This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Wills in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1949 until the present.
Members
[edit]Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
Bill Bryson | Labor | 1949–1955 | |
Labor (A-C) | 1955–1955 | ||
Gordon Bryant | Labor | 1955–1980 | |
Bob Hawke | Labor | 1980–1992 | |
Phil Cleary | Independent | 1992 by–1996 | |
Kelvin Thomson | Labor | 1996–2016 | |
Peter Khalil | Labor | 2016–present |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]2022
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Peter Khalil | 35,449 | 38.87 | −5.39 | |
Greens | Sarah Jefford | 25,793 | 28.28 | +2.01 | |
Liberal | Tom Wright | 15,771 | 17.29 | −0.76 | |
United Australia | Irene Zivkovic | 3,352 | 3.68 | +0.54 | |
Socialist Alliance | Sue Bolton | 3,096 | 3.39 | +3.39 | |
Victorian Socialists | Emma Black | 2,714 | 2.98 | −1.53 | |
One Nation | Jill Tindal | 2,554 | 2.80 | +2.80 | |
Animal Justice | Leah Horsfall | 1,680 | 1.84 | −1.92 | |
Australian Federation | Sam Sergi | 789 | 0.87 | +0.87 | |
Total formal votes | 91,198 | 94.95 | −0.77 | ||
Informal votes | 4,855 | 5.05 | +0.77 | ||
Turnout | 96,053 | 88.61 | −2.55 | ||
Notional two-party-preferred count | |||||
Labor | Peter Khalil | 69,104 | 75.77 | +0.06 | |
Liberal | Tom Wright | 22,094 | 24.23 | −0.06 | |
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Peter Khalil | 53,415 | 58.57 | +0.10 | |
Greens | Sarah Jefford | 37,783 | 41.43 | −0.10 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +0.10 |
Elections in the 2010s
[edit]2019
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Peter Khalil | 42,355 | 44.08 | +6.17 | |
Greens | Adam Pulford | 25,575 | 26.62 | −4.29 | |
Liberal | Peter Killin | 17,241 | 17.94 | −3.60 | |
Victorian Socialists | Sue Bolton | 4,344 | 4.52 | +4.52 | |
Animal Justice | Chris Miles | 3,596 | 3.74 | +2.08 | |
United Australia | Manju Venkat | 2,979 | 3.10 | +3.10 | |
Total formal votes | 96,090 | 95.77 | +2.61 | ||
Informal votes | 4,243 | 4.23 | −2.61 | ||
Turnout | 100,333 | 90.67 | +3.25 | ||
Notional two-party-preferred count | |||||
Labor | Peter Khalil | 72,888 | 75.85 | +4.18 | |
Liberal | Peter Killin | 23,202 | 24.15 | −4.18 | |
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Peter Khalil | 55,898 | 58.17 | +3.24 | |
Greens | Adam Pulford | 40,192 | 41.83 | −3.24 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.24 |
2016
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Peter Khalil | 35,431 | 37.65 | −7.49 | |
Greens | Samantha Ratnam | 29,017 | 30.83 | +8.60 | |
Liberal | Kevin Hong | 20,634 | 21.93 | −0.91 | |
Sex Party | Tristram Chellew | 2,608 | 2.77 | +0.16 | |
Independent | Francesco Timpano | 1,832 | 1.95 | +1.95 | |
Animal Justice | Camille Sydow | 1,578 | 1.68 | +1.68 | |
Drug Law Reform | Ash Blackwell | 1,287 | 1.37 | +1.37 | |
Renewable Energy | Dougal Gillman | 778 | 0.83 | +0.83 | |
Socialist Alliance | Zane Alcorn | 648 | 0.69 | −0.44 | |
Socialist Equality | Will Fulgenzi | 295 | 0.31 | +0.31 | |
Total formal votes | 94,108 | 93.25 | −1.22 | ||
Informal votes | 6,807 | 6.75 | +1.22 | ||
Turnout | 100,915 | 88.64 | −2.29 | ||
Notional two-party-preferred count | |||||
Labor | Peter Khalil | 67,037 | 71.23 | +0.47 | |
Liberal | Kevin Hong | 27,071 | 28.77 | −0.47 | |
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Peter Khalil | 51,646 | 54.88 | −10.32 | |
Greens | Samantha Ratnam | 42,462 | 45.12 | +10.32 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −10.32 |
2013
