This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Sunshine in Victorian state elections.
Sunshine was very safe Labor territory as the ALP has always won the seat with a primary vote.
In fact only on three occasions in 1967, 1992 and 1999 did the Labor primary vote fell below 60%.
Despite 1992 seeing the sitting Labor Government being swept away in a landslide, sitting member Ian Baker only suffered a minor swing against him on the two-party preferred basis.
In 1999, Baker was disendorsed by the ALP and ran unsuccessfully as an independent against the successful Labor candidate Telmo Languiller.
Baker as an independent won 14.2% of the vote and with Languiller winning 58.8% which equalled to more than 70% of the vote.
Members for Sunshine
First incarnation (1945-1955)MemberPartyTerm Ernie Shepherd Labor Party 1945–1955 Second incarnation (1967-2002) Denis Lovegrove Labor Party 1967–1973 Bill Fogarty Labor Party 1973–1988 Ian Baker Labor Party 1988–1999 Telmo Languiller Labor Party 1999–2002
Election results
Elections in the 1990s
Elections in the 1980s
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1940s
References