Electoral results for the district of Gippsland West

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

Members for Gippsland West

First incarnation (1889–1976)
Member		Party	Term
	Arthur Groom	None	1889–1892
	George Turner	None	1892–1900
	Arthur Nichols	Ministerialist/Independent	1900–1902
	John Mackey	Ministerialist	1902–1909
		Commonwealth Liberal	1909–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1924
	Arthur Walter	Country	1924–1929
	Matthew Bennett	Country	1929–1950
	Leslie Cochrane	Country	1950–1970
	Rob Maclellan	Liberal	1970–1976
Second incarnation (1985–2002)
Member		Party	Term
	Alan Brown	Liberal	1985–1996
	Susan Davies	Independent	1997–2002

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

Victorian state election, 1999: Gippsland West^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Gerard McRae	11,502	38.0	-19.8
	Independent	Susan Davies	10,819	35.7	+35.7
	Labor	Pauline Taylor	5,487	18.1	-15.1
	National	Wesley Head	1,973	6.5	+6.5
	Independent	Mike Lowry	385	1.3	-7.7
	Natural Law	Martin Richardson	128	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			30,294	97.4	-0.9
Informal votes			821	2.6	+0.9
Turnout			31,115	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Gerard McRae	17,095	56.4	-6.2
	Labor	Pauline Taylor	13,199	43.6	+6.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Susan Davies	16,360	54.0	+54.0
	Liberal	Gerard McRae	13,934	46.0	-16.6
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing	+54.0

Gippsland West state by-election, 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	M. Coleman	11,214	41.4	-16.4
	Independent	Susan Davies	8,844	32.6	+32.6
	Reform	Ray Mathieson	2,555	9.4	+9.4
	Independent	Mike Lowry	1,867	6.9	-2.1
	Independent	D. Turnbull	1,361	5.0	+5.0
	Shooters	Neville Sayers	1,275	4.7	+4.7
Total formal votes			27,116	97.5	-0.8
Informal votes			708	2.5	+0.8
Turnout			27,824	88.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Susan Davies	13,606	50.3	+50.3
	Liberal	M. Coleman	13,447	49.7	-12.9
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing	+50.3

Victorian state election, 1996: Gippsland West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Alan Brown	16,944	57.7	-7.5
	Labor	Susan Davies	9,755	33.2	+3.7
	Independent	Mike Lowry	2,646	9.0	+9.0
Total formal votes			29,345	98.3	+0.9
Informal votes			513	1.7	-0.9
Turnout			29,858	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alan Brown	18,356	62.6	-5.3
	Labor	Susan Davies	10,956	37.4	+5.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.3

Victorian state election, 1992: Gippsland West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Alan Brown	18,000	65.3	+13.6
	Labor	Anwyn Martin	8,158	29.6	-6.9
	Natural Law	Trevor Witt	1,424	5.2	+5.2
Total formal votes			27,582	97.4	-0.5
Informal votes			738	2.6	+0.5
Turnout			28,320	96.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alan Brown	18,700	67.9	+5.5
	Labor	Anwyn Martin	8,847	32.1	-5.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.5

Elections in the 1980s

Victorian state election, 1988: Gippsland West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Alan Brown	16,670	52.57	+3.28
	Labor	Anwyn Martin	11,539	36.39	+0.47
	National	Philip Westwood	3,500	11.04	-3.75
Total formal votes			31,709	97.65	-0.59
Informal votes			762	2.35	+0.59
Turnout			32,471	93.74	-1.03
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alan Brown	19,832	62.58	+0.48
	Labor	Anwyn Martin	11,859	37.42	-0.48
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.48

Victorian state election, 1985: Gippsland West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Alan Brown	14,561	49.3	-0.8
	Labor	Geoffrey Bull	10,611	35.9	-0.5
	National	William Ronald	4,368	14.8	+11.2
Total formal votes			29,540	98.2
Informal votes			529	1.8
Turnout			30,069	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alan Brown	18,343	62.1	+2.0
	Labor	Geoffrey Bull	11,196	37.9	-2.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.0

Elections in the 1970s

Victorian state election, 1973: Gippsland West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Rob Maclellan	8,780	45.6	+10.8
	Labor	Miles Cahill	5,812	30.2	+0.5
	Country	William Belfrage	2,114	11.0	-13.1
	Democratic Labor	Noel Gleeson	1,285	6.7	-4.7
	Country	Hugh Hendry	1,254	6.5	+6.5
Total formal votes			19,245	97.5	-0.2
Informal votes			485	2.5	+0.2
Turnout			19,730	94.5	-0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Rob Maclellan	13,052	67.8	+15.2
	Labor	Miles Cahill	6,193	32.2	-15.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+15.2