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Kelvin Thomson | 40,931 | 45.14 | −6.07 | |
Liberal | Shilpa Hegde | 20,710 | 22.84 | +0.04 | |
Greens | Tim Read | 20,157 | 22.23 | +0.12 | |
Sex Party | Adrian Trajstman | 2,363 | 2.61 | +2.51 | |
Palmer United | Anne Murray-Dufoulon | 2,158 | 2.38 | +2.38 | |
Independent | Dean O'Callaghan | 2,040 | 2.25 | +2.25 | |
Family First | Concetta Giglia | 1,285 | 1.42 | −0.15 | |
Socialist Alliance | Margarita Windisch | 1,024 | 1.13 | +0.30 | |
Total formal votes | 90,668 | 94.47 | +0.45 | ||
Informal votes | 5,304 | 5.53 | −0.45 | ||
Turnout | 95,972 | 90.97 | −0.16 | ||
Notional two-party-preferred count | |||||
Labor | Kelvin Thomson | 64,161 | 70.76 | −2.77 | |
Liberal | Shilpa Hegde | 26,507 | 29.24 | +2.77 | |
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Kelvin Thomson | 59,118 | 65.20 | −7.44 | |
Greens | Tim Read | 31,550 | 34.80 | +34.80 | |
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
2010
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Kelvin Thomson | 43,718 | 51.81 | −5.08 | |
Liberal | Claude Tomisich | 20,080 | 23.79 | −0.76 | |
Greens | Mark Riley | 17,381 | 20.60 | +6.78 | |
Family First | Daniel Mumby | 1,320 | 1.56 | +0.13 | |
Democrats | Paul Roberton | 734 | 0.87 | −1.46 | |
Socialist Alliance | Trent Hawkins | 726 | 0.86 | +0.14 | |
Citizens Electoral Council | Craig Isherwood | 429 | 0.51 | +0.25 | |
Total formal votes | 84,388 | 93.98 | −1.69 | ||
Informal votes | 5,403 | 6.02 | +1.69 | ||
Turnout | 89,791 | 91.07 | −2.60 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Kelvin Thomson | 61,297 | 72.64 | +0.24 | |
Liberal | Claude Tomisich | 23,091 | 27.36 | −0.24 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +0.24 |
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]2007
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Kelvin Thomson | 49,050 | 56.89 | +3.07 | |
Liberal | Claude Tomisich | 21,166 | 24.55 | -4.15 | |
Greens | David Collis | 11,912 | 13.82 | +0.82 | |
Democrats | Edward Clarke | 2,005 | 2.33 | +0.91 | |
Family First | Ihab Kelada | 1,233 | 1.43 | -0.12 | |
Socialist Alliance | Zane Alcorn | 624 | 0.72 | -0.34 | |
Citizens Electoral Council | Craig Isherwood | 227 | 0.26 | -0.19 | |
Total formal votes | 86,217 | 95.67 | +1.17 | ||
Informal votes | 3,902 | 4.33 | −1.17 | ||
Turnout | 90,119 | 93.69 | +0.70 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Kelvin Thomson | 62,432 | 72.41 | +5.51 | |
Liberal | Claude Tomisich | 23,785 | 27.59 | -5.51 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +5.51 |
2004
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Kelvin Thomson | 44,158 | 53.82 | -2.22 | |
Liberal | Blair Hamilton | 23,549 | 28.70 | +3.23 | |
Greens | Toby Archer | 10,663 | 13.00 | +4.72 | |
Family First | Deborah Suraci | 1,275 | 1.55 | +1.55 | |
Democrats | Robert Stone | 1,163 | 1.42 | -4.81 | |
Socialist Alliance | David Glanz | 867 | 1.06 | +1.06 | |
Citizens Electoral Council | Noelene Isherwood | 373 | 0.45 | -1.04 | |
Total formal votes | 82,048 | 94.50 | −0.15 | ||
Informal votes | 4,772 | 5.50 | +0.15 | ||
Turnout | 86,820 | 92.99 | −0.80 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Kelvin Thomson | 54,893 | 66.90 | -3.67 | |
Liberal | Blair Hamilton | 27,155 | 33.10 | +3.67 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -3.67 |
2001
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Kelvin Thomson | 44,019 | 56.03 | -7.93 | |
Liberal | Vytautas Valasinavicius | 21,030 | 26.77 | +1.08 | |
Greens | Richard Di Natale | 6,081 | 7.74 | +7.74 | |
Democrats | Robert Stone | 5,036 | 6.41 | +0.70 | |
