Electoral results for the district of Oakleigh

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

Members for Oakleigh

	Party	Term
Squire Reid	Labor	1927–1932
James Vinton Smith	United Australia	1932–1937
Squire Reid	Labor	1937–1947
John Lechte	Liberal	1947–1950
Val Doube	Labor	1950–1961
Alan Scanlan	Liberal	1961–1979
Race Mathews	Labor	1979–1992
Denise McGill	Liberal	1992–1999
Ann Barker	Labor	1999–2014
Steve Dimopoulos	Labor	2014–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Victorian state election, 2014: Oakleigh^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Steve Dimopoulos	15,903	45.8	+4.3
	Liberal	Theo Zographos	13,303	38.3	−1.4
	Greens	Steven Merriel	4,617	13.3	−1.5
	Independent	Anna Scotto	677	1.9	+1.9
	Independent	Parashos Kioupelis	260	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			34,760	95.4	−0.1
Informal votes			1,662	4.6	+0.1
Turnout			36,422	92.1	+2.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Steve Dimopoulos	20,224	58.2	+3.1
	Liberal	Theo Zographos	14,536	41.8	−3.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.1

Victorian state election, 2010: Oakleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ann Barker	12,888	40.97	-8.87
	Liberal	Theo Zographos	12,616	40.11	+6.61
	Greens	Eleanor Whyte	4,719	15.00	+1.45
	Democratic Labor	Matthew Grinter	488	1.55	+1.55
	Family First	George Grigas	423	1.34	-1.76
	Independent	Alan Ide	323	1.03	+1.03
Total formal votes			31,457	95.61	-0.74
Informal votes			1,444	4.39	+0.74
Turnout			32,901	92.41	+0.21
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ann Barker	17,268	54.82	-7.55
	Liberal	Theo Zographos	14,234	45.18	+7.55
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.55

Elections in the 2000s

Victorian state election, 2006: Oakleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ann Barker	15,232	49.8	-4.4
	Liberal	Colin Dixon	10,238	33.5	+2.4
	Greens	Matthew Billman	4,142	13.6	+2.8
	Family First	Joyce Khoo	947	3.1	+3.1
Total formal votes			30,559	96.1	-0.8
Informal votes			1,230	3.9	+0.8
Turnout			31,789	92.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ann Barker	19,031	62.4	-2.8
	Liberal	Colin Dixon	11,481	37.6	+2.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.8

Victorian state election, 2002: Oakleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ann Barker	16,999	54.2	+5.0
	Liberal	Peter Goudge	9,754	31.1	-14.0
	Greens	Ollie Bennett	3,389	10.8	+7.7
	Independent	Tina Skouzis	1,193	3.8	+3.8
Total formal votes			31,335	96.9	+0.4
Informal votes			1,000	3.1	-0.4
Turnout			32,335	92.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ann Barker	20,432	65.2	+12.3
	Liberal	Peter Goudge	10,902	34.8	-12.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+12.3

Elections in the 1990s

Victorian state election, 1999: Oakleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ann Barker	15,060	49.2	+3.4
	Liberal	Denise McGill	13,558	44.3	-3.1
	Greens	Susan Walters	1,107	3.6	+3.6
	Independent	Stephanie McGregor	452	1.5	+1.5
	Independent	Loredana Eboli	268	0.9	+0.9
	Natural Law	Raymond Schlager	148	0.5	-0.6
Total formal votes			30,593	96.5	-1.1
Informal votes			1,118	3.5	+1.1
Turnout			31,711	92.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ann Barker	16,286	53.3	+4.1
	Liberal	Denise McGill	14,262	46.7	-4.1
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+4.1

