Electoral results for the district of Brighton

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

James Newbury's office in Brighton, Victoria

Members for Brighton edit

Member Party Term
  Jonathan Binns Were Unaligned 1856–1857
  Charles Ebden Unaligned 1857–1861
  George Higinbotham Unaligned 1861-1861
  William Brodribb Unaligned 1861–1862
  George Higinbotham Unaligned 1862–1871
  Sir Thomas Bent Unaligned 1871–1894
  William Moule Unaligned 1894–1900
  Sir Thomas Bent Unaligned 1900–1909
  Oswald Snowball Liberal 1909–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1924
  Australian Liberal 1924–1927
  Independent Nationalist 1927–1928
  Ian Macfarlan Nationalist 1928–1931
  United Australia 1931–1937
  Independent 1937–1943
  United Australia 1943–1945
  Liberal 1945
  Ray Tovell Liberal 1945–1955
  Electoral Reform League
  Sir John Rossiter Liberal 1955–1976
  Jeannette Patrick Liberal 1976–1985
  Alan Stockdale Liberal 1985–1999
  Louise Asher Liberal 1999–2018
  James Newbury Liberal 2018–present

Election results edit

Elections in the 2020s edit

2022 edit

2022 Victorian state election: Brighton[1][2][3][4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Newbury 18,791 45.6 +0.8
Labor Louise Crawford 10,164 24.7 −7.4
Greens Sarah Dekiere 5,680 13.8 −1.1
Independent Felicity Frederico 3,749 9.1 +9.1
Independent Sally Gibson 941 2.3 +2.3
Animal Justice Alicia Walker 851 2.1 −2.8
Family First Nick Sciola 558 1.4 +1.4
Ind. (Protector) John Tiger Casley 251 0.6 −0.2
Independent Allan L. Timms 211 0.5 +0.5
Total formal votes 41,196 95.8 +0.1
Informal votes 1,786 4.2 −0.1
Turnout 42,982 89.1 +1.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal James Newbury 22,710 55.1 +4.6
Labor Louise Crawford 18,486 44.9 −4.6
Liberal hold Swing +4.6

Elections in the 2010s edit

2018 edit

2018 Victorian state election: Brighton[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Newbury 17,597 45.40 −10.12
Labor Declan Martin 12,193 31.46 +7.90
Greens Katherine Copsey 5,854 15.10 −2.28
Animal Justice Cathy Taylor 1,961 5.06 +5.06
Sustainable Australia Alison Pridham 881 2.27 +2.27
Independent John Tiger Casley 273 0.70 +0.70
Total formal votes 38,759 95.81 −0.59
Informal votes 1,697 4.19 +0.59
Turnout 40,456 89.46 −2.59
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal James Newbury 19,812 51.12 −8.66
Labor Declan Martin 18,947 48.88 +8.66
Liberal hold Swing −8.66

2014 edit

Victorian state election, 2014: Brighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Louise Asher 21,145 55.5 −3.0
Labor Louise Crawford 8,973 23.6 +3.5
Greens Margaret Beavis 6,619 17.4 +0.1
Independent Jane Touzeau 1,350 3.5 +3.5
Total formal votes 38,087 96.4 −0.1
Informal votes 1,425 3.6 +0.1
Turnout 39,512 92.1 −0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Louise Asher 22,777 59.8 −4.6
Labor Louise Crawford 15,330 40.2 +4.6
Liberal hold Swing −4.6

2010 edit

2010 Victorian state election: Brighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Louise Asher 21,375 62.51 +7.60
Labor Tom Daley 6,661 19.48 -6.27
Greens Margaret Beavis 5,465 15.98 +2.69
Family First Laurence Giddings 353 1.03 -0.77
Independent A.L. Thompson 343 1.00 +1.00
Total formal votes 34,197 96.57 −0.57
Informal votes 1,215 3.43 +0.57
Turnout 35,412 92.30 +0.59
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Louise Asher 23,091 67.56 +6.63
Labor Tom Daley 11,089 32.44 -6.63
Liberal hold Swing +6.63

