Results of the 1979 Victorian state election (Legislative Council)

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Victorian state election, 5 May 1979 [1]
Legislative Council
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Enrolled voters2,350,407
Votes cast2,191,128 Turnout 93.22+0.03
Informal votes77,361Informal3.53+0.41
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeats
won		Seats
held
  Labor 958,15845.33+2.72813
  Liberal 924,52543.74–4.561227
  National 124,0505.87–1.9824
  Democrats 60,3922.86+2.8600
  Democratic Labor 3,2120.15–0.4700
  Independent 43,4302.05+1.5600
Total2,113,767  2244

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
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Clive Bubb 43,50152.0−6.9
Labor David Williams 40,19848.0+6.9
Total formal votes83,69997.5+0.1
Informal votes2,1542.5−0.1
Turnout 85,85394.9−0.1
Liberal hold Swing -6.9

Bendigo

1979 Victorian state election: Bendigo Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Alan Calder29,15936.1+1.7
Liberal John Radford 26,76733.1−0.3
National Stuart McDonald 18,14022.4−5.7
Democrats Douglas Linford6,7788.4+8.4
Total formal votes80,84497.5−0.5
Informal votes2,0392.5+0.5
Turnout 82,88394.8−0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Radford 44,62455.2−5.6
Labor Alan Calder36,22044.8+5.6
Liberal hold Swing -5.6

Boronia

1979 Victorian state election: Boronia Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Gracia Baylor 56,70349.7−7.7
Labor Richard Coughlin52,62746.1+3.5
Independent Peter Brown4,7304.2+4.2
Total formal votes114,06097.2+0.1
Informal votes3,2662.8−0.1
Turnout 117,32694.2+1.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Gracia Baylor 59,35952.0−5.4
Labor Richard Coughlin54,70148.0+5.4
Liberal hold Swing -5.4

Central Highlands

1979 Victorian state election: Central Highlands Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Fred Grimwade 47,91655.0+5.7
Labor Max McDonald 39,13845.0+8.7
Total formal votes87,05497.1−0.3
Informal votes2,0392.5+0.3
Turnout 89,66692.5+0.4
Liberal hold Swing -5.7

Chelsea

1979 Victorian state election: Chelsea Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Eric Kent 59,38151.2+2.4
Liberal Geoffrey Connard 55,68448.8−2.4
Total formal votes115,06596.3−0.5
Informal votes4,3693.7+0.5
Turnout 119,43493.8+1.3
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +2.4

Doutta Galla

1979 Victorian state election: Doutta Galla Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor David White 69,34258.5+4.9
Liberal Claus Salger49,19241.5−4.9
Total formal votes118,53495.0+0.7
Informal votes6,2465.0−0.7
Turnout 124,78094.3+0.5
Labor hold Swing +4.9

East Yarra

1979 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bill Campbell 56,30256.3−8.5
Labor Jeanne Hendy32,67932.7−2.5
Democrats Michael McBride11,07511.1+11.1
Total formal votes100,05697.6−0.1
Informal votes2,4832.4+0.1
Turnout 102,53991.5−0.3
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Geelong

1979 Victorian state election: Geelong Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Rod Mackenzie 40,56449.0+1.5
Liberal Gordon Hall39,04747.2−5.3
Democratic Labor James Jordan3,2123.9+3.9
Total formal votes82,82397.0+0.1
Informal votes2,5863.0−0.1
Turnout 85,40994.2−1.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Rod Mackenzie 42,13350.9+3.4
Liberal Gordon Hall40,69049.1−3.4
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +3.4

Gippsland

1979 Victorian state election: Gippsland Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Thomas Matthews30,62440.2+2.0
Liberal Dick Long 24,87432.7+3.1
National John King12,67816.7−8.8
Democrats Ian Goldie6,2328.2+8.2
Independent Bruce Ingle1,7182.3+2.3
Total formal votes76,12695.9−1.9
Informal votes3,2804.1+1.9
Turnout 79,40693.5+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Dick Long 41,78854.9−2.5
Labor Thomas Matthews34,33845.1+2.5
Liberal hold Swing -2.5

Higinbotham

1979 Victorian state election: Higinbotham Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robert Lawson 55,70354.7−7.3
Labor Geoffrey Fleming46,03145.3+7.3
Total formal votes101,73497.2−0.4
Informal votes2,9612.8+0.4
Turnout 104,69593.4+0.5
Liberal hold Swing -7.3

Melbourne

1979 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Evan Walker 56,56562.5+4.7
Liberal Bill Stanley33,91737.5−4.7
Total formal votes90,48294.8−0.4
Informal votes4,9465.2+0.4
Turnout 95,42887.4+1.6
Labor hold Swing +4.7

