ELECTIONS FOR THE DIVISION OF BURKE, VICTORIA ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 25 OCTOBER 1969 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Broadmeadows, Fawkner, Glenroy, Thomastown -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat: 1966 notional two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 51,759 Votes cast: 49,791 96.2 Informal votes: 2,621 05.3 Formal votes: 47,170 94.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Keith JOHNSON + ALP 26,798 56.8 +10.4 Kathleen Laherty 633 01.3 Terence Scully DLP 5,003 10.6 -03.3 Richard Smith AP 506 01.1 John Williams Lib 14,230 30.2 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 47,170 09.2 e 07.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Laherty was an Independent Labor Alliance candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Leonard Keith Johnson (1929-95): Elected 1969 Born: 28 March 1929, Melbourne Career: Educated state schools. Factory worker, storeman. Organiser, Miscellaneous Workers Union. Broadmeadows Municipal Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 2 DECEMBER 1972 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Broadmeadows, Fawkner, Glenroy, Thomastown -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1969 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 09.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 66,511 +28.5 Votes cast: 64,189 96.5 +00.3 Informal votes: 2,034 03.2 -02.1 Formal votes: 62,155 96.8 +02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Keith JOHNSON * ALP 39,510 63.6 +06.8 Howard Thain Lib 16,143 26.0 -04.2 Colin Walsh DLP 6,502 10.5 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 62,155 14.7 e 05.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Leonard Keith Johnson (1929-95): Elected 1969, 1972 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 MAY 1974 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Broadmeadows, Fawkner, Glenroy, Thomastown -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1972 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 14.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 81,751 +22.9 Votes cast: 79,115 96.8 +00.3 Informal votes: 2,382 03.0 -00.2 Formal votes: 76,733 97.0 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Gerocs AP 4,017 05.2 Keith JOHNSON * ALP 46,977 61.2 -02.4 Claus Salger Lib 21,411 27.9 +01.9 Colin Walsh DLP 4,328 05.6 -04.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 76,733 15.8 e 01.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Leonard Keith Johnson (1929-95): Elected 1969, 1972, 1974 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1975 ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Broadmeadows, Fawkner, Glenroy, Thomastown -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1974 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 15.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 89,669 +09.7 Votes cast: 86,446 96.4 -00.4 Informal votes: 2,318 02.7 -00.3 Formal votes: 84,128 97.3 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Dupla 2,949 03.5 Keith JOHNSON * ALP 45,634 54.2 -07.0 Claus Salger Lib 31,103 37.0 +09.1 Colin Walsh DLP 4,442 05.3 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 84,128 07.0 e 08.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Leonard Keith Johnson (1929-95): Elected 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1977 ==================================================================== North of Melbourne: Broadmeadows North, Gisborne, Gladstone Park, Glenroy -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1975 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 07.0 e Effect of 1977 redistribution: 03.1 shift to Lib New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 03.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 69,249 -22.8 Votes cast: 66,354 95.8 -00.6 Informal votes: 2,341 03.5 +00.8 Formal votes: 64,013 96.5 -00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Keith JOHNSON * ALP 32,248 50.4 -00.7 Mihaly Lengyel Lib 20,680 32.3 -07.8 Eric Spencer AD 7,122 11.1 Colin Walsh DLP 3,963 06.2 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 64,013 06.6 e 02.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Leonard Keith Johnson (1929-95): Elected 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977 Johnson retired at the 1980 election. Died 24 September 1995. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 OCTOBER 1980 ==================================================================== North of Melbourne: Broadmeadows North, Gisborne, Gladstone Park, Glenroy -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1977 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 06.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 76,383 +10.3 Votes cast: 72,557 95.0 -00.8 Informal votes: 2,357 03.2 -00.3 Formal votes: 70,200 96.8 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Ross Lib 26,803 38.2 +05.9 Eric Spencer AD 5,413 07.7 -03.4 Dr Andrew THEOPHANOUS + ALP 37,984 54.1 +03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 70,200 08.8 e 02.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Charles Theophanous (born 1936): Elected 1980 Born: 24 March 1946, Paphos, Cyprus Career: Educated Monash University, Oxford University, Melbourne University (PhD). Lecturer in politics and in social theory, Melbourne University. Author and commentator. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 MARCH 1983 ==================================================================== North of Melbourne: Broadmeadows North, Gisborne, Gladstone Park, Glenroy -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1980 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 08.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 81,347 +06.5 Votes cast: 78,027 95.9 +00.9 Informal votes: 2,163 02.8 -00.4 Formal votes: 75,864 97.2 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bernard Finn Lib 24,294 32.0 -06.2 George Hunter AD 4,611 06.1 -01.6 Evelyn Robson 788 01.0 Dr Andrew THEOPHANOUS * ALP 46,171 60.9 +06.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 75,864 15.5 e 06.