Electoral results for the district of Brunswick

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

Members for Brunswick

First incarnation (1904–1955)
Member		Party	Term
	Frank Anstey	Labor	1904–1910
	James Jewell	Labor	1910–1949
	Peter Randles	Labor	1949–1955
		Anti-Communist ALP
Second incarnation (1976–1992)
Member		Party	Term
	Tom Roper	Labor	1976–1992
Third incarnation (2002–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Carlo Carli	Labor	2002–2010
	Jane Garrett	Labor	2010–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Victorian state election, 2014: Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Greens	Tim Read	16,001	39.6	+9.5
	Labor	Jane Garrett	15,318	38.0	+1.9
	Liberal	Giuseppe Vellotti	6,554	16.2	−0.9
	Animal Justice	Ward Young	714	1.8	+1.8
	People Power Victoria	Stella Kariofyllidis	670	1.7	+1.7
	Independent	Dean O'Callaghan	491	1.2	+1.2
	Family First	Frank Giurleo	396	1.0	+1.0
	Christians	Babar Peters	214	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			40,358	95.1	+0.3
Informal votes			2,089	4.9	−0.3
Turnout			42,447	90.4	+2.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Jane Garrett	21,075	52.2	−1.4
	Greens	Tim Read	19,283	47.8	+1.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.4

Victorian state election, 2010: Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jane Garrett	13,129	36.02	-11.74
	Greens	Cyndi Dawes	11,023	30.24	+0.53
	Liberal	Kyle Dadleh	6,209	17.04	-0.38
	Independent	Phil Cleary	3,914	10.74	+10.74
	Sex Party	Amy Mulcahy	1,418	3.89	+3.89
	Socialist Alliance	Trent Hawkins	405	1.11	-0.93
	Independent	Bill Cawte	348	0.95	+0.95
Total formal votes			36,446	94.75	+0.91
Informal votes			2,018	5.25	-0.91
Turnout			38,464	90.89	+1.61
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Jane Garrett	19,545	53.52	-0.13
	Greens	Cyndi Dawes	16,974	46.48	+0.13
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.13

Elections in the 2000s

Victorian state election, 2006: Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Carlo Carli	15,891	47.74	-4.38
	Greens	Cyndi Dawes	9,890	29.71	+5.37
	Liberal	Vince Arborea	5,800	17.42	+1.01
	Socialist Alliance	Vanessa Hearman	645	1.94	+0.19
	Family First	James McDonald	557	1.67	+1.67
	People Power	Christian Astourian	505	1.52	+1.52
Total formal votes			33,288	93.84	-0.66
Informal votes			2,186	6.16	+0.66
Turnout			35,474	89.28	-2.01
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Carlo Carli	17,940	53.65	-5.65
	Greens	Cyndi Dawes	15,498	46.35	+5.65
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.65

Victorian state election, 2002: Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Carlo Carli	17,075	52.1	-11.6
	Greens	Pamela Curr	7,972	24.3	+18.4
	Liberal	Rebecca Gauci	5,375	16.4	-10.5
	Independent	Tony Morton	857	2.6	+2.6
	Independent	Ken Taylor	752	2.3	+2.3
	Socialist Alliance	Judy McVey	573	1.7	+1.7
	CEC	Steven Bird	154	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			32,758	94.5	-1.4
Informal votes			1,906	5.5	+1.4
Turnout			34,664	91.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Carlo Carli	19,340	59.3	-11.9
	Greens	Pamela Curr	13,281	40.7	+40.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-11.9

Elections in the 1980s

Victorian state election, 1988: Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Roper	15,521	63.95	-6.93
	Liberal	Louise Joyce	6,885	28.37	-1.05
	Democratic Labor	Michael Rowe	1,863	7.68	+7.68
Total formal votes			24,269	92.88	-2.05
Informal votes			1,861	7.12	+2.05
Turnout			26,130	87.58	-2.24
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tom Roper	16,172	66.67	-3.91
	Liberal	Louise Joyce	8,083	33.33	+3.91
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.91

Victorian state election, 1985: Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Roper	18,371	70.6	-1.1
	Liberal	Gregory Dinncen	7,657	29.4	+8.9
Total formal votes			26,028	94.9
Informal votes			1,389	5.1
Turnout			27,417	89.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-6.7

Victorian state election, 1982: Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Roper	19,092	75.7	+5.5
	Liberal	Brian Tuohy	4,673	18.5	-4.9
	Australia Party	David Anderson	1,014	4.0	+4.0
	Independent	James Ferrari	430	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			25,209	95.7	+0.1
Informal votes			1,135	4.3	-0.1
Turnout			26,344	90.7	+0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tom Roper	19,890	78.9	+3.4
	Liberal	Brian Tuohy	5,319	21.1	-3.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.4

Elections in the 1970s

Victorian state election, 1979: Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Roper	17,268	70.2	+7.7
	Liberal	Geoff Leigh	5,762	23.4	-4.6
	Communist	Philip Herington	1,580	6.4	+6.4
Total formal votes			24,610	95.6	+1.3
Informal votes			1,128	4.4	-1.3
Turnout			25,738	89.8	-0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tom Roper	18,570	75.5	+10.8
	Liberal	Geoff Leigh	6,040	24.5	-10.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.8

Victorian state election, 1976: Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Roper	15,731	62.5	+4.2
	Liberal	Alfredos Kouris	7,037	28.0	+0.3
	Independent	Stephen Cope	744	3.0	+3.0
	Independent	Marian Kermonde	314	1.3	+1.3
	Independent	Grahame Kermonde	287	1.1	+1.1
	Independent	Robert Douglas	282	1.1	+1.1
	Independent	Leslie Johns	248	1.0	+1.0
	Independent	Angelo Russo	238	1.0	+1.0
	Independent	Anthony Errichiello	208	0.8	+0.8
	Independent	Ronald Moran	65	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			25,154	94.3
Informal votes			1,524	5.7
Turnout			26,678	90.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tom Roper	16,286	64.7	+2.7
	Liberal	Alfredos Kouris	8,868	35.3	-2.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.7

Elections in the 1950s

Victorian state election, 1952: Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Randles	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Victorian state election, 1950: Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Randles	16,626	71.0	+4.4
	Liberal and Country	Bruce Cann	6,805	29.0	-4.4
Total formal votes			23,431	98.6	+0.1
Informal votes			342	1.4	-0.1
Turnout			23,773	94.8	+0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.4

References

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