Citizens Electoral Council | Craig Isherwood | 1,367 | 1.74 | +1.19 | |
Socialist Alliance | David Glanz | 1,036 | 1.32 | +1.32 | |
Total formal votes | 78,569 | 94.81 | −0.92 | ||
Informal votes | 4,302 | 5.19 | +0.92 | ||
Turnout | 82,871 | 93.93 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Kelvin Thomson | 54,542 | 69.42 | -1.54 | |
Liberal | Vytautas Valasinavicius | 24,027 | 30.56 | +1.54 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -1.54 |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]1998
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Kelvin Thomson | 50,507 | 63.96 | +13.98 | |
Liberal | David Curry | 20,280 | 25.68 | +4.45 | |
Democrats | Robert Stone | 4,507 | 5.71 | +2.11 | |
Progressive Labour | Bill Deller | 1,875 | 2.37 | +2.37 | |
Unity | Randa Abdel-Fattah | 1,363 | 1.73 | +1.73 | |
Citizens Electoral Council | Andrew Fox | 435 | 0.55 | +0.55 | |
Total formal votes | 78,967 | 95.73 | −0.62 | ||
Informal votes | 3,520 | 4.27 | +0.62 | ||
Turnout | 82,487 | 94.55 | −0.44 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Kelvin Thomson | 56,033 | 70.96 | +15.19 | |
Liberal | David Curry | 22,934 | 29.04 | +29.04 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +15.19 |
1996
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Kelvin Thomson | 39,014 | 49.98 | +4.37 | |
Independent | Phil Cleary | 17,747 | 22.74 | −2.73 | |
Liberal | Jack Minas | 16,576 | 21.24 | −3.30 | |
Democrats | Robert Stone | 2,811 | 3.60 | +1.49 | |
Independent | Sharon Keppel | 1,399 | 1.79 | +1.79 | |
Natural Law | Martin Richardson | 316 | 0.40 | −0.01 | |
Independent CEC | Craig Isherwood | 196 | 0.25 | +0.25 | |
Total formal votes | 78,059 | 96.35 | −0.11 | ||
Informal votes | 2,957 | 3.65 | +0.11 | ||
Turnout | 81,016 | 94.99 | −0.27 | ||
Notional two-party-preferred count | |||||
Labor | Kelvin Thomson | 56,067 | 72.21 | +12.29 | |
Liberal | Jack Minas | 21,574 | 27.79 | −12.29 | |
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Kelvin Thomson | 43,394 | 55.77 | +4.10 | |
Independent | Phil Cleary | 34,417 | 44.23 | −4.10 | |
Labor gain from Independent | Swing | +4.10 |
The division was affected by a redistribution, however it is unclear what effect the new boundaries had on Cleary's margin. The swing compares the margin with the 1993 election without any notional adjustment.[6]
1993
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Kardamitsis | 29,499 | 41.88 | -6.80 | |||||||
Independent | Phil Cleary | 20,721 | 29.42 | +29.42 | |||||||
Liberal | Jack Minas | 17,386 | 24.68 | -9.80 | |||||||
Democrats | Robert Stone | 1,474 | 2.09 | -7.48 | |||||||
Independent | Katheryne Savage | 652 | 0.93 | +0.93 | |||||||
Ken Mantell | 271 | 0.38 | +0.38 | ||||||||
Imperial British | Cecil G. Murgatroyd | 219 | 0.31 | -0.17 | |||||||
Natural Law | John Price | 212 | 0.30 | +0.30 | |||||||
Total formal votes | 70,434 | 96.64 | +2.99 | ||||||||
Informal votes | 2,451 | 3.36 | −2.99 | ||||||||
Turnout | 72,885 | 95.26 | |||||||||
Notional two-party-preferred count|- class="vcard" | Labor | Bill Kardamitsis | 49,311 | 70.20 | +12.27 | ||||||
Liberal | Jack Minas | 20,932 | 29.80 | −12.27 | |||||||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||||||||
Independent | Phil Cleary | 36,816 | 52.42 | +52.42 | |||||||
Labor | Bill Kardamitsis | 33,412 | 47.58 | -10.30 | |||||||
Independent gain from Labor | Swing | N/A |
Bob Hawke (Labor) had won the seat at the 1990 election, however he resigned in 1992 and Phil Cleary (Independent) won the seat at the resulting by-election.
