Electoral results for the district of Rodney

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

Members for Rodney

Member		Party	Term
	John Baragwanath	Unaligned	1856–1857
	John Everard	Liberal	1858–1859
	Wilson Gray	Liberal	1860–1862
	John MacGregor	Unaligned	1862–1874
	Simon Fraser	Unaligned	1874–1883
	Duncan Gillies	Unaligned	1877–1889
	James Shackell	Conservative	1883–1892
	William Webb	Unaligned	1889–1897
	Timothy Murphy	Liberal	1892–1894
	Andrew White	Unaligned	1894–1897
	John Mason	Liberal	1897–1902
	John Morrissey	Liberal	1897–1904
	Samuel Lancaster	Conservative	1902–1904
	Hugh McKenzie	Independent	1904–1917
		Commonwealth Liberal
		Nationalist
	John Allan	Country	1917–1936
	William Dunstone	Country	1936–1944
	Richard Brose	Country	1944–1964
	Russell McDonald	Country	1964–1973
	Eddie Hann	Country	1973–1975
		National Country	1975–1982
		National	1982–1989
	Noel Maughan	National	1989–2006
	Paul Weller	National	2006–2014

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Victorian state election, 2010: Rodney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Paul Weller	20,524	62.71	+22.55
	Labor	Vanessa Langford	5,290	16.16	-1.97
	Country Alliance	Gino D'Angelo	3,697	11.30	+11.30
	Family First	Serena Moore	1,872	5.72	+2.33
	Greens	Ian Christoe	1,348	4.12	+0.92
Total formal votes			32,731	95.59	+0.82
Informal votes			1,509	4.41	-0.82
Turnout			34,240	93.97	-0.34
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Paul Weller	24,947	76.16	+21.96
	Labor	Vanessa Langford	7,809	23.84	+23.84
	National hold		Swing	+21.96

Elections in the 2000s

Victorian state election, 2006: Rodney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Paul Weller	12,799	40.2	+5.9
	Liberal	Neil Repacholi	10,135	31.8	+1.6
	Labor	Nicola Castleman	5,778	18.1	-7.4
	Family First	Paul Edward	1,079	3.4	+3.4
	Greens	Beck Lowe	1,019	3.2	-1.2
	Independent	Tony Murphy	681	2.1	+2.1
	Independent	Jeff Simmons	377	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			31,868	94.8	-2.0
Informal votes			1,757	5.2	+2.0
Turnout			33,625	94.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Paul Weller	17,334	54.4	-5.6
	Liberal	Neil Repacholi	14,534	45.6	+5.6
	National hold		Swing	-5.6

Victorian state election, 2002: Rodney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Noel Maughan	11,040	34.3	-22.1
	Liberal	Simon Frost	9,723	30.2	+26.8
	Labor	Malcolm McCullough	8,212	25.5	-4.6
	Independent	Greg Toll	1,812	5.6	+5.6
	Greens	Peter Williams	1,414	4.4	+4.2
Total formal votes			32,201	96.8	-1.0
Informal votes			1,071	3.2	+1.0
Turnout			33,272	94.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Noel Maughan	19,305	60.0	-4.3
	Liberal	Simon Frost	12,896	40.0	+40.0
	National hold		Swing	-4.3

Elections in the 1990s

Victorian state election, 1999: Rodney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Noel Maughan	18,329	60.8	-2.8
	Labor	Malcolm McCullough	8,565	28.4	+8.7
	One Nation	Dorothy Hutton	3,257	10.8	+10.8
Total formal votes			30,151	97.8	-0.6
Informal votes			692	2.2	+0.6
Turnout			30,843	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Noel Maughan	19,793	65.6	-10.5
	Labor	Malcolm McCullough	10,358	34.4	+10.5
	National hold		Swing	-10.5

Victorian state election, 1996: Rodney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Noel Maughan	19,464	63.6	-8.3
	Labor	Jason Price	6,041	19.7	-0.9
	Independent	Lynett Griffiths	5,091	16.6	+16.6
Total formal votes			30,596	98.4	+0.7
Informal votes			512	1.6	-0.7
Turnout			31,108	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Noel Maughan	23,266	76.1	+0.1
	Labor	Jason Price	7,304	23.9	-0.1
	National hold		Swing	+0.1

