ELECTIONS FOR THE DIVISION OF BENDIGO, VICTORIA ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 29-30 MARCH 1901 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Eaglehawk, Golden Square, Heathcote -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 11,902 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sir John QUICK Prot Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Quick (1852-1932): Elected 1901 Born: 14 April 1852, Cornwall, England. Career: Primary education. Migrated as child. Miner and journalist, Bendigo. Studied law, LLD 1882, solicitor. Prominent federalist. Colonial politics: Vic MLA for Sandhurst 1880-89. Delegate to Federal Convention 1897. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1903 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Eaglehawk, Golden Square, Heathcote -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 majority: none (Protectionist unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 25,320 +112.7 Votes cast: 14,500 57.3 Informal votes: 126 00.9 Formal votes: 14,374 99.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cyril James FT 2,650 18.4 Sir John QUICK * Prot 6,020 41.9 David Smith Lab 5,704 39.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,374 01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Smith was Vic MLA for Bendigo West 1904-24. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Quick (1852-32): Elected 1901, 1903 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Quick was one of the group of conservative Protectionists who supported an alliance with Reid against Labour. During this Parliament he effectively ended his connection with the Deakinite Protectionists. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 12 DECEMBER 1906 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Eaglehawk, Golden Square -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: Protectionist over Labour 01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 32,257 +27.4 Votes cast: 19,053 59.1 +01.8 Informal votes: 467 02.5 +01.6 Formal votes: 18,586 97.5 -01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Glass Lab 8,969 48.3 +29.9 Hon Sir John QUICK * AS 9,617 51.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 18,586 01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Glass was Vic MLA for Bendigo East 1907-11. 2. Quick was endorsed by the Anti-Socialists, but campaigned an independent protectionist. He did not sit with Anti-Socialists in the Third Parliament. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Quick (1852-1932): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 Postmaster-General from 2 June 1909 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Quick joined the Liberal Party in 1909. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 APRIL 1910 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Eaglehawk, Golden Square -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1906 two-party majority: Anti-Socialist over Labour 01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 31,596 -02.0 Votes cast: 25,032 79.2 +20.1 Informal votes: 244 01.0 -01.5 Formal votes: 24,788 99.0 +01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Brennan ALP 12,065 48.7 +00.4 Hon John QUICK * Lib 12,723 51.3 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 24,788 01.3 00.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Brennan, See Batman by-election, 1911 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Quick (1852-1932): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Postmaster-General to 29 April 1910 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 31 MAY 1913 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Eaglehawk, Golden Square -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1910 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 01.4 Effect of 1912 redistribution: 00.2 shift to Liberal New notional majority: Liberal over ALP 01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 37,289 +18.0 Votes cast: 29,326 78.6 -00.6 Informal votes: 639 02.2 +01.2 Formal votes: 28,687 97.8 -01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John ARTHUR ALP 14,488 50.5 +02.1 Cyril James 821 02.9 Hon Sir John Quick * Lib 13,378 46.6 -05.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 28,687 02.0 03.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > John Quick (1852-1932): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910. Defeated 1913 Later career: Deputy President Federal Arbitration Court 1922-30. Died 17 June 1932 > John Andrew Arthur (1875-1914): Elected 1913 Born: 1875, Fryerston, Victoria. Career: Educated Grenville College, Ballaarat and University of Melbourne. Barrister 1902. Tutor in law. Authority on industrial and constitutional law. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 SEPTEMBER 1914 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Eaglehawk, Golden Square -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,566 -04.6 Votes cast: 29,788 83.8 +05.2 Informal votes: 509 01.7 -00.5 Formal votes: 29,279 98.3 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John ARTHUR * ALP 16,134 55.1 +04.6 Alexander Robb Lib 13,145 44.9 -01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 29,279 05.1 03.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Andrew Arthur (1875-1914): Elected 1913, 1914 Minister for External Affairs 17 September 1914 to 9 December 1914 Died 9 December 1914 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTION OF 6 FEBRUARY 1915 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Eaglehawk, Golden Square -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the death of Hon John Arthur -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 05.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,495 -00.2 Votes cast: 24,150 68.0 -15.8 Informal votes: 201 00.8 -00.9 Formal votes: 23,949 99.2 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred HAMPSON ALP 12,188 50.9 -04.2 William Richards Lib 11,761 49.1 +04.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 23,949 00.9 04.2 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred John Hampson (1865-1924): Elected 1915 By Born: 1865, Bendigo, Victoria. Career: Primary education. Eucalyptus and soap manufacturer, Bendigo. State politics: Vic MLA for Bendigo East 1911-15. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 MAY 1917 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Eaglehawk, Golden Square -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 05.1 1915 by-election two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 32,292 -09.2 Votes cast: 28,981 89.7 +05.9 Informal votes: 618 02.1 +00.3 Formal votes: 28,363 97.9 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Hampson * ALP 12,091 42.6 -12.5 Rt Hon Billy HUGHES * Nat 16,272 57.4 +12.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 28,363 07.4 12.5 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hughes was member for West Sydney, NSW, 1901-17. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Alfred John Hampson (1865-1924): Elected 1915 By. Defeated 1917 Died 19 May 1924 > William Morris Hughes (1862-1952): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917 Prime Minister Attorney-General Leader of the Nationalist Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Hughes contested Bendigo after a challenge from Hampson to do so. He needed a new seat because he could not have won West Sydney as a Nationalist, and chose a Victorian seat because he was then living near Melbourne, where Parliament then sat. 2. Hughes offered his resignation as Prime Minister on 8 January 1918, following the defeat of the second conscription plebiscite, but was recommissioned on 10 January when it became clear that no other government could be formed. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1919 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Eaglehawk, Golden Square -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 07.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 31,604 -02.1 Votes cast: 26,153 82.8 -06.9 Informal votes: 186 00.7 -01.4 Formal votes: 25,967 99.3 +01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Hampson ALP 11,676 45.0 +02.4 Rt Hon Billy HUGHES * Nat 14,291 55.0 -02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 25,967 05.0 02.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hampson was member for Bendigo 1915-17. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Morris Hughes (1862-1952): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919 Prime Minister Attorney-General to 21 December 1921 Minister for External Affairs from 21 December 1921 Leader of the Nationalist Party Hughes contested North Sydney in 1922. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1922 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Eaglehawk, Kyneton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 05.0 Effect of redistribution: 00.5 shift to Nationalist New notional majority: Nationalist over ALP 05.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,031 +29.8 Votes cast: 25,989 63.3 -19.5 Informal votes: 826 03.2 +01.5 Formal votes: 25,163 96.8 -01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Geoffry Hurry Nat 7,961 31.6 -10.2 Edmund Jowett * CP 6,348 25.2 +10.1 Thomas Jude ALP 10,854 43.1 +00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 25,163 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jowett was member for Grampians 1917-22 (Grampians was abolished at the 1922 redistribution). -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Jowett's 6,348 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HURRY 5,055 79.6 13,016 51.7 Jude 1,293 20.4 12,147 48.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,348 25,163 01.7 03.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Edmund Jowett (1858-1936): Elected 1917 By, 1919. Defeated 1922 Later career: Grazier. Died 14 April 1936 > Geoffry Hurry (1868-1951): Elected 1922 Born: 15 September 1868, Kyneton, Victoria. Career: Educated Melbourne Grammar School. Solicitor. Kyneton Shire Council. Military Service 1915-20. