Electoral results for the district of Williamstown
This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Williamstown in Victorian state elections.
Members for Williamstown[]
Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
John Foster | Unaffiliated | 1856–1857 | |
Unaffiliated | 1857–1859 | ||
George Frederic Verdon | Liberal | 1859–1868 | |
Unaffiliated | 1868–1871 | ||
Liberal | 1871–1887 | ||
James Mirams | Liberal | 1887–1889 | |
Labor | 1889–1894 | ||
James Styles | Labor | 1894–1900 | |
Alexander Ramsay | Commonwealth Liberal | 1900–1904 | |
John Lemmon | Labor | 1904–1955 | |
Larry Floyd | Labor | 1955–1973 | |
Gordon Stirling | Labor | 1973–1988 | |
Joan Kirner | Labor | 1988–1994 | |
Steve Bracks | Labor | 1994–2007 | |
Wade Noonan | Labor | 2007–2018 | |
Melissa Horne | Labor | 2018–present |
Election results[]
Elections in the 2010s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Melissa Horne | 21,839 | 50.36 | +5.72 | |
Liberal | Pallavee Joshi | 7,832 | 18.06 | −9.98 | |
Greens | Sam Long | 6,960 | 16.05 | −4.67 | |
Independent | Peter Hemphill | 4,407 | 10.16 | +10.16 | |
Animal Justice | Virginia Saint-James | 1,251 | 2.88 | +2.88 | |
Independent | Lisa Bentley | 1,081 | 2.49 | +2.49 | |
Total formal votes | 43,370 | 95.23 | +0.24 | ||
Informal votes | 2,173 | 4.77 | −0.24 | ||
Turnout | 45,543 | 89.44 | −2.65 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Melissa Horne | 31,273 | 72.07 | +5.53 | |
Liberal | Pallavee Joshi | 12,118 | 27.93 | −5.53 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +5.53 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Wade Noonan | 18,417 | 44.6 | −0.3 | |
Liberal | Alan Shea | 11,569 | 28.0 | −2.7 | |
Greens | Simon Crawford | 8,547 | 20.7 | −1.9 | |
Voice for the West | Libby Krepp | 2,268 | 5.5 | +5.5 | |
Independent | Khalil Wehbe | 457 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
Total formal votes | 41,258 | 95.0 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 2,175 | 5.0 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 43,433 | 92.1 | +0.5 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Wade Noonan | 27,441 | 66.5 | +3.3 | |
Liberal | Alan Shea | 13,849 | 33.5 | −3.3 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Wade Noonan | 15,859 | 46.75 | -14.95 | |
Liberal | David McConnell | 11,023 | 32.50 | +11.82 | |
Greens | Paul Fogarty | 7,040 | 20.75 | +8.39 | |
Total formal votes | 33,922 | 94.52 | -0.15 | ||
Informal votes | 1,965 | 5.48 | +0.15 | ||
Turnout | 35,887 | 92.10 | +0.31 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Wade Noonan | 20,973 | 61.84 | -12.41 | |
Liberal | David McConnell | 12,941 | 38.16 | +12.41 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -12.41 |
Elections in the 2000s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Wade Noonan | 16,775 | 55.74 | –5.96 | |
Greens | Janet Rice | 6,592 | 21.90 | +9.54 | |
Independent | Catherine Cumming | 2,703 | 8.98 | +8.98 | |
Family First | Veronica Hayes | 1,472 | 4.89 | +0.44 | |
Democratic Labor | Vern Hughes | 789 | 2.59 | +2.59 | |
Independent | Janis Rossiter | 648 | 2.15 | +2.15 | |
Independent | Vivienne Millington | 485 | 1.61 | +1.61 | |
Independent | Nathan Tavendale | 331 | 1.10 | +1.10 | |
Independent | Wajde Assaf | 311 | 1.03 | +0.22 | |
Total formal votes | 30,111 | 93.21 | –1.16 | ||
Informal votes | 2,193 | 6.79 | +1.16 | ||
Turnout | 32,304 | 84.93 | -6.86 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Wade Noonan | 19,278 | 64.10 | N/A | |
Greens | Janet Rice | 10,797 | 35.90 | N/A | |
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Steve Bracks | 20,010 | 61.7 | -2.9 | |
Liberal | Alan Evers-Buckland | 6,706 | 20.7 | +1.9 | |
Greens | Michael Faltermaier | 4,008 | 12.4 | +2.2 | |
Family First | Veronica Hayes | 1,443 | 4.4 | +4.4 | |
Independent | Wajde Assaf | 264 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Total formal votes | 32,431 | 94.4 | -2.2 | ||
Informal votes | 1,933 | 5.6 | +2.2 | ||
Turnout | 34,364 | 91.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Steve Bracks | 24,066 | 74.3 | -1.4 | |
Liberal | Alan Evers-Buckland | 8,346 | 25.7 | +1.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -1.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Steve Bracks | 21,600 | 64.6 | -1.9 | |
Liberal | Alan Evers-Buckland | 6,274 | 18.8 | -10.8 | |
Greens | Michele Finey | 3,422 | 10.2 | +10.2 | |
Independent | John Westbury | 2,122 | 6.3 | +6.3 | |
Total formal votes | 33,418 | 96.6 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 1,178 | 3.4 | -0.2 | ||
Turnout | 34,596 | 92.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Steve Bracks | 25,295 | 75.7 | +7.6 | |
Liberal | Alan Evers-Buckland | 8,114 | 24.3 | -7.6 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +7.6 |
