Electoral results for the East Yarra Province

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

Members for East Yarra Province[edit]

Member 1 Party Year Member 2 Party
  James Balfour Unaligned 1904   Edward Miller Unaligned
1907
1910
1913   Robert Beckett Non-Labor
  James Merritt Non-Labor 1913
1916
  Nationalist 1917   William Edgar Nationalist
1919
1922
1925
  George Swinburne Nationalist 1928
  Robert Menzies Nationalist 1928
  Clifden Eager Nationalist 1930
1931
  United Australia 1931   United Australia
1934
1937
1940
1943
  Liberal 1945   Liberal
1946
1948   Ewen Cameron Liberal
  Liberal and Country 1949   Liberal and Country
1949
  Independent 1952
1955
  Dick Hamer Liberal and Country 1958
1961
1964   Bill Campbell Liberal and Country
1964
  Liberal 1965   Liberal
1967
1970
  Haddon Storey Liberal 1971
1973
1976
1979
1982
1983   Mark Birrell Liberal
1985
1988
1992
  David Davis Liberal 1996
1999
2002   Richard Dalla-Riva Liberal

Election results[edit]

Elections in the 2000s[edit]

2002 Victorian state election: East Yarra by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Dalla-Riva 58,145 45.8 -11.0
Labor Will Fowles 43,964 34.6 +1.8
Greens Wendy Salter 21,096 16.6 +16.6
Democrats Ari Sharp 3,805 3.0 -7.4
Total formal votes 127,010 97.0 -0.5
Informal votes 3,933 3.0 +0.5
Turnout 130,943 92.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Richard Dalla-Riva 65,500 51.5 -8.8
Labor Will Fowles 61,634 48.5 +8.8
Liberal hold Swing -8.8

This election followed the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mark Birrell, who resigned. The by-election was conducted on the same day as the 2002 election, but used the old electoral boundaries.

2002 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Davis 60,379 45.6 -10.8
Labor Tom Wilson 47,741 36.1 +2.9
Greens Peter Campbell 20,311 15.3 +15.3
Democrats Kent Winzer 2,097 1.6 -8.8
Independent Bill French 1,003 0.8 +0.8
Hope Ronald Haack 792 0.6 +0.6
Total formal votes 132,323 96.4 -1.0
Informal votes 4,940 3.6 +1.0
Turnout 137,263 92.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal David Davis 66,304 50.1 -9.9
Labor Tom Wilson 66,019 49.9 +9.9
Liberal hold Swing -9.9

Elections in the 1990s[edit]

1999 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Mark Birrell 72,041 56.8 -0.5
Labor Doug Walpole 41,644 32.8 +2.6
Democrats Pierre Harcourt 13,236 10.4 +1.5
Total formal votes 126,921 97.5 -0.8
Informal votes 3,308 2.5 +0.8
Turnout 130,229 92.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Mark Birrell 76,560 60.3 -1.9
Labor Doug Walpole 50,356 39.7 +1.9
Liberal hold Swing -1.9
1996 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Davis 72,536 57.3 -6.2
Labor Morley Muralitharan 38,297 30.2 +0.1
Democrats Pierre Harcourt 11,372 9.0 +9.0
Natural Law Lesley Mendelson 2,335 1.8 +1.8
Democratic Labor John Murphy 2,130 1.7 -4.7
Total formal votes 126,670 98.3 +1.5
Informal votes 2,199 1.7 -1.5
Turnout 128,869 94.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal David Davis 78,558 62.2 -4.2
Labor Morley Muralitharan 47,736 37.8 +4.2
Liberal hold Swing -4.2
1992 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Mark Birrell 78,005 63.5 +5.5
Labor Rosemary Barker 37,038 30.1 -11.8
Democratic Labor Margaret Reed 7,840 6.4 +6.4
Total formal votes 122,883 96.8 +0.3
Informal votes 4,068 3.2 -0.3
Turnout 126,951 94.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Mark Birrell 81,579 66.4 +8.4
Labor Rosemary Barker 41,191 33.6 -8.4
Liberal hold Swing +8.4

Elections in the 1980s[edit]

1988 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Haddon Storey 62,522 60.3 +2.3
Labor Terry Monagle 41,217 39.7 +5.4
Total formal votes 103,739 96.6 -1.1
Informal votes 3,604 3.4 +1.1
Turnout 107,343 90.8 -1.2
Liberal hold Swing -1.5
1985 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Mark Birrell 63,782 58.0
Labor Bernard Ziegenbein 37,766 34.3
Democrats Margaret Cole 8,490 7.7
Total formal votes 110,038 97.7
Informal votes 2,616 2.3
Turnout 112,654 92.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Mark Birrell 68,003 61.8 +4.4
Labor Bernard Ziegenbein 42,035 38.2 -4.4
Liberal hold Swing +3.4
1983 East Yarra Province state by-election[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Mark Birrell 48,460 56.9 +3.2
Labor Bob Ives 34,549 40.6 +4.5
Independent Isaac Lahav 2,100 2.5 +2.5
Total formal votes 85,109 98.6 +0.8
Informal votes 1,252 1.4 -0.8
Turnout 86,361 79.4 -13.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Mark Birrell 58.1 +0.2
Labor Bob Ives 41.9 -0.2
Liberal hold Swing +0.2
  • This by-election was caused by the resignation of Bill Campbell. Two party preferred result was estimated.
1982 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Haddon Storey 52,671 53.7 -2.6
Labor Doug Walpole 35,442 36.1 +3.4
Democrats Keith Bruckner 9,985 10.2 -0.9
Total formal votes 98,098 97.8 +0.2
Informal votes 2,165 2.2 -0.2
Turnout 100,263 92.7 +1.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Haddon Storey 57.9 -4.5
Labor Doug Walpole 42.1 +4.5
Liberal hold Swing -4.5
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Elections in the 1970s[edit]