1992 by-election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Phil Cleary | 21,391 | 33.5 | +33.5 | |
Labor | Bill Kardamitsis | 18,784 | 29.4 | -19.3 | |
Liberal | John Delacretaz | 17,582 | 27.6 | -6.9 | |
Independent | Katheryne Savage | 1,660 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
Democrats | David Mackay | 1,383 | 2.2 | -7.4 | |
Against Further Immigration | Angela Walker | 577 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
Independent | Geraldine Rawson | 453 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Independent | Ian Sykes | 364 | 0.6 | -0.9 | |
Federal | Stan Germaine | 280 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Imperial British | Cecil G. Murgatroyd | 258 | 0.4 | -0.1 | |
Independent | Salvatore Ferraro | 221 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Independent | Bob Lewis | 216 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Socialist Labour League | Richard Phillips | 136 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Independent | Bill French | 90 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Kon Kyrou | 81 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Julien Droulers | 68 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Patricia Poulos | 61 | 0.1 | +0.1 | ||
Independent | John Murray | 54 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Chris Vassis | 43 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Republican | Otto Kuhne | 35 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Will Kapphan | 34 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Felicia Potter | 30 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 63,801 | 93.6 | +0.00 | ||
Informal votes | 4,348 | 6.4 | +0.00 | ||
Turnout | 68,149 | 89.4 | −4.9 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bill Kardamitis | 40,416 | 63.8 | +5.9 | |
Liberal | John Delacretaz | 22,942 | 36.2 | −5.9 | |
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Independent | Phil Cleary | 41,708 | 65.7 | +65.7 | |
Labor | Bill Kardamitsis | 21,772 | 34.3 | -23.6 | |
Independent gain from Labor |
1990
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bob Hawke | 32,596 | 48.7 | -9.3 | |
Liberal | John Delacretaz | 23,088 | 34.5 | +4.3 | |
Democrats | Philip Mendes | 6,413 | 9.6 | +3.2 | |
Democratic Labor | Mark Beshara | 2,564 | 3.8 | +3.8 | |
Independent | Ian Sykes | 986 | 1.5 | +0.4 | |
Democratic Socialist | Lali Chelliah | 678 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
Imperial British | Cecil G. Murgatroyd | 319 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Independent | Marc Aussie-Stone | 316 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Total formal votes | 66,960 | 93.6 | |||
Informal votes | 4,541 | 6.4 | |||
Turnout | 71,501 | 94.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bob Hawke | 38,708 | 57.9 | -8.2 | |
Liberal | John Delacretaz | 28,116 | 42.1 | +8.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -8.2 |
Elections in the 1980s
[edit]1987
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bob Hawke | 35,849 | 61.8 | -4.7 | |
Liberal | Olga Venables | 15,318 | 26.4 | +3.0 | |
Democrats | Ken Eley | 3,729 | 6.4 | +2.4 | |
Independent | Fast Bucks | 1,400 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
Independent | Lyn Teather | 1,092 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Independent | Ian Sykes | 650 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
Total formal votes | 58,038 | 91.4 | |||
Informal votes | 5,480 | 8.6 | |||
Turnout | 63,518 | 93.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bob Hawke | 40,519 | 69.9 | -0.4 | |
Liberal | Olga Venables | 17,432 | 30.1 | +0.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -0.4 |
1984
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bob Hawke | 38,846 | 66.5 | +1.5 | |
Liberal | Victor Perton | 13,649 | 23.4 | -1.1 | |
Democrats | Peter Allan | 2,350 | 4.0 | -2.3 | |
Independent | Mark Ferguson | 1,360 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
Independent | Lance Hutchinson | 1,056 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Democratic Labor | Gloria Brook | 856 | 1.5 | -0.2 | |
Independent | Martin Mantell | 242 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Independent | Glen Mann | 81 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 58,440 | 89.2 | |||
Informal votes | 7,097 | 10.8 | |||
Turnout | 65,537 | 94.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bob Hawke | 40,986 | 70.3 | -1.2 | |
Liberal | Victor Perton | 17,352 | 29.7 | +1.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -1.2 |
1983
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bob Hawke | 45,571 | 67.6 | +2.5 | |
