Electoral results for the district of Ascot Vale

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This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Ascot Vale in Victorian state elections.

Members for Ascot Vale[edit]

First incarnation (1955–1958)
Member Party Term
  Ernie Shepherd Labor 1955–1958
Second incarnation (1976–1985)
Member Party Term
  Tom Edmunds  Labor 1976–1985

Election results[edit]

Elections in the 1980s[edit]

1982 Victorian state election: Ascot Vale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Edmunds 17,797 71.7 +3.4
Liberal David Hayward 7,012 28.3 -3.4
Total formal votes 24,809 95.4 +0.2
Informal votes 1,190 4.6 -0.2
Turnout 25,999 93.7 +1.2
Labor hold Swing +3.4

Elections in the 1970s[edit]

1979 Victorian state election: Ascot Vale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Edmunds 16,901 68.3 +5.0
Liberal Murray Kellam 7,859 31.7 -5.0
Total formal votes 24,760 95.2 -0.9
Informal votes 1,241 4.8 +0.9
Turnout 26,001 92.5 +0.1
Labor hold Swing +5.0
1976 Victorian state election: Ascot Vale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Edmunds 16,445 63.3 +3.9
Liberal Edmond Murphy 9,535 36.7 +5.9
Total formal votes 25,980 96.1
Informal votes 1,043 3.9
Turnout 27,023 92.4
Labor hold Swing +2.9

Elections in the 1950s[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Ascot Vale[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ernie Shepherd 14,351 66.4
Liberal and Country George Evans 4,091 18.9
Labor (A-C) Paul Gunn 3,168 14.7
Total formal votes 21,610 98.2
Informal votes 399 1.8
Turnout 22,009 94.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ernie Shepherd 14,826 68.6
Liberal and Country George Evans 6,784 31.4
Labor hold Swing

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hughes, Colin A. (1975). Voting for the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1890-1964. Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 070811332X.