1983 Springvale state by-election

1983 Springvale state by-election

←  1982 19 March 1983 1985  →
Electoral district of Springvale in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
First party Second party   ALP LIB Candidate Eddie Micallef Jordan Topalides Party Labor Liberal Popular vote 16,682 9,692 Percentage 57.3% 33.3% Swing 3.8 4.8 TCP 60.0% 40.0% TCP swing 3.1 3.1
MP before election Kevin King Labor Elected MP Eddie Micallef Labor

The 1983 Springvale state by-election was held on 19 March 1983 to elect the next member for Springvale in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, following the death of incumbent Kevin King. ^[1]

Results

The seat was retained for Labor by Eddie Micallef.

Democratic Labor Party candidate John Mulholland ran as a "DLP-Call to Australia coalition" candidate. ^[2]

1983 Springvale state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eddie Micallef	16,682	57.3	+3.8
	Liberal	Jordan Topalides	9,692	33.3	−4.8
	DLP−Call to Australia	John Mulholland	1,921	6.6	+3.6
	Social Democrats	Peter Allan	803	2.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			29,098	97.7	+0.8
Informal votes			681	2.3	−0.8
Turnout			29,779	87.9	−6.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Eddie Micallef		60.0	+3.1
	Liberal	Jordan Topalides		40.0	−3.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.1

References

1. Parliament of Victoria (1985). "King, Kevin Francis". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on August 23, 2006.
2. "Labor gains in Victorian poll". The Canberra Times . 20 March 1983.