Electoral results for the district of Glenhuntly

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

Members for Glenhuntly[edit]

Member Party Term
  Joe Rafferty Liberal 1967–1979
  Gerard Vaughan Labor 1979–1985

Election results[edit]

Elections in the 1980s[edit]

1982 Victorian state election: Glenhuntly[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Gerard Vaughan 12,304 50.4 +4.3
Liberal Peter Norman 10,326 42.3 -2.4
Democrats Fred Ingamells 1,766 7.2 +7.2
Total formal votes 24,396 97.6 +0.6
Informal votes 590 2.4 -0.6
Turnout 24,986 93.1 0.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Gerard Vaughan 13,319 54.6 +3.0
Liberal Peter Norman 11,077 45.4 -3.0
Labor hold Swing +3.0

Elections in the 1970s[edit]

1979 Victorian state election: Glenhuntly
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Gerard Vaughan 11,078 46.1 +4.8
Liberal Charles Hider 10,751 44.7 -7.2
Australia Gail Farrell 1,190 5.0 +5.0
Democratic Labor John Mulholland 1,023 4.3 -2.9
Total formal votes 24,042 97.0 -0.5
Informal votes 734 3.0 +0.5
Turnout 24,776 93.1 +1.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Gerard Vaughan 12,396 51.6 +9.7
Liberal Charles Hider 11,646 48.4 -9.7
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +9.7
1976 Victorian state election: Glenhuntly
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joe Rafferty 13,183 51.9 +2.4
Labor Gerard Vaughan 10,487 41.3 +1.9
Democratic Labor Terence Farrell 1,751 6.9 -0.8
Total formal votes 25,421 97.5
Informal votes 658 2.5
Turnout 26,079 91.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Joe Rafferty 14,759 58.1 +0.2
Labor Gerard Vaughan 10,662 41.9 -0.2
Liberal hold Swing +0.2
1973 Victorian state election: Glenhuntly
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joe Rafferty 12,944 48.8 +3.4
Labor Kathleen Foster 10,237 38.6 -1.0
Democratic Labor Terence Farrell 2,232 8.4 -6.7
Australia Richard Franklin 1,131 4.3 +4.3
Total formal votes 26,544 97.1 +0.6
Informal votes 793 2.9 -0.6
Turnout 27,337 92.9 -0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Joe Rafferty 14,813 55.8 -0.3
Labor Kathleen Foster 11,731 44.2 +0.3
Liberal hold Swing -0.3
1970 Victorian state election: Glenhuntly
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joe Rafferty 11,342 45.4 -1.9
Labor Anthony Miller 9,894 39.6 +1.2
Democratic Labor Raymond Murphy 3,770 15.1 +0.8
Total formal votes 25,006 96.5 -0.7
Informal votes 897 3.5 +0.7
Turnout 25,903 93.2 -0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Joe Rafferty 14,033 56.1 -4.0
Labor Anthony Miller 10,973 43.9 +4.0
Liberal hold Swing -4.0

Elections in the 1960s[edit]

1967 Victorian state election: Glenhuntly
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joe Rafferty 11,223 47.3 -4.1
Labor Anthony Miller 9,108 38.4 +3.3
Democratic Labor Raymond Studham 3,392 14.3 +0.9
Total formal votes 23,723 97.2
Informal votes 678 2.8
Turnout 24,401 93.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Joe Rafferty 14,255 60.1 -2.8
Labor Anthony Miller 9,468 39.9 +2.8
Liberal hold Swing -2.8

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hughes, Colin A., Don Aitken (1987). Voting for the Australian state lower houses, 1975-1984. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0909779244.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)