Electoral results for the district of Morwell

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

Members for Morwell

Member Party Term
  Jim Balfour Liberal 1955–1967
  Archie Tanner Liberal 1967–1970
  Derek Amos Labor 1970–1981
  Valerie Callister Labor 1981–1988
  Keith Hamilton Labor 1988–2002
  Brendan Jenkins Labor 2002–2006
  Russell Northe National 2006–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Victorian state election, 2014: Morwell[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Russell Northe 17,824 44.4 −4.9
Labor Jadon Mintern 14,282 35.6 +4.3
Independent Tracie Lund 4,377 10.9 +10.9
Greens Dan Caffrey 1,894 4.7 −0.3
Country Alliance Stewart Birkett 950 2.4 −1.3
Rise Up Australia Peter Dorian 423 1.1 +1.1
Independent Jacqueline Rose 380 0.9 +0.9
Total formal votes 40,130 94.6 −0.4
Informal votes 2,283 5.4 +0.4
Turnout 42,413 93.4 +1.4
Two-party-preferred result
National Russell Northe 20,787 51.8 −11.5
Labor Jadon Mintern 19,343 48.2 +11.5
National hold Swing −11.5
Victorian state election, 2010: Morwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Russell Northe 19,200 56.11 +28.52
Labor Graeme Middlemiss 9,752 28.50 -12.07
Greens Dan Jordan 1,645 4.81 -0.26
Country Alliance Peter Kelly 1,226 3.58 +3.58
Independent Lou Sigmund 968 2.83 +2.83
Independent Glyn Baker 851 2.49 +2.49
Independent Peter Gardner 574 1.68 +1.68
Total formal votes 34,216 94.90 -0.87
Informal votes 1,838 5.10 +0.87
Turnout 36,054 93.29 -0.41
Two-party-preferred result
National Russell Northe 22,726 66.26 +14.14
Labor Graeme Middlemiss 11,572 33.74 -14.14
National hold Swing +14.14

Elections in the 2000s

Victorian state election, 2006: Morwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Brendan Jenkins 13,347 40.6 -2.6
National Russell Northe 9,077 27.6 +15.3
Liberal Stephen Parker 4,608 14.0 -5.3
Independent Lisa Proctor 2,938 8.9 +8.9
Greens Jeffrey Wrathall 1,668 5.1 -0.8
Family First Katy Koo 1,264 3.8 +3.8
Total formal votes 32,902 95.8 -0.5
Informal votes 1,455 4.2 +0.5
Turnout 34,357 93.7
Two-party-preferred result
National Russell Northe 17,173 52.2 +52.2
Labor Brendan Jenkins 15,729 47.8 -7.1
National gain from Labor Swing N/A
Victorian state election, 2002: Morwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Brendan Jenkins 14,073 43.2 -12.4
Liberal Diane Blackwood 6,289 19.3 -15.5
Independent Brad Platschinda 4,733 14.5 +14.5
National Jenny Hammett 4,014 12.3 +12.3
Greens Catheryn Thompson 1,917 5.9 +5.9
Independent Harry Alexander 1,521 4.7 +4.7
Total formal votes 32,547 96.3 -1.5
Informal votes 1,257 3.7 +1.5
Turnout 33,804 93.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Brendan Jenkins 17,855 54.9 -4.4
Liberal Diane Blackwood 14,692 45.1 +4.4
Labor hold Swing -4.4

