Electoral results for the district of Ivanhoe

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

Members for Ivanhoe

Member		Party	Term
	Robert Gardner	Independent	1945–1947
	Rupert Curnow	Liberal	1947–1950
	Frank Block	Liberal	1951–1952
	Michael Lucy	Labor	1952–1955
		Labor (Anti-Communist)
	Vernon Christie	Liberal	1955–1973
	Bruce Skeggs	Liberal	1973–1982
	Tony Sheehan	Labor	1982–1985
	Vin Heffernan	Liberal	1985–1996
	Craig Langdon	Labor	1996–2010
	Anthony Carbines	Labor	2010–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Victorian state election, 2014: Ivanhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Carl Ziebell	15,730	40.0	−2.0
	Labor	Anthony Carbines	14,133	36.0	+0.1
	Greens	Paul Kennedy	6,147	15.6	−1.8
	Independent	Craig Langdon	1,905	4.8	+4.8
	Christians	Gurmender Grewal	558	1.4	+1.4
	Family First	Jesse Boer	474	1.2	+0.9
	Independent	Abdirizak Mohamed	355	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			39,302	95.4	−0.1
Informal votes			1,890	4.6	+0.1
Turnout			41,192	92.8	−1.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Anthony Carbines	20,991	53.4	+1.6
	Liberal	Carl Ziebell	18,311	46.6	−1.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.6

Victorian state election, 2010: Ivanhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Carl Ziebell	14,413	41.98	+10.17
	Labor	Anthony Carbines	12,140	35.36	-6.43
	Greens	Paul Kennedy	6,240	18.18	+3.69
	Democratic Labor	Stephen Smith	1,185	3.45	+3.45
	Independent	Gerrit Schorel-Hlavka	351	1.02	+1.02
Total formal votes			34,329	95.51	+0.05
Informal votes			1,613	4.49	-0.05
Turnout			35,942	92.68	-0.21
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Anthony Carbines	17,755	51.68	-7.19
	Liberal	Carl Ziebell	16,599	48.32	+7.19
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.19

Elections in the 2000s

Victorian state election, 2006: Ivanhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Craig Langdon	13,772	41.8	-10.3
	Liberal	Maxwell Gratton	10,481	31.8	-2.5
	Greens	Marisa Palmer	4,776	14.5	+2.4
	Independent	Jenny Mulholland	3,186	9.7	+9.7
	Family First	Kevin Tan	737	2.2	+2.2
Total formal votes			32,952	95.5	-1.1
Informal votes			1,567	4.5	+1.1
Turnout			34,519	92.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Craig Langdon	19,918	60.4	-2.1
	Liberal	Maxwell Gratton	13,034	39.6	+2.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.1

Victorian state election, 2002: Ivanhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Craig Langdon	17,490	52.1	+2.2
	Liberal	Peter Nolan	11,498	34.3	-9.0
	Greens	Glen Doreian	4,067	12.1	+7.0
	Independent	Anna Morton	265	0.8	+0.8
	Independent	Martin Appleby	187	0.6	+0.6
	Independent	Gary Schorel-Hlavka	57	0.2	+0.2
Total formal votes			33,564	96.6	-0.7
Informal votes			1,192	3.4	+0.7
Turnout			34,756	93.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Craig Langdon	20,972	62.5	+7.7
	Liberal	Peter Nolan	12,586	37.5	-7.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.7

Elections in the 1990s

Victorian state election, 1999: Ivanhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Craig Langdon	15,079	50.1	+0.8
	Liberal	Don McLean	12,788	42.5	-5.0
	Greens	Robyn Roberts	1,737	5.8	+5.8
	Hope	Lee-Anne Poynton	358	1.2	+1.2
	Natural Law	Lawrence Clarke	132	0.4	-2.8
Total formal votes			30,094	97.2	-0.7
Informal votes			858	2.8	+0.7
Turnout			30,952	93.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Craig Langdon	16,679	55.4	+3.8
	Liberal	Don McLean	13,413	44.6	-3.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.8

