Electoral results for the district of Warrnambool

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

Members for Warrnambool

First incarnation (1856-1955)
Member		Party	Term
	George Horne		1856–1861
	Thomas Manifold		1861
	John Wood		1861–1864
	John Dane		1864–1865
	William Plummer		1866–1874
	Sir James McCulloch		1874–1878
	James Francis		1878–1884
	John Murray		1884–1916
	James Deany	Nationalist/Economy Party	1916–1927
	Henry Bailey	Labor	1927–1932
	James Fairbairn	United Australia	1932–1933
	Keith McGarvie	United Australia	1933–1935
	Henry Bailey	Country	1935–1950
	Sir Ronald Mack	Liberal	1950–1952
	Malcolm Gladman	Labor	1952–1955
Second incarnation (1967–2002)
	Ian Smith	Liberal	1967–1983
	Adam Kempton	Liberal	1983–1985
	John McGrath	National	1985–1999
	John Vogels	Liberal	1999–2002

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

Victorian state election, 1999: Warrnambool[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Vogels	12,739	40.2	+40.2
	Labor	Roy Reekie	9,993	31.5	+2.9
	National	Greg Walsh	5,550	17.5	-40.3
	Independent	Maggie Lindop	1,864	5.9	-6.7
	Greens	Gillian Blair	740	2.3	+2.3
	Independent	Robert O'Brien	435	1.4	+1.4
	Reform	Barry Wilson	379	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			31,700	97.1	-1.1
Informal votes			962	2.9	+1.1
Turnout			32,662	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Vogels	18,682	58.9	+58.9
	Labor	Roy Reekie	13,018	41.1	+4.9
	Liberal gain from National		Swing	N/A

Victorian state election, 1996: Warrnambool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	John McGrath	18,357	57.8	-18.0
	Labor	Peter Steele	9,071	28.6	+4.4
	Independent	Maggie Lindop	3,986	12.6	+12.6
	Natural Law	Lee Kenos	320	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			31,734	98.2	+0.2
Informal votes			595	1.8	-0.2
Turnout			32,329	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	National	John McGrath	20,188	63.8	-12.0
	Labor	Peter Steele	11,448	36.2	+12.0
	National hold		Swing	-12.0

Victorian state election, 1992: Warrnambool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	John McGrath	23,400	75.8	+25.8
	Labor	William Thompson	7,454	24.2	+2.5
Total formal votes			30,854	97.9	-0.6
Informal votes			649	2.1	+0.6
Turnout			31,503	97.1
	National hold		Swing	-1.4

Elections in the 1980s

Victorian state election, 1988: Warrnambool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	John McGrath	14,838	52.44	+20.25
	Liberal	Eda Ritchie	7,244	25.60	-15.84
	Labor	Peter Steele	6,213	21.96	-4.41
Total formal votes			28,295	98.62	-0.35
Informal votes			397	1.38	+0.35
Turnout			28,692	94.94	+0.21
Two-party-preferred result
	National	John McGrath	21,866	77.28
	Labor	Peter Steele	6,429	22.72
	National hold		Swing

• The two party preferred vote was not counted between the National and Liberal candidates for Warrnambool.

Victorian state election, 1985: Warrnambool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Adam Kempton	11,417	41.4	-17.7
	National	John McGrath	8,871	32.2	+32.2
	Labor	Peter Cox	7,265	26.4	-8.6
Total formal votes			27,553	99.0
Informal votes			288	1.0
Turnout			27,841	94.7
Two-party-preferred result
	National	John McGrath	18,130	65.8	+0.7
	Labor	Peter Cox	9,423	34.2	-0.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	John McGrath	15,578	56.5	+56.5
	Liberal	Adam Kempton	11,975	43.5	-21.6
	National gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

Warrnambool state by-election, 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	John McGrath	9,114	37.2	+37.2
	Liberal	Adam Kempton	7,797	31.8	-27.1
	Labor	Peter Cox	7,595	31.0	-4.3
Total formal votes			24,506	99.2	+0.6
Informal votes			208	0.8	-0.6
Turnout			24,714	91.6	-3.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Adam Kempton	13,676	55.8	-5.5
	National	John McGrath	10,830	44.2	+5.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Victorian state election, 1982: Warrnambool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian Smith	14,640	58.9	+7.8
	Labor	Paul Martin	8,780	35.3	+2.1
	Democrats	Kathleen May	1,455	5.9	+5.9
Total formal votes			24,875	98.6	+0.8
Informal votes			353	1.4	-0.8
Turnout			25,228	95.2	-0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian Smith	15,258	61.3	-1.1
	Labor	Paul Martin	9,617	38.7	+1.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.1

