Electoral results for the district of Gippsland South

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

Members for Gippsland South

Member		Party	Term
	Angus McMillan	Unaligned	1859–1860
	George Hedley	Unaligned	1859–1860
	John Johnson	Unaligned	1862–1864
	Peter Snodgrass	Unaligned	1864–1867
	Thomas McCombie	Unaligned	1867–1869
	George Macartney	Unaligned	1869–1871
	Francis Mason	Unaligned	1871–1877
	George Macartney	Unaligned	1877–1878
	Francis Mason	Unaligned	1878–1886
	Arthur Groom	Unaligned	1886–1889
	Francis Mason	Unaligned	1889–1902
	Thomas Livingston	Ministerialist	1902–1922
		Commonwealth Liberal
		Nationalist
	Walter West	Nationalist	1922–1927
	Henry Bodman	Independent	1927
	Walter West	Nationalist	1927–1929
	Sir Herbert Hyland	Country	1929–1970
	James Taylor	Liberal	1970–1973
	Neil McInnes	National	1973–1982
		Liberal
	Tom Wallace	National	1982–1992
	Peter Ryan	National	1992–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Gippsland South state by-election, 2015[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Danny O'Brien	15,101	45.2	−12.0
	Liberal	Scott Rossetti	8,873	26.6	+26.6
	Greens	Andrea Millsom	5,244	15.7	+6.1
	Independent	Deb Meester	1,151	3.4	+3.4
	Independent	Warren Sanders	1,126	3.4	+3.4
	Independent	Viv Pepper	1,108	3.3	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jim McDonald	449	1.3	+1.3
	Independent	Gerard J. Donohue	330	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			33,382	94.5	−0.0
Informal votes			1,946	5.5	+0.0
Turnout			35,328	86.9	−7.1
	National	Danny O'Brien	17,019	51.0	n/a
	Liberal	Scott Rossetti	9,509	28.5	n/a
	Greens	Andrea Millsom	6,854	20.5	n/a
	National hold		Swing	n/a

Victorian state election, 2014: Gippsland South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Peter Ryan	20,468	57.3	−6.6
	Labor	Lynn Psaila	7,819	21.9	+3.0
	Greens	Ian Onley	3,436	9.6	−0.3
	Country Alliance	Deb Meester	1,853	5.2	−2.2
	Independent	Phil Piper	1,093	3.1	+3.1
	Rise Up Australia	Patrick Winterton	1,076	3.0	+3.0
Total formal votes			35,745	94.5	−1.1
Informal votes			2,082	5.5	+1.1
Turnout			37,827	94.0	+1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Peter Ryan	23,503	65.7	−6.9
	Labor	Lynn Psaila	12,289	34.3	+6.9
	National hold		Swing	−6.9

Victorian state election, 2010: Gippsland South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Peter Ryan	22,479	63.82	+22.36
	Labor	Steve Boyce	6,647	18.87	-3.37
	Greens	Kate Jackson	3,495	9.92	+3.26
	Country Alliance	John Hirt	2,602	7.39	+7.39
Total formal votes			35,223	95.62	+0.24
Informal votes			1,615	4.38	-0.24
Turnout			36,838	93.94	+0.30
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Peter Ryan	25,573	72.59	+6.86
	Labor	Steve Boyce	9,655	27.41	-6.86
	National hold		Swing	+6.86

Elections in the 2000s

Victorian state election, 2006: Gippsland South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Peter Ryan	13,818	41.5	+2.8
	Labor	Steve Boyce	7,413	22.2	-6.3
	Liberal	Simon Wilson	6,100	18.3	-2.8
	Independent	Jo McCubbin	2,281	6.8	+6.8
	Greens	Jackie Dargaville	2,221	6.7	-5.0
	Family First	Clare Heath	1,357	4.1	+4.1
	CEC	Theo Alblas	135	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			33,325	95.4	-1.6
Informal votes			1,615	4.6	+1.6
Turnout			34,940	93.6
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Peter Ryan	21,932	65.8	+4.9
	Labor	Steve Boyce	11,393	34.2	-4.9
	National hold		Swing	+4.9

Victorian state election, 2002: Gippsland South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Peter Ryan	12,891	38.7	-4.6
	Labor	Gregg Cook	9,505	28.5	-0.8
	Liberal	Jim Forbes	7,015	21.1	+14.4
	Greens	Chris Aitken	3,905	11.7	+11.7
Total formal votes			33,316	97.0	-0.5
Informal votes			1,027	3.0	+0.5
Turnout			34,343	94.1
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Peter Ryan	20,274	60.9	+2.9
	Labor	Gregg Cook	13,042	39.1	-2.9
	National hold		Swing	+2.9