Elections in the 1990s

Victorian state election, 1999: Morwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Keith Hamilton 17,366 55.5 +4.0
Liberal Peter Tyler 11,040 35.3 +35.3
Independent Helen Hoppner 2,912 9.3 +9.3
Total formal votes 31,318 97.8 -0.1
Informal votes 700 2.2 +0.1
Turnout 32,018 94.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Keith Hamilton 18,457 58.9 +6.2
Liberal Peter Tyler 12,856 41.1 +41.1
Labor hold Swing +6.2
Victorian state election, 1996: Morwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Keith Hamilton 16,080 51.5 +8.4
National Helen Hoppner 14,094 45.1 +28.7
Natural Law Michael Pollock 1,053 3.4 +2.8
Total formal votes 31,227 97.9 +0.6
Informal votes 673 2.1 -0.6
Turnout 31,900 95.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Keith Hamilton 16,452 52.7 -1.3
National Helen Hoppner 14,746 47.3 +1.3
Labor hold Swing -1.3
Victorian state election, 1992: Morwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Keith Hamilton 13,524 43.1 +1.3
Liberal Martin Hill 8,177 26.0 +5.9
National Tom Wallace 5,169 16.5 +2.4
Independent Barry Murphy 3,694 11.8 -0.7
Independent Bill Mele 642 2.0 +2.0
Natural Law Martin Kirsch 195 0.6 +0.6
Total formal votes 31,401 97.2 +0.6
Informal votes 889 2.8 -0.6
Turnout 32,290 96.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Keith Hamilton 16,906 54.0 +1.8
Liberal Martin Hill 14,428 46.0 -1.8
Labor hold Swing +1.8

Elections in the 1980s

Victorian state election, 1988: Morwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Keith Hamilton 11,675 42.03 -10.68
Liberal Norman Olsen 5,577 20.08 -5.53
Independent Barry Murphy 3,687 13.27 +13.27
National Alan Witchell 3,507 12.63 +4.23
Independent Geoffrey Francis 2,597 9.35 +9.35
Democrats James Richards 733 2.64 +2.64
Total formal votes 27,776 96.61 -1.20
Informal votes 975 3.39 +1.20
Turnout 28,751 94.28 +0.65
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Keith Hamilton 14,654 52.79 -6.08
Liberal Norman Olsen 13,105 47.21 +6.08
Labor hold Swing -6.08
Victorian state election, 1985: Morwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Valerie Callister 14,472 52.7 -7.9
Liberal Graeme Bond 6,976 25.4 +1.3
Independent Geoffrey Francis 3,701 13.5 +13.5
National Terie Porter 2,305 8.4 -0.5
Total formal votes 27,454 97.8
Informal votes 616 2.2
Turnout 28,070 93.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Valerie Callister 15,759 57.4 -7.4
Liberal Graeme Bond 11,695 42.6 +7.4
Labor hold Swing -7.4
Victorian state election, 1982: Morwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Valerie Callister 16,045 60.6 -0.2
Liberal David Little 6,382 24.1 -1.3
National Gordon Robertson 2,347 8.9 +1.5
Democrats Ross Ollquist 1,713 6.5 +1.5
Total formal votes 26,487 97.8 +0.6
Informal votes 592 2.2 -0.6
Turnout 27,079 94.5 +0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Valerie Callister 17,265 65.2 -1.4
Liberal David Little 9,222 34.8 +1.4
Labor hold Swing -1.4
Morwell state by-election, 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Valerie Callister 14,383 61.7 +0.9
Liberal Ian Lockwood 5,681 24.4 -1.0
Democrats Ross Ollquist 2,178 9.4 +4.4
Democratic Labor Gerard Madden 1,056 4.5 +4.5
Total formal votes 23,298 98.3 +1.1
Informal votes 408 1.7 -1.1
Turnout 23,706 85.0 -9.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Valerie Callister 66.9 +0.3
Liberal Ian Lockwood 33.1 -0.3
Labor hold Swing +0.3

