Electoral results for the district of Syndal

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

Members for Syndal

Member		Party	Term
	Ray Wiltshire	Liberal	1967–1976
	Geoff Coleman	Liberal	1976–1982
	David Gray	Labor	1982–1985
	Geoff Coleman	Liberal	1985–1992

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1988 Victorian state election: Syndal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Geoff Coleman	11,905	46.23	−3.51
	Labor	James Claven	11,241	43.65	−3.76
	Democrats	Martin Maguire	1,575	6.12	+6.12
	Call to Australia	Ronald Marshman	1,032	4.01	+4.01
Total formal votes			25,753	96.54	−0.96
Informal votes			922	3.46	+0.96
Turnout			26,675	93.24	−2.10
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Geoff Coleman	13,044	50.66	−0.69
	Labor	James Claven	12,704	49.34	+0.69
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.69

1985 Victorian state election: Syndal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Geoff Coleman	13,492	49.7	+6.3
	Labor	David Gray	12,862	47.4	+0.8
	Independent	Edward Hawthorn	773	2.9	+2.9
Total formal votes			27,127	97.5
Informal votes			696	2.5
Turnout			27,823	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Geoff Coleman	13,929	51.4	+1.5
	Labor	David Gray	13,198	48.6	−1.5
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+1.5

1982 Victorian state election: Syndal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Gray	13,567	49.3	+4.4
	Liberal	Geoff Coleman	11,153	40.5	−5.9
	Democrats	Fraser Hercus	1,802	6.6	−2.1
	Democratic Labor	Paul Carroll	1,008	3.7	+3.7
Total formal votes			27,530	97.8	+1.0
Informal votes			608	2.2	−1.0
Turnout			28,138	94.6	+0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	David Gray	14,826	53.8	+4.5
	Liberal	Geoff Coleman	12,704	46.2	−4.5
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+4.5

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: Syndal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Geoff Coleman	12,586	46.4	−9.7
	Labor	Russell Oakley	12,183	44.9	+1.0
	Democrats	Christopher Prawdzic	2,354	8.7	+8.7
Total formal votes			27,123	96.8	−0.5
Informal votes			881	3.2	+0.5
Turnout			28,004	94.0	+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Geoff Coleman	13,752	50.7	−5.4
	Labor	Russell Oakley	13,371	49.3	+5.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.4

1976 Victorian state election: Syndal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Geoff Coleman	14,898	56.1	+7.5
	Labor	John Perryman	11,638	43.9	+4.0
Total formal votes			26,536	97.3
Informal votes			748	2.7
Turnout			27,284	93.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.0

1973 Victorian state election: Syndal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ray Wiltshire	20,029	52.3	+5.6
	Labor	Christopher Miller	13,386	35.0	−3.5
	Democratic Labor	Daniel McCabe	2,724	7.2	−7.6
	Australia	Kenneth Mylius	2,135	5.6	+5.6
Total formal votes			38,292	97.9	+0.1
Informal votes			801	2.1	−0.1
Turnout			39,093	94.4	−1.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ray Wiltshire	23,217	60.6	+2.2
	Labor	Christopher Miller	15,075	39.4	−2.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.2

1970 Victorian state election: Syndal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ray Wiltshire	15,341	46.7	−3.3
	Labor	Peter Setford	12,667	38.5	+2.6
	Democratic Labor	Daniel McCabe	4,872	14.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			32,880	97.8	−0.1
Informal votes			731	2.2	+0.1
Turnout			33,611	95.7	+0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ray Wiltshire	19,210	58.4	−3.6
	Labor	Peter Setford	13,670	41.6	+3.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.6

Elections in the 1960s

1967 Victorian state election: Syndal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ray Wiltshire	13,400	50.0	−4.0
	Labor	Robert Fordham	9,634	35.9	+4.2
	Democratic Labor	John Rose	3,761	14.0	−0.4
Total formal votes			26,795	97.9
Informal votes			567	2.1
Turnout			27,362	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ray Wiltshire	16,597	62.0	−4.3
	Labor	Robert Fordham	10,198	38.0	+4.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.3