1979 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bill Campbell 56,302 56.3 -8.5
Labor Jeanne Hendy 32,679 32.7 -2.5
Democrats Michael McBride 11,075 11.1 +11.1
Total formal votes 100,056 97.6 -0.1
Informal votes 2,483 2.4 +0.1
Turnout 102,539 91.5 -0.3
Liberal hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1976 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Haddon Storey 66,998 64.8
Labor Robert Gurry 36,306 35.2
Total formal votes 103,304 97.7
Informal votes 2,428 2.3
Turnout 105,732 91.8
Liberal hold Swing
1973 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bill Campbell 68,336 58.5 +5.7
Labor Rosslyn Ives 31,799 27.2 -7.1
Democratic Labor Helen Hart 8,837 7.6 -5.3
Australia Harold Jeffrey 7,765 6.7 +6.7
Total formal votes 116,737 97.2 +0.3
Informal votes 3,399 2.8 -0.3
Turnout 120,136 91.8 -1.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bill Campbell 68.0 +3.4
Labor Rosslyn Ives 32.0 -3.4
Liberal hold Swing +3.4
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.
1971 East Yarra Province state by-election[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Haddon Storey 51,415 55.6 +2.8
Labor Stanley Bannan 23,749 25.7 -9.6
Defence of Government Schools Lancelot Hutchinson 8,886 9.6 +9.6
Independent Dorothy Buchanan 7,544 8.2 +8.2
Independent I J Mackay 869 0.9 +0.9
Total formal votes 92,463 97.5 +0.6
Informal votes 2,336 2.5 -0.6
Turnout 94,799 79.3 -13.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Haddon Storey 61.8 -2.8
Labor Stanley Bannan 38.2 +2.8
Liberal hold Swing -2.8
  • This by-election was caused by the resignation of Rupert Hamer, who successfully contested the 1971 Kew state by-election to move to the Lower House upon being elected as leader of the Liberal party. The two party preferred margin was estimated.
1970 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rupert Hamer 57,786 52.8 -4.1
Labor Stanley Bannan 37,645 34.3 +5.5
Democratic Labor John Rogers 14,083 12.9 -1.3
Total formal votes 109,514 96.9 -0.1
Informal votes 3,468 3.1 +0.1
Turnout 112,982 93.1 -0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Rupert Hamer 64.4 -5.3
Labor Stanley Bannan 35.6 +5.3
Liberal hold Swing -5.3
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Elections in the 1960s[edit]

1967 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bill Campbell 61,857 56.9
Labor James Lawson 31,410 28.9
Democratic Labor John Rogers 15,491 14.2
Total formal votes 108,758 97.0
Informal votes 3,358 3.0
Turnout 112,116 93.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bill Campbell 69.7
Labor James Lawson 30.3
Liberal hold Swing
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.
1964 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Rupert Hamer 73,387 59.7 +2.3
Labor John Paterson 33,075 26.9 -0.7
Democratic Labor John Hoare 16,508 13.4 -1.6
Total formal votes 122,970 97.7 -0.1
Informal votes 2,883 2.3 +0.1
Turnout 125,853 93.2 -3.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Rupert Hamer 71.8 +0.9
Labor John Paterson 28.2 -0.9
Liberal and Country hold Swing +0.9
1964 East Yarra Province state by-election[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Bill Campbell 70,383 67.2 +9.8
Independent C Calderwood 21,115 20.2 +20.2
Independent Geoffrey Broomhall 6,936 6.6 +6.6
Independent John Murray 6,294 6.0 +6.0
Total formal votes 104,728 96.2 -1.5
Informal votes 4,132 3.8 +1.5
Turnout 108,860 80.6 -12.8
Liberal and Country hold Swing N/A
  • This by-election was caused by the death of Ewen Cameron. Preferences were not distributed.
1961 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Ewen Cameron 68,916 57.4 +8.4
Labor Leo Bartley 33,083 27.6 +27.6
Democratic Labor John Hoare 17,978 15.0 -3.4
Total formal votes 119,977 97.7 -0.3
Informal votes 2,859 2.3 +0.3
Turnout 122,836 93.4 +0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Ewen Cameron 70.9
Labor Leo Bartley 29.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing N/A
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Elections in the 1950s[edit]

Victorian Legislative Council election, 1958: East Yarra Province[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Rupert Hamer 57,238 49.0 -6.2
Independent Clifden Eager 38,055 32.6 +32.6
Democratic Labor John Hoare 21,495 18.4 +8.3
Total formal votes 116,788 98.0 +0.1
Informal votes 2,350 2.0 -0.1
Turnout 119,138 92.5 +1.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal and Country Rupert Hamer 75,174 64.4
Independent Clifden Eager 41,614 35.6
Liberal and Country gain from Independent Swing N/A

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 11 October 2020.
  6. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1985". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  7. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1982". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  8. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1982". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  9. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1979". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  10. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1976". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  11. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1973". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  12. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1970". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  13. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1970". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  14. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1967". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  15. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1964". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  16. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1961". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  17. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1961". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  18. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1958". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
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