Elections in the 2000s edit

2006 edit

2006 Victorian state election: Brighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Louise Asher 18,067 54.91 +1.72
Labor Jane Shelton 8,473 25.75 -5.14
Greens Jonathan Walters 4,372 13.29 -2.63
Independent Clifford Hayes 1,398 4.25 +4.25
Family First Mark Freeman 592 1.80 +1.80
Total formal votes 32,902 97.14 -0.53
Informal votes 968 2.86 +0.53
Turnout 33,870 91.71 +1.58
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Louise Asher 20,041 60.93 +3.52
Labor Jane Shelton 12,853 39.07 -3.52
Liberal hold Swing +3.52

2002 edit

2002 Victorian state election: Brighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Louise Asher 17,094 53.2 -4.2
Labor Rachelle Sapir 9,926 30.9 +6.3
Greens Clive Davies 5,116 15.9 +15.9
Total formal votes 32,136 97.7 -0.2
Informal votes 765 2.3 +0.2
Turnout 32,901 90.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Louise Asher 18,447 57.4 -7.2
Labor Rachelle Sapir 13,686 42.6 +7.2
Liberal hold Swing -7.2

Elections in the 1990s edit

1999 edit

1999 Victorian state election: Brighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Louise Asher 17,701 57.9 -8.8
Labor Irene Dunsmuir 6,973 22.8 -7.3
Independent Alex Del Porto 5,920 19.4 +19.4
Total formal votes 30,594 97.9 -0.4
Informal votes 664 2.1 +0.4
Turnout 31,258 91.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Louise Asher 20,061 65.6 -2.5
Labor Irene Dunsmuir 10,529 34.4 +2.5
Liberal hold Swing -2.5

1996 edit

1996 Victorian state election: Brighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alan Stockdale 20,299 66.6 -3.6
Labor Mario Lucas 9,165 30.1 +6.5
Natural Law Jacinta Lynch 1,009 3.3 -1.7
Total formal votes 30,473 98.2 +1.5
Informal votes 549 1.8 -1.5
Turnout 31,022 92.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alan Stockdale 20,738 68.1 -4.7
Labor Mario Lucas 9,702 31.9 +4.7
Liberal hold Swing -4.7

1992 edit

1992 Victorian state election: Brighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alan Stockdale 20,936 70.3 +8.8
Labor Leigh Jones 7,016 23.5 -12.4
Natural Law Keith Pryor 1,491 5.0 +5.0
Pensioner and CIR John Casley 355 1.2 +1.2
Total formal votes 29,798 96.7 -0.4
Informal votes 1,004 3.3 +0.4
Turnout 30,802 94.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alan Stockdale 21,686 72.8 +10.2
Labor Leigh Johns 8,092 27.2 -10.2
Liberal hold Swing +10.2

Elections in the 1980s edit

1988 edit

1988 Victorian state election: Brighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alan Stockdale 16,651 61.88 -0.22
Labor Jennifer Huppert 9,642 35.83 -2.07
Independent John Casley 617 2.29 +2.29
Total formal votes 26,910 97.14 -0.28
Informal votes 792 2.86 +0.28
Turnout 27,702 92.08 +0.14
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alan Stockdale 16,968 63.05 +0.95
Labor Jennifer Huppert 9,942 36.95 -0.95
Liberal hold Swing +0.95

1985 edit

1985 Victorian state election: Brighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alan Stockdale 17,301 62.1 +4.0
Labor Leslie Heimann 10,560 37.9 +6.0
Total formal votes 27,861 97.4
Informal votes 737 2.6
Turnout 28,598 91.9
Liberal hold Swing +3.8

