Victorian state election, 1970

Victorian state election, 1970

30 May 1970 (1970-05-30)
All 73 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly and 18 (of the 36) seats in the Victorian Legislative Council
First party Second party Third party   125px Leader Henry Bolte Clyde Holding Peter Ross-Edwards Party Liberal Labor Country Leader since 3 May 1953 15 May 1967 1970 Leader's seat Hampden Richmond Shepparton Last election 44 seats 16 seats 12 seats Seats won 42 seats 22 seats 8 seats Seat change 2 6 4 Percentage 36.70% 41.42% 6.40% Swing 0.79 3.52 2.25
Premier before election Henry Bolte Liberal Elected Premier Henry Bolte Liberal

The 1970 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 30 May 1970, was for the 45th Parliament of Victoria. It was held in the Australian state of Victoria to elect the 73 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 18 members of the 36-member Legislative Council.

The incumbent Liberal government led by Henry Bolte was returned with a slightly reduced majority.

Results

Legislative Assembly

See also: Results of the Victorian state election, 1970 (Legislative Assembly A-J)

See also: Results of the Victorian state election, 1970 (Legislative Assembly K-Z)

Victorian state election, 30 May 1970 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

Legislative Council

See also: Results of the Victorian state election, 1970 (Legislative Council)

Victorian state election, 30 May 1970 Legislative Council << 1967 — 1973 >>
Enrolled voters		1,827,595
Votes cast		1,731,725		Turnout	94.8	+0.5
Informal votes		68,710		Informal	4.0	+0.3
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats won	Seats held
	Labor	698,213	42.0	+5.1	4	9
	Liberal	625,739	37.6	–0.9	10	20
	Democratic Labor	233,877	14.1	–0.2	0	0
	Country	102,462	6.1	–3.4	4	7
	Independent	2,724	0.2	–0.6	0	0
Total		1,663,015			18	36

Seats changing hands

Seat	Pre-1970				Swing	Post-1970
	Party		Member	Margin		Margin	Member	Party
Dundas		Liberal	William McDonald	2.0	-5.6	3.6	Edward Lewis	Labor
Gippsland South		Country	Herbert Hyland	28.4	-34.7	6.3	James Taylor	Liberal
Gippsland West		Country	Leslie Cochrane	13.4	-16.0	2.6	Rob Maclellan	Liberal
Greensborough		Liberal	Monte Vale	3.3	-5.3	2.0	Bob Fell	Labor
Kara Kara		Country	Bill Phelan	12.6	-17.8	5.2	Esmond Curnow	Labor
Lowan		Country	Ray Buckley	2.7	-8.8	6.1	Jim McCabe	Liberal
Morwell		Liberal	Archie Tanner	1.3	-9.2	7.9	Derek Amos	Labor
Portland		Liberal	Don McKellar	3.6	-6.4	2.8	Bill Lewis	Labor

• Members in italics did not recontest their seats.
• In addition, Labor retained the seat of Dandenong, which was won at a by-election.

Post-election pendulum

LABOR SEATS (22)
Marginal
Greensborough	Bob Fell	ALP	2.0%
Midlands	Les Shilton	ALP	2.8%
Portland	Bill Lewis	ALP	2.8%
Brunswick West	Campbell Turnbull	ALP	3.4%
Dandenong	Alan Lind	ALP	3.4%
Dundas	Edward Lewis	ALP	3.6%
Moonee Ponds	Tom Edmunds	ALP	4.8%
Kara Kara	Esmond Curnow	ALP	5.2%
Fairly safe
Preston	Carl Kirkwood	ALP	7.1%
Deer Park	Jack Ginifer	ALP	7.5%
Morwell	Derek Amos	ALP	7.9%
Reservoir	Jim Simmonds	ALP	8.0%
Albert Park	Val Doube	ALP	9.8%
Safe
Broadmeadows	John Wilton	ALP	11.0%
Northcote	Frank Wilkes	ALP	11.0%
Geelong North	Neil Trezise	ALP	11.5%
Brunswick East	David Bornstein	ALP	12.6%
Melbourne	Arthur Clarey	ALP	12.6%
Footscray	Robert Fordham	ALP	13.3%
Sunshine	Denis Lovegrove	ALP	13.3%
Williamstown	Larry Floyd	ALP	15.8%
Richmond	Clyde Holding	ALP	18.3%
COUNTRY SEATS (8)
Shepparton	Peter Ross-Edwards	CP	1.0% v IND
Benalla	Tom Trewin	CP	4.3% v LIB
Mildura	Milton Whiting	CP	5.6%
Murray Valley	George Moss	CP	11.8% v LIB
Gippsland East	Bruce Evans	CP	15.1% v LIB
Swan Hill	Henry Broad	CP	15.6% v LIB
Benambra	Tom Mitchell	CP	20.8%
Rodney	Russell McDonald	CP	26.2%
CROSSBENCH SEATS (1)
Coburg	Jack Mutton	IND	8.8 v ALP

See also

• Candidates of the Victorian state election, 1970