Victorian state election, 1970: Gippsland West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Rob Maclellan	6,066	34.8	+8.4
	Labor	James Hudson	5,162	29.7	+3.9
	Country	Robert Anderson	4,195	24.1	-10.8
	Democratic Labor	Michael Houlihan	1,982	11.4	-0.5
Total formal votes			17,405	97.7	+0.5
Informal votes			407	2.3	-0.5
Turnout			17,812	95.4	-0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Rob Maclellan	9,161	52.6	+16.0
	Labor	James Hudson	8,244	47.4	+47.4
	Liberal gain from Country		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1960s

Victorian state election, 1967: Gippsland West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Leslie Cochrane	5,862	34.9	-0.6
	Liberal	Harry Marson	4,436	26.4	+0.8
	Labor	Alastair MacKillop	4,337	25.8	0.0
	Democratic Labor	Michael Houlihan	2,005	11.9	+0.4
	Independent	Peter Milner	147	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			16,787	97.2
Informal votes			491	2.8
Turnout			17,278	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Leslie Cochrane	11,882	71.0	+9.5
	Labor	Alastair MacKillop	4,905	29.0	+29.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Leslie Cochrane	10,298	61.4	-0.1
	Liberal	Harry Marson	6,489	38.6	+0.1
	Country hold		Swing	-0.1

Victorian state election, 1964: Gippsland West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Leslie Cochrane	8,939	41.8	+2.2
	Liberal and Country	Harry Marson	5,054	23.6	+2.1
	Labor	Donald McLeod	4,814	22.5	-2.7
	Democratic Labor	Kevin Scanlon	2,592	12.1	-1.6
Total formal votes			21,339	98.0	+0.4
Informal votes			442	2.0	-0.4
Turnout			21,841	95.5	+0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Leslie Cochrane	15,691	73.3	-0.3
	Labor	Donald McLeod	5,708	26.7	+0.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Leslie Cochrane	13,813	64.6	-9.0
	Liberal and Country	Harry Marson	7,586	35.4	+35.4
	Country hold		Swing	-9.0

Victorian state election, 1961: Gippsland West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Leslie Cochrane	8,224	39.6	-2.9
	Labor	Daniel Kent	5,237	25.2	-0.8
	Liberal and Country	Toni Garside	4,463	21.5	+1.8
	Democratic Labor	Kevin Scanlon	2,847	13.7	+1.9
Total formal votes			20,771	97.6	-0.9
Informal votes			508	2.4	+0.9
Turnout			21,279	95.1	-0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Leslie Cochrane	15,284	73.6	+3.2
	Labor	Daniel Kent	5,487	26.4	-3.2
	Country hold		Swing	+3.2

Elections in the 1950s

Victorian state election, 1958: Gippsland West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Leslie Cochrane	8,738	42.5
	Labor	James Longstaff	5,340	26.0
	Liberal and Country	James Hosking	4,050	19.7
	Democratic Labor	Kevin Scanlon	2,437	11.8
Total formal votes			20,585	98.5
Informal votes			309	1.5
Turnout			20,894	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Leslie Cochrane	14,502	70.4
	Labor	James Longstaff	6,083	29.6
	Country hold		Swing

Victorian state election, 1955: Gippsland West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Leslie Cochrane	12,419	58.9
	Liberal and Country	Colin Ferres	6,938	32.9
	Communist	Walter Doig	1,716	8.2
Total formal votes			21,073	97.4
Informal votes			552	2.6
Turnout			21,625	94.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Leslie Cochrane	13,277	63.0
	Liberal and Country	Colin Ferres	7,796	37.0
	Country hold		Swing

Victorian state election, 1952: Gippsland West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Leslie Cochrane	6,989	45.3	+3.6
	Labor	Thomas Holland	5,574	36.2	+36.2
	Liberal and Country	Mac Steward	2,857	18.5	-22.6
Total formal votes			15,420	98.6	+0.9
Informal votes			215	1.4	-0.9
Turnout			15,635	94.2	+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Leslie Cochrane	9,293	60.3	+6.9
	Labor	Thomas Holland	6,127	39.7	+39.7
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Victorian state election, 1950: Gippsland West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Leslie Cochrane	6,137	41.8	-4.7
	Liberal and Country	Basil Morris	6,047	41.1	+12.8
	Independent	Mac Steward	2,517	17.1	+17.1
Total formal votes			14,701	97.7	-1.5
Informal votes			349	2.3	+1.5
Turnout			15,050	93.9	+0.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Leslie Cochrane	7,844	53.4	-3.4
	Liberal and Country	Basil Morris	6,857	46.6	+3.4
	Country hold		Swing	-3.4

References

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