Electoral results for the Higinbotham Province

This is a list of electoral results for the Higinbotham Province in Victorian state elections.

Members for Higinbotham Province

Member 1		Party	Year
	James Kennedy	United Australia	1937	Member 2		Party
			1940		James Disney	United Australia
			1943
		Liberal	1945			Liberal
			1946		Arthur Warner	Liberal
		Liberal and Country	1949			Liberal and Country
			1949
			1952
	Lindsay Thompson	Liberal and Country	1954
			1955
			1958
			1961
			1964		Baron Snider	Liberal and Country
		Liberal	1965			Liberal
			1967		Murray Hamilton	Liberal
	William Fry	Liberal	1967
			1970
			1973
			1976
	Robert Lawson	Liberal	1979
			1982		Geoffrey Connard	Liberal
			1985
			1988
	Chris Strong	Liberal	1992
			1996		John Ross	Liberal
			1999
			2002		Noel Pullen	Labor

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

2002 Victorian state election: Higinbotham Province^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michael Heffernan	60,580	45.7	−10.1
	Labor	Noel Pullen	52,445	39.6	+36.9
	Greens	Tony McDermott	16,451	12.4	+12.4
	Democrats	Derek Wilson	2,952	2.2	−39.1
Total formal votes			132,428	97.2	+0.3
Informal votes			3,845	2.8	−0.3
Turnout			136,273	92.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Noel Pullen	66,711	50.4	+6.5
	Liberal	Michael Heffernan	65,717	49.6	−6.5
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.5

Elections in the 1990s

1999 Victorian state election: Higinbotham Province^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Chris Strong	69,024	56.4	−0.4
	Democrats	Craig Tucker	53,414	43.6	+35.8
Total formal votes			122,438	96.9	−1.0
Informal votes			3,892	3.1	+1.0
Turnout			126,330	92.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.4

1996 Victorian state election: Higinbotham Province^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Ross	69,727	56.7	−5.3
	Labor	Ken Wilson	42,032	34.2	+3.2
	Democrats	Diane Barry	9,655	7.9	+7.9
	Democratic Labor	Gail King	1,507	1.2	−1.5
Total formal votes			122,921	98.0	+1.6
Informal votes			2,549	2.0	−1.6
Turnout			125,470	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Ross	74,580	60.8	−3.9
	Labor	Ken Wilson	48,149	39.2	+3.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.9

1992 Victorian state election: Higinbotham Province^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Chris Strong	74,382	62.0	+7.2
	Labor	Thomas Hickie	37,182	31.0	−13.5
	Natural Law	Edward Havard	5,088	4.2	+4.2
	Democratic Labor	Gail de Rozario	3,288	2.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			119,940	96.4	−0.1
Informal votes			4,488	3.6	+0.1
Turnout			124,428	94.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Chris Strong	77,462	64.7	+9.5
	Labor	Thomas Hickie	42,345	35.3	−9.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+9.5

Elections in the 1980s

1988 Victorian state election: Higinbotham Province^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Geoffrey Connard	58,905	57.1	+4.7
	Labor	Kevin McCosh	44,283	42.9	+1.7
Total formal votes			103,188	96.3	−0.9
Informal votes			4,011	3.7	+0.9
Turnout			107,199	91.6	−0.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.5

1985 Victorian state election: Higinbotham Province^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Lawson	57,733	52.4
	Labor	Denis Oakley	45,329	41.2
	Democrats	Anton Hermann	7,039	6.4
Total formal votes			110,101	97.3
Informal votes			3,113	2.7
Turnout			113,214	92.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Robert Lawson	61,216	55.6	+2.3
	Labor	Denis Oakley	48,885	44.4	−2.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.3

1982 Victorian state election: Higinbotham Province^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Geoffrey Connard	49,967	49.2	−5.5
	Labor	Geoffrey Fleming	43,674	43.0	−2.3
	Democrats	Barry Preston	7,821	7.7	+7.7
Total formal votes			101,462	97.6	+0.4
Informal votes			2,454	2.4	−0.4
Turnout			103,916	94.5	+1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Geoffrey Connard	53,012	52.3	−2.4
	Labor	Geoffrey Fleming	48,450	47.7	+2.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.4

