Electoral results for the district of Kew

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

Members for Kew

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Image Member Party Term Notes
    Wilfrid Kent Hughes
(1895–1970)
Nationalist 9 April 1927 –
1931
Served as minister under McPherson and Argyle.
Served as Deputy Premier under Argyle and Hollway. Retired.
Later held the federal seat of Chisholm and served as minister under Menzies.[1]
  United Australia 1931–1945
  Liberal / LCP 1945 –
31 October 1949
    Arthur Rylah
(1909–1974)
LCP / Liberal 17 December 1949 –
5 March 1971
Served as Deputy Premier under Bolte. Retired.[2]
    Dick Hamer
(1916–2004)
Liberal 17 April 1971 –
17 July 1981
Previously a member of the Victorian Legislative Council.
Served as minister under Bolte.
Served as Premier from 1972 to 1981. Retired.[3]
    Prue Sibree
(1946–)
Liberal 15 August 1981 –
19 March 1988
Retired.[4]
    Jan Wade
(1937–)
Liberal 19 March 1988 –
17 September 1999
Served as minister under Kennett. Retired.[5]
    Andrew McIntosh
(1955–)
Liberal 18 September 1999 –
29 November 2014
Served as minister under Baillieu and Napthine. Resigned.[6]
    Tim Smith
(1983–)
Liberal 29 November 2014 –
26 November 2022
Retired.[7]
    Jess Wilson
(1990–)
Liberal 26 November 2022 –
present
Incumbent.

Election results

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Elections in the 2020s

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2022 Victorian state election: Kew[8][9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jess Wilson 19,321 44.3 −5.0
Labor Lucy Skelton 9,896 22.7 −8.8
Independent Sophie Torney 9,200 21.1 +21.1
Greens Jackie Carter 3,612 8.3 −6.9
Family First Ann Seeley 751 1.7 +1.7
Animal Justice Ruby Schofield 507 1.2 −0.9
Independent Finlay Davis 158 0.4 +0.4
Independent Kym Sullivan 147 0.3 +0.3
Total formal votes 43,592 97.0 +1.1
Informal votes 1,367 3.0 −1.1
Turnout 44,959 90.1 −2.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jess Wilson 23,529 54.0 −0.7
Labor Lucy Skelton 20,063 46.0 +0.7
Liberal hold Swing –0.7

Elections in the 2010s

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2018 Victorian state election: Kew[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Tim Smith 19,098 49.26 −7.93
Labor Marg D'Arcy 11,960 30.85 +4.35
Greens Alex Marks 5,961 15.38 −0.94
Animal Justice Bronwyn Gardiner 915 2.36 +2.36
Sustainable Australia Paul Scaturchio 835 2.15 +2.15
Total formal votes 38,769 95.91 +0.02
Informal votes 1,655 4.09 −0.02
Turnout 40,424 91.33 −2.35
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Tim Smith 21,231 54.78 −5.87
Labor Marg D'Arcy 17,528 45.22 +5.87
Liberal hold Swing −5.87
2014 Victorian state election: Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Tim Smith 22,552 57.2 −3.4
Labor James Gaffey 10,448 26.5 +3.2
Greens Lynn Frankes 6,433 16.3 +1.9
Total formal votes 39,433 95.9 −0.8
Informal votes 1,691 4.1 +0.8
Turnout 41,124 93.7 +1.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Tim Smith 23,899 60.6 −5.0
Labor James Gaffey 15,510 39.4 +5.0
Liberal hold Swing −5.0
2010 Victorian state election: Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Andrew McIntosh 19,878 60.09 +6.35
Labor Kate Jackson 7,750 23.43 −3.96
Greens Emma Henley 4,879 14.75 −1.34
Family First Timothy Hunter 576 1.74 −0.21
Total formal votes 33,083 96.65 −0.64
Informal votes 1,145 3.35 +0.64
Turnout 34,228 92.75 +1.12
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Andrew McIntosh 21,560 65.19 +5.63
Labor Kate Jackson 11,512 34.81 −5.63
Liberal hold Swing +5.63

