title: Electoral results for the district of Whittlesea
text: # Electoral results for the district of Whittlesea
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Whittlesea in Victorian state elections.
  
  ## Members for Whittlesea
  
  | Member | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Max McDonald | Labor | 1985–1992 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1980s
  
  1988 Victorian state election: Whittlesea :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Max McDonald | 18,279 | 54.70 | +0.09 |
  | | Liberal | Geoffrey Parsons | 15,139 | 45.30 | -0.09 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 33,418 | 96.57 | -1.14 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,186 | 3.43 | +1.14 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,604 | 93.84 | -0.54 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +0.09 | |
  
  1985 Victorian state election: Whittlesea :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Max McDonald | 15,209 | 54.6 | +3.6 |
  | | Liberal | Haydn Gregson | 12,640 | 45.4 | +2.8 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 27,849 | 97.7 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 652 | 2.3 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,501 | 94.4 | |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -1.1 | |
  