Electoral results for the district of Bundoora

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

Members for Bundoora

Member		Party	Term
	John Cain	Labor	1976–1992
	Sherryl Garbutt	Labor	1992–2006
	Colin Brooks	Labor	2006–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2022 Victorian state election: Bundoora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Colin Brooks	19,288	47.8	−7.7
	Liberal	Sahil Tomar	11,167	27.7	−1.8
	Greens	Julie O'Brien	5,311	13.2	+5.1
	Freedom	Andrew Lu	1,637	4.1	+4.1
	Family First	Ethan Jones	1,294	3.2	+3.2
	Animal Justice	Bella Holgate	1,231	3.0	+0.5
	Independent	Eric Koelmeyer	408	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			40,336	94.8	+0.5
Informal votes			2,209	5.2	−0.5
Turnout			42,545	89.9	+0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Colin Brooks	25,364	62.7	−3.5
	Liberal	Sahil Tomar	15,066	37.3	+3.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.5

Elections in the 2010s

2018 Victorian state election: Bundoora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Colin Brooks	19,670	56.2	+3.5
	Liberal	Jenny Mulholland	9,944	28.4	−5.0
	Greens	Clement Stanyon	2,778	7.9	-2.3
	Animal Justice	Rodney Whitfield	1,007	2.9	+2.9
	Reason	Bryce Baker	817	2.3	+2.3
	Victorian Socialists	Jacob Andrewartha	804	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			35,020	94.0	-1.5
Informal votes			2,218	6.0	+2.5
Turnout			37,238	91.1	-2.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Colin Brooks	23,664	67.4	+5.2
	Liberal	Jenny Mulholland	11,442	32.6	−5.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.2

2014 Victorian state election: Bundoora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Colin Brooks	18,628	52.7	+2.6
	Liberal	Amita Gill	11,822	33.4	−0.1
	Greens	Clement Stanyon	3,592	10.2	+1.0
	Family First	James Widdowson	1,338	3.8	+0.3
Total formal votes			35,380	95.5	+1.0
Informal votes			1,682	4.5	−1.0
Turnout			37,062	94.0	+1.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Colin Brooks	22,035	62.2	+1.3
	Liberal	Amita Gill	13,376	37.8	−1.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.3

2010 Victorian state election: Bundoora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Colin Brooks	14,967	46.06	-6.99
	Liberal	Goldy Brar	11,859	36.49	+6.47
	Greens	Tim Roberts	3,285	10.11	-0.99
	Family First	Luke Conlon	915	2.82	-2.06
	Independent	Karen-Joy McColl	764	2.35	+2.35
	Democratic Labor	Catherine O'Farrell	707	2.18	+2.18
Total formal votes			32,497	94.83	-0.58
Informal votes			1,770	5.17	+0.58
Turnout			34,267	93.51	-0.75
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Colin Brooks	18,784	57.69	-7.43
	Liberal	Goldy Brar	13,771	42.31	+7.43
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.43

Elections in the 2000s

2006 Victorian state election: Bundoora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Colin Brooks	16,868	53.05	-6.46
	Liberal	Kane Afford	9,544	30.02	+0.42
	Greens	Sarah Jefford	3,529	11.10	+1.47
	Family First	Dean Cronkwright	1,550	4.88	+4.88
	Citizens Electoral Council	Rod McLennan	303	0.95	-0.31
Total formal votes			31,794	95.41	-0.83
Informal votes			1,531	4.59	+0.83
Turnout			33,325	94.26	+0.26
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Colin Brooks	20,701	65.12	-2.45
	Liberal	Kane Afford	11,086	34.88	+2.45
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.45

2002 Victorian state election: Bundoora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Sherryl Garbutt	18,856	59.5	+3.9
	Liberal	Melanie Randall	9,381	29.6	-12.4
	Greens	Gayle McDonald	3,053	9.6	+9.6
	Citizens Electoral Council	Walter Mellado	398	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			31,688	96.2	-0.8
Informal votes			1,239	3.8	+0.8
Turnout			32,927	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Sherryl Garbutt	21,411	67.6	+10.4
	Liberal	Melanie Randall	10,277	32.4	-10.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.4

Elections in the 1990s

1999 Victorian state election: Bundoora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Sherryl Garbutt	18,375	54.4	+3.9
	Liberal	Carol McCabe	14,612	43.2	-3.3
	Natural Law	Ngaire Mason	807	2.4	-0.6
Total formal votes			33,794	97.2	-0.8
Informal votes			973	2.8	+0.8
Turnout			34,767	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Sherryl Garbutt	18,942	56.1	+3.5
	Liberal	Carol McCabe	14,852	43.9	-3.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.5

1996 Victorian state election: Bundoora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Sherryl Garbutt	16,735	50.5	+3.0
	Liberal	Mark Webster	15,447	46.6	+0.4
	Natural Law	Robert Brown	978	2.9	-0.7
Total formal votes			33,160	98.0	+1.7
Informal votes			689	2.0	-1.7
Turnout			33,849	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Sherryl Garbutt	17,429	52.6	+1.5
	Liberal	Mark Webster	15,718	47.4	-1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.5

1992 Victorian state election: Bundoora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Sherryl Garbutt	15,230	47.4	-11.3
	Liberal	Olga Venables	14,832	46.2	+5.4
	Natural Law	Santo Consolino	1,174	3.7	+3.7
	Independent	Roman Klis	878	2.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			32,114	96.3	+0.1
Informal votes			1,245	3.7	-0.1
Turnout			33,359	96.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Sherryl Garbutt	16,390	51.1	-8.0
	Liberal	Olga Venables	15,671	48.9	+8.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-8.0

Elections in the 1980s

1988 Victorian state election: Bundoora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Cain	16,255	60.21	-0.35
	Liberal	John Goodfellow	10,741	39.79	+7.18
Total formal votes			26,996	96.08	-1.92
Informal votes			1,100	3.92	+1.92
Turnout			28,096	93.13	-1.35
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.69

1985 Victorian state election: Bundoora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Cain	16,184	60.6	-0.2
	Liberal	Alistair Urquhart	8,713	32.6	-0.9
	Weekend Trading	Frank Penhalluriack	1,826	6.8	+6.8
Total formal votes			26,723	98.0
Informal votes			545	2.0
Turnout			27,268	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Cain	16,648	62.3	-2.0
	Liberal	Alistair Urquhart	10,075	37.7	+2.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.0

1982 Victorian state election: Bundoora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Cain	19,894	64.2	+4.6
	Liberal	Peter Clarke	9,789	31.6	-5.3
	Democrats	Peter Shaw	1,297	4.2	+4.2
Total formal votes			30,980	97.5	+0.4
Informal votes			777	2.5	-0.4
Turnout			31,757	94.6	+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Cain	20,623	66.6	+6.0
	Liberal	Peter Clarke	10,357	33.4	-6.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.0

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: Bundoora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Cain	16,957	59.6	+6.3
	Liberal	Anthony Cree	10,509	36.9	-9.8
	Independent	Jamie Bogle	1,005	3.5	+3.5
Total formal votes			28,471	97.1	-0.6
Informal votes			837	2.9	+0.6
Turnout			29,308	94.4	+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Cain	17,251	60.6	+7.3
	Liberal	Anthony Cree	11,220	39.4	-7.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.3

1976 Victorian state election: Bundoora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Cain	14,030	53.3	+4.2
	Liberal	Dorothy Baker	12,292	46.7	+8.9
Total formal votes			26,322	97.7
Informal votes			625	2.3
Turnout			26,947	93.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.6

References

• "Bundoora District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2011.