Victorian state election, 1992: Rodney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Noel Maughan	21,404	72.0	+5.8
	Labor	Jason Price	6,137	20.6	+0.4
	Independent	Dennis Lacey	2,202	7.4	+7.4
Total formal votes			29,743	97.7	-0.7
Informal votes			710	2.3	+0.7
Turnout			30,453	96.4
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Noel Maughan	22,612	76.0	-2.3
	Labor	Jason Price	7,128	24.0	+2.3
	National hold		Swing	-2.3

Elections in the 1980s

Rodney state by-election, 1989
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Noel Maughan	17,217	66.33	-0.57
	Liberal	Donald Oberin	8,741	33.67	+20.19
Total formal votes			25,958	93.46	-4.96
Informal votes			1,847	6.64	+4.96
Turnout			27,805	88.14	-6.43
	National hold		Swing	-12.29

Victorian state election, 1988: Rodney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Eddie Hann	19,330	66.57	-3.87
	Labor	Leonard Blair	5,795	19.96	+0.73
	Liberal	Margarita Dale	3,913	13.48	+3.15
Total formal votes			29,038	98.32	-0.31
Informal votes			496	1.68	+0.31
Turnout			29,534	94.57	-0.05
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Eddie Hann	22,823	78.62	-1.30
	Labor	Leonard Blair	6,208	21.38	+1.30
	National hold		Swing	-1.30

Victorian state election, 1985: Rodney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Eddie Hann	19,893	70.4	+8.2
	Labor	Denise MacDonald	5,430	19.2	-0.4
	Liberal	John Adams	2,917	10.3	-4.3
Total formal votes			28,240	98.6
Informal votes			393	1.4
Turnout			28,633	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Eddie Hann	22,620	80.1	+2.0
	Labor	Denise MacDonald	5,620	19.9	-2.0
	National hold		Swing	+2.0

Victorian state election, 1982: Rodney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Eddie Hann	15,525	60.4	+1.8
	Labor	Gregory Leeder	5,109	19.9	+3.1
	Liberal	Clive Pilley	4,004	15.6	-1.4
	Democrats	Douglas Linford	1,087	4.2	-3.4
Total formal votes			25,725	98.5	+0.9
Informal votes			395	1.5	-0.9
Turnout			16,120	95.5	+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Eddie Hann	19,791	76.9	-1.5
	Labor	Gregory Leeder	5,934	23.1	+1.5
	National hold		Swing	-1.5

Elections in the 1970s

Victorian state election, 1979: Rodney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Eddie Hann	14,226	58.6	-5.6
	Liberal	Victor Kuhle	4,120	17.0	+0.1
	Labor	Stephen Jones	4,089	16.8	+1.8
	Democrats	Janet Powell	1,851	7.6	+7.6
Total formal votes			24,286	97.6	-0.8
Informal votes			603	2.4	+0.8
Turnout			24,889	95.3	+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Eddie Hann	19,046	78.4	-4.7
	Labor	Stephen Jones	5,240	21.6	+4.7
	National hold		Swing	-4.7

Victorian state election, 1976: Rodney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Eddie Hann	15,196	64.2	+11.7
	Liberal	Graham Arthur	4,009	16.9	+0.7
	Labor	Michael Smith	3,556	15.0	-6.5
	Democratic Labor	David Kane	924	3.9	-6.0
Total formal votes			23,685	98.4
Informal votes			372	1.6
Turnout			24,057	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Eddie Hann	19,680	83.1	+6.9
	Labor	Michael Smith	4,005	16.9	-6.9
	National hold		Swing	+6.9

Victorian state election, 1973: Rodney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Eddie Hann	10,800	55.3	+5.6
	Labor	Alan Williams	3,919	20.1	-0.3
	Liberal	James Nelms	2,831	14.5	-4.4
	Democratic Labor	John Evans	1,995	10.2	-0.9
Total formal votes			19,545	97.8	+0.5
Informal votes			448	2.2	-0.5
Turnout			19,993	94.6	-1.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Eddie Hann	15,044	77.0	+0.8
	Labor	Alan Williams	4,501	23.0	-0.8
	Country hold		Swing	+0.8

