Candidates of the 1970 Victorian state election
This is a list of candidates who stood for the 1970 Victorian state election. The election was held on 30 May 1970.
Retiring Members
Labor
- William Divers MLA (Footscray)
- Leo Fennessy MLA (Brunswick East)
- Charlie Ring MLA (Preston)
- Clive Stoneham MLA (Midlands)
- Keith Sutton MLA (Albert Park)
- Samuel Merrifield MLC (Doutta Galla)
- Archie Todd MLC (Melbourne West)
Liberal
- Sir John Bloomfield MLA (Malvern)
- Tom Darcy MLA (Polwarth)
- Murray Porter MLA (Sandringham)
- Geoffrey Thom MLC (South Western)
Country
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 | Country candidates | DLP candidates | Other candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Park | Labor | Val Doube | Wallace Cameron | Monica McGeoch | ||
| Ballarat North | Liberal | Kevin Flynn | Tom Evans | Walter Brown | ||
| Ballarat South | Liberal | Tom Cullen | Bill Stephen | Francis Brown | ||
| Balwyn | Liberal | Donald Phelan | Alex Taylor | John Hansen | ||
| Bellarine | Liberal | Francis Brady | Aurel Smith | James Crockett | ||
| Benalla | Country | John Coutts | Dulcie Brack | Tom Trewin | Christopher Cody | |
| Benambra | Country | Edwin Ure | Robert Prior | Tom Mitchell | Francis Keenan | John Hicks (Ind) |
| Bendigo | Liberal | Kevin Curran | Robert Trethewey | Paul Brennan | ||
| Bennettswood | Liberal | Cyril Kennedy | Ian McLaren | James Tighe | ||
| Bentleigh | Liberal | Kenneth Williams | Bob Suggett | Peter Madden | Noel Allen (Ind) Mary Ovenden (Ind) | |
| Box Hill | Liberal | Maurice Sevior | George Reid | James Marmion | John Clarkson (Ind) | |
| Brighton | Liberal | Peter Hansen | John Rossiter | Keith Linard | Malcolm Wallace-Mitchell (Ind) | |
| Broadmeadows | Labor | John Wilton | Howard Thain | Francis Dowling | ||
| Brunswick East | Labor | David Bornstein | James Guest | Anthony Staunton | ||
| Brunswick West | Labor | Campbell Turnbull | Walter Dale | John Flint | ||
| Camberwell | Liberal | Allan McDonald | Vernon Wilcox | Joseph Stanley | ||
| Caulfield | Liberal | George Papadopoulos | Sir Edgar Tanner | Peter Grant | Evelyn Janover (Ind) | |
| Coburg | Independent | Frank Cox | Joan Mathieson | Peter McCabe | Jack Mutton (Ind) | |
| Dandenong | Labor | Alan Lind | Wallace Werrett | Kevin Leydon | ||
| Deer Park | Labor | Jack Ginifer | Douglas Reinehr | John Cate | ||
| Dromana | Liberal | Neil McIntosh | Roberts Dunstan | Josephus Gobel | ||
| Dundas | Liberal | Edward Lewis | Sir William McDonald | Alexander McLennan | James Eveston | Alma Crouch (DGS) John Moodie (Ind) |
| Essendon | Liberal | Ronald Kennelly | Kenneth Wheeler | Kevin Digby | ||
| Evelyn | Liberal | Raymond Donkin | Russell Stokes | Alfred Gerrard | Maurice Smith (Ind) | |
| Footscray | Labor | Robert Fordham | Claus Brumm | Robin Thomas | ||
| Frankston | Liberal | Mervyn Vogt | Edward Meagher | John Glynn | ||
| Geelong | Liberal | John Woolfe | Hayden Birrell | John Timberlake | ||
| Geelong North | Labor | Neil Trezise | Graeme Hawkins | James Jordan | ||
| Gippsland East | Country | Philip Grech | Keith Mason | Bruce Evans | Frank Burns | |
| Gippsland South | Country | Thomas Matthews | James Taylor | John Vinall | John Condon | |
| Gippsland West | Country | James Hudson | Rob Maclellan | Robert Anderson | Michael Houlihan | |
| Gisborne | Liberal | Robert Harrison | Julian Doyle | Raymond Studham | Roy Hartley (Ind) | |
| Glen Iris | Liberal | Douglas Gammon | Jim MacDonald | John Preece | ||
| Glenhuntly | Liberal | Anthony Miller | Joe Rafferty | Raymond Murphy | ||
| Greensborough | Liberal | Bob Fell | Monte Vale | Raymond Morrissey | Dorothy Frost (DGS) | |
| Hampden | Liberal | Vincent Ayres | Sir Henry Bolte | Gilbert Anderson | Francis O'Brien | |
| Hawthorn | Liberal | David Andrews | Walter Jona | Bernard Gaynor | ||
| Heatherton | Liberal | Kenneth Bathie | Norman Billing | Joseph O'Neill | Herman Crowther (Ind) | |
| Ivanhoe | Liberal | Thomas Rich | Vernon Christie | Michael Lucy | ||
| Kara Kara | Country | Esmond Curnow | Bruce Thornhill | Bill Phelan | Robert O'Connor | |
| Kew | Liberal | Rosslyn Ives | Sir Arthur Rylah | Francis Duffy | Dorothy Buchanan (Ind) Bertram Wainer (Ind) | |
