Electoral results for the Silvan Province

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

Members for Silvan Province

Member 1		Party	Year
	Rosemary Varty	Liberal	1992	Member 2		Party
			1996		Wendy Smith	Liberal
	Andrew Olexander	Liberal	1999
			2002		Carolyn Hirsh	Labor
		Independent	2005			Independent

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

2002 Victorian state election: Silvan Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wendy Smith	59,906	44.4	−8.4
	Labor	Carolyn Hirsh	56,588	41.9	+3.5
	Greens	Michael Abson	14,793	11.0	+10.7
	Democrats	Tony Carden	2,333	1.7	−4.1
	Hope	Leo Tischler	1,347	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			134,967	96.7	−0.4
Informal votes			4,549	3.3	+0.4
Turnout			139,516	93.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Carolyn Hirsh	69,885	51.8	+8.3
	Liberal	Wendy Smith	65,082	48.2	−8.3
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.3

Elections in the 1990s

1999 Victorian state election: Silvan Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrew Olexander	66,992	53.1	−2.9
	Labor	Mark Tunstall	48,266	38.2	+3.5
	Democrats	Amanda Leeper	7,375	5.8	−0.1
	Christian Democrats	Ray Levick	2,116	1.7	+1.7
	Independent	Steve Raskovy	1,471	1.2	+0.4
Total formal votes			126,220	97.2	−0.6
Informal votes			3,685	2.8	+0.6
Turnout			129,905	93.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Andrew Olexander	71,662	56.8	−3.6
	Labor	Mark Tunstall	54,475	43.2	+3.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.6

1996 Victorian state election: Silvan Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wendy Smith	68,604	56.0	−1.7
	Labor	Kathy Jackson	42,540	34.7	−1.3
	Democrats	John McLaren	7,318	6.0	+6.0
	Natural Law	Sue Cawthorn	1,928	1.6	+1.6
	Democratic Labor	Alan Jansen	1,143	0.9	−5.3
	Independent	Steve Raskovy	952	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			122,485	97.8	+1.2
Informal votes			2,748	2.2	−1.2
Turnout			125,233	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Wendy Smith	73,821	60.4	+0.4
	Labor	Kathy Jackson	48,423	39.6	−0.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.4

1992 Victorian state election: Silvan Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rosemary Varty	67,485	57.7	+8.4
	Labor	Eugene O'Sullivan	42,139	36.1	−13.2
	Democratic Labor	Paul McCarthy	7,251	6.2	+6.2
Total formal votes			116,875	96.6	−0.1
Informal votes			4,053	3.4	+0.1
Turnout			120,928	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Rosemary Varty	70,087	60.0	+9.6
	Labor	Eugene O'Sullivan	46,677	40.0	−9.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+9.6