Electoral results for the district of Northcote

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

Members for Northcote

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Member Party Term
  John Cain Labor 1927–1957
  Frank Wilkes Labor 1957–1988
  Tony Sheehan Labor 1988–1998
  Mary Delahunty Labor 1998 by–2006
  Fiona Richardson Labor 2006–2017
  Lidia Thorpe Greens 2017 by–2018
  Kat Theophanous Labor 2018–present

Election results

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Elections in the 2020s

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2022

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2022 Victorian state election: Northcote[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kat Theophanous 17,303 40.6 −1.1
Greens Campbell Gome 12,797 30.0 −9.5
Liberal Stewart Todhunter 5,205 12.2 +1.5
Victorian Socialists Kath Larkin 2,776 6.5 +6.5
Reason April Clarke 1,539 3.6 +0.2
Animal Justice Tim Oseckas 757 1.8 −0.7
Freedom Anastacia Ntouni 729 1.7 +1.7
Liberal Democrats Anthony Cave 530 1.2 +0.1
Independent Adrian Whitehead 518 1.2 +1.2
Family First Kathrine Ashton 408 0.9 +0.9
Independent Ashish Verma 80 0.2 +0.2
Total formal votes 42,642 94.5 −1.1
Informal votes 2,445 5.4 +1.1
Turnout 45,087 89.5 +0.4
Notional two-party-preferred count
Labor Kat Theophanous 34,840 81.7
Liberal Stewart Todhunter 7,802 18.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Kat Theophanous 21,413 50.2 −1.5
Greens Campbell Gome 21,229 49.8 +1.5
Labor hold Swing –1.5

Elections in the 2010s

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2018

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2018 Victorian state election: Northcote[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kat Theophanous 17,748 41.71 +0.73
Greens Lidia Thorpe 16,816 39.52 +3.24
Liberal John MacIsaac 4,570 10.74 −5.74
Reason Franca Smarrelli 1,448 3.40 +3.40
Animal Justice David Bramante 1,026 2.41 +0.67
Liberal Democrats Samuel Fink 500 1.18 +1.18
Independent Bryony Edwards 444 1.04 +0.21
Total formal votes 42,552 95.70 −0.08
Informal votes 1,911 4.30 +0.08
Turnout 44,463 91.05 −0.61
Notional two-party-preferred count
Labor Kat Theophanous 35,417 83.23 +3.41
Liberal John MacIsaac 7,135 16.77 −3.41
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Kat Theophanous 22,004 51.71 −4.33
Greens Lidia Thorpe 20,548 48.29 +4.33
Labor gain from Greens Swing −4.33

2017 by-election

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This section is an excerpt from 2017 Northcote state by-election § Results.[edit]
Northcote state by-election, 2017[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Greens Lidia Thorpe 16,319 45.2 +8.9
Labor Clare Burns 12,779 35.4 −5.6
Independent Vince Fontana 1,864 5.2 +5.2
Liberal Democrats Dean Rossiter 1,497 4.1 +4.1
Independent Reason Laura Chipp 1,152 3.2 +3.2
Animal Justice Nina Lenk 773 2.1 +0.4
Independent Philip Cooper 436 1.2 +1.2
Independent Russell Hayward 360 1.0 +1.0
Independent Joseph Toscano 331 0.9 +0.9
Independent Nevena Spirovska 215 0.6 +0.6
Independent Brian Sanaghan 208 0.6 +0.6
Save The Planet Bryony Edwards 54 0.4 −0.4
Total formal votes 36,088 94.9 −0.9
Informal votes 1,940 5.1 +0.9
Turnout 38,028 79.0 −12.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Greens Lidia Thorpe 20,137 55.6 +11.6
Labor Clare Burns 16,080 44.4 −11.6
After distribution of preferences
Greens Lidia Thorpe 18,380 50.9 N/A
Labor Clare Burns 14,410 39.9 N/A
Independent Vince Fontana 3,298 9.1 N/A
Greens gain from Labor Swing +11.6
The VEC stops distributing preferences when a candidate reaches over 50 per cent of the vote. An indicative two-candidate-preferred count had Lidia Thorpe (Greens) on 20,137 votes (55.6%) to Clare Burns (Labor) on 16,080 votes (44.4%)—a swing of 11.6 percentage points to the Greens.[4]

