Results of the 1970 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly)

Victorian state election, 30 May 1970^[1] Legislative Assembly << 1967–1973 >>
Enrolled voters		1,827,595
Votes cast		1,728,363		Turnout	94.57	+0.3
Informal votes		55,141		Informal	3.19	+0.03
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	693,105	41.42	+3.52	22	+6
	Liberal	614,094	36.70	-0.79	42	-2
	Democratic Labor	222,591	13.30	-0.99	0	±0
	Country	107,011	6.40	-2.25	8	-4
	Independent	28,758	1.72	+0.14	1	±0
	Other	7,663	0.46	+0.37	0	±0
Total		1,673,222			73
Two-party-preferred
	Liberal	905,987	54.2	–4.2
	Labor	767,055	45.8	+4.2

This is a list of electoral district results for the Victorian 1970 election.

Results by electoral district

Albert Park

1970 Victorian state election: Albert Park^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Val Doube	11,583	57.8	−2.1
	Liberal	Wallace Cameron	5,768	28.8	+5.9
	Democratic Labor	Monica McGeoch	2,692	13.4	−3.8
Total formal votes			20,043	95.4	+0.1
Informal votes			960	4.6	−0.1
Turnout			21,003	92.4	+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Val Doube	11,987	59.8	−2.7
	Liberal	Wallace Cameron	8,056	40.2	+2.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.7

Ballarat North

1970 Victorian state election: Ballarat North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tom Evans	11,266	49.5	−0.6
	Labor	Kevin Flynn	7,971	35.0	+2.1
	Democratic Labor	Walter Brown	3,522	15.5	−0.6
Total formal votes			22,759	98.1	−0.0
Informal votes			447	1.9	+0.0
Turnout			23,206	96.1	−0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tom Evans	14,350	63.8	−0.7
	Labor	Kevin Flynn	8,229	36.2	+0.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.7

Ballarat South

1970 Victorian state election: Ballarat South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Stephen	9,530	44.2	+0.7
	Labor	Tom Cullen	8,467	39.3	+0.1
	Democratic Labor	Francis Brown	3,563	16.5	−0.8
Total formal votes			21,560	97.6	+0.3
Informal votes			525	2.4	−0.3
Turnout			22,085	95.7	+0.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Stephen	12,094	56.1	+0.3
	Labor	Tom Cullen	9,466	43.9	−0.3

Balwyn

1970 Victorian state election: Balwyn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alex Taylor	13,528	54.5	−3.5
	Labor	Donald Phelan	7,972	32.1	+2.1
	Democratic Labor	John Hansen	3,310	13.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			25,326	98.0	0.0
Informal votes			516	2.0	0.0
Turnout			25,326	93.4	0.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alex Taylor	16,342	65.9	−2.3
	Labor	Donald Phelan	8,468	34.1	+2.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.3

Bellarine

1970 Victorian state election: Bellarine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Aurel Smith	10,682	46.5	−4.1
	Labor	Francis Brady	9,547	41.6	+4.5
	Democratic Labor	James Crockett	2,740	11.9	−0.4
Total formal votes			22,969	98.1	+0.2
Informal votes			439	1.9	−0.2
Turnout			23,408	95.6	+0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Aurel Smith	12,999	56.6	−3.5
	Labor	Francis Brady	9,466	43.4	+3.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.5

Benalla

1970 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Tom Trewin	7,981	46.1	−6.0
	Labor	John Coutts	3,762	21.8	+2.9
	Liberal	Dulcie Brack	3,503	20.2	+3.0
	Democratic Labor	Christopher Cody	2,053	11.9	+0.1
Total formal votes			17,299	97.5	−0.1
Informal votes			438	2.5	+0.1
Turnout			17,737	95.9	−0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Tom Trewin	13,043	75.4	−2.2
	Labor	John Coutts	4,256	24.6	+2.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Tom Trewin	9,399	54.3	−23.3
	Liberal	Dulcie Brack	7,900	45.7	+45.7
	Country hold		Swing	−2.2

Benambra

1970 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Tom Mitchell	8,233	47.3	−7.4
	Labor	Edwin Ure	4,365	25.1	+5.0
	Liberal	Robert Prior	1,849	10.6	−2.0
	Democratic Labor	Francis Keenan	1,803	10.4	−2.2
	Independent	John Hicks	1,164	6.7	+6.7
Total formal votes			17,414	96.3	−1.1
Informal votes			663	3.7	+1.1
Turnout			18,077	95.1	−0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Tom Mitchell	12,334	70.8	−6.0
	Labor	Edwin Ure	5,080	29.2	+6.0
	Country hold		Swing	−6.0

Bendigo

1970 Victorian state election: Bendigo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kevin Curran	9,991	44.6	+4.3
	Liberal	Robert Trethewey	8,960	40.0	+7.9
	Democratic Labor	Paul Brennan	3,435	15.3	+0.5
Total formal votes			22,386	98.4	+0.6
Informal votes			360	1.6	−0.6
Turnout			22,746	95.9	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Robert Trethewey	11,740	52.4	+1.7
	Labor	Kevin Curran	10,646	47.6	−1.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.7

Bennettswood

1970 Victorian state election: Bennettswood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian McLaren	11,463	44.7	−3.7
	Labor	Cyril Kennedy	11,225	43.8	+4.9
	Democratic Labor	James Tighe	2,946	11.5	−1.2
Total formal votes			25,634	98.0	+0.3
Informal votes			530	2.0	−0.3
Turnout			26,164	95.3	+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian McLaren	14,152	55.2	−4.9
	Labor	Cyril Kennedy	11,482	44.8	+4.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.9

