title: Electoral results for the East Yarra Province
text: # Electoral results for the East Yarra Province
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the East Yarra Province in Victorian state elections.
  
  ## Members for East Yarra Province
  
  | Member 1 | Party | Year | Member 2 | Party |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | James Balfour | Unaligned | 1904 | Edward Miller | Unaligned |
  | James Balfour | Unaligned | 1907 | Edward Miller | Unaligned |
  | James Balfour | Unaligned | 1910 | Edward Miller | Unaligned |
  | James Balfour | Unaligned | 1913 | Robert Beckett | Non-Labor |
  | James Merritt | Non-Labor | 1913 | Robert Beckett | Non-Labor |
  | James Merritt | Non-Labor | 1916 | Robert Beckett | Non-Labor |
  | James Merritt | Nationalist | 1917 | William Edgar | Nationalist |
  | James Merritt | Nationalist | 1919 | William Edgar | Nationalist |
  | James Merritt | Nationalist | 1922 | William Edgar | Nationalist |
  | James Merritt | Nationalist | 1925 | William Edgar | Nationalist |
  | George Swinburne | Nationalist | 1928 | William Edgar | Nationalist |
  | Robert Menzies | Nationalist | 1928 | William Edgar | Nationalist |
  | Clifden Eager | Nationalist | 1930 | William Edgar | Nationalist |
  | Clifden Eager | Nationalist | 1931 | William Edgar | Nationalist |
  | Clifden Eager | United Australia | 1931 | William Edgar | United Australia |
  | Clifden Eager | United Australia | 1934 | William Edgar | United Australia |
  | Clifden Eager | United Australia | 1937 | William Edgar | United Australia |
  | Clifden Eager | United Australia | 1940 | William Edgar | United Australia |
  | Clifden Eager | United Australia | 1943 | William Edgar | United Australia |
  | Clifden Eager | Liberal | 1945 | William Edgar | Liberal |
  | Clifden Eager | Liberal | 1946 | William Edgar | Liberal |
  | Clifden Eager | Liberal | 1948 | Ewen Cameron | Liberal |
  | Clifden Eager | Liberal and Country | 1949 | Ewen Cameron | Liberal and Country |
  | Clifden Eager | Liberal and Country | 1949 | Ewen Cameron | Liberal and Country |
  | Clifden Eager | Independent | 1952 | Ewen Cameron | Liberal and Country |
  | Clifden Eager | Independent | 1955 | Ewen Cameron | Liberal and Country |
  | Dick Hamer | Liberal and Country | 1958 | Ewen Cameron | Liberal and Country |
  | Dick Hamer | Liberal and Country | 1961 | Ewen Cameron | Liberal and Country |
  | Dick Hamer | Liberal and Country | 1964 | Bill Campbell | Liberal and Country |
  | Dick Hamer | Liberal and Country | 1964 | Bill Campbell | Liberal and Country |
  | Dick Hamer | Liberal | 1965 | Bill Campbell | Liberal |
  | Dick Hamer | Liberal | 1967 | Bill Campbell | Liberal |
  | Dick Hamer | Liberal | 1970 | Bill Campbell | Liberal |
  | Haddon Storey | Liberal | 1971 | Bill Campbell | Liberal |
  | Haddon Storey | Liberal | 1973 | Bill Campbell | Liberal |
  | Haddon Storey | Liberal | 1976 | Bill Campbell | Liberal |
  | Haddon Storey | Liberal | 1979 | Bill Campbell | Liberal |
  | Haddon Storey | Liberal | 1982 | Bill Campbell | Liberal |
  | Haddon Storey | Liberal | 1983 | Mark Birrell | Liberal |
  | Haddon Storey | Liberal | 1985 | Mark Birrell | Liberal |
  | Haddon Storey | Liberal | 1988 | Mark Birrell | Liberal |
  | Haddon Storey | Liberal | 1992 | Mark Birrell | Liberal |
  | David Davis | Liberal | 1996 | Mark Birrell | Liberal |
  | David Davis | Liberal | 1999 | Mark Birrell | Liberal |
  | David Davis | Liberal | 2002 | Richard Dalla-Riva | Liberal |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 2000s
  
  2002 Victorian state election: East Yarra by-election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Richard Dalla-Riva | 58,145 | 45.8 | -11.0 |
  | | Labor | Will Fowles | 43,964 | 34.6 | +1.8 |
  | | Greens | Wendy Salter | 21,096 | 16.6 | +16.6 |
  | | Democrats | Ari Sharp | 3,805 | 3.0 | -7.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 127,010 | 97.0 | -0.5 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,933 | 3.0 | +0.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 130,943 | 92.6 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Richard Dalla-Riva | 65,500 | 51.5 | -8.8 |
  | | Labor | Will Fowles | 61,634 | 48.5 | +8.8 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -8.8 | |
  
  This election followed the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mark Birrell, who resigned. The by-election was conducted on the same day as the 2002 election, but used the old electoral boundaries.
  