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 14 NOVEMBER 1925 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Eaglehawk, Kyneton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,250 -01.9 Votes cast: 38,061 94.6 +31.3 Informal votes: 400 01.1 -02.1 Formal votes: 37,661 98.9 +02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Geoffry HURRY * Nat 20,154 53.5 +21.9 Thomas Jude ALP 17,507 46.5 +03.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,661 03.5 01.8 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Geoffry Hurry (1868-1951): Elected 1922, 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 17 NOVEMBER 1928 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Eaglehawk, Kyneton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 03.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,000 -00.6 Votes cast: 38,267 95.7 +01.1 Informal votes: 855 02.2 +01.1 Formal votes: 37,412 97.8 -01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Geoffry Hurry * Nat 14,074 37.6 -15.9 Cyril James CP 7,489 20.0 James McDonald ALP 15,849 42.4 -04.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,412 -------------------------------------------------------------------- McDonald was Vic MLA for Daylesford 1923, 1924-27. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: James's 7,489 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HURRY * 5,808 77.6 19,882 53.1 McDonald 1,681 22.4 17,530 46.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,489 37,412 03.1 00.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Geoffry Hurry (1868-1951): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 12 OCTOBER 1929 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Eaglehawk, Kyneton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 03.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,060 +00.2 Votes cast: 38,678 96.6 +00.9 Informal votes: 390 01.0 -01.2 Formal votes: 38,288 99.0 +01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Geoffry Hurry * Nat 17,177 44.9 +07.3 Richard KEANE ALP 21,111 55.1 +12.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,288 05.1 08.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Geoffrey Hurry (1868-1951): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928. Defeated 1929 Later career: Lawyer. Died 7 February 1951 > Richard Valentine Keane (1882-1946): Elected 1929 Born: 1882, Beechworth, Victoria. Career: Educated St Kilda Christian Brothers College. Accountant, Victorian Railways. Federal Secretary Australian Railways Union. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 19 DECEMBER 1931 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Eaglehawk, Kyneton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 05.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,032 +04.9 Votes cast: 40,421 96.2 -00.4 Informal votes: 544 01.3 +00.3 Formal votes: 39,877 98.7 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric HARRISON UAP 23,710 59.5 +14.6 Richard Keane * ALP 16,167 40.5 -14.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,877 09.5 14.6 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Richard Valentine Keane (1882-1946): Elected 1929. Defeated 1931 Later career: See Senate Victoria 1937. > Eric Fairweather Harrison (1880-1948): Elected 1931 Born: 16 April 1880, Sydney. Career: Educated Sydney Grammar School, Cambridge University. Military Service 1903-31. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 15 SEPTEMBER 1934 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Eaglehawk, Kyneton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 09.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,786 +06.6 Votes cast: 42,583 95.1 -01.1 Informal votes: 522 01.2 -00.1 Formal votes: 42,061 98.8 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric HARRISON * UAP 21,683 51.6 -07.9 Richard Keane ALP 20,378 48.4 +07.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,061 01.6 07.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Keane was member for Bendigo 1929-31. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric Fairweather Harrison (1880-1948): Elected 1931, 1934 Harrison retired at the 1937 election. Later career: President, Australian Council of Employers' Federations 1937-43. Died 15 April 1948 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 23 OCTOBER 1937 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Eaglehawk, Echuca, Rochester -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1934 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 01.6 Effect of 1937 redistribution: 05.6 shift to UAP New notional majority: UAP over ALP 07.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 50,435 +12.6 Votes cast: 48,403 96.0 +00.9 Informal votes: 740 01.5 +00.3 Formal votes: 47,663 98.5 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ernest Duus ALP 18,834 39.5 -00.5 Walter Pearce + UAP 13,748 28.8 -06.4 George Rankin CP 15,081 31.6 +07.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 47,663 06.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The 1937 redistribution added much of the abolished seat of Echuca to Bendigo, greatly increasing the Country Party's strength. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Pearce's 13,748 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Duus 1,729 12.6 20,563 43.1 RANKIN 12,019 87.4 27,100 56.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 13,748 47,663 06.9 00.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Country Party majority over the ALP is compared with the UAP majority over the ALP in 1934. -------------------------------------------------------------------- George James Rankin (1887-1957): Elected 1937 Born: 1 May 1887, Rochester, Victoria. Career: Educated state schools. Farmer near Rochester. Military Service 1909-31. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 SEPTEMBER 1940 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Eaglehawk, Echuca, Rochester -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 06.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 48,549 -03.7 Votes cast: 46,414 95.6 -00.4 Informal votes: 631 01.4 -00.1 Formal votes: 45,783 98.6 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Barton 5,769 12.6 Albert de Grandi ALP 17,453 38.1 -01.4 George Rankin * CP 22,561 49.3 +17.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,783 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Barton was an independent Country candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Barton's 5,769 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- De Grandi 2,016 34.9 19,469 42.5 RANKIN * 3,753 65.1 26,314 57.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,769 45,783 07.5 00.6 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- George James Rankin (1887-1957): Elected 1937, 1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 AUGUST 1943 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Eaglehawk, Echuca, Rochester -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 07.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 47,412 Votes cast: 45,858 96.7 Informal votes: 1,169 02.5 Formal votes: 44,689 97.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Banks 1,292 02.9 John Crawford 2,089 04.7 Albert de Grandi ALP 19,107 42.8 +04.7 Morton Garner 2,151 04.8 George Rankin * CP 20,050 44.9 -04.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,689 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Banks was an independent Labour candidate. 2. Garner was an independent United Australia candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Banks's 1,292 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Crawford 828 64.1 2,917 06.5 De Grandi 224 17.3 19,331 43.3 Garner 107 08.3 2,258 05.1 Rankin * 133 10.3 20,183 45.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,292 44,689 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Garner's 2,258 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Crawford 675 29.9 3,592 08.0 De Grandi 177 07.8 19,508 43.7 Rankin * 1,406 62.3 21,589 48.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,258 44,689 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Crawford's 3,592 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- De Grandi 1,795 50.0 21,303 47.7 RANKIN * 1,797 50.0 23,386 52.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,592 44,689 02.3 05.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- George James Rankin (1887-1957): Elected 1937, 1940, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 SEPTEMBER 1946 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Eaglehawk, Echuca, Rochester -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 48,629 +02.6 Votes cast: 46,380 95.4 -01.2 Informal votes: 664 01.4 -01.4 Formal votes: 45,716 98.6 +01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ernest Duus ALP 19,613 42.9 +00.1 Joseph Hall Lib 10,323 22.6 George Rankin * CP 15,780 34.5 -10.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,716 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Hall's 10,323 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Duus 931 09.0 20,544 44.9 RANKIN * 9,392 91.0 25,172 55.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,323 45,716 05.1 02.8 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- George James Rankin (1887-1957): Elected 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946 Rankin contested the Senate in 1949. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1949 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Golden Square, Maryborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 05.1 Effect of 1948 redistribution: 09.4 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 04.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,401 -12.8 Votes cast: 40,918 96.5 +01.1 Informal votes: 554 01.4 00.0 Formal votes: 40,364 98.6 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Percy Clarey + ALP 18,962 47.0 -05.0 Allan Goodman 2,134 05.3 Thomas Grigg Lib 19,268 47.7 +24.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,364 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Grigg was Vic MLC for Bendigo 1951-67. 2. Bendigo was won by the Country Party in 1946, but the redistribution transferred most of its strong Country Party areas to other seats, and the Country Party did not contest it. