Candidates of the 1976 Victorian state election

The 1976 Victorian state election was held on 20 March 1976.

Seat changes

• Following the redistribution, the following members of the Legislative Assembly contested different seats:
  • Tom Austin (Hampden, Liberal) contested Ripon.
  • Bill Baxter (Murray Valley, National) contested Benambra.
  • Norman Billing (Heatherton, Liberal) contested Springvale.
  • Hayden Birrell (Geelong, Liberal) contested Geelong West.
  • Esmond Curnow (Kara Kara, Labor) contested Bendigo.
  • Tom Edmunds (Moonee Ponds, Labor) contested Ascot Vale.
  • Jack Ginifer (Deer Park, Labor) contested Keilor.
  • Geoff Hayes (Scoresby, Liberal) contested Wantirna.
  • Norman Lacy (Ringwood, Liberal) contested Warrandyte.
  • Rob Maclellan (Gippsland West, Liberal) contested Berwick.
  • Llew Reese (Moorabbin, Liberal) contested Heatherton.
  • Tom Roper (Brunswick West, Labor) contested Brunswick.
  • Aurel Smith (Bellarine, Liberal) contested South Barwon.
  • Morris Williams (Box Hill, Liberal) contested Doncaster.
• Bruce Chamberlain MLA (Dundas, Liberal) contested Western Province.
• The following members of the Legislative Council contested different seats:
  • Michael Clarke (Northern, National) contested Bendigo Province.
  • Dolph Eddy (Doutta Galla, Labor) contested Thomastown Province.
  • Jock Granter (Bendigo, Liberal) contested Central Highlands Province.
  • Vernon Hauser (Boronia, Liberal) contested Nunawading Province.
  • Glyn Jenkins (South Western, Liberal) contested Geelong Province.

Retiring Members

Labor

• Ron McAlister MLA (Brunswick East)

Liberal

• Dorothy Goble MLA (Mitcham)
• Jim MacDonald MLA (Glen Iris)
• Edward Meagher MLA (Frankston)
• John Rossiter MLA (Brighton)
• Sir Edgar Tanner MLA (Caulfield)
• Vernon Wilcox MLA (Camberwell)
• Ray Wiltshire MLA (Syndal)
• Murray Byrne MLC (Ballarat)
• Sir Raymond Garrett MLC (Templestowe)
• Graham Nicol MLC (Monash)

National

• Tom Mitchell MLA (Benambra)
• Ivan Swinburne MLC (North Eastern)