2014

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2014 Victorian state election: Northcote[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fiona Richardson 15,928 41.0 −3.1
Greens Trent McCarthy 14,101 36.3 +4.4
Liberal Anthony D'Angelo 6,407 16.5 −3.2
The Basics Rock 'n' Roll Jamie McCarney 1,043 2.7 +2.7
Animal Justice Georgina Purcell 678 1.7 +1.7
Family First Helen Fenn 390 1.0 +1.0
Independent Bryony Edwards 324 0.8 +0.8
Total formal votes 38,871 95.8 −0.0
Informal votes 1,713 4.2 +0.0
Turnout 40,584 91.7 +2.1
Notional two-party-preferred count
Labor Fiona Richardson 31,027 79.8 +4.3
Liberal Anthony D'Angelo 7,844 20.2 −4.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Fiona Richardson 21,783 56.0 −4.2
Greens Trent McCarthy 17,088 44.0 +4.2
Labor hold Swing −4.2

2010

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2010 Victorian state election: Northcote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fiona Richardson 15,917 44.94 −7.63
Greens Anne Martinelli 10,927 30.85 +3.44
Liberal Steve Moran 6,863 19.37 +4.08
Sex Party Robert Bishop 1,098 3.10 +3.10
Independent Darren Lewin-Hill 404 1.14 −0.39
Independent Dominic Marino 213 0.60 +0.60
Total formal votes 35,422 95.76 +0.41
Informal votes 1,567 4.24 −0.41
Turnout 36,989 91.50 +0.97
Notional two-party-preferred count
Labor Fiona Richardson 26,833 75.9 −4.4
Liberal Steve Moran 8,525 24.1 +4.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Fiona Richardson 21,666 61.23 +2.71
Greens Anne Martinelli 13,716 38.77 −2.71
Labor hold Swing +2.71

Elections in the 2000s

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2006

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2006 Victorian state election: Northcote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fiona Richardson 17,508 52.6 −2.6
Greens Alex Bhathal 9,131 27.4 +2.0
Liberal Graham Watt 5,092 15.3 −1.5
Family First Daniel Willis 1,065 3.2 +3.2
Independent Darren Lewin-Hill 511 1.5 +1.5
Total formal votes 33,307 95.3 −0.5
Informal votes 1,625 4.7 +0.5
Turnout 34,932 90.5
Notional two-party-preferred count
Labor Fiona Richardson 26,737 80.3 +2.0
Liberal Graham Watt 6,562 19.7 −2.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Fiona Richardson 19,484 58.5 +0.6
Greens Alex Bhathal 13,813 41.5 −0.6
Labor hold Swing +0.6

2002

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2002 Victorian state election: Northcote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Mary Delahunty 18,229 55.2 −11.2
Greens Sarah Nicholson 8,394 25.4 +25.4
Liberal Graham Watt 5,550 16.8 −9.2
Socialist Alliance Jackie Lynch 598 1.8 +1.8
Citizens Electoral Council Paul Gallagher 260 0.8 +0.8
Total formal votes 33,031 95.8 −0.1
Informal votes 1,434 4.2 +0.1
Turnout 34,465 91.4
Notional two-party-preferred count
Labor Mary Delahunty 25,857 78.3 +5.7
Liberal Graham Watt 7,157 21.7 −5.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Mary Delahunty 19,103 57.9 −14.7
Greens Sarah Nicholson 13,892 42.1 +42.1
Labor hold Swing −14.7

Elections in the 1990s

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1999

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1999 Victorian state election: Northcote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Mary Delahunty 20,681 66.1 +6.5
Liberal Elizabeth Richardson 8,124 26.0 −2.2
Independent Susanna Duffy 2,480 7.9 +7.9
Total formal votes 31,285 96.0 −0.2
Informal votes 1,306 4.0 +0.2
Turnout 32,591 91.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Mary Delahunty 22,733 72.7 +2.8
Liberal Elizabeth Richardson 8,552 27.3 −2.8
Labor hold Swing +2.8

1998 by-election

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1998 Northcote state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Mary Delahunty 16,954 60.0 +0.4
Democrats Kern Saunders 7,439 26.3 +26.3
One Nation Nikolas Kavalenka 1,690 6.0 +6.0
Greens Gurm Sekhon 1,081 3.8 +3.8
Independent Denis Evans 555 2.0 +2.0
Independent Maurice Sibelle 472 1.7 +1.7
Abolish Child Support Abboud Haidar 75 0.3 +0.3
Total formal votes 28,266 95.4 −0.8
Informal votes 1,373 4.6 +0.8
Turnout 29,639 85.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Mary Delahunty 18,351 65.0 −4.9
Democrats Kern Saunders 9,891 35.0 +35.0
Labor hold Swing −4.9

