Electoral results for the district of Ripon

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Ripon in Victorian state elections. The 2018 result was the subject of a legal challenge by the second placed Labor candidate.[1]

Members for Ripon

First incarnation (1945–1955)
Member		Party	Term
	Ernie Morton	Labor	1945–1947
	Rutherford Guthrie	Liberal	1947–1950
	Ernie Morton	Labor	1950–1955
Second incarnation (1976–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Tom Austin	Liberal	1976–1992
	Steve Elder	Liberal	1992–1999
	Joe Helper	Labor	1999–2014
	Louise Staley	Liberal	2014–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

2018 Victorian state election: Ripon[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Louise Staley	15,594	38.93	+6.18
	Labor	Sarah De Santis	15,280	38.15	+3.05
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Peter Fava	2,622	6.55	+6.55
	Justice	Sandra Gibbs	1,929	4.82	+4.82
	Greens	Serge Simic	1,667	4.16	−2.97
	Democratic Labour	Peter Mulcahy	1,315	3.28	+2.06
	Animal Justice	Anna Hills	835	2.08	+2.08
	Independent	Jeff Truscott	377	0.94	+0.94
	Victorian Socialists	Bronwyn Jennings	219	0.55	+0.55
	Independent	Maria Mayer	217	0.54	+0.54
Total formal votes			40,055	91.74	−1.87
Informal votes			3,606	8.26	+1.87
Turnout			43,661	91.39	−3.39
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Louise Staley	20,035	50.02	−0.99
	Labor	Sarah De Santis	20,020	49.98	+0.99
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.99

2014 Victorian state election: Ripon[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Daniel McGlone	14,059	35.1	−3.7
	Liberal	Louise Staley	13,118	32.8	+4.2
	National	Scott Turner	7,342	18.3	−2.7
	Greens	Rod May	2,856	7.1	+1.2
	Family First	Danielle Fowler	897	2.2	−0.7
	Country Alliance	Trevor Domaschenz	495	1.2	−1.5
	Democratic Labour	Mitchell Lee	490	1.2	+1.2
	Rise Up Australia	Peter Mulcahy	448	1.1	+1.1
	Christians	Kevin Loiterton	352	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			40,057	93.6	−1.6
Informal votes			2,732	6.4	+1.6
Turnout			42,789	94.8	+1.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Louise Staley	20,329	50.8	−0.9
	Labor	Daniel McGlone	19,728	49.2	+0.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.9

• • Note: 2013 redistribution turned this seat to a notional Liberal seat with 1.6% margin.

2010 Victorian state election: Ripon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joe Helper	14,169	42.06	-4.73
	Liberal	Vic Dunn	11,596	34.42	-0.84
	National	Wendy McIvor	3,850	11.43	+2.92
	Greens	Steve Morse	2,084	6.19	+0.23
	Country Alliance	Scott Watts	1,211	3.59	+3.59
	Family First	Jesse Boer	776	2.30	-1.18
Total formal votes			33,686	95.36	-0.94
Informal votes			1,640	4.64	+0.94
Turnout			35,326	93.90	-0.17
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Joe Helper	17,777	52.72	-1.63
	Liberal	Vic Dunn	15,940	47.28	+1.63
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.63

Elections in the 2000s

2006 Victorian state election: Ripon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joe Helper	15,461	46.8	-5.6
	Liberal	Vic Dunn	11,650	35.3	+1.4
	National	Robyn Smith	2,811	8.5	+0.7
	Greens	Steven Morse	1,970	6.0	+1.2
	Family First	Leanne Rawson	1,149	3.5	+3.5
Total formal votes			33,041	96.3	-0.9
Informal votes			1,268	3.7	+0.9
Turnout			34,309	94.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Joe Helper	17,964	54.3	-3.1
	Liberal	Vic Dunn	15,090	45.7	+3.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.1

2002 Victorian state election: Ripon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joe Helper	17,439	52.4	+3.1
	Liberal	Rob de Fegely	11,278	33.9	-9.5
	National	Kevin Erwin	2,588	7.8	+2.8
	Greens	Phil Millar	1,581	4.8	+4.6
	Independent	John McCallum	367	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			33,253	97.2	-0.3
Informal votes			967	2.8	+0.3
Turnout			34,220	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Joe Helper	19,097	57.4	+5.8
	Liberal	Rob de Fegely	14,155	42.6	-5.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.8

