Electoral results for the North Eastern Province (Victoria)

This is a list of electoral results for the North Eastern Province in Victorian state elections.

Members for North Eastern Province

	Party	Year		Party
Robert Anderson		1882	Patrick Hanna		John Wallace
Frederick Brown		1883
		1884
		1886
		1888	John Turner
		1888	James Butters
		1890	James Butters
		1892	Arthur Sachse
		1892
		1894
		1896
		1898
		1900
		1901			William Orr
		1902
Willis Little		1903
		1904
		1907
		1910
		1913
William Kendell	Non-Labor	1916
	Non-Labor	1916
	Nationalist	1917		Nationalist
		1919		Nationalist
		1920	John Harris	Country
		1922
Albert Zwar	Country	1922
		1925
		1928
		1931
		1934
Percival Inchbold	Country	1935
	Country	1937
	Liberal Country	1938
	Liberal Country	1940
	Country	1943
		1946	Ivan Swinburne	Country
		1949
		1952
Keith Bradbury	Country	1953
		1955
		1958
		1961
		1964
		1967
		1970
		1973
		1976	David Evans	National
Bill Baxter	National	1978
		1979
		1982
Bill Baxter	National	1985
		1985
		1988
		1992
		1996	Jeanette Powell	National
		1999	Jeanette Powell	National
		2002	Wendy Lovell	Liberal

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

2002 Victorian state election: North Eastern Province^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wendy Lovell	41,725	33.3	+32.4
	Labor	Jackie Crothers	40,279	32.2	−3.4
	National	Kerrin Chambers	30,134	24.1	−31.4
	Greens	Carol Kunert	7,243	5.8	+5.8
	Democrats	Leanne Pleash	3,465	2.8	−5.2
	Christian Democrats	Phil Seymour	2,332	1.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			125,178	95.7	−1.2
Informal votes			5,576	4.3	+1.2
Turnout			130,754	93.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Wendy Lovell	73,538	58.7	+58.7
	Labor	Jackie Crothers	51,640	41.3	+1.4
	Liberal gain from National		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1990s

1999 Victorian state election: North Eastern Province^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Bill Baxter	70,020	56.4	+19.4
	Labor	Linda Davis	43,958	35.4	+9.8
	Democrats	Benjamin Lee	10,148	8.2	+4.2
Total formal votes			124,126	97.0	−0.8
Informal votes			3,889	3.0	+0.8
Turnout			128,015	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Bill Baxter	74,727	60.2	−9.1
	Labor	Linda Davis	49,395	39.8	+9.1
	National hold		Swing	−9.1

1996 Victorian state election: North Eastern Province^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Jeanette Powell	45,776	37.0	−31.3
	Liberal	Glen Nichols	40,020	32.4	+32.4
	Labor	Rachelle Valente	31,629	25.6	−1.0
	Democrats	John Clarke	4,862	3.9	+3.9
	Democratic Labor	Gavan Grimes	1,364	1.1	−4.0
Total formal votes			123,651	97.7	+0.7
Informal votes			2,854	2.3	−0.7
Turnout			126,505	94.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Jeanette Powell	76,220	61.8	−9.2
	Liberal	Glen Nichols	47,027	38.2	+38.2
	National hold		Swing	N/A

1992 Victorian state election: North Eastern Province^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Bill Baxter	80,883	68.3	+20.4
	Labor	Ewan Paterson	31,526	26.6	−0.7
	Democratic Labor	Pauline MacGibbon	6,041	5.1	+5.1
Total formal votes			118,450	97.0	−0.5
Informal votes			3,638	3.0	+0.5
Turnout			122,088	95.5
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Bill Baxter	84,065	71.0	−0.2
	Labor	Ewan Paterson	34,378	29.0	+0.2
	National hold		Swing	−0.2

Elections in the 1980s

1988 Victorian state election: North Eastern Province^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	David Evans	55,467	47.8	−3.2
	Labor	Ewan Paterson	31,793	27.4	+2.7
	Liberal	Ian Cumming	28,799	24.8	+3.4
Total formal votes			116,059	97.6	−0.1
Informal votes			2,854	2.4	+0.1
Turnout			118,913	93.0	−0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	National	David Evans	82,492	71.1	+2.3
	Labor	Ewan Paterson	33,559	28.9	−2.3
	National hold		Swing	+2.3

1985 Victorian state election: North Eastern Province^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Bill Baxter	56,159	51.0
	Labor	Ewan Paterson	27,239	24.7
	Liberal	Stephen Blair	23,557	21.4
	Independent	Michael Else	3,143	2.9
Total formal votes			110,098	97.7
Informal votes			2,624	2.3
Turnout			112,722	93.4
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Bill Baxter	75,747	68.8	0.0
	Labor	Ewan Paterson	34,351	31.2	0.0
	National hold		Swing	0.0

1985 North Eastern Province state by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Bill Baxter	48,720	61.4	+19.6
	Liberal	Stephen Blair	30,581	38.6	+12.4
Total formal votes			79,301	89.5	−8.0
Informal votes			9,318	10.5	+8.0
Turnout			88,619	85.0	−9.1
	National hold		Swing	N/A

This by-election was caused by the resignation of Bill Baxter, who unsuccessfully contested the 1984 federal election for the Division of Indi. Baxter returned to state politics to re-contest his seat at the by-election.