Elections in the 1990s

Victorian state election, 1999: Gippsland South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Peter Ryan	15,130	50.5	-17.2
	Labor	Howard Emanuel	9,955	33.2	+4.7
	Independent	Mal Sayers	4,411	14.7	+14.7
	Natural Law	Rohin Clarke	456	1.5	-2.2
Total formal votes			29,952	97.4	-0.9
Informal votes			800	2.6	+0.9
Turnout			30,752	93.9
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Peter Ryan	17,238	57.5	-11.9
	Labor	Howard Emanuel	12,740	42.5	+11.9
	National hold		Swing	-11.9

Victorian state election, 1996: Gippsland South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Peter Ryan	20,747	67.7	+2.4
	Labor	Jim Walton	8,739	28.5	+5.4
	Natural Law	Colin Barnes	1,151	3.8	+3.8
Total formal votes			30,637	98.3	+0.5
Informal votes			538	1.7	-0.5
Turnout			31,175	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Peter Ryan	21,258	69.4	-4.5
	Labor	Jim Walton	9,353	30.6	+4.5
	National hold		Swing	-4.5

Victorian state election, 1992: Gippsland South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Peter Ryan	19,879	65.3	+17.2
	Labor	Brian Burleigh	7,035	23.1	-3.1
	Independent	Roger Stephens	2,596	8.5	+8.5
	Independent	Vaughan Wareham	934	3.1	+3.1
Total formal votes			30,444	97.7	-0.3
Informal votes			706	2.3	+0.3
Turnout			31,150	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Peter Ryan	22,490	73.9	+2.9
	Labor	Brian Burleigh	7,937	26.1	-2.9
	National hold		Swing	+2.9

Elections in the 1980s

Victorian state election, 1988: Gippsland South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Tom Wallace	13,951	48.00	-0.93
	Labor	Keith Vardy	7,845	26.99	+1.57
	Liberal	Anne-Marie McBeath	6,562	22.58	-3.07
	Call to Australia	Leslie Howlett	709	2.44	+2.44
Total formal votes			29,067	97.99	-0.47
Informal votes			596	2.01	+0.47
Turnout			29,663	93.18	+0.12
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Tom Wallace	20,375	70.17	+1.90
	Labor	Keith Vardy	8,662	29.83	+29.83
	National hold		Swing	+1.90

Victorian state election, 1985: Gippsland South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Tom Wallace	13,592	48.9	+16.4
	Liberal	Neil McInnes	7,125	25.6	-10.3
	Labor	Max Semken	7,061	25.4	-0.6
Total formal votes			27,778	98.5
Informal votes			435	1.5
Turnout			28,213	93.1
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Tom Wallace	19,945	71.8	+3.5
	Labor	Max Semken	7,833	28.2	-3.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Tom Wallace	18,960	68.3
	Liberal	Neil McInnes	8,812	31.7
	National hold		Swing

Victorian state election, 1982: Gippsland South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Neil McInnes	9,269	36.0	-1.4
	National	Tom Wallace	8,224	32.0	+1.7
	Labor	Reginald Smith	6,734	26.2	+2.7
	Democrats	Wilma Western	1,492	5.8	-3.0
Total formal votes			25,719	98.2	+0.9
Informal votes			462	1.8	-0.9
Turnout			26,181	93.8	+0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Tom Wallace	17,836	69.3	+2.2
	Labor	Reginald Smith	7,883	30.7	-2.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Tom Wallace	15,068	58.6	+1.7
	Liberal	Neil McInnes	10,651	41.4	-1.7
	National hold		Swing	+1.7

Elections in the 1970s

Victorian state election, 1979: Gippsland South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Kallady	8,998	37.4	+8.3
	National	Neil McInnes	7,293	30.3	-15.2
	Labor	Ronald Neal	5,660	23.5	+2.7
	Democrats	Wilma Western	2,110	8.8	+8.8
Total formal votes			24,061	97.3	-0.8
Informal votes			657	2.7	+0.8
Turnout			24,718	92.9	-0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Neil McInnes	16,142	67.1	-9.0
	Labor	Ronald Neal	7,919	32.9	+9.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Neil McInnes	13,688	56.9	+5.6
	Liberal	David Kallady	10,373	43.1	-5.6
	National hold		Swing	+5.6