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: Higinbotham Province^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Lawson	55,703	54.7	−7.3
	Labor	Geoffrey Fleming	46,031	45.3	+7.3
Total formal votes			101,734	97.2	−0.4
Informal votes			2,961	2.8	+0.4
Turnout			104,695	93.4	+0.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	−7.3

1976 Victorian state election: Higinbotham Province^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Murray Hamilton	65,031	63.1
	Labor	Russell Shearn	39,696	37.9
Total formal votes			104,727	97.6
Informal votes			2,566	2.4
Turnout			107,293	92.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

1973 Victorian state election: Higinbotham Province^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Fry	68,273	55.6	+8.1
	Labor	Henry Woodley	44,792	36.5	−3.2
	Democratic Labor	Frederick Skinner	9,631	7.9	−4.9
Total formal votes			122,696	97.2	+0.2
Informal votes			3,524	2.8	−0.2
Turnout			126,220	93.6	−0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	William Fry		62.7	+3.6
	Labor	Henry Woodley		37.3	−3.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.6

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

1970 Victorian state election: Higinbotham Province^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Murray Hamilton	53,258	47.5	−5.7
	Labor	Anthony Balmer	44,599	39.7	+6.3
	Democratic Labor	Frederick Skinner	14,378	12.8	−0.6
Total formal votes			112,235	97.0	−0.2
Informal votes			3,479	3.0	+0.2
Turnout			115,714	94.5	+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Murray Hamilton	66,302	59.1	−6.2
	Labor	Anthony Balmer	45,933	40.9	+6.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.2

Elections in the 1960s

1967 Victorian state election: Higinbotham Province^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Fry	57,385	53.2
	Labor	Anthony Scarcella	36,071	33.4
	Democratic Labor	Ian Radnell	14,395	13.4
Total formal votes			107,851	97.2
Informal votes			3,119	2.8
Turnout			110,970	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	William Fry		65.3
	Labor	Anthony Scarcella		34.7
	Liberal hold		Swing

1967 Higinbotham Province state by-election^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Murray Hamilton	61,179	59.2	+6.2
	Labor	Edward Benjamin	39,254	38.0	+3.9
	Independent	Leslie Payne	2,946	2.9	+2.9
Total formal votes			103,379	98.4	+0.8
Informal votes			1,645	1.6	−0.8
Turnout			105,024	82.6	−11.0
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

• This by-election was caused by the death of Baron Snider. Preferences were not distributed.

1964 Victorian state election: Higinbotham Province^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Baron Snider	59,791	53.0	+0.9
	Labor	Colin Campbell	38,474	34.1	+4.0
	Democratic Labor	Francis Sampson	14,635	13.0	−4.9
Total formal votes			112,900	97.6	+0.1
Informal votes			2,752	2.4	−0.1
Turnout			115,652	93.6	−0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Baron Snider		64.7	−1.7
	Labor	Colin Campbell		35.3	+1.7
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−1.7

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

1961 Victorian state election: Higinbotham Province^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Lindsay Thompson	57,948	52.1	−7.2
	Labor	Eric Perryman	33,471	30.1	−4.8
	Democratic Labor	Henry Moore	19,871	17.9	+17.9
Total formal votes			111,290	97.5	−0.7
Informal votes			2,885	2.5	+0.7
Turnout			114,175	94.1	+2.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Lindsay Thompson		66.4	+4.1
	Labor	Eric Perryman		33.6	−4.1
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+4.1

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Elections in the 1950s

1958 Victorian Legislative Council election: Higinbotham Province^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Arthur Warner	64,984	59.3	−40.7
	Labor	Genevieve Mann	38,174	34.9	+34.9
	Independent	Grace Stratton	6,345	5.9	+5.9
Total formal votes			109,503	98.2
Informal votes			2,035	1.8
Turnout			111,538	92.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Arthur Warner		62.3
	Labor	Genevieve Mann		37.7
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.