Candidates of the 1985 Victorian state election
The 1985 Victorian state election was held on 2 March 1985.
Seat changes
A number of members contested different seats to the ones they held:
- A group of Liberal MLCs contested Legislative Assembly seats:
- Boronia MLC Gracia Baylor contested Warrandyte.
- Ballarat MLC Clive Bubb contested Ballarat South.
- Western MLC Digby Crozier contested Portland.
- Monash MLC Don Hayward contested Prahran.
- Liberal MLA Bill Ebery (Midlands) contested the Legislative Council province of North Western.
- Labor MLA Bob Miller (Prahran) contested the Legislative Council province of Monash.
- A number of MLAs contested different seats:
- Ascot Vale Labor MLA Tom Edmunds contested Pascoe Vale.
- Bendigo Labor MLA David Kennedy contested Bendigo West.
- Dandenong Labor MLA Rob Jolly contested Doveton.
- Dromana Labor MLA David Hassett contested Mornington.
- Evelyn Labor MLA Max McDonald contested Whittlesea.
- Frankston Labor MLA Jane Hill contested Frankston North.
- Geelong East Labor MLA Graham Ernst contested Bellarine.
- Geelong West Labor MLA Hayden Shell contested Geelong.
- Glenhuntly Labor MLA Gerard Vaughan contested Clayton.
- Glenroy Labor MLA Jack Culpin contested Broadmeadows.
- Heatherton Labor MLA Peter Spyker contested Mentone.
- Noble Park Labor MLA Terry Norris contested Dandenong.
- Sandringham Labor MLA Graham Ihlein contested Evelyn.
- Westernport Liberal MLA Alan Brown contested Gippsland West.
Retiring Members
Labor
- John Wilton MLA (Broadmeadows)
- Glyde Butler MLC (Thomastown)
- Eric Kent MLC (Chelsea)
Liberal
- Cec Burgin MLA (Polwarth)
- Walter Jona MLA (Hawthorn)
- Don McKellar MLA (Portland)
- Jeannette Patrick MLA (Brighton)
- Don Saltmarsh MLA (Wantirna)
- Peter Block MLC (Nunawading)
- Vasey Houghton MLC (Templestowe)
- John Radford MLC (Bendigo)
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 | Other candidates |
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Albert Park | Labor | Bunna Walsh | Barry Semmens | ||
Ballarat North | Liberal | Steve Bracks | Tom Evans | ||
Ballarat South | Labor | Frank Sheehan | Clive Bubb | ||
Balwyn | Liberal | Frank Pederick | Jim Ramsay | ||
Bellarine | Labor | Graham Ernst | Hugh McKenzie | ||
Benalla | National | Grant Triffett | Leonard Crocombe | Pat McNamara | |
Benambra | Liberal | Virginia Coghill | Lou Lieberman | ||
Bendigo East | Liberal | John Reid | Michael John | Barry McNaught | |
Bendigo West | Labor | David Kennedy | Alexander Sandner | Reginald Holt | |
Bennettswood | Labor | Doug Newton | Roger Pescott | Ray Nilsen (Ind) | |
Bentleigh | Labor | Gordon Hockley | Peter Norman | ||
Berwick | Liberal | Philip Staindl | Rob Maclellan | ||
Box Hill | Labor | Margaret Ray | George Cox | Peter Allan (Ind) | |
Brighton | Liberal | Leslie Heimann | Alan Stockdale | ||
Broadmeadows | Labor | Jack Culpin | Mark Sinclair | ||
Brunswick | Labor | Tom Roper | Gregory Dinneen | ||
Bulleen | Liberal | John Scomparin | David Perrin | ||
Bundoora | Labor | John Cain | Alistair Urquhart | Frank Penhalluriack (WTP) | |
