Electoral results for the district of Gippsland East

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

Members for Gippsland East

Member		Party	Term
	Henry Foster	Unaligned	1889–1902
	James Cameron	Ministerialist	1902–1920
		Commonwealth Liberal
		Nationalist
	Sir Albert Lind	Farmers Union	1920–1961
		Country
	Bruce Evans	Country	1961–1975
		National Country	1975–1982
		National	1982–1992
	David Treasure	National	1992–1999
	Craig Ingram	Independent	1999–2010
	Tim Bull	National	2010–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Victorian state election, 2014: Gippsland East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Tim Bull	22,984	60.4	+15.2
	Labor	Kate Maxfield	7,754	20.4	+12.9
	Greens	Scott Campbell-Smith	3,035	8.0	+2.7
	Country Alliance	David Hutchison	1,436	3.8	+1.2
	Independent	Leigh McDonald	929	2.4	+2.4
	Independent	Peter Gardner	763	2.0	+2.0
	Independent	Peter McKenzie	644	1.7	+1.7
	Rise Up Australia	Jenny Jack	531	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			38,076	94.4	−2.4
Informal votes			2,270	5.6	+2.4
Turnout			40,346	93.6	+1.0
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Tim Bull	25,954	67.9	−5.2
	Labor	Kate Maxfield	12,263	32.1	+5.2
	National hold		Swing	−5.2

Victorian state election, 2010: Gippsland East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Tim Bull	16,987	45.12	+26.32
	Independent	Craig Ingram	9,528	25.31	-13.11
	Liberal	Sonia Buckley	5,368	14.26	-7.53
	Labor	Gregg Cook	2,821	7.49	-4.16
	Greens	Jill Redwood	1,976	5.25	+0.33
	Country Alliance	Deborah Meester	972	2.58	+2.58
Total formal votes			37,652	96.81	+0.94
Informal votes			1,242	3.19	-0.94
Turnout			38,894	93.91	+1.09
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Tim Bull	23,403	62.06	+20.53
	Independent	Craig Ingram	14,305	37.94	-20.53
	National gain from Independent		Swing	+20.53

Elections in the 2000s

Victorian state election, 2006: Gippsland East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Craig Ingram	13,344	38.4	-2.9
	Liberal	Peter Bommer	7,566	21.8	+9.1
	National	Chris Nixon	6,530	18.8	-5.1
	Labor	Zach Smith	4,047	11.7	-3.1
	Greens	Geoffrey De Jonge	1,709	4.9	+0.3
	Family First	Dean Beveridge	1,137	3.3	+3.3
	Independent	Clint Eastwood	395	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			34,728	95.9	-0.2
Informal votes			1,496	4.1	+0.2
Turnout			36,224	92.8	-0.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Craig Ingram	20,526	59.1	-2.6
	Liberal	Peter Bommer	14,202	40.9	+40.9
	Independent hold		Swing	-2.6

Victorian state election, 2002: Gippsland East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Craig Ingram	13,919	41.3	+18.9
	National	Darren Chester	8,061	23.9	-13.0
	Labor	Terry Grange	4,997	14.8	-13.0
	Liberal	Leigh Dent	4,273	12.7	+12.7
	Greens	Kevin Thiele	1,536	4.6	+4.6
	Independent	Jacqueline McKeown	447	1.3	+1.3
	Independent	Ben Buckley	444	1.3	-3.8
Total formal votes			33,677	96.1	-1.2
Informal votes			1,365	3.9	+1.2
Turnout			35,042	93.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Craig Ingram	20,791	61.7	+4.2
	National	Darren Chester	12,886	38.3	-4.2
	Independent hold		Swing	+4.2

Elections in the 1990s

Victorian state election, 1999: Gippsland East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	David Treasure	10,776	35.9	-16.9
	Labor	Bill Bolitho	8,177	27.3	-1.3
	Independent	Craig Ingram	7,439	24.8	+24.8
	One Nation	Michael Freshwater	1,911	6.4	+6.4
	Independent	Ben Buckley	1,704	5.7	+5.7
Total formal votes			30,007	97.4	-0.9
Informal votes			812	2.6	+0.9
Turnout			30,819	93.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Craig Ingram	17,317	57.7	+57.7
	National	David Treasure	12,690	42.3	-22.9
	Independent gain from National		Swing	+57.7

