title: Electoral results for the Templestowe Province
text: # Electoral results for the Templestowe Province
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the Templestowe Province in Victorian state elections.
  
  ## Members for Templestowe Province
  
  | Member 1 | Party | Year |
  | - | - | - |
  | Vasey Houghton | Liberal | 1967 | Member 2 | Member 2 | Party |
  | Vasey Houghton | Liberal | 1970 | | Raymond Garrett | Liberal |
  | Vasey Houghton | Liberal | 1973 | | Raymond Garrett | Liberal |
  | Vasey Houghton | Liberal | 1976 | | Ralph Howard | Liberal |
  | Vasey Houghton | Liberal | 1979 | | Ralph Howard | Liberal |
  | Vasey Houghton | Liberal | 1982 | | Mike Arnold | Labor |
  | John Miles | Liberal | 1985 | | Mike Arnold | Labor |
  | John Miles | Liberal | 1988 | | Bruce Skeggs | Liberal |
  | Bill Forwood | Liberal | 1992 | | Bruce Skeggs | Liberal |
  | Bill Forwood | Liberal | 1996 | | Carlo Furletti | Liberal |
  | Bill Forwood | Liberal | 1999 | | Carlo Furletti | Liberal |
  | Bill Forwood | Liberal | 2002 | | Lidia Argondizzo | Labor |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 2000s
  
  2002 Victorian state election: Templestowe Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Lidia Argondizzo | 56,952 | 43.5 | +42.1 |
  | | Liberal | Carlo Furletti | 54,670 | 41.7 | -11.8 |
  | | Greens | Robyn Roberts | 17,469 | 13.3 | -21.5 |
  | | Independent | Reginald Temple | 1,079 | 0.8 | +0.8 |
  | | Hope | Lee-Anne Poynton | 893 | 0.7 | +0.7 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 131,063 | 96.2 | -0.8 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 5,195 | 3.8 | +0.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 136,258 | 93.7 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Lidia Argondizzo | 70,611 | 53.9 | +9.6 |
  | | Liberal | Carlo Furletti | 60,452 | 46.1 | -9.6 |
  | | Labor gain from Liberal | Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +9.6 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1990s
  
  1999 Victorian state election: Templestowe Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Bill Forwood | 69,383 | 53.5 | -1.3 |
  | | Greens | Robyn Evans | 46,776 | 36.1 | +36.1 |
  | | Democrats | Bernie Millane | 13,568 | 10.5 | +1.8 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 129,727 | 97.0 | -0.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,944 | 3.0 | +0.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 133,671 | 93.3 | |
  | Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Bill Forwood | 72,294 | 55.7 | -3.5 |
  | | Greens | Robyn Evans | 57,426 | 44.3 | +44.3 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -3.5 | |
  
  1996 Victorian state election: Templestowe Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Carlo Furletti | 70,405 | 54.8 | -4.7 |
  | | Labor | Heather Garth | 45,196 | 35.2 | +0.4 |
  | | Democrats | Angela Carter | 11,079 | 8.6 | +8.6 |
  | | Democratic Labor | Frances Murphy | 1,867 | 1.5 | -1.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 128,547 | 97.7 | +1.8 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,001 | 2.3 | -1.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 131,548 | 94.8 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Carlo Furletti | 75,925 | 59.2 | -2.5 |
  | | Labor | Heather Garth | 52,392 | 40.8 | +2.5 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -2.5 | |
  
  1992 Victorian state election: Templestowe Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Bill Forwood | 73,029 | 59.4 | +8.1 |
  | | Labor | Desmond Johnson | 42,734 | 34.8 | -13.8 |
  | | Independent | Richard Fitzherbert | 3,899 | 3.2 | +3.2 |
  | | Democratic Labor | Valda McCarthy | 3,231 | 2.6 | +2.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 122,893 | 95.9 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 5,190 | 4.1 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 128,083 | 95.6 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Bill Forwood | 75,741 | 61.7 | +10.3 |
  | | Labor | Desmond Johnson | 47,032 | 38.3 | -10.3 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +10.3 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1980s
  