Elections in the 2000s

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2006 Victorian state election: Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Andrew McIntosh 17,269 53.7 +4.2
Labor Maree Williams 8,801 27.4 −3.7
Greens Emma Henley 5,170 16.1 −1.3
Family First Wallis Pattinsonn 628 2.0 +2.0
Independent John Dobinson 267 0.8 +0.8
Total formal votes 32,135 97.3 +0.1
Informal votes 896 2.7 −0.1
Turnout 33,031 91.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Andrew McIntosh 19,131 59.6 +3.6
Labor Maree Williams 12,990 40.4 −3.6
Liberal hold Swing +3.6
2002 Victorian state election: Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Andrew McIntosh 15,807 49.5 −12.2
Labor Maree Williams 9,926 31.1 −2.8
Greens Cheryl Clark 5,543 17.4 +17.4
Democrats Mary Dettman 638 2.0 +2.0
Total formal votes 31,914 97.2 −0.4
Informal votes 930 2.8 +0.4
Turnout 32,844 92.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Andrew McIntosh 17,865 56.0 −7.8
Labor Maree Williams 14,049 44.0 +7.8
Liberal hold Swing −7.8

Elections in the 1990s

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1999 Victorian state election: Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Andrew McIntosh 19,594 61.8 −1.9
Labor Jonathan Lewes 10,751 33.9 +1.1
Hope Peter Hale 1,380 4.3 +4.3
Total formal votes 31,725 97.6 −0.6
Informal votes 795 2.4 +0.6
Turnout 32,520 91.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Andrew McIntosh 20,247 63.8 −1.2
Labor Jonathan Lewes 11,478 36.2 +1.2
Liberal hold Swing −1.2
1996 Victorian state election: Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jan Wade 19,946 63.7 −4.2
Labor Bill Elms 10,275 32.8 +9.2
Natural Law Gabrielle Dewan 1,101 3.5 +3.5
Total formal votes 31,322 98.2 +1.2
Informal votes 587 1.8 −1.2
Turnout 31,909 93.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jan Wade 20,339 65.0 −6.5
Labor Bill Elms 10,949 35.0 +6.5
Liberal hold Swing −6.5
1992 Victorian state election: Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jan Wade 20,484 67.9 +5.6
Labor Wayne Clarke 7,115 23.6 −14.2
Independent Jonathan Shepherd 2,570 8.5 +8.5
Total formal votes 30,169 97.0 +0.3
Informal votes 946 3.0 −0.3
Turnout 31,115 94.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jan Wade 21,553 71.5 +9.3
Labor Wayne Clarke 8,578 28.5 −9.3
Liberal hold Swing +9.3

Elections in the 1980s

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1988 Victorian state election: Kew[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jan Wade 15,715 61.00 +0.80
Labor Tim Muffet 10,048 39.00 −0.80
Total formal votes 25,763 96.51 −0.58
Informal votes 932 3.49 +0.58
Turnout 26,695 90.37 −1.54
Liberal hold Swing +0.80
1988 Kew state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jan Wade 12,824 54.56 −5.64
Labor Tim Muffet 4,897 20.84 −18.96
Democrats Sonia O'Brien 4,607 19.60 +19.60
Democratic Labor Mark Beshara 798 3.40 +3.40
Independent Bill Thiele 377 1.60 +1.60
Total formal votes 23,503 97.16
Informal votes 686 2.84
Turnout 24,189 81.40
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jan Wade 65.4 +5.2
Labor Tim Muffet 34.6 −5.2
Liberal hold Swing +5.2
1985 Victorian state election: Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Prue Sibree 16,403 60.2 +4.4
Labor Annamaria Dierer 10,843 39.8 +5.8
Total formal votes 27,246 97.1
Informal votes 818 2.9
Turnout 28,064 91.9
Liberal hold Swing −0.3
1982 Victorian state election: Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Prue Sibree 14,123 55.8 +1.4
Labor George Theodoridis 8,615 34.0 +2.7
Democrats Veronica Lysaght 2,569 10.2 +2.9
Total formal votes 25,307 98.1 +0.4
Informal votes 499 1.9 −0.4
Turnout 25,806 92.7 +1.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Prue Sibree 15,215 60.1 −1.1
Labor George Theodoridis 10,092 39.9 +1.1
Liberal hold Swing −1.1
1981 Kew state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Prue Sibree 9,877 49.5 −4.9
Labor Iain Messer 5,998 30.1 −1.2
Democrats Veronica Lysaght 2,327 11.7 +4.4
Democratic Labor Daniel Condon 1,277 6.4 −0.7
Independent Peter Allan 323 1.6 +1.6
Independent Kevin Tehan 154 0.8 +0.8
Total formal votes 19,956 97.4 −0.3
Informal votes 533 2.6 +0.3
Turnout 20,489 71.2 −20.0
After distribution of preferences
Liberal Prue Sibree 10,211 51.2 N/A
Labor Iain Messer 6,145 30.8 N/A
Democrats Veronica Lysaght 3,600 18.0 N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1970s

