title: Electoral results for the Eumemmerring Province
text: # Electoral results for the Eumemmerring Province
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the Eumemmerring Province in Victorian state elections.
  
  ## Members for Eumemmerring Province
  
  | Member 1 | Party | Year |
  | - | - | - |
  | Fred Van Buren | Labor | 1985 | Member 2 | Member 2 | Party |
  | Fred Van Buren | Labor | 1988 | | Bob Ives | Labor |
  | Ron Wells | Liberal | 1992 | | Bob Ives | Labor |
  | Ron Wells | Liberal | 1996 | | Neil Lucas | Liberal |
  | Gordon Rich-Phillips | Liberal | 1999 | | Neil Lucas | Liberal |
  | Gordon Rich-Phillips | Liberal | 2002 | | Adem Somyurek | Labor |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 2000s
  
  2002 Victorian state election: Eumemmerring Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Adem Somyurek | 67,534 | 52.9 | +8.4 |
  | | Liberal | Mick Morland | 46,120 | 36.1 | -10.1 |
  | | Greens | Val Kay | 14,059 | 11.0 | +11.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 127,713 | 95.8 | -0.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 5,546 | 4.2 | +0.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 133,259 | 93.4 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Adem Somyurek | 76,438 | 59.9 | +10.5 |
  | | Liberal | Mick Morland | 51,230 | 40.1 | -10.5 |
  | | Labor gain from Liberal | Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +10.5 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1990s
  
  1999 Victorian state election: Eumemmerring Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Gordon Rich-Phillips | 65,426 | 45.4 | -3.4 |
  | | Labor | Carlos Baldovino | 64,024 | 44.4 | +1.4 |
  | | Democrats | Daniel Berk | 5,161 | 3.6 | -0.5 |
  | | Independent | Roz Blades | 5,017 | 3.5 | +3.5 |
  | | Christian Democrats | Lynne Dickson | 4,492 | 3.1 | +0.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 144,120 | 95.8 | -1.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 6,243 | 4.2 | +1.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 150,363 | 94.3 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Gordon Rich-Phillips | 72,518 | 50.3 | -2.5 |
  | | Labor | Carlos Baldovino | 71,602 | 49.7 | +2.5 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -2.5 | |
  
  1996 Victorian state election: Eumemmerring Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Neil Lucas | 64,976 | 48.8 | -3.8 |
  | | Labor | Bob Ives | 57,243 | 43.0 | +1.8 |
  | | Democrats | John Hastie | 5,478 | 4.1 | +4.1 |
  | | Call to Australia | Lynne Dickson | 3,413 | 2.6 | +2.6 |
  | | Democratic Labor | Teresa Crea | 2,056 | 1.5 | -4.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 133,166 | 96.9 | +2.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 4,273 | 3.1 | -2.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 137,439 | 94.9 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Neil Lucas | 70,196 | 52.8 | -2.3 |
  | | Labor | Bob Ives | 62,780 | 47.2 | +2.3 |
  | | Liberal gain from Labor | Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | -2.3 | |
  
  1992 Victorian state election: Eumemmerring Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Ron Wells | 60,726 | 52.6 | +6.0 |
  | | Labor | Fred Van Buren | 47,554 | 41.2 | -11.9 |
  | | Democratic Labor | Timothy Dodd | 7,115 | 6.2 | +6.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 115,395 | 94.9 | +0.6 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 6,237 | 5.1 | -0.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 121,632 | 95.2 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Ron Wells | 63,396 | 55.1 | +8.3 |
  | | Labor | Fred Van Buren | 51,745 | 44.9 | -8.3 |
  | | Liberal gain from Labor | Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +8.3 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1980s
  
  1988 Victorian state election: Eumemmerring Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Bob Ives | 62,602 | 56.5 | -3.3 |
  | | Liberal | Janice Bateman | 48,166 | 43.5 | +3.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 110,768 | 92.9 | -2.5 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 8,449 | 7.1 | +2.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 119,217 | 92.2 | -1.3 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -3.3 | |
  
  1985 Victorian state election: Eumemmerring Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Fred Van Buren | 62,352 | 59.8 |
  | | Liberal | John Ferwerda | 41,846 | 40.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 104,198 | 95.4 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 5,042 | 4.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 109,240 | 93.5 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +0.9 |
  