1983 Springvale state by-election

Victoria parliamentary no 19 March 1983 Electoral district of Springvale in the Victorian Legislative Assembly 1982 Victorian state election 1982 1985 Victorian state election 1985 Australian Labor Party ALP 200x200px Eddie Micallef Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch) 16,682 57.3% 3.8 Liberal Party of Australia LIB 200x200px Jordan Topalides Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division) 9,692 33.3% 4.8 TCP TCP swing 60.0% 3.1 40.0% 3.1 MP Kevin King Labor Eddie Micallef Labor The 1983 Springvale state by-election was held on 19 March 1983 to elect the next member for Springvale in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, following the death of incumbent Kevin King. Parliament of Victoria Parliament of Victoria King, Kevin Francis re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851 Parliament of Victoria 1985 http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=1209 https://web.archive.org/web/20060823030938/http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=1209 dead August 23, 2006 Results The seat was retained for Labor by Eddie Micallef. Democratic Labor Party candidate John Mulholland ran as a "DLP-Call to Australia coalition" candidate.https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/116374498 Labor gains in Victorian poll The Canberra Times 20 March 1983 1983 Springvale state by-election Labor VIC Eddie Micallef 16,682 57.3 +3.8 Liberal VIC Jordan Topalides 9,692 33.3 −4.8 DLP−Call to Australia democratic labour party John Mulholland 1,921 6.6 +3.6 Social Democrat Peter Allan 803 2.8 +2.8 29,098 97.7 +0.8 681 2.3 −0.8 29,779 87.9 -6.5 Labor VIC Eddie Micallef 60.0 +3.1 Liberal VIC Jordan Topalides 40.0 −3.1 Labor VIC +3.1 References Category:1983 elections in Australia Category:Victorian state by-elections Category:1980s in Victoria (state)