title: Electoral results for the Nunawading Province
text: # Electoral results for the Nunawading Province
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the Nunawading Province in Victorian state elections.
  
  ## Members for Nunawading Province
  
  | Member 1 | Party | Year |
  | - | - | - |
  | Vernon Hauser | Liberal | 1976 | Member 2 | Member 2 | Party |
  | Vernon Hauser | Liberal | 1979 | | Peter Block | Liberal |
  | Laurie McArthur | Labor | 1982 | | Peter Block | Liberal |
  | Laurie McArthur | Labor | 1985 | | Bob Ives | Labor |
  | Laurie McArthur | Labor | 1985 | | Rosemary Varty | Liberal |
  | George Cox | Liberal | 1988 | | Rosemary Varty | Liberal |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1980s
  
  1988 Victorian state election: Nunawading Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | George Cox | 56,764 | 51.1 | +5.0 |
  | | Labor | Laurie McArthur | 54,308 | 48.9 | +3.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 111,072 | 96.7 | -1.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,782 | 3.3 | +1.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 114,854 | 93.4 | -0.6 |
  | | Liberal gain from Labor | Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +1.1 | |
  
  1985 Nunawading Province state by-election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Rosemary Varty | 51,006 | 49.2 | +3.1 |
  | | Labor | Robert S Ives | 40,578 | 39.2 | -6.6 |
  | | Democrats | Michael Nardella | 4,760 | 4.6 | -3.5 |
  | | Call to Australia | William A Watson | 2,682 | 2.6 | |
  | | Nuclear Disarmament | Jennifer M Cotterell | 2,530 | 2.4 | |
  | | Democratic Labor | Peter A Ferwerda | 1,361 | 1.3 | |
  | | | Basil J Smith | 438 | 0.4 | |
  | | | Brian R Lumsden | 204 | 0.2 | |
  | | | Wilhelm Kapphan | 75 | 0.1 | |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 103,634 | | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,055 | 1.9 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 105,689 | | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Rosemary Varty | 52,086 | 50.3 | |
  | | Labor | Robert Ives | 40,818 | 39.4 | |
  | | Democrats | Michael Nardella | 4,947 | 4.8 | |
  | | Call to Australia | William A Watson | 3,120 | 3.0 | |
  | | Nuclear Disarmament | Jennifer Cotterell | 2,649 | 2.6 | |
  | | hold | hold | Swing | | |
  
  * A full distribution of preferences was not carried out, as Varty recorded a majority after the fifth count.
  
  1985 Victorian state election: Nunawading Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Rosemary Varty | 50,584 | 46.1 | |
  | | Labor | Bob Ives | 50,220 | 45.8 | |
  | | Democrats | Michael Nardella | 8,855 | 8.1 | |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 109,659 | 97.7 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,561 | 2.3 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 112,220 | 94.0 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Bob Ives | 54,822* | 50.0 | -3.6 |
  | | Liberal | Rosemary Varty | 54,821 | 50.0 | +3.6 |
  | | Labor gain from Liberal | Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | -3.6 | |
  
  * Includes the casting vote by the returning officer.
  * This result was overturned by the Court of Disputed Returns and a by-election was held.
  
  1982 Victorian state election: Nunawading Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Vernon Hauser | 53,096 | 45.7 | -4.1 |
  | | Labor | Laurie McArthur | 51,895 | 44.7 | +5.8 |
  | | Democrats | Jeffrey McAlpine | 11,179 | 9.6 | -1.7 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 116,170 | 97.9 | +0.3 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,506 | 2.1 | -0.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 118,676 | 94.9 | +0.9 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Laurie McArthur | 58,461 | 50.3 | +6.1 |
  | | Liberal | Vernon Hauser | 57,709 | 49.7 | -6.1 |
  | | Labor gain from Liberal | Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +6.1 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1970s
  
  1979 Victorian state election: Nunawading Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Peter Block | 55,983 | 49.8 | -10.4 |
  | | Labor | Alan Wearne | 43,709 | 38.9 | -0.9 |
  | | Democrats | Jeffrey McAlpine | 12,644 | 11.3 | +11.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 112,336 | 97.6 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,706 | 2.4 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 115,042 | 94.0 | +0.4 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Peter Block | 62,697 | 55.8 | -4.4 |
  | | Labor | Alan Wearne | 49,639 | 44.2 | +4.4 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -4.4 | |
  
  1976 Victorian state election: Nunawading Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Vernon Hauser | 65,006 | 60.2 |
  | | Labor | John Madden | 43,049 | 39.8 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 108,055 | 97.6 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,612 | 2.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 110,667 | 93.6 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |
  