Electoral results for the district of Bendigo West
Appearance
This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Bendigo West in Victorian state elections.
Members for Bendigo West
[edit]First incarnation (1904–1927) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
David Smith | Labor | 1904–1914 | |
Independent | 1914–1917 | ||
National Labor | 1917–1920 | ||
Nationalist | 1920–1924 | ||
Arthur Cook | Labor | 1924–1927 | |
Second incarnation (1985–present) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
David Kennedy | Labor | 1985–1992 | |
Max Turner | Liberal | 1992–1996 | |
Bob Cameron | Labor | 1996–2010 | |
Maree Edwards | Labor | 2010–present |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Maree Edwards | 18,704 | 46.47 | −7.01 | |
Liberal | Ken Price | 10,057 | 24.99 | −2.10 | |
Greens | James Searle | 4,634 | 11.51 | −1.54 | |
Legalise Cannabis | Wayne Taylor | 2,175 | 5.40 | +5.40 | |
Family First | Steve Serpell | 1,704 | 4.23 | +4.23 | |
Animal Justice | Victoria Maxwell | 1,040 | 2.58 | −3.80 | |
Independent | Matt Bansemer | 979 | 2.43 | +2.43 | |
Freedom | Richard James Woolley | 606 | 1.51 | +1.51 | |
Independent | Marilyn Nuske | 349 | 0.87 | +0.87 | |
Total formal votes | 40,248 | 94.47 | −0.69 | ||
Informal votes | 2,401 | 5.63 | +0.69 | ||
Turnout | 42,649 | 89.21 | −1.95 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Maree Edwards | 25,967 | 64.35 | −4.20 | |
Liberal | Ken Price | 14,388 | 35.65 | +4.20 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −4.20 |
Elections in the 2010s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Maree Edwards | 20,979 | 53.5 | +5.6 | |
Liberal | Kevin Finn | 10,636 | 27.1 | −5.2 | |
Greens | Laurie Whelan | 5,116 | 13.0 | +1.2 | |
Animal Justice | Marilyn Nuske | 2,501 | 6.4 | +6.4 | |
Total formal votes | 39,232 | 95.0 | −0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 2,041 | 5.0 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 41,273 | 91.1 | −2.7 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Maree Edwards | 26,883 | 68.5 | +6.3 | |
Liberal | Kevin Finn | 12,339 | 31.5 | −6.3 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +6.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Maree Edwards | 18,247 | 47.9 | +8.2 | |
Liberal | Michael Langdon | 12,328 | 32.3 | +12.4 | |
Greens | John Brownstein | 4,482 | 11.8 | +1.0 | |
Family First | Amanda Moskalewicz | 1,311 | 3.4 | +1.6 | |
Country Alliance | Elise Chapman | 1,071 | 2.8 | −0.8 | |
Rise Up Australia | Sandra Caddy | 692 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Total formal votes | 38,131 | 95.6 | +1.0 | ||
Informal votes | 1,753 | 4.4 | −1.0 | ||
Turnout | 39,884 | 93.8 | +2.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Maree Edwards | 23,702 | 62.2 | +4.0 | |
Liberal | Michael Langdon | 14,419 | 37.8 | −4.0 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +4.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Maree Edwards | 14,431 | 39.34 | −9.12 | |
National | Steven Oliver | 7,965 | 21.71 | +15.41 | |
Liberal | Anita Donlon | 7,343 | 20.02 | −9.16 | |
Greens | Sue-Ellen Radford | 3,999 | 10.90 | −0.07 | |
Country Alliance | Trevor Phillips | 1,328 | 3.62 | +3.62 | |
Family First | Frances Wintle | 671 | 1.83 | −3.25 | |
Democratic Labor | Sandra Caddy | 584 | 1.59 | +1.59 | |
Christian Democrats | Anne Foster | 361 | 0.98 | +0.98 | |
Total formal votes | 36,682 | 94.52 | −1.63 | ||
Informal votes | 2,127 | 5.48 | +1.63 | ||
Turnout | 38,809 | 93.11 | +0.22 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Maree Edwards | 19,417 | 52.93 | −7.63 | |
National | Steven Oliver | 17,265 | 47.07 | +47.07 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −7.63 |
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Bob Cameron | 17,120 | 48.46 | −7.97 | |
Liberal | Bruce McClure | 10,310 | 29.18 | +6.14 | |
Greens | Sue-Ellen Radford | 3,877 | 10.97 | +0.79 | |
National | Glenn Murrells | 2,227 | 6.30 | −3.88 | |
Family First | Rachel Harrison | 1,796 | 5.08 | +5.08 | |
Total formal votes | 35,330 | 96.15 | −1.39 | ||
Informal votes | 1,413 | 3.85 | +1.39 | ||
Turnout | 36,743 | 92.89 | −1.05 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bob Cameron | 21,447 | 60.56 | −5.38 | |
Liberal | Bruce McClure | 13,965 | 39.44 | +5.38 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −5.38 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Bob Cameron | 19,865 | 56.43 | +0.04 | |
Liberal | Geoff Austerberry | 8,112 | 23.04 | −12.92 | |
National | Robin Taylor | 3,642 | 10.35 | +10.35 | |
Greens | Doug Ralph | 3,583 | 10.18 | +5.90 | |
Total formal votes | 35,202 | 97.54 | −0.53 | ||
Informal votes | 888 | 2.46 | +0.53 | ||
Turnout | 36,090 | 93.94 | −0.86 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bob Cameron | 23,203 | 65.94 | +4.68 | |
Liberal | Geoff Austerberry | 11,986 | 34.06 | −4.68 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +4.68 |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Bob Cameron | 18,315 | 56.4 | +12.7 | |
Liberal | Felix Cappy | 11,679 | 36.0 | −7.0 | |
Greens | Anne Hall | 1,391 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
Independent | Alan Howard | 1,092 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
Total formal votes | 32,477 | 98.1 | −0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 638 | 1.9 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 33,115 | 94.8 | −0.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bob Cameron | 19,893 | 61.3 | +9.6 | |
