Electoral results for the district of Knox

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

Members for Knox

MemberPartyTerm
  Steve Crabb Australian Labor Party 1976–1992
  Hurtle Lupton Liberal Party of Australia 1992–2002

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

Victorian state election, 1999: Knox[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Hurtle Lupton 20,481 56.0 -0.9
Labor Christopher Smith 14,684 40.1 -0.1
Democratic Labor Ken Wells 1,408 3.8 +3.8
Total formal votes 36,573 97.5 -0.5
Informal votes 943 2.5 +0.5
Turnout 37,516 94.3 -0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Hurtle Lupton 20,962 57.3 -0.6
Labor Christopher Smith 15,611 42.7 +0.6
Liberal hold Swing -0.6
Victorian state election, 1996: Knox
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Hurtle Lupton 18,916 56.9 +6.7
Labor Christopher Smith 13,376 40.2 +3.8
Natural Law Leah Mandylas 951 2.9 +2.9
Total formal votes 33,243 98.0 +0.9
Informal votes 689 2.0 -0.9
Turnout 33,932 94.9 -1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Hurtle Lupton 19,234 57.9 +1.8
Labor Christopher Smith 13,981 42.1 -1.8
Liberal hold Swing +1.8
Victorian state election, 1992: Knox
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Hurtle Lupton 15,281 50.2 +9.2
Labor Carolyn Hirsh 11,081 36.4 -16.6
Independent Peter Herbert 2,350 7.7 +7.7
Independent Bill Johnson 1,725 5.7 +5.7
Total formal votes 30,437 97.0 +0.7
Informal votes 926 3.0 -0.7
Turnout 31,363 95.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Hurtle Lupton 17,005 56.1 +11.1
Labor Carolyn Hirsh 13,292 43.9 -11.1
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +11.1

Elections in the 1980s

Victorian state election, 1988: Knox
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Steve Crabb 14,173 53.27 -6.05
Liberal Bruce Bingham 10,311 38.75 +1.84
Call to Australia Kenneth Morgan 1,077 4.05 +4.05
Independent Stephen Gillies 1,047 3.93 +3.93
Total formal votes 26,608 96.66 -1.21
Informal votes 918 3.34 +1.21
Turnout 27,526 93.45 -0.73
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Steve Crabb 14,896 55.99 -4.63
Liberal Bruce Bingham 11,709 44.01 +4.63
Labor hold Swing -4.63
Victorian state election, 1985: Knox
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Steve Crabb 15,236 59.3 +1.2
Liberal Jill Hall 9,480 36.9 +1.9
Public Transport Thomas Tyrer 967 3.8 +3.8
Total formal votes 25,683 97.9
Informal votes 559 2.1
Turnout 26,242 94.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Steve Crabb 15,769 61.4 -0.7
Liberal Jill Hall 9,914 38.6 +0.7
Labor hold Swing -0.7
Victorian state election, 1982: Knox
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Steve Crabb 18,071 57.2 +1.1
Liberal Peter Evans 11,272 35.7 -5.1
Democrats Dennis Ryan 2,237 7.1 +7.1
Total formal votes 31,580 98.1 +0.4
Informal votes 621 1.9 -0.4
Turnout 32,201 95.3 +0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Steve Crabb 19,357 61.3 +2.9
Liberal Peter Evans 12,223 38.7 -2.9
Labor hold Swing +2.9

Elections in the 1970s

Victorian state election, 1979: Knox
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Steve Crabb 16,187 56.1 +4.3
Liberal Gerald Ashman 11,772 40.8 -7.9
Independent Derek Kruse 922 3.2 +3.2
Total formal votes 28,881 97.7 +0.3
Informal votes 669 2.3 -0.3
Turnout 29,550 95.0 +2.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Steve Crabb 16,876 58.4 +7.1
Liberal Gerald Ashman 12,005 41.6 -7.1
Labor hold Swing +7.1
Victorian state election, 1976: Knox
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Steve Crabb 13,573 51.3 +5.7
Liberal Bruce Fasham 12,874 48.7 +5.4
Total formal votes 26,447 97.4
Informal votes 717 2.6
Turnout 27,164 92.5
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +2.1

References

  1. Green, Antony. "1999 Victorian State Election Results" (PDF). ABC.
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