Electoral results for the district of Burwood

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

Members for Burwood[]

First incarnation (1955–1967)
Member Party Term
  Jim MacDonald Liberal and Country 1955–1965
  Liberal 1965–1967
Second incarnation (1976–present)
Member Party Term
  Jeff Kennett Liberal 19761999
  Bob Stensholt Labor 19992010
  Graham Watt Liberal 20102018
  Will Fowles Labor 2018–present

Election results[]

Elections in the 2010s[]

2018 Victorian state election: Burwood[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Graham Watt 16,138 42.73 −7.33
Labor Will Fowles 14,924 39.52 +5.10
Greens Graham Ross 4,604 12.19 −0.80
Sustainable Australia Andrew Williams 1,101 2.92 +2.92
Animal Justice Amanda Beattie 1,000 2.65 +2.65
Total formal votes 37,767 96.55 +0.02
Informal votes 1,348 3.45 −0.02
Turnout 39,115 90.61 −2.80
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Will Fowles 20,132 53.31 +6.47
Liberal Graham Watt 17,635 46.69 −6.47
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +6.47
2014 Victorian state election: Burwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Graham Watt 18,902 50.1 −0.1
Labor Gavin Ryan 12,995 34.4 +1.5
Greens Beck Stuart 4,904 13.0 +1.1
Independent Peter Campbell 960 2.5 +2.5
Total formal votes 37,761 96.5 −0.2
Informal votes 1,357 3.5 +0.2
Turnout 39,118 93.4 +0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Graham Watt 20,079 53.2 −3.1
Labor Gavin Ryan 17,688 46.8 +3.1
Liberal hold Swing −3.1
2010 Victorian state election: Burwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Graham Watt 17,500 49.70 +8.46
Labor Bob Stensholt 11,732 33.32 -8.77
Greens Emily Cowan 4,146 11.78 -0.81
Sex Party Eamon Cole-Flynn 751 2.13 +2.13
Democratic Labor Lucia De Summa 545 1.55 +1.55
Family First Iming Chan 536 1.52 -2.55
Total formal votes 35,210 96.66 -0.56
Informal votes 1,215 3.34 +0.56
Turnout 36,245 93.51 +0.54
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Graham Watt 19,710 55.86 +9.59
Labor Bob Stensholt 15,574 44.14 -9.59
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +9.59

Elections in the 2000s[]

2006 Victorian state election: Burwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bob Stensholt 14,565 42.09 -3.01
Liberal Graham Bailey 14,272 41.24 +1.19
Greens John Presley 4,358 12.59 +1.06
Family First John Canavan 1,408 4.07 +4.07
Total formal votes 34,603 97.22 -0.27
Informal votes 989 2.78 +0.27
Turnout 35,592 92.97 -0.58
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bob Stensholt 18,581 53.73 -1.35
Liberal Graham Bailey 16,003 46.27 +1.35
Labor hold Swing -1.35
2002 Victorian state election: Burwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bob Stensholt 15,598 45.1 +2.3
Liberal Di Rule 13,850 40.0 -14.6
Greens Josephine Lee 3,989 11.5 +11.5
Independent Tom Morissey 1,148 3.3 +3.3
Total formal votes 34,845 97.5 +0.0
Informal votes 891 2.5 -0.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bob Stensholt 19,052 55.1 +10.9
Liberal Di Rule 15,533 44.9 -10.9
Labor hold Swing +10.9

Elections in the 1990s[]

1999 Burwood state by-election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bob Stensholt 13,410 45.05 +3.51
Liberal Lana McLean 12,054 40.49 –15.02
Independent Stephen Mayne 1,975 6.63 +6.63
Greens Philip Crohn 1,875 6.30 +6.30
Democratic Labor Peter Ferwerda 453 1.52 +1.52
Total formal votes 29,767 97.57 +0.02
Informal votes 741 2.43 –0.02
Turnout 30,508 87.26 –5.72
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bob Stensholt 15,963 53.63 +10.42
Liberal Lana McLean 13,804 46.37 –10.42
Labor gain from Liberal Swing 10.42
1999 Victorian state election: Burwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jeff Kennett 17,455 55.5 -1.7
Labor Bob Stensholt 13,062 41.5 +2.0
Natural Law Mark Bunn 734 2.3 -0.9
Abolish Child Support Justice Abolish 194 0.6 +0.6
Total formal votes 31,445 97.6 -0.7
Informal votes 789 2.4 +0.7
Turnout 32,234 93.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jeff Kennett 17,858 56.8 -1.8
Labor Bob Stensholt 13,585 43.2 +1.8
Liberal hold Swing -1.8
1996 Victorian state election: Burwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jeff Kennett 17,836 57.2 -0.0
Labor Helen Matthews 12,321 39.5 +6.6
Natural Law Neil Phillips 1,001 3.2 -0.9
Total formal votes 31,158 98.3 +1.5
Informal votes 546 1.7 -1.5
Turnout 31,704 94.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jeff Kennett 18,234 58.6 -0.7
Labor Helen Matthews 12,895 41.4 +0.7
Liberal hold Swing -0.7
1992 Victorian state election: Burwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jeff Kennett 17,560 57.2 +7.7
Labor Frank Dempsey 10,098 32.9 -11.8
Natural Law Richard Aldous 1,265 4.1 +4.1
Independent Jon Sonnberg 950 3.1 +3.1
Independent Geoff Dreschler 800 2.6 +2.6
Total formal votes 30,673 96.8 -0.4
Informal votes 1,023 3.2 +0.4
Turnout 31,696 95.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jeff Kennett 18,157 59.3 +7.1
Labor Frank Dempsey 12,452 40.7 -7.1
Liberal hold Swing +7.1