Liberal | Felix Cappy | 12,582 | 38.7 | −9.6 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +9.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Bob Cameron | 13,849 | 43.7 | −1.8 | |
Liberal | Max Turner | 13,632 | 43.0 | +7.3 | |
Independent | Willi Carney | 1,936 | 6.1 | +6.1 | |
Independent | Karen Brown | 1,153 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
Shooters | Tom Comini | 974 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
Natural Law | Robert Freethy | 152 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Total formal votes | 31,696 | 98.5 | +0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 491 | 1.5 | −0.7 | ||
Turnout | 32,187 | 94.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bob Cameron | 16,371 | 51.7 | +2.8 | |
Liberal | Max Turner | 15,281 | 48.3 | −2.8 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +2.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | David Kennedy | 13,763 | 45.5 | −0.1 | |
Liberal | Max Turner | 10,788 | 35.7 | +5.3 | |
National | Tony Southcombe | 3,995 | 13.2 | −1.2 | |
Independent | Brian Keogh | 1,683 | 5.6 | +5.6 | |
Total formal votes | 30,229 | 97.7 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 703 | 2.3 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 30,932 | 96.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Max Turner | 15,433 | 51.1 | +2.7 | |
Labor | David Kennedy | 14,760 | 48.9 | −2.7 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +2.7 |
Elections in the 1980s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | David Kennedy | 13,881 | 44.97 | −8.75 | |
Liberal | William Maltby | 9,534 | 30.89 | −1.20 | |
National | Peter McNaught | 4,549 | 14.74 | +0.55 | |
Democrats | Peter Shaw-Truex | 1,138 | 3.69 | +3.69 | |
Independent | Harold Hall | 891 | 2.89 | +2.89 | |
Call to Australia | Graeme Furlong | 876 | 2.84 | +2.84 | |
Total formal votes | 30,869 | 97.39 | −0.86 | ||
Informal votes | 828 | 2.61 | +0.86 | ||
Turnout | 31,697 | 94.15 | −0.80 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | David Kennedy | 15,697 | 50.88 | −4.80 | |
Liberal | William Maltby | 15,155 | 49.12 | +4.80 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −4.80 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | David Kennedy | 15,687 | 53.7 | +4.0 | |
Liberal | Alexander Sandner | 9,371 | 32.1 | −6.0 | |
National | Reginald Holt | 4,142 | 14.2 | +9.2 | |
Total formal votes | 29,200 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 520 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 29,720 | 95.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | David Kennedy | 16,264 | 55.7 | +1.0 | |
Liberal | Alexander Sandner | 12,936 | 44.3 | −1.0 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +1.0 |
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Arthur Cook | 3,425 | 51.3 | +3.9 | |
Nationalist | Edwin Ham | 3,247 | 48.7 | −3.9 | |
Total formal votes | 6,672 | 99.1 | −0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 58 | 0.9 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,730 | 74.6 | +8.5 | ||
Labor gain from Nationalist | Swing | +3.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nationalist | David Smith | 3,259 | 52.6 | +14.1 | |
Labor | Thomas Jude | 2,937 | 47.4 | +10.5 | |
Total formal votes | 6,196 | 99.5 | +4.2 | ||
Informal votes | 34 | 0.5 | −4.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,230 | 66.1 | −5.6 | ||
Nationalist hold | Swing | +1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nationalist | David Smith | 2,408 | 38.4 | −21.4 | |
Labor | Thomas Jude | 2,322 | 37.1 | −3.1 | |
Independent | David Andrew | 1,537 | 24.5 | +24.5 | |
Total formal votes | 6,267 | 95.3 | −2.4 | ||
Informal votes | 308 | 4.7 | +2.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,575 | 71.7 | +11.4 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Nationalist | David Smith | 3,173 | 50.9 | −8.9 | |
Labor | Thomas Jude | 3,058 | 49.1 | +8.9 | |
Nationalist hold | Swing | −8.9 |
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National Labor | David Smith | 3,344 | 59.8 | +26.7 | |
Labor | Arthur Cook | 2,244 | 40.2 | +16.9 | |
Total formal votes | 5,588 | 97.2 | −0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 161 | 2.8 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,749 | 60.3 | −4.4 | ||
National Labor gain from Independent | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | David Andrew | 2,879 | 43.5 | −5.2 | |
Independent | David Smith | 2,190 | 33.1 | +33.1 | |
Labor | Arthur Cook | 1,543 | 23.3 | −28.0 | |
Total formal votes | 6,612 | 97.6 | −0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 166 | 2.4 | +2.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,778 | 64.7 | +3.5 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Independent | David Smith | 3,315 | 50.1 | +50.1 | |
Liberal | David Andrew | 3,297 | 49.9 | +1.2 | |
Independent gain from Labor | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | David Smith | 3,405 | 51.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | David Andrew | 3,226 | 48.7 | +48.7 | |
Total formal votes | 6,631 | 99.2 | |||
Informal votes | 53 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 6,684 | 64.9 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
References
[edit]- "Bendigo West District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ Bendigo West District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.