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Victorian state election, 2 March 1985[1]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1982–1988 >>

Enrolled voters 2,641,477
Votes cast 2,462,226 Turnout 93.21 −0.76
Informal votes 66,107 Informal 2.68 +0.07
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 1,198,262 50.01 0.00 47 -2
  Liberal 1,003,003 41.86 +3.53 31 +7
  National 174,727 7.29 +2.32 10 +2
  Independent 12,828 0.54 +0.54 0 ±0
  Other 7,299 0.30 0 ±0
Total 2,396,119     88  
Two-party-preferred
  Labor 1,214,832 50.7 –3.1
  Liberal 1,181,287 49.3 +3.1

This is a list of electoral district results for the Victorian 1985 election for the Legislative Assembly from M to Z.

Results by electoral district

Malvern

Victorian state election, 1985: Malvern[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Geoff Leigh 15,920 59.8 +4.3
Labor Max Dumais 10,697 40.2 +2.8
Total formal votes 26,617 97.7
Informal votes 624 2.3
Turnout 27,241 2.3
Liberal hold Swing +0.5

Melbourne

Victorian state election, 1985: Melbourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Keith Remington 15,155 61.0 −3.4
Liberal Peter Jones 7,996 32.2 +7.9
Public Transport Janet Walk 1,709 6.9 +6.9
Total formal votes 24,860 95.7
Informal votes 1,121 4.3
Turnout 25,981 85.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Keith Remington 16,209 65.2 −6.1
Liberal Peter Jones 8,651 34.8 +6.1
Labor hold Swing −6.1

Mentone

Victorian state election, 1985: Mentone
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Peter Spyker 14,406 52.0 +0.1
Liberal Bill Templeton 13,315 48.0 −4.9
Total formal votes 27,721 97.4
Informal votes 731 2.6
Turnout 28,452 93.7
Labor gain from Liberal Swing −1.7
  • After the redistribution, Mentone became a notional Labor seat. Sitting Liberal member Bill Templeton did not manage to win it back.

Mildura

Victorian state election, 1985: Mildura
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Milton Whiting 15,283 58.7 +4.7
Labor Lindsay Leake 5,959 22.9 −6.9
Liberal Diana Duck 4,796 18.4 +7.2
Total formal votes 26,038 97.9
Informal votes 560 2.1
Turnout 26,598 92.3
Two-party-preferred result
National Milton Whiting 19,008 73.0 +5.7
Labor Lindsay Leake 7,050 27.0 −5.7
National hold Swing +5.7

Mitcham

Victorian state election, 1985: Mitcham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Harrowfield 14,928 53.7 +4.9
Liberal Bruce Camfield 12,868 46.3 +5.6
Total formal votes 27,796 97.5
Informal votes 708 2.5
Turnout 28,504 94.4
Labor hold Swing +0.1

Monbulk

Victorian state election, 1985: Monbulk
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Neil Pope 14,239 53.7 +12.3
Liberal Raymond Yates 12,270 46.3 +7.1
Total formal votes 26,509 97.8
Informal votes 608 2.2
Turnout 27,117 92.6
Labor hold Swing +0.9

Mornington

Victorian state election, 1985: Mornington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robin Cooper 14,376 52.0 +7.6
Labor David Hassett 13,275 48.0 +3.8
Total formal votes 27,651 97.7
Informal votes 644 2.3
Turnout 28,295 92.4
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +3.4

Morwell

Victorian state election, 1985: Morwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Valerie Callister 14,472 52.7 −7.9
Liberal Graeme Bond 6,976 25.4 +1.3
Independent Geoffrey Francis 3,701 13.5 +13.5
National Terie Porter 2,305 8.4 −0.5
Total formal votes 27,454 97.8
Informal votes 616 2.2
Turnout 28,070 93.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Valerie Callister 15,759 57.4 −7.4
Liberal Graeme Bond 11,695 42.6 +7.4
Labor hold Swing −7.4

Murray Valley

Victorian state election, 1985: Murray Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Ken Jasper 16,880 59.0 +5.3
Labor Jill Milthorpe 7,633 26.7 −3.8
Liberal Bill Hunter 4,093 14.3 −1.3
Total formal votes 28,606 98.2
Informal votes 526 1.8
Turnout 29,132 94.1
Two-party-preferred result
National Ken Jasper 20,654 72.2 +3.9
Labor Jill Milthorpe 7,952 27.8 −3.9
National hold Swing +3.9

