1979 Victorian state election
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The 1979 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 5 May 1979, was for the 48th Parliament of Victoria. It was held in the Australian state of Victoria to elect 81 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 22 members of the 44-member Legislative Council.
The incumbent Liberal government led by Rupert Hamer was returned with a significantly reduced majority.
Results[]
Legislative Assembly[]
Victorian state election, 5 May 1979[1] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 2,350,407 | |||||
Votes cast | 2,193,037 | Turnout | 93.30 | 0.62 | ||
Informal votes | 66,016 | Informal | 3.01 | 0.47 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Labor | 962,123 | 45.23 | +2.80 | 32 | +11 | |
Liberal | 881,366 | 41.44 | -4.44 | 41 | -11 | |
National | 119,385 | 5.61 | -1.46 | 8 | +1 | |
Democrats | 114,053 | 5.36 | +5.36 | 0 | ±0 | |
Independent | 30,102 | 1.42 | -0.31 | 0 | -1 | |
Democratic Labour | 10,907 | 0.51 | -2.06 | 0 | ±0 | |
Australia | 5,222 | 0.25 | +0.08 | 0 | ±0 | |
Communist | 2,305 | 0.11 | +0.11 | 0 | ±0 | |
Socialist Workers | 1,558 | 0.07 | +0.07 | 0 | ±0 | |
Total | 2,127,021 | 81 | ||||
Two-party-preferred | ||||||
Liberal | 1,073,415 | 50.5 | –5.3 | |||
Labor | 1,053,606 | 49.5 | +5.3 |
Legislative Council[]
Victorian state election, 5 May 1979[2] | ||||||
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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 Labour | 3,212 | 0.15 | –0.47 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 43,430 | 2.05 | +1.56 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 2,113,767 | 22 | 44 |
Seats changing hands[]
Seat | Pre-1979 | Swing | Post-1979 | ||||||
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Party | Member | Margin | Margin | Member | Party | ||||
Bentleigh | Liberal | Bob Suggett | 9.3 | -9.5 | 0.2 | Gordon Hockley | Labor | ||
Coburg | Independent | Jack Mutton | 5.4 | -6.6 | 1.2 | Peter Gavin | Labor | ||
Essendon | Liberal | Kenneth Wheeler | 0.1 | -1.6 | 1.5 | Barry Rowe | Labor | ||
Geelong East | Liberal | Phil Gude | 1.5 | -3.2 | 1.7 | Graham Ernst | Labor | ||
Glenhuntly | Liberal | Joe Rafferty | 8.1 | -9.7 | 1.6 | Gerard Vaughan | Labor | ||
Heatherton | Liberal | Llew Reese | 5.4 | -6.4 | 1.0 | Peter Spyker | Labor | ||
Lowan | Liberal | Jim McCabe | 11.7 | -12.2 | 0.5 | Bill McGrath | National | ||
Oakleigh | Liberal | Alan Scanlan | 1.3 | -3.0 | 1.7 | Race Mathews | Labor | ||
Prahran | Liberal | Sam Loxton | 5.7 | -6.6 | 0.9 | Bob Miller | Labor | ||
Springvale | Liberal | Norman Billing | 4.4 | -5.1 | 0.7 | Kevin King | Labor | ||
Werribee | Liberal | Neville Hudson | 0.1 | -8.2 | 8.1 | Ken Coghill | Labor |
- Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats.
- In addition, Labor retained the seat of Greensborough, which it had won from the Liberals in a .
Post-election pendulum[]
Liberal seats (41) | |||
Marginal | |||
St Kilda | Brian Dixon | LIB | 0.2% |
Ballarat South | Joan Chambers | LIB | 0.4% |
Mitcham | George Cox | LIB | 0.7% |
Syndal | Geoff Coleman | LIB | 0.7% |
Geelong West | Hayden Birrell | LIB | 0.8% |
Noble Park | Peter Collins | LIB | 1.0% |
Bendigo | Daryl McClure | LIB | 1.2% |
Sandringham | Max Crellin | LIB | 1.6% |
Gisborne | Tom Reynolds | LIB | 2.0% |
Monbulk | Bill Borthwick | LIB | 2.2% |
Ivanhoe | Bruce Skeggs | LIB | 3.4% |
Box Hill | Donald Mackinnon | LIB | 3.6% |
Caulfield | Ted Tanner | LIB | 3.8% |
Evelyn | Jim Plowman | LIB | 3.8% |
Ringwood | Peter McArthur | LIB | 4.1% |
Forest Hill | John Richardson | LIB | 5.0% |
Midlands | Bill Ebery | LIB | 5.0% |
Narracan | Jim Balfour | LIB | 5.1% |
Ripon | Tom Austin | LIB | 5.2% |
Fairly safe | |||
Bennettswood | Keith McCance | LIB | 6.1% |
Warrandyte | Norman Lacy | LIB | 6.1% |
Ballarat North | Tom Evans | LIB | 6.3% |
Mentone | Bill Templeton | LIB | 6.5% |
South Barwon | Aurel Smith | LIB | 6.6% |
Dromana | Roberts Dunstan | LIB | 6.7% |
Frankston | Graeme Weideman | LIB | 7.2% |
Wantirna | Geoff Hayes | LIB | 7.6% |
Portland | Don McKellar | LIB | 8.0% |
Berwick | Rob Maclellan | LIB | 8.2% |
Burwood | Jeff Kennett | LIB | 9.1% |
Hawthorn | Walter Jona | LIB | 9.8% |
Westernport | Alan Brown | LIB | 9.9% |
Safe | |||
Doncaster | Morris Williams | LIB | 10.9% |
Kew | Rupert Hamer | LIB | 11.2% |
Warrnambool | Ian Smith | LIB | 12.4% |
Brighton | Jeannette Patrick | LIB | 12.7% |
Malvern | Lindsay Thompson | LIB | 15.0% |
Balwyn | Jim Ramsay | LIB | 16.0% |
Polwarth | Cec Burgin | LIB | 18.7% |
Benambra | Lou Lieberman | LIB | 19.1% |
Swan Hill | Alan Wood | LIB | 24.8% |
See also[]
- Candidates of the Victorian state election, 1979
References[]
- ^ Election held on 5 May 1979, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).
- ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1979". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
Categories:
- 1979 elections in Australia
- Elections in Victoria (Australia)
- 1970s in Victoria (Australia)
- May 1979 events in Australia