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Electoral results for the district of Benambra

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

Members for Benambra

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Member Party Term
  Peter Wright Liberal 1877–1880
  Peter Wallace Conservative 1880–1886
  Peter Wright Liberal 1886–1889
  Albert Craven Conservative 1889–1913
  Conservative Liberal
  Comm Liberal
  John Leckie Comm Liberal 1913–1917
  Henry Beardmore Economy 1917–1918
  Nationalist 1917–1931
  United Australia 1931–1932
  Roy Paton Country 1932–1947
  Thomas Mitchell Country 1947–1976
  National
  Lou Lieberman Liberal 1976–1992
  Tony Plowman Liberal 1992–2006
  Bill Tilley Liberal 2006–present

Election results

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Elections in the 2020s

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2022 Victorian state election: Benambra[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bill Tilley 17,658 42.9 +2.8
Independent Jacqui Hawkins 13,038 31.7 +15.6
Labor Mark Tait 5,375 13.1 −4.6
Greens Luke Brady 1,592 3.9 +0.4
Animal Justice Mike Fuery 1,170 2.8 +2.8
Family First Janelle Stratton 815 2.0 +2.0
Liberal Democrats Dean Rossiter 804 2.0 +2.0
Freedom Adrian James O'Brien 683 1.7 +1.7
Total formal votes 41,135 95.1 +0.5
Informal votes 2,099 4.9 −0.5
Turnout 43,234 86.4 +0.5
Notional two-party-preferred count
Liberal Bill Tilley 26,021 63.3 +3.9
Labor Mark Tait 15,114 36.7 −3.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Bill Tilley 20,956 50.9 −1.7
Independent Jacqui Hawkins 20,179 49.1 +1.7
Liberal hold Swing −1.7

Elections in the 2010s

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2018 Victorian state election: Benambra[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bill Tilley 16,515 39.86 −14.75
Labor Mark Tait 7,467 18.02 −13.25
Independent Jacqui Hawkins 6,687 16.14 +16.14
Independent Jenny O'Connor 5,427 13.10 +13.10
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Josh Knight 3,774 9.11 +9.11
Greens John Bardsley 1,565 3.78 −5.31
Total formal votes 41,435 94.66 −0.80
Informal votes 2,336 5.34 +0.80
Turnout 43,771 89.70 −3.17
Notional two-party-preferred count
Liberal Bill Tilley 24,393 58.91 −0.76
Labor Mark Tait 17,013 41.09 +0.76
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Bill Tilley 21,732 52.45 −7.23
Independent Jacqui Hawkins 19,703 47.55 +47.55
Liberal hold Swing N/A
2014 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bill Tilley 21,430 54.6 +6.0
Labor Jennifer Podesta 12,273 31.3 +7.7
Greens Richard Wellard 3,568 9.1 −1.7
Country Alliance Philip Rourke 1,973 5.0 −1.9
Total formal votes 39,244 95.5 −0.3
Informal votes 1,863 4.5 +0.3
Turnout 41,107 92.9 +0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bill Tilley 23,452 59.7 −6.3
Labor Jennifer Podesta 15,848 40.3 +6.3
Liberal hold Swing −6.3
2010 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bill Tilley 18,424 55.86 +17.24
Labor John Williams 7,537 22.85 −10.12
Greens Jennifer O'Connor 3,658 11.09 +4.38
Country Alliance Haden Macaulay 2,241 6.79 +6.79
Family First Robert Cavedon 1,125 3.41 +0.73
Total formal votes 32,985 95.80 −0.87
Informal votes 1,447 4.20 +0.87
Turnout 34,432 92.45 +0.17
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bill Tilley 21,909 66.48 +8.77
Labor John Williams 11,045 33.52 −8.77
Liberal hold Swing +8.77

