68646.7+8.9
Total formal votes132,03996.8−0.9
Informal votes4,3683.2+0.9
Turnout 136,40794.2
Liberal hold Swing -4.3

Chelsea

1999 Victorian state election: Chelsea Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bob Smith 57,94947.5+5.3
Liberal Sue Wilding 56,64246.4−4.3
Democrats James Bennett5,2504.3−0.4
Independent Michael Good2,1851.8+1.8
Total formal votes122,02696.4−1.1
Informal votes4,6213.6+1.1
Turnout 126,64793.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bob Smith 62,50151.2+4.5
Liberal Sue Wilding 59,52548.8−4.5
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +4.5

Doutta Galla

1999 Victorian state election: Doutta Galla Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Justin Madden 93,83365.6+7.8
Liberal Philip Daw49,20234.4−1.8
Total formal votes143,03595.1−0.6
Informal votes7,4414.9+0.6
Turnout 150,47695.0
Labor hold Swing +4.4

East Yarra

1999 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Mark Birrell 72,04156.8−0.5
Labor Doug Walpole 41,64432.8+2.6
Democrats Pierre Harcourt13,23610.4+1.5
Total formal votes126,92197.5−0.8
Informal votes3,3082.5+0.8
Turnout 130,22992.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Mark Birrell 76,56060.3−1.9
Labor Doug Walpole 50,35639.7+1.9
Liberal hold Swing -1.9

Eumemmerring

1999 Victorian state election: Eumemmerring Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Gordon Rich-Phillips 65,42645.4−3.4
Labor Carlos Baldovino64,02444.4+1.4
Democrats Daniel Berk5,1613.6−0.5
Independent Roz Blades5,0173.5+3.5
Christian Democrats Lynne Dickson4,4923.1+0.6
Total formal votes144,12095.8−1.0
Informal votes6,2434.2+1.0
Turnout 150,36394.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Gordon Rich-Phillips 72,51850.3−2.5
Labor Carlos Baldovino71,60249.7+2.5
Liberal hold Swing -2.5

Geelong

1999 Victorian state election: Geelong Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bill Hartigan 58,39045.7−5.5
Labor Elaine Carbines 57,38944.9+1.6
Democrats Robyn Hodge6,5405.1+0.6
Greens Adrian Whitehead5,5684.4+4.4
Total formal votes127,88797.4−0.3
Informal votes3,3502.6+0.3
Turnout 131,23794.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Elaine Carbines 65,79051.4+4.7
Liberal Bill Hartigan 62,09748.6−4.7
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +4.7

Gippsland

1999 Victorian state election: Gippsland Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Don Wishart47,50339.8+6.2
Liberal Philip Davis 46,44738.9+38.9
Independent Doug Treasure11,1799.4+9.4
Democrats Jo McCubbin6,8025.7+1.0
Independent Phil Seabrook3,9573.3+3.3
Independent John O'Brien3,5162.9+2.9
Total formal votes119,40496.5−1.4
Informal votes4,3303.5+1.4
Turnout 123,73494.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Philip Davis 60,04650.3+50.3
Labor Don Wishart59,35849.7+10.7
Liberal hold Swing +50.3

Higinbotham

1999 Victorian state election: Higinbotham Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Chris Strong 69,02456.4−0.4
Democrats Craig Tucker53,41443.6+35.8
Total formal votes122,43896.9−1.0
Informal votes3,8923.1+1.0
Turnout 126,33092.8
Liberal hold Swing -4.4

Jika Jika

1999 Victorian state election: Jika Jika Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Jenny Mikakos 87,16965.7+10.5
Liberal Allan Dunn45,41534.3+0.3
Total formal votes132,58496.1−0.3
Informal votes5,3903.9+0.3
Turnout 137,97493.4
Labor hold Swing +2.9