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1979 Victorian state election: Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rupert Hamer 14,096 54.4 −3.3
Labor Wesley Blackmore 8,102 31.3 +5.1
Democrats Keith Bruckner 1,894 7.3 +7.3
Democratic Labor Standish Keon 1,827 7.1 +2.9
Total formal votes 25,919 97.7 −0.4
Informal votes 597 2.3 +0.4
Turnout 26,516 91.2 −0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Rupert Hamer 15,875 61.2 −8.8
Labor Wesley Blackmore 10,044 38.8 +8.8
Liberal hold Swing −8.8
1976 Victorian state election: Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rupert Hamer 15,379 57.7 −6.0
Labor Gary Jungwirth 6,997 26.2 −1.7
Independent Charles Barrington 1,713 6.4 +6.4
Independent Margaret Tighe 1,455 5.5 +5.5
Democratic Labor Francis Duffy 1,121 4.2 −4.1
Total formal votes 26,665 98.1
Informal votes 516 1.9
Turnout 27,181 91.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Rupert Hamer 18,670 70.0 −1.1
Labor Gary Jungwirth 7,995 30.0 +1.1
Liberal hold Swing −1.1
1973 Victorian state election: Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rupert Hamer 16,018 64.7 +23.0
Labor James Hilson 6,603 26.7 +0.9
Democratic Labor Francis Duffy 2,148 8.7 −5.1
Total formal votes 24,769 98.0 +1.2
Informal votes 494 2.0 −1.2
Turnout 25,263 90.3 −2.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Rupert Hamer 17,844 72.0 +12.6
Labor James Hilson 6,925 28.0 −12.6
Liberal hold Swing +12.6
1971 Kew state by-election[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rupert Hamer 13,422 64.8 +23.1
Labor Rosslyn Ives 6,325 30.5 +4.7
Independent L R Hull 968 4.7 +4.7
Total formal votes 20,715 97.7 +0.5
Informal votes 497 2.3 −0.5
Turnout 21,212 82.8 −10.2
Liberal hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed as Hamer won with an absolute majority of votes (50% of votes).
1970 Victorian state election: Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Arthur Rylah 9,692 41.7 −12.9
Labor Rosslyn Ives 5,987 25.8 −1.1
Democratic Labor Francis Duffy 3,212 13.8 −4.7
Independent Bertram Wainer 2,624 11.3 +11.3
Independent Dorothy Buchanan 1,727 7.4 +7.4
Total formal votes 23,242 96.8 −0.4
Informal votes 756 3.2 +0.4
Turnout 23,998 93.0 −0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Arthur Rylah 13,808 59.4 −10.9
Labor Rosslyn Ives 9,434 40.6 +10.9
Liberal hold Swing −10.9

Elections in the 1960s

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1967 Victorian state election: Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Arthur Rylah 12,712 54.6 −3.3
Labor Eric Sibly 6,261 26.9 +0.6
Democratic Labor Francis Duffy 4,305 18.5 +2.7
Total formal votes 23,278 97.2
Informal votes 664 2.8
Turnout 23,942 93.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Arthur Rylah 16,372 70.3 −1.1
Labor Eric Sibly 6,906 29.7 +1.1
Liberal hold Swing −1.1
1964 Victorian state election: Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Arthur Rylah 11,319 59.3 −0.2
Labor William Cooper 4,785 25.1 +2.3
Democratic Labor Francis Duffy 2,991 15.7 −0.2
Total formal votes 19,095 98.1 +0.5
Informal votes 378 1.9 −0.5
Turnout 19,473 91.0 −0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Arthur Rylah 13,861 72.6 −0.6
Labor William Cooper 5,234 27.4 +0.6
Liberal and Country hold Swing −0.6
1961 Victorian state election: Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Arthur Rylah 11,452 59.5 −3.1
Labor William Cooper 4,384 22.8 +3.3
Democratic Labor Francis Duffy 3,068 15.9 +0.2
Communist Eric Thornton 357 1.8 −0.4
Total formal votes 19,261 97.6 −0.5
Informal votes 466 2.4 +0.5
Turnout 19,727 91.9 −0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Arthur Rylah 14,096 73.2 −3.0
Labor William Cooper 5,165 26.8 +3.0
Liberal and Country hold Swing −3.0

