Electoral results for the district of Burwood

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

Members for Burwood

Victorian state election, 2014: Burwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Graham Watt	18,902	50.1	−0.1
	Labor	Gavin Ryan	12,995	34.4	+1.5
	Greens	Beck Stuart	4,904	13.0	+1.1
	Independent	Peter Campbell	960	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			37,761	96.5	−0.2
Informal votes			1,357	3.5	+0.2
Turnout			39,118	93.4	+0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Graham Watt	20,079	53.2	−3.1
	Labor	Gavin Ryan	17,688	46.8	+3.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.1

Victorian state election, 2010: Burwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Graham Watt	17,500	49.70	+8.46
	Labor	Bob Stensholt	11,732	33.22	-8.77
	Greens	Emily Cowan	4,146	11.78	-0.81
	Sex Party	Eamon Cole-Flynn	751	2.13	+2.13
	Democratic Labor	Lucia De Summa	545	1.55	+1.55
	Family First	Iming Chan	536	1.52	-2.55
Total formal votes			35,210	96.66	-0.56
Informal votes			1,215	3.34	+0.56
Turnout			36,245	93.51	+0.54
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Graham Watt	19,710	55.86	+9.59
	Labor	Bob Stensholt	15,574	44.14	-9.59
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+9.59

Victorian state election, 2006: Burwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bob Stensholt	14,565	42.09	-3.01
	Liberal	Graham Bailey	14,272	41.24	+1.19
	Greens	John Presley	4,358	12.59	+1.06
	Family First	John Canavan	1,408	4.07	+4.07
Total formal votes			34,603	97.22	-0.27
Informal votes			989	2.78	+0.27
Turnout			35,592	92.97	-0.58
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Stensholt	18,581	53.73	-1.35
	Liberal	Graham Bailey	16,003	46.27	+1.35
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.35

Victorian state election, 2002: Burwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bob Stensholt	15,598	45.1	+2.3
	Liberal	Di Rule	13,850	40.0	-14.6
	Greens	Josephine Lee	3,989	11.5	+11.5
	Independent	Tom Morissey	1,148	3.3	+3.3
Total formal votes			34,845	97.5	+0.0
Informal votes			891	2.5	-0.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Stensholt	19,052	55.1	+10.9
	Liberal	Di Rule	15,533	44.9	-10.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.9

Burwood state by-election, 1999^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bob Stensholt	13,410	45.05	+3.51
	Liberal	Lana McLean	12,054	40.49	–15.02
	Independent	Stephen Mayne	1,975	6.63	+6.63
	Greens	Philip Crohn	1,875	6.30	+6.30
	Democratic Labor	Peter Ferwerda	453	1.52	+1.52
Total formal votes			29,767	97.57	+0.02
Informal votes			741	2.43	–0.02
Turnout			30,508	87.26	–5.72
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Stensholt	15,963	53.63	+10.42
	Liberal	Lana McLean	13,804	46.37	–10.42
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	10.42

Victorian state election, 1999: Burwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Jeff Kennett	17,455	55.5	-1.7
	Labor	Bob Stensholt	13,062	41.5	+2.0
	Natural Law	Mark Bunn	734	2.3	-0.9
	Abolish Child Support	Justice Abolish	194	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			31,445	97.6	-0.7
Informal votes			789	2.4	+0.7
Turnout			32,234	93.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jeff Kennett	17,858	56.8	-1.8
	Labor	Bob Stensholt	13,585	43.2	+1.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.8

Victorian state election, 1996: Burwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Jeff Kennett	17,836	57.2	-0.0
	Labor	Helen Matthews	12,321	39.5	+6.6
	Natural Law	Neil Phillips	1,001	3.2	-0.9
Total formal votes			31,158	98.3	+1.5
Informal votes			546	1.7	-1.5
Turnout			31,704	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jeff Kennett	18,234	58.6	-0.7
	Labor	Helen Matthews	12,895	41.4	+0.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.7

Victorian state election, 1992: Burwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Jeff Kennett	17,560	57.2	+7.7
	Labor	Frank Dempsey	10,098	32.9	-11.8
	Natural Law	Richard Aldous	1,265	4.1	+4.1
	Independent	Jon Sonnberg	950	3.1	+3.1
	Independent	Geoff Dreschler	800	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			30,673	96.8	-0.4
Informal votes			1,023	3.2	+0.4
Turnout			31,696	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jeff Kennett	18,157	59.3	+7.1
	Labor	Frank Dempsey	12,452	40.7	-7.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+7.1