Legislative Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	National candidates	DLP candidates	Other candidates
Albert Park	Labor	Val Doube	Timothy Hinchcliffe
Ascot Vale	Labor	Tom Edmunds	Edmond Murphy
Ballarat North	Liberal	Jeremy Harper	Tom Evans		Dennis O'Reilly
Ballarat South	Liberal	Frank Sheehan	Bill Stephen
Balwyn	Liberal	Paul Gibson	Jim Ramsay		John Hansen	Peter King (AP)
Benalla	National	John Dennis	Leo Gorman	Tom Trewin	Christopher Cody
Benambra	National	Ken Coghill	Lou Lieberman	Bill Baxter	Kevin Redfern	Robert Wiltshire (Ind)
Bendigo	Liberal	Esmond Curnow	Daryl McClure
Bennettswood	Liberal	Peter Bruce	Ian McLaren		James Tighe
Bentleigh	Liberal	Lindsay Thomas	Bob Suggett		Peter Madden	John Stoker (WP)
Berwick	Liberal	Judith Wallace	Rob Maclellan	Ronald Irwin	Michael Houlihan
Box Hill	Liberal	Howard Hodgens	Donald Mackinnon		James Brosnan
Brighton	Liberal	Robert Gerrand	Jeannette Patrick		Peter Lawlor	Ian Mullins (AP)
Broadmeadows	Labor	John Wilton	Donald McClelland
Brunswick	Labor	Tom Roper	Alfredo Kouris			Stephen Cope (Ind) Robert Douglas (Ind) Anthony Errichiello (Ind) Leslie Johns (Ind) Grahame Kermonde (Ind) Marian Kermonde (Ind) Ronald Moran (Ind) Angelo Russo (Ind)
Bundoora	Labor	John Cain	Dorothy Baker
Burwood	Liberal	Douglas Bennett	Jeff Kennett		Joseph Stanley	Michael Boffa (WP)
Carrum	Labor	Ian Cathie	Allan Coombes
Caulfield	Liberal	Gilbert Wright	Charles Francis		Mary Lane
Coburg	Independent	Peter Gavin	Nicholas Kosenko		Helen Hart	Jack Mutton (Ind)
Dandenong	Labor	Alan Lind	James Grayling
Doncaster	Liberal	Francis Smith	Morris Williams		Margaret Coogan	Edward Ajani (Ind)
Dromana	Liberal	Geoffrey Eastwood	Roberts Dunstan		John Cass
Essendon	Liberal	Barry Rowe	Kenneth Wheeler
Evelyn	Liberal	Warren Thomas	Jim Plowman	Errol Simon	Francis Feltham
Footscray	Labor	Robert Fordham	James Kapoudaglis
Forest Hill	Liberal	Neville Gay	John Richardson		Francis Poole
Frankston	Liberal	Alison Ogden	Graeme Weideman		John Glynn
Geelong East	Liberal	Dennis O'Brien	Phil Gude
Geelong North	Labor	Neil Trezise	Stanley Yates
Geelong West	Liberal	Kevin Kirby	Hayden Birrell
Gippsland East	National		Geoffrey Ramsden	Bruce Evans	Robert McMahon	Geoffrey Cox (Ind)
Gippsland South	National	Russel Wilson	David Kallady	Neil McInnes	Leonard Carroll
Gisborne	Liberal	George Beardsley	Athol Guy	Robert Cooper	Paul McManus
Glenhuntly	Liberal	Gerard Vaughan	Joe Rafferty		Terence Farrell
Glenroy	Labor	Jack Culpin	Francis Mott
Greensborough	Liberal	Brian McKinlay	Monte Vale
Hawthorn	Liberal	Evan Walker	Walter Jona		Daniel Condon	Jennifer Relf (Ind)
Heatherton	Liberal	Peter Spyker	Llew Reese
Ivanhoe	Liberal	John Lelleton	Bruce Skeggs		Margaret Rush
Keilor	Labor	Jack Ginifer	Vaclav Ubl			Spyros Kokkinos (Ind)
Kew	Liberal	Gary Jungwirth	Rupert Hamer		Francis Duffy	Charles Barrington (Ind) Margaret Tighe (Ind)
Knox	Liberal	Steve Crabb	Bruce Fasham
Lowan	Liberal	Brian Brooke	Jim McCabe	Howard Ellis	Kevin Dunn	Francis Petering (Ind)
Malvern	Liberal	Evelyn Watson	Lindsay Thompson		John Cotter
Melbourne	Labor	Barry Jones	Bruce Atkinson			Lou-Anne Barker (Ind)
Mentone	Liberal	Barry Hirt	Bill Templeton		Desmond Burke
Midlands	Liberal	Donal Harvey	Bill Ebery	Clarence Rodda	Audrey Drechsler
Mildura	National	Noel Treharne	Lloyd Beasy	Milton Whiting	Stanley Croughan
Mitcham	Liberal	Gordon Henderson	George Cox
Monbulk	Liberal	Stuart Morris	Bill Borthwick
Morwell	Labor	Derek Amos	Frank Hall	James Davis	John Mann
Murray Valley	National	Abigail Donlon	Brian Lumsden	Ken Jasper	Patrick Payne
Narracan	Liberal	Pat Bartholomeusz	Jim Balfour	Arthur Hewson	Brian Handley
Niddrie	Labor	Jack Simpson	Peter Kirchner			Lancelot Hutchinson (Ind)
Noble Park	Liberal	Tony Van Vliet	Peter Collins
Northcote	Labor	Frank Wilkes	Gillford Brown
Oakleigh	Liberal	Sam Papasavas	Alan Scanlan			Trevor Cooke (AP) Leslie Kausman (Ind)
Polwarth	Liberal	Ronald Wheaton	Cec Burgin	Frederick Sadler	Thomas Fleming
Portland	Liberal	Bill Lewis	Don McKellar	Clive Mitchell	Patrick Healy
Prahran	Liberal	Morris Milder	Sam Loxton			Paul Krutulis (WP) Michael Salvaris (Ind)
Preston	Labor	Carl Kirkwood	John Miles
Reservoir	Labor	Jim Simmonds	Tony De Domenico			Matthew Curie (Ind)
Richmond	Labor	Clyde Holding	John Rush			Andrew Jamieson (Ind)
Ringwood	Liberal	Robert Wallace	Peter McArthur
Ripon	Labor	Alexander Pope	Tom Austin	Rob Borbidge	Francis O'Brien
Rodney	National	Michael Smith	Graham Arthur	Eddie Hann	David Kane
Sandringham	Liberal	Vivienne Brophy	Max Crellin		Salvatore Pinzone
Shepparton	National	Stephen Fletcher	Bill Hunter	Peter Ross-Edwards	Martha Bennetts
South Barwon	Liberal	Raymond Hughan	Aurel Smith		James Jordan
Springvale	Liberal	Kevin King	Norman Billing
St Kilda	Liberal	David Hardy	Brian Dixon			Frederick Gray (Ind) Peter Lake (Ind) Ronald Petersen (Ind)
Sunshine	Labor	Bill Fogarty	David More			Charles Skidmore (Ind)
Swan Hill	Liberal	Graeme Lechte	Alan Wood	James Mitchell	Daniel Mason
Syndal	Liberal	John Perryman	Geoff Coleman
Wantirna	Liberal	Christopher Miller	Geoff Hayes		Clement Elliot
Warrandyte	Liberal	Frederick Davis	Norman Lacy
Warrnambool	Liberal	Vernon Delaney	Ian Smith	Murray Lane	Peter Burke
Werribee	Labor	Anthony Robinson	Neville Hudson			Walter Lockhart (WP)
Westernport	Liberal	John Daley	Doug Jennings	Michael Woods	Kevin Leydon
Williamstown	Labor	Gordon Stirling	Wallace Feeney

