Electoral results for the Western Province (Victoria)

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

Members for Western Province[]

	Party	Year		Party
Stephen Henty					James Palmer	Andrew Cruikshank
						Henry Miller

							Niel Black


			Charles Sladen

						James Strachan







Charles Sladen







			Samuel Cooke
					Agar Wynne






			Walter Manifold




Edward White



	Nationalist	1917		Nationalist
		1919
		1922
			Marcus Saltau	Nationalist
		1925
		1928
William Williamson	Independent	1931
		1931		United Australia
		1934
Leonard Rodda^[r]	Country	1937
		1940	Robert Rankin	Country
		1943
Leonard Rodda	Country
		1945
		1946
Hugh MacLeod	Independent
	Liberal and Country	1949		Liberal and Country
	Liberal and Country	1949
	Electoral Reform	1952
	Electoral Reform	1952	David Arnott	Labor
Ronald Mack	Liberal and Country	1955	David Arnott	Labor
		1958	Kenneth Gross	Liberal and Country
		1961
		1964
	Liberal	1965		Liberal
	Liberal	1967
Clive Mitchell	Country
Clive Mitchell	Country	1970
Digby Crozier	Liberal	1973
		1976	Bruce Chamberlain	Liberal
		1979
		1982
Roger Hallam	National	1985
		1988
		1992
		1996
		1999
David Koch	Liberal	2002	John Vogels	Liberal

^[r] Rodda resigned in July 1943, re-elected in October 1943

Election results[]

Elections in the 2000s[]

2002 Victorian state election: Western by-election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Koch	46,321	38.8	+38.8
	Labor	Stephen Clegg	40,984	34.3	-0.7
	National	David Miller	21,263	17.8	-41.7
	Greens	Sally-Anne Brown	10,973	9.2	+9.2
Total formal votes			119,541	96.7	-1.1
Informal votes			4,019	3.3	+1.1
Turnout			123,560	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Koch	66,953	56.0	+56.0
	Labor	Stephen Clegg	52,588	44.0	+5.9
	Liberal gain from National		Swing	N/A

This election followed the vacancy caused by the resignation of Roger Hallam, who resigned. The by-election was conducted on the same day as the 2002 election, but used the old electoral boundaries.

2002 Victorian state election: Western Province^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Vogels	56,497	40.0	+32.5
	Labor	Lesley Jackson	54,815	38.8	+0.8
	National	Greg Walcott	20,142	14.3	-34.9
	Greens	Viola Spokes	9,823	7.0	+7.0
Total formal votes			141,277	96.8	-0.8
Informal votes			4,611	3.2	+0.8
Turnout			145,888	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Vogels	76,772	54.3	-4.7
	Labor	Lesley Jackson	64,505	45.7	+4.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.7

Elections in the 1990s[]

1999 Victorian state election: Western Province^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Roger Hallam	71,778	59.5	+59.5
	Labor	Peter Mitchell	42,151	35.0	+4.4
	Reform	Leigh McDonald	6,617	5.5	+5.5
Total formal votes			120,546	97.8	-0.4
Informal votes			2,737	2.2	+0.4
Turnout			123,283	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Roger Hallam	74,660	61.9	+61.9
	Labor	Peter Mitchell	45,884	38.1	+2.8
	National hold		Swing	+61.9

1996 Victorian state election: Western Province^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Chamberlain	73,811	60.5	+60.5
	Labor	Elizabeth Wilson	37,351	30.6	+3.2
	Democrats	Don Anderson	8,085	6.6	+6.6
	Democratic Labor	Christine Dodd	2,837	2.3	-2.8
Total formal votes			122,084	98.2	+0.9
Informal votes			2,276	1.8	-0.9
Turnout			124,360	95.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Chamberlain	78,769	64.7	-6.0
	Labor	Elizabeth Wilson	42,897	35.3	+6.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-6.0

1992 Victorian state election: Western Province^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Roger Hallam	82,017	67.6	+45.9
	Labor	David Broderick	33,198	27.3	-0.7
	Democratic Labor	Christine Dodd	6,186	5.1	+5.1
Total formal votes			121,401	97.2	-0.7
Informal votes			3,461	2.8	+0.7
Turnout			124,862	96.6
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Roger Hallam	85,770	70.7	+70.7
	Labor	David Broderick	35,590	29.3	-2.0
	National hold		Swing	+2.0

Elections in the 1980s[]

1988 Victorian state election: Western Province^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Chamberlain	53,370	48.1	+6.8
	Labor	Kevin Watt	29,988	27.0	-0.6
	National	James Saunders	25,289	22.8	-8.3
	Independent	Julie Jennings	2,345	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			110,992	98.0	-0.4
Informal votes			2,253	2.0	+0.4
Turnout			113,245	94.7	-0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Chamberlain	77,111	69.5	+24.2
	Labor	Kevin Watt	33,870	30.5	+30.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

1985 Victorian state election: Western Province^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Henry Wyld	45,393	41.3
	National	Roger Hallam	34,157	31.1
	Labor	Brian Clarke	30,335	27.6
Total formal votes			109,885	98.4
Informal votes			1,802	1.6
Turnout			111,687	95.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Roger Hallam	60,064	54.7
	Liberal	Henry Wyld	49,821	45.3
	National gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

1982 Victorian state election: Western Province^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Chamberlain	49,661	62.6	+11.9
	Labor	Allan Sargent	29,618	37.4	+3.8
Total formal votes			79,279	98.1	+0.2
Informal votes			1,545	1.9	-0.2
Turnout			80,824	95.2	0.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.4