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Goodman's 2,134 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CLAREY + 1,296 60.7 20,258 50.2 Grigg 838 39.3 20,106 49.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,134 40,364 00.2 04.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy James Clarey (1890-1960): Elected 1949 Born: 20 January 1890, Bairnsdale, Victoria. Career: Educated state school, Melbourne. Clerk. Victorian Secretary, Clerks Union, other union posts. President Victorian Trades Hall 1935, President Australian Council of Trade Unions 1943- 49. President Victorian ALP 1934. State politics: Vic MLC for Doutta Galla 1937-49. Minister for Labour 1943, Minister for Public Health 1943, Minister for Labour and Employment 1945-47. Brother of Arthur Clarey MLA. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 APRIL 1951 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Golden Square, Maryborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,845 +01.0 Votes cast: 41,481 96.8 -00.3 Informal votes: 509 01.2 -00.2 Formal votes: 40,972 98.8 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Carty-Salmon Lib 18,997 46.4 -01.3 Hon Percy CLAREY * ALP 21,975 53.6 +06.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,972 03.6 03.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Carty-Salmon was the son of Hon Dr Charles Carty Salmon, MP for Laanecoorie 1901-13, Grampians 1915-17. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy James Clarey (1890-1960): Elected 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 29 MAY 1954 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Golden Square, Maryborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,571 +01.7 Votes cast: 42,072 96.6 -00.2 Informal votes: 352 00.8 -00.4 Formal votes: 41,720 99.2 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Barton Lib 18,448 44.2 -02.2 Hon Percy CLAREY * ALP 23,272 55.8 +02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,720 05.8 02.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy James Clarey (1890-1960): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1955 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Golden Square, Seymour -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1954 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 05.8 Effect of 1955 redistribution: 01.1 shift to Liberal New notional majority: Labor over Liberal 04.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,711 +00.3 Votes cast: 41,812 95.7 -00.9 Informal votes: 667 01.6 +00.8 Formal votes: 41,145 98.4 -00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Brosnan ALPAC 5,502 13.4 Percy Clarey * ALP 19,006 46.2 -08.5 William Day Lib 16,637 40.4 -04.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,145 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Brosnan's 5,502 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CLAREY * 2,069 37.6 21,075 51.2 Day 3,433 62.4 20,070 48.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,502 41,145 01.2 03.5 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy James Clarey (1890-1960): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 22 NOVEMBER 1958 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Golden Square, Seymour -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,974 +02.9 Votes cast: 43,514 96.8 +01.1 Informal votes: 584 01.3 -00.3 Formal votes: 42,930 98.7 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy Clarey * ALP 20,840 48.5 +02.3 William Drechsler DLP 5,619 13.1 -00.3 Henry Snell Lib 16,471 38.4 -02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,930 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Drechsler's 5,619 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CLAREY * 758 13.5 21,598 50.3 Snell 4,861 86.5 21,332 49.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,619 42,930 00.3 00.9 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy James Clarey (1890-1960): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 Died 17 May 1960 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTION OF 16 JULY 1960 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Golden Square, Seymour -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the death of Hon Percy Clarey -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,286 +00.7 Votes cast: 42,608 94.1 -02.7 Informal votes: 345 00.8 -00.5 Formal votes: 42,263 99.2 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Noel Beaton + ALP 20,290 48.0 -00.5 William Drechsler DLP 6,200 14.7 +01.6 Henry Snell Lib 15,773 37.3 -01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,263 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Drechsler's 6,200 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BEATON + 908 14.6 21,198 50.2 Snell 5,292 85.4 21,065 49.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,200 42,263 00.2 00.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Noel Lawrence Beaton (1925-2004): Elected 1960 By Born: 28 December 1925, Mooroopna, Victoria. Career: Educated state schools. Military Service 1945-47. Sports journalist and broadcaster. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 9 DECEMBER 1961 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Golden Square, Seymour -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 00.3 1960 by-election two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,718 +01.7 Votes cast: 44,248 96.8 00.0 Informal votes: 606 01.4 +00.1 Formal votes: 43,642 98.6 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ronald Anderson DLP 5,895 13.5 +00.4 Noel BEATON * ALP 22,511 51.6 +03.1 Milan Lorman 308 00.7 Henry Snell Lib 14,928 34.2 -04.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,642 04.2 e 03.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Noel Lawrence Beaton (1925-2004): Elected 1960 By, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 30 NOVEMBER 1963 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Golden Square, Seymour -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 04.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,956 +00.5 Votes cast: 44,538 96.9 +00.1 Informal votes: 307 00.7 -00.7 Formal votes: 44,231 99.3 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Noel BEATON * ALP 22,646 51.2 -00.4 William Dreschler DLP 6,044 13.7 +00.2 Frederick Grimwade Lib 15,541 35.1 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,231 02.6 e 01.6 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Grimwade was Vic MLC for Bendigo 1967-79, Central Highlands 1979-88. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Noel Lawrence Beaton (1925-2004): Elected 1960 By, 1961, 1963 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 26 NOVEMBER 1966 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Golden Square, Seymour -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 02.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 47,407 +03.2 Votes cast: 45,590 96.2 -00.7 Informal votes: 697 01.5 +00.8 Formal votes: 44,893 98.5 -00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Noel BEATON * ALP 23,191 51.7 +00.5 William Dreschler DLP 5,640 12.6 -01.1 Frank Dunphy Lib 16,062 35.8 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,893 03.0 e 00.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Noel Lawrence Beaton (1925-2004): Elected 1960 By, 1961, 1963, 1966 Resigned 9 April 1969 (see By-elections) Died 18 December 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTION OF 7 JUNE 1969 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Golden Square, Seymour -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the resignation of Noel Beaton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1966 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 03.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 47,943 +01.1 Votes cast: 44,865 93.6 -02.6 Informal votes: 693 01.5 00.0 Formal votes: 44,172 98.5 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Brennan DLP 5,710 12.9 +00.3 Rodney Cambridge Lib 15,106 34.2 -01.6 Chris Candler 595 01.3 Lancelot Hutchinson 2,750 06.2 David Kennedy + ALP 20,011 45.3 -06.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,172 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Candler's 595 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brennan 74 12.4 5,784 13.1 Cambridge 126 21.2 15,232 34.5 Hutchinson 196 32.9 2,946 06.7 Kennedy + 199 33.4 20,210 45.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 595 44,172 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Hutchinson's 2,946 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brennan 152 05.2 5,936 13.4 Cambridge 1,225 41.6 16,457 37.3 Kennedy + 1,569 53.3 21,779 49.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,946 44,172 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Brennan's 5,936 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cambridge 5,294 89.2 21,751 49.2 KENNEDY + 642 10.8 22,421 50.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,936 44,172 00.8 02.2 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew David Kennedy (born 1940): Elected 1969 By Born: 20 March 1940, Ulverstone, Tasmania Career: Educated University High School, Melbourne, University of Melbourne. Teacher in Victorian state schools. Brother of Cyril Kennedy MLC. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 25 OCTOBER 1969 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Kilmore, Seymour -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1966 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 03.0 e 1969 by-election two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 00.8 Effect of 1968 1948 redistribution: 00.9 shift to Liberal New notional majority: Labor over Liberal 02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 51,020 +07.6 Votes cast: 49,413 96.9 +00.7 Informal votes: 622 01.3 -00.2 Formal votes: 48,791 98.7 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Brennan DLP 6,102 12.5 +00.1 David KENNEDY * ALP 24,792 50.8 00.0 Mervyn Lee * Lib 17,897 36.7 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 48,791 03.0 e 00.