Legislative Council

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.

Province	Held by	Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	National candidates	Other candidates
Ballarat	Liberal	Ronald Corbett	Rob Knowles
Bendigo	Liberal	Elaine Knight	Bruce Reid	Michael Clarke	Ronald Gane (DLP)
Boronia	Liberal	Stuart Russell	Kevin Foley
Central Highlands	Liberal	Max McDonald	Jock Granter	Pat McNamara	Peter Brown (Ind)
Chelsea	Liberal	Michael Duffy	Neil Stacey
Doutta Galla	Labor	Bill Landeryou	Rex Webb
East Yarra	Liberal	Robert Gurry	Haddon Storey
Geelong	Liberal	Rod Mackenzie	Glyn Jenkins
Gippsland	Labor	Eric Kent	James Taylor	John Vinall	Leslie Hilton (DLP)
Higinbotham	Liberal	Russell Shearn	Murray Hamilton
Melbourne	Labor	Ivan Trayling	Bryce McNair
Melbourne North	Labor	John Walton	Geoff Lutz
Melbourne West	Labor	Bon Thomas	Peter Stirling
Monash	Liberal	Johan Hulskamp	James Guest
North Eastern	National	Lewis Gee	George Ikinger	David Evans
North Western	National	Edward McCormack	William Armstrong	Bernie Dunn
Nunawading	Liberal	John Madden	Vernon Hauser
South Eastern	Liberal	Merton Ryan	Roy Ward	William Gleeson	Noel Gleeson (DLP)
Templestowe	Liberal	Pauline Toner	Ralph Howard
Thomastown	Labor	Dolph Eddy	John Fletcher
Waverley	Liberal	Anthony Scarcella	Don Saltmarsh
Western	Liberal	Thomas Windsor	Bruce Chamberlain	Linden Cameron

References

• Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive