1970 Victorian state election
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All 73 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly 37 seats needed for a majority and 18 (of the 36) seats in the Victorian Legislative Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 for a sixth term with a slightly reduced majority.
Results[edit]
Legislative Assembly[edit]
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Victorian state election, 30 May 1970[1] | ||||||
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| 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 | |
| Defence of Government Schools | 7,663 | 0.46 | +0.46 | 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[edit]
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Victorian state election, 30 May 1970[2] | ||||||
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| 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[edit]
| Seat | Pre-1970 | Swing | Post-1970 | ||||||
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| 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 listed 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[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Election held on 30 May 1970, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).
- ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1970". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 29 September 2015.