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lee was member for Lalor 1966-69. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mervyn William Lee (1920-2009): Elected 1966. Defeated 1969 Died 13 December 2009 > David Andrew Kennedy (born 1940): Elected 1969 By, 1969 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 2 DECEMBER 1972 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Kilmore, Seymour -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1969 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 03.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 53,305 +04.5 Votes cast: 51,679 96.9 00.0 Informal votes: 636 01.2 -00.1 Formal votes: 51,043 98.8 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Bourchier Lib 13,637 26.7 -10.0 Paul Brennan DLP 4,267 08.4 -04.1 David Kennedy * ALP 24,326 47.7 -03.1 Joseph Pearce CP 8,813 17.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 51,043 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Brennan's 4,267 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bourchier 592 13.9 14,229 27.9 Kennedy * 258 06.0 24,584 48.2 Pearce 3,417 80.1 12,230 24.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,267 51,043 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Pearce's 12,230 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BOURCHIER 11,375 93.0 25,604 50.2 Kennedy * 855 07.0 25,439 49.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,230 51,043 00.2 03.2 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Andrew David Kennedy (born 1940): Elected 1969 By, 1969. Defeated 1972 Later career: Vic MLA for Bendigo 1982-85, Bendigo West 1985-92 > John William Bourchier (1929-2017): Elected 1972 Born: 12 October 1929, Ballarat, Victoria Career: Company manager. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 MAY 1974 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Kilmore, Seymour -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1972 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 59,693 +12.0 Votes cast: 57,828 96.9 -01.0 Informal votes: 868 01.5 +00.3 Formal votes: 56,960 98.5 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Bourchier * Lib 22,014 38.6 +11.9 Paul Brennan DLP 3,032 05.3 -03.1 David Kennedy ALP 27,231 47.8 +00.1 Joseph Pearce 4,087 07.2 Robert Stenton AP 596 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 56,960 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Kennedy was member for Bendigo 1969-72. 2. Pearce was an independent Country candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Stenton's 596 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bourchier * 119 20.0 22,133 38.9 Brennan 18 03.0 3,050 05.4 Kennedy 410 68.8 27,641 48.5 Pearce 49 08.2 4,136 07.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 596 56,960 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Brennan's 3,050 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bourchier * 2,835 93.0 24,968 43.8 Kennedy 131 04.3 27,772 48.8 Pearce 84 02.8 4,220 07.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,050 56,960 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Pearce's 4,220 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BOURCHIER * 3,954 93.7 28,922 50.8 Kennedy 266 06.3 28,038 49.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,220 56,960 00.8 00.6 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- John William Bourchier (1929-2017): Elected 1972, 1974 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1975 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Kilmore, Seymour -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1974 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 62,289 +04.3 Votes cast: 60,055 96.4 -00.5 Informal votes: 812 01.4 -00.1 Formal votes: 59,243 98.6 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stewart Anderson ALP 25,160 42.5 -05.3 John Bourchier * Lib 28,594 48.3 +09.7 Paul Brennan DLP 2,663 04.5 -00.8 Leslie Irlam 263 00.4 Henry O'Halloran NCP 2,563 04.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 59,243 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Irlam's 263 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Anderson 101 38.4 25,261 42.6 Bourchier * 59 22.4 28,653 48.4 Brennan 39 14.8 2,702 04.6 O'Halloran 64 24.3 2,627 04.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 263 59,243 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: O'Halloran's 2,627 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Anderson 110 04.2 25,371 42.8 BOURCHIER * 2,286 87.0 30,939 52.2 Brennan 231 08.8 2,933 05.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,627 59,243 06.7 e 05.9 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- John William Bourchier (1929-2017): Elected 1972, 1974, 1975 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1977 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Kilmore, Seymour -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1975 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 06.7 e Effect of 1977 redistribution: 01.0 shift to Lib New notional majority: Liberal over ALP 07.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 66,581 +06.9 Votes cast: 63,812 95.8 -00.6 Informal votes: 1,210 01.9 +00.5 Formal votes: 62,602 98.1 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Bourchier * Lib 30,072 48.0 -01.3 Paul Brennan DLP 3,005 04.8 +00.3 Dennis Muldoon ALP 21,620 34.5 -07.0 Ian Price AD 7,905 12.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 62,602 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Brennan's 3,005 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BOURCHIER * 2,486 82.7 32,558 52.0 Muldoon 304 10.1 21,924 35.0 Price 215 07.2 8,120 13.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,005 62,602 08.5 e 00.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- John William Bourchier (1929-2017): Elected 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 OCTOBER 1980 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Kilmore, Seymour -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1977 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 08.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 70,235 +05.5 Votes cast: 67,472 96.1 +00.3 Informal votes: 919 01.4 -00.5 Formal votes: 66,553 98.6 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Bourchier * Lib 31,468 47.3 -00.7 Victor Dolby ALP 29,257 44.0 +09.5 George Hunter AD 5,828 08.8 -03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 66,553 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Hunter's 5,828 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BOURCHIER * 2,654 45.5 34,122 51.3 Dolby 3,174 54.5 32,431 48.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,828 66,553 01.3 06.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John William Bourchier (1929-2017): Elected 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 MARCH 1983 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Kilmore, Seymour -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1980 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 73,574 +04.8 Votes cast: 71,165 96.7 +02.4 Informal votes: 968 01.4 -01.5 Formal votes: 70,197 98.6 +01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Bourchier * Lib 30,352 43.2 -04.1 John Brumby ALP 34,908 49.7 +05.7 Robert Denahy DLP 1,859 02.6 Neil Jewell AD 3,078 04.4 -04.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 70,197 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Denahy's 1,859 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bourchier * 1,454 78.2 31,806 45.3 BRUMBY 208 11.2 35,116 50.0 Jewell 197 10.6 3,275 04.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,859 70,197 02.8 e 04.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > John William Bourchier (1929-2017): Elected 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980. Defeated 1983 Died 31 August 2017 > John Mansfield Brumby (born 1953): Elected 1983 Born: 21 April 1953, Melbourne Career: Educated Melbourne University, State College of Victoria Rusden. Teacher, union organiser. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 1 DECEMBER 1984 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Maryborough, St Arnaud, Stawell -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1983 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 02.8 e Effect of 1984 redistribution: 01.7 shift to Liberal New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 69,085 -06.1 Votes cast: 66,598 96.4 -00.3 Informal votes: 3,377 05.1 +03.7 Formal votes: 63,221 94.9 -03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Vincent Jordan DLP 1,361 02.2 -00.4 Reginald Holt NPA 5,599 08.9 +06.1 Daryl McClure Lib 23,197 36.7 -08.2 Nola Rixon AD 2,017 03.2 -01.2 John Brumby * ALP 31,047 49.1 +01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 63,221 -------------------------------------------------------------------- McClure was Vic MLA for Bendigo 1973-82. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Jordan's 1,361 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Holt 771 56.9 6,370 10.1 McClure 332 24.5 23,529 37.2 Rixon 107 07.9 2,124 03.4 Brumby * 144 10.6 31,191 49.3 (exhausted 7 7 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,361 63,221 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Rixon's 2,124 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Holt 309 15.8 6,679 10.6 McClure 545 27.9 24,074 38.2 BRUMBY * 1,098 56.3 32,289 51.2 (exhausted 172 179 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,124 63,221 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Holt's 6,679 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McClure 6,173 92.5 30,247 48.0 BRUMBY * 497 07.5 32,786 52.0 (exhausted 9 188 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,679 63,221 02.0 00.