Electoral results for the Waverley Province

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

Members for Waverley Province[edit]

Member 1 Party Year
  Don Saltmarsh Liberal 1976 Member 2 Party
1979   Cyril Kennedy Labor
  Tony Van Vliet[d] Labor 1982
  Brian Mier Labor 1982
1985
1988
1992   Andrew Brideson Liberal
  Maree Luckins Liberal 1996
1999
  John Lenders Labor 2002
[d] Vliet died 16 October 1982

Election results[edit]

Elections in the 2000s[edit]

2002 Victorian state election: Waverley Province[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Lenders 67,950 54.0 +6.2
Liberal Denise McGill 43,226 34.3 -9.7
Greens Heather Welsh 11,238 8.9 +8.8
Democrats Polly Morgan 3,447 2.7 -4.3
Total formal votes 125,861 96.2 +0.4
Informal votes 4,915 3.8 -0.4
Turnout 130,776 92.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Lenders 78,478 62.4 +9.8
Liberal Denise McGill 47,362 37.6 -9.8
Labor hold Swing +9.8

Elections in the 1990s[edit]

1999 Victorian state election: Waverley Province[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Andrew Brideson 57,252 47.0 -3.9
Labor Stuart Morris 54,573 44.8 +4.3
Democrats Polly Morgan 9,869 8.1 +1.2
Total formal votes 121,694 96.3 -1.1
Informal votes 4,686 3.7 +1.1
Turnout 126,380 93.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Andrew Brideson 61,735 50.7 -4.1
Labor Stuart Morris 59,959 49.3 +4.1
Liberal hold Swing -4.1
1996 Victorian state election: Waverley Province[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Maree Luckins 62,281 50.9 -1.7
Labor Garth Head 49,573 40.5 +1.2
Democrats Richard Grummet 8,450 6.9 +6.9
Democratic Labor Matt Cody 1,960 1.6 -2.2
Total formal votes 122,264 97.4 +2.5
Informal votes 3,266 2.6 -2.5
Turnout 125,530 94.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Maree Luckins 66,917 54.8 -0.1
Labor Garth Head 55,085 45.2 +0.1
Liberal gain from Labor Swing -0.1
1992 Victorian state election: Waverley Province[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Andrew Brideson 63,180 52.6 +4.6
Labor Cyril Kennedy 47,270 39.4 -12.6
Democratic Labor Matthew Cody 4,615 3.8 +3.8
Independent Elizabeth Billing 3,349 2.8 +2.8
Independent Stephen Bingle 1,616 1.3 +1.3
Total formal votes 120,030 94.9 -0.1
Informal votes 6,420 5.1 +0.1
Turnout 126,450 96.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Andrew Brideson 65,806 54.9 +6.9
Labor Cyril Kennedy 54,013 45.1 -6.9
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +6.9

Elections in the 1980s[edit]

1988 Victorian state election: Waverley Province[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Brian Mier 56,169 53.7 +4.8
Liberal Savvas Grigoropoulos 48,381 46.3 +5.0
Total formal votes 104,550 95.3 -1.6
Informal votes 5,157 4.7 +1.6
Turnout 109,707 92.7 -1.1
Labor hold Swing -0.9
1985 Victorian state election: Waverley Province[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Cyril Kennedy 53,713 48.9
Liberal Robert Clark 45,362 41.3
Call to Australia William Watson 6,471 5.9
Democrats Jeffrey McAlpine 4,200 3.8
Total formal votes 109,746 96.9
Informal votes 3,524 3.1
Turnout 113,270 93.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Cyril Kennedy 59,921 54.6 +0.8
Liberal Robert Clark 49,825 45.4 -0.8
Labor hold Swing +0.8
1982 Waverley Province state by-election[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Brian Mier 55,983 50.3 +1.4
Liberal Bruce Atkinson 47,061 42.3 +1.2
Democrats Kenneth Mylius 4,644 4.2 -2.8
Democratic Labor Edward Wood 3,240 2.9 -0.2
Independent Wilfrid Thiele 373 0.3 +0.3
Total formal votes 111,301 97.0 +0.2
Informal votes 3,476 3.0 -0.2
Turnout 114,777 87.9 -6.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Brian Mier 53.2 -0.8
Liberal Bruce Atkinson 46.8 +0.8
Labor hold Swing -0.8
  • This by-election was caused by the death of Tony Van Vliet. Two party preferred vote was estimated.
1982 Victorian state election: Waverley Province[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tony Van Vliet 57,047 48.9 +4.1
Liberal Brian Joyce 47,938 41.2 -2.9
Democrats Kenneth Mylius 8,114 6.9 -1.1
Democratic Labor E.J. Woods 3,634 3.1 +3.1
Total formal votes 116,733 96.8 +0.9
Informal votes 3,843 3.2 -0.9
Turnout 120,576 94.7 +1.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tony Van Vliet 62,982 54.0 +3.4
Liberal Brian Joyce 53,751 46.0 -3.4
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +3.4

Elections in the 1970s[edit]

1979 Victorian state election: Waverley Province[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Cyril Kennedy 49,097 44.8 +2.0
Liberal William McDonald 48,309 44.1 -13.1
Democrats Frederick Steinicke 8,813 8.1 +8.1
Independent Stephen Buttery 3,284 3.0 +3.0
Total formal votes 109,503 95.9 -0.6
Informal votes 4,675 4.1 +0.6
Turnout 114,178 93.5 +0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Cyril Kennedy 55,376 50.6 +6.3
Liberal William McDonald 54,127 49.4 -6.3
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +6.3
1976 Victorian state election: Waverley Province[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Don Saltmarsh 59,058 57.2
Labor Anthony Scarcella 44,146 42.8
Total formal votes 103,204 96.5
Informal votes 3,754 3.5
Turnout 106,958 93.3
Liberal hold Swing

References[edit]

  1. ^ Green, Antony. "2002 Victorian state election" (PDF).
  2. ^ Green, Antony. "1999 Victorian state election" (PDF).
  3. ^ Green, Antony. "1996 Victorian state election" (PDF).
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "1992 Victorian state election" (PDF).
  5. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1988". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  6. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1985". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  7. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1982". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  8. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1982". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  9. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1979". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  10. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1976". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
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