Electoral results for the district of Bendigo West

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

Members for Bendigo West

First incarnation (1904–1927)
Member		Party	Term
	David Smith	Labor	1904–1914
		Independent	1914–1917
		National Labor	1917–1920
		Nationalist	1920–1924
	Arthur Cook	Labor	1924–1927
Second incarnation (1985–present)
Member		Party	Term
	David Kennedy	Labor	1985–1992
	Max Turner	Liberal	1992–1996
	Bob Cameron	Labor	1996–2010
	Maree Edwards	Labor	2010–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Victorian state election, 2014: Bendigo West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Maree Edwards	18,247	47.9	+8.2
	Liberal	Michael Langdon	12,328	32.3	+12.4
	Greens	John Brownstein	4,482	11.8	+1.0
	Family First	Amanda Moskalewicz	1,311	3.4	+1.6
	Country Alliance	Elise Chapman	1,071	2.8	−0.8
	Rise Up Australia	Sandra Caddy	692	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			38,131	95.6	+1.0
Informal votes			1,753	4.4	−1.0
Turnout			39,884	93.8	+2.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Maree Edwards	23,702	62.2	+4.0
	Liberal	Michael Langdon	14,419	37.8	−4.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.0

Victorian state election, 2010: Bendigo West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Maree Edwards	14,431	39.34	-9.12
	National	Steven Oliver	7,965	21.71	+15.41
	Liberal	Anita Donlon	7,343	20.02	-9.16
	Greens	Sue-Ellen Radford	3,999	10.90	-0.07
	Country Alliance	Trevor Phillips	1,328	3.62	+3.62
	Family First	Frances Wintle	671	1.83	-3.25
	Democratic Labor	Sandra Caddy	584	1.59	+1.59
	Christian Democrats	Anne Foster	361	0.98	+0.98
Total formal votes			36,682	94.52	−1.63
Informal votes			2,127	5.48	+1.63
Turnout			38,809	93.11	+0.22
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Maree Edwards	19,417	52.93	-7.63
	National	Steven Oliver	17,265	47.07	+47.07
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.63

Elections in the 2000s

Victorian state election, 2006: Bendigo West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Cameron	17,120	48.46	-7.97
	Liberal	Bruce McClure	10,310	29.18	+6.14
	Greens	Sue-Ellen Radford	3,877	10.97	+0.79
	National	Glenn Murrells	2,227	6.30	-3.88
	Family First	Rachel Harrison	1,796	5.08	+5.08
Total formal votes			35,330	96.15	-1.39
Informal votes			1,413	3.85	+1.39
Turnout			36,743	92.89	-1.05
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Cameron	21,447	60.56	-5.38
	Liberal	Bruce McClure	13,965	39.44	+5.38
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.38

Victorian state election, 2002: Bendigo West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Cameron	19,865	56.43	+0.04
	Liberal	Geoff Austerberry	8,112	23.04	-12.92
	National	Robin Taylor	3,642	10.35	+10.35
	Greens	Doug Ralph	3,583	10.18	+5.90
Total formal votes			35,202	97.54	-0.53
Informal votes			888	2.46	+0.53
Turnout			36,090	93.94	-0.86
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Cameron	23,203	65.94	+4.68
	Liberal	Geoff Austerberry	11,986	34.06	-4.68
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.68

Elections in the 1990s

Victorian state election, 1999: Bendigo West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Cameron	18,315	56.4	+12.7
	Liberal	Felix Cappy	11,679	36.0	-7.0
	Greens	Anne Hall	1,391	4.3	+4.3
	Independent	Alan Howard	1,092	3.4	+3.4
Total formal votes			32,477	98.1	-0.4
Informal votes			638	1.9	+0.4
Turnout			33,115	94.8	-0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Cameron	19,893	61.3	+9.6
	Liberal	Felix Cappy	12,582	38.7	-9.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.6

Victorian state election, 1996: Bendigo West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Cameron	13,849	43.7	-1.8
	Liberal	Max Turner	13,632	43.0	+7.3
	Independent	Willi Carney	1,936	6.1	+6.1
	Independent	Karen Brown	1,153	3.6	+3.6
	Shooters	Tom Comini	974	3.1	+3.1
	Natural Law	Robert Freethy	152	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			31,696	98.5	+0.7
Informal votes			491	1.5	-0.7
Turnout			32,187	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Cameron	16,371	51.7	+2.8
	Liberal	Max Turner	15,281	48.3	-2.8
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+2.8

Victorian state election, 1992: Bendigo West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Kennedy	13,763	45.5	-0.1
	Liberal	Max Turner	10,788	35.7	+5.3
	National	Tony Southcombe	3,995	13.2	-1.2
	Independent	Brian Keogh	1,683	5.6	+5.6
Total formal votes			30,229	97.7	+0.3
Informal votes			703	2.3	-0.3
Turnout			30,932	96.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Max Turner	15,433	51.1	+2.7
	Labor	David Kennedy	14,760	48.9	-2.7
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+2.7

Elections in the 1980s

Victorian state election, 1988: Bendigo West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Kennedy	13,881	44.97	-8.75
	Liberal	William Maltby	9,534	30.89	-1.20
	National	Peter McNaught	4,549	14.74	+0.55
	Democrats	Peter Shaw-Truex	1,138	3.69	+3.69
	Independent	Harold Hall	891	2.89	+2.89
	Call to Australia	Graeme Furlong	876	2.84	+2.84
Total formal votes			30,869	97.39	-0.86
Informal votes			828	2.61	+0.86
Turnout			31,697	94.15	-0.80
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	David Kennedy	15,697	50.88	-4.80
	Liberal	William Maltby	15,155	49.12	+4.80
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.80

Victorian state election, 1985: Bendigo West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Kennedy	15,687	53.7	+4.0
	Liberal	Alexander Sandner	9,371	32.1	-6.0
	National	Reginald Holt	4,142	14.2	+9.2
Total formal votes			29,200	98.2
Informal votes			520	1.8
Turnout			29,720	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	David Kennedy	16,264	55.7	+1.0
	Liberal	Alexander Sandner	12,936	44.3	-1.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.0

References

• "Bendigo West District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 November 2011.