Elections in the 1970s

Victorian state election, 1979: Warrnambool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian Smith	12,258	51.1	+4.3
	Labor	Vernon Delaney	7,975	33.2	+2.0
	National	Ian Symons	3,051	12.7	-2.4
	Independent	Gwenneth Trayling	708	3.0	+3.0
Total formal votes			23,992	97.8	-0.9
Informal votes			536	2.2	+0.9
Turnout			24,528	95.3	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian Smith	14,983	62.4	-2.8
	Labor	Vernon Delaney	9,009	37.6	+2.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.8

Victorian state election, 1976: Warrnambool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian Smith	11,036	46.8	+6.5
	Labor	Vernon Delaney	7,365	31.2	-1.6
	National	Murray Lane	3,556	15.1	-0.1
	Democratic Labor	Peter Burke	1,643	7.0	-4.8
Total formal votes			23,600	98.7
Informal votes			308	1.3
Turnout			23,908	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian Smith	15,387	65.2	+2.1
	Labor	Vernon Delaney	8,213	34.8	-2.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.1

Victorian state election, 1973: Warrnambool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian Smith	8,796	43.7	+7.0
	Labor	Ken Sanders	5,702	28.4	-0.2
	Country	Harold Stephenson	3,033	15.1	+3.3
	Democratic Labor	Francis Hasell	2,583	12.8	-6.2
Total formal votes			20,114	98.4	+0.2
Informal votes			320	1.6	-0.2
Turnout			20,434	96.3	-0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian Smith	13,815	68.7	+9.9
	Labor	Ken Sanders	6,299	31.7	-9.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+9.9

Victorian state election, 1970: Warrnambool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian Smith	6,650	36.7	+8.1
	Labor	Donald Grossman	5,181	28.6	+3.7
	Democratic Labor	Francis Hasell	3,448	19.0	-2.6
	Country	Cyril Boyle	2,138	11.8	-3.2
	Def. of Govt Schools	Robert McCosh	711	3.9	+3.9
Total formal votes			18,128	98.2	+0.2
Informal votes			334	1.8	-0.2
Turnout			18,462	96.7	0.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian Smith	10,652	58.8	-10.6
	Labor	Donald Grossman	7,476	41.2	+10.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-10.6

Elections in the 1960s

Victorian state election, 1967: Warrnambool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian Smith	5,064	28.6	-13.9
	Labor	Vincent Ayres	4,404	24.9	-2.3
	Democratic Labor	Patrick Bourke	3,824	21.6	-0.2
	Country	Cyril Boyle	2,655	15.0	+6.6
	Independent	George Gibbs	1,759	9.9	+9.9
Total formal votes			17,706	98.0
Informal votes			352	2.0
Turnout			18,058	96.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian Smith	12,285	69.4	+0.5
	Labor	Vincent Ayres	5,421	30.6	-0.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.5

Elections in the 1950s

Victorian state election, 1952: Warrnambool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Malcolm Gladman	7,256	51.1	+9.3
	Liberal and Country	Ronald Mack	6,957	48.9	+14.8
Total formal votes			14,213	99.4	0.0
Informal votes			87	0.6	0.0
Turnout			14,300	96.1	-0.3
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	+2.1

Victorian state election, 1950: Warrnambool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Farrell	5,804	41.8	+1.2
	Liberal and Country	Ronald Mack	4,745	34.1	+34.1
	Country	Henry Bailey	3,349	24.1	-35.3
Total formal votes			13,898	99.4	0.0
Informal votes			89	0.6	0.0
Turnout			13,987	96.4	+0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Ronald Mack	7,102	51.1	+51.1
	Labor	James Farrell	6,796	48.9	+8.3
	Liberal and Country gain from Country		Swing	N/A

References

1. Green, Antony. "1999 Victorian State Election Results" (PDF). ABC.