Elections in the 2000s

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2006 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bill Tilley 12,135 38.6 −1.5
Labor Lisa Mahood 10,358 33.0 −5.1
National Bill Baxter 5,680 18.1 +5.5
Greens Helen Judith Robinson 2,109 6.7 −0.3
Family First Martin Corboy 842 2.7 +2.7
Independent Shane Pearce 296 0.9 +0.9
Total formal votes 31,420 96.7 +0.2
Informal votes 1,083 3.3 −0.2
Turnout 32,503 92.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bill Tilley 18,132 57.7 +3.7
Labor Lisa Mahood 13,288 42.3 −3.7
Liberal hold Swing +3.7
2002 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Tony Plowman 12,179 40.1 −17.4
Labor Barb Murdoch 11,558 38.1 −4.4
National Geoff Reid 3,818 12.6 +12.6
Greens Helen Lucas 2,111 7.0 +7.0
Christian Democrats Hannah Seymour 684 2.3 +2.3
Total formal votes 30,350 96.4 −0.6
Informal votes 1,119 3.6 +0.6
Turnout 31,469 92.2 +0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Tony Plowman 16,397 54.0 −3.5
Labor Barb Murdoch 13,953 46.0 +3.5
Liberal hold Swing −3.5

Elections in the 1990s

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1999 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Tony Plowman 18,016 57.1 −7.8
Labor Barb Murdoch 13,561 42.9 +7.8
Total formal votes 31,577 97.1 −0.9
Informal votes 931 2.9 +0.9
Turnout 32,508 91.9 −1.4
Liberal hold Swing −7.8
1996 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Tony Plowman 19,452 62.9 +18.5
Labor Michael Deuis 10,234 33.1 +4.4
Natural Law Roslyn Johnson 1,261 4.1 +4.1
Total formal votes 30,947 98.0 +1.1
Informal votes 627 2.0 −1.1
Turnout 31,574 93.3 −1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Tony Plowman 20,085 64.9 +0.2
Labor Michael Deuis 10,859 35.1 −0.2
Liberal hold Swing +0.2
1992 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Tony Plowman 12,737 44.3 −11.5
Labor Phil Burrows 8,251 28.7 +2.5
Independent Nelson McIntosh 5,105 17.8 +17.8
Independent Kevin Smith 1,760 6.1 +6.1
Independent Rosslyn Murtagh 893 3.1 +3.1
Total formal votes 28,746 96.9 −0.7
Informal votes 924 3.1 +0.7
Turnout 29,670 94.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Tony Plowman 18,572 64.7 −7.1
Labor Phil Burrows 10,113 35.3 +7.1
Liberal hold Swing −7.1

Elections in the 1980s

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1988 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Lou Lieberman 16,424 56.54 −13.02
Labor Julie Nelson 7,670 26.40 −4.04
National Judith Brewer 4,955 17.06 +17.06
Total formal votes 29,049 97.66 −0.38
Informal votes 696 2.34 +0.38
Turnout 29,745 90.87 −0.38
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Lou Lieberman 20,788 71.59 +2.03
Labor Julie Nelson 8,250 28.41 −2.03
Liberal hold Swing +2.03
1985 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Lou Lieberman 18,525 69.6 +11.3
Labor Virginia Coghill 8,105 30.4 −2.0
Total formal votes 26,630 98.0
Informal votes 533 2.0
Turnout 27,163 91.3
Liberal hold Swing +3.1
1982 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Lou Lieberman 15,413 56.7 +4.2
Labor Joe Murphy 8,679 32.0 +7.8
National Charles Ross 3,071 11.3 −8.2
Total formal votes 27,163 97.7 +0.3
Informal votes 643 2.3 −0.3
Turnout 27,806 92.2 −0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Lou Lieberman 18,177 66.9 −2.2
Labor Joe Murphy 8,986 33.1 +2.2
Liberal hold Swing −2.2