1982 edit

1982 Victorian state election: Brighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jeannette Patrick 13,807 57.8 -4.9
Labor Garry Moore 7,804 32.7 -4.6
Democrats George Dart 2,263 9.5 +9.5
Total formal votes 23,874 98.3 +0.7
Informal votes 418 1.7 -0.7
Turnout 24,292 93.6 +2.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jeannette Patrick 14,769 61.9 -0.8
Labor Garry Moore 9,108 38.1 +0.8
Liberal hold Swing -0.8

Elections in the 1970s edit

1979 edit

1979 Victorian state election: Brighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jeannette Patrick 15,260 62.7 +0.9
Labor Christopher Kennedy 9,062 37.3 +8.6
Total formal votes 24,322 97.6 -0.5
Informal votes 598 2.4 +0.5
Turnout 24,920 91.4 -0.9
Liberal hold Swing -5.4

1976 edit

1976 Victorian state election: Brighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jeannette Patrick 15,925 61.8 +3.9
Labor Robert Gerrand 7,404 28.7 +0.3
Australia Ian Mullins 1,267 4.9 +4.9
Democratic Labor Peter Lawlor 1,168 4.5 -0.9
Total formal votes 25,764 98.1
Informal votes 492 1.9
Turnout 26,256 92.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jeannette Patrick 17,533 68.1 -0.3
Labor Robert Gerrand 8,231 31.9 +0.3
Liberal hold Swing -0.3

1973 edit

1973 Victorian state election: Brighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Rossiter 13,807 58.5 +14.8
Labor Peter Hansen 6,372 27.0 -4.4
Australia Frederick Funnell 2,150 9.1 +9.1
Democratic Labor Peter Lawlor 1,285 5.4 -3.7
Total formal votes 23,614 98.0 +0.2
Informal votes 471 2.0 -0.2
Turnout 24,085 93.1 +0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Rossiter 15,975 67.7 +2.1
Labor Peter Hansen 7,639 32.3 -2.1
Liberal hold Swing +2.1

1970 edit

1970 Victorian state election: Brighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Rossiter 9,812 43.7 -16.3
Labor Peter Hansen 7,048 31.4 +4.6
Independent Malcolm Wallace-Mitchell 3,562 15.8 +15.8
Democratic Labor Keith Linard 2,053 9.1 -4.0
Total formal votes 22,475 97.8 +0.3
Informal votes 516 2.2 -0.3
Turnout 22,991 93.0 -0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Rossiter 14,742 65.6 -5.6
Labor Peter Hansen 7,733 34.4 +5.6
Liberal hold Swing -5.6

Elections in the 1960s edit

1967 edit

1967 Victorian state election: Brighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Rossiter 13,661 60.0 -5.0
Labor Bill Walsh 6,106 26.8 +4.0
Democratic Labor John Wagstaff 2,984 13.1 +0.9
Total formal votes 22,751 97.5
Informal votes 584 2.5
Turnout 23,335 93.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Rossiter 16,198 71.2 -4.2
Labor Bill Walsh 6,553 28.8 +4.2
Liberal hold Swing -4.2

1964 edit

1964 Victorian state election: Brighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country John Rossiter 11,727 61.0 +2.7
Labor Andrew Reid 5,000 26.0 -1.7
Democratic Labor Edwin McSweeney 2,481 12.9 -1.0
Total formal votes 19,208 98.4 +0.1
Informal votes 310 1.6 -0.1
Turnout 19,518 92.4 -1.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country John Rossiter 13,836 72.0 +1.8
Labor Andrew Reid 5,372 28.0 -1.8
Liberal and Country hold Swing +1.8

1961 edit

1961 Victorian state election: Brighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country John Rossiter 11,218 58.3 -8.7
Labor Geoffrey Blunden 5,333 27.7 -5.3
Democratic Labor Edwin McSweeney 2,678 13.9 +13.9
Total formal votes 19,229 98.3 -0.1
Informal votes 323 1.7 +0.1
Turnout 19,552 93.7 0.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country John Rossiter 13,494 70.2 +3.2
Labor Geoffrey Blunden 5,735 29.8 -3.2
Liberal and Country hold Swing +3.2

