title: Electoral results for the Melbourne Province
text: # Electoral results for the Melbourne Province
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the Melbourne Province in Victorian state elections.
  
  ## Members for Melbourne Province
  
  | Member 1 | Party | Year | Member 2 | Party | Member 3 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | William Hearn | | 1882 | James Lorimer | | Cornelius Ham |
  | William Hearn | | 1884 | James Lorimer | | Cornelius Ham |
  | William Hearn | | 1886 | James Lorimer | | Cornelius Ham |
  | James Service | | 1888 | James Lorimer | | Cornelius Ham |
  | James Service | | 1888 | James Lorimer | | Cornelius Ham | Member 4 | Member 4 | Party |
  | James Service | | 1889 | James Lorimer | | Cornelius Ham | | George Coppin | |
  | James Service | | 1889 | Benjamin Benjamin | | Cornelius Ham | | George Coppin | |
  | James Service | | 1890 | Benjamin Benjamin | | Cornelius Ham | | George Coppin | |
  | James Service | | 1892 | Benjamin Benjamin | | Cornelius Ham | | George Coppin | |
  | James Service | | 1892 | Robert Reid | | Cornelius Ham | | George Coppin | |
  | James Service | | 1894 | Robert Reid | | Cornelius Ham | | George Coppin | |
  | James Service | | 1895 | Robert Reid | | Cornelius Ham | | Arthur Snowden | |
  | James Service | | 1896 | Robert Reid | | Cornelius Ham | | Arthur Snowden | |
  | James Service | | 1898 | Robert Reid | | Cornelius Ham | | Arthur Snowden | |
  | John Mark Davies | | 1899 | Robert Reid | | Cornelius Ham | | Arthur Snowden | |
  | John Mark Davies | | 1900 | Robert Reid | | Cornelius Ham | | Arthur Snowden | |
  | John Mark Davies | | 1901 | Robert Reid | | Cornelius Ham | | Arthur Snowden | |
  | John Mark Davies | | 1902 | Robert Reid | | Cornelius Ham | | Arthur Snowden | |
  | John Mark Davies | | 1903 | William Cain | Non-Labor | Cornelius Ham | | Arthur Snowden | |
  | John Mark Davies | | 1904 | William Cain | Non-Labor | | | | |
  | John Mark Davies | | 1907 | William Cain | Non-Labor | | | | |
  | John Mark Davies | | 1910 | John McWhae | | | | | |
  | John Mark Davies | | 1913 | John McWhae | | | | | |
  | John Mark Davies | | 1916 | John McWhae | | | | | |
  | John Mark Davies | | 1917 | John McWhae | Nationalist | | | | |
  | Henry Weedon | Nationalist | 1919 | John McWhae | Nationalist | | | | |
  | Henry Cohen | Nationalist | 1921 | John McWhae | Nationalist | | | | |
  | Henry Cohen | Nationalist | 1921 | Herbert Smith | Nationalist | | | | |
  | Henry Cohen | Nationalist | 1922 | Herbert Smith | Nationalist | | | | |
  | Henry Cohen | Nationalist | 1925 | Herbert Smith | Nationalist | | | | |
  | Henry Cohen | Nationalist | 1928 | Herbert Smith | Nationalist | | | | |
  | Henry Cohen | Nationalist | 1931 | Herbert Smith | Nationalist | | | | |
  | Henry Cohen | United Australia | 1931 | Herbert Smith | United Australia | | | | |
  | Henry Cohen | United Australia | 1934 | Herbert Smith | United Australia | | | | |
  | Henry Cohen | United Australia | 1936 | George Wales | United Australia | | | | |
  | Daniel McNamara | Labor | 1937 | George Wales | United Australia | | | | |
  | Daniel McNamara | Labor | 1938 | Paul Jones | Labor | | | | |
  | Daniel McNamara | Labor | 1940 | William Beckett | Labor | | | | |
  | Daniel McNamara | Labor | 1943 | William Beckett | Labor | | | | |
  | Daniel McNamara | Labor | 1946 | William Beckett | Labor | | | | |
  | Fred Thomas | Labor | 1948 | William Beckett | Labor | | | | |
  | Fred Thomas | Labor | 1949 | William Beckett | Labor | | | | |
  | Fred Thomas | Labor | 1952 | Patrick Sheehy | Labor | | | | |
  | Fred Thomas | Labor | 1955 | Patrick Sheehy | Labor (A-C) | | | | |
  | Fred Thomas | Labor | 1955 | Patrick Sheehy | Labor (A-C) | | | | |
  | Fred Thomas | Labor | 1958 | Jack O'Connell | Labor | | | | |
  | Doug Elliot | Labor | 1960 | Jack O'Connell | Labor | | | | |
  | Doug Elliot | Labor | 1961 | Jack O'Connell | Labor | | | | |
  | Doug Elliot | Labor | 1964 | Jack O'Connell | Labor | | | | |
  | Doug Elliot | Labor | 1967 | Jack O'Connell | Labor | | | | |
  | Doug Elliot | Labor | 1970 | Jack O'Connell | Labor | | | | |
  | Doug Elliot | Labor | 1972 | Ivan Trayling | Labor | | | | |
  | Doug Elliot | Labor | 1973 | Ivan Trayling | Labor | | | | |
  | Doug Elliot | Labor | 1976 | Ivan Trayling | Labor | | | | |
  | Evan Walker | Labor | 1979 | Ivan Trayling | Labor | | | | |
  | Evan Walker | Labor | 1982 | Barry Pullen | Labor | | | | |
  | Evan Walker | Labor | 1985 | Barry Pullen | Labor | | | | |
  | Evan Walker | Labor | 1988 | Barry Pullen | Labor | | | | |
  | Doug Walpole | Labor | 1992 | Barry Pullen | Labor | | | | |
  | Doug Walpole | Labor | 1996 | Barry Pullen | Labor | | | | |
  | Gavin Jennings | Labor | 1999 | Glenyys Romanes | Labor | | | | |
  | Gavin Jennings | Labor | 2002 | Glenyys Romanes | Labor | | | | |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 2000s
  