  1988 Victorian state election: Templestowe Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Bruce Skeggs | 59,288 | 52.5 | +2.8 |
  | | Labor | Mike Arnold | 53,664 | 47.5 | +5.5 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 112,952 | 96.1 | -1.4 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 4,586 | 3.9 | +1.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 117,538 | 93.3 | -0.6 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -0.3 | |
  
  1985 Victorian state election: Templestowe Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | John Miles | 53,726 | 49.7 | |
  | | Labor | Gary Greenway | 45,433 | 42.0 | |
  | | Democrats | Kenneth Peak | 8,917 | 8.3 | |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 108,076 | 97.5 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,756 | 2.5 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 110,832 | 93.9 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | John Miles | 57,104 | 52.8 | +2.3 |
  | | Labor | Gary Greenway | 50,958 | 47.2 | -2.3 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +2.3 | |
  
  1982 Victorian state election: Templestowe Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Mike Arnold | 57,302 | 48.1 | -1.4 |
  | | Liberal | Ralph Howard | 51,098 | 42.9 | -7.6 |
  | | Democrats | Geoffrey Loftus-Hills | 10,701 | 9.0 | +9.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 119,901 | 97.7 | +0.3 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,818 | 2.3 | -0.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 121,919 | 93.8 | +0.3 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Mike Arnold | 62,946 | 52.9 | +3.4 |
  | | Liberal | Ralph Howard | 56,155 | 47.1 | -3.4 |
  | | Labor gain from Liberal | Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.4 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1970s
  
  1979 Victorian state election: Templestowe Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Vasey Houghton | 56,059 | 50.5 | -7.3 |
  | | Labor | Mike Arnold | 54,881 | 49.5 | +7.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 110,940 | 97.4 | -0.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,934 | 2.6 | +0.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 113,874 | 93.5 | +0.5 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -7.3 | |
  
  1976 Victorian state election: Templestowe Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Ralph Howard | 60,572 | 57.8 |
  | | Labor | Pauline Toner | 44,172 | 42.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 104,744 | 97.6 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,516 | 2.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 107,260 | 93.0 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |
  
  1973 Victorian state election: Templestowe Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Vasey Houghton | 78,711 | 47.6 | +5.9 |
  | | Labor | Frederick Davis | 62,586 | 37.8 | -5.5 |
  | | Democratic Labor | Christopher Curtis | 13,418 | 8.1 | -6.8 |
  | | Australia | Geoffrey Loftus-Hills | 10,743 | 6.5 | +6.5 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 165,458 | 96.8 | -0.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 5,408 | 3.2 | +0.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 170,866 | 93.6 | -1.3 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Vasey Houghton | | 58.4 | +3.0 |
  | | Labor | Frederick Davis | | 41.6 | -3.0 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +3.0 | |
  
  1970 Victorian state election: Templestowe Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Neville Telfer | 59,093 | 43.3 | +4.2 |
  | | Liberal | Raymond Garrett | 56,987 | 41.7 | -5.1 |
  | | Democratic Labor | Ernest Dobson | 20,466 | 14.9 | +0.7 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 136,546 | 96.9 | -0.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 4,349 | 3.1 | +0.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 140,895 | 94.9 | +0.5 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Raymond Garrett | 75,708 | 55.4 | -3.9 |
  | | Labor | Neville Telfer | 60,838 | 44.6 | +3.9 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -3.9 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1960s
  
  1967 Victorian state election: Templestowe Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Vasey Houghton | 54,559 | 46.8 |
  | | Labor | Ian Stewart | 45,597 | 39.1 |
  | | Democratic Labor | Leo Morison | 16,549 | 14.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 116,705 | 97.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,457 | 2.9 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 120,162 | 94.4 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Vasey Houghton | 69,224 | 59.3 |
  | | Labor | Ian Stewart | 47,481 | 40.8 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |
  