Koonung

1999 Victorian state election: Koonung Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bruce Atkinson 71,15853.3−3.2
Labor Kelvin Legg51,05238.2+2.7
Democrats Simone Alesich6,9085.2−0.4
Total formal votes133,59897.2−0.7
Informal votes3,9152.8+0.7
Turnout 137,51393.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bruce Atkinson 75,24856.4−3.2
Labor Kelvin Legg58,13743.6+3.2
Liberal hold Swing -3.2

Melbourne

1999 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Glenyys Romanes 73,48456.0+1.1
Liberal Stuart McCraith44,22033.7+0.2
Democrats Scott Handsaker13,51710.3+1.9
Total formal votes131,22196.0−0.9
Informal votes5,4604.0+0.9
Turnout 136,68189.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Glenyys Romanes 83,86563.9+0.1
Liberal Stuart McCraith47,31336.1−0.1
Labor hold Swing +0.1

Melbourne North

1999 Victorian state election: Melbourne North Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Marsha Thomson 78,66362.6+4.9
Liberal George De Bono42,11533.5−2.5
Independent Malcolm McClure4,9093.9+3.9
Total formal votes125,68794.9−1.4
Informal votes6,7775.1+1.4
Turnout 132,46492.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Marsha Thomson 81,19664.6+2.9
Liberal George De Bono44,48435.4−2.9
Labor hold Swing +2.9

Melbourne West

1999 Victorian state election: Melbourne West Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Kaye Darveniza 79,46060.8+13.2
Liberal Angela Borg43,56133.3−0.2
Democrats Diane Bames7,6825.9+2.8
Total formal votes130,70395.8−0.4
Informal votes5,8014.2+0.4
Turnout 136,50492.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kaye Darveniza 84,29764.5+3.3
Liberal Angela Borg46,40435.5−3.3
Labor hold Swing +3.3

Monash

1999 Victorian state election: Monash Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Andrea Coote 62,29551.2−0.5
Labor Jacki Willox45,92637.8−0.7
Democrats Julie Peters9,2117.6+1.0
Independent Roberto D'Andrea4,1653.4+3.4
Total formal votes121,59796.8−0.8
Informal votes4,0093.2+0.8
Turnout 125,60682.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Andrea Coote 67,15855.3+0.5
Labor Jacki Willox54,24644.7−0.5
Liberal hold Swing +0.5

North Eastern

1999 Victorian state election: North Eastern Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Bill Baxter 70,02056.4+19.4
Labor Linda Davis43,95835.4+9.8
Democrats Benjamin Lee10,1488.2+4.2
Total formal votes124,12697.0−0.8
Informal votes3,8893.0+0.8
Turnout 128,01593.8
Two-party-preferred result
National Bill Baxter 74,72760.2−9.1
Labor Linda Davis49,39539.8+9.1
National hold Swing -9.1

North Western

1999 Victorian state election: North Western Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Barry Bishop 62,78951.6−5.6
Labor Judith Kidd49,95241.1+7.3
Democrats Andrew Van Diesen8,8557.3+1.6
Total formal votes121,59697.7−0.4
Informal votes2,9132.3+0.4
Turnout 124,50994.1
Two-party-preferred result
National Barry Bishop 67,25755.3−6.3
Labor Judith Kidd54,33244.7+6.3
National hold Swing -6.3

Silvan

1999 Victorian state election: Silvan Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Andrew Olexander 66,99253.1−2.9
Labor Mark Tunstall48,26638.2+3.5
Democrats Amanda Leeper7,3755.8−0.1
Christian Democrats Ray Levick2,1161.7+1.7
Independent Steve Raskovy1,4711.2+0.4
Total formal votes126,22097.2−0.6
Informal votes3,6852.8+0.6
Turnout 129,90593.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Andrew Olexander 71,66256.8−3.6
Labor Mark Tunstall54,47543.2+3.6
Liberal hold Swing -3.6

