Electoral results for the district of Sunshine

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

Members for Sunshine

First incarnation (1945-1955)
Member		Party	Term
	Ernie Shepherd	Australian Labor Party	1945–1955
Second incarnation (1967-2002)
	Denis Lovegrove	Australian Labor Party	1967–1973
	Bill Fogarty	Australian Labor Party	1973–1988
	Ian Baker	Australian Labor Party	1988–1999
	Telmo Languiller	Australian Labor Party	1999–2002

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

Victorian state election, 1999: Sunshine^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Telmo Languiller	19,826	58.8	-8.8
	Liberal	Simon Morgan	9,100	27.0	-2.7
	Independent	Ian Baker	4,780	14.2	+14.2
Total formal votes			33,706	94.4	-0.8
Informal votes			1,987	5.6	+0.8
Turnout			35,693	92.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Telmo Languiller	23,643	70.1	+1.0
	Liberal	Simon Morgan	10,062	29.9	-1.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.0

Victorian state election, 1996: Sunshine

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ian Baker	22,038	67.6	+9.0
	Liberal	Mark Forytarz	9,665	29.7	+0.9
	Natural Law	Paul Treacy	876	2.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			32,579	95.2	+3.0
Informal votes			1,637	4.8	-3.0
Turnout			34,216	92.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ian Baker	22,499	69.1	+5.8
	Liberal	Mark Forytarz	10,064	30.9	-5.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.8

Victorian state election, 1992: Sunshine

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ian Baker	17,918	58.7	-2.3
	Liberal	Bernard Reilly	8,795	28.8	+0.9
	Independent	Marion Martin	1,628	5.3	+5.3
	Independent	Charles Skidmore	1,507	4.9	+4.9
	Independent	Z. A. Derwinski	684	2.2	+2.2
Total formal votes			30,532	92.2	+1.7
Informal votes			2,583	7.8	-1.7
Turnout			33,115	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ian Baker	19,296	63.3	-1.7
	Liberal	Bernard Reilly	11,172	36.7	+1.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.7

Elections in the 1980s

Victorian state election, 1988: Sunshine

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ian Baker	16,285	66.40	-4.67
	Liberal	Julie Reid	6,423	26.19	-2.74
	Independent	Alan Finch	1,817	7.41	+7.41
Total formal votes			24,525	92.39	-3.15
Informal votes			2,020	7.61	+3.15
Turnout			26,545	90.71	-1.65
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ian Baker	17,513	71.49	+0.42
	Liberal	Julie Reid	6,984	28.51	-0.42
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.42

Victorian state election, 1985: Sunshine

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bill Fogarty	19,032	71.1	-3.2
	Liberal	Aldous Hicks	7,748	28.9	+6.8
Total formal votes			26,780	95.5
Informal votes			1,251	4.5
Turnout			28,031	92.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.1

Victorian state election, 1982: Sunshine

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bill Fogarty	19,848	72.7	+0.6
	Liberal	Mario De Bono	6,113	22.4	-0.9
	Democrats	Algimantas Kacinskas	1,351	5.0	+0.4
Total formal votes			27,312	94.9	+0.6
Informal votes			1,474	5.1	-0.6
Turnout			28,786	94.8	0.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Fogarty	20,625	75.5	+1.0
	Liberal	Mario De Bono	6,687	24.5	-1.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.0

Elections in the 1970s

Victorian state election, 1979: Sunshine

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bill Fogarty	19,188	72.1	+7.9
	Liberal	Andreas Zafiropoulos	6,198	23.3	-1.9
	Democrats	Algimantas Kacinskas	1,232	4.6	+4.6
Total formal votes			26,618	94.3	-1.0
Informal votes			1,620	5.7	+1.0
Turnout			28,238	94.8	+2.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Fogarty	19,832	74.5	+2.9
	Liberal	Andreas Zafiropoulos	6,786	25.5	-2.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.9

Victorian state election, 1976: Sunshine

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bill Fogarty	16,715	64.2	-0.2
	Liberal	David More	6,563	25.2	+0.6
	Independent	Charles Skidmore	2,771	10.6	+10.6
Total formal votes			26,049	95.3
Informal votes			1,282	4.7
Turnout			27,331	91.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Fogarty	18,651	71.6	+5.9
	Liberal	David More	7,398	28.4	-5.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.9

Victorian state election, 1973: Sunshine

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bill Fogarty	15,362	62.1	+1.3
	Liberal	Ian Ryan	6,311	25.5	+2.9
	Democratic Labor	Mary Barnes	3,065	12.4	-4.2
Total formal votes			24,738	95.5	+0.6
Informal votes			1,177	4.5	-0.6
Turnout			25,915	93.7	-2.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Fogarty	15,821	64.0	+0.7
	Liberal	Ian Ryan	8,917	36.0	-0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.7

Victorian state election, 1970: Sunshine

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Denis Lovegrove	13,976	60.8	+2.5
	Liberal	Vaclav Ubl	5,202	22.6	+1.2
	Democratic Labor	Robert Charles	3,808	16.6	+0.1
Total formal votes			22,986	94.9	-0.1
Informal votes			1,241	5.1	+0.1
Turnout			24,227	94.8	+1.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Denis Lovegrove	14,548	63.3	+0.6
	Liberal	Vaclav Ubl	8,438	36.7	-0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.6

Elections in the 1960s

Victorian state election, 1967: Sunshine

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Denis Lovegrove	13,223	58.3	-6.3
	Liberal	Peter Ross	4,863	21.4	+2.5
	Democratic Labor	Robert Charles	3,728	16.4	-0.2
	Independent	Roy Hartley	854	3.8	+3.8
Total formal votes			22,668	95.0
Informal votes			1,199	5.0
Turnout			23,867	93.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Denis Lovegrove	14,209	62.7	-4.2
	Liberal	Peter Ross	8,459	37.3	+4.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.2

Elections in the 1950s

Victorian state election, 1952: Sunshine

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ernie Shepherd	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Victorian state election, 1950: Sunshine

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ernie Shepherd	20,369	77.8	+8.8
	Liberal and Country	Marguerite James	5,823	22.2	-8.8
Total formal votes			26,192	99.0	0.0
Informal votes			258	1.0	0.0
Turnout			26,450	95.1	+0.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.8

References

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