Burwood | Liberal | Eric Hobsbawn | Jeff Kennett | ||
Carrum | Labor | Ian Cathie | Bruce Bowie | ||
Caulfield | Liberal | Jack Diamond | Ted Tanner | ||
Clayton | Labor | Gerard Vaughan | Alan Sandbach | ||
Coburg | Labor | Peter Gavin | Antonino Boeti | ||
Dandenong | Labor | Terry Norris | Ian Fotheringham | ||
Dandenong North | Labor | Jan Wilson | George Grech | ||
Derrimut | Labor | David Cunningham | Helen Hurley | ||
Doncaster | Liberal | William Poppins | Morris Williams | ||
Doveton | Labor | Rob Jolly | Matthew Starr | ||
Dromana | Labor | Allison Ogden | Ron Wells | ||
Essendon | Labor | Barry Rowe | Brian Dodgson | ||
Evelyn | Labor | Graham Ihlein | Jim Plowman | Gaye Gelly (Ind) | |
Footscray | Labor | Robert Fordham | Hugh Cameron | ||
Forest Hill | Liberal | John Madden | John Richardson | ||
Frankston North | Labor | Jane Hill | Robert Garnett | Judy Hale (Ind) | |
Frankston South | Liberal | Geoffrey Holland | Graeme Weideman | ||
Geelong | Labor | Hayden Shell | Clive Pugh | ||
Geelong North | Labor | Neil Trezise | John Lucas | ||
Gippsland East | National | Clifford Harding | David McInnes | Bruce Evans | |
Gippsland South | National | Max Semken | Neil McInnes | Tom Wallace | |
Gippsland West | Liberal | Geoffrey Bull | Alan Brown | William Ronald | |
Gisborne | Liberal | Douglas Bishop | Tom Reynolds | ||
Glen Waverley | Liberal | John Candappa | Ross Smith | ||
Greensborough | Labor | Pauline Toner | Andrew Cove | ||
Hawthorn | Liberal | Jill Eastwood | Phil Gude | ||
Ivanhoe | Labor | Tony Sheehan | Vin Heffernan | ||
Keilor | Labor | George Seitz | Graham Anderson | ||
Kew | Liberal | Annamaria Dierer | Prue Sibree | ||
Knox | Labor | Steve Crabb | Jill Hall | Thomas Tyrer (PTP) | |
Lowan | National | William Albon | John Mann | Bill McGrath | |
Malvern | Liberal | Max Dumais | Geoff Leigh | ||
Melbourne | Labor | Keith Remington | Peter Jones | Janet Walk (PTP) | |
Mentone | Labor | Peter Spyker | Bill Templeton | ||
Mildura | National | Lindsay Leake | Diana Duck | Milton Whiting | |
Mitcham | Labor | John Harrowfield | Bruce Camfield | ||
Monbulk | Labor | Neil Pope | Raymond Yates | ||
Mornington | Labor | David Hassett | Robin Cooper | ||
Morwell | Labor | Valerie Callister | Graeme Bond | Terie Porter | Geoffrey Francis (Ind) |
Murray Valley | National | Jill Milthorpe | Bill Hunter | Ken Jasper | |
Narracan | Labor | Robin Matthews | John Delzoppo | Julia Ettery | John McNamara (Ind) |
Niddrie | Labor | Jack Simpson | Mark Pallett | ||
Northcote | Labor | Frank Wilkes | William Hamilton | ||
Oakleigh | Labor | Race Mathews | Norman Kennedy | Antonios Pashos (Ind) | |
Pascoe Vale | Labor | Tom Edmunds | Vincenzo D'Aquino | ||
Polwarth | Liberal | Jeffery Rootes | Ian Smith | David Seymour | |
Portland | Liberal | William Sharrock | Digby Crozier | James Patterson | |
Prahran | Liberal | Hendrik van Leeuwen | Don Hayward | Norman Long (Ind) Alan Parker (PTP) | |
Preston | Labor | Carl Kirkwood | Mark Leaman | ||
Reservoir | Labor | Jim Simmonds | Rae Kennett | ||
Richmond | Labor | Theo Sidiropoulos | John Sevior | ||