Elections in the 1990s

1999 Victorian state election: Ripon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joe Helper	15,579	52.6	+8.8
	Liberal	Steve Elder	14,045	47.4	-5.0
Total formal votes			29,624	97.8	-0.5
Informal votes			668	2.2	+0.5
Turnout			30,292	95.5
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+7.2

1996 Victorian state election: Ripon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Steve Elder	15,678	52.5	-1.2
	Labor	Hilary Hunt	13,098	43.8	+7.2
	Call to Australia	Kingston Eldridge	564	1.9	+1.9
	Natural Law	Martin Magee	548	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			29,888	98.3	+0.5
Informal votes			522	1.7	-0.5
Turnout			30,410	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Steve Elder	16,303	54.6	-2.5
	Labor	Hilary Hunt	13,567	45.4	+2.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.5

1992 Victorian state election: Ripon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Steve Elder	16,028	53.7	-0.3
	Labor	Hilary Hunt	10,922	36.6	-6.7
	Independent	Gwenda Allgood	2,902	9.7	+9.7
Total formal votes			29,852	97.8	+0.0
Informal votes			664	2.2	-0.0
Turnout			30,516	96.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Steve Elder	17,057	57.1	+1.1
	Labor	Hilary Hunt	12,795	42.9	-1.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.1

Elections in the 1980s

1988 Victorian state election: Ripon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tom Austin	16,120	56.90	+0.38
	Labor	John McQuilten	12,208	43.10	-0.38
Total formal votes			28,328	97.59	-0.66
Informal votes			699	2.41	+0.66
Turnout			29,027	94.62	-0.88
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.38

1985 Victorian state election: Ripon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tom Austin	15,861	56.5	+2.1
	Labor	John McQuilten	12,204	43.5	-2.0
Total formal votes			28,065	98.2
Informal votes			501	1.8
Turnout			28,566	95.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.0

1982 Victorian state election: Ripon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tom Austin	13,974	54.7	+7.8
	Labor	Ian Bryant	11,553	45.3	+2.7
Total formal votes			25,527	98.1	-0.1
Informal votes			485	1.9	+0.1
Turnout			26,012	95.2	-0.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.5

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: Ripon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tom Austin	11,738	46.9	+8.7
	Labor	Alex Pope	10,664	42.6	+4.2
	National	Robert Peck	2,637	10.5	-10.0
Total formal votes			25,039	98.2	-0.3
Informal votes			446	1.8	+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tom Austin	13,819	55.2	-4.7
	Labor	Alex Pope	11,220	44.8	+4.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.7

1976 Victorian state election: Ripon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alexander Pope	9,277	38.4	-9.0
	Liberal	Tom Austin	9,216	38.2	+4.8
	National	Rob Borbidge	4,941	20.5	+6.5
	Democratic Labor	Francis O'Brien	713	2.9	-2.3
Total formal votes			24,147	98.5
Informal votes			366	1.5
Turnout			24,513	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tom Austin	14,473	59.9	+10.3
	Labor	Alexander Pope	9,674	40.1	-10.3
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+10.3

Elections in the 1950s

1952 Victorian state election: Ripon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernie Morton	8,726	59.9	+10.9
	Liberal and Country	Rutherford Guthrie	5,846	40.1	+0.6
Total formal votes			14,572	99.1	-0.5
Informal votes			133	0.9	+0.5
Turnout			14,705	95.5	-0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.4

1950 Victorian state election: Ripon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernie Morton	6,991	49.0	+2.9
	Liberal and Country	Rutherford Guthrie	5,640	39.5	+9.7
	Country	Allan Vanstan	1,642	11.5	-12.6
Total formal votes			14,273	99.6	+0.1
Informal votes			50	0.4	-0.1
Turnout			14,323	95.8	-0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ernie Morton	7,351	51.5	+3.7
	Liberal and Country	Rutherford Guthrie	6,922	48.5	-3.7
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	+3.7

References

• "Ripon District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2011.

1. Wilson, Amber. "De Santis' lawyer says she should've won Ripon: court". Collie Mail.
2. State Election 2018: Ripon District, VEC.
3. State Election 2014: Ripon District, VEC.