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.
First incarnation (1945-1955) | |||||
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Member | Party | Term | |||
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 |
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