Results of the 1988 Victorian state election (Legislative Council)

Victorian state election, 1 October 1988 Legislative Council << 1985–1992 >>
Enrolled voters		2,739,614
Votes cast		2,529,569		Turnout	92.33	–0.86
Informal votes		109,578		Informal	4.33	+1.32
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats won	Seats held
	Labor	1,164,796	48.13	+0.85	9	19
	Liberal	1,052,591	43.50	+2.35	10	19
	National	181,074	7.48	+0.81	3	6
	Call to Australia	5,363	0.22	–0.49	0	0
	Independent	16,167	0.67	+0.45	0	0
Total		2,419,991			22	44

This is a list of Legislative Council results for the Victorian 1988 state election. 22 of the 44 seats were contested.

Results by province

Ballarat

1988 Victorian state election: Ballarat Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rob Knowles	59,963	49.2	+0.2
	Labor	Glendon Ludbrook	53,807	44.1	+0.1
	National	Anne Scott	8,170	6.7	+6.7
Total formal votes			121,940	97.5	−0.5
Informal votes			3,143	2.5	+0.5
Turnout			125,083	94.2	−0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Rob Knowles	66,508	54.5	+3.6
	Labor	Glendon Ludbrook	55,429	45.5	-3.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.6

Boronia

1988 Victorian state election: Boronia Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gerald Ashman	56,754	51.2	+3.2
	Labor	Judith Dixon	54,133	48.8	+3.2
Total formal votes			110,887	96.1	−1.4
Informal votes			4,514	3.9	+1.4
Turnout			115,401	94.2	−0.8
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+1.7

Central Highlands

1988 Victorian state election: Central Highlands Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Andre Haermeyer	54,233	45.2	+2.6
	Liberal	Geoff Craige	49,442	41.2	-5.5
	National	Ted Drane	16,319	13.6	+13.6
Total formal votes			119,994	96.9	−0.8
Informal votes			3,876	3.1	+0.8
Turnout			123,870	93.2	−0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Geoff Craige	62,153	51.8	-1.5
	Labor	Andre Haermeyer	50,958	48.2	+1.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.5

Chelsea

1988 Victorian state election: Chelsea Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Burwyn Davidson	54,959	50.5	-1.7
	Liberal	Michael O'Brien	49,707	45.7	-2.1
	Independent	Ken Glyde	4,074	3.8	+3.8
Total formal votes			108,740	96.0	−1.0
Informal votes			4,562	4.0	+1.0
Turnout			113,302	92.4	−0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Burwyn Davidson	57,092	52.5	+0.3
	Liberal	Michael O'Brien	51,171	47.8	-0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.3

Doutta Galla

1988 Victorian state election: Doutta Galla Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Landeryou	66,700	58.9	-5.0
	Liberal	Graeme Cameron	46,629	41.1	+5.0
Total formal votes			113,329	92.3	−2.9
Informal votes			9,463	7.7	+2.9
Turnout			122,792	92.7	−1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.0

East Yarra

1988 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Haddon Storey	62,522	60.3	+2.3
	Labor	Terry Monagle	41,217	39.7	+5.4
Total formal votes			103,739	96.6	−1.1
Informal votes			3,604	3.4	+1.1
Turnout			107,343	90.8	−1.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.5

Eumemmerring

1988 Victorian state election: Eumemmerring Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Ives	62,602	56.5	-3.3
	Liberal	Janice Bateman	48,166	43.5	+3.3
Total formal votes			110,768	92.9	−2.5
Informal votes			8,449	7.1	+2.5
Turnout			119,217	92.2	−1.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.3

Geelong

1988 Victorian state election: Geelong Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Henshaw	54,291	48.4	-4.7
	Liberal	John Lucas	47,838	42.7	+0.9
	Call to Australia	Dirk Terpstra	5,363	4.8	+4.8
	Independent	James Jordan	4,623	4.1	+4.1
Total formal votes			112,115	96.5	−1.0
Informal votes			4,108	3.5	+1.0
Turnout			116,223	93.1	−1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	David Henshaw	57,218	51.1	-4.6
	Liberal	John Lucas	54,857	48.9	+4.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.6

Gippsland

1988 Victorian state election: Gippsland Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alan Hollway	42,209	37.5	+0.5
	National	Peter Hall	33,108	29.4	+3.7
	Liberal	James Taylor	32,110	28.5	-0.2
	Independent	Glen Mann	3,178	2.8	+2.8
	Independent	Bruce Ingle	1,947	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			112,552	97.1	−0.6
Informal votes			3,367	2.9	+0.6
Turnout			115,919	93.6	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Peter Hall	65,204	58.0	+58.0
	Labor	Alan Hollway	47,223	42.0	-0.9
	National gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

