Electoral results for the district of Doncaster

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

Members for Doncaster

Member		Party	Term
	Morris Williams	Liberal	1976–1988
	Victor Perton	Liberal	1988–2006
	Mary Wooldridge	Liberal	2006–2014

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Victorian state election, 2010: Doncaster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mary Wooldridge	20,417	62.73	+12.18
	Labor	Charles Pick	8,500	26.12	-6.55
	Greens	Nick Carson	2,616	8.04	+0.64
	Family First	Ken Smithies	1,015	3.12	-1.16
Total formal votes			32,548	95.28	-0.73
Informal votes			1,614	4.72	+0.73
Turnout			34,162	93.54	+0.00
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Mary Wooldridge	22,020	67.61	+9.49
	Labor	Charles Pick	10,549	32.39	-9.49
	Liberal hold		Swing	+9.49

Elections in the 2000s

Victorian state election, 2006: Doncaster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mary Wooldridge	16,127	50.55	+2.57
	Labor	Lidia Argondizzo	10,423	32.67	-10.08
	Greens	Chris Gymer	2,360	7.40	-1.87
	Independent	Irene Goonan	1,628	5.10	+5.10
	Family First	Dot Peak	1,367	4.28	+4.28
Total formal votes			31,905	96.01	-0.86
Informal votes			1,325	3.99	+0.86
Turnout			33,230	93.54	+0.48
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Mary Wooldridge	18,541	58.12	+7.35
	Labor	Lidia Argondizzo	13,359	41.88	-7.35
	Liberal hold		Swing	+7.35

Victorian state election, 2002: Doncaster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Victor Perton	15,324	48.0	-11.8
	Labor	Kate Dunn	13,652	42.7	+9.4
	Greens	Kerry Dawborn	2,960	9.3	+4.4
Total formal votes			31,936	96.9	-0.3
Informal votes			1,033	3.1	+0.3
Turnout			32,969	93.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Victor Perton	16,213	50.8	-11.5
	Labor	Kate Dunn	15,723	49.2	+11.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	-11.5

Elections in the 1990s

Victorian state election, 1999: Doncaster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Victor Perton	19,707	60.8	-3.1
	Labor	Jessie McCallum	10,579	32.6	-0.3
	Greens	Sam Fyfield	1,497	4.6	+4.6
	Hope	Geoff Dawe	629	1.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			32,412	97.3	-0.3
Informal votes			915	2.7	+0.3
Turnout			33,327	92.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Victor Perton	20,518	63.3	-1.7
	Labor	Jessie McCallum	11,892	36.7	+1.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.7

Victorian state election, 1996: Doncaster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Victor Perton	20,472	63.9	-4.1
	Labor	Kevin Jensen	10,547	32.9	+1.0
	Natural Law	George Rose	1,003	3.1	+3.1
Total formal votes			32,022	97.6	+1.5
Informal votes			795	2.4	-1.5
Turnout			32,817	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Victor Perton	20,783	65.0	-3.1
	Labor	Kevin Jensen	11,215	35.0	+3.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.1

Victorian state election, 1992: Doncaster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Victor Perton	20,997	68.1	+10.6
	Labor	Chris Nisiforou	9,848	31.9	-10.6
Total formal votes			30,845	96.1	-0.3
Informal votes			1,248	3.9	+0.3
Turnout			32,093	95.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+10.6

Elections in the 1980s

Victorian state election, 1988: Doncaster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Victor Perton	14,885	52.95	-2.69
	Labor	Steven Tsitas	11,163	39.71	-4.65
	Independent	Wayne Wright	1,084	3.86	+3.86
	Call to Australia	Guy Salthouse	977	3.48	+3.48
Total formal votes			28,109	96.41	-1.36
Informal votes			1,048	3.59	+1.36
Turnout			29,157	93.56	-0.93
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Victor Perton	16,143	57.43	+1.79
	Labor	Steven Tsitas	11,964	42.57	-1.79
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.79

Victorian state election, 1985: Doncaster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Morris Williams	14,635	55.6	+5.5
	Labor	William Poppins	11,666	44.4	+3.8
Total formal votes			26,301	97.8
Informal votes			600	2.2
Turnout			26,901	94.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.4

Victorian state election, 1982: Doncaster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Morris Williams	16,026	51.9	-2.2
	Labor	Peter Cleeland	12,242	39.7	+5.6
	Democrats	Lynden Kenyon	2,594	8.4	-2.8
Total formal votes			30,862	98.0	+0.2
Informal votes			643	2.0	-0.2
Turnout			31,505	95.4	+0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Morris Williams	17,128	55.5	-5.4
	Labor	Peter Cleeland	13,734	44.5	+5.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.4

Elections in the 1970s

Victorian state election, 1979: Doncaster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Morris Williams	15,268	54.1	+0.9
	Labor	Jean Downing	9,629	34.1	+7.2
	Democrats	Sydney Poulter	3.166	11.2	+11.2
	Australia Party	Max Mand	147	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			28,210	97.8	-0.7
Informal votes			632	2.2	+0.7
Turnout			28,842	94.7	+0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Morris Williams	17,191	60.9	-5.0
	Labor	Jean Downing	11,019	39.1	+5.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.0

Victorian state election, 1976: Doncaster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Morris Williams	14,014	53.2	-1.6
	Labor	Francis Smith	7,078	26.9	-5.3
	Independent	Edward Ajani	4,331	16.4	+16.4
	Democratic Labor	Margaret Coogan	915	3.5	-3.2
Total formal votes			26,338	96.8
Informal votes			920	3.2
Turnout			26,740	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Morris Williams	17,360	65.9	+2.3
	Labor	Francis Smith	8,978	34.1	-2.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.3

References

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