Victorian state election, 1996: Gippsland East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	David Treasure	15,999	52.9	-3.6
	Labor	Lynne Roder	8,636	28.5	+8.1
	Independent	Bruce Ellett	5,226	17.3	+6.5
	Natural Law	Bruce Lusher	408	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			30,269	98.3	+0.5
Informal votes			530	1.7	-0.5
Turnout			30,799	94.1
Two-party-preferred result
	National	David Treasure	19,672	65.2	-8.2
	Labor	Lynne Roder	10,494	34.8	+8.2
	National hold		Swing	-8.2

Victorian state election, 1992: Gippsland East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	David Treasure	16,225	56.5	+8.9
	Labor	John Halloran	5,869	20.4	-9.1
	Independent	Bruce Ellett	3,099	10.8	+10.8
	Independent	Roger Steedman	1,732	6.0	+6.0
	Independent	Ian Honey	1,274	4.4	+4.4
	Independent	Bob Lansbury	526	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			28,725	97.8	-0.1
Informal votes			659	2.2	+0.1
Turnout			29,384	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	National	David Treasure	21,053	73.4	+4.2
	Labor	John Halloran	7,639	26.6	-4.2
	National hold		Swing	+4.2

Elections in the 1980s

Victorian state election, 1988: Gippsland East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Bruce Evans	13,218	46.99	-2.63
	Labor	Jan Devink	8,232	29.26	-1.40
	Liberal	William Young	6,162	21.91	+2.19
	Call to Australia	Robert Watson	518	1.84	+1.84
Total formal votes			28,130	97.91	-0.57
Informal votes			601	2.09	+0.57
Turnout			28,713	92.44	-0.27
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Bruce Evans	19,384	69.42	+1.90
	Labor	Jan Devink	8,538	30.58	-1.90
	National hold		Swing	+1.90

Victorian state election, 1985: Gippsland East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Bruce Evans	13,078	49.6	+5.5
	Labor	Clifford Harding	8,081	30.7	-1.7
	Liberal	David McInnes	5,196	19.7	+0.4
Total formal votes			26,355	98.5
Informal votes			406	1.5
Turnout			26,761	92.7
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Bruce Evans	17,794	67.5	+3.3
	Labor	Clifford Harding	8,561	32.5	-3.3
	National hold		Swing	+3.3

Victorian state election, 1982: Gippsland East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Bruce Evans	11,202	43.6	+2.3
	Labor	Dan Luscombe	8,370	32.6	+1.4
	Liberal	John Riggall	5,029	19.6	-7.9
	Democrats	Ian Glover	1,069	4.2	+4.2
Total formal votes			25,670	97.7	+1.1
Informal votes			612	2.3	-1.1
Turnout			26,282	92.9	+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Bruce Evans	16,446	64.1	-3.2
	Labor	Dan Luscombe	9,224	35.9	+3.2
	National hold		Swing	-3.2

Elections in the 1970s

Victorian state election, 1979: Gippsland East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Bruce Evans	9,807	41.3	-4.6
	Labor	Graeme McIntyre	7,421	31.2	+31.2
	Liberal	Philip Davis	6,549	27.5	+6.0
Total formal votes			23,777	96.6	-1.2
Informal votes			844	3.4	+1.2
Turnout			24,621	92.7	+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Bruce Evans	16,005	67.3	-3.4
	Labor	Graeme McIntyre	7,919	32.9	+32.9
	National hold		Swing	-3.4

Victorian state election, 1976: Gippsland East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Bruce Evans	10,484	45.9	+7.1
	Independent	Geoffrey Cox	6,419	28.1	+28.1
	Liberal	Geoffrey Ramsden	4,899	21.4	-2.9
	Democratic Labor	Robert McMahon	1,038	4.5	-1.5
Total formal votes			22,840	97.8
Informal votes			505	2.2
Turnout			23,345	92.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Bruce Evans	16,146	70.7	+3.3
	Independent	Geoffrey Cox	6,694	29.3	+29.3
	National hold		Swing	N/A