Higinbotham

1988 Victorian state election: Higinbotham Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Geoffrey Connard	58,905	57.1	+4.7
	Labor	Kevin McCosh	44,283	42.9	+1.7
Total formal votes			103,188	96.3	−0.9
Informal votes			4,011	3.7	+0.9
Turnout			107,199	91.6	−0.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.5

Jika Jika

1988 Victorian state election: Jika Jika Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Theo Theophanous	67,052	65.4	-2.5
	Liberal	John Badham	35,467	34.6	+2.5
Total formal votes			102,519	93.1	−2.4
Informal votes			7,559	6.9	+2.4
Turnout			110,078	91.5	−1.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.5

Melbourne

1988 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Barry Pullen	63,140	66.0	+2.8
	Liberal	Katherine Edgar	32,562	34.0	+3.5
Total formal votes			95,702	93.4	−2.0
Informal votes			6,759	6.6	+2.0
Turnout			102,461	87.0	−1.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.4

Melbourne North

1988 Victorian state election: Melbourne North Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Caroline Hogg	66,350	65.4	-2.2
	Liberal	Simon St John	35,182	34.6	+2.2
Total formal votes			101,532	93.0	−2.2
Informal votes			7,652	7.0	+2.2
Turnout			109,184	91.7	−2.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.2

Melbourne West

1988 Victorian state election: Melbourne West Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Licia Kokocinski	69,482	63.4	+0.5
	Liberal	Darren Olney	40,123	36.6	+7.6
Total formal votes			109,605	92.9	−2.8
Informal votes			8,399	7.1	+2.8
Turnout			118,004	91.6	−0.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.5

Monash

1988 Victorian state election: Monash Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Guest	48,378	50.8	+2.0
	Labor	Perce White	46,919	49.2	+3.7
Total formal votes			95,297	95.5	−1.4
Informal votes			4,465	4.5	+1.4
Turnout			99,762	87.2	−1.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.2

North Eastern

1988 Victorian state election: North Eastern Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	David Evans	55,467	47.8	-3.2
	Labor	Ewan Paterson	31,793	27.4	+2.7
	Liberal	Ian Cumming	28,799	24.8	+3.4
Total formal votes			116,059	97.6	−0.1
Informal votes			2,854	2.4	+0.1
Turnout			118,913	93.0	−0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	National	David Evans	82,492	71.1	+2.3
	Labor	Ewan Paterson	33,559	28.9	-2.3
	National hold		Swing	+2.3

North Western

1988 Victorian state election: North Western Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Ron Best	42,721	37.6	0.0
	Labor	Linda Freedman	39,252	34.5	+1.4
	Liberal	Derek Bowman	31,705	27.9	-1.4
Total formal votes			113,678	97.7	−0.5
Informal votes			2,640	2.3	+0.5
Turnout			116,318	93.3	−1.0
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Ron Best	71,164	62.6	0.0
	Labor	Linda Freedman	42,514	37.4	0.0
	National hold		Swing	0.0

Nunawading

1988 Victorian state election: Nunawading Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Cox	56,764	51.1	+5.0
	Labor	Laurie McArthur	54,308	48.9	+3.1
Total formal votes			111,072	96.7	−1.0
Informal votes			3,782	3.3	+1.0
Turnout			114,854	93.4	−0.6
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+1.1

South Eastern

1988 Victorian state election: South Eastern Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ken Smith	70,536	54.8	+1.6
	Labor	Denise Hassett	58,245	45.2	+4.7
Total formal votes			128,781	96.7	−1.1
Informal votes			4,375	3.3	+1.1
Turnout			133,156	93.1	−0.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.5

Templestowe

1988 Victorian state election: Templestowe Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Skeggs	59,288	52.5	+2.8
	Labor	Mike Arnold	53,664	47.5	+5.5
Total formal votes			112,952	96.1	−1.4
Informal votes			4,586	3.9	+1.4
Turnout			117,538	93.3	−0.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.3

Waverley

1988 Victorian state election: Waverley Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Brian Mier	56,169	53.7	+4.8
	Liberal	Savvas Grigoropoulos	48,381	46.3	+5.0
Total formal votes			104,550	95.3	−1.6
Informal votes			5,157	4.7	+1.6
Turnout			109,707	92.7	−1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.9

Western

1988 Victorian state election: Western Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Chamberlain	53,370	48.1	+6.8
	Labor	Kevin Watt	29,988	27.0	-0.6
	National	James Saunders	25,289	22.8	-8.3
	Independent	Julie Jennings	2,345	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			110,992	98.0	−0.4
Informal votes			2,253	2.0	+0.4
Turnout			113,245	94.7	−0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Chamberlain	77,111	69.5	+24.2
	Labor	Kevin Watt	33,870	30.5	+30.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

See also

• 1988 Victorian state election
• Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1988–1992