Electoral results for the district of Wantirna

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

Members for Wantirna

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Member Party Term
  Geoff Hayes Liberal Party 1976-1982
  Don Saltmarsh Liberal Party 1982-1985
  Carolyn Hirsh Labor Party 1985-1992
  Kim Wells Liberal Party 1992-2002

Election results

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Elections in the 1990s

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1999 Victorian state election: Wantirna[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Kim Wells 21,579 61.9 -0.3
Labor Chrys Abraham 13,301 38.1 +2.3
Total formal votes 34,880 97.4 −0.6
Informal votes 931 2.6 +0.6
Turnout 35,811 94.3
Liberal hold Swing -1.2
1996 Victorian state election: Wantirna
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Kim Wells 19,930 62.2 +2.8
Labor Peter Bertolus 11,491 35.8 +4.6
Natural Law Terrie Caven 645 2.0 +2.0
Total formal votes 32,066 98.0 +1.5
Informal votes 665 2.0 −1.5
Turnout 32,731 93.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Kim Wells 20,240 63.1 -1.0
Labor Peter Bertolus 11,814 36.9 +1.0
Liberal hold Swing -1.0
1992 Victorian state election: Wantirna
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Kim Wells 17,683 59.4 +11.4
Labor Peter Lockwood 9,313 31.3 -17.8
Independent John Le Fevre 2,789 9.4 +9.4
Total formal votes 29,784 96.5 0.0
Informal votes 1,076 3.5 0.0
Turnout 30,860 96.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Kim Wells 19,046 64.1 +14.2
Labor Peter Lockwood 10,653 35.9 -14.2
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +14.2

Elections in the 1980s

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1988 Victorian state election: Wantirna
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Carolyn Hirsh 14,696 51.70 -3.56
Liberal Rob Llewellyn 12,585 44.27 -0.47
Call to Australia John Taylor 1,144 4.02 +4.02
Total formal votes 28,425 96.72 −0.62
Informal votes 965 3.28 +0.62
Turnout 29,390 94.67 −0.69
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Carolyn Hirsh 15,048 52.94 -2.32
Liberal Rob Llewellyn 13,374 47.06 +2.32
Labor hold Swing -2.32
1985 Victorian state election: Wantirna
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Carolyn Hirsh 14,624 55.3 +3.1
Liberal Karen Dettmann 11,838 44.7 +5.5
Total formal votes 26,462 97.3
Informal votes 724 2.7
Turnout 27,186 95.4
Labor hold Swing -2.1
1982 Victorian state election: Wantirna
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Don Saltmarsh 18,899 46.5 -5.9
Labor Carolyn Hirsh 17,922 44.1 +8.5
Democrats Colin Styring 3,783 9.3 -1.3
Total formal votes 40,604 98.3 +0.4
Informal votes 698 1.7 −0.4
Turnout 41,302 94.7 +0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Don Saltmarsh 20,653 50.8 -6.8
Labor Carolyn Hirsh 19,971 49.2 +6.8
Liberal hold Swing -6.8

Elections in the 1970s

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1979 Victorian state election: Wantirna
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Geoff Hayes 17,840 52.4 -8.5
Labor Jeffrey Kaufman 12,131 35.6 +2.0
Democrats Colin Styring 3,602 10.6 +10.6
Australia John Benigno 482 1.4 +1.4
Total formal votes 34,055 97.9 −0.4
Informal votes 714 2.1 +0.4
Turnout 34,769 94.0 +1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Geoff Hayes 19,618 57.6 -8.2
Labor Jeffrey Kaufman 14,437 42.4 +8.2
Liberal hold Swing -8.2
1976 Victorian state election: Wantirna
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Geoff Hayes 16,600 60.9 +7.3
Labor Christopher Miller 9,170 33.6 -0.8
Democratic Labor Clement Elliot 1,491 5.5 +0.5
Total formal votes 27,261 98.3
Informal votes 475 1.7
Turnout 27,736 93.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Geoff Hayes 17,942 65.8 +4.1
Labor Christopher Miller 9,319 34.2 -4.1
Liberal hold Swing +4.1

References

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  1. ^ Green, Antony. "1999 Victorian State Election Results" (PDF). ABC.