Narracan

Victorian state election, 1985: Narracan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robin Matthews 12,619 46.3 +0.4
Liberal John Delzoppo 11,880 43.6 +5.8
National Julia Ettery 1,905 7.0 −1.8
Independent John McNamara 842 3.1 +3.1
Total formal votes 27,246 98.0
Informal votes 564 2.0
Turnout 27,810 94.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Delzoppo 13,716 50.4 +1.8
Labor Robin Matthews 13,522 49.6 −1.8
Liberal hold Swing +1.8
  • Narracan became a notionally Labor seat in the redistribution before the election. However, the Liberal candidate managed to win it back.

Niddrie

Victorian state election, 1985: Niddrie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Simpson 17,177 63.0 +0.6
Liberal Mark Pallett 10,094 37.0 +9.0
Total formal votes 27,271 96.4
Informal votes 1,016 3.6
Turnout 28,287 95.2
Labor hold Swing −5.2

Northcote

Victorian state election, 1985: Northcote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Wilkes 19,120 71.8 −2.8
Liberal William Hamilton 7,495 28.2 +2.8
Total formal votes 26,615 95.5
Informal votes 1,252 4.5
Turnout 27,867 90.8
Labor hold Swing −2.8

Oakleigh

Victorian state election, 1985: Oakleigh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Race Mathews 14,374 53.8 −0.6
Liberal Norman Kennedy 11,493 43.0 +5.1
Independent Antonios Pashos 846 3.2 +3.2
Total formal votes 26,713 97.1
Informal votes 783 2.9
Turnout 27,496 91.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Race Mathews 14,986 56.1 −3.0
Liberal Norman Kennedy 11,727 43.9 +3.0
Labor hold Swing −3.0

Pascoe Vale

Victorian state election, 1985: Pascoe Vale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Edmunds 16,783 61.4 +1.3
Liberal Vincenzo D'Aquino 10,571 38.6 +2.3
Total formal votes 27,354 96.4
Informal votes 1,011 3.6
Turnout 28,365 94.3
Labor hold Swing 0.0

Polwarth

Victorian state election, 1985: Polwarth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ian Smith 16,907 54.5 −6.7
Labor Jeffery Rootes 8,401 29.4 −1.0
National David Seymour 4,626 16.2 +16.2
Total formal votes 28,608 98.4
Informal votes 453 1.6
Turnout 29,061 96.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ian Smith 19,539 68.3 +3.3
Labor Jeffery Rootes 9,069 31.7 −3.3
Liberal hold Swing +3.3

Portland

Victorian state election, 1985: Portland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Digby Crozier 13,562 50.3 −5.4
Labor William Sharrock 9,244 34.3 −4.2
National James Patterson 4,176 15.5 +15.5
Total formal votes 26,982 98.6
Informal votes 388 1.4
Turnout 27,370 94.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Digby Crozier 17,080 63.3 +4.7
Labor William Sharrock 9,902 36.7 −4.7
Liberal hold Swing +4.7

Prahran

Victorian state election, 1985: Prahran
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Don Hayward 14,582 53.4 +3.9
Labor Hendrik van Leeuwen 11,250 41.2 −3.4
Independent Norman Long 746 2.7 +2.7
Public Transport Alan Parker 714 2.6 +2.6
Total formal votes 27,292 97.2
Informal votes 788 2.8
Turnout 28,080 88.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Don Hayward 15,502 56.8 +5.1
Labor Hendrik van Leeuwen 11,790 43.2 −5.1
Liberal hold Swing +5.1

Preston

Victorian state election, 1985: Preston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Carl Kirkwood 19,473 69.6 −1.5
Liberal Mark Leaman 8,517 30.4 +20.0
Total formal votes 27,990 95.8
Informal votes 1,234 4.2
Turnout 29,224 91.3
Labor hold Swing −5.3