Ringwood | Labor | Kay Setches | Michael Dobson | ||
Ripon | Liberal | John McQuilten | Tom Austin | ||
Rodney | National | Denise MacDonald | John Adams | Eddie Hann | |
St Albans | Labor | Alex Andrianopoulos | Martin Power | ||
St Kilda | Labor | Andrew McCutcheon | Richard Stevenson | ||
Sandringham | Liberal | Ann Corcoran | David Lea | ||
Shepparton | National | David Wauchope | Alan Fitzgerald | Peter Ross-Edwards | |
South Barwon | Liberal | Harry Naylor | Harley Dickinson | ||
Springvale | Labor | Eddie Micallef | Therese Marley | ||
Sunshine | Labor | Bill Fogarty | Aldous Hicks | ||
Swan Hill | National | Ronald Stanton | Ian Ray | Barry Steggall | |
Syndal | Labor | David Gray | Geoff Coleman | Edward Hawthorn (Ind) | |
Thomastown | Labor | Beth Gleeson | Adam Barr | ||
Wantirna | Labor | Carolyn Hirsh | Karen Dettmann | ||
Warrandyte | Labor | Lou Hill | Gracia Baylor | Timothy Connellan (Ind) | |
Warrnambool | Liberal | Peter Cox | Adam Kempton | John McGrath | |
Werribee | Labor | Ken Coghill | Thomas Hudson | Robert Wolstenholme (WTP) | |
Whittlesea | Labor | Max McDonald | Haydn Gregson | ||
Williamstown | Labor | Gordon Stirling | David Allan |
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 | Democrats candidates | Other candidates |
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Ballarat | Liberal | Roger Lowrey | Dick de Fegely | William Ross | ||
Boronia | Labor | Jean McLean | Gerald Clarke | Sid Spindler | ||
Central Highlands | Liberal | Peter Fennell | Fred Grimwade | Janet Powell | Brent Melville (CTA) | |
Chelsea | Labor | Maureen Lyster | Michael Herbst | |||
Doutta Galla | Labor | David White | Pamela Philpot | |||
East Yarra | Liberal | Bernard Ziegenbein | Mark Birrell | Margaret Cole | ||
Eumemmerring | Labor | Fred Van Buren | John Ferwerda | |||
Geelong | Labor | Rod Mackenzie | Joss Manders | Laurence Levy | ||
Gippsland | Liberal | Reginald Smith | Dick Long | Anthony Stewart | Catherine Stewart | Ben Buckley (Ind) Cornelius Gordyn (CTA) |
Higinbotham | Liberal | Denis Oakley | Robert Lawson | Anton Hermann | ||
Jika Jika | Labor | George Crawford | David Gandolfo | |||
Melbourne | Labor | Evan Walker | Vincent Volpe | Simon James | ||
Melbourne North | Labor | Giovanni Sgro | Brett Pullyblank | |||
Melbourne West | Labor | Joan Coxsedge | Matthew Matich | Johannus Paas | ||
Monash | Labor | Bob Miller | Reg Macey | David Collyer | ||
North Eastern | National | Ewan Paterson | Stephen Blair | Bill Baxter | Michael Else (Ind) | |
North Western | National | Phillip Eddy | Bill Ebery | Ken Wright | ||
Nunawading | Labor | Bob Ives | Rosemary Varty | Michael Nardella | ||
South Eastern | Liberal | Bora Eric | Alan Hunt | Irene Fisher | ||
Templestowe | Liberal | Gary Greenway | John Miles | Kenneth Peak | ||
Waverley | Labor | Cyril Kennedy | Robert Clark | Jeffrey McAlpine | William Watson (CTA) | |
Western | Liberal | Brian Clarke | Henry Wyld | Roger Hallam |
References
- Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive
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