Victorian state election, 1988: Burwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Jeff Kennett	13,759	52.90	-2.68
	Labor	Eric Hobsbawn	10,938	42.06	-2.36
	Call to Australia	Barbara McCrohan	1,310	5.04	+5.04
Total formal votes			26,007	97.58	-0.18
Informal votes			644	2.42	+0.18
Turnout			26,651	92.32	-0.81
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jeff Kennett	14,458	55.59	+0.01
	Labor	Eric Hobsbawn	11,549	44.41	-0.01
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.01

Victorian state election, 1985: Burwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Jeff Kennett	15,117	55.6	+6.2
	Labor	Eric Hobsbawn	12,083	44.4	+3.0
Total formal votes			27,200	97.8
Informal votes			622	2.2
Turnout			27,822	93.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.5

Victorian state election, 1982: Burwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Jeff Kennett	12,809	52.6	-1.6
	Labor	Paul Trewern	9,269	38.1	+2.5
	Democrats	Harold Jeffrey	2,278	9.4	-0.8
Total formal votes			24,356	98.4	+0.1
Informal votes			388	1.6	-0.1
Turnout			24,744	94.1	+1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jeff Kennett	13,777	56.6	-2.5
	Labor	Paul Trewern	10,579	43.4	+2.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.5

Victorian state election, 1979: Burwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Jeff Kennett	13,599	54.2	-3.6
	Labor	Douglas Bennett	8,938	35.6	+1.6
	Democrats	Veronica Lysaght	2,548	10.2	+10.2
Total formal votes			25,085	98.3	-0.1
Informal votes			428	1.7	+0.1
Turnout			25,513	92.9	0.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jeff Kennett	14,815	59.1	-5.5
	Labor	Douglas Bennett	10,270	40.9	+5.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.5

Victorian state election, 1976: Burwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Jeff Kennett	14,926	57.8	-0.9
	Labor	Douglas Bennett	8,761	34.0	+3.4
	Democratic Labor	Joseph Stanley	1,680	6.5	-0.9
	Workers	Michael Boffa	437	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			25,804	98.4
Informal votes			412	1.6
Turnout			26,216	92.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jeff Kennett	16,679	64.6	-2.2
	Labor	Douglas Bennett	9,125	35.4	+2.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.2

Victorian state election, 1964: Burwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal and Country	Jim MacDonald	12,272	61.2	+1.9
	Labor	Mary Barnard	5,058	25.2	-0.9
	Democratic Labor	Kenneth Abbott	2,715	13.5	-1.1
Total formal votes			20,045	98.4	0.0
Informal votes			318	1.6	0.0
Turnout			20,363	94.3	-0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Jim MacDonald	14,579	72.8	+1.1
	Labor	Mary Barnard	5,466	27.2	-1.1
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+1.1

Victorian state election, 1961: Burwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal and Country	Jim MacDonald	11,929	59.3	-10.7
	Labor	Peter Lynn	5,252	26.1	-3.9
	Democratic Labor	John Duffy	2,944	14.6	+14.6
Total formal votes			20,125	98.4	0.0
Informal votes			319	1.6	0.0
Turnout			20,444	94.7	-0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Jim MacDonald	14,382	71.7	+1.6
	Labor	Peter Lynn	5,743	28.3	-1.6
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+1.6

Victorian state election, 1958: Burwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal and Country	Jim MacDonald	14,125	70.0
	Labor	Vincent Scully	6,040	30.0
Total formal votes			20,165	98.4
Informal votes			322	1.6
Turnout			20,487	94.8
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Victorian state election, 1955: Burwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal and Country	Jim MacDonald	12,190	62.1
	Labor	Gwendolyn Noad	4,965	25.3
	Labor (A-C)	William Mahoney	1,954	9.9
	Independent	Ivan Robinson	530	2.7
Total formal votes			19,639	98.3
Informal votes			334	1.7
Turnout			19,973	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Jim MacDonald	14,117	71.9
	Labor	Gwendolyn Noad	5,522	28.1
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

"Burwood District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on February 17, 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.

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