Electoral results for the Nunawading Province

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

Members for Nunawading Province

1988 Victorian state election: Nunawading Province^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Cox	56,764	51.1	+5.0
	Labor	Laurie McArthur	54,308	48.9	+3.1
Total formal votes			111,072	96.7	-1.0
Informal votes			3,782	3.3	+1.0
Turnout			114,854	93.4	-0.6
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+1.1

^[2]

1985 Nunawading Province state by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rosemary Varty	51,006	49.2	+3.1
	Labor	Robert S Ives	40,578	39.2	-6.6
	Democrats	Michael Nardella	4,760	4.6	-3.5
	Call to Australia	William A Watson	2,682	2.6
	Nuclear Disarmament	Jennifer M Cotterell	2,530	2.4
	Democratic Labor	Peter A Ferwerda	1,361	1.3
		Basil J Smith	438	0.4
		Brian R Lumsden	204	0.2
		Wilhelm Kapphan	75	0.1
Total formal votes			103,634
Informal votes			2,055	1.9
Turnout			105,689
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Rosemary Varty	52,086	50.3
	Labor	Robert Ives	40,818	39.4
	Democrats	Michael Nardella	4,947	4.8
	Call to Australia	William A Watson	3,120	3.0
	Nuclear Disarmament	Jennifer Cotterell	2,649	2.6
	hold		Swing

A full distribution of preferences was not carried out, as Varty recorded a majority after the fifth count.

1985 Victorian state election: Nunawading Province^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rosemary Varty	50,584	46.1
	Labor	Bob Ives	50,220	45.8
	Democrats	Michael Nardella	8,855	8.1
Total formal votes			109,659	97.7
Informal votes			2,561	2.3
Turnout			112,220	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Ives	54,822*	50.0	-3.6
	Liberal	Rosemary Varty	54,821	50.0	+3.6
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	-3.6

Includes the casting vote by the returning officer.
This result was overturned by the Court of Disputed Returns and a by-election was held.

1982 Victorian state election: Nunawading Province^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Vernon Hauser	53,096	45.7	-4.1
	Labor	Laurie McArthur	51,895	44.7	+5.8
	Democrats	Jeffrey McAlpine	11,179	9.6	-1.7
Total formal votes			116,170	97.9	+0.3
Informal votes			2,506	2.1	-0.3
Turnout			118,676	94.9	+0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Laurie McArthur	58,461	50.3	+6.1
	Liberal	Vernon Hauser	57,709	49.7	-6.1
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.1

1979 Victorian state election: Nunawading Province^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Block	55,983	49.8	-10.4
	Labor	Alan Wearne	43,709	38.9	-0.9
	Democrats	Jeffrey McAlpine	12,644	11.3	+11.3
Total formal votes			112,336	97.6	0.0
Informal votes			2,706	2.4	0.0
Turnout			115,042	94.0	+0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Block	62,697	55.8	-4.4
	Labor	Alan Wearne	49,639	44.2	+4.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.4

1976 Victorian state election: Nunawading Province^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Vernon Hauser	65,006	60.2
	Labor	John Madden	43,049	39.8
Total formal votes			108,055	97.6
Informal votes			2,612	2.4
Turnout			110,667	93.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1988". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria - Legislative Council - Election of 2 March 1985". Psephos. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1985". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1982". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1979". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1976". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.

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