Melbourne North

1979 Victorian state election: Melbourne North Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Giovanni Sgro 52,78753.1−10.5
Liberal Geoff Lutz26,22226.4−11.1
Independent Eric Granger20,49620.6+20.6
Total formal votes99,95594.7−0.4
Informal votes5,5555.3+0.4
Turnout 105,06091.2−0.4
Labor hold Swing N/A

Melbourne West

1979 Victorian state election: Melbourne West Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Joan Coxsedge 54,26352.8−7.1
Liberal Rino Baggio29,84229.0−11.2
Independent Alexander Knight 13,20212.9+12.9
Democrats Ivan Pollock5,4665.3+5.3
Total formal votes102,77394.7−0.2
Informal votes5,7165.3+0.2
Turnout 108,48993.6+1.4
Labor hold Swing N/A

Monash

1979 Victorian state election: Monash Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Don Hayward 57,36159.6−5.1
Labor Howard Smith38,79840.4+5.1
Total formal votes96,15996.90.0
Informal votes3,1123.10.0
Turnout 99,27190.6+0.7
Liberal hold Swing -5.1

North Eastern

1979 Victorian state election: North Eastern Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Bill Baxter 33,68640.8−12.7
Liberal Bill Hunter24,15729.3+6.8
Labor Nicholas Paola20,09024.3+0.3
Democrats Diane Teasdale4,5945.6+5.6
Total formal votes82,52796.2−1.1
Informal votes3,2183.8+1.1
Turnout 85,74594.5+0.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
National Bill Baxter 53,33464.6
Liberal Bill Hunter29,19335.4
National hold Swing

North Western

1979 Victorian state election: North Western Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Ken Wright 34,31045.7−5.5
Liberal Ian Milburn22,76830.3+0.4
Labor Pamela Fowler18,01924.0+5.1
Total formal votes75,09797.2−0.5
Informal votes2,1932.8+0.5
Turnout 77,29095.2+0.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
National Ken Wright 47,26762.9−3.4
Liberal Ian Milburn27,83037.1+3.4
National hold Swing -3.4

Nunawading

1979 Victorian state election: Nunawading Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Peter Block 55,98349.8−10.4
Labor Alan Wearne43,70938.9−0.9
Democrats Jeffrey McAlpine12,64411.3+11.3
Total formal votes112,33697.60.0
Informal votes2,7062.40.0
Turnout 115,04294.0+0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Peter Block 62,69755.8−4.4
Labor Alan Wearne49,63944.2+4.4
Liberal hold Swing -4.4

South Eastern

1979 Victorian state election: South Eastern Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Alan Hunt 40,27846.1+0.5
Labor Norman Spencer29,06533.3+4.3
National Donald McRae13,11015.0−4.6
Democrats Stefan Taficsuk4,7905.5+5.5
Total formal votes87,24397.5−0.5
Informal votes2,2752.5+0.5
Turnout 89,51892.8+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alan Hunt 53,66261.5−4.9
Labor Norman Spencer33,58138.5+4.9
Liberal hold Swing -4.9

Templestowe

1979 Victorian state election: Templestowe Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Vasey Houghton 56,05950.5−7.3
Labor Mike Arnold 54,88149.5+7.3
Total formal votes110,94097.4−0.2
Informal votes2,9342.6+0.2
Turnout 113,87493.5+0.5
Liberal hold Swing -7.3

Thomastown

1979 Victorian state election: Thomastown Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Glyde Butler 75,17268.4+7.2
Liberal Kathleen Mulraney34,67831.6−7.2
Total formal votes109,85094.5−1.0
Informal votes6,3955.5+1.0
Turnout 116,24593.8+0.5
Labor hold Swing +7.2

Waverley

1979 Victorian state election: Waverley Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Cyril Kennedy 49,09744.8+2.0
Liberal William McDonald48,30944.1−13.1
Democrats Frederick Steinicke8,8138.1+8.1
Independent Stephen Buttery3,2843.0+3.0
Total formal votes109,50395.9−0.6
Informal votes4,6754.1+0.6
Turnout 114,17893.5+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Cyril Kennedy 55,37650.6+6.3
Liberal William McDonald54,12749.4−6.3
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +6.3

Western

1979 Victorian state election: Western Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Digby Crozier 39,26250.8+3.4
Labor Henry Birrell25,96933.6+4.0
National Clive Mitchell 12,12615.7−7.3
Total formal votes77,35797.9−0.5
Informal votes1,6402.1+0.5
Turnout 78,99795.20.0
Liberal hold Swing N/A

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References

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