Bentleigh

1970 Victorian state election: Bentleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bob Suggett	10,689	43.4	+5.4
	Labor	Kenneth Williams	9,311	37.8	+4.3
	Democratic Labor	Peter Madden	2,655	10.8	+0.1
	Independent	Noel Allen	1,237	5.0	+5.0
	Independent	Mary Ovenden	719	2.9	+2.9
Total formal votes			24,611	96.7	−0.9
Informal votes			838	3.3	+0.9
Turnout			25,449	95.5	+0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bob Suggett	14,452	58.7	−3.5
	Labor	Kenneth Williams	10,159	41.3	+3.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.5

Box Hill

1970 Victorian state election: Box Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Reid	15,356	45.6	−3.3
	Labor	Maurice Sevior	12,451	37.0	+4.7
	Democratic Labor	James Marmion	4,482	13.3	−2.3
	Independent	John Clarkson	1,365	4.1	+4.1
Total formal votes			32,792	97.5	−0.2
Informal votes			862	2.5	+0.2
Turnout			33,654	95.3	+0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	George Reid	20,521	61.0	−3.5
	Labor	Maurice Sevior	12,271	39.0	+3.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.5

Brighton

1970 Victorian state election: Brighton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Rossiter	9,812	43.7	−16.3
	Labor	Peter Hansen	7,048	31.4	+4.6
	Independent	Malcolm Wallace-Mitchell	3,562	15.8	+15.8
	Democratic Labor	Keith Linard	2,053	9.1	−4.0
Total formal votes			22,475	97.8	+0.3
Informal votes			516	2.2	−0.3
Turnout			22,991	93.0	−0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Rossiter	14,742	65.6	−5.6
	Labor	Peter Hansen	7,733	34.4	+5.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.6

Broadmeadows

1970 Victorian state election: Broadmeadows
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Wilton	18,270	58.0	+2.9
	Liberal	Howard Thain	6,884	21.9	−4.5
	Democratic Labor	Francis Dowling	6,332	20.1	+1.6
Total formal votes			31,486	94.8	−1.1
Informal votes			1,742	5.2	+1.1
Turnout			33,228	95.6	+2.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Wilton	19,220	61.0	+3.1
	Liberal	Howard Thain	12,266	39.0	−3.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.1

Brunswick East

1970 Victorian state election: Brunswick East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Bornstein	12,384	60.5	+5.0
	Liberal	James Guest	5,151	25.1	+1.4
	Democratic Labor	Anthony Staunton	2,949	14.4	+0.3
Total formal votes			20,484	93.3	+1.0
Informal votes			1,463	6.7	−1.0
Turnout			21,947	92.4	−0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	David Bornstein	12,826	62.6	+1.6
	Liberal	James Guest	7,658	37.4	−1.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.6

Brunswick West

1970 Victorian state election: Brunswick West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Campbell Turnbull	10,737	51.2	+1.6
	Liberal	Walter Dale	7,099	33.8	+2.6
	Democratic Labor	John Flint	3,153	15.0	−4.2
Total formal votes			20,989	95.8	0.0
Informal votes			912	4.2	0.0
Turnout			21,901	95.0	+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Campbell Turnbull	11,209	53.4	+2.2
	Liberal	Walter Dale	9,780	46.6	−2.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.2

Camberwell

1970 Victorian state election: Camberwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Vernon Wilcox	12,159	54.1	−5.6
	Labor	Allan McDonald	7,392	32.9	+6.7
	Democratic Labor	Joseph Stanley	2,901	12.9	−1.2
Total formal votes			22,452	97.8	+0.2
Informal votes			496	2.2	−0.2
Turnout			22,948	92.8	0.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Vernon Wilcox	14,625	65.1	−6.6
	Labor	Allan McDonald	7,827	34.9	+6.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.6

Caulfield

1970 Victorian state election: Caulfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edgar Tanner	11,334	48.4	−2.5
	Labor	George Papadopoulos	7,394	31.6	−2.3
	Democratic Labor	Peter Grant	2,872	12.3	−2.9
	Independent	Evelyn Janover	1,827	7.8	+7.8
Total formal votes			23,427	95.9	−0.5
Informal votes			1,006	4.1	+0.5
Turnout			24,433	91.5	−0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Edgar Tanner	14,738	62.9	−0.9
	Labor	George Papadopoulos	8,689	37.1	+0.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.9

Coburg

1970 Victorian state election: Coburg
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Cox	8,236	38.8	−1.0
	Independent	Jack Mutton	5,728	27.3	+6.4
	Liberal	Joan Mathieson	4,627	21.8	−2.8
	Democratic Labor	Peter McCabe	2,616	12.3	−2.5
Total formal votes			21,207	95.8	+0.1
Informal votes			931	4.2	−0.1
Turnout			22,138	95.1	−0.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Jack Mutton	12,480	58.8	+0.4
	Labor	Frank Cox	8,727	41.2	−0.4
	Independent hold		Swing	+0.4