Victorian state election, 1996: Oakleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Denise McGill	14,317	47.4	-5.5
	Labor	Ann Barker	13,842	45.9	-1.2
	Independent	Cameron Nicholls	1,140	3.8	+3.8
	Independent	Peter Apostolou	567	1.9	+1.9
	Natural Law	David Hamilton	312	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			30,178	97.5	+2.0
Informal votes			763	2.5	-2.0
Turnout			30,941	93.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Denise McGill	15,309	50.8	-2.1
	Labor	Ann Barker	14,815	49.2	+2.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.1

Victorian state election, 1992: Oakleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Denise McGill	15,485	52.9	+13.3
	Labor	Race Mathews	13,783	47.1	-2.0
Total formal votes			29,268	95.5	+0.0
Informal votes			1,376	4.5	-0.0
Turnout			30,644	94.1
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+8.6

Elections in the 1980s

Victorian state election, 1988: Oakleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Race Mathews	12,645	50.41	-3.40
	Liberal	Ian Pope	9,560	38.11	-4.91
	Independent	Heather Norling	1,736	6.92	+6.92
	Independent	Antonis Pashos	919	3.66	+0.49
	Independent	Philip Mitchell	225	0.90	+0.90
Total formal votes			25,085	95.33	-1.82
Informal votes			1,228	4.67	+1.82
Turnout			26,313	91.54	-0.26
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Race Mathews	14,353	57.26	+2.37
	Liberal	Ian Pope	10,715	42.74	-2.37
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.37

Victorian state election, 1985: Oakleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Race Mathews	14,374	53.8	-0.6
	Liberal	Norman Kennedy	11,493	43.0	+5.1
	Independent	Antonios Pashos	846	3.2	+3.2
Total formal votes			26,713	97.1
Informal votes			783	2.9
Turnout			27,496	91.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Race Mathews	14,986	56.1	-3.0
	Liberal	Norman Kennedy	11,727	43.9	+3.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.0

Victorian state election, 1982: Oakleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Race Mathews	13,801	52.9	+6.6
	Liberal	Francis Callaghan	10,227	39.2	-2.0
	Democrats	Malcolm Haddrick	1,219	4.7	-2.7
	Democratic Labor	John Mulholland	833	3.2	-0.3
Total formal votes			26,080	98.0	+1.0
Informal votes			522	2.0	-1.0
Turnout			26,602	94.5	+1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Race Mathews	14,585	55.9	+4.2
	Liberal	Francis Callaghan	11,495	44.1	-4.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.2

Elections in the 1970s

Victorian state election, 1979: Oakleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Race Mathews	12,072	46.3	+7.1
	Liberal	Alan Scanlan	10,753	41.2	-5.2
	Democrats	Domenico Quadara	1,921	7.4	+7.4
	Democratic Labor	Elaine Mulholland	910	3.5	+3.5
	Australia Party	David Heath	433	1.7	-2.5
Total formal votes			26,089	97.0	-0.6
Informal votes			816	3.0	+0.6
Turnout			26,905	93.3	-0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Race Mathews	13,497	51.7	+3.0
	Liberal	Alan Scanlan	12,592	48.3	-3.0
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.0

Victorian state election, 1976: Oakleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Alan Scanlan	12,411	46.4	-2.6
	Labor	Sam Papasavas	10,450	39.1	-2.7
	Independent	Leslie Kausman	2,766	10.4	+10.4
	Australia Party	Trevor Cooke	1,110	4.2	+2.4
Total formal votes			26,737	97.6
Informal votes			658	2.4
Turnout			27,395	93.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alan Scanlan	13,706	51.3	-5.2
	Labor	Sam Papasavas	13,031	48.7	+5.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.2

Victorian state election, 1973: Oakleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Alan Scanlan	12,070	49.3	+1.5
	Labor	Frank Slater	10,383	42.4	+3.0
	Democratic Labor	Ralph Cleary	2,011	8.2	-4.7
Total formal votes			24,464	97.1	+0.3
Informal votes			730	2.9	-0.3
Turnout			25,194	94.0	-0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alan Scanlan	13,885	56.8	-1.8
	Labor	Frank Slater	10,579	43.2	+1.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.8

