title: Electoral results for the Silvan Province
text: # Electoral results for the Silvan Province
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the Silvan Province in Victorian state elections.
  
  ## Members for Silvan Province
  
  | Member 1 | Party | Year |
  | - | - | - |
  | Rosemary Varty | Liberal | 1992 | Member 2 | Member 2 | Party |
  | Rosemary Varty | Liberal | 1996 | | Wendy Smith | Liberal |
  | Andrew Olexander | Liberal | 1999 | | Wendy Smith | Liberal |
  | Andrew Olexander | Liberal | 2002 | | Carolyn Hirsh | Labor |
  | Andrew Olexander | Independent | 2005 | | Carolyn Hirsh | Independent |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 2000s
  
  2002 Victorian state election: Silvan Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Wendy Smith | 59,906 | 44.4 | -8.4 |
  | | Labor | Carolyn Hirsh | 56,588 | 41.9 | +3.5 |
  | | Greens | Michael Abson | 14,793 | 11.0 | +10.7 |
  | | Democrats | Tony Carden | 2,333 | 1.7 | -4.1 |
  | | Hope | Leo Tischler | 1,347 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 134,967 | 96.7 | -0.4 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 4,549 | 3.3 | +0.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 139,516 | 93.5 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Carolyn Hirsh | 69,885 | 51.8 | +8.3 |
  | | Liberal | Wendy Smith | 65,082 | 48.2 | -8.3 |
  | | Labor gain from Liberal | Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +8.3 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1990s
  
  1999 Victorian state election: Silvan Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Andrew Olexander | 66,992 | 53.1 | -2.9 |
  | | Labor | Mark Tunstall | 48,266 | 38.2 | +3.5 |
  | | Democrats | Amanda Leeper | 7,375 | 5.8 | -0.1 |
  | | Christian Democrats | Ray Levick | 2,116 | 1.7 | +1.7 |
  | | Independent | Steve Raskovy | 1,471 | 1.2 | +0.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 126,220 | 97.2 | -0.6 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,685 | 2.8 | +0.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 129,905 | 93.9 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Andrew Olexander | 71,662 | 56.8 | -3.6 |
  | | Labor | Mark Tunstall | 54,475 | 43.2 | +3.6 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -3.6 | |
  
  1996 Victorian state election: Silvan Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Wendy Smith | 68,604 | 56.0 | -1.7 |
  | | Labor | Kathy Jackson | 42,540 | 34.7 | -1.3 |
  | | Democrats | John McLaren | 7,318 | 6.0 | +6.0 |
  | | Natural Law | Sue Cawthorn | 1,928 | 1.6 | +1.6 |
  | | Democratic Labor | Alan Jansen | 1,143 | 0.9 | -5.3 |
  | | Independent | Steve Raskovy | 952 | 0.8 | +0.8 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 122,485 | 97.8 | +1.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,748 | 2.2 | -1.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 125,233 | 95.0 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Wendy Smith | 73,821 | 60.4 | +0.4 |
  | | Labor | Kathy Jackson | 48,423 | 39.6 | -0.4 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +0.4 | |
  
  1992 Victorian state election: Silvan Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Rosemary Varty | 67,485 | 57.7 | +8.4 |
  | | Labor | Eugene O'Sullivan | 42,139 | 36.1 | -13.2 |
  | | Democratic Labor | Paul McCarthy | 7,251 | 6.2 | +6.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 116,875 | 96.6 | -0.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 4,053 | 3.4 | +0.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 120,928 | 95.3 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Rosemary Varty | 70,087 | 60.0 | +9.6 |
  | | Labor | Eugene O'Sullivan | 46,677 | 40.0 | -9.6 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +9.6 | |
  