Dandenong

1970 Victorian state election: Dandenong
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alan Lind	15,627	51.4	+8.4
	Liberal	Wallace Werrett	10,706	35.2	−6.4
	Democratic Labor	Kevin Leydon	4,102	13.5	−1.8
Total formal votes			30,435	96.9	0.0
Informal votes			983	3.1	0.0
Turnout			31,418	95.8	+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Alan Lind	16,242	53.4	+6.6
	Liberal	Wallace Werrett	14,193	46.6	−6.6
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.6

Deer Park

1970 Victorian state election: Deer Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Ginifer	18,115	54.7	+1.5
	Liberal	Douglas Reinehr	8,800	26.6	+0.1
	Democratic Labor	John Cate	6,219	18.7	−0.1
Total formal votes			33,134	93.4	−1.1
Informal votes			2,355	6.6	+1.1
Turnout			35,489	95.7	+1.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Ginifer	19,048	57.5	+0.7
	Liberal	Douglas Reinehr	14,086	42.5	−0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.7

Dromana

1970 Victorian state election: Dromana
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roberts Dunstan	11,520	54.5	−0.8
	Labor	Neil McIntosh	7,239	34.3	+4.7
	Democratic Labor	Josephus Gobel	2,369	11.2	+1.7
Total formal votes			21,128	97.8	−0.1
Informal votes			484	2.2	+0.1
Turnout			21,612	93.9	−0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Roberts Dunstan	13,534	64.1	−4.3
	Labor	Neil McIntosh	7,594	35.9	+4.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.3

Dundas

1970 Victorian state election: Dundas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edward Lewis	5,884	34.2	−0.5
	Liberal	William McDonald	5,145	29.9	−3.0
	Country	Alexander McLennan	3,530	20.5	−2.0
	Democratic Labor	James Eveston	1,424	8.3	−1.7
	Defence of Government Schools	Alma Crouch	1,045	6.1	+6.1
	Independent	John Moodie	159	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			17,187	96.4	−1.8
Informal votes			641	3.6	+1.8
Turnout			17,828	96.7	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Edward Lewis	9,211	53.6	+5.6
	Liberal	William McDonald	7,976	46.4	−5.6
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+5.6

Essendon

1970 Victorian state election: Essendon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ronald Kennelly	11,137	45.7	+4.5
	Liberal	Kenneth Wheeler	9,125	37.4	−2.1
	Democratic Labor	Kevin Digby	4,103	16.8	−1.7
Total formal votes			24,365	96.8	−1.4
Informal votes			815	3.2	+1.4
Turnout			25,180	95.4	−1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Kenneth Wheeler	12,342	50.7	−4.7
	Labor	Ronald Kennelly	12,023	49.3	+4.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.7

Evelyn

1970 Victorian state election: Evelyn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Russell Stokes	8,711	44.6	+2.9
	Labor	Raymond Donkin	8,414	43.1	+9.4
	Democratic Labor	Alfred Gerrard	1,643	8.4	−0.7
	Independent	Maurice Smith	766	3.9	+3.9
Total formal votes			19,534	97.4	+0.7
Informal votes			528	2.6	−0.7
Turnout			20,062	94.6	+0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Russell Stokes	10,526	53.9	−6.9
	Labor	Raymond Donkin	9,008	46.1	+6.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.9

Footscray

1970 Victorian state election: Footscray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robert Fordham	13,517	61.4	−2.8
	Liberal	Claus Brumm	5,782	26.3	+8.7
	Democratic Labor	Robin Thomas	2,706	12.3	−5.9
Total formal votes			22,005	94.7	−0.5
Informal votes			1,231	5.3	+0.5
Turnout			23,236	95.0	+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Robert Fordham	13,923	63.3	−4.6
	Liberal	Claus Brumm	8,082	36.7	+4.6
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.6

Frankston

1970 Victorian state election: Frankston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Meagher	16,191	48.0	−2.1
	Labor	Mervyn Vogt	13,198	39.1	+0.6
	Democratic Labor	John Glynn	4,367	12.9	+1.4
Total formal votes			33,756	97.6	+0.2
Informal votes			845	2.4	−0.2
Turnout			34,601	94.0	−0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Edward Meagher	20,096	59.5	−0.3
	Labor	Mervyn Vogt	13,660	40.5	+0.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.3

Geelong

1970 Victorian state election: Geelong
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hayden Birrell	9,823	45.8	−2.5
	Labor	John Woolfe	8,741	40.8	+2.4
	Democratic Labor	John Timberlake	2,884	13.4	+0.1
Total formal votes			21,448	97.9	+0.2
Informal votes			468	2.1	−0.2
Turnout			21,916	95.1	+1.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Hayden Birrell	12,439	58.0	−1.6
	Labor	John Woolfe	9,009	42.0	+1.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.6

Geelong North

1970 Victorian state election: Geelong North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Neil Trezise	13,939	59.7	+0.6
	Liberal	Graeme Hawkins	6,678	28.6	+0.4
	Democratic Labor	James Jordan	2,725	11.7	−1.0
Total formal votes			22,703	97.3	+0.2
Informal votes			639	2.7	−0.2
Turnout			23,342	95.1	+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Neil Trezise	14,348	61.5	+0.5
	Liberal	Graeme Hawkins	8,994	38.5	−0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.5