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Mansfield Brumby (born 1953): Elected 1983, 1984 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 11 JULY 1987 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Maryborough, St Arnaud, Stawell -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 72,048 +04.3 Votes cast: 69,340 96.2 -00.2 Informal votes: 2,661 03.8 -01.3 Formal votes: 66,679 96.2 +01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kaye Swanton AD 2,700 04.0 +00.8 John Somerville 330 00.5 John Brumby * ALP 32,312 48.5 -00.6 Hon John Radford Lib 16,508 24.8 -11.9 Ron Best NPA 14,703 22.1 +13.2 Sharyne O'Grady 126 00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 66,679 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Best was Vic MLC for North-Western 1988-2002. 2. Radford was Vic MLC for Bendigo 1979-85. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: O'Grady's 126 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Swanton 37 30.1 2,737 04.1 Somerville 15 12.2 345 00.5 Brumby * 33 26.8 32,345 48.5 Radford 13 10.6 16,521 24.8 Best 25 20.3 14,728 22.1 (exhausted 19 90 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 126 66,679 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Somerville's 345 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Swanton 124 35.9 2,861 04.3 Brumby * 123 35.7 32,468 48.7 Radford 41 11.9 16,562 24.8 Best 57 16.5 14,785 22.2 (exhausted 0 3 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 345 66,679 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Swanton's 2,861 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BRUMBY * 1,727 61.7 34,195 51.3 Radford 549 19.6 17,111 25.7 Best 524 18.7 15,309 23.0 (exhausted 61 64 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,861 66,679 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Best's 15,309 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BRUMBY * 1,382 09.0 35,677 53.4 Radford 13,925 91.0 31,046 46.6 (exhausted 2 6 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,309 66,679 03.4 01.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Mansfield Brumby (born 1953): Elected 1983, 1984, 1987 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 24 MARCH 1990 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Maldon, Maryborough, St Arnaud -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1987 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 03.4 Effect of 1989 redistribution: 00.6 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 73,663 +02.2 Votes cast: 71,247 96.7 +00.5 Informal votes: 1,684 02.4 -01.4 Formal votes: 69,563 97.6 +01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joan Ansell 880 01.3 Ian Keeling AD 5,566 08.0 +04.0 Russell Castley 420 00.6 John Brumby * ALP 28,197 40.5 -08.6 Hon Bruce Reid Lib 23,592 33.9 +09.5 Denis English NPA 9,330 13.4 -08.7 Vic Upson CTA 1,578 02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 69,563 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Castley's 420 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ansell 98 23.3 978 01.4 Keeling 217 51.7 5,783 08.3 Brumby * 53 12.6 28,250 40.6 Reid 17 04.0 23,609 33.9 English 18 04.3 9,348 13.4 Upson 17 04.0 1,595 02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 420 69,563 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Ansell's 978 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Keeling 660 68.3 6,443 09.3 Brumby * 98 10.1 28,348 40.8 Reid 67 06.9 23,676 34.0 English 60 06.2 9,408 13.5 Upson 81 08.4 1,676 02.4 (exhausted 12 12 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 978 69,563 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Upson's 1,676 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Keeling 198 11.9 6,641 09.5 Brumby * 100 06.0 28,448 40.9 Reid 975 58.4 24,651 35.4 English 396 23.7 9,804 14.1 (exhausted 7 19 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,676 69,563 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Keeling's 6,641 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brumby * 4,338 65.8 32,786 47.2 Reid 1,129 17.1 25,780 37.1 English 1,124 17.1 10,928 15.7 (exhausted 50 69 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,641 69,563 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: English's 10,928 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brumby * 1,163 10.6 33,949 48.9 REID 9,759 89.4 35,539 51.1 (exhausted 6 75 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,928 69,563 01.1 05.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- > John Mansfield Brumby (born 1953): Elected 1983, 1984, 1987. Defeated 1990 Later career: Vic MLC for Doutta Galla 1993. MLA for Broadmeadows 1993-2010. Leader of the Opposition 1993-99. Minister for Finance, Assistant Treasurer, Minister for State and Regional Development 1999-2000. Treasurer 2000-07. Premier 2007-10. Appointed Delegate to the 1998 Constitutional Convention. > Nicholas Bruce Reid (1935-2020): Elected 1990 Born: 30 July 1935, Bendigo Career: Military Service 1958. Retailer. State politics: Vic MLC for Bendigo 1976-88 ------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 MARCH 1993 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Maldon, Maryborough, St Arnaud -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1990 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 77,106 +04.7 Votes cast: 74,892 97.1 +00.4 Informal votes: 1,607 02.1 -00.3 Formal votes: 73,285 97.9 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joe Helper ALP 33,785 46.1 +05.6 Don Semmens AD 2,198 03.0 -05.0 Sharon Hill 393 00.5 Pamela Taylor CTA 1,717 02.3 +00.0 Hon Bruce Reid * Lib 33,527 45.7 +11.8 Doug Harrison 330 00.5 Julie Oberin 1,335 01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 73,285 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Helper was Vic MLA for Ripon 1999-2014. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Harrison's 330 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Helper 41 12.4 33,826 46.2 Semmens 29 08.8 2,227 03.0 Hill 23 07.0 416 00.6 Taylor 35 10.6 1,752 02.4 Reid * 118 35.8 33,645 45.9 Oberin 84 25.5 1,419 01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 330 73,285 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Hill's 416 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Helper 96 23.4 33,922 46.3 Semmens 96 23.4 2,323 03.2 Taylor 61 14.8 1,813 02.5 Reid * 61 14.8 33,706 46.0 Oberin 97 23.6 1,516 02.1 (exhausted 5 5 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 416 73,285 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Oberin's 1,516 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Helper 385 25.5 34,307 46.8 Semmens 609 40.3 2,932 04.0 Taylor 202 13.4 2,015 02.7 Reid * 316 20.9 34,022 46.4 (exhausted 4 9 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,516 73,285 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Taylor's 2,015 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Helper 200 10.0 34,507 47.1 Semmens 344 17.1 3,276 04.5 Reid * 1,462 72.9 35,484 48.4 (exhausted 9 18 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,015 73,285 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Semmens's 3,276 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Helper 2,072 63.5 36,579 49.9 REID * 1,193 36.5 36,677 50.1 (exhausted 11 29 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,276 73,285 00.1 01.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nicholas Bruce Reid (1935-2020): Elected 1990, 1993 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 2 MARCH 1996 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Maldon, Maryborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1993 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 00.1 Effect of redistribution: 01.1 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 81,774 +06.1 Votes cast: 79,168 96.8 -00.3 Informal votes: 1,619 02.1 00.0 Formal votes: 77,549 97.9 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joe Helper + ALP 33,206 42.8 -04.4 Hon Bruce Reid * Lib 34,703 44.8 +00.2 Doug Ralph Grn 2,534 03.3 John Bulbrook AAFI 1,019 01.3 Susan Griffith 233 00.3 Don Semmens AD 4,371 05.6 +02.6 Pamela Taylor CTA 1,483 01.9 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 77,549 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Following the redistribution Labor is shown as the defending party. 2. Helper was Vic MLA for Ripon 1999-2014. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Griffith's 233 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Helper + 29 12.7 33,235 42.9 Reid * 26 11.4 34,729 44.8 Ralph 43 18.9 2,577 03.3 Bulbrook 31 13.6 1,050 01.4 Semmens 55 24.1 4,426 05.7 Taylor 44 19.3 1,527 02.0 (exhausted 5 5 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 233 77,549 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Bulbrook's 1,050 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Helper + 196 19.0 33,431 43.1 Reid * 276 26.7 35,005 45.2 Ralph 212 20.5 2,789 03.6 Semmens 217 21.0 4,643 06.0 Taylor 132 12.8 1,659 02.1 (exhausted 17 22 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,050 77,549 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Taylor's 1,659 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Helper + 145 08.8 33,576 43.3 Reid * 1,079 65.8 36,084 46.6 Ralph 97 05.9 2,886 03.7 Semmens 319 19.5 4,962 06.4 (exhausted 19 41 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,659 77,549 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Ralph's 2,886 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Helper + 707 24.8 34,283 44.3 Reid * 348 12.2 36,432 47.0 Semmens 1,797 63.0 6,759 08.7 (exhausted 34 75 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,886 77,549 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Semmens's 6,759 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Helper + 3,655 56.1 37,938 49.1 REID * 2,866 43.9 39,298 50.9 (exhausted 238 313 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,759 77,549 00.9 01.9 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nicholas Bruce Reid (1935-2020): Elected 1990, 1993, 1996 Reid retired at the 1998 election. Died 24 May 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 3 OCTOBER 1998 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Maldon, Maryborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 83,185 +01.7 Votes cast: 81,403 97.9 +01.1 Informal votes: 3,366 04.1 +02.0 Formal votes: 78,037 95.9 -02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alan McDonald 526 00.7 Max Turner + Lib 28,004 35.9 -08.9 Alan Tilley AD 3,533 04.5 -01.1 Gayle Maddigan 361 00.5 Scott Mitchell NPA 2,479 03.2 Alfred Thorpe 1,108 01.4 Peter Biggs 332 00.4 Karel Zegers ON 5,159 06.6 Steve Gibbons ALP 33,483 42.9 +00.1 Lyn Speirs 126 00.1 David Jones Grn 2,080 02.7 -00.6 Peter Morley 846 01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 78,037 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Turner was Vic MLA for Bendigo West 1992-96. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Speirs's 126 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McDonald 3 02.4 529 02.4 Turner + 16 12.7 28,020 35.9 Tilley 4 03.2 3,537 04.5 Maddigan 5 04.0 366 00.5 Mitchell 8 06.3 2,487 03.2 Thorpe 4 03.2 1,112 01.4 Biggs 7 05.6 339 00.4 Zegers 36 28.6 5,195 06.7 Gibbons 12 09.5 33,495 42.9 Jones 21 16.7 2,101 02.7 Morley 10 07.9 856 01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 126 78,037 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Biggs's 339 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McDonald 18 05.3 547 00.7 Turner + 40 11.8 28,060 36.0 Tilley 10 02.9 3,547 04.5 Maddigan 7 02.1 373 00.5 Mitchell 15 04.4 2,502 03.2 Thorpe 39 11.5 1,151 01.5 Zegers 109 32.2 5,304 06.8 Gibbons 25 07.4 33,520 43.0 Jones 12 03.5 2,113 02.7 Morley 64 18.9 920 01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 339 78,037 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Maddigan's 373 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McDonald 26 07.0 573 00.7 Turner + 47 12.6 28,107 36.0 Tilley 98 26.3 3,645 04.7 Mitchell 18 04.8 2,520 03.2 Thorpe 23 06.2 1,174 01.5 Zegers 5 01.3 5,309 06.8 Gibbons 69 18.5 33,589 43.0 Jones 69 18.5 2,182 02.8 Morley 18 04.8 938 01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 373 78,037 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: McDonald's 573 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Turner + 340 59.3 28,447 36.5 Tilley 90 15.7 3,735 04.8 Mitchell 14 02.4 2,534 03.2 Thorpe 18 03.1 1,192 01.5 Zegers 17 03.0 5,326 06.8 Gibbons 36 06.3 33,625 43.1 Jones 31 05.4 2,213 02.8 Morley 27 04.7 965 01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 573 78,037 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Morley's 965 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Turner + 168 17.4 28,615 36.7 Tilley 113 11.7 3,848 04.9 Mitchell 68 07.0 2,602 03.3 Thorpe 69 07.2 1,261 01.6 Zegers 145 15.0 5,471 07.0 Gibbons 137 14.2 33,762 43.3 Jones 265 27.5 2,478 03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 965 78,037 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Thorpe's 1,261 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Turner + 116 09.2 28,731 36.8 Tilley 95 07.5 3,943 05.1 Mitchell 372 29.5 2,974 03.8 Zegers 389 30.8 5,860 07.5 Gibbons 124 09.8 33,886 43.4 Jones 165 13.1 2,643 03.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,261 78,037 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Jones's 2,643 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Turner + 217 08.2 28,948 37.1 Tilley 1,222 46.2 5,165 06.6 Mitchell 118 04.5 3,092 04.0 Zegers 154 05.8 6,014 07.7 Gibbons 932 35.3 34,818 44.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,643 78,037 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9th count: Mitchell's 3,092 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Turner + 2,179 70.5 31,127 39.9 Tilley 565 18.3 5,730 07.3 Zegers 180 05.8 6,194 07.9 Gibbons 168 05.4 34,986 44.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,092 78,037 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 10th count: Tilley's 5,730 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Turner + 2,312 40.3 33,439 42.9 Zegers 418 07.3 6,612 08.5 Gibbons 3,000 52.4 37,986 48.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,730 78,037 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 11th count: Zegers's 6,612 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Turner + 2,872 43.4 36,311 46.5 GIBBONS 3,740 56.6 41,726 53.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,612 78,037 03.5 04.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Gibbons (1949-2022): Elected 1998 Born: 11 September 1949, Melbourne Career: Union official, small business proprietor. Advisor to John Brumby MLA, Leader of the Opposition in Victoria. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 NOVEMBER 2001 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Maldon, Maryborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1998 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 03.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 87,712 +05.4 Votes cast: 85,090 97.0 -00.9 Informal votes: 3,165 03.7 -00.4 Formal votes: 81,925 96.3 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Gibbons * ALP 35,622 43.5 +00.6 Ron Barrow 744 00.9 Carol Zegers 1,387 01.7 John Pasquarelli 1,073 01.3 Helen Lilley AD 2,620 03.2 -01.3 Maurice Sharkey Lib 32,304 39.4 +03.5 Neil Smith ON 2,039 02.5 -04.1 Bruce Rivendell Grn 4,279 05.2 +02.6 Phil Arnold CTA 1,857 02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 81,925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Barrow's 744 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gibbons * 176 23.7 35,806 43.7 Zegers 84 11.3 1,471 01.8 Pasquarelli 46 06.2 1,119 01.4 Lilley 18 02.4 2,638 03.2 Sharkey 309 41.5 32,620 39.8 Smith 50 06.7 2,089 02.5 Rivendell 36 04.8 4,315 05.3 Arnold 25 03.4 1,882 02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 744 81,925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Pasquarelli's 1,119 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gibbons * 166 14.8 35,972 43.9 Zegers 505 45.1 1,976 02.4 Lilley 54 04.8 2,692 03.3 Sharkey 189 16.9 32,809 40.0 Smith 135 12.1 2,224 02.7 Rivendell 39 03.5 4,354 05.3 Arnold 31 02.8 1,913 02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,119 81,925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Arnold's 1,913 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gibbons * 188 09.8 36,540 44.6 Zegers 102 05.3 2,078 02.5 Lilley 70 03.7 2,762 03.4 Sharkey 1,314 68.7 34,123 41.6 Smith 73 03.8 2,297 02.8 Rivendell 166 08.7 4,520 05.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,913 81,925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Zegers's 2,078 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gibbons * 380 18.3 36,540 44.6 Lilley 304 14.6 3,066 03.7 Sharkey 482 23.2 34,605 42.2 Smith 717 34.5 3,014 03.7 Rivendell 195 09.4 4,715 05.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,078 81,925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Smith's 3,014 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gibbons * 882 29.3 37,422 45.7 Lilley 350 11.6 3,416 04.2 Sharkey 1,250 41.5 35,855 43.8 Rivendell 532 17.6 5,247 06.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,014 81,925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Lilley's 3,416 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gibbons * 1,076 31.5 38,498 47.0 Sharkey 658 19.3 36,513 44.6 Rivendell 1,682 49.2 6,929 08.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,416 81,925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Rivendell's 6,929 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- GIBBONS * 5,394 77.8 43,892 53.6 Sharkey 1,535 22.2 38,048 46.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,929 81,925 03.7 00.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Gibbons (1949-2022): Elected 1998, 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 9 OCTOBER 2004 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Maldon, Maryborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2001 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 03.7 Effect of redistribution: no change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 94,295 +07.5 Votes cast: 90,709 96.8 -00.2 Informal votes: 2,599 02.9 -00.8 Formal votes: 88,110 97.1 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kevin Gibbins Lib 40,035 45.4 +05.9 Nathan Hulls FF 3,238 03.7 Steve Gibbons * ALP 38,356 43.5 00.0 Vern White 373 00.4 David Petersen Grn 6,108 06.9 +01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 88,110 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: White's 373 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gibbins 53 14.2 40,088 45.5 Hulls 134 35.9 3,372 03.8 Gibbons * 88 23.6 38,444 43.6 Petersen 98 26.3 6,206 07.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 373 88,110 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Hulls's 3,372 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gibbins 2,199 65.2 42,287 48.0 Gibbons * 766 22.7 39,210 44.5 Petersen 407 12.1 6,613 07.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,372 88,110 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Petersen's 6,613 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gibbins 923 14.0 43,210 49.0 GIBBONS * 5,690 86.0 44,900 51.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,613 88,110 01.0 02.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Gibbons (1949-2022): Elected 1998, 2001, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 24 NOVEMBER 2007 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Heathcote, Maryborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2004 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 97,197 +03.1 Votes cast: 93,275 96.0 -00.8 Informal votes: 3,305 03.5 +00.6 Formal votes: 89,970 96.5 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Gibbons * ALP 42,410 47.1 +03.6 Terry Jarvis FF 3,190 03.6 -00.1 Clinton Gale 210 00.2 Toby Byrne Grn 6,521 07.3 +00.3 Peter Consandine 304 00.3 Edward Guymer AD 577 00.6 Adam Veitch 331 00.4 Peter Kennedy Lib 34,562 38.4 -07.0 Eril Rathjen 1,865 02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 89,970 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Gale's 210 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gibbons * 50 23.8 42,460 47.2 Jarvis 58 27.6 3,248 03.6 Byrne 34 16.2 6,555 07.3 Consandine 28 13.3 332 00.4 Guymer 9 04.3 586 00.7 Veitch 6 02.9 337 00.4 Kennedy 19 09.1 34,581 38.4 Rathjen 6 02.9 1,871 02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 210 89,970 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Consandine's 332 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gibbons * 35 10.5 42,495 47.2 Jarvis 28 08.4 3,276 03.6 Byrne 59 17.7 6,614 07.4 Guymer 39 11.8 625 00.7 Veitch 108 32.5 445 00.5 Kennedy 29 08.7 34,610 38.5 Rathjen 34 10.2 1,905 02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 332 89,970 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Veitch's 445 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gibbons * 87 19.6 42,582 47.3 Jarvis 46 10.3 3,322 03.7 Byrne 45 10.1 6,659 07.4 Guymer 41 09.2 666 00.7 Kennedy 65 14.6 34,675 38.5 Rathjen 161 36.2 2,066 02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 445 89,970 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Guymer's 666 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gibbons * 170 25.5 42,752 47.5 Jarvis 70 10.5 3,392 03.8 Byrne 214 32.1 6,873 07.4 Kennedy 93 14.0 34,768 38.6 Rathjen 119 17.9 2,185 02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 666 89,970 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Rathjen's 2,185 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gibbons * 380 17.4 43,132 47.9 Jarvis 290 13.3 3,682 04.1 Byrne 307 14.1 7,180 08.0 Kennedy 1,208 55.3 35,976 40.