Electoral results for the Central Highlands Province

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

Members for Central Highlands Province

Member 1		Party	Year
	Jock Granter	Liberal	1976	Member 2		Party
			1979		Fred Grimwade	Liberal
			1982
			1985
			1987		Marie Tehan	Liberal
	Geoff Craige	Liberal	1988
			1992		Graeme Stoney	Liberal
			1996
			1999
	Rob Mitchell	Labor	2002

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

2002 Victorian state election: Central Highlands Province[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Rob Mitchell	57,245	44.3	+1.1
	Liberal	Cath Marriott	48,352	37.4	-16.6
	Greens	Janet MacKenzie	12,206	9.4	+8.4
	National	Rozi Parisotto	9,563	7.4	+6.5
	Democrats	Jos Vandersman	1,925	1.5	+0.8
Total formal votes			129,291	96.7	-0.2
Informal votes			4,470	3.3	+0.2
Turnout			133,761	94.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Rob Mitchell	70,460	54.5	+9.8
	Liberal	Cath Marriott	58,831	45.5	-9.8
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+9.8

Elections in the 1990s

1999 Victorian state election Central Highlands Province[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Graeme Stoney	70,353	53.3	-0.8
	Labor	Rob Mitchell	61,686	46.7	+8.9
Total formal votes			132,039	96.8	-0.9
Informal votes			4,368	3.2	+0.9
Turnout			136,407	94.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.3

1996 Victorian state election: Central Highlands Province[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Geoff Craige	68,100	54.1	-4.4
	Labor	Geoff Cooper	47,608	37.8	+2.3
	Democrats	Ray Doensen	7,904	6.3	+6.3
	Democratic Labor	Christian Schalken	2,248	1.8	-4.2
Total formal votes			125,860	97.7	+1.0
Informal votes			2,951	2.3	-1.0
Turnout			128,811	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Geoff Craige	72,329	57.6	-3.3
	Labor	Geoff Cooper	53,259	42.4	+3.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.3

1992 Victorian state election: Central Highlands Province[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Graeme Stoney	69,009	58.5	+18.8
	Labor	Janet Kaylock	41,891	35.5	-8.2
	Democratic Labor	Rosemary Maurus	7,072	6.0	+6.0
Total formal votes			117,972	96.7	-0.1
Informal votes			4,040	3.3	+0.1
Turnout			122,012	96.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Graeme Stoney	71,733	60.9	+7.7
	Labor	Janet Kaylock	46,099	39.1	-7.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+7.7

Elections in the 1980s

1988 Victorian state election: Central Highlands Province[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Andre Haermeyer	54,233	45.2	+2.6
	Liberal	Geoff Craige	49,442	41.2	-5.5
	National	Ted Drane	16,319	13.6	+13.6
Total formal votes			119,994	96.9	-0.8
Informal votes			3,876	3.1	+0.8
Turnout			123,870	93.2	-0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Geoff Craige	62,153	51.8	-1.5
	Labor	Andre Haermeyer	50,958	48.2	+1.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.5

1987 Central Highlands Province state by-election[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

1985 Victorian state election: Central Highlands Province[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Fred Grimwade	51,045	46.7
	Labor	Peter Fennell	46,570	42.6
	Democrats	Janet Powell	5,920	5.4
	Call to Australia	Brent Melville	5,763	5.3
Total formal votes			109,298	97.7
Informal votes			2,622	2.3
Turnout			111,920	93.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Fred Grimwade	58,298	53.3	+2.4
	Labor	Peter Fennell	50,958	46.7	-2.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.4

1982 Victorian state election: Central Highlands Province[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Anthony Marshall	43,119	44.2	-0.8
	Liberal	Jock Granter	42,521	43.6	-11.4
	National	Brian Trewin	6,162	6.3	+6.3
	Democrats	David Johnston	5,771	5.9	+5.9
Total formal votes			97,573	97.6	+0.5
Informal votes			2,429	2.4	-0.5
Turnout			100,002	93.2	+0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jock Granter	49,655	50.9	-4.1
	Labor	Anthony Marshall	47,918	49.1	+4.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.1

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: Central Highlands Province[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Fred Grimwade	47,916	55.0	+5.7
	Labor	Max McDonald	39,138	45.0	+8.7
Total formal votes			87,054	97.1	-0.3
Informal votes			2,039	2.5	+0.3
Turnout			89,666	92.5	+0.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.7

1976 Victorian state election: Central Highlands Province[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jock Granter	37,876	49.3
	Labor	Max McDonald	27,876	36.3
	National	Pat McNamara	8,465	11.0
	Independent	Peter Brown	2,611	3.4
Total formal votes			76,828	97.4
Informal votes			2,048	2.6
Turnout			78,876	92.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jock Granter		60.7
	Labor	Max McDonald		39.3
	Liberal hold		Swing

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

References

1. Green, Antony. "2002 Victorian state election" (PDF).
2. Green, Antony. "1999 Victorian state election" (PDF).
3. Green, Antony. "1996 Victorian state election" (PDF).
4. Green, Antony. "1992 Victorian state election" (PDF).
5. Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1988". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
6. Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1985". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
7. Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1985". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
8. Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1982". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
9. Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1979". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
10. Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1976". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 9 October 2020.