Gippsland East

1970 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Bruce Evans	6,570	36.9	−13.2
	Labor	Philip Grech	4,628	26.0	+4.5
	Liberal	Keith Mason	4,367	24.5	+9.4
	Democratic Labor	Frank Burns	2,226	12.5	−0.7
Total formal votes			17,791	97.3	−0.3
Informal votes			498	2.7	+0.3
Turnout			18,289	94.4	+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Bruce Evans	12,601	70.8	−4.2
	Labor	Philip Grech	5,190	29.2	+4.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Bruce Evans	11,579	65.1	−9.9
	Liberal	Keith Mason	6,212	34.9	+9.9
	Country hold		Swing	−9.9

Gippsland South

1970 Victorian state election: Gippsland South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John Vinall	6,886	37.7	−19.6
	Liberal	James Taylor	4,944	27.1	+14.8
	Labor	Thomas Matthews	4,160	22.8	+4.7
	Democratic Labor	John Condon	2,252	12.4	+1.3
Total formal votes			18,242	97.7	+1.1
Informal votes			437	2.3	−1.1
Turnout			18,679	94.5	+1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	James Taylor	12,904	70.7	−7.7
	Labor	Thomas Matthews	5,338	29.3	+7.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	James Taylor	10,273	56.3	+56.3
	Country	John Vinall	7,969	43.7	−34.7
	Liberal gain from Country		Swing	N/A

Gippsland West

1970 Victorian state election: Gippsland West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rob Maclellan	6,066	34.8	+8.4
	Labor	James Hudson	5,162	29.7	+3.9
	Country	Robert Anderson	4,195	24.1	−10.8
	Democratic Labor	Michael Houlihan	1,982	11.4	−0.5
Total formal votes			17,405	97.7	+0.5
Informal votes			407	2.3	−0.5
Turnout			17,812	95.4	−0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Rob Maclellan	9,161	52.6	+16.0
	Labor	James Hudson	8,244	47.4	+47.4
	Liberal gain from Country		Swing	N/A

Gisborne

1970 Victorian state election: Gisborne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Julian Doyle	10,473	47.2	+5.0
	Labor	Robert Harrison	8,457	38.1	+8.6
	Democratic Labor	Raymond Studham	2,885	13.0	−3.4
	Independent	Roy Hartley	389	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			22,204	97.1	+2.2
Informal votes			658	2.9	−2.2
Turnout			22,862	94.6	+1.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Julian Doyle	13,282	59.8	−5.4
	Labor	Robert Harrison	8,922	40.2	+5.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.4

Glen Iris

1970 Victorian state election: Glen Iris
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim MacDonald	12,261	53.6	−2.4
	Labor	Douglas Gammon	7,942	34.7	+5.3
	Democratic Labor	John Preece	2,657	11.6	−3.0
Total formal votes			22,860	97.9	+0.3
Informal votes			479	2.1	−0.3
Turnout			23,339	93.4	−0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jim MacDonald	14,519	63.5	−5.0
	Labor	Douglas Gammon	8,341	36.5	+5.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.0

Glenhuntly

1970 Victorian state election: Glenhuntly
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joe Rafferty	11,342	45.4	−1.9
	Labor	Anthony Miller	9,894	39.6	+1.2
	Democratic Labor	Raymond Murphy	3,770	15.1	+0.8
Total formal votes			25,006	96.5	−0.7
Informal votes			897	3.5	+0.7
Turnout			25,903	93.2	−0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Joe Rafferty	14,033	56.1	−4.0
	Labor	Anthony Miller	10,973	43.9	+4.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.0

Greensborough

1970 Victorian state election: Greensborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Fell	15,026	44.3	+1.5
	Liberal	Monte Vale	12,087	35.7	−4.5
	Democratic Labor	Raymond Morrissey	4,132	12.2	−4.8
	Defence of Government Schools	Dorothy Frost	2,661	7.9	+7.9
Total formal votes			33,906	97.8	+0.1
Informal votes			748	2.2	−0.1
Turnout			34,654	95.4	+1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Fell	17,642	52.0	+5.3
	Liberal	Monte Vale	16,264	48.0	−5.3
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+5.3

Hampden

1970 Victorian state election: Hampden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Bolte	7,292	42.9	−1.7
	Labor	Vincent Ayres	5,288	31.1	+6.3
	Country	Gilbert Anderson	2,746	16.2	−0.8
	Democratic Labor	Francis O'Brien	1,668	9.8	+0.2
Total formal votes			16,994	98.3	+1.2
Informal votes			295	1.7	−1.2
Turnout			17,289	96.1	−0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Henry Bolte	11,181	65.8	−6.0
	Labor	Vincent Ayres	5,813	34.2	+6.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.0

Hawthorn

1970 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Walter Jona	10,285	46.0	−1.7
	Labor	David Andrews	9,313	41.7	+6.2
	Democratic Labor	Bernard Gaynor	2,749	12.3	−4.5
Total formal votes			22,347	96.8	0.0
Informal votes			734	3.2	0.0
Turnout			23,081	92.4	+0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Walter Jona	12,652	56.6	−3.0
	Labor	David Andrews	9,695	43.4	+3.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.0

Heatherton

1970 Victorian state election: Heatherton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kenneth Bathie	13,422	44.9	+2.2
	Liberal	Norman Billing	11,298	37.8	−4.6
	Democratic Labor	Joseph O'Neill	3,786	12.7	−2.2
	Independent	Herman Crowther	1,408	4.7	+4.7
Total formal votes			29,914	96.3	−0.5
Informal votes			1,142	3.7	+0.5
Turnout			31,056	95.2	+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Norman Billing	15,069	50.4	−3.4
	Labor	Kenneth Bathie	14,845	49.6	+3.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.4

Ivanhoe

1970 Victorian state election: Ivanhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Rich	10,718	44.0	+3.9
	Liberal	Vernon Christie	10,211	41.9	−1.2
	Democratic Labor	Michael Lucy	3,444	14.1	0.0
Total formal votes			24,373	97.4	−0.1
Informal votes			658	2.6	+0.1
Turnout			25,031	93.9	−0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Vernon Christie	13,312	54.6	−2.6
	Labor	Thomas Rich	11,061	45.4	+2.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.6

Kara Kara

1970 Victorian state election: Kara Kara^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Esmond Curnow	5,508	34.3	+7.5
	Country	Bill Phelan	4,721	29.4	−7.4
	Liberal	Bruce Thornhill	4,352	27.1	+0.6
	Democratic Labor	Robert O'Connor	1,500	9.3	−0.5
Total formal votes			16,081	98.3	−0.6
Informal votes			282	1.7	+0.6
Turnout			16,363	97.0	+0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Esmond Curnow	8,873	55.2	+55.2
	Liberal	Bruce Thornhill	7,208	44.8	+7.4
	Labor gain from Country		Swing	N/A

Kew

1970 Victorian state election: Kew
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Rylah	9,692	41.7	−12.9
	Labor	Rosslyn Ives	5,987	25.8	−1.1
	Democratic Labor	Francis Duffy	3,212	13.8	−4.7
	Independent	Bertram Wainer	2,624	11.3	+11.3
	Independent	Dorothy Buchanan	1,727	7.4	+7.4
Total formal votes			23,242	96.8	−0.4
Informal votes			756	3.2	+0.4
Turnout			23,998	93.0	−0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Arthur Rylah	13,808	59.4	−10.9
	Labor	Rosslyn Ives	9,434	40.6	+10.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	−10.9

Lowan

1970 Victorian state election: Lowan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim McCabe	6,008	33.9	−6.2
	Country	Ray Buckley	5,754	32.5	−1.1
	Labor	Gustav Lehmann	4,714	26.6	+5.9
	Democratic Labor	John Giles	1,240	7.0	+1.4
Total formal votes			17,716	98.3	−0.3
Informal votes			304	1.7	+0.3
Turnout			18,020	97.1	+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jim McCabe	12,241	69.1	−5.9
	Labor	Gustav Lehmann	5,475	30.9	+5.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Jim McCabe	9,940	56.1	+8.8
	Country	Ray Buckley	7,776	43.9	−8.8
	Liberal gain from Country		Swing	+8.8

Malvern

1970 Victorian state election: Malvern
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lindsay Thompson	13,801	60.6	−3.0
	Labor	Christopher Gaffney	6,670	29.3	+5.4
	Democratic Labor	Thomas O'Reilly	2,303	10.1	−2.4
Total formal votes			22,774	97.3	−0.1
Informal votes			624	2.7	+0.1
Turnout			23,398	90.6	−0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Lindsay Thompson	15,759	69.2	−5.0
	Labor	Christopher Gaffney	7,015	30.8	+5.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.0

Melbourne

1970 Victorian state election: Melbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Clarey	12,768	60.5	+0.9
	Liberal	Allan Waite	5,428	25.7	+0.6
	Democratic Labor	Michael McMahon	2,908	13.8	−1.5
Total formal votes			21,104	94.2	0.0
Informal votes			1,289	5.8	0.0
Turnout			22,393	90.8	+2.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Arthur Clarey	13,204	62.6	+0.7
	Liberal	Allan Waite	7,900	37.4	−0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.7

Mentone

1970 Victorian state election: Mentone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Henry Woodley	10,772	43.6	+2.0
	Liberal	Bill Templeton	10,207	41.3	−0.6
	Democratic Labor	Kathleen Andrews	3,730	15.1	+1.2
Total formal votes			24,709	97.7	+0.4
Informal votes			593	2.3	−0.4
Turnout			25,302	94.0	−0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Templeton	13,631	55.2	−0.1
	Labor	Henry Woodley	11,078	44.8	+0.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.1

Midlands

1970 Victorian state election: Midlands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Les Shilton	9,156	43.0	−3.1
	Liberal	William Turnor	6,617	31.1	+3.8
	Democratic Labor	Francis Hill	2,785	13.1	+3.5
	Country	Leston Laity	2,731	12.8	−2.3
Total formal votes			21,289	97.8	+0.5
Informal votes			478	2.2	−0.5
Turnout			21,767	94.1	+1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Les Shilton	11,234	52.8	+1.8
	Liberal	William Turnor	10,055	47.2	−1.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.8

Mildura

1970 Victorian state election: Mildura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Milton Whiting	7,014	40.8	−9.7
	Labor	Lance Fraser	6,814	39.7	+9.5
	Democratic Labor	John Conroy	1,759	10.2	−0.2
	Liberal	Kevin Coogan	1,600	9.3	+0.4
Total formal votes			17,187	96.5	−0.6
Informal votes			614	3.5	+0.6
Turnout			17,801	95.2	−0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Milton Whiting	9,551	55.6	−11.8
	Labor	Lance Fraser	7,636	44.4	+11.8
	Country hold		Swing	−11.8