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2,185 89,970 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Jarvis's 3,682 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gibbons * 958 26.0 44,090 49.0 Byrne 615 16.7 7,795 08.7 Kennedy 2,109 57.3 38,085 42.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3,682 89,970 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Byrne's 7,795 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- GIBBONS * 6,414 82.3 50,504 56.1 Kennedy 1,381 17.7 39,466 43.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7,795 89,970 06.1 05.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Gibbons (1949-2022): Elected 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 AUGUST 2010 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Heathcote, Maryborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2007 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 06.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 100,701 +03.6 Votes cast: 95,853 95.2 -00.8 Informal votes: 3,588 03.7 +00.2 Formal votes: 92,265 96.3 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Gibbons * ALP 43,965 47.7 +00.5 Kymberlie Dimozantos Grn 11,341 12.3 +05.0 Craig Hunter Lib 33,067 35.8 -02.6 Alan Howard FF 3,892 04.2 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 92,265 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Howard's 3,892 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gibbons * 926 23.8 44,891 48.7 Dimozantos 751 19.3 12,092 13.1 Hunter 2,215 56.9 35,282 38.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,892 92,265 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Dimozantos's 12,092 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- GIBBONS * 10,037 83.0 54,928 59.5 Hunter 2,055 17.0 37,337 40.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,092 92,265 09.5 03.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Gibbons (1949-2022): Elected 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010 Gibbons retired at the 2013 election. Died 19 July 2022 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 7 SEPTEMBER 2013 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Maldon, Woodend -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 09.5 Effect of 2010 redistribution: 00.1 shift to Liberal 2013 notional two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 09.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 102,934 +02.2 Votes cast: 98,119 95.3 +00.1 Informal votes: 5,600 05.7 +02.0 Formal votes: 92,519 94.3 -02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sarah Sheedy Nat 4,644 05.0 Lisa Chesters + ALP 33,829 36.6 -10.4 Greg Bickley Lib 36,701 39.7 +03.8 Lachlan Slade Grn 8,600 09.3 -03.7 Charlie Crutchfield ASP 2,200 02.4 Alan Howard FF 1,036 01.1 -03.0 Rod Leunig 538 00.6 Daniel Abikhair 545 00.6 Matine Rahmani 259 00.3 Sandra Caddy 499 00.5 Anita Donlon PUP 2,336 02.5 Stephen Stingel KAP 745 00.8 Ewan McDonald 567 00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 92,519 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Rahmani's 259 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sheedy 14 05.4 4,658 05.0 Chesters + 31 12.0 33,860 36.6 Bickley 14 05.4 36,715 39.7 Slade 29 11.2 8,629 09.3 Crutchfield 12 04.6 2,232 02.4 Howard 8 03.1 1,044 01.1 Leunig 7 02.7 545 00.6 Abikhair 105 40.5 650 00.7 Caddy 12 04.6 511 00.6 Donlon 13 05.0 2,349 02.5 Stingel 8 03.1 753 00.8 McDonald 6 02.3 573 00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 259 92,519 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Caddy's 511 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sheedy 31 06.1 4,689 05.1 Chesters + 28 05.5 33,888 36.6 Bickley 45 08.8 36,760 39.7 Slade 7 01.4 8,636 09.3 Crutchfield 22 04.3 2,254 02.4 Howard 51 10.0 1,095 01.2 Leunig 22 04.3 567 00.6 Abikhair 24 04.7 674 00.7 Donlon 66 12.9 2,415 02.6 Stingel 28 05.5 781 00.8 McDonald 187 36.6 760 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 511 92,519 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Leunig's 567 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sheedy 71 12.5 4,760 05.1 Chesters + 64 11.3 33,952 36.7 Bickley 174 30.7 36,934 39.9 Slade 18 03.2 8,654 09.4 Crutchfield 45 07.9 2,299 02.5 Howard 58 10.2 1,153 01.3 Abikhair 25 04.4 699 00.8 Donlon 43 07.6 2,458 02.7 Stingel 52 09.2 833 00.9 McDonald 17 03.0 777 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 567 92,519 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Abikhair's 699 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sheedy 45 06.4 4,805 05.2 Chesters + 93 13.3 34,045 36.8 Bickley 40 05.7 36,974 39.9 Slade 284 40.6 8,938 09.7 Crutchfield 70 10.0 2,369 02.6 Howard 60 08.6 1,213 01.3 Donlon 67 09.6 2,525 02.7 Stingel 23 03.3 856 00.9 McDonald 17 02.4 794 00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 699 92,519 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: McDonald's 794 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sheedy 68 08.6 4,873 05.3 Chesters + 46 05.8 34,091 36.9 Bickley 89 11.2 37,063 40.1 Slade 20 02.5 8,958 09.7 Crutchfield 15 01.9 2,384 02.6 Howard 416 52.4 1,629 01.8 Donlon 44 05.5 2,569 02.8 Stingel 96 12.1 952 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 794 92,519 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Stingel's 952 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sheedy 89 09.4 4,962 05.4 Chesters + 107 11.2 34,198 37.0 Bickley 93 09.8 37,156 40.2 Slade 40 04.2 8,998 09.7 Crutchfield 66 06.9 2,450 02.7 Howard 71 07.5 1,700 01.8 Donlon 486 51.1 3,055 03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 952 92,519 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Howard's 1,700 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sheedy 440 25.9 5,402 05.8 Chesters + 189 11.1 34,387 37.2 Bickley 425 25.0 37,581 40.6 Slade 158 09.3 9,156 09.9 Crutchfield 230 13.5 2,680 02.9 Donlon 258 15.2 3,313 03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,700 92,519 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9th count: Crutchfield's 2,680 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sheedy 339 12.7 5,741 06.2 Chesters + 577 21.5 34,964 37.8 Bickley 369 13.8 37,950 41.0 Slade 828 30.9 9,984 10.8 Donlon 567 21.2 3,880 04.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,680 92,519 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 10th count: Donlon's 3,880 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sheedy 1,092 28.1 6,833 07.4 Chesters + 858 22.1 35,822 38.7 Bickley 971 25.0 38,921 42.1 Slade 959 24.7 10,943 11.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,880 92,519 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 11th count: Sheedy's 6,833 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chesters + 1,975 28.9 37,797 40.9 Bickley 4,034 59.0 42,955 46.4 Slade 824 12.1 11,767 12.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,833 92,519 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 12th count: Slade's 11,767 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CHESTERS + 9,629 81.8 47,426 51.3 Bickley 2,183 18.2 45,093 48.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,767 92,519 01.3 08.6 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lisa Marie Chesters (born 1980): Elected 2013 Born: 11 February 1980, Sydney Career: Educated University of Queensland. Trade union organiser. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 2 JULY 2016 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Maldon, Woodend -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2013 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 109,604 +06.5 Votes cast: 102,208 93.3 -02.0 Informal votes: 4,705 04.6 -01.1 Formal votes: 97,503 95.4 +01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andy Maddison Nat 3,544 03.6 -01.4 Rosemary Glaisher Grn 10,749 11.0 +01.7 Sandy Caddy RUA 2,058 02.1 +01.6 Lisa Chesters * ALP 37,396 38.4 +01.8 Megan Purcell Lib 36,956 37.9 -01.8 Ruth Parramore AJP 2,146 02.2 Anita Donlon 1,922 02.0 Alan Howard FF 2,732 02.8 +01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 97,503 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Donlon's 1,922 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Maddison 177 09.2 3,721 03.8 Glaisher 177 09.2 10,926 11.2 Caddy 391 20.3 2,449 02.5 Chesters * 291 15.1 37,687 38.7 Purcell 182 09.5 37,138 38.1 Parramore 230 12.0 2,376 02.4 Howard 474 24.7 3,206 03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,922 90,101 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Parramore's 2,376 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Maddison 114 04.8 3,835 03.9 Glaisher 828 34.9 11,754 12.1 Caddy 298 12.5 2,747 02.8 Chesters * 378 15.9 38,065 39.0 Purcell 252 10.6 37,390 38.4 Howard 506 21.3 3,712 03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,376 90,101 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Caddy's 2,747 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Maddison 460 16.8 4,295 04.4 Glaisher 229 08.3 11,983 12.3 Chesters * 320 11.7 38,385 39.4 Purcell 246 09.0 37,636 38.6 Howard 1,492 54.3 5,204 05.