1973 Victorian state election

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1973 Victorian state election
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg
  1970 19 May 1973 (1973-05-19) 1976  

All 73 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
37 seats needed for a majority
and 18 (of the 36) seats in the Victorian Legislative Council
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Dick Hamer.jpg Labor Placeholder.png Nationals Placeholder.png
Leader Rupert Hamer Clyde Holding Peter Ross-Edwards
Party Liberal Labor Country
Leader since23 August 197215 May 196717 June 1970
Leader's seat Kew Richmond Shepparton
Last election42 seats22 seats8 seats
Seats won46 seats18 seats8 seats
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 4Decrease2.svg 4Steady2.svg 0
Popular vote803,382789,561144,818
Percentage42.34%41.61%5.96%
SwingIncrease2.svg 5.64Increase2.svg 0.19Decrease2.svg 0.44
TPP 55.24%44.76%
TPP swingIncrease2.svg 1.09Decrease2.svg 1.09

1973 Victorian state election.svg
Results in each electorate.

Premier before election

Rupert Hamer
Liberal

Elected Premier

Rupert Hamer
Liberal

The 1973 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 19 May 1973, was for the 46th Parliament of Victoria. It was held in the Australian state of Victoria to elect the 73 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 18 members of the 36-member Legislative Council.

Contents

Rupert Hamer succeeded Henry Bolte as Premier of Victoria on 23 August 1972. In 1972 a federal Labor government was elected, the first Labor government in 23 years. The incumbent Liberal government in Victoria led by Hamer was returned at the election with an increased vote of about 5%, largely at the expense of the Democratic Labor Party.

Results

Legislative Assembly

Victorian state election, 19 May 1973 [1]
Legislative Assembly
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Enrolled voters2,088,984
Votes cast1,954,005 Turnout 93.54-1.03
Informal votes56,691Informal2.90-0.29
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeatsChange
  Liberal 803,38242.34+5.6446+4
  Labor 789,56141.61+0.1918-4
  Democratic Labor 147,8907.79-5.510±0
  Country 144,8185.96-0.448±0
  Australia 30,7011.62+1.620±0
  Independent 10,3490.55-1.171±0
  Defence of Government Schools 2,0040.11-0.350±0
  Communist 3980.02+0.020±0
Total1,897,314  73 
Two-party-preferred
  Liberal 1,048,10055.2+1.0
  Labor 849,21444.8–1.0

Legislative Council

Victorian state election, 19 May 1973 [2]
Legislative Council
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Enrolled voters2,088,984
Votes cast1,953,462 Turnout 93.5–1.3
Informal votes74,354Informal3.8–0.2
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeats
won
Seats
held
  Liberal 810,80743.1+5.51121
  Labor 766,18140.8–1.849
  Democratic Labor 163,0088.7–5.400
  Country 120,6046.4+0.336
  Australia 18,5081.0+1.000
Total1,879,108  1836

Seats changing hands

SeatPre-1973SwingPost-1973
PartyMemberMarginMarginMemberParty
Dundas  Labor Edward Lewis 3.8-7.43.6 Bruce Chamberlain Liberal 
Gippsland South  Liberal James Taylor 6.4-6.40.03 Neil McInnes Country 
Greensborough  Labor Bob Fell 2.0-2.00.01* Monte Vale Liberal 
Midlands  Labor Leslie Shilton 2.8-6.23.4 Bill Ebery Liberal 
Portland  Labor Bill Lewis 2.8-7.44.6 Don McKellar Liberal 
Swan Hill  Country Henry Broad 20.3-21.61.3 Alan Wood Liberal 

Post-election pendulum

Liberal seats (46)
Marginal
Greensborough Monte Vale LIB0.01%
Ivanhoe Bruce Skeggs LIB0.3%
Swan Hill Alan Wood LIB1.3% v CP
Mentone Bill Templeton LIB2.2%
Essendon Kenneth Wheeler LIB3.3%
Midlands Bill Ebery LIB3.4%
Dundas Bruce Chamberlain LIB3.6%
Heatherton Norman Billing LIB4.4%
Portland Don McKellar LIB4.6%
Bendigo Daryl McClure LIB4.9%
Ballarat South Bill Stephen LIB5.0%
Prahran Sam Loxton LIB5.1%
Mitcham Dorothy Goble LIB5.2%
Glenhuntly Joe Rafferty LIB5.8%
Fairly safe
St Kilda Brian Dixon LIB6.3%
Evelyn Jim Plowman LIB6.5%
Monbulk Bill Borthwick LIB6.5%
Oakleigh Alan Scanlan LIB6.8%
Bennettswood Ian McLaren LIB7.2%
Scoresby Geoff Hayes LIB7.2%
Bellarine Aurel Smith LIB7.6%
Frankston Edward Meagher LIB8.0%
Gisborne Athol Guy LIB8.1%
Moorabbin Llew Reese LIB8.1%
Ringwood Norman Lacy LIB8.1%
Geelong Hayden Birrell LIB8.3%
Narracan Jim Balfour LIB8.6%
Hawthorn Walter Jona LIB9.2%
Bentleigh Bob Suggett LIB9.5%
Safe
Caulfield Edgar Tanner LIB10.0%
Syndal Ray Wiltshire LIB10.6%
Box Hill Morris Williams LIB10.9%
Dromana Roberts Dunstan LIB11.0%
Ballarat North Tom Evans LIB11.1%
Hampden Tom Austin LIB12.0%
Sandringham Max Crellin LIB12.7%
Glen Iris Jim MacDonald LIB15.5%
Brighton John Rossiter LIB17.7%
Gippsland West Rob Maclellan LIB17.8%
Balwyn Jim Ramsay LIB18.4%
Camberwell Vernon Wilcox LIB18.5%
Warrnambool Ian Smith LIB18.7%
Malvern Lindsay Thompson LIB20.3%
Kew Rupert Hamer LIB22.0%
Lowan Jim McCabe LIB22.5%
Polwarth Cec Burgin LIB24.9%
Labor seats (18)
Marginal
Kara Kara Esmond Curnow ALP1.9%
Dandenong Alan Lind ALP2.2%
Brunswick West Tom Roper ALP3.9%
Moonee Ponds Tom Edmunds ALP5.8%
Fairly safe
Preston Carl Kirkwood ALP7.6%
Morwell Derek Amos ALP8.3%
Reservoir Jim Simmonds ALP8.7%
Safe
Northcote Frank Wilkes ALP10.3%
Broadmeadows John Wilton ALP10.7%
Geelong North Neil Trezise ALP10.7%
Williamstown Gordon Stirling ALP11.0%
Deer Park Jack Ginifer ALP11.3%
Melbourne Barry Jones ALP12.4%
Footscray Robert Fordham ALP13.9%
Sunshine Bill Fogarty ALP14.0%
Brunswick East David Bornstein ALP15.0%
Albert Park Val Doube ALP16.4%
Richmond Clyde Holding ALP16.4%
Country seats (8)
Gippsland South Neil McInnes CP0.03% v LIB
Mildura Milton Whiting CP14.3%
Gippsland East Bruce Evans CP17.3%
Murray Valley Bill Baxter CP19.3%
Benambra Tom Mitchell CP19.4%
Shepparton Peter Ross-Edwards CP22.6%
Benalla Tom Trewin CP24.5%
Rodney Eddie Hann CP27.0%
Crossbench seats (1)
Coburg Jack Mutton IND7.9% v ALP

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References

  1. Election held on 19 May 1973, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia). [ dead link ]
  2. Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1976". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 29 September 2015.