1982 Victorian state election: North Eastern Province^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	David Evans	37,096	42.0	+1.2
	Labor	Nicola Paola	26,280	29.8	+5.5
	Liberal	Robert Crosby	23,116	26.2	−3.1
	Independent	Brian Lumsden	1,786	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			88,278	97.5	+1.3
Informal votes			2,291	2.5	−1.3
Turnout			90,569	94.1	−0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	National	David Evans	59,871	67.8	+3.2
	Labor	Nicola Paola	28,407	32.2	+32.2
	National hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: North Eastern Province^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Bill Baxter	33,686	40.8	−12.7
	Liberal	Bill Hunter	24,157	29.3	+6.8
	Labor	Nicholas Paola	20,090	24.3	+0.3
	Democrats	Diane Teasdale	4,594	5.6	+5.6
Total formal votes			82,527	96.2	−1.1
Informal votes			3,218	3.8	+1.1
Turnout			85,745	94.5	+0.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Bill Baxter	53,334	64.6
	Liberal	Bill Hunter	29,193	35.4
	National hold		Swing

1978 North Eastern Province state by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Bill Baxter	26,255	44.3	−9.2
	Liberal	John Dennett	15,023	25.3	+2.8
	Labor	Nicola Paola	14,589	24.6	+0.6
	Democratic Labor	Christopher Cody	3,425	5.8	+5.8
Total formal votes			59,292	98.0	+0.7
Informal votes			1,187	2.0	−0.7
Turnout			60,369	87.5	−6.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Bill Baxter	41,321	69.7	−2.9
	Liberal	John Dennett	17,961	30.3	+30.3
	National hold		Swing	N/A

This by-election was caused by the resignation of Keith Bradbury.

1976 Victorian state election: North Eastern Province^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	National	David Evans	41,836	53.5
	Labor	Lewis Lee	18,782	24.0
	Liberal	George Ikinger	17,638	22.5
Total formal votes			78,256	97.3
Informal votes			2,208	2.7
Turnout			80,464	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	National	David Evans		72.6
	Labor	Lewis Gee		27.4
	National hold		Swing

Two party preferred vote was estimated.

1973 Victorian state election: North Eastern Province^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Keith Bradbury	26,331	47.7	+4.9
	Labor	Edwin Ure	14,469	26.2	+1.0
	Liberal	George Ikinger	9,929	18.0	−2.7
	Democratic Labor	Maurice Smith	4,444	8.0	−4.4
Total formal votes			55,173	97.0	+0.6
Informal votes			1,710	3.0	−0.6
Turnout			56,883	94.2	−0.9
After distribution of preferences
	Country	Keith Bradbury	29,718	53.9
	Labor	Edwin Ure	14,932	27.1
	Liberal	George Ikinger	10,523	19.1
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

1970 Victorian state election: North Eastern Province^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Ivan Swinburne	21,704	42.8	−30.1
	Labor	Colin Sutherland	12,718	25.2	+25.2
	Liberal	George Ikinger	10,421	20.7	+6.2
	Democratic Labor	Johannes Van Der Horst	5,587	12.4	−0.2
Total formal votes			50,430	96.4	−0.7
Informal votes			1,863	3.6	+0.7
Turnout			52,293	95.1	−0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Ivan Swinburne	34,544	68.5
	Liberal	George Ikinger	15,886	31.5
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1960s

1967 Victorian state election: North-Eastern Province^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Keith Bradbury	36,001	72.9
	Liberal	George Ikinger	7,140	14.5
	Democratic Labor	William Findlay	6,225	12.6
Total formal votes			47,750	97.1
Informal votes			1,456	2.9
Turnout			50,822	95.3
	Country hold		Swing

Preferences were not distributed.

1964 Victorian state election: North-Eastern Province^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Ivan Swinburne	29,478	53.1	+7.2
	Liberal and Country	James Shannon	10,704	22.4	+6.6
	Democratic Labor	Michael Smyth	7,568	15.9	+1.8
Total formal votes			47,750	97.3	−0.1
Informal votes			1,309	2.7	+0.1
Turnout			49,059	94.8	−0.3
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

1961 Victorian state election: North Eastern Province^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Keith Bradbury	21,469	45.9	−54.1
	Labor	Lorne Collins	11,308	24.2	+24.2
	Liberal and Country	Jim Plowman	7,412	15.8	+15.8
	Democratic Labor	Arthur White	6,593	14.1	+14.1
Total formal votes			46,782	97.4
Informal votes			1,263	2.6
Turnout			48,045	95.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Keith Bradbury	25,141	53.7	−46.3
	Liberal and Country	Jim Plowman	21,641	46.3	+46.3
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1950s

1958 Victorian Legislative Council election: North Eastern Province^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Ivan Swinburne	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

References

^ Green, Antony. "2002 Victorian state election" (PDF).
^ Green, Antony. "1999 Victorian state election" (PDF).
^ Green, Antony. "1996 Victorian state election" (PDF).
^ Green, Antony. "1992 Victorian state election" (PDF).
^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1988". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1985". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1982". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1979". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1976". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1973". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1970". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1967". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1964". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1961". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1958". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 12 October 2020.

[1] Green, Antony. "2002 Victorian state election" (PDF).

[2] Green, Antony. "1999 Victorian state election" (PDF).

[3] Green, Antony. "1996 Victorian state election" (PDF).

[4] Green, Antony. "1992 Victorian state election" (PDF).

[5] Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1988". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 12 October 2020.

[6] Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1985". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 12 October 2020.

[7] Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1982". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 12 October 2020.

[8] Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1979". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 12 October 2020.

[9] Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1976". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 12 October 2020.

[10] Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1973". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 12 October 2020.

[11] Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1970". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 12 October 2020.

[12] Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1967". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 12 October 2020.

[13] Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1964". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 12 October 2020.

[14] Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1961". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 12 October 2020.

[15] Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1958". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 12 October 2020.

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