  2002 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | David Davis | 60,379 | 45.6 | -10.8 |
  | | Labor | Tom Wilson | 47,741 | 36.1 | +2.9 |
  | | Greens | Peter Campbell | 20,311 | 15.3 | +15.3 |
  | | Democrats | Kent Winzer | 2,097 | 1.6 | -8.8 |
  | | Independent | Bill French | 1,003 | 0.8 | +0.8 |
  | | Hope | Ronald Haack | 792 | 0.6 | +0.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 132,323 | 96.4 | -1.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 4,940 | 3.6 | +1.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 137,263 | 92.9 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | David Davis | 66,304 | 50.1 | -9.9 |
  | | Labor | Tom Wilson | 66,019 | 49.9 | +9.9 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -9.9 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1990s
  
  1999 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Mark Birrell | 72,041 | 56.8 | -0.5 |
  | | Labor | Doug Walpole | 41,644 | 32.8 | +2.6 |
  | | Democrats | Pierre Harcourt | 13,236 | 10.4 | +1.5 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 126,921 | 97.5 | -0.8 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,308 | 2.5 | +0.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 130,229 | 92.1 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Mark Birrell | 76,560 | 60.3 | -1.9 |
  | | Labor | Doug Walpole | 50,356 | 39.7 | +1.9 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -1.9 | |
  
  1996 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | David Davis | 72,536 | 57.3 | -6.2 |
  | | Labor | Morley Muralitharan | 38,297 | 30.2 | +0.1 |
  | | Democrats | Pierre Harcourt | 11,372 | 9.0 | +9.0 |
  | | Natural Law | Lesley Mendelson | 2,335 | 1.8 | +1.8 |
  | | Democratic Labor | John Murphy | 2,130 | 1.7 | -4.7 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 126,670 | 98.3 | +1.5 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,199 | 1.7 | -1.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 128,869 | 94.0 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | David Davis | 78,558 | 62.2 | -4.2 |
  | | Labor | Morley Muralitharan | 47,736 | 37.8 | +4.2 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -4.2 | |
  
  1992 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Mark Birrell | 78,005 | 63.5 | +5.5 |
  | | Labor | Rosemary Barker | 37,038 | 30.1 | -11.8 |
  | | Democratic Labor | Margaret Reed | 7,840 | 6.4 | +6.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 122,883 | 96.8 | +0.3 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 4,068 | 3.2 | -0.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 126,951 | 94.5 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Mark Birrell | 81,579 | 66.4 | +8.4 |
  | | Labor | Rosemary Barker | 41,191 | 33.6 | -8.4 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +8.4 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1980s
  
  1988 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Haddon Storey | 62,522 | 60.3 | +2.3 |
  | | Labor | Terry Monagle | 41,217 | 39.7 | +5.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 103,739 | 96.6 | -1.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,604 | 3.4 | +1.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 107,343 | 90.8 | -1.2 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -1.5 | |
  
  1985 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Mark Birrell | 63,782 | 58.0 | |
  | | Labor | Bernard Ziegenbein | 37,766 | 34.3 | |
  | | Democrats | Margaret Cole | 8,490 | 7.7 | |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 110,038 | 97.7 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,616 | 2.3 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 112,654 | 92.0 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Mark Birrell | 68,003 | 61.8 | +4.4 |
  | | Labor | Bernard Ziegenbein | 42,035 | 38.2 | -4.4 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +3.4 | |
  
  1983 East Yarra Province state by-election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Mark Birrell | 48,460 | 56.9 | +3.2 |
  | | Labor | Bob Ives | 34,549 | 40.6 | +4.5 |
  | | Independent | Isaac Lahav | 2,100 | 2.5 | +2.5 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 85,109 | 98.6 | +0.8 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,252 | 1.4 | -0.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 86,361 | 79.4 | -13.3 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Mark Birrell | | 58.1 | +0.2 |
  | | Labor | Bob Ives | | 41.9 | -0.2 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +0.2 | |
  
  * This by-election was caused by the resignation of Bill Campbell. Two party preferred result was estimated.
  
  1982 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Haddon Storey | 52,671 | 53.7 | -2.6 |
  | | Labor | Doug Walpole | 35,442 | 36.1 | +3.4 |
  | | Democrats | Keith Bruckner | 9,985 | 10.2 | -0.9 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 98,098 | 97.8 | +0.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,165 | 2.2 | -0.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 100,263 | 92.7 | +1.2 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Haddon Storey | | 57.9 | -4.5 |
  | | Labor | Doug Walpole | | 42.1 | +4.5 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -4.5 | |
  
  * Two party preferred vote was estimated.
  
  ### Elections in the 1970s
  
  1979 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Bill Campbell | 56,302 | 56.3 | -8.5 |
  | | Labor | Jeanne Hendy | 32,679 | 32.7 | -2.5 |
  | | Democrats | Michael McBride | 11,075 | 11.1 | +11.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 100,056 | 97.6 | -0.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,483 | 2.4 | +0.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 102,539 | 91.5 | -0.3 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  * Preferences were not distributed.
  