Mitcham

1970 Victorian state election: Mitcham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Hyslop	11,146	41.3	+0.1
	Liberal	Dorothy Goble	10,693	39.6	−6.2
	Democratic Labor	Marianne Crowe	3,294	12.2	−0.8
	Defence of Government Schools	Ray Nilsen	1,870	6.9	+6.9
Total formal votes			27,003	97.2	−0.7
Informal votes			774	2.8	+0.7
Turnout			27,777	94.8	−0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Dorothy Goble	14,122	52.3	−4.7
	Labor	John Hyslop	12,881	47.7	+4.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.7

Monbulk

1970 Victorian state election: Monbulk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Borthwick	12,582	47.3	−3.6
	Labor	James Simmonds	11,151	41.9	+5.6
	Democratic Labor	George Noone	2,865	10.8	−0.8
Total formal votes			26,598	97.1	+0.3
Informal votes			791	2.9	−0.3
Turnout			27,389	94.1	+0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Borthwick	15,079	56.7	−4.6
	Labor	James Simmonds	11,519	43.3	+4.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.6

Moonee Ponds

1970 Victorian state election: Moonee Ponds
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Edmunds	12,146	52.6	+5.0
	Liberal	John Williams	7,485	32.4	−0.1
	Democratic Labor	Barry O'Brien	3,479	15.0	0.0
Total formal votes			23,110	96.1	0.0
Informal votes			934	3.9	0.0
Turnout			24,044	95.2	+1.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tom Edmunds	12,668	54.8	+3.5
	Liberal	John Williams	10,442	45.2	−3.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.5

Moorabbin

1970 Victorian state election: Moorabbin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Llew Reese	11,341	44.6	−1.5
	Labor	Harry Rourke	10,527	41.4	+3.5
	Democratic Labor	Salvatore Pinzone	3,562	14.0	−2.0
Total formal votes			25,340	97.4	−0.1
Informal votes			688	2.6	+0.1
Turnout			26,118	95.3	+0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Llew Reese	14,573	57.3	−3.6
	Labor	Harry Rourke	10,857	42.7	+3.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.6

Morwell

1970 Victorian state election: Morwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Derek Amos	10,923	49.0	+7.2
	Liberal	Archie Tanner	6,012	27.0	+6.2
	Country	James Wyeth	2,854	12.8	−11.3
	Democratic Labor	Thomas Lawless	2,505	11.2	−2.1
Total formal votes			22,294	97.5	+0.2
Informal votes			578	2.5	−0.2
Turnout			22,872	95.1	−0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Derek Amos	12,915	57.9	+9.2
	Liberal	Archie Tanner	9,379	42.1	−9.2
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+9.2

Murray Valley

1970 Victorian state election: Murray Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	George Moss	6,583	36.8	−16.8
	Liberal	Robert Crosby	4,909	27.5	+12.6
	Labor	Valda Reid	4,231	23.7	+4.8
	Democratic Labor	John Patterson	2,139	12.0	−0.6
Total formal votes			17,862	97.0	+0.1
Informal votes			557	3.0	−0.1
Turnout			18,419	94.5	0.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	George Moss	13,016	72.9	−4.8
	Labor	Valda Reid	4,846	27.1	+4.8
	Country hold		Swing	−4.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	George Moss	11,041	61.8	−15.9
	Liberal	Robert Crosby	6,821	38.2	+38.2
	Country hold		Swing	−15.9

Narracan

1970 Victorian state election: Narracan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Wilfred Bartholomeusz	8,125	38.8	+8.3
	Liberal	Jim Balfour	7,632	36.4	−3.7
	Country	Reinhardt Reuter	3,895	13.8	−4.0
	Democratic Labor	Peter Saunders	2,312	11.0	−0.5
Total formal votes			20,964	97.4	−0.2
Informal votes			554	2.6	+0.2
Turnout			21,518	95.4	−0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jim Balfour	10,643	50.8	−15.2
	Labor	Wilfred Bartholomeusz	10,321	49.2	+15.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−15.2

Northcote

1970 Victorian state election: Northcote
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Wilkes	13,061	61.0	+6.9
	Democratic Labor	Albert Dowsey	8,338	39.0	+23.2
Total formal votes			21,399	94.3	−1.9
Informal votes			1,287	5.7	+1.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.5

Oakleigh

1970 Victorian state election: Oakleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alan Scanlan	11,050	47.8	+1.7
	Labor	Anthony Scarcella	9,108	39.4	−1.1
	Democratic Labor	Bernard Slattery	2,978	12.9	−0.5
Total formal votes			23,136	96.8	+1.7
Informal votes			753	3.2	−1.7
Turnout			23,889	94.9	−0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alan Scanlan	13,560	58.6	+0.6
	Labor	Anthony Scarcella	9,576	41.4	−0.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.6

Polwarth

1970 Victorian state election: Polwarth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cec Burgin	6,991	40.2	−8.6
	Country	Douglas Wade	4,891	28.1	+9.2
	Labor	John O'Brien	3,746	21.5	+1.7
	Democratic Labor	Leonard Eyre	1,777	10.2	−2.4
Total formal votes			17,405	98.1	+0.4
Informal votes			340	1.9	−0.4
Turnout			17,745	96.9	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Cec Burgin	10,213	58.7	−18.9
	Labor	John O'Brien	7,192	41.3	+18.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Cec Burgin	8,771	50.4	−27.2
	Country	Douglas Wade	8,634	49.6	+49.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Portland