| Lowan | Country | Gustav Lehmann | Jim McCabe | Ray Buckley | John Giles | |
| Malvern | Liberal | Christopher Gaffney | Lindsay Thompson | Thomas O'Reilly | ||
| Melbourne | Labor | Arthur Clarey | Allan Waite | Michael McMahon | ||
| Mentone | Liberal | Henry Woodley | Bill Templeton | Kathleen Andrews | ||
| Midlands | Labor | Les Shilton | William Turnor | Leston Laity | Francis Hill | |
| Mildura | Country | Lance Fraser | Kevin Coogan | Milton Whiting | John Conroy | |
| Mitcham | Liberal | John Hyslop | Dorothy Goble | Marianne Crowe | Ray Nilsen (DGS) | |
| Monbulk | Liberal | James Simmonds | Bill Borthwick | George Noone | ||
| Moonee Ponds | Labor | Tom Edmunds | John Williams | Barry O'Brien | ||
| Moorabbin | Liberal | Harry Rourke | Llew Reese | Salvatore Pinzone | ||
| Morwell | Liberal | Derek Amos | Archie Tanner | James Wyeth | Thomas Lawless | |
| Murray Valley | Country | Valda Reid | Robert Crosby | George Moss | John Patterson | |
| Narracan | Liberal | Wilfred Bartholomeusz | Jim Balfour | Reinhardt Reuter | Peter Saunders | |
| Northcote | Labor | Frank Wilkes | Albert Dowsey | |||
| Oakleigh | Liberal | Anthony Scarcella | Alan Scanlan | Bernard Slattery | ||
| Polwarth | Liberal | John O'Brien | Cec Burgin | Douglas Wade | Leonard Eyre | |
| Portland | Liberal | Bill Lewis | Don McKellar | Alma Uebergang | Adrian McInerney | |
| Prahran | Liberal | Ivan Trayling | Sam Loxton | John Johnston | James Banks (Ind) David Tuck (DGS) | |
| Preston | Labor | Carl Kirkwood | Bruce Spicer | Maurice Horwood | ||
| Reservoir | Labor | Jim Simmonds | Robert Pritchard | Joseph Fitzgerald | ||
| Richmond | Labor | Clyde Holding | Ronald Turner | Terence Scully | ||
| Ringwood | Liberal | Beatrice Rosindell | Jim Manson | Edmund Sablovs | ||
| Rodney | Country | Doris Best | Ian Biggar | Russell McDonald | Patrick Hansen | |
| St Kilda | Liberal | David Bottomley | Brian Dixon | John Hughes | Lancelot Hutchinson (DGS) Neville Penton (Ind) | |
| Sandringham | Liberal | Margaret Graham | Max Crellin | William Leech | ||
| Scoresby | Liberal | Alan West | Geoff Hayes | Noel Clarke | ||
| Shepparton | Country | Graham Romanes | Linton Laws | Peter Ross-Edwards | Bruno D'Elia | Bill Hunter (Ind) |
| Sunshine | Labor | Denis Lovegrove | Vaclav Ubl | Robert Charles | ||
| Swan Hill | Country | Jack McLaren | Laurence Troy | Henry Broad | Rodger Donohue | |
| Syndal | Liberal | Peter Setford | Ray Wiltshire | Daniel McCabe | ||
| Warrnambool | Liberal | Donald Grossman | Ian Smith | Cyril Boyle | Francis Hasell | Robert McCosh (DGS) |
| Williamstown | Labor | Larry Floyd | Richard Groom | Norman Way |
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 | Country candidates | DLP candidates | Other candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballarat | Liberal | Jack Jones | Murray Byrne | William Bruty | ||
| Bendigo | Liberal | Stewart Anderson | Jock Granter | William Drechsler | ||
| Boronia | Liberal | Niall Brennan | Vernon Hauser | Edmund Burgi | ||
| Doutta Galla | Labor | Dolph Eddy | William Pearce | Hubert Evans | ||
| East Yarra | Liberal | Stanley Bannan | Rupert Hamer | John Rogers | ||
| Gippsland | Country | Eric Kent | Dick Long | Arthur Hewson | Gregory Answorth | |
| Higinbotham | Liberal | Anthony Balmer | Murray Hamilton | Frederick Skinner | ||
| Melbourne | Labor | Jack O'Connell | Norman Long | Gordon Haberman | ||
| Melbourne North | Labor | John Walton | Jean Baldwin | Henry Darroch | ||
| Melbourne West | Labor | Bunna Walsh | William McDonald | Kenneth Berrie | ||
| Monash | Liberal | Donald Reeves | Graham Nicol | William Hoyne | Reginald Murphy (Ind) | |
| Northern | Country | Trevor Monti | Albert Baker | Michael Clarke | James Bourke | |
| North Eastern | Country | Colin Sutherland | George Ikinger | Ivan Swinburne | Johannes Van Der Horst | |
| North Western | Country | Pamela Fowler | Heather Mitchell | Bernie Dunn | Stanley Croughan | |
| South Eastern | Labor | Ian Cathie | Roy Ward | John Launder | ||
| South Western | Liberal | Stanley Nash | Glyn Jenkins | Bartus De Groot | William Bond | |
| Templestowe | Liberal | Neville Telfer | Raymond Garrett | Ernest Dobson | ||
| Western | Liberal | Thomas Windsor | Kenneth Gross | Linden Cameron | Alan Beattie |