Victorian state election, 1996: Ivanhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Craig Langdon	14,965	49.3	+8.7
	Liberal	Vin Heffernan	14,399	47.5	-3.4
	Natural Law	Stephen Griffith	969	3.2	-1.2
Total formal votes			30,333	97.9	+1.5
Informal votes			648	2.1	-1.5
Turnout			30,981	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Craig Langdon	15,623	51.6	+5.9
	Liberal	Vin Heffernan	14,667	48.4	-5.9
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+5.9

Victorian state election, 1992: Ivanhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Vin Heffernan	15,318	50.9	+6.3
	Labor	Chris Watson	12,226	40.6	-9.3
	Natural Law	Steve Griffith	1,315	4.4	+4.4
	Independent	K.H. Schuller	858	2.8	+2.8
	Independent	Steriani Vassis	406	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			30,123	96.4	+0.1
Informal votes			1,138	3.6	-0.1
Turnout			31,261	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Vin Heffernan	16,330	54.3	+8.2
	Labor	Chris Watson	13,743	45.7	-8.2
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+8.2

Elections in the 1980s

Victorian state election, 1988: Ivanhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Vin Heffernan	13,931	50.33	-1.30
	Labor	Patricia Moynihan	11,671	42.16	-6.21
	Democrats	Howard McCallum	2,079	7.51	+7.51
Total formal votes			27,681	97.26	-0.48
Informal votes			780	2.74	+0.48
Turnout			28,461	92.94	-0.61
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Vin Heffernan	14,505	52.40	+0.77
	Labor	Patricia Moynihan	13,176	47.60	-0.77
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.77

Victorian state election, 1985: Ivanhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Vin Heffernan	14,665	51.6	+6.4
	Labor	Tony Sheehan	13,740	48.4	+0.1
Total formal votes			28,405	97.7
Informal votes			657	2.3
Turnout			29,062	93.6
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+2.7

Victorian state election, 1982: Ivanhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tony Sheehan	13,492	47.2	+6.8
	Liberal	Bruce Skeggs	13,426	47.0	-1.3
	Democrats	Harold Shepherd	1,677	5.9	-5.4
Total formal votes			28,595	98.1	+0.5
Informal votes			561	1.9	-0.5
Turnout			29,156	94.5	+0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tony Sheehan	14,449	50.5	+3.9
	Liberal	Bruce Skeggs	14,144	49.5	-3.9
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.9

Elections in the 1970s

Victorian state election, 1979: Ivanhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Skeggs	13,483	48.3	-5.7
	Labor	Tony Sheehan	11,279	40.4	+2.3
	Democrats	Mario Piraino	3,146	11.3	+11.3
Total formal votes			27,908	97.6	-0.5
Informal votes			689	2.4	+0.5
Turnout			28,597	93.9	+1.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Skeggs	14,902	53.4	-7.7
	Labor	Tony Sheehan	13,006	46.6	+7.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-7.7

Victorian state election, 1976: Ivanhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Skeggs	15,153	54.0	+7.2
	Labor	John Lelleton	10,691	38.1	-0.5
	Democratic Labor	Margaret Rush	2,196	7.8	-0.3
Total formal votes			28,040	98.1
Informal votes			544	1.9
Turnout			28,584	92.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Skeggs	17,129	61.1	+6.2
	Labor	John Lelleton	10,911	38.9	-6.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	-6.2

Victorian state election, 1973: Ivanhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Daley	11,401	43.6	-0.4
	Liberal	Bruce Skeggs	11,095	42.4	+0.5
	Democratic Labor	Kevin Barry	2,127	8.1	-6.0
	Australia Party	Patricia Robinson	1,518	5.8	+5.8
Total formal votes			26,141	97.0	-0.4
Informal votes			799	3.0	+0.4
Turnout			26,940	93.6	-0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Skeggs	13,158	50.3	-4.3
	Labor	John Daley	12,983	49.7	+4.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.3