Reservoir

Victorian state election, 1985: Reservoir
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Simmonds 18,837 68.7 −2.2
Liberal Rae Kennett 8,597 31.3 +2.4
Total formal votes 27,434 95.8
Informal votes 1,209 4.2
Turnout 28,643 93.8
Labor hold Swing −2.4

Richmond

Victorian state election, 1985: Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Theo Sidiropoulos 18,396 71.4 +2.1
Liberal John Sevior 7,366 28.6 +10.0
Total formal votes 25,762 95.2
Informal votes 1,290 4.8
Turnout 27,052 87.1
Labor hold Swing −6.5

Ringwood

Victorian state election, 1985: Ringwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kay Setches 14,466 52.7 +5.5
Liberal Michael Dobson 12,986 47.3 +6.8
Total formal votes 27,452 97.9
Informal votes 593 2.1
Turnout 28,045 93.9
Labor hold Swing +0.1

Ripon

Victorian state election, 1985: Ripon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Tom Austin 15,861 56.5 +2.1
Labor John McQuilten 12,204 43.5 −2.0
Total formal votes 28,065 98.2
Informal votes 501 1.8
Turnout 28,566 95.5
Liberal hold Swing +2.0

Rodney

Victorian state election, 1985: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Eddie Hann 19,893 70.4 +8.2
Labor Denise MacDonald 5,430 19.2 −0.4
Liberal John Adams 2,917 10.3 −4.3
Total formal votes 28,240 98.6
Informal votes 393 1.4
Turnout 28,633 94.6
Two-party-preferred result
National Eddie Hann 22,620 80.1 +2.0
Labor Denise MacDonald 5,620 19.9 −2.0
National hold Swing +2.0

St Albans

Victorian state election, 1985: St Albans
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alex Andrianopoulos 19,642 71.0 −5.1
Liberal Martin Power 8,033 29.0 +6.4
Total formal votes 27,675 93.8
Informal votes 1,823 6.2
Turnout 29,498 93.4
Labor hold Swing −6.2

St Kilda

Victorian state election, 1985: St Kilda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Andrew McCutcheon 13,918 52.7 +3.6
Liberal Richard Stevenson 12,518 47.3 +4.4
Total formal votes 26,436 96.4
Informal votes 973 3.6
Turnout 27,409 88.9
Labor hold Swing +0.2

Sandringham

Victorian state election, 1985: Sandringham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Lea 15,330 54.9 +4.9
Labor Ann Corcoran 12,603 45.1 +1.3
Total formal votes 27,933 97.8
Informal votes 640 2.2
Turnout 28,573 92.8
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +2.3

Shepparton

Victorian state election, 1985: Shepparton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Peter Ross-Edwards 15,428 56.6 +9.0
Labor David Wauchope 7,090 26.0 −4.0
Liberal Alan Fitzgerald 4,721 17.3 −5.0
Total formal votes 27,239 98.0
Informal votes 545 2.0
Turnout 27,784 93.8
Two-party-preferred result
National Peter Ross-Edwards 19,830 72.8 +4.9
Labor David Wauchope 7,409 27.2 −4.9
National hold Swing +4.9

South Barwon

Victorian state election, 1985: South Barwon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Harley Dickinson 14,218 53.4 +3.8
Labor Harry Naylor 12,406 46.6 +2.8
Total formal votes 26,224 98.0
Informal votes 535 2.0
Turnout 27,159 95.8
Liberal hold Swing +1.0

Springvale

Victorian state election, 1985: Springvale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Eddie Micallef 15,207 57.0 +3.0
Liberal Therese Marley 11,465 43.0 +2.5
Total formal votes 26,672 95.9
Informal votes 1,130 4.1
Turnout 27,802 93.8
Labor hold Swing −0.8

Sunshine

Victorian state election, 1985: Sunshine
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Fogarty 19,032 71.1 −3.2
Liberal Aldous Hicks 7,748 28.9 +6.8
Total formal votes 26,780 95.5
Informal votes 1,251 4.5
Turnout 28,031 92.4
Labor hold Swing −5.1

Swan Hill

Victorian state election, 1985: Swan Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Barry Steggall 15,192 58.4 +38.6
Liberal Ian Ray 5,450 20.9 −35.7
Labor Ronald Stanton 5,388 20.7 +0.5
Total formal votes 26,030 98.5
Informal votes 398 1.5
Turnout 26,428 94.2
Two-party-preferred result
National Barry Steggall 20,199 77.6 +3.7
Labor Ronald Stanton 5,831 22.4 −3.7
National gain from Liberal Swing N/A
  • The two candidate preferred vote was not counted between the Liberal and National candidates for Swan Hill.

