Electoral results for the district of Hawthorn

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

Members for Hawthorn

Member		Party	Term
	Charles Taylor	Liberal	1889–1894
	Robert Smith	Conservative	1894–1900
	Robert Barbour	Liberal	1900–1901
		Ministerialist	1901–1902
	George Swinburne	Ministerialist	1902–1907
		Independent	1907–1911
		Commonwealth Liberal	1911–1913
	William Murray McPherson	Commonwealth Liberal	1913–1916
		Economy	1916–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1930
	John Gray	Nationalist	1930–1931
		United Australia	1931–1939
	Leslie Tyack	United Australia	1939–1940
	Leslie Hollins	Independent	1940–1945
	Fred Edmunds	Liberal	1945–1949
		Independent	1949–1950
	Leslie Tyack	Liberal	1950–1952
	Charles Murphy	Labor	1952–1955
		Labor (Anti-Communist)	1955–1955
	James Manson	Liberal	1955–1958
	Peter Garrisson	Liberal	1958–1964
	Walter Jona	Liberal	1964–1985
	Phil Gude	Liberal	1985–1999
	Ted Baillieu	Liberal	1999–2014
	John Pesutto	Liberal	2014–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Victorian state election, 2014: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Pesutto	20,551	54.5	−6.3
	Labor	John McNally	9,117	24.2	+3.1
	Greens	Tim Hartnett	8,042	21.3	+4.5
Total formal votes			37,710	96.2	−0.8
Informal votes			1,470	3.8	+0.8
Turnout			39,180	93.0	+1.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Pesutto	22,041	58.6	−8.0
	Labor	John McNally	15,577	41.4	+8.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−8.0

Victorian state election, 2010: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Ted Baillieu	21,036	60.89	+4.83
	Labor	John McNally	7,218	20.89	-4.81
	Greens	Jenny Henty	5,883	17.03	+0.78
	Family First	Peter Grounds	409	1.18	-0.80
Total formal votes			34,546	97.06	-0.36
Informal votes			1,046	2.94	+0.36
Turnout			35,593	91.85	+1.02
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ted Baillieu	23,060	66.74	+4.48
	Labor	John McNally	11,493	33.26	-4.48
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.48

Elections in the 2000s

Victorian state election, 2006: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Ted Baillieu	18,860	56.1	+6.4
	Labor	John McNally	8,647	25.7	-4.8
	Greens	Lynda Birch	5,467	16.3	-3.5
	Family First	Veronica Sidhu	667	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			33,641	97.4	+0.1
Informal votes			890	2.6	-0.1
Turnout			34,531	90.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ted Baillieu	20,941	62.3	+6.4
	Labor	John McNally	12,694	37.7	-6.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.4

Victorian state election, 2002: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Ted Baillieu	16,407	49.7	-12.9
	Labor	Avis Meddings	10,082	30.5	-1.9
	Greens	Tania Giles	6,544	19.8	+19.8
Total formal votes			33,033	97.3	-0.4
Informal votes			921	2.7	+0.4
Turnout			33,954	91.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ted Baillieu	18,458	55.9	-8.2
	Labor	Avis Meddings	14,575	44.1	+8.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	-8.2

Elections in the 1990s

Victorian state election, 1999: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Ted Baillieu	20,548	62.6	+1.7
	Labor	N R Wickiramasingham	10,635	32.4	+3.3
	Hope	Kerry Dawborn	1,650	5.0	+5.0
Total formal votes			32,833	97.6	-1.1
Informal votes			792	2.4	+1.1
Turnout			33,625	91.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ted Baillieu	21,042	64.1	+0.5
	Labor	N R Wickiramasingham	11,791	35.9	-0.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.5

Victorian state election, 1996: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Phil Gude	20,251	60.9	-4.1
	Labor	Ian Cleaver-Wilkinson	9,662	29.1	+3.5
	Independent	Jenny Henty	2,744	8.3	+8.3
	Natural Law	Lorna Scurfield	592	1.8	-7.6
Total formal votes			33,249	98.8	+1.7
Informal votes			406	1.2	-1.7
Turnout			33,655	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Phil Gude	21,068	63.6	-4.8
	Labor	Ian Cleaver-Wilkinson	12,077	36.4	+4.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.8

Victorian state election, 1992: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Phil Gude	20,571	65.0	+6.4
	Labor	Gordon McCaskie	8,096	25.6	-15.5
	Natural Law	Lorna Scurfield	2,983	9.4	+9.4
Total formal votes			31,650	97.1	+0.2
Informal votes			933	2.9	-0.2
Turnout			32,583	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Phil Gude	21,619	68.4	+9.6
	Labor	Gordon McCaskie	9,984	31.6	-9.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+9.6

Elections in the 1980s

Victorian state election, 1988: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Phil Gude	15,213	58.03	+2.28
	Labor	Bridget Groves	11,001	41.97	-2.28
Total formal votes			26,214	96.82	-0.61
Informal votes			861	3.18	+0.61
Turnout			27,075	89.33	-1.15
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.28

Victorian state election, 1985: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Phil Gude	15,605	55.7	+4.3
	Labor	Jill Eastwood	12,387	44.3	+3.2
Total formal votes			27,992	97.4
Informal votes			738	2.6
Turnout			28,730	90.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.5

Victorian state election, 1982: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Walter Jona	11,509	50.0	-4.7
	Labor	Jennifer Eastwood	9,889	42.9	+6.3
	Democrats	Mark Harris	1,638	7.1	-1.6
Total formal votes			23,036	98.0	+0.4
Informal votes			461	2.0	-0.4
Turnout			23,497	90.9	+1.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Walter Jona	12,118	52.6	-7.2
	Labor	Jennifer Eastwood	10,918	47.4	+7.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	-7.2