Elections in the 1950s edit

1958 edit

1958 Victorian state election: Brighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country John Rossiter 13,250 67.0
Labor Reginald Hayes 6,537 33.0
Total formal votes 19,787 98.4
Informal votes 317 1.6
Turnout 20,104 93.7
Liberal and Country hold Swing

1955 edit

1955 Victorian state election: Brighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country John Rossiter 9,363 53.3
Victorian Liberal Ray Tovell 4,947 28.1
Independent Labor Marcella Sullivan 3,269 18.6
Total formal votes 17,579 98.1
Informal votes 347 1.9
Turnout 17,926 92.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal and Country John Rossiter 10,998 62.6
Victorian Liberal Ray Tovell 6,581 37.4
Liberal and Country gain from Victorian Liberal Swing

1952 edit

1952 Victorian state election: Brighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Electoral Reform Ray Tovell 12,167 48.2 +48.2
Independent Allistair Bruce 5,786 22.9 +22.9
Liberal and Country Raymond Trickey 4,874 19.3 -80.7
Independent Grace Stratton 1,244 4.9 +4.9
Independent Finlay Julyan 1,174 4.7 +4.7
Total formal votes 25,245 97.6
Informal votes 631 2.4
Turnout 25,876 94.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Electoral Reform Ray Tovell 15,729 62.3 +62.3
Independent Allistair Bruce 9,516 37.7 +37.7
Electoral Reform gain from Liberal and Country Swing N/A

1950 edit

Elections in the 1940s edit

1947 edit

1947 Victorian state election: Brighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ray Tovell 16,464 65.2 +24.6
Independent Ian Macfarlan 8,795 34.8 +34.8
Total formal votes 25,259 97.5 -1.2
Informal votes 659 2.5 +1.2
Turnout 25,918 93.2 +5.3
Liberal hold Swing N/A

1945 edit

1945 Victorian state election: Brighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ray Tovell 9,040 40.6
Labor Val Doube 6,746 30.3
Ministerial Liberal Ian Macfarlan 6,499 29.2
Total formal votes 22,285 98.7
Informal votes 283 1.3
Turnout 22,568 87.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ray Tovell 14,106 62.9
Labor Val Doube 8,269 37.1
Liberal hold Swing

1943 edit

1943 Victorian state election: Brighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Ian Macfarlan 12,217 39.1 +9.6
Labor Robert Gault 9,716 31.2 +31.2
Ind. United Australia John Warren 9,240 29.6 +29.6
Total formal votes 31,173 98.0 +0.2
Informal votes 648 2.0 -0.2
Turnout 31,821 88.4 -5.8
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia Ian Macfarlan 20,211 64.8
Labor Robert Gault 10,962 35.2
United Australia gain from Independent Swing N/A
  • Sitting member Ian Macfarlan returned to the UAP after winning the seat in the previous election as an Independent.

1940 edit

1940 Victorian state election: Brighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ian Macfarlan 16,507 57.2 +57.2
United Australia Robert Breen 8,519 29.5 -52.5
Independent John Warren 3,845 13.3 +13.3
Total formal votes 28,871 97.8 0.0
Informal votes 662 2.2 0.0
Turnout 29,533 94.2 +1.5
Independent gain from United Australia Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1930s edit

1937 edit

1937 Victorian state election: Brighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Ian MacFarlan 21,539 82.0 +30.9
Communist Gerald O'Day 4,737 18.0 +18.0
Total formal votes 26,276 97.8 -0.6
Informal votes 593 2.2 +0.6
Turnout 26,869 92.7 -2.3
United Australia hold Swing N/A

1935 edit

1935 Victorian state election: Brighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Ian Macfarlan 12,786 51.1 -48.9
Independent Edmund Herring 12,258 48.9 +48.9
Total formal votes 25,044 98.4
Informal votes 398 1.6
Turnout 25,442 95.0
United Australia hold Swing N/A

1932 edit

Elections in the 1920s edit

1929 edit

1929 Victorian state election: Brighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Ian Macfarlan 10,460 46.2 -53.8
Independent Richard Tracey 5,141 22.7 +22.7
Independent Angela Booth 3,668 16.2 +16.2
Independent Jeremiah Grant 3,359 14.8 +14.8
Total formal votes 22,628 97.7
Informal votes 535 2.3
Turnout 23,163 94.4
Nationalist Ian Macfarlan 11,342 50.1
Independent Richard Tracey 5,750 25.4
Independent Angela Booth 5,536 24.5
Nationalist hold Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed to completion.