  2002 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Gavin Jennings | 61,810 | 48.7 | -6.7 |
  | | Greens | Robyn Evans | 31,481 | 24.8 | +24.8 |
  | | Liberal | Michael Christo | 30,771 | 24.2 | -10.0 |
  | | Democrats | Danii Coric | 2,878 | 2.3 | -8.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 126,940 | 96.5 | +0.4 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 4,652 | 3.5 | -0.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 131,592 | 90.0 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Gavin Jennings | 67,059 | 52.8 | -10.6 |
  | | Greens | Robyn Evans | 59,881 | 47.2 | +47.2 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -10.6 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1990s
  
  1999 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province by-election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Gavin Jennings | 69,811 | 53.3 | -1.6 |
  | | Liberal | Khiet Nguyen | 41,634 | 31.8 | -1.8 |
  | | Greens | Gurm Sekhon | 11,126 | 8.5 | +8.5 |
  | | Democrats | Brendan Sharp | 8,437 | 6.4 | -2.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 131,008 | 95.9 | -1.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 5,555 | 4.1 | +1.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 136,563 | 89.6 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Gavin Jennings | 82,617 | 63.1 | -0.7 |
  | | Liberal | Khiet Nguyen | 48,336 | 36.9 | +0.7 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -0.7 | |
  
  This election was caused by the vacancy following the resignation of Barry Pullen.
  
  1999 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Glenyys Romanes | 73,484 | 56.0 | +1.1 |
  | | Liberal | Stuart McCraith | 44,220 | 33.7 | +0.2 |
  | | Democrats | Scott Handsaker | 13,517 | 10.3 | +1.9 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 131,221 | 96.0 | -0.9 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 5,460 | 4.0 | +0.9 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 136,681 | 89.7 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Glenyys Romanes | 83,865 | 63.9 | +0.1 |
  | | Liberal | Stuart McCraith | 47,313 | 36.1 | -0.1 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +0.1 | |
  
  1996 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Barry Pullen | 70,215 | 54.9 | +3.2 |
  | | Liberal | Stuart McCraith | 42,862 | 33.5 | -2.1 |
  | | Democrats | Robert Stone | 10,766 | 8.4 | +1.4 |
  | | Democratic Labor | John Mulholland | 2,283 | 1.8 | -0.2 |
  | | Natural Law | Ngaire Mason | 1,701 | 1.3 | -2.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 127,827 | 96.9 | +2.5 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 4,097 | 3.1 | -2.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 131,924 | 90.9 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Barry Pullen | 81,343 | 63.8 | +4.9 |
  | | Liberal | Stuart McCraith | 46,128 | 36.2 | -4.9 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +4.9 | |
  
  1992 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Doug Walpole | 60,570 | 51.7 | -13.6 |
  | | Liberal | John Miles | 41,684 | 35.6 | +0.9 |
  | | Democrats | Robert Stone | 8,197 | 7.0 | +7.0 |
  | | Natural Law | Ngaire Mason | 4,298 | 3.7 | +3.7 |
  | | Democratic Labor | John Mulholland | 2,312 | 2.0 | +2.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 117,061 | 94.4 | +1.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 6,890 | 5.6 | -1.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 123,951 | 92.0 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Doug Walpole | 68,723 | 58.9 | -6.4 |
  | | Liberal | John Miles | 48,016 | 41.1 | +6.4 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -6.4 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1980s
  
  1988 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Barry Pullen | 63,140 | 66.0 | +2.8 |
  | | Liberal | Katherine Edgar | 32,562 | 34.0 | +3.5 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 95,702 | 93.4 | -2.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 6,759 | 6.6 | +2.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 102,461 | 87.0 | -1.6 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -0.4 | |
  
  1985 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Evan Walker | 65,653 | 63.2 | |
  | | Liberal | Vincent Volpe | 31,621 | 30.4 | |
  | | Democrats | Simon James | 6,560 | 6.3 | |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 103,834 | 95.4 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 4,966 | 4.6 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 108,800 | 88.6 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Evan Walker | 68,946 | 66.4 | -4.5 |
  | | Liberal | Vincent Volpe | 34,888 | 33.6 | +4.5 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -4.5 | |
  
  1982 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Barry Pullen | 55,348 | 61.2 | -1.3 |
  | | Liberal | Craig Baxter | 27,935 | 30.9 | -6.6 |
  | | Democrats | Stephen Duthy | 7,175 | 7.9 | +7.9 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 90,458 | 95.5 | +0.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 4,245 | 4.5 | -0.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 94,703 | 89.0 | +1.6 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Barry Pullen | | 65.9 | +3.4 |
  | | Liberal | Craig Baxter | | 34.1 | -3.4 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +3.4 | |
  
  * Two party preferred vote was estimated.
  