Victorian state election, 1970: Oakleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Alan Scanlan	11,050	47.8	+1.7
	Labor	Anthony Scarcella	9,108	39.4	-1.1
	Democratic Labor	Bernard Slattery	2,978	12.9	-0.5
Total formal votes			23,136	96.8	+1.7
Informal votes			753	3.2	-1.7
Turnout			23,889	94.9	-0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alan Scanlan	13,560	58.6	+0.6
	Labor	Anthony Scarcella	9,576	41.4	-0.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.6

Elections in the 1960s

Victorian state election, 1967: Oakleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Alan Scanlan	10,598	46.1	+1.8
	Labor	Glenn Dudley	9,310	40.5	-0.3
	Democratic Labor	Bernard Slattery	3,066	13.4	-0.7
Total formal votes			22,974	97.3
Informal votes			631	2.7
Turnout			23,605	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alan Scanlan	13,327	58.0	+0.5
	Labor	Glenn Dudley	9,647	42.0	-0.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.5

Victorian state election, 1964: Oakleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal and Country	Alan Scanlan	9,935	45.5	+5.6
	Labor	Val Doube	8,946	41.0	-4.5
	Democratic Labor	Morris Kinnane	2,733	12.5	-2.1
	Independent	Jean McKeown	224	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			21,838	98.1	-0.3
Informal votes			427	1.9	+0.3
Turnout			22,265	95.4	+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Alan Scanlan	12,559	57.5	+5.0
	Labor	Val Doube	9,279	42.5	-5.0
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+5.0

Victorian state election, 1961: Oakleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Val Doube	9,842	45.5	-4.5
	Liberal and Country	Alan Scanlan	8,648	39.9	+1.3
	Democratic Labor	Morris Kinnane	3,165	14.6	+3.2
Total formal votes			21,655	98.4	-0.4
Informal votes			356	1.6	+0.4
Turnout			22,011	95.1	-0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Alan Scanlan	11,360	52.5	+4.2
	Labor	Val Doube	10,295	47.5	-4.2
	Liberal and Country gain from Labor		Swing	+4.2

Elections in the 1950s

Victorian state election, 1958: Oakleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Val Doube	10,694	50.0
	Liberal and Country	William Downard	8,243	38.6
	Democratic Labor	John Heffernan	2,436	11.4
Total formal votes			21,373	98.8
Informal votes			264	1.2
Turnout			21,637	95.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Val Doube	11,060	51.7
	Liberal and Country	William Downard	10,313	48.3
	Labor hold		Swing

Victorian state election, 1955: Oakleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Val Doube	9,111	49.1
	Liberal and Country	Edmund Fox	7,564	40.8
	Labor (A-C)	Donald Murray	1,874	10.1
Total formal votes			18,549	98.7
Informal votes			247	1.3
Turnout			18,796	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Val Doube	9,377	50.6
	Liberal and Country	Edmund Fox	9,172	49.4
	Labor hold		Swing

Victorian state election, 1952: Oakleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Val Doube	17,308	65.5	+19.8
	Liberal and Country	Charles Laming	9,135	34.5	+0.1
Total formal votes			26,443	98.5	-0.6
Informal votes			405	1.5	+0.6
Turnout			26,848	94.1	-1.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+14.4

Victorian state election, 1950: Oakleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Val Doube	11,720	45.7	-3.2
	Liberal and Country	Charles Laming	8,833	34.4	-16.7
	Independent	John Lechte	5,084	19.8	+19.8
Total formal votes			25,637	99.1	-0.2
Informal votes			230	0.9	+0.2
Turnout			25,867	95.5	+0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Val Doube	12,820	50.0	+1.1
	Liberal and Country	Charles Laming	12,817	50.0	-1.1
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	+1.1

References

"Oakleigh District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 21 November 2011.

↑ State Election 2014: Oakleigh District, VEC.

Electoral results for the districts of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

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