1970 Victorian state election: Portland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Lewis	6,807	38.3	+5.6
	Liberal	Don McKellar	5,726	32.2	+3.1
	Country	Alma Uebergang	3,681	20.7	−8.1
	Democratic Labor	Adrian McInerney	1,547	8.7	−0.8
Total formal votes			17,761	98.5	+0.4
Informal votes			272	1.5	−0.4
Turnout			18,033	96.7	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Lewis	9,371	52.8	+6.4
	Liberal	Don McKellar	8,390	47.2	−6.4
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.4

Prahran

1970 Victorian state election: Prahran
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sam Loxton	9,188	42.1	−2.3
	Labor	Ivan Trayling	8,681	39.8	+4.2
	Democratic Labor	John Johnston	1,877	8.6	0.0
	Independent	James Banks	1,460	6.7	+6.7
	Defence of Government Schools	David Tuck	601	2.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			21,807	95.2	+0.2
Informal votes			1,092	4.8	−0.2
Turnout			22,899	88.7	−0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Sam Loxton	11,983	55.0	+1.2
	Labor	Ivan Trayling	9,824	45.0	−1.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.2

Preston

1970 Victorian state election: Preston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Carl Kirkwood	11,958	54.5	+3.7
	Liberal	Bruce Spicer	6,127	27.9	−3.0
	Democratic Labor	Maurice Horwood	3,844	17.5	−0.8
Total formal votes			21,929	95.3	−0.3
Informal votes			1,071	4.7	+0.3
Turnout			23,000	94.7	−0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Carl Kirkwood	12,534	57.1	+3.6
	Liberal	Bruce Spicer	9,395	42.9	−3.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.6

Reservoir

1970 Victorian state election: Reservoir
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Simmonds	13,595	55.3	+0.2
	Liberal	Robert Pritchard	6,442	26.2	−1.6
	Democratic Labor	Joseph Fitzgerald	4,560	18.5	+4.0
Total formal votes			24,597	95.9	+0.1
Informal votes			1,053	4.1	−0.1
Turnout			25,650	95.9	0.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Simmonds	14,279	58.0	−1.3
	Liberal	Robert Pritchard	10,318	42.0	+1.3
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.3

Richmond

1970 Victorian state election: Richmond
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clyde Holding	11,629	63.8	+2.4
	Liberal	Ronald Turner	3,204	17.6	+1.5
	Democratic Labor	Terence Scully	2,531	13.9	−8.5
Total formal votes			18,221	92.9	−1.0
Informal votes			1,381	7.1	+1.0
Turnout			19,602	91.9	+0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Clyde Holding	12,437	68.3	+3.5
	Liberal	Ronald Turner	5,784	31.7	−3.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.5

Ringwood

1970 Victorian state election: Ringwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Manson	13,848	47.3	−3.1
	Labor	Beatrice Rosindell	12,166	41.6	+6.6
	Democratic Labor	Edmund Sablovs	3,268	11.2	−3.4
Total formal votes			29,282	97.8	+0.2
Informal votes			666	2.2	−0.2
Turnout			29,948	95.2	+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jim Manson	16,626	56.8	−6.0
	Labor	Beatrice Rosindell	12,656	43.2	+6.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.0

Rodney

1970 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Russell McDonald	8,972	49.7	−9.3
	Labor	Doris Best	3,677	20.4	+7.8
	Liberal	Ian Biggar	3,417	18.9	+3.7
	Democratic Labor	Patrick Hansen	2,002	11.1	−2.1
Total formal votes			18,068	97.3	−0.1
Informal votes			494	2.7	+0.1
Turnout			18,562	96.5	−0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Russell McDonald	13,776	76.2	−7.7
	Labor	Doris Best	4,292	23.8	+7.7
	Country hold		Swing	−7.7

St Kilda

1970 Victorian state election: St Kilda
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brian Dixon	10,318	46.0	−5.5
	Labor	David Bottomley	9,031	40.3	+4.3
	Democratic Labor	John Hughes	2,123	9.5	−2.9
	Defence of Government Schools	Lancelot Hutchinson	775	3.5	+3.5
	Independent	Neville Penton	180	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			22,427	95.0	−0.9
Informal votes			1,177	5.0	+0.9
Turnout			23,604	91.6	+2.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Brian Dixon	12,541	55.9	−6.2
	Labor	David Bottomley	9,886	44.1	+6.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.2

Sandringham

1970 Victorian state election: Sandringham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Max Crellin	12,093	51.1	−2.9
	Labor	Margaret Graham	9,061	38.3	+5.9
	Democratic Labor	William Leech	2,522	10.6	−3.0
Total formal votes			23,676	98.1	+0.4
Informal votes			462	1.9	−0.4
Turnout			24,138	94.1	+0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Max Crellin	14,237	60.1	−5.4
	Labor	Margaret Graham	9,439	39.9	+5.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.4

Scoresby

1970 Victorian state election: Scoresby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alan West	15,937	42.4	+4.2
	Liberal	Geoff Hayes	15,932	42.3	−2.4
	Democratic Labor	Noel Clarke	5,757	15.3	−1.8
Total formal votes			37,626	97.5	+0.2
Informal votes			735	2.7	−0.2
Turnout			38,594	95.3	+0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Geoff Hayes	21,115	56.1	−3.9
	Labor	Alan West	16,511	43.9	+3.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.9