  ### Elections in the 1970s
  
  1979 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Evan Walker | 56,565 | 62.5 | +4.7 |
  | | Liberal | Bill Stanley | 33,917 | 37.5 | -4.7 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 90,482 | 94.8 | -0.4 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 4,946 | 5.2 | +0.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 95,428 | 87.4 | +1.6 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +4.7 | |
  
  1976 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Ivan Trayling | 58,113 | 57.8 |
  | | Liberal | Bryce McNair | 42,483 | 42.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 100,596 | 95.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 5,119 | 4.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 105,715 | 85.8 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |
  
  1973 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Doug Elliot | 54,457 | 55.8 | +5.2 |
  | | Liberal | John Walsh | 34,878 | 35.7 | +4.6 |
  | | Democratic Labor | Gordon Haberman | 8,299 | 8.5 | -9.8 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 97.634 | 93.9 | +0.5 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 6,286 | 6.1 | -0.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 103,920 | 88.8 | -2.3 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Doug Elliot | | 57.2 | +4.9 |
  | | Liberal | John Walsh | | 42.8 | -4.9 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +4.9 | |
  
  * Two party preferred vote was estimated.
  
  1972 Melbourne Province state by-election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Ivan Trayling | unopposed | | |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  * This by-election was caused by the death of Jack O'Connell.
  
  1970 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Jack O'Connell | 48,201 | 50.6 | -3.6 |
  | | Liberal | Norman Long | 29,617 | 31.1 | +2.2 |
  | | Democratic Labor | Gordon Haberman | 17,462 | 18.3 | +5.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 95,280 | 93.4 | -0.5 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 6,765 | 6.6 | +0.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 102,045 | 91.1 | +0.8 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Jack O'Connell | | 52.3 | -5.3 |
  | | Liberal | Norman Long | | 47.7 | +5.3 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -5.3 | |
  
  * Two party preferred vote was estimated.
  
  ### Elections in the 1960s
  
  1967 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Douglas Elliot | 54,443 | 54.2 |
  | | Liberal | Norman Long | 29,000 | 28.9 |
  | | Democratic Labor | Gordon Haberman | 12,749 | 12.7 |
  | | Independent | Frederick Levin | 4,245 | 4.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 100,437 | 93.9 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 6,511 | 6.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 106,948 | 90.3 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Douglas Elliot | | 57.6 |
  | | Liberal | Norman Long | | 42.4 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |
  
  * Two party preferred was estimated.
  
  1964 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Jack O'Connell | 20,211 | 57.4 | -3.0 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Donald Gibson | 8,647 | 24.6 | +5.8 |
  | | Democratic Labor | Leo Morrison | 6,362 | 18.1 | -2.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 35,220 | 93.9 | +0.4 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,275 | 6.1 | -0.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,495 | 91.9 | +1.5 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Jack O'Connell | | 59.2 | -4.1 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Donald Gibson | | 40.8 | +40.8 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1961 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Doug Elliot | 22,982 | 60.4 | -8.3 |
  | | Democratic Labor | Harold Powell | 7,884 | 20.7 | -10.6 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Reginald Cannon | 7,156 | 18.8 | +18.8 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 38,022 | 93.5 | -3.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,650 | 6.5 | +3.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,672 | 90.4 | +2.1 |
  | Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Doug Elliot | | 63.3 | -5.4 |
  | | Democratic Labor | Harold Powell | | 36.7 | +5.4 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -5.4 | |
  
  * Two party preferred vote was estimated.
  
  1960 Melbourne Province state by-election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Doug Elliot | 24,378 | 74.6 | +5.9 |
  | | Democratic Labor | Maurie Sheehy | 8,320 | 25.4 | -5.9 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 32,698 | 96.2 | -0.3 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,274 | 3.8 | +0.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,972 | 72.5 | -15.8 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +5.9 | |
  
  * This by-election was caused by the death of Fred Thomas.
  
  ### Elections in the 1950s
  
  1958 Victorian Legislative Council election: Melbourne Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Jack O'Connell | 30,298 | 68.7 | +5.4 |
  | | Democratic Labor | Maurie Sheehy | 13,784 | 31.3 | -5.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 44,082 | 96.5 | -0.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,603 | 3.5 | +0.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,685 | 88.3 | -0.7 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +5.4 | |
  
  * Maurie Sheehy was elected in 1952 as a member of Labor, then defected to the DLP in 1955.
  