Victorian state election, 1973: Rodney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Eddie Hann	10,800	55.3	+5.6
	Labor	Alan Williams	3,919	20.1	-0.3
	Liberal	James Nelms	2,831	14.5	-4.4
	Democratic Labor	John Evans	1,995	10.2	-0.9
Total formal votes			19,545	97.8	+0.5
Informal votes			448	2.2	-0.5
Turnout			19,993	94.6	-1.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Eddie Hann	15,044	77.0	+0.8
	Labor	Alan Williams	4,501	23.0	-0.8
	Country hold		Swing	+0.8

Victorian state election, 1970: Rodney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Russell McDonald	8,972	49.7	-9.3
	Labor	Doris Best	3,677	20.4	+7.8
	Liberal	Ian Biggar	3,417	18.9	+3.7
	Democratic Labor	Patrick Hansen	2,002	11.1	-2.1
Total formal votes			18,068	97.3	-0.1
Informal votes			494	2.7	+0.1
Turnout			18,562	96.5	-0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Russell McDonald	13,776	76.2	-7.7
	Labor	Doris Best	4,292	23.8	+7.7
	Country hold		Swing	-7.7

Elections in the 1960s

Victorian state election, 1967: Rodney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Russell McDonald	10,390	59.0	-0.8
	Liberal	Peter Gibson	2,673	15.2	-10.1
	Democratic Labor	Augustine McCormick	2,330	13.2	-1.7
	Labor	David Bornstein	2,228	12.6	+12.6
Total formal votes			17,621	97.4
Informal votes			461	2.6
Turnout			18,082	96.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Russell McDonald	14,777	83.9	+21.2
	Labor	David Bornstein	2,844	16.1	+16.1
	Country hold		Swing	+21.2

• The two candidate preferred vote was not counted between the Country and Liberal candidates for Rodney.

Victorian state election, 1964: Rodney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Russell McDonald	12,854	58.8	+13.2
	Liberal and Country	John Quinn	5,334	24.4	+2.1
	Democratic Labor	Spencer Broom	3,683	16.8	-0.5
Total formal votes			21,871	97.9	+0.3
Informal votes			470	2.1	-0.3
Turnout			22,341	95.7	+0.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Russell McDonald	13,591	62.1	+6.0
	Liberal and Country	John Quinn	8,750	37.9	-6.0
	Country hold		Swing	+6.0

Victorian state election, 1961: Rodney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Richard Brose	9,569	45.6	-22.9
	Liberal and Country	Francis Charlton	4,683	22.3	+22.3
	Democratic Labor	Spencer Broom	3,635	17.3	-14.2
	Labor	Neil Frankland	3,100	14.7	+14.7
Total formal votes			20,987	97.6	-0.3
Informal votes			432	2.4	+0.3
Turnout			21,419	95.6	-0.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Richard Brose	11,765	56.1	-12.4
	Liberal and Country	Francis Charlton	9,222	43.9	+43.9
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1950s

Victorian state election, 1958: Rodney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Richard Brose	13,832	68.5
	Democratic Labor	Spencer Broom	6,371	31.5
Total formal votes			20,203	97.9
Informal votes			442	2.1
Turnout			20,645	95.8
	Country hold		Swing

Victorian state election, 1955: Rodney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Richard Brose	12,157	61.8
	Liberal and Country	Leslie Lord	7,504	38.2
Total formal votes			19,661	98.1
Informal votes			380	1.9
Turnout			20,041	95.0
	Country hold		Swing

Victorian state election, 1952: Rodney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Richard Brose	8,827	65.7	+8.4
	Liberal and Country	Morton Garner	4,615	34.3	-8.4
Total formal votes			13,442	96.5	-1.6
Informal votes			483	3.5	+1.6
Turnout			13,925	95.0	+0.1
	Country hold		Swing	+8.4

Victorian state election, 1950: Rodney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Richard Brose	7,796	57.3	-13.5
	Liberal and Country	Wollaston Heily	5,801	42.7	+13.5
Total formal votes			13,597	98.1	+2.7
Informal votes			263	1.9	-2.7
Turnout			13,860	94.9	-0.4
	Country hold		Swing	-13.5

References

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