Liberal | Mark Hoysted | 14,773 | 21.9 | -4.5 | |
Democrats | John Hallam | 4,225 | 6.3 | +2.6 | |
Socialist Labour | Martin Mantell | 1,287 | 1.9 | +1.2 | |
Democratic Labor | Michael Verberne | 1,145 | 1.7 | -0.2 | |
Socialist Workers | Solomon Salby | 206 | 0.3 | -0.7 | |
Imperial British | Cecil G. Murgatroyd | 174 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Total formal votes | 67,381 | 96.2 | |||
Informal votes | 2,660 | 3.8 | |||
Turnout | 70,041 | 95.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bob Hawke | 74.1 | +4.2 | ||
Liberal | Mark Hoysted | 25.9 | -4.2 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +4.2 |
1980
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bob Hawke | 42,815 | 65.1 | +7.5 | |
Liberal | Vincenzo d'Aquino | 17,337 | 26.4 | +0.0 | |
Democrats | Kenneth Goss | 2,407 | 3.7 | -4.8 | |
Democratic Labor | Thomas Stewart | 1,256 | 1.9 | -5.5 | |
Socialist Workers | Solomon Salby | 677 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
Socialist Labour | Michael Head | 490 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Independent | Martin Newell | 410 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
Communist | Philip Herington | 368 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
Total formal votes | 65,760 | 94.5 | |||
Informal votes | 3,846 | 5.5 | |||
Turnout | 69,606 | 94.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bob Hawke | 69.9 | +7.3 | ||
Liberal | Vincenzo d'Aquino | 30.1 | -7.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +7.3 |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]1977
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Gordon Bryant | 38,456 | 57.6 | -0.5 | |
Liberal | Thomas Burrowes | 17,597 | 26.4 | -8.4 | |
Democrats | Vernon Weaver | 5,703 | 8.5 | +8.5 | |
Democratic Labor | John Flint | 4,964 | 7.4 | +0.3 | |
Total formal votes | 66,703 | 96.1 | |||
Informal votes | 2,702 | 3.9 | |||
Turnout | 69,442 | 94.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Gordon Bryant | 62.6 | +3.8 | ||
Liberal | Thomas Burrowes | 37.4 | -3.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +3.8 |
1975
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Gordon Bryant | 32,382 | 60.2 | -1.1 | |
Liberal | Howard Kiel | 17,562 | 32.7 | +2.9 | |
Democratic Labor | John Flint | 3,819 | 7.1 | +0.7 | |
Total formal votes | 53,763 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 1,336 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 55,099 | 95.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Gordon Bryant | 60.9 | -2.5 | ||
Liberal | Howard Kiel | 39.1 | +2.5 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -2.5 |
1974
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Gordon Bryant | 32,721 | 61.3 | +0.6 | |
Liberal | John Bales | 15,923 | 29.8 | +1.8 | |
Democratic Labor | John Flint | 3,430 | 6.4 | -4.9 | |
Australia | Stanley Bell | 944 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Republican | Bruce Drinkwater | 385 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Total formal votes | 53,403 | 96.8 | |||
Informal votes | 1,793 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 55,196 | 95.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Gordon Bryant | 63.4 | +1.6 | ||
Liberal | John Bales | 36.6 | -1.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +1.6 |
1972
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Gordon Bryant | 30,410 | 60.7 | +9.8 | |
Liberal | John Gray | 14,015 | 28.0 | -1.6 | |
Democratic Labor | John Flint | 5,650 | 11.3 | -0.6 | |
Total formal votes | 50,075 | 96.5 | |||
Informal votes | 51,897 | 95.8 | |||
Turnout | 50,075 | 96.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Gordon Bryant | 61.8 | +5.4 | ||
Liberal | John Gray | 38.2 | -5.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +5.4 |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]1969
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Gordon Bryant | 25,839 | 50.9 | -0.7 | |
Liberal | Peter Frankel | 15,046 | 29.6 | -3.5 | |
Democratic Labor | John Flint | 6,021 | 11.9 | -3.3 | |
Independent | John Bennett | 3,367 | 6.6 | +6.6 | |
Independent | Milan Breier | 280 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
Independent | Geraldine Phelan | 251 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Total formal votes | 50,804 | 93.9 | |||
Informal votes | 3,325 | 6.1 | |||
Turnout | 54,129 | 95.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Gordon Bryant | 56.4 | +3.3 | ||
Liberal | Peter Frankel | 43.6 | -3.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +3.3 |
1966
