Electoral results for the district of Gippsland West

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

Members for Gippsland West

First incarnation (1889–1976)
Member		Party	Term
	Arthur Groom	None	1889–1892
	George Turner	None	1892–1900
	Arthur Nichols	Ministerialist/Independent	1900–1902
	John Mackey	Ministerialist	1902–1909
		Commonwealth Liberal	1909–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1924
	Arthur Walter	Country	1924–1929
	Matthew Bennett	Country	1929–1950
	Leslie Cochrane	Country	1950–1970
	Rob Maclellan	Liberal	1970–1976
Second incarnation (1985–2002)
Member		Party	Term
	Alan Brown	Liberal	1985–1996
	Susan Davies	Independent	1997–2002

1999 Victorian state election: Gippsland West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gerard McRae	11,502	38.0	-19.8
	Independent	Susan Davies	10,819	35.7	+35.7
	Labor	Pauline Taylor	5,487	18.1	-15.1
	National	Wesley Head	1,973	6.5	+6.5
	Independent	Mike Lowry	385	1.3	-7.7
	Natural Law	Martin Richardson	128	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			30,294	97.4	−0.9
Informal votes			821	2.6	+0.9
Turnout			31,115	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Gerard McRae	17,095	56.4	-6.2
	Labor	Pauline Taylor	13,199	43.6	+6.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Susan Davies	16,360	54.0	+54.0
	Liberal	Gerard McRae	13,934	46.0	-16.6
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing	+54.0

1997 Gippsland West state by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	M. Coleman	11,214	41.4	-16.4
	Independent	Susan Davies	8,844	32.6	+32.6
	Reform	Ray Mathieson	2,555	9.4	+9.4
	Independent	Mike Lowry	1,867	6.9	-2.1
	Independent	D. Turnbull	1,361	5.0	+5.0
	Shooters	Neville Sayers	1,275	4.7	+4.7
Total formal votes			27,116	97.5	−0.8
Informal votes			708	2.5	+0.8
Turnout			27,824	88.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Susan Davies	13,606	50.3	+50.3
	Liberal	M. Coleman	13,447	49.7	-12.9
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing	+50.3

1996 Victorian state election: Gippsland West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alan Brown	16,944	57.7	-7.5
	Labor	Susan Davies	9,755	33.2	+3.7
	Independent	Mike Lowry	2,646	9.0	+9.0
Total formal votes			29,345	98.3	+0.9
Informal votes			513	1.7	−0.9
Turnout			29,858	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alan Brown	18,356	62.6	-5.3
	Labor	Susan Davies	10,956	37.4	+5.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.3