Elections in the 1970s

Victorian state election, 1979: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Walter Jona	12,903	54.7	+0.4
	Labor	Kevin Zervos	8,620	36.6	-1.4
	Democrats	Alberta Steegstra	2,050	8.7	+8.7
Total formal votes			23,573	97.6	-0.4
Informal votes			581	2.4	+0.4
Turnout			24,154	89.3	-1.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Walter Jona	14,102	59.8	-0.9
	Labor	Kevin Zervos	9,471	40.2	+0.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.9

Victorian state election, 1976: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Walter Jona	13,580	54.3	+1.0
	Labor	Evan Walker	9,487	38.0	+2.9
	Democratic Labor	Daniel Condon	1,556	6.2	-1.2
	Independent	Jennifer Relf	361	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			24,984	98.0
Informal votes			506	2.0
Turnout			25,490	90.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Walter Jona	15,161	60.7	-1.1
	Labor	Evan Walker	9,823	39.3	+1.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.1

Victorian state election, 1973: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Walter Jona	12,190	51.0	+5.0
	Labor	Evan Walker	8,800	36.8	-4.9
	Democratic Labor	Bernard Gaynor	1,785	7.5	-4.8
	Australia Party	John Worcester	1,136	4.8	+4.8
Total formal votes			23,911	97.1	+0.3
Informal votes			703	2.9	-0.3
Turnout			24,614	89.6	-2.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Walter Jona	14,162	59.2	+2.6
	Labor	Evan Walker	9,749	40.8	-2.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.6

Victorian state election, 1970: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Walter Jona	10,285	46.0	-1.7
	Labor	David Andrews	9,313	41.7	+6.2
	Democratic Labor	Bernard Gaynor	2,749	12.3	-4.5
Total formal votes			22,347	96.8	0.0
Informal votes			734	3.2	0.0
Turnout			23,081	92.4	+0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Walter Jona	12,652	56.6	-3.0
	Labor	David Andrews	9,695	43.4	+3.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.0

Elections in the 1960s

Victorian state election, 1967: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Walter Jona	10,722	47.7	+3.7
	Labor	Randolf Eddy	7,968	35.5	-0.1
	Democratic Labor	Daniel Condon	3,766	16.8	+3.3
Total formal votes			22,456	96.8
Informal votes			738	3.2
Turnout			23,194	93.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Walter Jona	13,390	59.6	-0.6
	Labor	Randolf Eddy	9,066	40.4	+0.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.6

Victorian state election, 1964: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Horace Garrick	6,454	39.3	-0.6
	Liberal and Country	Walter Jona	5,973	36.4	-6.0
	Democratic Labor	Charles Murphy	2,112	12.9	-4.8
	Independent Liberal	Peter Garrisson	1,505	9.2	+9.2
	Centre	Geoffrey Broomhall	374	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			16,418	95.3	-1.8
Informal votes			812	4.7	+1.8
Turnout			17,230	92.8	+1.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Walter Jona	9,242	56.4	-0.9
	Labor	Horace Garrick	7,156	43.6	+0.9
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	-0.9

Victorian state election, 1961: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal and Country	Peter Garrisson	7,071	42.4	+1.2
	Labor	John Reeves	6,657	39.9	-0.4
	Democratic Labor	Charles Murphy	2,963	17.7	-0.7
Total formal votes			16,691	97.1	-0.7
Informal votes			496	2.9	+0.7
Turnout			17,187	91.8	-0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Peter Garrisson	9,568	57.3	+0.5
	Labor	John Reeves	7,123	42.7	-0.5
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+0.5

Elections in the 1950s

Victorian state election, 1958: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal and Country	Peter Garrisson	7,469	41.2
	Labor	Jack Poke	7,308	40.3
	Democratic Labor	Charles Murphy	3,337	18.4
Total formal votes			18,114	97.8
Informal votes			404	2.2
Turnout			18,518	92.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Peter Garrisson	10,295	56.8
	Labor	Jack Poke	7,819	43.2
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Victorian state election, 1955: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal and Country	James Manson	7,247	44.2
	Labor	Jack Poke	5,097	31.1
	Labor (A-C)	Charles Murphy	3,739	22.8
	Independent	William Pitt	313	1.9
Total formal votes			16,396	97.7
Informal votes			390	2.3
Turnout			16,786	94.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	James Manson	8,518	52.0
	Labor	Jack Poke	7,878	48.0
	Liberal and Country gain from Labor		Swing

Victorian state election, 1952: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Charles Murphy	9,948	48.7	+6.8
	Liberal and Country	Leslie Tyack	6,813	33.3	-6.5
	Electoral Reform	Charles Calderwood	3,677	18.0	+18.0
Total formal votes			20,438	98.0	-1.1
Informal votes			409	2.0	+1.1
Turnout			20,847	94.2	+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Charles Murphy	10,940	53.5	+7.8
	Liberal and Country	Leslie Tyack	9,498	46.5	-7.8
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	+7.8

Victorian state election, 1950: Hawthorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Charles Murphy	9,361	41.9	+6.7
	Liberal and Country	Les Tyack	8,887	39.8	-12.0
	Independent	Fred Edmunds	4,100	18.3	+18.3
Total formal votes			22,348	99.1	+0.3
Informal votes			203	0.9	-0.3
Turnout			22,551	93.7	+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Les Tyack	12,134	54.3	-6.7
	Labor	Charles Murphy	10,214	45.7	+6.7
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	-6.7

References

• "Hawthorn District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 21 November 2011.