1928 by-election edit

1928 Brighton state by-election[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Finlayson 4,262 22.6
Independent Eleanor Glencross 3,985 21.1
Nationalist Ian Macfarlan 3,920 20.8
Nationalist Henry Abbott 1,554 8.2
Nationalist Alfred Kelly 1,445 7.7
Nationalist James Ramsay 1,280 6.8
Nationalist Henry Hall 1,037 5.5
Australian Liberal Daniel Hoban 823 4.4
Independent Martin Hannah 340 1.8
Independent Thomas Ryan 193 1.0
Total formal votes 18,839 93.8
Informal votes 1,243 6.2
Turnout 20,082 88.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Nationalist Ian Macfarlan 9,685 51.4
Independent Eleanor Glencross 9,154 48.6
Nationalist gain from Ind. Nationalist Swing N/A

1927 edit

1924 edit

1924 Victorian state election: Brighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Australian Liberal Oswald Snowball 10,692 64.6 +64.6
Nationalist Henry Crowther 5,869 35.4 -64.6
Total formal votes 16.561 99.5
Informal votes 88 0.5
Turnout 16,649 54.5
Member changed to Australian Liberal from Nationalist Swing N/A

1921 edit

1920 edit

1920 Victorian state election: Brighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Oswald Snowball 8,658 64.9 -9.0
Nationalist Robert Stephenson 4,685 35.1 +35.1
Total formal votes 13,343 94.0 -2.7
Informal votes 851 6.0 +2.7
Turnout 14,194 54.7 +6.7
Nationalist hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s edit

1917 edit

1917 Victorian state election: Brighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Oswald Snowball 7,442 73.9 +1.6
Labor Arthur Roth 1,814 18.0 -9.7
Nationalist Frederick Leveson 815 8.1 +8.1
Total formal votes 10,071 96.7 -1.4
Informal votes 345 3.3 +1.4
Turnout 10,416 48.0 +6.8
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Oswald Snowball 80.3 +8.0
Labor Arthur Roth 19.7 -8.0
Nationalist hold Swing +8.0
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.

1914 edit

1914 Victorian state election: Brighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Oswald Snowball 5,348 72.3 -27.7
Labor Albert Andrews 2,048 27.7 +27.7
Total formal votes 7,396 98.1
Informal votes 144 1.9
Turnout 7,540 41.2
Liberal hold Swing N/A

1911 edit

Elections in the 1900s edit

1909 by-election edit

1909 Brighton state by-election[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Oswald Snowball 3,362 60.3 −39.7
Independent Liberal John Hamilton 1,170 31.8 +31.8
Labor Daniel McNamara 439 7.9 +7.9
Total formal votes 3,571 99.94 N/A
Informal votes 35 0.06 N/A
Turnout 3,606 72.1 N/A
Liberal hold Swing

References edit

  • "Brighton District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  1. ^ Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  2. ^ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  3. ^ Green, Antony (23 December 2022). "VIC22 – Brighton – Analysis of Preferences". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  4. ^ Brighton District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  5. ^ Full preference distributions – 2022 State election, Victorian Electoral Commission. [Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  6. ^ State Election 2018: Brighton District, VEC.
  7. ^ "THE TWENTY-NINTH PARLIAMENT". Psephos: Adam Carr's Electoral Archive.
  8. ^ "THE TWENTY-SECOND PARLIAMENT". Psephos: Adam Carr's Electoral Archive.