Elections in the 1990s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Steve Bracks | 20,468 | 66.7 | +2.8 | |
Liberal | Alan Evers-Buckland | 8,877 | 28.9 | -4.3 | |
Independent | Noel Dyson | 1,341 | 4.4 | +4.4 | |
Total formal votes | 30,686 | 96.4 | -0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 1,155 | 3.6 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 31,841 | 92.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Steve Bracks | 21,011 | 68.5 | +2.9 | |
Liberal | Alan Evers-Buckland | 9,671 | 31.5 | -2.9 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +2.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Steve Bracks | 19,440 | 63.9 | +5.3 | |
Liberal | Jeff Bird | 10,116 | 33.3 | +4.1 | |
Natural Law | Yasmin Horsham | 845 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
Total formal votes | 30,401 | 96.6 | +2.3 | ||
Informal votes | 1,069 | 3.4 | -2.3 | ||
Turnout | 31,470 | 92.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Steve Bracks | 19,926 | 65.6 | +1.4 | |
Liberal | Jeff Bird | 10,454 | 34.4 | -1.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +1.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Steve Bracks | 15,362 | 57.5 | -1.2 | |
Democrats | Lyn Allison | 6,252 | 23.4 | +23.4 | |
Independent | Chris McConville | 5,109 | 19.1 | +19.1 | |
Total formal votes | 26,723 | 94.1 | -3.7 | ||
Informal votes | 1,684 | 5.9 | +3.7 | ||
Turnout | 28,407 | 85.7 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Steve Bracks | 16,309 | 61.0 | -3.1 | |
Democrats | Lyn Allison | 10,410 | 39.0 | +39.0 | |
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Joan Kirner | 17,167 | 58.7 | -7.5 | |
Liberal | Jeff Bird | 8,543 | 29.2 | +2.2 | |
Independent | Vern Hughes | 1,299 | 4.4 | +4.4 | |
Independent | Paul Holmes | 1,218 | 4.2 | +4.2 | |
Independent | Daniel Cumming | 1,038 | 3.5 | +3.5 | |
Total formal votes | 29,265 | 94.3 | +1.0 | ||
Informal votes | 1,755 | 5.7 | -1.0 | ||
Turnout | 31,020 | 94.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Joan Kirner | 18,734 | 64.2 | -7.0 | |
Liberal | Jeff Bird | 10,465 | 35.8 | +7.0 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -7.0 |
Elections in the 1980s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Joan Kirner | 17,154 | 63.29 | -5.48 | |
Liberal | Stuart Mackley | 8,181 | 30.18 | -1.05 | |
Independent | Richard Kirby | 1,770 | 6.53 | +6.53 | |
Total formal votes | 27,105 | 93.92 | -2.27 | ||
Informal votes | 1,756 | 6.08 | +2.27 | ||
Turnout | 28,861 | 92.41 | -0.87 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Joan Kirner | 18,338 | 67.72 | -1.05 | |
Liberal | Stuart Mackley | 8,743 | 32.28 | +1.05 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -1.05 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Gordon Stirling | 19,014 | 68.8 | +0.6 | |
Liberal | David Allan | 8,633 | 31.2 | +5.3 | |
Total formal votes | 27,647 | 96.2 | |||
Informal votes | 1,094 | 3.8 | |||
Turnout | 28,741 | 93.3 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | -2.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Gordon Stirling | 18,245 | 68.2 | +1.4 | |
Liberal | Paul Carter | 6,913 | 25.9 | -7.3 | |
Democrats | Peter Dalton | 1,578 | 5.9 | +5.9 | |
Total formal votes | 26,736 | 95.7 | +0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 1,198 | 4.3 | -0.8 | ||
Turnout | 27,934 | 94.3 | +0.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Gordon Stirling | 19,152 | 71.6 | +4.8 | |
Liberal | Paul Carter | 7,584 | 28.4 | -4.8 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +4.8 |
Elections in the 1970s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Gordon Stirling | 17,612 | 66.8 | +3.8 | |
Liberal | Peter Morris | 8,758 | 33.2 | -3.8 | |
Total formal votes | 26,370 | 94.9 | +0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 1,403 | 5.1 | -0.8 | ||
Turnout | 27,773 | 94.1 | +1.2 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +3.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Gordon Stirling | 16,221 | 63.0 | +2.7 | |
Liberal | Wallace Feeney | 9,514 | 37.0 | +4.8 | |
Total formal votes | 25,735 | 94.1 | |||
Informal votes | 1,609 | 5.9 | |||
Turnout | 27,344 | 92.9 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +1.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Gordon Stirling | 16,744 | 59.8 | -4.0 | |
Liberal | John Coughlin | 9,090 | 32.5 | +9.5 | |
Democratic Labor | Norman Way | 2,146 | 7.7 | -5.5 | |
Total formal votes | 27,980 | 95.4 | -0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 1,362 | 4.6 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 29,342 | 94.5 | -0.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Gordon Stirling | 17,066 | 61.0 | -4.8 | |
Liberal | John Coughlin | 10,914 | 39.0 | +4.8 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -4.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Larry Floyd | 16,322 | 63.8 | +2.4 | |
