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Electoral results for the district of Heatherton

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

Members for Heatherton

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Member Party Term
  Norman Billing Liberal 1967–1976
  Llew Reese Liberal 1976–1979
  Peter Spyker Labor 1979–1985

Election results

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Elections in the 1980s

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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

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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

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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

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  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)