Electoral results for the district of Mentone

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

Members for Mentone

1988 Victorian state election: Mentone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Spyker	12,971	48.58	−3.39
	Liberal	Maxwell Read	11,976	44.85	−3.18
	Democrats	Sarah Austin	1,240	4.64	+4.64
	Independent	John Murray	515	1.93	+1.93
Total formal votes			26,702	97.00	−0.43
Informal votes			825	3.00	+0.43
Turnout			27,527	93.02	−0.66
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Spyker	13,989	52.40	+0.43
	Liberal	Maxwell Read	12,707	47.60	−0.43
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.43

1985 Victorian state election: Mentone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Spyker	14,406	52.0	+0.1
	Liberal	Bill Templeton	13,315	48.0	−4.9
Total formal votes			27,721	97.4
Informal votes			731	2.6
Turnout			28,452	93.7
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	−1.7

After the redistribution, Mentone became a notional Labor seat. Sitting Liberal member Bill Templeton did not manage to win it back.

1982 Victorian state election: Mentone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Templeton	13,480	51.2	−0.2
	Labor	David Tindal	12,855	48.8	+6.2
Total formal votes			26,335	97.9	+0.1
Informal votes			557	2.1	−0.1
Turnout			26,892	94.1	+1.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.3

1979 Victorian state election: Mentone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Templeton	13,491	51.4	−4.5
	Labor	Barry Hirt	11,190	42.6	+4.7
	Democratic Labor	Desmond Burke	1,589	6.0	−0.2
Total formal votes			26,270	97.8	−0.4
Informal votes			590	2.2	+0.4
Turnout			26,860	93.0	+0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Templeton	14,851	56.5	−4.4
	Labor	Barry Hirt	11,419	43.5	+4.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.4

1976 Victorian state election: Mentone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Templeton	14,777	55.9	+6.6
	Labor	Barry Hirt	10,021	37.9	−3.6
	Democratic Labor	Desmond Burke	1,650	6.2	−0.7
Total formal votes			26,448	98.2
Informal votes			490	1.8
Turnout			26,938	92.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Templeton	16,097	60.9	+4.8
	Labor	Barry Hirt	10,351	39.1	−4.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.8

1973 Victorian state election: Mentone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Templeton	12,633	46.0	+4.7
	Labor	Ian Cathie	12,189	44.4	+0.8
	Democratic Labor	Daniel Condon	1,699	6.2	−8.9
	Defence of Government Schools	Ian Black	946	3.4	+3.4
Total formal votes			27,467	97.8	+0.1
Informal votes			621	2.2	−0.1
Turnout			28,088	92.7	−1.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Templeton	14,345	52.2	−3.0
	Labor	Ian Cathie	13,122	47.8	+3.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.0

1970 Victorian state election: Mentone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Henry Woodley	10,772	43.6	+2.0
	Liberal	Bill Templeton	10,207	41.3	−0.6
	Democratic Labor	Kathleen Andrews	3,730	15.1	+1.2
Total formal votes			24,709	97.7	+0.4
Informal votes			593	2.3	−0.4
Turnout			25,302	94.0	−0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Templeton	13,631	55.2	−0.1
	Labor	Henry Woodley	11,078	44.8	+0.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.1

1967 Victorian state election: Mentone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Templeton	9,691	41.9	+4.3
	Labor	Nola Barber	9,612	41.6	−6.5
	Democratic Labor	George White	3,212	13.9	−0.4
	Independent	Clifford Baragwanath	612	2.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			23,127	97.3
Informal votes			635	2.7
Turnout			23,762	94.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Templeton	12,789	55.3	+4.6
	Labor	Nola Barber	10,338	44.7	−4.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.6

1964 Victorian state election: Mentone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harold Blair	11,643	44.8	+3.4
	Liberal and Country	Edward Meagher	10,689	41.2	−0.1
	Democratic Labor	George White	3,635	14.0	−3.3
Total formal votes			25,967	98.4	+0.3
Informal votes			430	1.6	−0.3
Turnout			26,397	94.1	−0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Edward Meagher	14,006	53.9	−3.4
	Labor	Harold Blair	11,961	46.1	+3.4
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−3.4

1961 Victorian state election: Mentone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Nola Barber	10,019	41.4	+1.6
	Liberal and Country	Edward Meagher	10,010	41.3	−2.2
	Democratic Labor	George White	4,190	17.3	+0.6
Total formal votes			24,219	98.1	−0.3
Informal votes			475	1.9	+0.3
Turnout			24,694	94.4	−0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Edward Meagher	13,870	57.3	+0.2
	Labor	Nola Barber	10,349	42.7	−0.2
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+0.2

1958 Victorian state election: Mentone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal and Country	Edward Meagher	9,596	43.5
	Labor	Alfred O'Connor	8,776	39.8
	Democratic Labor	George White	3,687	16.7
Total formal votes			22,059	98.4
Informal votes			364	1.6
Turnout			22,423	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Edward Meagher	12,601	57.1
	Labor	Alfred O'Connor	9,458	42.9
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

1955 Victorian state election: Mentone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal and Country	Edward Meagher	10,198	42.8
	Labor	Alfred O'Connor	8,259	34.7
	Labor (A-C)	George White	5,356	22.5
Total formal votes			23,813	98.0
Informal votes			475	2.0
Turnout			24,288	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Edward Meagher	13,982	58.7
	Labor	Alfred O'Connor	9,431	41.3
	Liberal and Country gain from Labor		Swing

1952 Victorian state election: Mentone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George White	20,870	62.5	+11.4
	Liberal and Country	Charles Bridgford	12,538	37.5	−11.4
Total formal votes			33,408	98.6	−0.7
Informal votes			467	1.4	+0.7
Turnout			33,875	94.0	−0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+11.4

1950 Victorian state election: Mentone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George White	15,046	51.4	+4.0
	Liberal and Country	Harry Drew	14,231	48.6	−4.0
Total formal votes			29,277	99.3	0.0
Informal votes			218	0.7	0.0
Turnout			29,495	94.5	+0.4
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	+4.0

1947 Victorian state election: Mentone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harry Drew	13,940	52.6	+16.9
	Labor	George White	12,549	47.4	−2.5
Total formal votes			26,489	99.3	+0.9
Informal votes			192	0.7	−0.9
Turnout			26,681	94.1	+5.3
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+6.5

1945 Victorian state election: Mentone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	George White	10,768	49.9
	Liberal	John Warren	7,708	35.7
	Independent	Robert Roberts	3,095	14.4
Total formal votes			21,571	98.4
Informal votes			346	1.6
Turnout			21,917	88.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	George White	11,633	53.9
	Liberal	John Warren	9,938	46.1
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing