Electoral results for the district of Sunshine explained

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

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First incarnation (1945-1955)
MemberPartyTerm
 Ernie ShepherdLabor Party1945–1955
Second incarnation (1967-2002)
 Denis LovegroveLabor Party1967–1973
 Bill FogartyLabor Party1973–1988
 Ian BakerLabor Party1988–1999
 Telmo LanguillerLabor Party1999–2002