Elections in the 1970s

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1979 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Lou Lieberman 13,382 52.5 +26.5
Labor Max Edgar 6,164 24.2 +0.2
National John Bidgood 4,966 19.5 −17.1
Independent Dudley Schubert 959 3.8 +3.8
Total formal votes 25,501 97.3 −0.5
Informal votes 693 2.7 +0.5
Turnout 26,164 92.9 +0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Lou Lieberman 17,626 69.1 −0.7
Labor Max Edgar 7,875 30.9 +0.7
Liberal hold Swing −0.7
1976 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Bill Baxter 8,581 36.6 −6.2
Liberal Lou Lieberman 6,107 26.0 +4.0
Labor Ken Coghill 5,632 24.0 −3.9
Independent Robert Wiltshire 2,729 11.6 +11.6
Democratic Labor Kevin Redfern 420 1.8 −5.4
Total formal votes 23,469 97.8
Informal votes 530 2.2
Turnout 23,999 92.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Lou Lieberman 12,167 51.8 +51.8
National Bill Baxter 11,302 48.2 −21.7
Liberal gain from National Swing N/A
1973 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Tom Mitchell 9,462 49.4 +2.1
Labor Ian Thomas 5,525 28.8 +3.7
Liberal Henry Petty 2,748 14.3 +3.7
Democratic Labor James Osmotherly 1,435 7.5 −2.8
Total formal votes 19,170 97.3 +1.0
Informal votes 528 2.7 −1.0
Turnout 19,698 94.4 −0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Country Tom Mitchell 13,305 69.4 −1.4
Labor Ian Thomas 5,865 30.6 +1.4
Country hold Swing −1.4
1970 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Tom Mitchell 8,233 47.3 −7.4
Labor Edwin Ure 4,365 25.1 +5.0
Liberal Robert Prior 1,849 10.6 −2.0
Democratic Labor Francis Keenan 1,803 10.4 −2.2
Independent John Hicks 1,164 6.7 +6.7
Total formal votes 17,414 96.3 −1.1
Informal votes 663 3.7 +1.1
Turnout 18,077 95.1 −0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Country Tom Mitchell 12,334 70.8 −6.0
Labor Edwin Ure 5,080 29.2 +6.0
Country hold Swing −6.0

Elections in the 1960s

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1967 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Tom Mitchell 9,440 54.7 +4.9
Labor Anthony Lamb 3,469 20.1 −2.1
Liberal Henry Petty 2,177 12.6 −2.0
Democratic Labor Francis Keenan 2,169 12.6 −0.8
Total formal votes 17,255 97.4
Informal votes 467 2.6
Turnout 17,722 95.4
Two-party-preferred result
Country Tom Mitchell 13,242 76.8 +1.6
Labor Anthony Lamb 4,013 23.2 −1.6
Country hold Swing +1.6
1964 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Tom Mitchell 11,140 50.4 −0.3
Labor Edwin Ure 4,646 21.0 −2.0
Democratic Labor John Drummond 3,228 14.6 −1.5
Liberal and Country Ronald Petty 3,101 14.0 +3.8
Total formal votes 22,115 97.9 −0.1
Informal votes 478 2.1 +0.1
Turnout 22,593 94.6 −0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Country Tom Mitchell 16,677 75.4 +1.8
Labor Edwin Ure 5,438 24.6 −1.8
Country hold Swing +1.8
1961 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Tom Mitchell 10,835 50.7 +0.6
Labor Reginald Mortimer 4,920 23.0 +2.3
Democratic Labor William Findlay 3,445 16.1 0.0
Liberal and Country Robert Kilpatrick 2,171 10.2 −2.8
Total formal votes 21,371 98.0 −0.7
Informal votes 435 2.0 +0.7
Turnout 21,806 94.7 +0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Country Tom Mitchell 15,718 73.6 −2.0
Labor Reginald Mortimer 5,653 26.4 +2.0
Country hold Swing −2.0

Elections in the 1950s

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1958 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Tom Mitchell 10,087 50.1
Labor Francis Taylor 4,172 20.7
Democratic Labor Henry Richards 3,247 16.1
Liberal and Country James Shannon 2,612 13.0
Total formal votes 20,118 98.7
Informal votes 258 1.3
Turnout 20,376 94.2
Two-party-preferred result
Country Tom Mitchell 15,197 75.6
Labor Francis Taylor 4,921 24.4
Country hold Swing
1955 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Tom Mitchell 7,595 40.3
Liberal and Country Norman Attree 4,734 25.1
Labor (A-C) William Findlay 4,140 22.0
Independent James Prendergast 2,383 12.7
Total formal votes 18,852 98.3
Informal votes 329 1.7
Turnout 19,181 93.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Tom Mitchell 9,803 52.0
Liberal and Country Norman Attree 9,049 48.0
Country hold Swing
1952 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Tom Mitchell 7,241 57.3 −16.7
Labor Geoffrey Holland 5,386 42.7 +42.7
Total formal votes 12,627 98.9 +1.0
Informal votes 139 1.1 −1.0
Turnout 12,766 90.9 −1.3
Country hold Swing N/A
1950 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Tom Mitchell 9,050 74.0 −26.0
Liberal and Country James Ronan 3,187 26.0 +26.0
Total formal votes 12,237 97.9
Informal votes 264 2.1
Turnout 12,501 92.2
Country hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1940s