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,747 90,101 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Maddison's 4,295 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Glaisher 772 18.0 12,755 13.1 Chesters * 431 10.0 38,816 39.8 Purcell 2,418 56.3 40,054 41.1 Howard 674 15.7 5,878 06.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,295 90,101 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Howard's 5,878 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Glaisher 1,506 25.6 14,261 14.6 Chesters * 1,496 25.5 40,312 41.3 Purcell 2,876 48.9 42,930 44.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,878 90,101 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Glaisher's 14,261 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CHESTERS * 12,086 84.8 52,398 53.7 Purcell 2,175 15.2 45,105 46.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,261 90,101 03.7 02.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lisa Marie Chesters (born 1980): Elected 2013, 2016 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 MAY 2019 ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Heathcote, Maldon, Woodend -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 03.7 Effect of 2018 redistribution: 00.2 shift to Labor 2019 notional two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 03.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 112,755 +02.9 Votes cast: 105,979 94.0 +00.7 Informal votes: 4,318 04.1 -00.6 Formal votes: 101,661 95.9 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sharon Budde RUA 1,464 01.4 -00.7 Robert Holan Grn 11,381 11.2 +00.3 Lisa Chesters * ALP 44,340 43.6 +05.1 Adam Veitch UAP 4,321 04.3 Sam Gayed Lib 32,210 31.7 -06.1 Vaughan Williams PHON 6,278 06.2 Julie Hoskin FACNP 1,667 01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 101,661 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Budde's 1,464 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Holan 432 29.5 11,813 11.6 Chesters * 249 17.0 44,589 43.9 Veitch 193 13.2 4,514 04.4 Gayed 246 16.8 32,456 31.9 Williams 175 12.0 6,453 06.4 Hoskin 169 11.5 1,836 01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,464 101,661 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Hoskin's 1,836 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Holan 115 06.3 11,928 11.7 Chesters * 158 08.6 44,747 44.0 Veitch 230 12.5 4,744 04.7 Gayed 283 15.4 32,739 32.2 Williams 1,050 57.2 7,503 07.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,836 101,661 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Veitch's 4,744 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Holan 424 08.9 12,352 12.2 Chesters * 894 18.8 45,641 44.9 Gayed 1,743 36.4 34,482 33.6 Williams 1,683 35.5 9,186 09.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,744 101,661 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Williams's 9,186 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Holan 1,425 15.5 13,777 13.6 Chesters * 2,594 28.2 48,235 47.5 Gayed 5,167 56.3 39,649 39.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,186 101,661 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Holan's 13,777 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CHESTERS * 11,781 85.5 60,016 59.0 Gayed 1,996 14.5 41,645 41.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,777 101,661 09.0 05.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lisa Marie Chesters (born 1980): Elected 2013, 2016, 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 MAY 2022 ==================================================================== Central Vic: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Heathcote, Kyneton, Maldon -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 09.0 Effect of 2021 redistribution: No change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 112,354 -00.2 Votes cast: 103,543 92.2 -01.8 Informal votes: 3,764 03.6 -00.5 Formal votes: 99,779 96.4 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Laurie 4,319 04.3 Lisa Chesters * ALP 42,883 43.0 -00.6 Darin Schade Lib 26,576 26.6 -05.2 Cate Sinclair Grn 14,026 14.1 +03.2 Matt Bansemer LDP 2,888 02.9 Ben Mihail PHON 5,508 05.5 -00.7 Elijah Suares UAP 3,579 03.6 -00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 99,779 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Bansemer's 2,888 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Laurie 272 09.4 4,591 04.6 Chesters * 174 06.0 43,057 43.2 Schade 600 20.8 27,176 27.2 Sinclair 146 05.1 14,172 14.2 Mihail 544 18.8 6,052 06.1 Suares 1,152 39.9 4,731 04.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,888 99,779 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Laurie's 4,591 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chesters * 1,302 28.4 44,359 44.5 Schade 663 14.4 27,839 27.9 Sinclair 626 13.6 14,798 14.8 Mihail 1,407 30.7 7,459 07.5 Suares 593 12.9 5,324 05.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,591 99,779 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Suares's 5,324 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chesters * 480 09.0 44,839 44.9 Schade 491 09.2 28,330 28.4 Sinclair 356 06.7 15,154 15.2 Mihail 3,997 75.1 11,456 11.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,324 99,779 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Mihail's 11,456 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chesters * 2,778 24.3 47,617 47.7 Schade 6,527 57.0 34,857 34.9 Sinclair 2,151 18.8 17,305 17.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,456 99,779 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Sinclair's 17,305 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CHESTERS * 14,351 82.9 61,968 62.1 Schade 2,954 17.1 37,811 37.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 17,305 99,779 12.1 03.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lisa Marie Chesters (born 1980): Elected 2013, 2016, 2019, 2022 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 3 MAY 2025 ==================================================================== Central Vic: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Heathcote, Kyneton, Rochester -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2022 two-candidate majority: Labor over Liberal 12.1 Effect of 2024 redistribution: 01,0 shift to Liberal 2025 notional two-candidate majority: Labor over Liberal 11.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 120,088 +06.9 Votes cast: 112,845 94.0 +01.8 Informal votes: 6,228 05.5 +01.7 Formal votes: 106,617 94.5 -01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Evelyn Keetelaar FFA 3,153 03.0 Avery Barnett-Dacey Grn 12,079 11.3 -02.4 Heather Freeman PHON 5,262 04.9 -00.6 Lisa Chesters * Labor 35,771 33.6 -08.6 Andrew Lethlean Nat 31,707 29.7 +28.8 Matt Bansemer Libtn 974 00.9 Rohan Tyler V Soc 1,708 01.6 David Vincent 1,121 01.1 Wayne Taylor L Cann 3,666 03.4 Matt Evans Lib 11,176 10.5 -15.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 106,617 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Bansemer's 974 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Keetelaar 163 16.7 3,316 03.1 Barnett-Dacey 36 03.7 12,115 11.4 Freeman 375 38.5 5,637 05.3 Chesters * 63 06.5 35,834 33.6 Lethlean 122 12.5 31,829 29.9 Tyler 35 03.6 1,743 01.6 Vincent 57 05.9 1,178 01.1 Taylor 58 06.0 3,724 03.5 Evans 65 06.8 11,241 10.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 870 106,617 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Vincent's 1,178 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Keetelaar 152 12.9 3,468 03.3 Barnett-Dacey 160 13.6 12,275 11.5 Freeman 135 11.5 5,772 05.4 Chesters * 174 14.8 36,008 33.8 Lethlean 112 09.5 31,941 30.0 Tyler 109 09.3 1,852 01.7 Taylor 271 23.0 3,995 03.8 Evans 65 05.5 11,306 10.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,178 106,617 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Tyler's 1,852 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Keetelaar 74 04.0 3,542 03.3 Barnett-Dacey 1,150 62.1 13,425 12.6 Freeman 34 01.8 5,806 05.5 Chesters * 202 10.9 36,210 34.0 Lethlean 60 03.2 32,001 30.0 Taylor 310 16.7 4,305 04.0 Evans 22 01.2 11,328 10.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,852 106,617 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Keetelaar's 3,542 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Barnett-Dacey 686 19.4 14,111 13.2 Freeman 1,238 35.0 7,044 06.6 Chesters * 316 08.9 36,526 34.3 Lethlean 562 15.9 32,563 30.5 Taylor 273 07.7 4,578 04.3 Evans 467 13.2 11,795 11.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,542 106,617 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Taylor's 4,578 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Barnett-Dacey 1,513 33.1 15,624 14.7 Freeman 846 18.5 7,890 07.4 Chesters * 1,027 22.4 37,553 35.2 Lethlean 639 14.0 33,202 31.1 Evans 553 12.1 12,348 11.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,578 106,617 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Freeman's 7,890 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Barnett-Dacey 1,092 13.8 16,716 15.7 Chesters * 1,073 13.6 38,626 36.2 Lethlean 4,035 51.1 37,237 34.9 Evans 1,690 21.4 14,038 13.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,890 106,617 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Evans's 14,038 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Barnett-Dacey 1,129 08.0 17,845 16.7 Chesters * 1,456 10.4 40,082 37.6 Lethlean 11,453 81.6 48,690 45.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,038 106,617 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9th count: Barnett-Dacey's 17,845 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CHESTERS * 14,718 82.5 54,800 51.4 Lethlean 3,127 17.5 51,817 48.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 17,845 106,617 01.4 09.1 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Labor majority over the Nationals is compared to the Labor majority over the Liberals in 2022. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lisa Marie Chesters (born 1980): Elected 2013, 2016, 2019, 2022, 2025 --------------------------------------------------------------------