1979 Victorian state election

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1979 Victoria state election
← 1976 5 May 1979 (1979-05-05) 1982 →
All 81 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
41 seats needed for a majority
and 22 (of the 44) seats in the Victorian Legislative Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Rupert Hamer Frank Wilkes Peter Ross-Edwards
Party
Liberal
Labor
National
Leader since 23 August 1972 29 June 1977 17 June 1970
Leader's seat Kew Northcote Shepparton
Last election 52 seats 21 seats 7 seats
Seats won 41 seats 32 seats 8 seats
Seat change Decrease 11 Increase 11 Increase 1
Popular vote 881,366 962,123 119,385
Percentage 41.44% 45.23% 5.61%
Swing Decrease 4.44 Increase 2.80 Decrease 1.46
TPP
 50.47% 49.53%
TPP swing Decrease 5.30 Increase 5.30
Results in each electorate.
Premier before election

Rupert Hamer

Liberal

 Elected Premier

Rupert Hamer

Liberal

The 1979 Victoria state election, held on Saturday, 5 May 1979, was for the 48th

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

See also: Results of the 1979 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly)

Victorian state election, 5 May 1979[1]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1976–1982 >>

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

See also: Results of the 1979 Victorian state election (Legislative Council)

Victorian state election, 5 May 1979[2]
Legislative Council
<< 1976–1982 >>

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
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 by-election.

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%
Labor seats (32)
Marginal
Bentleigh Gordon Hockley ALP 0.2%
Springvale Kevin King ALP 0.7%
Prahran Bob Miller ALP 0.9%
Heatherton Peter Spyker ALP 1.0%
Coburg Peter Gavin ALP 1.2% v IND
Essendon Barry Rowe ALP 1.5%
Glenhuntly Gerard Vaughan ALP 1.6%
Geelong East Graham Ernst ALP 1.7%
Oakleigh Race Mathews ALP 1.7%
Greensborough Pauline Toner ALP 3.9%
Fairly safe
Dandenong Rob Jolly ALP 6.5%
Werribee Ken Coghill ALP 8.1%
Knox Steve Crabb ALP 8.4%
Niddrie Jack Simpson ALP 9.7%
Safe
Bundoora
John Cain
 ALP 10.6%
Carrum Ian Cathie ALP 11.9%
Albert Park Bunna Walsh ALP 14.0%
Geelong North Neil Trezise ALP 15.2%
Keilor Jack Ginifer ALP 15.2%
Melbourne Keith Remington ALP 16.0%
Morwell Derek Amos ALP 16.6%
Glenroy Jack Culpin ALP 16.7%
Williamstown Gordon Stirling ALP 16.8%
Ascot Vale Tom Edmunds ALP 16.8%
Richmond Theo Sidiropoulos ALP 20.4%
Reservoir Jim Simmonds ALP 21.0%
Preston Carl Kirkwood ALP 21.5%
Northcote Frank Wilkes ALP 21.9%
Footscray Robert Fordham ALP 24.3%
Sunshine Bill Fogarty ALP 24.5%
Brunswick Tom Roper ALP 25.5%
Broadmeadows John Wilton ALP 25.6%
National seats (8)
Lowan Bill McGrath NAT 0.5% v LIB
Gippsland South Neil McInnes NAT 6.9% v LIB
Benalla Tom Trewin NAT 15.4%
Gippsland East Bruce Evans NAT 17.3%
Murray Valley Ken Jasper NAT 20.5%
Shepparton Peter Ross-Edwards NAT 20.8%
Mildura Milton Whiting NAT 22.3%
Rodney Eddie Hann NAT 28.4%

See also

References

  1. ^ Election held on 5 May 1979, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).
  2. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1979". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
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