  1976 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Haddon Storey | 66,998 | 64.8 |
  | | Labor | Robert Gurry | 36,306 | 35.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 103,304 | 97.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,428 | 2.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 105,732 | 91.8 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |
  
  1973 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Bill Campbell | 68,336 | 58.5 | +5.7 |
  | | Labor | Rosslyn Ives | 31,799 | 27.2 | -7.1 |
  | | Democratic Labor | Helen Hart | 8,837 | 7.6 | -5.3 |
  | | Australia | Harold Jeffrey | 7,765 | 6.7 | +6.7 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 116,737 | 97.2 | +0.3 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,399 | 2.8 | -0.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 120,136 | 91.8 | -1.3 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Bill Campbell | | 68.0 | +3.4 |
  | | Labor | Rosslyn Ives | | 32.0 | -3.4 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +3.4 | |
  
  * Two party preferred vote was estimated.
  
  1971 East Yarra Province state by-election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Haddon Storey | 51,415 | 55.6 | +2.8 |
  | | Labor | Stanley Bannan | 23,749 | 25.7 | -9.6 |
  | | Def. of Govt Schools | Lancelot Hutchinson | 8,886 | 9.6 | +9.6 |
  | | Independent | Dorothy Buchanan | 7,544 | 8.2 | +8.2 |
  | | Independent | I J Mackay | 869 | 0.9 | +0.9 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 92,463 | 97.5 | +0.6 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,336 | 2.5 | -0.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 94,799 | 79.3 | -13.8 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Haddon Storey | | 61.8 | -2.8 |
  | | Labor | Stanley Bannan | | 38.2 | +2.8 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -2.8 | |
  
  * This by-election was caused by the resignation of Rupert Hamer, who successfully contested the 1971 Kew state by-election to move to the Lower House upon being elected as leader of the Liberal party. The two party preferred margin was estimated.
  
  1970 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Rupert Hamer | 57,786 | 52.8 | -4.1 |
  | | Labor | Stanley Bannan | 37,645 | 34.3 | +5.5 |
  | | Democratic Labor | John Rogers | 14,083 | 12.9 | -1.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 109,514 | 96.9 | -0.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,468 | 3.1 | +0.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 112,982 | 93.1 | -0.3 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Rupert Hamer | | 64.4 | -5.3 |
  | | Labor | Stanley Bannan | | 35.6 | +5.3 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -5.3 | |
  
  * Two party preferred vote was estimated.
  
  ### Elections in the 1960s
  
  1967 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Bill Campbell | 61,857 | 56.9 |
  | | Labor | James Lawson | 31,410 | 28.9 |
  | | Democratic Labor | John Rogers | 15,491 | 14.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 108,758 | 97.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,358 | 3.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 112,116 | 93.4 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Bill Campbell | | 69.7 |
  | | Labor | James Lawson | | 30.3 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |
  
  * Two party preferred vote was estimated.
  
  1964 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal and Country | Rupert Hamer | 73,387 | 59.7 | +2.3 |
  | | Labor | John Paterson | 33,075 | 26.9 | -0.7 |
  | | Democratic Labor | John Hoare | 16,508 | 13.4 | -1.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 122,970 | 97.7 | -0.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,883 | 2.3 | +0.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 125,853 | 93.2 | -3.0 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal and Country | Rupert Hamer | | 71.8 | +0.9 |
  | | Labor | John Paterson | | 28.2 | -0.9 |
  | | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | +0.9 | |
  
  1964 East Yarra Province state by-election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal and Country | Bill Campbell | 70,383 | 67.2 | +9.8 |
  | | Independent | C Calderwood | 21,115 | 20.2 | +20.2 |
  | | Independent | Geoffrey Broomhall | 6,936 | 6.6 | +6.6 |
  | | Independent | John Murray | 6,294 | 6.0 | +6.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 104,728 | 96.2 | -1.5 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 4,132 | 3.8 | +1.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 108,860 | 80.6 | -12.8 |
  | | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  * This by-election was caused by the death of Ewen Cameron. Preferences were not distributed.
  
  1961 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal and Country | Ewen Cameron | 68,916 | 57.4 | +8.4 |
  | | Labor | Leo Bartley | 33,083 | 27.6 | +27.6 |
  | | Democratic Labor | John Hoare | 17,978 | 15.0 | -3.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 119,977 | 97.7 | -0.3 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,859 | 2.3 | +0.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 122,836 | 93.4 | +0.9 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal and Country | Ewen Cameron | | 70.9 | |
  | | Labor | Leo Bartley | | 29.1 | |
  | | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  * Two party preferred vote was estimated.
  
  ### Elections in the 1950s
  
  Victorian Legislative Council election, 1958: East Yarra Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal and Country | Rupert Hamer | 57,238 | 49.0 | -6.2 |
  | | Independent | Clifden Eager | 38,055 | 32.6 | +32.6 |
  | | Democratic Labor | John Hoare | 21,495 | 18.4 | +8.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 116,788 | 98.0 | +0.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,350 | 2.0 | -0.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 119,138 | 92.5 | +1.1 |
  | Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal and Country | Rupert Hamer | 75,174 | 64.4 | |
  | | Independent | Clifden Eager | 41,614 | 35.6 | |
  | | Liberal and Country gain from Independent | Liberal and Country gain from Independent | Swing | N/A | |
  