Elections in the 1950s

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1958 Victorian state election: Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Arthur Rylah 12,375 62.6
Labor Kevin Lynch 3,845 19.5
Democratic Labor John Buchanan 3,108 15.7
Communist Ralph Gibson 425 2.2
Total formal votes 19,753 98.1
Informal votes 372 1.9
Turnout 20,125 92.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Arthur Rylah 15,058 76.2
Labor Kevin Lynch 4,695 23.8
Liberal and Country hold Swing
1955 Victorian state election: Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Arthur Rylah 14,152 71.6
Labor Norman Williams 4,883 24.7
Communist Ralph Gibson 731 3.7
Total formal votes 19,766 98.0
Informal votes 401 2.0
Turnout 20,167 91.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Arthur Rylah 14,225 72.0
Labor Norman Williams 5,541 28.0
Liberal and Country hold Swing
1952 Victorian state election: Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Arthur Rylah 7,780 37.4 −62.6
Labor Norman Williams 6,696 32.2 +32.2
Electoral Reform John Eddy 6,303 30.3 +30.3
Total formal votes 20,779 98.0
Informal votes 418 2.0
Turnout 21,197 93.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Arthur Rylah 13,076 62.9 −37.1
Labor Norman Williams 7,703 37.1 +37.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing N/A
1950 Victorian state election: Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Arthur Rylah unopposed
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

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1949 Kew state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Arthur Rylah 14,480 74.8 +3.7
Independent Thomas Fynmore 4,888 25.2 +25.2
Total formal votes 19,368 95.5 −3.6
Informal votes 912 4.5 +3.6
Turnout 20,280 83.6 −6.4
Liberal and Country hold Swing N/A
1947 Victorian state election: Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Wilfrid Kent Hughes 16,528 71.2 −28.8
Labor Rupert Purchase 6,694 28.8 +28.8
Total formal votes 23,222 99.1
Informal votes 204 0.9
Turnout 23,426 90.0
Liberal hold Swing N/A
1945 Victorian state election: Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Wilfrid Kent Hughes unopposed
Liberal hold Swing
1943 Victorian state election: Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Wilfrid Kent Hughes unopposed
United Australia hold Swing
1940 Victorian state election: Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Wilfrid Hughes 18,496 68.0 −0.1
Labor Arthur Kyle 8,716 32.0 +0.1
Total formal votes 27,212 98.8 0.0
Informal votes 321 1.2 0.0
Turnout 27,533 92.8 +0.8
United Australia hold Swing −0.1

Elections in the 1930s

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1937 Victorian state election: Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Wilfrid Hughes 17,053 68.1 +2.2
Labor Arthur Kyle 8,002 31.9 −2.2
Total formal votes 25,055 98.8 +0.1
Informal votes 315 1.2 −0.1
Turnout 25,370 92.0 −1.5
United Australia hold Swing +2.2
1935 Victorian state election: Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Wilfrid Hughes 15,641 65.9 −11.4
Labor Thomas Botsman 8,090 34.1 +11.4
Total formal votes 23,731 98.7 −0.2
Informal votes 305 1.3 +0.2
Turnout 24,036 93.5 +1.4
United Australia hold Swing −11.4
1932 Victorian state election: Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Kent Hughes 17,566 77.3 +15.3
Labor Thomas Mottram 5,148 22.7 −8.8
Total formal votes 22,714 98.9 +0.3
Informal votes 263 1.1 −0.3
Turnout 22,977 92.1 −1.2
United Australia hold Swing +11.6

Elections in the 1920s

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1929 Victorian state election: Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Kent Hughes 13,551 62.0 +29.7
Labor Cyril Murphy 6,889 31.5 +6.7
Independent Constantine Crowley 1,399 6.4 +6.4
Total formal votes 21,839 98.6 +1.0
Informal votes 304 1.4 −1.0
Turnout 22,143 93.3 +0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Kent Hughes 65.7 +21.5
Labor Cyril Murphy 34.3 +34.3
Nationalist gain from Ind. Nationalist Swing N/A
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.
1927 Victorian state election: Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Edward Reynolds 6,346 32.3
Labor Frederick Riley 4,877 24.8
Independent Wilfred Hughes 4,727 24.1
Australian Liberal William Clark 3,696 18.8
Total formal votes 19,646 97.6
Informal votes 475 2.4
Turnout 20,121 93.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Wilfred Hughes 10,964 55.8
Nationalist Edward Reynolds 8,682 44.2
Independent gain from Nationalist Swing

References

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