Victorian state election, 1976: Gippsland South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Neil McInnes	10,611	45.5	+15.1
	Liberal	David Kallady	6,797	29.1	-10.0
	Labor	Russel Wilson	4,851	20.8	-2.6
	Democratic Labor	Leonard Carroll	1,083	4.6	-2.5
Total formal votes			23,342	98.1
Informal votes			439	1.9
Turnout			23,781	93.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Neil McInnes	11,964	51.3	-1.0
	Liberal	David Kallady	11,378	48.7	+1.0
	National hold		Swing	-1.0

Victorian state election, 1973: Gippsland South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Taylor	8,377	41.4	+14.3
	Country	Neil McInnes	5,962	29.4	-8.3
	Labor	Russel Wilson	4,380	21.6	-1.2
	Democratic Labor	John Condon	1,527	7.5	-4.9
Total formal votes			20,246	97.9	+0.2
Informal votes			429	2.1	-0.2
Turnout			20,675	93.5	-1.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Neil McInnes	10,129	50.03	+6.4
	Liberal	James Taylor	10,117	49.97	-6.4
	Country gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.4

Victorian state election, 1970: Gippsland South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John Vinall	6,886	37.7	-19.6
	Liberal	James Taylor	4,944	27.1	+14.8
	Labor	Thomas Matthews	4,160	22.8	+4.7
	Democratic Labor	John Condon	2,252	12.4	+1.3
Total formal votes			18,242	97.7	+1.1
Informal votes			437	2.3	-1.1
Turnout			18,679	94.5	+1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	James Taylor	12,904	70.7	-7.7
	Labor	Thomas Matthews	5,338	29.3	+7.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	James Taylor	10,273	56.3	+56.3
	Country	John Vinall	7,969	43.7	-34.7
	Liberal gain from Country		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1960s

Victorian state election, 1967: Gippsland South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Herbert Hyland	9,716	57.3	-13.4
	Labor	Derek Amos	3,075	18.1	+18.1
	Liberal	Harold Suter	2,094	12.3	-2.2
	Democratic Labor	Geoffrey Farrell	1,888	11.1	-3.7
	Independent	John Mansfield	119	0.7	+0.7
	Independent	John Routledge	69	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			16,961	96.6
Informal votes			587	3.4
Turnout			17,548	93.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Herbert Hyland	13,299	78.4	+4.7
	Labor	Derek Amos	3,662	21.6	+21.6
	Country hold		Swing	+4.7

Victorian state election, 1964: Gippsland South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Herbert Hyland	16,090	70.4	+15.1
	Democratic Labor	Geoffrey Farrell	3,492	15.3	+1.7
	Liberal and Country	Peter Martin	3,275	14.3	+4.3
Total formal votes			22,857	97.7	+0.5
Informal votes			546	2.3	-0.5
Turnout			23,403	94.5	+0.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Herbert Hyland	17,728	77.6	+0.9
	Democratic Labor	Geoffrey Farrell	5,129	22.4	+22.4
	Country hold		Swing	-2.7

Victorian state election, 1961: Gippsland South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Herbert Hyland	11,879	55.3	-21.5
	Labor	Albert Thexton	4,181	19.5	+19.5
	Democratic Labor	Geoffrey Farrell	2,918	13.6	-9.6
	Liberal and Country	Leslie Horsfield	2,156	10.0	+10.0
	Independent	Bryan Fitzgerald	340	1.6	+1.6
Total formal votes			21,474	97.2	-0.6
Informal votes			626	2.8	+0.6
Turnout			22,100	94.4	-0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Herbert Hyland	16,471	76.7	-0.1
	Labor	Albert Thexton	5,003	23.3	+23.3
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1950s

Victorian state election, 1958: Gippsland South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Herbert Hyland	15,600	76.8
	Democratic Labor	John Hansen	4,711	23.2
Total formal votes			20,311	97.8
Informal votes			466	2.2
Turnout			20,777	94.9
	Country hold		Swing

Victorian state election, 1955: Gippsland South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Herbert Hyland	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Victorian state election, 1952: Gippsland South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Herbert Hyland	9,899	55.1	-21.5
	Labor	Sydney Crofts	8,071	44.9	+44.9
Total formal votes			17,970	99.0	-1.7
Informal votes			169	1.0	+1.7
Turnout			18,150	93.8	-1.3
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Victorian state election, 1950: Gippsland South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Herbert Hyland	11,544	76.6	+7.4
	Liberal and Country	Davy Bertram	3,525	23.4	+23.4
Total formal votes			15,069	97.3	-1.9
Informal votes			410	2.7	+1.9
Turnout			15,479	95.1	0.0
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

References

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

1. Gippsland South District By-election 2015, Victorian Electoral Commission.