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Results of the 1979 Victorian state election (Legislative Council)

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Victorian state election, 5 May 1979
Legislative Council
<< 1976–1982 >>

Enrolled voters 2,350,407
Votes cast 2,191,128 Turnout 93.22 +0.03
Informal votes 77,361 Informal 3.53 +0.41
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats
won 		Seats
held
  Labor 958,158 45.33 +2.72 8 13
  Liberal 924,525 43.74 –4.56 12 27
  National 124,050 5.87 –1.98 2 4
  Democrats 60,392 2.86 +2.86 0 0
  Democratic Labor 3,212 0.15 –0.47 0 0
  Independent 43,430 2.05 +1.56 0 0
Total 2,113,767     22 44

This is a list of Legislative Council results for the Victorian 1979 state election. 22 of the 44 seats were contested.

Results by province

Ballarat

1979 Victorian state election: Ballarat Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Clive Bubb 43,501 52.0 −6.9
Labor David Williams 40,198 48.0 +6.9
Total formal votes 83,699 97.5 +0.1
Informal votes 2,154 2.5 −0.1
Turnout 85,853 94.9 −0.1
Liberal hold Swing −6.9
  • This seat was won by Labor in a 1978 by-election, but is recorded as a Liberal party hold.

Bendigo

1979 Victorian state election: Bendigo Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alan Calder 29,159 36.1 +1.7
Liberal John Radford 26,767 33.1 −0.3
National Stuart McDonald 18,140 22.4 −5.7
Democrats Douglas Linford 6,778 8.4 +8.4
Total formal votes 80,844 97.5 −0.5
Informal votes 2,039 2.5 +0.5
Turnout 82,883 94.8 −0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Radford 44,624 55.2 −5.6
Labor Alan Calder 36,220 44.8 +5.6
Liberal hold Swing −5.6

Boronia

1979 Victorian state election: Boronia Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gracia Baylor 56,703 49.7 −7.7
Labor Richard Coughlin 52,627 46.1 +3.5
Independent Peter Brown 4,730 4.2 +4.2
Total formal votes 114,060 97.2 +0.1
Informal votes 3,266 2.8 −0.1
Turnout 117,326 94.2 +1.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Gracia Baylor 59,359 52.0 −5.4
Labor Richard Coughlin 54,701 48.0 +5.4
Liberal hold Swing −5.4

Central Highlands

1979 Victorian state election: Central Highlands Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Fred Grimwade 47,916 55.0 +5.7
Labor Max McDonald 39,138 45.0 +8.7
Total formal votes 87,054 97.1 −0.3
Informal votes 2,039 2.5 +0.3
Turnout 89,666 92.5 +0.4
Liberal hold Swing −5.7

Chelsea

1979 Victorian state election: Chelsea Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Eric Kent 59,381 51.2 +2.4
Liberal Geoffrey Connard 55,684 48.8 −2.4
Total formal votes 115,065 96.3 −0.5
Informal votes 4,369 3.7 +0.5
Turnout 119,434 93.8 +1.3
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +2.4

Doutta Galla

1979 Victorian state election: Doutta Galla Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor David White 69,342 58.5 +4.9
Liberal Claus Salger 49,192 41.5 −4.9
Total formal votes 118,534 95.0 +0.7
Informal votes 6,246 5.0 −0.7
Turnout 124,780 94.3 +0.5
Labor hold Swing +4.9

East Yarra

1979 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bill Campbell 56,302 56.3 −8.5
Labor Jeanne Hendy 32,679 32.7 −2.5
Democrats Michael McBride 11,075 11.1 +11.1
Total formal votes 100,056 97.6 −0.1
Informal votes 2,483 2.4 +0.1
Turnout 102,539 91.5 −0.3
Liberal hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Geelong

1979 Victorian state election: Geelong Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Rod Mackenzie 40,564 49.0 +1.5
Liberal Gordon Hall 39,047 47.2 −5.3
Democratic Labor James Jordan 3,212 3.9 +3.9
Total formal votes 82,823 97.0 +0.1
Informal votes 2,586 3.0 −0.1
Turnout 85,409 94.2 −1.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Rod Mackenzie 42,133 50.9 +3.4
Liberal Gordon Hall 40,690 49.1 −3.4
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +3.4

Gippsland

1979 Victorian state election: Gippsland Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Matthews 30,624 40.2 +2.0
Liberal Dick Long 24,874 32.7 +3.1
National John King 12,678 16.7 −8.8
Democrats Ian Goldie 6,232 8.2 +8.2
Independent Bruce Ingle 1,718 2.3 +2.3
Total formal votes 76,126 95.9 −1.9
Informal votes 3,280 4.1 +1.9
Turnout 79,406 93.5 +0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Dick Long 41,788 54.9 −2.5
Labor Thomas Matthews 34,338 45.1 +2.5
Liberal hold Swing −2.5

Higinbotham

1979 Victorian state election: Higinbotham Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Lawson 55,703 54.7 −7.3
Labor Geoffrey Fleming 46,031 45.3 +7.3
Total formal votes 101,734 97.2 −0.4
Informal votes 2,961 2.8 +0.4
Turnout 104,695 93.4 +0.5
Liberal hold Swing −7.3