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Finn was Vic MLA for Tullamarine 1992-99, MLC for North Metropolitan 2006-22. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Charles Theophanous (born 1936): Elected 1980, 1983 Theophanous contested Calwell in 1984. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 1 DECEMBER 1984 ==================================================================== North-West of Melbourne: Bacchus Marsh, Castlemaine, Gisborne, Sunbury -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1983 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 15.5 e Effect of 1984 redistribution: 11.7 shift to Liberal New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 64,308 -20.9 Votes cast: 61,462 95.6 -00.3 Informal votes: 5,073 08.3 +05.5 Formal votes: 56,389 91.7 -05.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Marisa d'Agostino Lib 23,273 41.3 -02.4 Leslie Vidler NPA 1,823 03.2 Genevieve Cormick DLP 862 01.5 Neil O'Keefe + ALP 27,446 48.7 -00.5 George Hunter AD 2,985 05.3 -00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 56,389 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Cormick's 862 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- D'Agostino 298 34.7 23,571 41.8 Vidler 201 23.4 2,024 03.6 O'Keefe + 239 27.9 27,685 49.1 Hunter 120 14.0 3,105 05.5 (exhausted 4 4 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 862 56,389 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Vidler's 2,024 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- D'Agostino 1,693 83.6 25,264 44.8 O'Keefe + 168 08.3 27,853 49.4 Hunter 163 08.1 3,268 05.8 (exhausted 0 4 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,024 56,389 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Hunter's 3,268 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- D'Agostino 1,282 39.3 26,546 47.1 O'KEEFE + 1,983 60.7 29,836 52.9 (exhausted 3 7 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,268 56,389 02.9 00.9 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Neil O'Keefe (born 1947): Elected 1984 Born: 7 May 1947, Melbourne Career: Educated La Trobe University, Melbourne, Monash University Melbourne. Teacher, union official, small business proprietor -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 11 JULY 1987 ==================================================================== North-West of Melbourne: Bacchus Marsh, Castlemaine, Gisborne, Sunbury -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 73,259 +13.9 Votes cast: 69,557 94.9 -00.7 Informal votes: 3,214 04.6 -03.7 Formal votes: 66,343 95.4 +03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Barry McLeod NPA 3,278 04.9 +01.7 Peter Dale Lib 25,534 38.5 -02.8 Neil O'Keefe * ALP 32,738 49.3 +00.6 Susan Mullington AD 4,793 07.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 66,343 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: McLeod's 3,278 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dale 2,720 83.6 28,254 42.6 O'Keefe * 215 06.6 32,953 49.7 Mullington 320 09.8 5,113 07.7 (exhausted 23 23 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,278 66,343 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Mullington's 5,113 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dale 1,952 38.3 30,206 45.6 O'KEEFE * 3,145 61.7 36,098 54.4 (exhausted 16 39 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,113 66,343 04.4 01.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Neil O'Keefe (born 1947): Elected 1984, 1987 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 24 MARCH 1990 ==================================================================== North-West of Melbourne: Bacchus Marsh, Deer Park, Gisborne, Sunbury -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1987 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 04.4 Effect of 1989 redistribution: 04.7 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 09.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 68,647 -06.3 Votes cast: 65,776 95.8 +00.9 Informal votes: 2,564 03.9 -00.7 Formal votes: 63,212 96.1 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Neil O'Keefe * ALP 27,102 42.9 -11.1 Patrick McCurry AD 9,996 15.8 +08.6 Ian Lindsay Lib 26,114 41.3 +07.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 63,212 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: McCurry's 9,996 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- O'KEEFE * 6,582 66.0 33,684 53.3 Lindsay 3,391 34.0 29,505 46.7 (exhausted 23 23 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,996 63,212 03.3 05.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Neil O'Keefe (born 1947): Elected 1984, 1987, 1990 ------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 MARCH 1993 ==================================================================== North-west of Melbourne: Bacchus Marsh, Deer Park, Gisborne, Sunbury -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1990 two-party majority: ALP over ALP 03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 77,102 +12.3 Votes cast: 74,350 96.4 +00.6 Informal votes: 2,013 02.7 -01.2 Formal votes: 72,337 97.3 +01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Burrowes CTA 1,491 02.1 Neil O'KEEFE * ALP 40,067 55.4 +12.5 Michael Dickens 552 00.8 Iain Ralph AD 3,180 04.4 -11.4 Stephen Mitchell Lib 27,047 37.4 -03.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 72,337 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Dickens's 552 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Burrowes 91 16.6 1,582 02.2 O'KEEFE * 167 30.5 40,234 55.6 Ralph 196 35.8 3,376 04.7 Mitchell 94 17.2 27,141 37.5 (exhausted 4 4 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 552 72,337 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Burrowes's 1,582 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- O'KEEFE * 759 48.6 40,993 56.7 Ralph 304 19.5 3,680 05.1 Mitchell 499 31.9 27,640 38.2 (exhausted 20 24 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,582 72,337 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Ralph's 3,680 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- O'KEEFE * 2,352 64.4 43,345 60.0 Mitchell 1,301 35.6 28,941 40.0 (exhausted 27 51 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,680 72,337 10.0 06.