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1947 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Tom Mitchell unopposed
Country hold Swing N/A
1947 Benambra state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Tom Mitchell 6,477 58.6 +1.9
Labor Frank Andrews 4,569 41.4 −1.9
Total formal votes 11,046 99.5 +0.2
Informal votes 54 0.5 −0.2
Turnout 11,100 88.4 +2.5
Country hold Swing +1.9
1945 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Roy Paton 5,949 56.7
Labor Charles Pollard 4,537 43.3
Total formal votes 10,486 99.3
Informal votes 78 0.7
Turnout 10,564 85.9
Country hold Swing
1943 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Roy Paton 5,481 68.9 −31.1
Independent Francis Andrews 2,470 31.1 +31.1
Total formal votes 7,951 98.7
Informal votes 102 1.3
Turnout 8,053 84.7
Country hold Swing N/A
1940 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Roy Paton unopposed
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

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1937 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Roy Paton 5,072 60.4 +7.6
United Australia Thomas Mitchell 3,329 39.6 −7.6
Total formal votes 8,401 99.3 +0.9
Informal votes 61 0.7 −0.9
Turnout 8,462 94.5 +0.8
Country hold Swing +7.6
1935 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Roy Paton 4,397 52.8 +52.8
United Australia Tom Mitchell 3,928 47.2 −52.8
Total formal votes 8,325 98.4
Informal votes 133 1.6
Turnout 8,458 93.7
Country hold Swing N/A
1932 Benambra state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John McKenzie-McHarg 2,977 36.4
Country Roy Paton 2,635 32.2
United Australia Andrew Harris 2,567 31.4
Total formal votes 8,179 99.2
Informal votes 66 0.8
Turnout 8,245 86.6
Two-party-preferred result
Country Roy Paton 4,956 60.6
Labor John McKenzie-McHarg 3,223 39.4
Country gain from United Australia Swing N/A
1932 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Henry Beardmore unopposed
United Australia hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

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1929 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Henry Beardmore unopposed
Nationalist hold Swing N/A
1927 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Henry Beardmore unopposed
Nationalist hold Swing
1924 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Henry Beardmore 2,714 74.8 −25.2
Country John Hall 914 25.2 +25.2
Total formal votes 3,627 99.3
Informal votes 27 0.7
Turnout 3,654 54.5
Nationalist hold Swing N/A
1921 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Henry Beardmore unopposed
Nationalist hold Swing
1920 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Henry Beardmore 2,928 86.5 +37.5
Ind. Nationalist Edward Clutterbuck 455 13.5 +13.5
Total formal votes 3,383 91.4 −5.2
Informal votes 320 8.6 +5.2
Turnout 3,703 56.0 +4.8
Nationalist hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

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1917 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Henry Beardmore 1,626 49.0
Nationalist Leslie Sambell 1,065 32.1
Nationalist George Jephcott 630 19.0
Total formal votes 3,321 96.6 −1.6
Informal votes 116 3.4 +1.6
Turnout 3,437 51.2 −10.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
Nationalist Henry Beardmore 2,100 63.2
Nationalist Leslie Sambell 1,221 36.8
Nationalist hold Swing N/A
1917 Benambra state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Leslie Sambell 1,117 34.0 N/A
Nationalist David Langlands 752 22.9 N/A
Nationalist Henry Beardmore 715 21.8 N/A
Nationalist George Jephcott 705 21.5 N/A
Total formal votes 3,289 97.1 −1.1
Informal votes 98 2.9 +1.1
Turnout 3,387 47.3 −14.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
Nationalist Henry Beardmore 1,779 54.1
Nationalist Leslie Sambell 1,506 45.9
Nationalist hold Swing N/A
1914 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Leckie 2,183 50.2 −11.9
Labor John Ross 1,668 38.3 +0.5
Independent Jorgen Petersen 500 11.5 +11.5
Total formal votes 4,351 98.2 0.0
Informal votes 82 1.8 0.0
Turnout 4,433 61.6 −7.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Leckie 60.6 −1.5
Labor John Ross 39.4 +1.5
Liberal hold Swing −1.5
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.
1911 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Albert Craven 2,790 62.1 +3.2
Labor Abraham Wright 1,699 37.8 −3.2
Total formal votes 4,489 98.2 −1.4
Informal votes 82 1.8 +1.4
Turnout 4,571 69.1 +12.3
Liberal hold Swing +3.2

References

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  • "Benambra District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  1. ^ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  2. ^ Benambra District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  3. ^ State Election 2018: Benambra District, VEC.