Elections in the 1970s

Victorian state election, 1979: Morwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Derek Amos 14,946 60.8 -1.4
Liberal Ian Lockwood 6,239 25.4 +2.1
National Gary Black 1,808 7.3 +7.3
Democrats Ross Ollquist 1,230 5.0 +5.0
Independent Robert McCracken 372 1.5 +1.5
Total formal votes 24,595 97.2 -1.1
Informal votes 713 2.8 +1.1
Turnout 25,308 94.2 +0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Derek Amos 16,384 66.6 +3.0
Liberal Ian Lockwood 8,211 33.4 -3.0
Labor hold Swing +3.0
Victorian state election, 1976: Morwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Derek Amos 14,832 62.2 +3.7
Liberal Frank Hall 5,551 23.3 -1.6
National James Davis 2,444 10.3 +0.6
Democratic Labor John Mann 1,022 4.3 -2.6
Total formal votes 23,849 98.3
Informal votes 409 1.7
Turnout 24,258 93.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Derek Amos 15,178 63.6 +2.7
Liberal Frank Hall 8,671 36.4 -2.7
Labor hold Swing +2.7
Victorian state election, 1973: Morwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Derek Amos 13,611 56.0 +7.0
Liberal Desmond Bennett 5,988 24.6 -2.4
Country John Vinall 3,073 12.6 -0.2
Democratic Labor Leslie Hilton 1,636 6.7 -4.5
Total formal votes 24,308 97.8 +0.3
Informal votes 534 2.2 -0.3
Turnout 24,842 95.0 -0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Derek Amos 14,163 58.3 +0.4
Liberal Desmond Bennett 10,145 41.7 -0.4
Labor hold Swing +0.4
Victorian state election, 1970: Morwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Derek Amos 10,923 49.0 +7.2
Liberal Archie Tanner 6,012 27.0 +6.2
Country James Wyeth 2,854 12.8 -11.3
Democratic Labor Thomas Lawless 2,505 11.2 -2.1
Total formal votes 22,294 97.5 +0.2
Informal votes 578 2.5 -0.2
Turnout 22,872 95.1 -0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Derek Amos 12,915 57.9 +9.2
Liberal Archie Tanner 9,379 42.1 -9.2
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +9.2

Elections in the 1960s

Victorian state election, 1967: Morwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Colin Pratt 8,804 41.8 +14.6
Country John Vinall 5,070 24.1 -9.7
Liberal Archie Tanner 4,373 20.8 -4.4
Democratic Labor Thomas Lawless 2,808 13.3 -0.6
Total formal votes 21,055 97.3
Informal votes 575 2.7
Turnout 21,630 95.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Archie Tanner 10,793 51.3 -13.5
Labor Colin Pratt 10,262 48.7 +13.5
Liberal hold Swing -13.5
Victorian state election, 1964: Morwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Wragg 9,826 42.3 -1.2
Liberal and Country Jim Balfour 8,722 37.6 +5.8
Democratic Labor Bernard Shaw 2,844 12.2 -0.7
Country Ian Gibson 1,826 7.9 -4.0
Total formal votes 23,218 98.1 +0.4
Informal votes 444 1.9 -0.4
Turnout 23,662 95.8 +0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Jim Balfour 12,915 55.6 +4.0
Labor George Wragg 10,303 44.4 -4.0
Liberal and Country hold Swing +4.0
Victorian state election, 1961: Morwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Brown 9,267 43.5 -1.7
Liberal and Country Jim Balfour 6,767 31.8 -9.9
Democratic Labor Leslie Hilton 2,747 12.9 -0.2
Country John Vinall 2,526 11.9 +11.9
Total formal votes 21,307 97.7 -0.8
Informal votes 509 2.3 +0.8
Turnout 21,816 95.1 +0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Jim Balfour 10,995 51.6 -1.1
Labor George Brown 10,312 48.4 +1.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing -1.1

Elections in the 1950s

Victorian state election, 1958: Morwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Hector Stoddart 8,898 45.2
Liberal and Country Jim Balfour 8,223 41.7
Democratic Labor Alfred Gerrard 2,587 13.1
Total formal votes 19,708 98.5
Informal votes 300 1.5
Turnout 20,008 94.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Jim Balfour 10,379 52.7
Labor Hector Stoddart 9,329 47.3
Liberal and Country hold Swing
Victorian state election, 1955: Morwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Hector Stoddart 7,933 41.3
Liberal and Country Jim Balfour 4,993 26.0
Country George Purvis 4,287 22.3
Labor (A-C) Gordon Green 1,979 10.3
Total formal votes 19,192 98.4
Informal votes 303 1.6
Turnout 19,495 92.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Jim Balfour 10,198 53.1
Labor Hector Stoddart 8,994 46.9
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing

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