Victorian state election, 1970: Ivanhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Rich	10,718	44.0	+3.9
	Liberal	Vernon Christie	10,211	41.9	-1.2
	Democratic Labor	Michael Lucy	3,444	14.1	0.0
Total formal votes			24,373	97.4	-0.1
Informal votes			658	2.6	+0.1
Turnout			25,031	93.9	-0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Vernon Christie	13,312	54.6	-2.6
	Labor	Thomas Rich	11,061	45.4	+2.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.6

Elections in the 1960s

Victorian state election, 1967: Ivanhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Vernon Christie	10,254	43.1	+0.7
	Labor	Thomas Rich	9,545	40.1	-0.9
	Democratic Labor	Cyril Cummins	3,365	14.1	-2.5
	Independent	Bruce Graham	642	2.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			23,806	97.5
Informal votes			604	2.5
Turnout			24,410	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Vernon Christie	13,604	57.2	+0.6
	Labor	Thomas Rich	10,202	42.8	-0.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.6

Victorian state election, 1964: Ivanhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Vernon Christie	10,492	47.9	-0.1
	Labor	William Kelly	8,235	37.6	+0.7
	Democratic Labor	Cyril Cummins	3,192	14.6	-0.5
Total formal votes			21,919	98.3	+0.2
Informal votes			383	1.7	-0.2
Turnout			22,302	94.1	-0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Vernon Christie	13,467	61.4	-0.2
	Labor	William Kelly	8,452	38.6	+0.2
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	-0.2

Victorian state election, 1961: Ivanhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Vernon Christie	10,492	48.0	-0.2
	Labor	Norman Rothfield	8,070	36.9	-1.1
	Democratic Labor	Cyril Cummins	3,298	15.1	+1.3
Total formal votes			21,860	98.1	-0.6
Informal votes			413	1.9	+0.6
Turnout			22,273	94.3	+0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Vernon Christie	13,475	61.6	+1.2
	Labor	Norman Rothfield	8,385	38.4	-1.2
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+1.2

Elections in the 1950s

Victorian state election, 1958: Ivanhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Vernon Christie	10,547	48.2
	Labor	David Walker	8,305	38.0
	Democratic Labor	Cyril Cummins	3,021	13.8
Total formal votes			21,873	98.7
Informal votes			289	1.3
Turnout			22,162	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Vernon Christie	13,210	60.4
	Labor	David Walker	8,663	39.6
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Victorian state election, 1955: Ivanhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Vernon Christie	9,014	50.4
	Labor	David Walker	6,420	35.9
	Labor (A-C)	John O'Dwyer	2,447	13.7
Total formal votes			17,881	98.7
Informal votes			237	1.3
Turnout			18,118	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Vernon Christie	11,093	62.0
	Labor	David Walker	6,788	38.0
	Liberal and Country gain from Labor		Swing

Victorian state election, 1952: Ivanhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Lucy	14,800	44.0	+2.4
	Independent	Reginald Leonard	9,058	26.9	+26.9
	Liberal and Country	Frank Block	8,424	25.0	-33.4
	Independent	Harcourt Bell	1,372	4.1	+4.1
Total formal votes			33,654	98.2	-1.1
Informal votes			606	1.8	+1.1
Turnout			34,260	94.8	+0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Michael Lucy	18,069	53.5	+11.9
	Liberal and Country	Frank Block	15,585	46.5	-11.9
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	+11.9

Victorian state election, 1950: Ivanhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Rupert Curnow	16,850	58.4	-3.3
	Labor	David Walker	11,997	41.6	+41.6
Total formal votes			28,847	99.3	+0.5
Informal votes			209	0.7	-0.5
Turnout			29,056	94.1	+1.0
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

References

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