South Eastern

1999 Victorian state election: South Eastern Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ron Bowden 70,59752.6−4.0
Labor Michael Binney51,14738.1+2.7
Democrats Richard Armstrong6,5514.90.0
Greens Stuart Kingsford5,9724.4+4.4
Total formal votes134,26797.2−0.6
Informal votes3,8072.8+0.6
Turnout 138,07494.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ron Bowden 76,08856.7−3.4
Labor Michael Binney58,14843.3+3.4
Liberal hold Swing -3.4

Templestowe

1999 Victorian state election: Templestowe Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bill Forwood 69,38353.5−1.3
Greens Robyn Evans46,77636.1+36.1
Democrats Bernie Millane13,56810.5+1.8
Total formal votes129,72797.0−0.7
Informal votes3,9443.0+0.7
Turnout 133,67193.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Bill Forwood 72,29455.7−3.5
Greens Robyn Evans57,42644.3+44.3
Liberal hold Swing -3.5

Waverley

1999 Victorian state election: Waverley Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Andrew Brideson 57,25247.0−3.9
Labor Stuart Morris54,57344.8+4.3
Democrats Polly Morgan9,8698.1+1.2
Total formal votes121,69496.3−1.1
Informal votes4,6863.7+1.1
Turnout 126,38093.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Andrew Brideson 61,73550.7−4.1
Labor Stuart Morris59,95949.3+4.1
Liberal hold Swing -4.1

Western

1999 Victorian state election: Western Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Roger Hallam 71,77859.5+59.5
Labor Peter Mitchell42,15135.0+4.4
Reform Leigh McDonald6,6175.5+5.5
Total formal votes120,54697.8−0.4
Informal votes2,7372.2+0.4
Turnout 123,28395.4
Two-party-preferred result
National Roger Hallam 74,66061.9+61.9
Labor Peter Mitchell45,88438.1+2.8
National hold Swing +61.9

By-elections

1999 Victorian Legislative Council by-elections
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3 seats in the Legislative Council
 First partySecond party
 
Party Labor Liberal
Seats before21
Seats won30
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1

There were a total of 3 Legislative Council by-elections that took place on election day following the resignation of MLCs elected at the 1996 election.

Ballarat

1999 Victorian state election: Ballarat by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John McQuilten 58,90448.4+6.8
Liberal Helen Bath55,19145.3−6.3
Greens Charmaine Clarke5,2334.3+4.3
Independent Jim Patterson2,4232.0+2.0
Total formal votes121,75197.1−1.1
Informal votes3,6312.9+1.1
Turnout 125,38293.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John McQuilten 63,58952.2+6.6
Liberal Helen Bath58,16247.8−6.6
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +6.6

This election was caused by the vacancy following the resignation of Rob Knowles, who unsuccessfully contested the lower house seat of Gisborne.

Melbourne

1999 Victorian state election: Melbourne by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Gavin Jennings 69,81153.3−1.6
Liberal Khiet Nguyen41,63431.8−1.8
Greens Gurm Sekhon11,1268.5+8.5
Democrats Brendan Sharp8,4376.4−2.0
Total formal votes131,00895.9−1.0
Informal votes5,5554.1+1.0
Turnout 136,56389.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Gavin Jennings 82,61763.1−0.7
Liberal Khiet Nguyen48,33636.9+0.7
Labor hold Swing -0.7

This election was caused by the vacancy following the resignation of Barry Pullen.

Melbourne North

1999 Victorian state election: Melbourne North by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Candy Broad 79,95563.6+6.0
Liberal Monique Kraskov40,44432.2−3.8
Independent Claire Bradshaw5,2554.2+4.2
Total formal votes125,65494.9−1.5
Informal votes6,7985.1+1.5
Turnout 132,45292.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Candy Broad 83,03466.1+4.4
Liberal Monique Kraskov42,60733.9−4.4
Labor hold Swing +4.4

This election was caused by the vacancy following the resignation of Caroline Hogg.

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References

  1. ↑ Hughes (2002) p.321.
  2. ↑ "1999 Results". Victorian Electoral Commission.
  3. ↑ Green, Antony. "1999 Victorian State Election" (PDF). ABC.
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