Electoral results for the district of Forest Hill

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

Members for Forest Hill

Member		Party	Term
	John Richardson	Liberal	1976–2002
	Kirstie Marshall	Labor	2002–2010
	Neil Angus	Liberal	2010–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Victorian state election, 2014: Forest Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Neil Angus	18,340	49.7	+0.9
	Labor	Pauline Richards	12,984	35.2	−3.0
	Greens	Brewis Atkinson	3,289	8.9	+1.1
	Animal Justice	Kane Rogers	999	2.7	+2.7
	Christians	Lynne Maddison	561	1.5	+1.5
	Family First	Wendy Ross	508	1.4	−0.6
	Country Alliance	Melissa Trotter	211	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			36,892	95.7	−0.6
Informal votes			1,646	4.3	+0.6
Turnout			38,538	94.0	−1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Neil Angus	20,286	54.8	+1.3
	Labor	Pauline Richards	16,717	45.2	−1.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.3

Victorian state election, 2010: Forest Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Neil Angus	16,043	48.62	+4.28
	Labor	Kirstie Marshall	12,796	38.78	-3.29
	Greens	Andrew Henley	2,501	7.58	-1.06
	Family First	Ivan Stratov	632	1.92	-3.03
	Sex Party	Daniel Irwin	614	1.86	+1.86
	Democratic Labor	James Fung	411	1.25	+1.25
Total formal votes			32,997	96.29	-0.09
Informal votes			1,271	3.71	+0.09
Turnout			34,268	94.11	-0.06
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Neil Angus	17,550	53.17	+3.94
	Labor	Kirstie Marshall	15,458	46.83	-3.94
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+3.94

Elections in the 2000s

Victorian state election, 2006: Forest Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Neil Angus	14,757	44.34	+5.68
	Labor	Kirstie Marshall	14,002	42.07	-5.05
	Greens	Mick Kir	2,874	8.64	-0.27
	Family First	Stella Collins	1,648	4.95	+4.95
Total formal votes			33,281	96.38	-0.45
Informal votes			1,250	3.62	+0.45
Turnout			34,531	94.17	+0.03
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kirstie Marshall	16,920	50.82	-4.96
	Liberal	Neil Angus	16,375	49.18	+4.96
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.96

Victorian state election, 2002: Forest Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kirstie Marshall	16,105	47.1	+4.9
	Liberal	Vasan Srinivasan	13,213	38.7	-16.7
	Greens	Adam Pepper	3,045	8.9	+8.9
	Independent	Noel Spurr	1,105	3.2	+3.2
	Independent	Rodney Campbell	708	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			34,176	96.8	-0.6
Informal votes			1,118	3.2	+0.6
Turnout			35,294	94.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kirstie Marshall	19,063	55.8	+12.0
	Liberal	Vasan Srinivasan	15,113	44.2	-12.0
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+12.0

Elections in the 1990s

Victorian state election, 1999: Forest Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Richardson	17,583	55.9	-3.8
	Labor	Julie Buxton	12,895	41.0	+3.3
	Hope	Sandra Hardiman	1,000	3.2	+3.2
Total formal votes			31,478	97.5	-0.6
Informal votes			816	2.5	+0.6
Turnout			32,294	93.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Richardson	17,974	57.1	-3.4
	Labor	Julie Buxton	13,503	42.9	+3.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.4

Victorian state election, 1996: Forest Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Richardson	18,637	59.6	-5.7
	Labor	David Finnerty	11,766	37.6	+3.0
	Natural Law	Deborah Shay	853	2.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			31,256	98.1	+2.1
Informal votes			608	1.9	-2.1
Turnout			31,864	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Richardson	18,793	60.5	-4.8
	Labor	David Finnerty	12,271	39.5	+4.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.8

Victorian state election, 1992: Forest Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Richardson	19,989	65.3	+11.9
	Labor	Helen Zenkis	10,600	34.7	-11.9
Total formal votes			30,589	96.0	-0.2
Informal votes			1,287	4.0	+0.2
Turnout			31,876	95.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+11.9

Elections in the 1980s

Victorian state election, 1988: Forest Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Richardson	14,557	52.88	-0.99
	Labor	John Madden	12,971	47.12	+0.99
Total formal votes			27,528	96.07	-1.48
Informal votes			1,127	3.93	+1.48
Turnout			28,655	93.81	-0.90
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.99

Victorian state election, 1985: Forest Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Richardson	14,543	53.9	+7.2
	Labor	John Madden	12,452	46.1	+1.4
Total formal votes			26,995	97.5
Informal votes			679	2.5
Turnout			27,674	94.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.3

Victorian state election, 1982: Forest Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Richardson	14,816	46.9	-3.4
	Labor	Anne Blackburn	14,286	45.2	+5.7
	Democrats	Ross Larson	2,476	7.8	-1.9
Total formal votes			31,578	98.2	+0.2
Informal votes			581	1.8	-0.2
Turnout			32,159	95.2	+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Richardson	15,842	50.2	-4.8
	Labor	Anne Blackburn	15,736	49.8	+4.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.8

Elections in the 1970s

Victorian state election, 1979: Forest Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Richardson	14,745	50.3	-8.0
	Labor	Anne Blackburn	11,576	39.5	+3.1
	Democrats	John Goodall	2,841	9.7	+9.7
	Independent	Wilhelm Kapphan	177	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			29,339	98.0	-0.3
Informal votes			594	2.0	+0.3
Turnout			29,933	94.4	+0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Richardson	16,131	55.0	-8.1
	Labor	Anne Blackburn	13,208	45.0	+8.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-8.1

Victorian state election, 1976: Forest Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Richardson	16,065	58.3	+4.1
	Labor	Neville Gay	9,993	36.4	+2.0
	Democratic Labor	Francis Poole	1,388	5.1	-1.4
Total formal votes			27,446	98.3
Informal votes			470	1.7
Turnout			27,916	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Richardson	17,314	63.1	+0.9
	Labor	Neville Gay	10,132	36.9	-0.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.9

References

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