Victorian state election, 1973: Gippsland East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Bruce Evans	7,821	40.5	+3.6
	Labor	Geoffrey Cox	6,002	31.1	+5.1
	Liberal	John Sheehan	4,285	22.2	-2.3
	Democratic Labor	Robert McMahon	1,201	6.2	-6.3
Total formal votes			19,309	97.8	+0.5
Informal votes			442	2.2	-0.5
Turnout			19,751	93.9	-0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Bruce Evans	12,994	67.3	-3.5
	Labor	Geoffrey Cox	6,315	32.7	+3.5
	Country hold		Swing	-3.5

Victorian state election, 1970: Gippsland East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Bruce Evans	6,570	36.9	-13.2
	Labor	Philip Grech	4,628	26.0	+4.5
	Liberal	Keith Mason	4,367	24.5	+9.4
	Democratic Labor	Frank Burns	2,226	12.5	-0.7
Total formal votes			17,791	97.3	-0.3
Informal votes			498	2.7	+0.3
Turnout			18,289	94.4	+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Bruce Evans	12,601	70.8	-4.2
	Labor	Philip Grech	5,190	29.2	+4.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Bruce Evans	11,579	65.1	-9.9
	Liberal	Keith Mason	6,212	34.9	+9.9
	Country hold		Swing	-9.9

Elections in the 1960s

Victorian state election, 1967: Gippsland East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Bruce Evans	8,605	50.2	-13.4
	Labor	Thomas Powell	3,683	21.5	+21.5
	Liberal	D.P. Palmer	2,596	15.1	-6.4
	Democratic Labor	Frank Burns	2,273	13.2	-1.7
Total formal votes			17,157	97.6
Informal votes			423	2.4
Turnout			17,580	94.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Bruce Evans	12,874	75.0	+8.4
	Labor	Thomas Powell	4,283	25.0	+25.0
	Country hold		Swing	+8.4

Victorian state election, 1964: Gippsland East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Bruce Evans	12,729	63.9	+26.6
	Liberal and Country	Rae Archibald	4,289	21.5	-2.6
	Democratic Labor	Frank Burns	2,885	14.5	-0.2
Total formal votes			19,903	97.8	0.0
Informal votes			453	2.2	0.0
Turnout			20,356	93.1	-0.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Bruce Evans	13,306	66.9	+4.6
	Liberal and Country	Rae Archibald	6,597	33.1	-4.6
	Country hold		Swing	+4.6

Victorian state election, 1961: Gippsland East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Bruce Evans	7,342	37.3	-20.9
	Liberal and Country	Rae Archibald	4,752	24.1	+1.1
	Labor	Neil Rosser	4,715	23.9	+23.9
	Democratic Labor	Frank Burns	2,901	14.7	-4.1
Total formal votes			19,710	97.8	-0.7
Informal votes			441	2.2	+0.7
Turnout			20,151	93.6	-0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Bruce Evans	14,085	71.5	-0.8
	Labor	Neil Rosser	5,625	28.5	+28.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Bruce Evans	12,273	62.3	-10.0
	Liberal and Country	Rae Archibald	7,437	37.7	+10.0
	Country hold		Swing	-10.0

Elections in the 1950s

Victorian state election, 1958: Gippsland East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Albert Lind	11,285	58.2
	Liberal and Country	Rae Archibald	4,465	23.0
	Democratic Labor	Frank Burns	3,650	18.8
Total formal votes			19,400	98.5
Informal votes			304	1.5
Turnout			19,704	94.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Albert Lind	13,110	67.6
	Liberal and Country	Rae Archibald	6,290	32.4
	Country hold		Swing

Victorian state election, 1955: Gippsland East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Albert Lind	13,084	75.2
	Labor (A-C)	Frank Burns	4,323	24.8
Total formal votes			17,407	98.3
Informal votes			308	1.7
Turnout			17,715	92.5
	Country hold		Swing

Victorian state election, 1952: Gippsland East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Albert Lind	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Victorian state election, 1950: Gippsland East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Albert Lind	8,421	69.5	-2.0
	Liberal and Country	Gordon Savage	3,691	30.5	+30.5
Total formal votes			12,112	98.1	-1.2
Informal votes			237	1.9	+1.2
Turnout			12,349	93.9	+0.3
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

References

• "Gippsland East District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 21 November 2011.