Results of the 1970 Victorian state election (Legislative Council)

Victorian state election, 30 May 1970 [1] Legislative Council << 1967–1973 >>
Enrolled voters		1,827,595
Votes cast		1,731,725		Turnout	94.8	+0.5
Informal votes		68,710		Informal	4.0	+0.3
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats won	Seats held
	Labor	698,213	42.0	+5.1	4	9
	Liberal	625,739	37.6	–0.9	10	20
	Democratic Labor	233,877	14.1	–0.2	0	0
	Country	102,462	6.1	–3.4	4	7
	Independent	2,724	0.2	–0.6	0	0
Total		1,663,015			18	36

This is a list of Legislative Council results for the Victorian 1970 state election. 18 of the 36 seats were contested.

Results by province

Ballarat

1970 Victorian state election: Ballarat Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Murray Byrne	27,013	47.8	+6.4
	Labor	Jack Jones	22,349	39.6	+6.5
	Democratic Labor	William Bruty	7,106	12.6	−2.1
Total formal votes			56,468	97.7	−0.5
Informal votes			1,313	2.3	+0.5
Turnout			57,781	95.9	−0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Murray Byrne	33,568	59.5	−2.3
	Labor	Jack Jones	22,900	40.5	+2.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.3

Bendigo

1970 Victorian state election: Bendigo Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Stewart Anderson	27,702	47.0	+3.9
	Liberal	Jock Granter	23,369	39.7	+9.8
	Democratic Labor	William Drechsler	7,826	13.3	+1.2
Total formal votes			58,897	97.8	+0.3
Informal votes			1,349	2.2	−0.3
Turnout			60,246	95.3	+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jock Granter	30,012	51.0	+0.9
	Labor	Stewart Anderson	28,885	49.0	−0.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.9

Boronia

1970 Victorian state election: Boronia Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Vernon Hauser	61,198	43.7	−7.2
	Labor	Niall Brennan	61,101	43.6	+7.6
	Democratic Labor	Edmund Burgi	17,731	12.7	−0.5
Total formal votes			140,030	96.1	−1.0
Informal votes			5,588	3.9	+1.0
Turnout			145,618	95.7	+2.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Vernon Hauser	76,158	54.4	−8.3
	Labor	Niall Brennan	63,872	45.6	+8.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-8.3

Doutta Galla

1970 Victorian state election: Doutta Galla Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Dolph Eddy	60,974	54.7	+4.9
	Liberal	William Pearce	33,348	29.9	−4.6
	Democratic Labor	Hubert Evans	17,135	15.4	−0.3
Total formal votes			111,457	94.3	−0.3
Informal votes			6,786	5.7	+0.3
Turnout			118,243	93.7	+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Dolph Eddy		56.2	+4.8
	Liberal	William Pearce		43.8	−4.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.8

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

East Yarra

1970 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rupert Hamer	57,786	52.8	−4.1
	Labor	Stanley Bannan	37,645	34.3	+5.5
	Democratic Labor	John Rogers	14,083	12.9	−1.3
Total formal votes			109,514	96.9	−0.1
Informal votes			3,468	3.1	+0.1
Turnout			112,982	93.1	−0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Rupert Hamer		64.4	−5.3
	Labor	Stanley Bannan		35.6	+5.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.3

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Gippsland

1970 Victorian state election: Gippsland Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eric Kent	25,992	33.1	+3.9
	Country	Arthur Hewson	21,037	26.8	−9.0
	Liberal	Dick Long	20,758	26.4	+6.7
	Democratic Labor	Gregory Answorth	10,839	13.8	−1.6
Total formal votes			78,626	96.8	−0.2
Informal votes			2,595	3.2	+0.2
Turnout			81,221	94.7	−0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Eric Kent	45,201	57.5	+22.9
	Liberal	Dick Long	33,425	42.5	+42.5
	Labor gain from Country		Swing	+22.9

Higinbotham

1970 Victorian state election: Higinbotham Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Murray Hamilton	53,258	47.5	−5.7
	Labor	Anthony Balmer	44,599	39.7	+6.3
	Democratic Labor	Frederick Skinner	14,378	12.8	−0.6
Total formal votes			112,235	97.0	−0.2
Informal votes			3,479	3.0	+0.2
Turnout			115,714	94.5	+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Murray Hamilton	66,302	59.1	−6.2
	Labor	Anthony Balmer	45,933	40.9	+6.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	-6.2

Melbourne

1970 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack O'Connell	48,201	50.6	−3.6
	Liberal	Norman Long	29,617	31.1	+2.2
	Democratic Labor	Gordon Haberman	17,462	18.3	+5.6
Total formal votes			95,280	93.4	−0.5
Informal votes			6,765	6.6	+0.5
Turnout			102,045	91.1	+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack O'Connell		52.3	−5.3
	Liberal	Norman Long		47.7	+5.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.3

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Melbourne North

1970 Victorian state election: Melbourne North Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Walton	55,060	54.4	0.0
	Liberal	Jean Baldwin	30,575	30.2	−0.9
	Democratic Labor	Henry Darroch	15,608	15.4	+0.9
Total formal votes			101,243	94.5	+0.6
Informal votes			5,849	5.5	−0.6
Turnout			107,092	94.9	−0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Walton		55.9	0.0
	Liberal	Jean Baldwin		44.1	0.0
	Labor hold		Swing	0.0

