Electoral results for the district of Glenhuntly

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

Members for Glenhuntly edit

Member Party Term
  Joe Rafferty Liberal 1967–1979
  Gerard Vaughan Labor 1979–1985

Election results edit

Elections in the 1980s edit

1982 Victorian state election: Glenhuntly[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Gerard Vaughan 12,304 50.4 +4.3
Liberal Peter Norman 10,326 42.3 -2.4
Democrats Fred Ingamells 1,766 7.2 +7.2
Total formal votes 24,396 97.6 +0.6
Informal votes 590 2.4 -0.6
Turnout 24,986 93.1 0.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Gerard Vaughan 13,319 54.6 +3.0
Liberal Peter Norman 11,077 45.4 -3.0
Labor hold Swing +3.0

Elections in the 1970s edit

1979 Victorian state election: Glenhuntly
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Gerard Vaughan 11,078 46.1 +4.8
Liberal Charles Hider 10,751 44.7 -7.2
Australia Gail Farrell 1,190 5.0 +5.0
Democratic Labor John Mulholland 1,023 4.3 -2.9
Total formal votes 24,042 97.0 -0.5
Informal votes 734 3.0 +0.5
Turnout 24,776 93.1 +1.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Gerard Vaughan 12,396 51.6 +9.7
Liberal Charles Hider 11,646 48.4 -9.7
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +9.7
1976 Victorian state election: Glenhuntly
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joe Rafferty 13,183 51.9 +2.4
Labor Gerard Vaughan 10,487 41.3 +1.9
Democratic Labor Terence Farrell 1,751 6.9 -0.8
Total formal votes 25,421 97.5
Informal votes 658 2.5
Turnout 26,079 91.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Joe Rafferty 14,759 58.1 +0.2
Labor Gerard Vaughan 10,662 41.9 -0.2
Liberal hold Swing +0.2
1973 Victorian state election: Glenhuntly
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joe Rafferty 12,944 48.8 +3.4
Labor Kathleen Foster 10,237 38.6 -1.0
Democratic Labor Terence Farrell 2,232 8.4 -6.7
Australia Richard Franklin 1,131 4.3 +4.3
Total formal votes 26,544 97.1 +0.6
Informal votes 793 2.9 -0.6
Turnout 27,337 92.9 -0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Joe Rafferty 14,813 55.8 -0.3
Labor Kathleen Foster 11,731 44.2 +0.3
Liberal hold Swing -0.3
1970 Victorian state election: Glenhuntly
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joe Rafferty 11,342 45.4 -1.9
Labor Anthony Miller 9,894 39.6 +1.2
Democratic Labor Raymond Murphy 3,770 15.1 +0.8
Total formal votes 25,006 96.5 -0.7
Informal votes 897 3.5 +0.7
Turnout 25,903 93.2 -0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Joe Rafferty 14,033 56.1 -4.0
Labor Anthony Miller 10,973 43.9 +4.0
Liberal hold Swing -4.0

Elections in the 1960s edit

1967 Victorian state election: Glenhuntly
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joe Rafferty 11,223 47.3 -4.1
Labor Anthony Miller 9,108 38.4 +3.3
Democratic Labor Raymond Studham 3,392 14.3 +0.9
Total formal votes 23,723 97.2
Informal votes 678 2.8
Turnout 24,401 93.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Joe Rafferty 14,255 60.1 -2.8
Labor Anthony Miller 9,468 39.9 +2.8
Liberal hold Swing -2.8

References edit

  1. ^ Hughes, Colin A., Don Aitken (1987). Voting for the Australian state lower houses, 1975-1984. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0909779244.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)