Syndal

Victorian state election, 1985: Syndal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Geoff Coleman 13,492 49.7 +6.3
Labor David Gray 12,862 47.4 +0.8
Independent Edward Hawthorn 773 2.9 +2.9
Total formal votes 27,127 97.5
Informal votes 696 2.5
Turnout 27,823 95.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Geoff Coleman 13,929 51.4 +1.5
Labor David Gray 13,198 48.6 −1.5
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +1.5

Thomastown

Victorian state election, 1985: Thomastown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Beth Gleeson 19,802 73.9 −1.0
Liberal Adam Barr 6,994 26.1 +11.4
Total formal votes 26,796 95.4
Informal votes 1,303 4.6
Turnout 28,099 94.5
Labor hold Swing −6.6

Wantirna

Victorian state election, 1985: Wantirna
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Carolyn Hirsh 14,624 55.3 +3.1
Liberal Karen Dettmann 11,838 44.7 +5.5
Total formal votes 26,462 97.3
Informal votes 724 2.7
Turnout 27,186 95.4
Labor hold Swing −2.1

Warrandyte

Victorian state election, 1985: Warrandyte
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Lou Hill 12,879 48.7 +3.1
Liberal Gracia Baylor 12,270 46.4 +4.8
Independent Timothy Connellan 1,275 4.8 +4.8
Total formal votes 26,424 98.2
Informal votes 483 1.8
Turnout 26,907 94.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Lou Hill 13,254 50.2 −4.5
Liberal Gracia Baylor 13,167 49.8 +4.5
Labor hold Swing −4.5

Warrnambool

Victorian state election, 1985: Warrnambool
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Adam Kempton 11,417 41.4 −17.7
National John McGrath 8,871 32.2 +32.2
Labor Peter Cox 7,265 26.4 −8.6
Total formal votes 27,553 99.0
Informal votes 288 1.0
Turnout 27,841 94.7
Two-party-preferred result
National John McGrath 18,130 65.8 +0.7
Labor Peter Cox 9,423 34.2 −0.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
National John McGrath 15,578 56.5 +56.5
Liberal Adam Kempton 11,975 43.5 −21.6
National gain from Liberal Swing N/A

Werribee

Victorian state election, 1985: Werribee
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ken Coghill 14,376 53.8 −8.6
Liberal Thomas Hudson 10,268 38.4 +8.4
Weekend Trading Robert Wolstenholme 2,083 7.8 +7.8
Total formal votes 26,727 97.8
Informal votes 592 2.2
Turnout 27,319 92.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ken Coghill 15,021 56.2 −10.4
Liberal Thomas Hudson 11,706 43.8 +10.4
Labor hold Swing −10.4

Whittlesea

Victorian state election, 1985: Whittlesea
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Max McDonald 15,209 54.6 +3.6
Liberal Haydn Gregson 12,640 45.4 +2.8
Total formal votes 27,849 97.7
Informal votes 652 2.3
Turnout 28,501 94.4
Labor hold Swing −1.1

Williamstown

Victorian state election, 1985: Williamstown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Gordon Stirling 19,014 68.8 +0.6
Liberal David Allan 8,633 31.2 +5.3
Total formal votes 27,647 96.2
Informal votes 1,094 3.8
Turnout 28,741 93.3
Labor hold Swing −2.8

See also

References

  1. ^ "Election held on 2 March 1985". Australian Politics and Elections Database. University of Western Australia.
  2. ^ Statistics relating to the general election held on 2 March 1985 : together with summary of provisions relating to qualifications and enrolment of electors, postal voting, absent voting, unerolled voting, &c. / prepared by the Chief Electoral Officer for the State of Victoria. Victorian Electoral Office. 1985.
  3. ^ "Cain's Historic Win - Legislative Assembly Results". The Age. 4 March 1985. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
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