Electoral results for the district of Bennettswood

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

Members for Bennettswood

1999 Victorian state election: Bennettswood^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ron Wilson	16,715	56.1	-2.0
	Labor	Meryl Andrews	13,103	43.9	+4.4
Total formal votes			29,818	97.6	−0.5
Informal votes			733	2.4	+0.5
Turnout			30,551	93.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.1

1996 Victorian state election: Bennettswood^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Geoff Coleman	17,685	58.0	+1.3
	Labor	Ian Pirie	12,053	39.6	+5.7
	Natural Law	Denis Quinlan	737	2.4	-1.1
Total formal votes			30,475	98.1	+1.8
Informal votes			580	1.9	−1.8
Turnout			31,055	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Geoff Coleman	18,032	59.2	-2.6
	Labor	Ian Pirie	12,415	40.8	+2.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.6

1992 Victorian state election: Bennettswood^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Geoff Coleman	17,256	56.8	+6.0
	Labor	Jan Kennedy	10,306	33.9	-7.7
	Natural Law	Denis Quinlan	1,066	3.5	+3.5
	Independent	David Veitch	973	3.2	+3.2
	Independent	Douglas Johnston	801	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			30,402	96.3	−0.7
Informal votes			1,172	3.7	+0.7
Turnout			31,574	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Geoff Coleman	18,756	61.8	+8.5
	Labor	Jan Kennedy	11,594	38.2	-8.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+8.5

1988 Victorian state election: Bennettswood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roger Pescott	14,159	50.25	+1.01
	Labor	Nigel De Kretser	12,089	42.91	-5.38
	Democrats	Geoff Carr	1,927	6.84	+6.84
Total formal votes			28,175	96.80	−0.88
Informal votes			931	3.20	+0.88
Turnout			29,106	93.88	−0.50
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Roger Pescott	14,710	52.22	+1.42
	Labor	Nigel De Kretser	13,461	47.78	-1.42
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.42

1985 Victorian state election: Bennettswood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roger Pescott	14,266	49.2	+4.2
	Labor	Doug Newton	13,993	48.3	+1.6
	Independent	Ray Nilsen	716	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			28,975	97.7
Informal votes			689	2.3
Turnout			29,664	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Roger Pescott	14,717	50.8	+2.0
	Labor	Doug Newton	14,254	49.2	-2.0
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+2.0

1982 Victorian state election: Bennettswood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Keith McCance	12,400	46.2	-3.9
	Labor	Doug Newton	12,104	45.1	+5.6
	Democrats	Alan Swindon	2,330	8.7	-1.7
Total formal votes			26,834	98.1	+0.1
Informal votes			509	1.9	−0.1
Turnout			27,343	95.4	+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Doug Newton	13,517	50.4	+6.5
	Liberal	Keith McCance	13,317	49.6	-6.5
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.5

1979 Victorian state election: Bennettswood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Keith McCance	13,220	50.1	-5.2
	Labor	Douglas Newton	10,426	39.5	+0.2
	Democrats	Alan Swindon	2,749	10.4	+10.4
Total formal votes			26,395	98.1	−0.1
Informal votes			520	1.9	+0.1
Turnout			26,915	94.6	+0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Keith McCance	14,806	56.1	-4.0
	Labor	Douglas Newton	11,589	43.9	+4.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.0

1976 Victorian state election: Bennettswood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian McLaren	14,732	55.3	+2.1
	Labor	Peter Bruce	10,471	39.3	-0.9
	Democratic Labor	James Tighe	1,430	5.4	-1.2
Total formal votes			26,633	98.2
Informal votes			477	1.8
Turnout			27,110	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian McLaren	16,019	60.1	+1.0
	Labor	Peter Bruce	10,614	39.9	-1.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.0

1973 Victorian state election: Bennettswood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian McLaren	14,756	51.6	+6.9
	Labor	Christopher Kennedy	11,964	41.8	-2.0
	Democratic Labor	James Tighe	1,900	6.6	-4.9
Total formal votes			28,620	98.1	+0.1
Informal votes			538	1.9	−0.1
Turnout			29,158	94.7	−0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian McLaren	16,371	57.2	+2.0
	Labor	Christopher Kennedy	12,249	42.8	-2.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.0

1970 Victorian state election: Bennettswood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian McLaren	11,463	44.7	-3.7
	Labor	Cyril Kennedy	11,225	43.8	+4.9
	Democratic Labor	James Tighe	2,946	11.5	-1.2
Total formal votes			25,634	98.0	+0.3
Informal votes			530	2.0	−0.3
Turnout			26,164	95.3	+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian McLaren	14,152	55.2	-4.9
	Labor	Cyril Kennedy	11,482	44.8	+4.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.9

1967 Victorian state election: Bennettswood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian McLaren	11,592	48.4	-0.1
	Labor	Christopher Kennedy	9,300	38.9	+1.9
	Democratic Labor	James Tighe	3,047	12.7	-1.8
Total formal votes			23,939	97.7
Informal votes			550	2.3
Turnout			24,489	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian McLaren	14,378	60.1	-0.8
	Labor	Christopher Kennedy	9,561	39.9	+0.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.8