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Gordon Bryant | 18,455 | 53.6 | -0.5 | |
Liberal | David Hutchinson | 10,714 | 31.1 | +2.2 | |
Democratic Labor | John Flint | 5,239 | 15.2 | -1.7 | |
Total formal votes | 34,408 | 95.1 | |||
Informal votes | 1,776 | 4.9 | |||
Turnout | 36,184 | 94.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Gordon Bryant | 55.1 | -0.7 | ||
Liberal | David Hutchinson | 44.9 | +0.7 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -0.7 |
1963
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Gordon Bryant | 20,197 | 54.1 | -3.9 | |
Liberal | James Muntz | 10,795 | 28.9 | +6.7 | |
Democratic Labor | John Hardy | 6,315 | 16.9 | -2.9 | |
Total formal votes | 37,307 | 97.5 | |||
Informal votes | 945 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 38,252 | 96.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Gordon Bryant | 55.8 | -4.2 | ||
Liberal | James Muntz | 44.2 | +4.2 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -4.2 |
1961
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Gordon Bryant | 22,115 | 58.0 | +4.3 | |
Liberal | William Pyatt | 8,454 | 22.2 | -4.3 | |
Democratic Labor | Bill Bryson | 7,553 | 19.8 | -0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 38,122 | 96.7 | |||
Informal votes | 1,300 | 3.3 | |||
Turnout | 39,422 | 95.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Gordon Bryant | 60.0 | +4.3 | ||
Liberal | William Pyatt | 40.0 | -4.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +4.3 |
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]1958
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Gordon Bryant | 21,308 | 53.7 | +6.4 | |
Liberal | Alfred Wall | 10,498 | 26.5 | -1.5 | |
Democratic Labor | Bill Bryson | 7,881 | 19.9 | -4.8 | |
Total formal votes | 39,687 | 97.1 | |||
Informal votes | 1,170 | 2.9 | |||
Turnout | 40,857 | 96.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Gordon Bryant | 55.7 | +1.3 | ||
Liberal | Alfred Wall | 44.3 | -1.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +1.3 |
1955
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Gordon Bryant | 19,363 | 47.3 | -18.5 | |
Liberal | Alfred Wall | 11,478 | 28.0 | -4.9 | |
Labor (A-C) | Bill Bryson | 10,115 | 24.7 | +24.7 | |
Total formal votes | 40,956 | 96.9 | |||
Informal votes | 1,316 | 3.1 | |||
Turnout | 42,272 | 94.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Gordon Bryant | 22,269 | 54.4 | -12.5 | |
Liberal | Alfred Wall | 18,687 | 45.6 | +12.5 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -12.5 |
1954
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Bryson | 27,538 | 62.4 | +13.5 | |
Liberal | Ian Ingram | 16,595 | 37.6 | +4.1 | |
Total formal votes | 44,133 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 590 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 44,723 | 96.4 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +0.6 |
1951
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Bryson | 21,136 | 48.9 | +4.7 | |
Liberal | Baden Grafen | 14,461 | 33.5 | -1.8 | |
Progressive Labor | Doris Blackburn | 7,595 | 17.6 | -3.0 | |
Total formal votes | 43,192 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 782 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 43,974 | 96.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bill Bryson | 26,682 | 61.8 | +3.0 | |
Liberal | Baden Grafen | 16,510 | 38.2 | -3.0 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.0 |
Elections in the 1940s
[edit]1949
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Bryson | 18,918 | 44.2 | +0.7 | |
Liberal | Allan Tyrer | 15,101 | 35.3 | +3.3 | |
Blackburn-Mutton Labor | Doris Blackburn | 8,801 | 20.6 | -2.7 | |
Total formal votes | 42,820 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 613 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 43,433 | 96.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bill Bryson | 25,162 | 58.8 | -2.7 | |
Liberal | Allan Tyrer | 17,658 | 41.2 | +2.7 | |
Labor notional hold | Swing | -2.7 |
References
[edit]- ^ Wills, VIC, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.
- ^ Wills, VIC, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.
- ^ Wills, VIC, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
- ^ 2013 results for Wills, AEC.
- ^ "2010 results for Wills". AEC.
- ^ a b "1996 House of Representatives: Victoria". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "1996 Two Party Preferred Statistics V1_9.XLS". 1993, 1996 and 1998 election statistics. Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Wills (Vic) By-Election (11 April 1992)". Australian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
- ^ "By-Elections 1990-1993". Psephos.