Electoral results for the district of Greensborough

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

Members for Greensborough

1989 Greensborough state by-election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Sherryl Garbutt	11,862	40.12	−15.95
	Liberal	Margaret Brown	11,363	38.43	−5.50
	Democrats	Peter Allan	4,671	15.80	+15.80
	Democratic Labor	John Mulholland	706	2.39	+2.39
	Independent	Barbara Gilchrist	479	1.62	+1.62
	Independent	Lance Hutchinson	387	1.31	+1.31
	Independent	Raelene Jones	100	0.34	+0.34
Total formal votes			29,568	96.94	+0.18
Informal votes			932	3.06	−0.18
Turnout			30,500	90.25	−3.67
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Sherryl Garbutt	15,229	51.55	−4.52
	Liberal	Margaret Brown	14,314	48.45	+4.52
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.52

1988 Victorian state election: Greensborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pauline Toner	16,622	56.07	+0.98
	Liberal	Robert Manuell	13,022	43.93	−0.98
Total formal votes			29,644	96.76	−1.05
Informal votes			992	3.24	+1.05
Turnout			30,636	93.92	+0.17
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.98

1985 Victorian state election: Greensborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pauline Toner	14,632	55.1	+1.2
	Liberal	Andrew Cove	11,930	44.9	+8.3
Total formal votes			26,562	97.8
Informal votes			595	2.2
Turnout			27,157	93.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.7

1982 Victorian state election: Greensborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pauline Toner	19,688	53.6	+5.5
	Liberal	John Dobinson	13,667	37.2	−3.6
	Democrats	Antony Siddons	3,373	9.2	−1.4
Total formal votes			36,728	98.6	+0.2
Informal votes			526	1.4	−0.2
Turnout			37,254	95.3	+2.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Pauline Toner	21,627	58.9	+5.0
	Liberal	John Dobinson	15,101	41.1	−5.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.0

1979 Victorian state election: Greensborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pauline Toner	15,266	48.1	+0.8
	Liberal	Ronald Turner	12,929	40.7	−12.0
	Democrats	Leo Bates	3,369	10.6	+10.6
	Australia	Dorothy Prout	161	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			31,725	98.4	+0.3
Informal votes			529	1.6	−0.3
Turnout			32,254	92.9	−0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Pauline Toner	17,091	53.9	+6.7
	Liberal	Ronald Turner	14,634	46.1	−6.7
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.7

1977 Greensborough state election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pauline Toner	11,551	42.7	−4.6
	Liberal	William Foster	9,199	34.0	−18.6
	Democrats	David Ross	4,744	17.5	+17.5
	Democratic Labor	Christopher Curtis	1,591	5.9	+5.9
Total formal votes			27,085	98.6	+0.5
Informal votes			384	1.4	−0.5
Turnout			27,469	87.2	−5.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Pauline Toner	14,519	53.6	+6.3
	Liberal	William Foster	12,566	46.4	−6.3
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.3

1976 Victorian state election: Greensborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Monte Vale	14,648	52.7	+10.4
	Labor	Brian McKinlay	13,120	47.3	+2.8
Total formal votes			27,768	98.1
Informal votes			531	1.9
Turnout			28,299	93.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.9

1973 Greensborough state by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Monte Vale	20,323	47.3	+4.9
	Labor	Bob Fell	17,724	41.2	−2.6
	Australia	Flora Miller	2,533	6.0	+0.2
	Democratic Labor	Christopher Curtis	2,395	5.6	−1.0
Total formal votes			42,975	98.7	+1.0
Informal votes			559	1.3	−1.0
Turnout			43,534	88.2	−6.0
After distribution of preferences
	Liberal	Monte Vale	22,269	51.8
	Labor	Bob Fell	18,053	42.0
	Australia	Flora Miller	2,653	6.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

1973 Victorian state election: Greensborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Fell	19,155	43.8	−0.5
	Liberal	Monte Vale	18,524	42.4	+6.8
	Democratic Labor	Ernest Dobson	2,886	6.6	−5.6
	Australia	Flora Miller	2,546	5.8	+5.8
	Independent	David Close	590	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			43,701	97.7	−0.1
Informal votes			1,018	2.3	+0.1
Turnout			44,719	94.2	−1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Monte Vale	21,853	50.01	+2.0
	Labor	Bob Fell	21,848	49.99	−2.0
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+2.0

This result was declared void and a by-election was held on 13 October 1973, in which Monte Vale retained this seat for the Liberal party.

1970 Victorian state election: Greensborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Fell	15,026	44.3	+1.5
	Liberal	Monte Vale	12,087	35.7	−4.5
	Democratic Labor	Raymond Morrissey	4,132	12.2	−4.8
	Defence of Government Schools	Dorothy Frost	2,661	7.9	+7.9
Total formal votes			33,906	97.8	+0.1
Informal votes			748	2.2	−0.1
Turnout			34,654	95.4	+1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Fell	17,642	52.0	+5.3
	Liberal	Monte Vale	16,264	48.0	−5.3
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+5.3

1967 Victorian state election: Greensborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Fell	11,487	42.8	+1.6
	Liberal	Monte Vale	10,800	40.2	−2.9
	Democratic Labor	Bill Barry	4,566	17.0	+1.3
Total formal votes			26,853	97.7
Informal votes			629	2.3
Turnout			27,482	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Monte Vale	14,306	53.3	−1.7
	Labor	Bob Fell	12,547	46.7	+1.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.7

^ Report on the Greensborough district by-election, 15 April 1989. State Electoral Office Victoria. 1989.