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Neil O'Keefe (born 1947): Elected 1984, 1987, 1990, 1993 Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Transport and Communications 24 March 1993 to 24 December 1993 Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industrial Relations and Transport 24 December 1993 to 25 March 1994 Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Transport from 25 March 1994 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 2 MARCH 1996 ==================================================================== North-west of Melbourne: Bacchus Marsh, Deer Park, Gisborne, Sunbury -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1993 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 10.0 Effect of redistribution: 02.4 shift to Liberal New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 07.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 75,578 -02.0 Votes cast: 72,713 96.2 -00.2 Informal votes: 2,155 03.0 +00.3 Formal votes: 70,558 97.0 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Neil O'KEEFE * ALP 35,949 51.0 -02.0 Anthony Moore Lib 27,122 38.4 -01.4 Victor Kaye AD 6,782 09.6 +05.2 Michael Dickins 705 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 70,558 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Dickins's 705 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- O'KEEFE * 134 19.4 36,083 51.2 Moore 109 15.8 27,231 38.6 Kaye 446 64.7 7,228 10.2 (exhausted 16 16 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 705 70,558 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Kaye's 7,228 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- O'KEEFE * 3,986 57.4 40,069 57.0 Moore 2,960 42.6 30,191 43.0 (exhausted 282 298 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,228 7 0,558 07.0 00.6 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Neil O'Keefe (born 1947): Elected 1984, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1996 Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Transport to 11 March 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 3 OCTOBER 1998 ==================================================================== North-west of Melbourne: Bacchus Marsh, Deer Park, Gisborne, Sunbury -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 07.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 79,448 +05.1 Votes cast: 77,022 96.9 +00.7 Informal votes: 3,988 05.2 +02.2 Formal votes: 73,034 94.8 -02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Neil O'Keefe * ALP 36,516 50.0 -00.9 Rod Hardy 957 01.3 Serge Petrovich Lib 26,317 36.0 -02.4 Paul Fyffe Grn 1,397 01.9 Ngaire Mason 163 00.2 Vaughan Williams AD 4,365 06.0 -03.6 Frank Preston ON 3,319 04.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 73,034 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Mason's 163 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- O'KEEFE * 18 11.0 36,534 50.0 Hardy 20 12.3 977 01.3 Petrovich 23 14.1 26,340 36.1 Fyffe 49 30.1 1,446 02.0 Williams 34 20.9 4,399 06.0 Preston 19 11.7 3,338 04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 163 73,034 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Hardy's 977 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- O'KEEFE * 236 24.2 36,770 50.3 Petrovich 339 34.7 26,679 36.5 Fyffe 155 15.9 1,601 02.2 Williams 153 15.7 4,552 06.2 Preston 94 09.6 3,432 04.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 977 73,034 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Fyffe's 1,601 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- O'KEEFE * 642 40.1 37,412 51.2 Petrovich 241 15.1 26,920 36.9 Williams 637 39.8 5,189 07.1 Preston 81 05.1 3,513 04.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,601 73,034 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Preston's 3,513 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- O'KEEFE * 1,143 32.5 38,555 52.8 Petrovich 973 27.7 27,893 38.2 Williams 1,397 39.8 6,586 09.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,513 73,034 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Williams's 6,586 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- O'KEEFE * 3,519 53.4 42,074 57.6 Petrovich 3,067 46.6 30,960 42.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,586 73,034 07.6 00.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Neil O'Keefe (born 1947): Elected 1984, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1998 O'Keefe retired at the 2001 election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 NOVEMBER 2001 ==================================================================== North-west of Melbourne: Bacchus Marsh, Deer Park, Gisborne, Sunbury -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1998 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 07.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 88,563 +11.5 Votes cast: 85,006 96.0 -00.9 Informal votes: 3,031 03.6 -01.6 Formal votes: 81,975 96.4 +01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Marcus Ward Grn 6,062 07.4 +05.5 Geoff Lutz AD 5,493 06.7 +00.7 Chris Dawe Lib 31,282 38.2 +02.1 Brendan O'Connor + ALP 39,138 47.7 -02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 81,975 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Lutz's 5,493 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ward 2,813 51.2 8,875 10.8 Dawe 1,169 21.3 32,451 39.6 O'Connor + 1,511 27.5 40,649 49.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,493 81,975 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Ward's 8,875 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dawe 4,020 45.3 36,471 44.5 O'CONNOR + 4,855 54.7 45,504 55.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,875 81,975 05.5 02.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brendan Patrick John O'Connor (born 1962):Elected 2001 Born: 2 March 1962, London, Britain Career: Educated Monash University, Harvard University. Assistant National Secretary, Australian Services Union 1993-2001. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Burke was abolished at the 2003 redistribution. O'Connor contested Gorton in 2004. --------------------------------------------------------------------