Shepparton

1970 Victorian state election: Shepparton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Peter Ross-Edwards	7,676	41.6	+5.6
	Independent	Bill Hunter	3,586	19.4	+1.7
	Labor	Graham Romanes	3,332	18.1	+0.4
	Liberal	Linton Laws	1,995	10.8	−6.4
	Democratic Labor	Bruno D'Elia	1,875	10.1	−1.3
Total formal votes			18,464	95.8	+1.1
Informal votes			810	4.2	−1.1
Turnout			19,274	96.2	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Peter Ross-Edwards	13,479	73.0	−4.6
	Labor	Graham Romanes	4,985	27.0	+4.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Peter Ross-Edwards	9,412	51.0	−1.0
	Independent	Bill Hunter	9,052	49.0	+1.0
	Country hold		Swing	−1.0

Sunshine

1970 Victorian state election: Sunshine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Denis Lovegrove	13,976	60.8	+2.5
	Liberal	Vaclav Ubl	5,202	22.6	+1.2
	Democratic Labor	Robert Charles	3,808	16.6	+0.1
Total formal votes			22,986	94.9	−0.1
Informal votes			1,241	5.1	+0.1
Turnout			24,227	94.8	+1.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Denis Lovegrove	14,548	63.3	+0.6
	Liberal	Vaclav Ubl	8,438	36.7	−0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.6

Swan Hill

1970 Victorian state election: Swan Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Henry Broad	6,960	39.9	−17.3
	Labor	Jack McLean	4,605	26.4	+11.7
	Liberal	Laurence Troy	3,564	20.4	+8.9
	Democratic Labor	Rodger Donohue	2,312	13.3	−3.3
Total formal votes			17,441	97.2	−0.4
Informal votes			495	2.8	+0.4
Turnout			17,936	95.8	+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Henry Broad	12,268	70.3	−11.4
	Labor	Jack McLean	5,173	29.7	+11.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Henry Broad	11,437	65.6	−16.1
	Liberal	Laurence Troy	6,004	34.4	+34.4
	Country hold		Swing	−16.1

Syndal

1970 Victorian state election: Syndal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ray Wiltshire	15,341	46.7	−3.3
	Labor	Peter Setford	12,667	38.5	+2.6
	Democratic Labor	Daniel McCabe	4,872	14.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			32,880	97.8	−0.1
Informal votes			731	2.2	+0.1
Turnout			33,611	95.7	+0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ray Wiltshire	19,210	58.4	−3.6
	Labor	Peter Setford	13,670	41.6	+3.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.6

Warrnambool

1970 Victorian state election: Warrnambool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian Smith	6,650	36.7	+8.1
	Labor	Donald Grossman	5,181	28.6	+3.7
	Democratic Labor	Francis Hasell	3,448	19.0	−2.6
	Country	Cyril Boyle	2,138	11.8	−3.2
	Defence of Government Schools	Robert McCosh	711	3.9	+3.9
Total formal votes			18,128	98.2	+0.2
Informal votes			334	1.8	−0.2
Turnout			18,462	96.7	0.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian Smith	10,652	58.8	−10.6
	Labor	Donald Grossman	7,476	41.2	+10.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−10.6

Williamstown

1970 Victorian state election: Williamstown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Larry Floyd	16,322	63.8	+2.4
	Liberal	Richard Groom	5,880	23.0	+10.1
	Democratic Labor	Norman Way	3,389	13.2	−8.3
Total formal votes			25,591	95.8	+0.6
Informal votes			1,111	4.2	−0.6
Turnout			26,702	94.8	+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Larry Floyd	16,831	65.8	−2.6
	Liberal	Richard Groom	8,760	34.2	+2.6
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.6

References

^ Election held on 30 May 1970, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).
^ Hughes, Colin A. (1977). 1965-1974 Election Results. Canberra: Australian Nat. Univ. Pr. ISBN 0708113400.
^ Hughes, Colin A. (1977). 1965-1974 Election Results. Canberra: Australian Nat. Univ. Pr. ISBN 0708113400.

[1] Election held on 30 May 1970, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).

[2] Hughes, Colin A. (1977). 1965-1974 Election Results. Canberra: Australian Nat. Univ. Pr. ISBN 0708113400.

[3] Hughes, Colin A. (1977). 1965-1974 Election Results. Canberra: Australian Nat. Univ. Pr. ISBN 0708113400.

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Results by electoral district

Albert Park

Ballarat North

Ballarat South

Balwyn

Bellarine

Benalla

Benambra

Bendigo

Bennettswood

Bentleigh

Box Hill

Brighton

Broadmeadows

Brunswick East

Brunswick West

Camberwell

Caulfield

Coburg

Dandenong

Deer Park

Dromana

Dundas

Essendon

Evelyn

Footscray

Frankston

Geelong

Geelong North

Gippsland East

Gippsland South

Gippsland West

Gisborne

Glen Iris

Glenhuntly

Greensborough

Hampden

Hawthorn

Heatherton

Ivanhoe

Kara Kara

Kew

Lowan

Malvern

Melbourne

Mentone

Midlands

Mildura

Mitcham

Monbulk

Moonee Ponds

Moorabbin

Morwell

Murray Valley

Narracan

Northcote

Oakleigh

Polwarth

Portland

Prahran

Preston

Reservoir

Richmond

Ringwood

Rodney

St Kilda

Sandringham

Scoresby

Shepparton

Sunshine

Swan Hill

Syndal

Warrnambool

Williamstown

See also

References