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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.
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
editLegislative Assembly
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Victorian state election, 19 May 1973[1] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 2,088,984 | |||||
Votes cast | 1,954,005 | Turnout | 93.54 | -1.03 | ||
Informal votes | 56,691 | Informal | 2.90 | -0.29 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Liberal | 803,382 | 42.34 | +5.64 | 46 | +4 | |
Labor | 789,561 | 41.61 | +0.19 | 18 | -4 | |
Democratic Labor | 147,890 | 7.79 | -5.51 | 0 | ±0 | |
Country | 144,818 | 5.96 | -0.44 | 8 | ±0 | |
Australia | 30,701 | 1.62 | +1.62 | 0 | ±0 | |
Independent | 10,349 | 0.55 | -1.17 | 1 | ±0 | |
Defence of Government Schools | 2,004 | 0.11 | -0.35 | 0 | ±0 | |
Communist | 398 | 0.02 | +0.02 | 0 | ±0 | |
Total | 1,897,314 | 73 | ||||
Two-party-preferred | ||||||
Liberal | 1,048,100 | 55.2 | +1.0 | |||
Labor | 849,214 | 44.8 | –1.0 |
Legislative Council
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Victorian state election, 19 May 1973[2] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 2,088,984 | |||||
Votes cast | 1,953,462 | Turnout | 93.5 | –1.3 | ||
Informal votes | 74,354 | Informal | 3.8 | –0.2 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats won |
Seats held | |
Liberal | 810,807 | 43.1 | +5.5 | 11 | 21 | |
Labor | 766,181 | 40.8 | –1.8 | 4 | 9 | |
Democratic Labor | 163,008 | 8.7 | –5.4 | 0 | 0 | |
Country | 120,604 | 6.4 | +0.3 | 3 | 6 | |
Australia | 18,508 | 1.0 | +1.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 1,879,108 | 18 | 36 |
Seats changing hands
editSeat | Pre-1973 | Swing | Post-1973 | ||||||
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Party | Member | Margin | Margin | Member | Party | ||||
Dundas | Labor | Edward Lewis | 3.8 | -7.4 | 3.6 | Bruce Chamberlain | Liberal | ||
Gippsland South | Liberal | James Taylor | 6.4 | -6.4 | 0.03 | Neil McInnes | Country | ||
Greensborough | Labor | Bob Fell | 2.0 | -2.0 | 0.01* | Monte Vale | Liberal | ||
Midlands | Labor | Leslie Shilton | 2.8 | -6.2 | 3.4 | Bill Ebery | Liberal | ||
Portland | Labor | Bill Lewis | 2.8 | -7.4 | 4.6 | Don McKellar | Liberal | ||
Swan Hill | Country | Henry Broad | 20.3 | -21.6 | 1.3 | Alan Wood | Liberal |
- The result for Greensborough was overturned by the Court of Disputed Returns and a by-election was called.
Post-election pendulum
editLabor seats (18) | |||
Marginal | |||
Kara Kara | Esmond Curnow | ALP | 1.9% |
Dandenong | Alan Lind | ALP | 2.2% |
Brunswick West | Tom Roper | ALP | 3.9% |
Moonee Ponds | Tom Edmunds | ALP | 5.8% |
Fairly safe | |||
Preston | Carl Kirkwood | ALP | 7.6% |
Morwell | Derek Amos | ALP | 8.3% |
Reservoir | Jim Simmonds | ALP | 8.7% |
Safe | |||
Northcote | Frank Wilkes | ALP | 10.3% |
Broadmeadows | John Wilton | ALP | 10.7% |
Geelong North | Neil Trezise | ALP | 10.7% |
Williamstown | Gordon Stirling | ALP | 11.0% |
Deer Park | Jack Ginifer | ALP | 11.3% |
Melbourne | Barry Jones | ALP | 12.4% |
Footscray | Robert Fordham | ALP | 13.9% |
Sunshine | Bill Fogarty | ALP | 14.0% |
Brunswick East | David Bornstein | ALP | 15.0% |
Albert Park | Val Doube | ALP | 16.4% |
Richmond | Clyde Holding | ALP | 16.4% |
Country seats (8) | |||
Gippsland South | Neil McInnes | CP | 0.03% v LIB |
Mildura | Milton Whiting | CP | 14.3% |
Gippsland East | Bruce Evans | CP | 17.3% |
Murray Valley | Bill Baxter | CP | 19.3% |
Benambra | Tom Mitchell | CP | 19.4% |
Shepparton | Peter Ross-Edwards | CP | 22.6% |
Benalla | Tom Trewin | CP | 24.5% |
Rodney | Eddie Hann | CP | 27.0% |
Crossbench seats (1) | |||
Coburg | Jack Mutton | IND | 7.9% v ALP |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Election held on 19 May 1973, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia). Archived 17 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1976". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 29 September 2015.