1996

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1996 Victorian state election: Northcote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tony Sheehan 18,550 59.6 +4.5
Liberal Alex Hay 8,783 28.2 +0.4
Independent Greg Barber 2,421 7.8 +7.8
Independent Jonathan Hogge 823 2.6 +2.6
Natural Law Michael Dickins 554 1.8 +0.2
Total formal votes 31,131 96.2 +3.2
Informal votes 1,238 3.8 −3.2
Turnout 32,369 92.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tony Sheehan 21,646 69.9 +4.7
Liberal Alex Hay 9,336 30.1 −4.7
Labor hold Swing +4.7

1992

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1992 Victorian state election: Northcote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tony Sheehan 16,288 55.1 −16.5
Liberal Nicholas Kotsiras 8,212 27.8 −0.6
Independent Carolyn Purdue 2,337 7.9 +7.9
Independent Frank Ryan 1,228 4.2 +4.2
Natural Law Michael Dickins 473 1.6 +1.6
Independent Joe Kenwright 320 1.1 +1.1
Call to Australia Ken Cook 257 0.9 +0.9
Independent John Graham 236 0.8 +0.8
Independent Dimitrios Karmis 201 0.7 +0.7
Total formal votes 29,552 93.0 +0.1
Informal votes 2,234 7.0 −0.1
Turnout 31,786 93.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tony Sheehan 19,213 65.2 −6.5
Liberal Nicholas Kotsiras 10,271 34.8 +6.5
Labor hold Swing −6.5

Elections in the 1980s

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1988

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1988 Victorian state election: Northcote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tony Sheehan 17,900 71.67 −0.17
Liberal Ross Lane 7,075 28.33 +0.17
Total formal votes 24,975 93.10 −2.41
Informal votes 1,851 6.90 +2.41
Turnout 26,826 89.73 −1.02
Labor hold Swing −0.17

1985

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1985 Victorian state election: Northcote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Wilkes 19,120 71.8 −2.8
Liberal William Hamilton 7,495 28.2 +2.8
Total formal votes 26,615 95.5
Informal votes 1,252 4.5
Turnout 27,867 90.8
Labor hold Swing −2.8

1982

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1982 Victorian state election: Northcote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Wilkes 19,113 73.5 +3.3
Liberal Gerard Clarke 6,898 26.5 −0.2
Total formal votes 26,011 95.5 −0.4
Informal votes 1,217 4.5 +0.4
Turnout 27,228 92.6 +1.9
Labor hold Swing +1.6

Elections in the 1970s

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1979

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1979 Victorian state election: Northcote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Wilkes 17,897 70.2 +6.0
Liberal Lilian Heath 6,821 26.7 −9.1
Independent Ian Hughes 793 3.1 +3.1
Total formal votes 25,511 95.9 −0.4
Informal votes 1,103 4.1 +0.4
Turnout 26,614 90.7 0.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Frank Wilkes 18,336 71.9 +7.7
Liberal Lilian Heath 7,175 28.1 −7.7
Labor hold Swing +7.7

1976

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1976 Victorian state election: Northcote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Wilkes 16,809 64.2 +5.8
Liberal Gillford Brown 9,388 35.8 +4.6
Total formal votes 26,197 96.3
Informal votes 1,002 3.7
Turnout 27,199 90.7
Labor hold Swing +4.3

1973

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1973 Victorian state election: Northcote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Wilkes 13,438 58.7 −2.3
Liberal Michael Galli 6,990 30.6 +30.6
Democratic Labor Albert Dowsey 2,448 10.7 −28.3
Total formal votes 22,876 95.8 +1.6
Informal votes 1,013 4.2 −1.6
Turnout 23,889 93.4 −0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Frank Wilkes 13,805 60.3 −0.7
Liberal Michael Galli 9,071 39.7 +0.7
Labor hold Swing −0.7

1970

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1970 Victorian state election: Northcote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Wilkes 13,061 61.0 +6.9
Democratic Labor Albert Dowsey 8,338 39.0 +23.2
Total formal votes 21,399 94.3 −1.9
Informal votes 1,287 5.7 +1.9
Labor hold Swing +4.5

Elections in the 1960s

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1967

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1967 Victorian state election: Northcote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Wilkes 12,121 54.1 +0.7
Liberal Peter Falconer 6,748 30.1 −0.2
Democratic Labor John Little 3,527 15.8 −0.5
Total formal votes 22,396 96.2
Informal votes 877 3.8
Turnout 23,273 94.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Frank Wilkes 12,650 56.5 +0.8
Liberal Peter Falconer 9,746 43.5 −0.8
Labor hold Swing +0.8

1964

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1964 Victorian state election: Northcote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Wilkes 9,973 56.0 −1.0
Liberal and Country Max Crellin 4,772 26.8 +8.7
Democratic Labor John Little 3,061 17.2 −7.7
Total formal votes 17,806 96.6 −0.2
Informal votes 617 3.4 +0.2
Turnout 18,423 94.7 −0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Frank Wilkes 10,432 58.6 −2.1
Liberal and Country Max Crellin 7,374 41.4 +2.1
Labor hold Swing −2.1