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Melbourne West

1970 Victorian state election: Melbourne West Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bunna Walsh	62,584	53.9	−4.0
	Liberal	William McDonald	36,692	28.2	+7.1
	Democratic Labor	Kenneth Berrie	20,865	18.0	−3.0
Total formal votes			120,141	93.8	−0.4
Informal votes			7,608	6.2	+0.4
Turnout			127,749	95.0	+1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bunna Walsh		55.6	−4.4
	Liberal	William McDonald		44.4	+4.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.4

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Monash

1970 Victorian state election: Monash Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Graham Nicol	53,711	48.9	−3.3
	Labor	Donald Reeves	38,220	34.8	+2.5
	Democratic Labor	William Hoyne	15,137	13.8	−1.6
	Independent	Reginald Murphy	2,724	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			109,792	96.5	0.0
Informal votes			4,661	3.5	0.0
Turnout			114,453	92.1	+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Graham Nicol	69,938	63.7	−1.6
	Labor	Donald Reeves	39,854	36.3	+1.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.6

Northern

1970 Victorian state election: Northern Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Michael Clarke	23,672	42.8	−12.7
	Liberal	Albert Baker	12,585	22.8	+4.7
	Labor	Trevor Monti	12,201	22.1	+22.1
	Democratic Labor	James Bourke	6,865	12.4	+1.7
Total formal votes			55,323	96.0	−0.5
Informal votes			2,284	4.0	+0.5
Turnout			57,607	96.3	−0.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Michael Clarke	35,813	64.7
	Liberal	Albert Baker	19,510	35.3
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

North Eastern

1970 Victorian state election: North Eastern Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Ivan Swinburne	21,704	42.8	−30.1
	Labor	Colin Sutherland	12,718	25.2	+25.2
	Liberal	George Ikinger	10,421	20.7	+6.2
	Democratic Labor	Johannes Van Der Horst	5,587	12.4	−0.2
Total formal votes			50,430	96.4	−0.7
Informal votes			1,863	3.6	+0.7
Turnout			52,293	95.1	−0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Ivan Swinburne	34,544	68.5
	Liberal	George Ikinger	15,886	31.5
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

North Western

1970 Victorian state election: North Western Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Bernie Dunn	18,749	42.6	−8.3
	Labor	Pamela Fowler	11,825	26.9	+6.9
	Liberal	Heather Mitchell	7,812	17.8	+0.8
	Democratic Labor	Stanley Croughan	5,600	12.7	+0.6
Total formal votes			43,986	96.5	−0.4
Informal votes			1,599	3.5	+0.6
Turnout			45,585	96.0	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Bernie Dunn	30,101	68.4	−2.9
	Labor	Pamela Fowler	13,885	31.6	+2.9
	Country hold		Swing	-2.9

South Eastern

1970 Victorian state election: South Eastern Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ian Cathie	64,291	46.8	+9.3
	Liberal	Roy Ward	56,841	41.3	−8.6
	Democratic Labor	John Launder	16,362	11.9	−0.7
Total formal votes			137,494	96.5	−0.2
Informal votes			4,970	3.5	+0.2
Turnout			142,464	94.9	0.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Roy Ward	69,995	50.9	−9.3
	Labor	Ian Cathie	67,499	49.1	+9.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-9.3

South Western

1970 Victorian state election: South Western Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Stanley Nash	35,619	40.2	+4.0
	Liberal	Glyn Jenkins	34,396	38.9	−2.3
	Democratic Labor	William Bond	12,746	14.4	−0.2
	Country	Bartus De Groot	5,783	6.5	−1.5
Total formal votes			88,544	96.9	+0.4
Informal votes			2,864	3.1	−0.4
Turnout			91,408	95.6	+0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Glyn Jenkins	48,524	54.8	−5.2
	Labor	Stanley Nash	40,020	45.2	+5.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.2

Templestowe

1970 Victorian state election: Templestowe Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Neville Telfer	59,093	43.3	+4.2
	Liberal	Raymond Garrett	56,987	41.7	−5.1
	Democratic Labor	Ernest Dobson	20,466	14.9	+0.7
Total formal votes			136,546	96.9	−0.2
Informal votes			4,349	3.1	+0.2
Turnout			140,895	94.9	+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Raymond Garrett	75,708	55.4	−3.9
	Labor	Neville Telfer	60,838	44.6	+3.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.9

Western

1970 Victorian state election: Western Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kenneth Gross	19,372	34.0	−3.1
	Labor	Thomas Windsor	18,039	31.6	+4.8
	Country	Linden Cameron	11,517	20.2	−2.2
	Democratic Labor	Alan Beattie	8,081	14.2	+0.5
Total formal votes			57,009	97.7	+0.2
Informal votes			1,320	2.3	−0.2
Turnout			58,329	96.8	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Kenneth Gross	31,271	54.9	−4.6
	Labor	Thomas Windsor	25,738	45.1	+4.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.6

See also

• 1970 Victorian state election
• Candidates of the 1970 Victorian state election
• Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1970–1973

References

1. Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1970". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 29 September 2015.