Liberal | Richard Groom | 5,880 | 23.0 | +10.1 | |
Democratic Labor | Norman Way | 3,389 | 13.2 | -8.3 | |
Total formal votes | 25,591 | 95.8 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 1,111 | 4.2 | -0.6 | ||
Turnout | 26,702 | 94.8 | +0.8 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Larry Floyd | 16,831 | 65.8 | -2.6 | |
Liberal | Richard Groom | 8,760 | 34.2 | +2.6 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -2.6 |
Elections in the 1960s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Larry Floyd | 14,591 | 61.4 | 0.0 | |
Democratic Labor | John Bacon | 5,113 | 21.5 | +3.9 | |
Liberal | Robert Lawson | 3,077 | 12.9 | -7.2 | |
Communist | Ian Daykin | 999 | 4.2 | +3.3 | |
Total formal votes | 23,780 | 95.2 | |||
Informal votes | 1,205 | 4.8 | |||
Turnout | 24,985 | 94.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Larry Floyd | 16,257 | 68.4 | +3.8 | |
Liberal | Robert Lawson | 7,523 | 31.6 | -3.8 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.8 |
- The two candidate preferred vote was not counted between the Labor and DLP candidates for Williamstown.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Larry Floyd | 11,145 | 65.7 | -4.5 | |
Liberal and Country | Robert Lawson | 3,046 | 18.0 | +6.9 | |
Democratic Labor | Kenneth Berrie | 2,351 | 13.9 | -1.1 | |
Communist | William Tregear | 410 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
Total formal votes | 16,952 | 96.9 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 535 | 3.1 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 17,487 | 94.5 | +0.7 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Larry Floyd | 11,866 | 70.0 | -5.4 | |
Liberal and Country | Robert Lawson | 5,086 | 30.0 | +5.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -5.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Larry Floyd | 12,236 | 70.2 | +1.7 | |
Democratic Labor | John Twomey | 2,703 | 15.5 | +1.3 | |
Liberal and Country | Neil McNeill | 1,929 | 11.1 | -3.6 | |
Communist | William Smith | 570 | 3.3 | +0.6 | |
Total formal votes | 17,438 | 96.9 | -1.0 | ||
Informal votes | 563 | 3.1 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 18,001 | 93.8 | -0.7 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Larry Floyd | 13,154 | 75.4 | +2.4 | |
Liberal and Country | Neil McNeill | 4,284 | 24.6 | -2.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +2.4 |
- The two candidate preferred vote was not counted between the Labor and DLP candidates for Williamstown.
Elections in the 1950s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Larry Floyd | 12,734 | 68.5 | ||
Liberal and Country | Joy Head | 2,728 | 14.7 | ||
Democratic Labor | Edward Purchase | 2,641 | 14.2 | ||
Communist | William Tregear | 492 | 2.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 18,595 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 403 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 18,998 | 94.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Larry Floyd | 13,573 | 73.0 | ||
Liberal and Country | Joy Head | 5,022 | 27.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Larry Floyd | 11,690 | 63.3 | ||
Liberal and Country | James Wilkie | 3,918 | 21.2 | ||
Labor (A-C) | Herbert Stackpoole | 2,846 | 15.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 18,454 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 263 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 18,717 | 94.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Larry Floyd | 12,117 | 65.6 | ||
Liberal and Country | James Wilkie | 6,337 | 34.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Lemmon | 16,673 | 64.9 | -0.3 | |
Independent | Ernest Jackson | 5,472 | 21.3 | +21.3 | |
Communist | Alexander Dobbin | 3,559 | 13.8 | +4.9 | |
Total formal votes | 25,704 | 98.0 | -0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 525 | 2.0 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 26,229 | 94.0 | -1.3 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | John Lemmon | 18,453 | 71.8 | -1.4 | |
Independent | Ernest Jackson | 7,251 | 28.2 | +28.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Lemmon | 16,560 | 65.2 | +1.8 | |
Liberal and Country | Bruce Edwards | 6,571 | 25.9 | -0.8 | |
Communist | Alex Dobbin | 2,264 | 8.9 | +8.9 | |
Total formal votes | 25,395 | 98.8 | -0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 308 | 1.2 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 25,703 | 95.3 | +0.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | John Lemmon | 18,598 | 73.2 | +1.9 | |
Liberal and Country | Bruce Edwards | 6,797 | 26.8 | -1.9 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +1.9 |
References[]
- "Williamstown District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
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