Elections in the 1980s[]

1988 Victorian state election: Burwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jeff Kennett 13,759 52.90 -2.68
Labor Eric Hobsbawn 10,938 42.06 -2.36
Call to Australia Barbara McCrohan 1,310 5.04 +5.04
Total formal votes 26,007 97.58 -0.18
Informal votes 644 2.42 +0.18
Turnout 26,651 92.32 -0.81
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jeff Kennett 14,458 55.59 +0.01
Labor Eric Hobsbawn 11,549 44.41 -0.01
Liberal hold Swing +0.01
1985 Victorian state election: Burwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jeff Kennett 15,117 55.6 +6.2
Labor Eric Hobsbawn 12,083 44.4 +3.0
Total formal votes 27,200 97.8
Informal votes 622 2.2
Turnout 27,822 93.1
Liberal hold Swing +2.5
1982 Victorian state election: Burwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jeff Kennett 12,809 52.6 -1.6
Labor Paul Trewern 9,269 38.1 +2.5
Democrats Harold Jeffrey 2,278 9.4 -0.8
Total formal votes 24,356 98.4 +0.1
Informal votes 388 1.6 -0.1
Turnout 24,744 94.1 +1.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jeff Kennett 13,777 56.6 -2.5
Labor Paul Trewern 10,579 43.4 +2.5
Liberal hold Swing -2.5

Elections in the 1970s[]

1979 Victorian state election: Burwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jeff Kennett 13,599 54.2 -3.6
Labor Douglas Bennett 8,938 35.6 +1.6
Democrats Veronica Lysaght 2,548 10.2 +10.2
Total formal votes 25,085 98.3 -0.1
Informal votes 428 1.7 +0.1
Turnout 25,513 92.9 0.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jeff Kennett 14,815 59.1 -5.5
Labor Douglas Bennett 10,270 40.9 +5.5
Liberal hold Swing -5.5
1976 Victorian state election: Burwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jeff Kennett 14,926 57.8 -0.9
Labor Douglas Bennett 8,761 34.0 +3.4
Democratic Labor Joseph Stanley 1,680 6.5 -0.9
Workers Michael Boffa 437 1.7 +1.7
Total formal votes 25,804 98.4
Informal votes 412 1.6
Turnout 26,216 92.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jeff Kennett 16,679 64.6 -2.2
Labor Douglas Bennett 9,125 35.4 +2.2
Liberal hold Swing -2.2

Elections in the 1960s[]

1964 Victorian state election: Burwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Jim MacDonald 12,272 61.2 +1.9
Labor Mary Barnard 5,058 25.2 -0.9
Democratic Labor Kenneth Abbott 2,715 13.5 -1.1
Total formal votes 20,045 98.4 0.0
Informal votes 318 1.6 0.0
Turnout 20,363 94.3 -0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Jim MacDonald 14,579 72.8 +1.1
Labor Mary Barnard 5,466 27.2 -1.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing +1.1
1961 Victorian state election: Burwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Jim MacDonald 11,929 59.3 -10.7
Labor Peter Lynn 5,252 26.1 -3.9
Democratic Labor John Duffy 2,944 14.6 +14.6
Total formal votes 20,125 98.4 0.0
Informal votes 319 1.6 0.0
Turnout 20,444 94.7 -0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Jim MacDonald 14,382 71.7 +1.6
Labor Peter Lynn 5,743 28.3 -1.6
Liberal and Country hold Swing +1.6

Elections in the 1950s[]

1958 Victorian state election: Burwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Jim MacDonald 14,125 70.0
Labor Vincent Scully 6,040 30.0
Total formal votes 20,165 98.4
Informal votes 322 1.6
Turnout 20,487 94.8
Liberal and Country hold Swing
1955 Victorian state election: Burwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Jim MacDonald 12,190 62.1
Labor Gwendolyn Noad 4,965 25.3
Labor (A-C) William Mahoney 1,954 9.9
Independent Ivan Robinson 530 2.7
Total formal votes 19,639 98.3
Informal votes 334 1.7
Turnout 19,973 93.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Jim MacDonald 14,117 71.9
Labor Gwendolyn Noad 5,522 28.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing

References[]

  • "Burwood District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on February 17, 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
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