Melbourne

1979 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Evan Walker 56,565 62.5 +4.7
Liberal Bill Stanley 33,917 37.5 −4.7
Total formal votes 90,482 94.8 −0.4
Informal votes 4,946 5.2 +0.4
Turnout 95,428 87.4 +1.6
Labor hold Swing +4.7

Melbourne North

1979 Victorian state election: Melbourne North Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Giovanni Sgro 52,787 53.1 −10.5
Liberal Geoff Lutz 26,222 26.4 −11.1
Independent Eric Granger 20,496 20.6 +20.6
Total formal votes 99,955 94.7 −0.4
Informal votes 5,555 5.3 +0.4
Turnout 105,060 91.2 −0.4
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Melbourne West

1979 Victorian state election: Melbourne West Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Joan Coxsedge 54,263 52.8 −7.1
Liberal Rino Baggio 29,842 29.0 −11.2
Independent Alexander Knight 13,202 12.9 +12.9
Democrats Ivan Pollock 5,466 5.3 +5.3
Total formal votes 102,773 94.7 −0.2
Informal votes 5,716 5.3 +0.2
Turnout 108,489 93.6 +1.4
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Monash

1979 Victorian state election: Monash Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Don Hayward 57,361 59.6 −5.1
Labor Howard Smith 38,798 40.4 +5.1
Total formal votes 96,159 96.9 0.0
Informal votes 3,112 3.1 0.0
Turnout 99,271 90.6 +0.7
Liberal hold Swing −5.1

North Eastern

1979 Victorian state election: North Eastern Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Bill Baxter 33,686 40.8 −12.7
Liberal Bill Hunter 24,157 29.3 +6.8
Labor Nicholas Paola 20,090 24.3 +0.3
Democrats Diane Teasdale 4,594 5.6 +5.6
Total formal votes 82,527 96.2 −1.1
Informal votes 3,218 3.8 +1.1
Turnout 85,745 94.5 +0.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
National Bill Baxter 53,334 64.6
Liberal Bill Hunter 29,193 35.4
National hold Swing

North Western

1979 Victorian state election: North Western Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Ken Wright 34,310 45.7 −5.5
Liberal Ian Milburn 22,768 30.3 +0.4
Labor Pamela Fowler 18,019 24.0 +5.1
Total formal votes 75,097 97.2 −0.5
Informal votes 2,193 2.8 +0.5
Turnout 77,290 95.2 +0.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
National Ken Wright 47,267 62.9 −3.4
Liberal Ian Milburn 27,830 37.1 +3.4
National hold Swing −3.4

Nunawading

1979 Victorian state election: Nunawading Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Peter Block 55,983 49.8 −10.4
Labor Alan Wearne 43,709 38.9 −0.9
Democrats Jeffrey McAlpine 12,644 11.3 +11.3
Total formal votes 112,336 97.6 0.0
Informal votes 2,706 2.4 0.0
Turnout 115,042 94.0 +0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Peter Block 62,697 55.8 −4.4
Labor Alan Wearne 49,639 44.2 +4.4
Liberal hold Swing −4.4

South Eastern

1979 Victorian state election: South Eastern Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alan Hunt 40,278 46.1 +0.5
Labor Norman Spencer 29,065 33.3 +4.3
National Donald McRae 13,110 15.0 −4.6
Democrats Stefan Taficsuk 4,790 5.5 +5.5
Total formal votes 87,243 97.5 −0.5
Informal votes 2,275 2.5 +0.5
Turnout 89,518 92.8 +0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alan Hunt 53,662 61.5 −4.9
Labor Norman Spencer 33,581 38.5 +4.9
Liberal hold Swing −4.9

Templestowe

1979 Victorian state election: Templestowe Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Vasey Houghton 56,059 50.5 −7.3
Labor Mike Arnold 54,881 49.5 +7.3
Total formal votes 110,940 97.4 −0.2
Informal votes 2,934 2.6 +0.2
Turnout 113,874 93.5 +0.5
Liberal hold Swing −7.3

Thomastown

1979 Victorian state election: Thomastown Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Glyde Butler 75,172 68.4 +7.2
Liberal Kathleen Mulraney 34,678 31.6 −7.2
Total formal votes 109,850 94.5 −1.0
Informal votes 6,395 5.5 +1.0
Turnout 116,245 93.8 +0.5
Labor hold Swing +7.2

Waverley

1979 Victorian state election: Waverley Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Cyril Kennedy 49,097 44.8 +2.0
Liberal William McDonald 48,309 44.1 −13.1
Democrats Frederick Steinicke 8,813 8.1 +8.1
Independent Stephen Buttery 3,284 3.0 +3.0
Total formal votes 109,503 95.9 −0.6
Informal votes 4,675 4.1 +0.6
Turnout 114,178 93.5 +0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Cyril Kennedy 55,376 50.6 +6.3
Liberal William McDonald 54,127 49.4 −6.3
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +6.3

Western

1979 Victorian state election: Western Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Digby Crozier 39,262 50.8 +3.4
Labor Henry Birrell 25,969 33.6 +4.0
National Clive Mitchell 12,126 15.7 −7.3
Total formal votes 77,357 97.9 −0.5
Informal votes 1,640 2.1 +0.5
Turnout 78,997 95.2 0.0
Liberal hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

See also

References

  1. Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1979". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
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