Electoral results for the district of Sunshine

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

Members for Sunshine[]

First incarnation (1945-1955)
Member Party Term
  Ernie Shepherd Labor Party 1945–1955
Second incarnation (1967-2002)
  Labor Party 1967–1973
  Bill Fogarty Labor Party 1973–1988
  Ian Baker Labor Party 1988–1999
  Telmo Languiller Labor Party 1999–2002

Election results[]

Elections in the 1990s[]

1999 Victorian state election: Sunshine[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Telmo Languiller 19,826 58.8 -8.8
Liberal Simon Morgan 9,100 27.0 -2.7
Independent Ian Baker 4,780 14.2 +14.2
Total formal votes 33,706 94.4 -0.8
Informal votes 1,987 5.6 +0.8
Turnout 35,693 92.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Telmo Languiller 23,643 70.1 +1.0
Liberal Simon Morgan 10,062 29.9 -1.0
Labor hold Swing +1.0
1996 Victorian state election: Sunshine
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ian Baker 22,038 67.6 +9.0
Liberal Mark Forytarz 9,665 29.7 +0.9
Natural Law Paul Treacy 876 2.7 +2.7
Total formal votes 32,579 95.2 +3.0
Informal votes 1,637 4.8 -3.0
Turnout 34,216 92.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ian Baker 22,499 69.1 +5.8
Liberal Mark Forytarz 10,064 30.9 -5.8
Labor hold Swing +5.8
1992 Victorian state election: Sunshine
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ian Baker 17,918 58.7 -2.3
Liberal Bernard Reilly 8,795 28.8 +0.9
Independent Marion Martin 1,628 5.3 +5.3
Independent Charles Skidmore 1,507 4.9 +4.9
Independent Z. A. Derwinski 684 2.2 +2.2
Total formal votes 30,532 92.2 +1.7
Informal votes 2,583 7.8 -1.7
Turnout 33,115 94.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ian Baker 19,296 63.3 -1.7
Liberal Bernard Reilly 11,172 36.7 +1.7
Labor hold Swing -1.7

Elections in the 1980s[]

1988 Victorian state election: Sunshine
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ian Baker 16,285 66.40 -4.67
Liberal Julie Reid 6,423 26.19 -2.74
Independent Alan Finch 1,817 7.41 +7.41
Total formal votes 24,525 92.39 -3.15
Informal votes 2,020 7.61 +3.15
Turnout 26,545 90.71 -1.65
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ian Baker 17,513 71.49 +0.42
Liberal Julie Reid 6,984 28.51 -0.42
Labor hold Swing +0.42
1985 Victorian state election: Sunshine
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Fogarty 19,032 71.1 -3.2
Liberal Aldous Hicks 7,748 28.9 +6.8
Total formal votes 26,780 95.5
Informal votes 1,251 4.5
Turnout 28,031 92.4
Labor hold Swing -5.1
1982 Victorian state election: Sunshine
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Fogarty 19,848 72.7 +0.6
Liberal Mario De Bono 6,113 22.4 -0.9
Democrats Algimantas Kacinskas 1,351 5.0 +0.4
Total formal votes 27,312 94.9 +0.6
Informal votes 1,474 5.1 -0.6
Turnout 28,786 94.8 0.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Fogarty 20,625 75.5 +1.0
Liberal Mario De Bono 6,687 24.5 -1.0
Labor hold Swing +1.0

Elections in the 1970s[]

1979 Victorian state election: Sunshine
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Fogarty 19,188 72.1 +7.9
Liberal Andreas Zafiropoulos 6,198 23.3 -1.9
Democrats Algimantas Kacinskas 1,232 4.6 +4.6
Total formal votes 26,618 94.3 -1.0
Informal votes 1,620 5.7 +1.0
Turnout 28,238 94.8 +2.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Fogarty 19,832 74.5 +2.9
Liberal Andreas Zafiropoulos 6,786 25.5 -2.9
Labor hold Swing +2.9
1976 Victorian state election: Sunshine
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Fogarty 16,715 64.2 -0.2
Liberal David More 6,563 25.2 +0.6
Independent Charles Skidmore 2,771 10.6 +10.6
Total formal votes 26,049 95.3
Informal votes 1,282 4.7
Turnout 27,331 91.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Fogarty 18,651 71.6 +5.9
Liberal David More 7,398 28.4 -5.9
Labor hold Swing +5.9
1973 Victorian state election: Sunshine
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Fogarty 15,362 62.1 +1.3
Liberal Ian Ryan 6,311 25.5 +2.9
Democratic Labor Mary Barnes 3,065 12.4 -4.2
Total formal votes 24,738 95.5 +0.6
Informal votes 1,177 4.5 -0.6
Turnout 25,915 93.7 -2.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Fogarty 15,821 64.0 +0.7
Liberal Ian Ryan 8,917 36.0 -0.7
Labor hold Swing +0.7
1970 Victorian state election: Sunshine
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Denis Lovegrove 13,976 60.8 +2.5
Liberal Vaclav Ubl 5,202 22.6 +1.2
Democratic Labor Robert Charles 3,808 16.6 +0.1
Total formal votes 22,986 94.9 -0.1
Informal votes 1,241 5.1 +0.1
Turnout 24,227 94.8 +1.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Denis Lovegrove 14,548 63.3 +0.6
Liberal Vaclav Ubl 8,438 36.7 -0.6
Labor hold Swing +0.6

Elections in the 1960s[]

1967 Victorian state election: Sunshine
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Denis Lovegrove 13,223 58.3 -6.3
Liberal Peter Ross 4,863 21.4 +2.5
Democratic Labor Robert Charles 3,728 16.4 -0.2
Independent Roy Hartley 854 3.8 +3.8
Total formal votes 22,668 95.0
Informal votes 1,199 5.0
Turnout 23,867 93.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Denis Lovegrove 14,209 62.7 -4.2
Liberal Peter Ross 8,459 37.3 +4.2
Labor hold Swing -4.2

Elections in the 1950s[]

1952 Victorian state election: Sunshine
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ernie Shepherd unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1950 Victorian state election: Sunshine
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ernie Shepherd 20,369 77.8 +8.8
Liberal and Country Marguerite James 5,823 22.2 -8.8
Total formal votes 26,192 99.0 0.0
Informal votes 258 1.0 0.0
Turnout 26,450 95.1 +0.8
Labor hold Swing +8.8

References[]

  1. ^ Green, Antony. "1999 Victorian State Election Results" (PDF). ABC.
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