Electoral results for the district of Forest Hill

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

Members for Forest Hill[]

Member Party Term
  John Richardson Liberal 1976–2002
  Kirstie Marshall Labor 2002–2010
  Neil Angus Liberal 2010–present

Election results[]

Elections in the 2010s[]

2018 Victorian state election: Forest Hill[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Neil Angus 16,970 48.61 −1.11
Labor Manoj Kumar 14,164 40.57 +5.37
Greens Naresh Bhalla 3,083 8.83 −0.08
Independent Claude Bai 696 1.99 +1.99
Total formal votes 34,913 95.44 −0.29
Informal votes 1,670 4.57 +0.29
Turnout 36,583 91.85 −2.17
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Neil Angus 17,858 51.15 −3.67
Labor Manoj Kumar 17,055 48.85 +3.67
Liberal hold Swing −3.67
2014 Victorian state election: Forest Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Neil Angus 18,340 49.7 +0.9
Labor Pauline Richards 12,984 35.2 −3.0
Greens Brewis Atkinson 3,289 8.9 +1.1
Animal Justice Kane Rogers 999 2.7 +2.7
Christians Lynne Maddison 561 1.5 +1.5
Family First Wendy Ross 508 1.4 −0.6
Country Alliance Melissa Trotter 211 0.6 +0.6
Total formal votes 36,892 95.7 −0.6
Informal votes 1,646 4.3 +0.6
Turnout 38,538 94.0 −1.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Neil Angus 20,286 54.8 +1.3
Labor Pauline Richards 16,717 45.2 −1.3
Liberal hold Swing +1.3
2010 Victorian state election: Forest Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Neil Angus 16,043 48.62 +4.28
Labor Kirstie Marshall 12,796 38.78 -3.29
Greens Andrew Henley 2,501 7.58 -1.06
Family First Ivan Stratov 632 1.92 -3.03
Sex Party Daniel Irwin 614 1.86 +1.86
Democratic Labor James Fung 411 1.25 +1.25
Total formal votes 32,997 96.29 -0.09
Informal votes 1,271 3.71 +0.09
Turnout 34,268 94.11 -0.06
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Neil Angus 17,550 53.17 +3.94
Labor Kirstie Marshall 15,458 46.83 -3.94
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +3.94

Elections in the 2000s[]

2006 Victorian state election: Forest Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Neil Angus 14,757 44.34 +5.68
Labor Kirstie Marshall 14,002 42.07 -5.05
Greens Mick Kir 2,874 8.64 -0.27
Family First Stella Collins 1,648 4.95 +4.95
Total formal votes 33,281 96.38 -0.45
Informal votes 1,250 3.62 +0.45
Turnout 34,531 94.17 +0.03
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kirstie Marshall 16,920 50.82 -4.96
Liberal Neil Angus 16,375 49.18 +4.96
Labor hold Swing -4.96
2002 Victorian state election: Forest Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kirstie Marshall 16,105 47.1 +4.9
Liberal Vasan Srinivasan 13,213 38.7 -16.7
Greens Adam Pepper 3,045 8.9 +8.9
Independent Noel Spurr 1,105 3.2 +3.2
Independent Rodney Campbell 708 2.1 +2.1
Total formal votes 34,176 96.8 -0.6
Informal votes 1,118 3.2 +0.6
Turnout 35,294 94.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kirstie Marshall 19,063 55.8 +12.0
Liberal Vasan Srinivasan 15,113 44.2 -12.0
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +12.0

Elections in the 1990s[]

1999 Victorian state election: Forest Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Richardson 17,583 55.9 -3.8
Labor Julie Buxton 12,895 41.0 +3.3
Hope Sandra Hardiman 1,000 3.2 +3.2
Total formal votes 31,478 97.5 -0.6
Informal votes 816 2.5 +0.6
Turnout 32,294 93.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Richardson 17,974 57.1 -3.4
Labor Julie Buxton 13,503 42.9 +3.4
Liberal hold Swing -3.4
1996 Victorian state election: Forest Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Richardson 18,637 59.6 -5.7
Labor David Finnerty 11,766 37.6 +3.0
Natural Law Deborah Shay 853 2.7 +2.7
Total formal votes 31,256 98.1 +2.1
Informal votes 608 1.9 -2.1
Turnout 31,864 94.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Richardson 18,793 60.5 -4.8
Labor David Finnerty 12,271 39.5 +4.8
Liberal hold Swing -4.8
1992 Victorian state election: Forest Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Richardson 19,989 65.3 +11.9
Labor Helen Zenkis 10,600 34.7 -11.9
Total formal votes 30,589 96.0 -0.2
Informal votes 1,287 4.0 +0.2
Turnout 31,876 95.5
Liberal hold Swing +11.9

Elections in the 1980s[]

1988 Victorian state election: Forest Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Richardson 14,557 52.88 -0.99
Labor John Madden 12,971 47.12 +0.99
Total formal votes 27,528 96.07 -1.48
Informal votes 1,127 3.93 +1.48
Turnout 28,655 93.81 -0.90
Liberal hold Swing -0.99
1985 Victorian state election: Forest Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Richardson 14,543 53.9 +7.2
Labor John Madden 12,452 46.1 +1.4
Total formal votes 26,995 97.5
Informal votes 679 2.5
Turnout 27,674 94.7
Liberal hold Swing +3.3
1982 Victorian state election: Forest Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Richardson 14,816 46.9 -3.4
Labor Anne Blackburn 14,286 45.2 +5.7
Democrats Ross Larson 2,476 7.8 -1.9
Total formal votes 31,578 98.2 +0.2
Informal votes 581 1.8 -0.2
Turnout 32,159 95.2 +0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Richardson 15,842 50.2 -4.8
Labor Anne Blackburn 15,736 49.8 +4.8
Liberal hold Swing -4.8

Elections in the 1970s[]

1979 Victorian state election: Forest Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Richardson 14,745 50.3 -8.0
Labor Anne Blackburn 11,576 39.5 +3.1
Democrats John Goodall 2,841 9.7 +9.7
Independent Wilhelm Kapphan 177 0.6 +0.6
Total formal votes 29,339 98.0 -0.3
Informal votes 594 2.0 +0.3
Turnout 29,933 94.4 +0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Richardson 16,131 55.0 -8.1
Labor Anne Blackburn 13,208 45.0 +8.1
Liberal hold Swing -8.1
1976 Victorian state election: Forest Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Richardson 16,065 58.3 +4.1
Labor Neville Gay 9,993 36.4 +2.0
Democratic Labor Francis Poole 1,388 5.1 -1.4
Total formal votes 27,446 98.3
Informal votes 470 1.7
Turnout 27,916 93.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Richardson 17,314 63.1 +0.9
Labor Neville Gay 10,132 36.9 -0.9
Liberal hold Swing +0.9

References[]

  • "Forest Hill District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
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