Electoral results for the district of Brunswick East

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

Members for Brunswick East

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Member Party Term
  Leo Fennessy Labor 1955–1970
  David Bornstein Labor 1970–1975
  Ron McAlister Labor 1975–1976

Election results

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Elections in the 1970s

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1975 Brunswick East state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ron McAlister 10,366 60.5 +1.4
Liberal John Coughlin 4,628 27.0 +0.1
Democratic Labor Desmond Burke 1,378 8.0 -0.2
Australia Hugh Jeffrey 777 4.5 -0.4
Total formal votes 17,149 94.8 +3.3
Informal votes 944 5.2 −3.3
Turnout 18,093 75.8 −15.3
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1973 Victorian state election: Brunswick East[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor David Bornstein 11,878 59.1 -1.4
Liberal William Marriott 5,200 26.9 +1.7
Democratic Labor Anthony Staunton 1,647 8.2 -6.2
Australia Jonathon Sutton 980 4.9 +4.9
Communist George Zangalis 398 2.0 +2.0
Total formal votes 20,103 91.5 −1.8
Informal votes 1,874 8.5 +1.8
Turnout 21,977 91.1 −1.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor David Bornstein 13,072 65.0 +2.4
Liberal William Marriott 7,031 35.0 -2.4
Labor hold Swing +2.4
1970 Victorian state election: Brunswick East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor David Bornstein 12,384 60.5 +5.0
Liberal James Guest 5,151 25.1 +1.4
Democratic Labor Anthony Staunton 2,949 14.4 +0.3
Total formal votes 20,484 93.3 +1.0
Informal votes 1,463 6.7 −1.0
Turnout 21,947 92.4 −0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor David Bornstein 12,826 62.6 +1.6
Liberal James Guest 7,658 37.4 -1.6
Labor hold Swing +1.6

Elections in the 1960s

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1967 Victorian state election: Brunswick East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Leo Fennessy 11,583 55.5 -0.4
Liberal Anthony Wreford 4,952 23.7 +0.9
Democratic Labor Peter McCabe 2,932 14.1 -5.8
Independent John Daley 1,402 6.7 +6.7
Total formal votes 20,869 92.3
Informal votes 1,737 7.7
Turnout 22,606 92.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Leo Fennessy 12,773 61.0 +1.3
Liberal Anthony Wreford 8,096 39.0 -1.3
Labor hold Swing +1.3
1964 Victorian state election: Brunswick East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Leo Fennessy 7,574 55.4 -8.1
Liberal and Country Neil McDonell 2,975 21.8 +7.9
Democratic Labor James Abikhair 2,767 20.2 -2.4
Communist Rex Mortimer 352 2.6 +2.6
Total formal votes 13,668 93.3 −0.9
Informal votes 977 6.7 +0.9
Turnout 14,645 92.9 +0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Leo Fennessy 8,306 60.7 -6.2
Liberal and Country Neil McDonell 5,362 39.3 +6.2
Labor hold Swing -6.2
1961 Victorian state election: Brunswick East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Leo Fennessy 9,385 63.5 +5.6
Democratic Labor Allan Swain 3,337 22.6 +4.3
Liberal and Country Warren Mills 2,059 13.9 -10.0
Total formal votes 14,781 94.2 −3.0
Informal votes 902 5.8 +3.0
Turnout 15,683 92.3 −0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Leo Fennessy 9,896 66.9 +6.3
Liberal and Country Warren Mills 4,885 33.1 -6.3
Labor hold Swing +6.3
  • The two candidate preferred vote was not counted between the Labor and DLP candidates for Brunswick East.

Elections in the 1950s

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1958 Victorian state election: Brunswick East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Leo Fennessy 9,565 57.9
Liberal and Country Bill Burns 3,944 23.9
Democratic Labor Allan Swain 3,018 18.3
Total formal votes 16,527 97.2
Informal votes 468 2.8
Turnout 16,995 92.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Leo Fennessy 10,018 60.6
Liberal and Country Bill Burns 6,509 39.4
Labor hold Swing
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.
1955 Victorian state election: Brunswick East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Leo Fennessy 9,277 54.9
Liberal and Country Alfred Wall 4,141 24.5
Labor (A-C) Joseph O'Carroll 3,492 20.7
Total formal votes 16,910 97.5
Informal votes 431 2.5
Turnout 17,341 93.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Leo Fennessy 9,801 58.0
Liberal and Country Alfred Wall 7,109 42.0
Labor hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ Hughes, Colin A. (1977). 1965-1974 Election Results. Canberra: Australian Nat. Univ. Pr. ISBN 0708113400.