1961

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1961 Victorian state election: Northcote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Wilkes 10,551 57.0 −2.9
Democratic Labor Thomas Walsh 4,620 24.9 +1.7
Liberal and Country Julian Sullivan 3,349 18.1 +1.1
Total formal votes 18,520 96.8 −1.2
Informal votes 614 3.2 +1.2
Turnout 19,134 94.9 +0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Frank Wilkes 11,244 60.7 −2.6
Liberal and Country Julian Sullivan 7,276 39.3 +2.6
Labor hold Swing −2.6
  • The two candidate preferred vote was not counted between the Labor and DLP candidates for Northcote.

Elections in the 1950s

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1958

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1958 Victorian state election: Northcote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Wilkes 11,980 59.9
Democratic Labor Thomas Walsh 4,631 23.1
Liberal and Country Edward Wells 3,394 17.0
Total formal votes 20,005 98.0
Informal votes 414 2.0
Turnout 20,419 94.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Frank Wilkes 12,674 63.3
Democratic Labor Thomas Walsh 7,331 36.7
Labor hold Swing

1957

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1957 Northcote state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Wilkes 8,347 56.6 −4.3
Liberal and Country Frederick Capp 3,243 22.0 −0.6
Democratic Labor Thomas Walsh 3,158 21.4 +4.9
Total formal votes 14,748 98.1 −0.2
Informal votes 281 1.9 +0.2
Turnout 15,029 84.5 −8.2
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1955

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1955 Victorian state election: Northcote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Cain 10,655 60.9
Liberal and Country Neil McDay 3,953 22.6
Labor (A-C) David Woodhouse 2,890 16.5
Total formal votes 17,498 98.3
Informal votes 294 1.7
Turnout 17,792 92.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Cain 11,089 63.4
Liberal and Country Neil McDay 6,409 36.6
Labor hold Swing

1952

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1952 Victorian state election: Northcote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Cain Unopposed
Labor hold Swing N/A

1950

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1950 Victorian state election: Northcote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Cain 17,040 70.0 +6.2
Liberal and Country Thomas Templeton 7,301 30.0 −6.2
Total formal votes 24,341 96.7 +1.2
Informal votes 171 0.7 −1.2
Turnout 24,512 96.7 +1.2
Labor hold Swing +6.2

Elections in the 1940s

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1947 Victorian state election: Northcote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Cain 15,618 63.8 −36.2
Liberal Jack McColl 8,853 36.2 +36.2
Total formal votes 24,471 99.0
Informal votes 248 1.0
Turnout 24,719 95.5
Labor hold Swing N/A
1945 Victorian state election: Northcote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Cain unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1943 Victorian state election: Northcote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Cain unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1940 Victorian state election: Northcote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Cain 17,184 74.4 +3.0
United Australia Herbert Rasmussen 5,902 25.6 −3.0
Total formal votes 23,086 98.7 −0.4
Informal votes 304 1.3 +0.4
Turnout 23,390 94.7 −0.1
Labor hold Swing +3.0

Elections in the 1930s

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1937 Victorian state election: Northcote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Cain 16,513 71.4 +3.7
United Australia Jonas Holt 6,591 28.6 −3.7
Total formal votes 23,104 99.1 +0.7
Informal votes 216 0.9 −0.7
Turnout 23,320 94.8 −0.9
Labor hold Swing +3.7
1935 Victorian state election: Northcote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Cain 15,108 67.7 +8.2
United Australia Fred Edmunds 7,191 32.3 −8.2
Total formal votes 22,299 98.4 −0.5
Informal votes 362 1.6 +0.5
Turnout 22,661 95.7 +2.1
Labor hold Swing +8.2
1932 Victorian state election: Northcote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Cain 12,945 59.5 −40.5
United Australia William Olver 8,802 40.5 +40.5
Total formal votes 21,747 98.9
Informal votes 236 1.1
Turnout 21,983 93.6
Labor hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1920s

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1929 Victorian state election: Northcote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Cain unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1927 Victorian state election: Northcote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Cain unopposed
Labor hold Swing

References

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  • "Northcote District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  1. ^ Northcote District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  2. ^ State Election 2018: Northcote District, VEC.
  3. ^ State District By-elections 2017: Northcote District, VEC.
  4. ^ "Northcote District By-election 2017 : Northcote District Two Candidate Preferred Results by Voting Centre". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  5. ^ State Election 2014: Northcote District[permanent dead link], VEC.
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