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Electoral results for the Geelong Province

This is a list of electoral results for the Geelong Province in Victorian state elections.

Members for Geelong Province

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Member 1 Party Year
  Glyn Jenkins Liberal 1976 Member 2 Party
1979   Rod Mackenzie Labor
  David Henshaw Labor 1982
1985
1987   Independent
1988
1992   Bill Hartigan Liberal
  Ian Cover Liberal 1996
1999   Elaine Carbines Labor
  John Eren Labor 2002

Election results

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Elections in the 2000s

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2002 Victorian state election: Geelong Province[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Eren 72,683 51.2 +5.7
Liberal Ian Cover 51,059 36.0 −9.2
Greens Bruce Murray 11,904 8.4 +4.3
Democrats Erica Menheere-Thompson 3,255 2.3 −2.9
Christian Democrats Alan Barron 1,826 1.3 +1.3
Independent Val Nicholls 1,144 0.8 +0.8
Total formal votes 141,871 97.0 −0.5
Informal votes 4,395 3.0 +0.5
Turnout 146,266 94.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Eren 86,253 60.8 +8.8
Liberal Ian Cover 55,564 39.2 −8.8
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +8.8

Elections in the 1990s

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1999 Victorian state election: Geelong Province[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bill Hartigan 58,390 45.7 −5.5
Labor Elaine Carbines 57,389 44.9 +1.6
Democrats Robyn Hodge 6,540 5.1 +0.6
Greens Adrian Whitehead 5,568 4.4 +4.4
Total formal votes 127,887 97.4 −0.3
Informal votes 3,350 2.6 +0.3
Turnout 131,237 94.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Elaine Carbines 65,790 51.4 +4.7
Liberal Bill Hartigan 62,097 48.6 −4.7
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +4.7
1996 Victorian state election: Geelong Province[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ian Cover 63,930 51.2 +6.7
Labor Carole Marple 54,008 43.3 +3.3
Democrats Gerald Desmarais 5,599 4.5 +4.5
Democratic Labor Bill Verhoef 1,332 1.1 −0.4
Total formal votes 124,869 97.8 +1.3
Informal votes 2,852 2.2 −1.3
Turnout 127,721 95.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ian Cover 66,366 53.3 +0.1
Labor Carole Marple 58,143 46.7 −0.1
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +0.1
1992 Victorian state election: Geelong Province[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bill Hartigan 52,698 44.5 +2.0
Labor Jan Alen 47,263 39.9 −8.6
Geelong Community Rod Mackenzie 14,586 12.3 +12.3
Call to Australia Ian Winter 2,168 1.8 −3.0
Democratic Labor Paul Cahill 1,713 1.4 +1.4
Total formal votes 118,428 96.5 0.0
Informal votes 4,318 3.5 0.0
Turnout 122,746 95.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bill Hartigan 62,863 53.2 +4.3
Labor Jan Alen 55,346 46.8 −4.3
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +4.3

Elections in the 1980s

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1988 Victorian state election: Geelong Province[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor David Henshaw 54,291 48.4 −4.7
Liberal John Lucas 47,838 42.7 +0.9
Call to Australia Dirk Terpstra 5,363 4.8 +4.8
Independent James Jordan 4,623 4.1 +4.1
Total formal votes 112,115 96.5 −1.0
Informal votes 4,108 3.5 +1.0
Turnout 116,223 93.1 −1.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor David Henshaw 57,218 51.1 −4.6
Liberal John Lucas 54,857 48.9 +4.6
Labor hold Swing −4.6
1985 Victorian state election: Geelong Province[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Rod Mackenzie 58,009 53.1
Liberal Joss Manders 45,661 41.8
Democrats Laurence Levy 5,604 5.1
Total formal votes 109,274 97.5
Informal votes 2,796 2.5
Turnout 112,070 94.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Rod Mackenzie 60,867 55.7 −1.1
Liberal Joss Manders 48,407 44.3 +1.1
Labor hold Swing −1.1
1982 Victorian state election: Geelong Province[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor David Henshaw 48,457 55.7 +6.7
Liberal Glyn Jenkins 35,872 41.2 −5.9
Democratic Labor Michael O'Keefe 2,711 3.1 −0.8
Total formal votes 87,040 97.2 +0.2
Informal votes 2,458 2.8 −0.2
Turnout 89,498 94.5 +0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor David Henshaw 56.5 +5.6
Liberal Glyn Jenkins 43.5 −5.6
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +5.6
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Elections in the 1970s

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1979 Victorian state election: Geelong Province[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Rod Mackenzie 40,564 49.0 +1.5
Liberal Gordon Hall 39,047 47.2 −5.3
Democratic Labor James Jordan 3,212 3.9 +3.9
Total formal votes 82,823 97.0 +0.1
Informal votes 2,586 3.0 −0.1
Turnout 85,409 94.2 −1.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Rod Mackenzie 42,133 50.9 +3.4
Liberal Gordon Hall 40,690 49.1 −3.4
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +3.4
1976 Victorian state election: Geelong Province[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Glyn Jenkins 41,401 52.5
Labor Rod Mackenzie 37,413 47.5
Total formal votes 78,814 96.9
Informal votes 2,544 3.1
Turnout 81,358 95.7
Liberal hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ Green, Antony. "2002 Victorian state election" (PDF).
  2. ^ Green, Antony. "1999 Victorian state election" (PDF).
  3. ^ Green, Antony. "1996 Victorian state election" (PDF).
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "1992 Victorian state election" (PDF).
  5. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1988". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  6. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1985". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  7. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1982". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  8. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1979". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  9. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1976". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
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