This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Heatherton in Victorian state elections.

Members for Heatherton

MemberPartyTerm
  Norman Billing Liberal 1967–1976
  Llew Reese Liberal 1976–1979
  Peter Spyker Labor 1979–1985

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1982 Victorian state election: Heatherton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Peter Spyker 16,746 55.3 +9.2
Liberal Geoff Leigh 10,924 36.1 -6.3
Democrats Michael Johnson 2,619 8.7 -2.8
Total formal votes 30,289 97.1 +0.6
Informal votes 902 2.9 -0.6
Turnout 31,191 95.3 +1.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Peter Spyker 18,252 60.3 +9.3
Liberal Geoff Leigh 12,037 39.7 -9.3
Labor hold Swing+9.3

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: Heatherton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Peter Spyker 12,897 46.1 +1.5
Liberal Llew Reese 11,866 42.4 -13.0
Democrats Sonia Sargood 3,201 11.5 +11.5
Total formal votes 27,964 96.5 -0.4
Informal votes 1,000 3.5 +0.4
Turnout 28,964 93.7 +0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Peter Spyker 14,276 51.0 +6.4
Liberal Llew Reese 13,688 49.0 -6.4
Labor gain from Liberal Swing+6.4
1976 Victorian state election: Heatherton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Llew Reese 14,542 55.4 +5.7
Labor Peter Spyker 11,690 44.6 +1.4
Total formal votes 26,232 96.9
Informal votes 851 3.1
Turnout 27,083 93.4
Liberal hold Swing-0.3
1973 Victorian state election: Heatherton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Norman Billing 18,288 48.7 +10.9
Labor John Wilson 16,805 44.8 -0.1
Democratic Labor Brian Sherman 2,450 6.5 -6.2
Total formal votes 37,543 96.9 +0.6
Informal votes 1,181 3.1 -0.6
Turnout 38,724 94.2 -1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Norman Billing 20,409 54.4 +4.0
Labor John Wilson 17,134 45.6 -4.0
Liberal hold Swing+4.0
1970 Victorian state election: Heatherton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kenneth Bathie 13,422 44.9 +2.2
Liberal Norman Billing 11,298 37.8 -4.6
Democratic Labor Joseph O'Neill 3,786 12.7 -2.2
Independent Herman Crowther 1,408 4.7 +4.7
Total formal votes 29,914 96.3 -0.5
Informal votes 1,142 3.7 +0.5
Turnout 31,056 95.2 +0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Norman Billing 15,069 50.4 -3.4
Labor Kenneth Bathie 14,845 49.6 +3.4
Liberal hold Swing-3.4

Elections in the 1960s

1967 Victorian state election: Heatherton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Keith Ewert 10,467 42.7 -0.2
Liberal Norman Billing 10,395 42.4 +2.3
Democratic Labor Joseph O'Neill 3,663 14.9 -1.1
Total formal votes 24,525 96.8
Informal votes 799 3.2
Turnout 25,324 94.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Norman Billing 13,196 53.8 +1.1
Labor Keith Ewert 11,329 46.2 -1.1
Liberal hold Swing+1.1

References

  1. ↑ Hughes, Colin A., Don Aitken (1987). Voting for the Australian state lower houses, 1975-1984. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0909779244.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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