Elections in the 1970s[]

1979 Victorian state election: Western Province^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Digby Crozier	39,262	50.8	+3.4
	Labor	Henry Birrell	25,969	33.6	+4.0
	National	Clive Mitchell	12,126	15.7	-7.3
Total formal votes			77,357	97.9	-0.5
Informal votes			1,640	2.1	+0.5
Turnout			78,997	95.2	0.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

1976 Victorian state election: Western Province^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Bruce Chamberlain	36,209	47.4
	Labor	Thomas Windsor	22,600	29.6
	National	Linden Cameron	17,548	23.0
Total formal votes			76,357	98.4
Informal votes			1,277	1.6
Turnout			77,634	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Chamberlain	52,214	68.4
	Labor	Thomas Windsor	24,143	31.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

1973 Victorian state election: Western Province^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Digby Crozier	23,061	37.8	+3.8
	Labor	Donald Grossman	19,404	31.8	+0.2
	Country	Clive Mitchell	12,725	20.8	+0.6
	Democratic Labor	Alan Beattie	5,898	9.7	-4.5
Total formal votes			61,088	97.8	+0.1
Informal votes			1,396	2.2	-0.1
Turnout			62,484	95.9	-0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Digby Crozier	38,562	63.1	+8.2
	Labor	Donald Grossman	22,526	36.9	-8.2
	Liberal gain from Country		Swing	N/A

1970 Victorian state election: Western Province^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kenneth Gross	19,372	34.0	-3.1
	Labor	Thomas Windsor	18,039	31.6	+4.8
	Country	Linden Cameron	11,517	20.2	-2.2
	Democratic Labor	Alan Beattie	8,081	14.2	+0.5
Total formal votes			57,009	97.7	+0.2
Informal votes			1,320	2.3	-0.2
Turnout			58,329	96.8	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Kenneth Gross	31,271	54.9	-4.6
	Labor	Thomas Windsor	25,738	45.1	+4.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.6

Elections in the 1960s[]

1967 Victorian state election: Western Province^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ronald Mack	20,600	37.1
	Labor	Edward Lewis	14,865	26.8
	Country	Linden Cameron	12,431	22.4
	Democratic Labor	Alan Beattie	7,626	13.7
Total formal votes			55,522	97.5
Informal votes			1,433	2.5
Turnout			56,955	96.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ronald Mack	33,094	59.6
	Labor	Edward Lewis	22,428	40.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

1964 Victorian state election: Western Province^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Kenneth Gross	19,700	36.2	-8.7
	Labor	Bill Lewis	15,521	28.5	-10.4
	Country	Linden Cameron	12,366	22.7	+22.7
	Democratic Labor	Johannes Smoes	6,809	12.5	-3.7
Total formal votes			54,396	98.2	-0.2
Informal votes			975	1.8	+0.2
Turnout			55,371	96.1	-0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Kenneth Gross	36,117	66.4	+7.1
	Labor	Bill Lewis	18,279	33.6	-7.1
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+7.1

1961 Victorian state election: Western Province^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Ronald Mack	24,168	44.9	-2.3
	Labor	James McIntyre	20,909	38.9	-0.6
	Democratic Labor	Geoffrey White	8,727	16.2	+2.9
Total formal votes			53,804	98.4	-0.8
Informal votes			861	1.6	+0.8
Turnout			54,665	96.4	+0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Ronald Mack	31,894	59.3	+1.6
	Labor	James McIntyre	21,910	40.7	-1.6
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+1.6

Elections in the 1950s[]

1958 Victorian Legislative Council election: Western Province^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Kenneth Gross	25,004	47.2	-1.6
	Labor	David Arnott	20,917	39.5	+8.6
	Democratic Labor	James Eveston	7,047	13.3	+2.1
Total formal votes			52,968	99.2	+0.3
Informal votes			441	0.8	-0.3
Turnout			53,409	95.5	+4.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Kenneth Gross	30,563	57.7	-8.9
	Labor	David Arnott	22,405	42.3	+8.9
	Liberal and Country gain from Labor		Swing	-8.9

References[]

^ Green, Antony. "2002 Victorian state election" (PDF).
^ Green, Antony. "2002 Victorian state election" (PDF).
^ Green, Antony. "1999 Victorian state election" (PDF).
^ Green, Antony. "1996 Victorian state election" (PDF).
^ Green, Antony. "1992 Victorian state election" (PDF).
^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1988". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1985". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1982". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1979". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1976". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1973". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1970". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1967". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1964". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1961". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1958". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 November 2020.

[1] Green, Antony. "2002 Victorian state election" (PDF).

[2] Green, Antony. "2002 Victorian state election" (PDF).

[3] Green, Antony. "1999 Victorian state election" (PDF).

[4] Green, Antony. "1996 Victorian state election" (PDF).

[5] Green, Antony. "1992 Victorian state election" (PDF).

[6] Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1988". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 November 2020.

[7] Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1985". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 November 2020.

[8] Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1982". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 November 2020.

[9] Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1979". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 November 2020.

[10] Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1976". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 November 2020.

[11] Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1973". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 November 2020.

[12] Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1970". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 November 2020.

[13] Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1967". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 November 2020.

[14] Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1964". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 November 2020.

[15] Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1961". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 November 2020.

[16] Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1958". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 November 2020.

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