1988 Victorian state election

Australian state election April 2022 1988 Victorian state election Victoria parliamentary no 1985 Victorian state election 1985 1992 Victorian state election 1992 All 88 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assemblyand 22 (of the 44) seats in the Victorian Legislative Council45 seats needed for a majority yes 1988 10 01 John Cain Junior June 2016 (cropped).jpg 155 130 170 0 12 center John Cain Jr. 9 September 1981 Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch) Bundoora 1,131,750 46.55% 3.46 47 46 1 Jeff Kennett b (cropped).jpg 137 130 170 10 7 center Jeff Kennett 26 October 1982 Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division) Burwood 986,311 40.51% 1.30 31 33 2 Peter Ross-Edwards 1974 (cropped).jpg 130 130 170 10 0 center Peter Ross-Edwards 17 June 1970 National Party of Australia – Victoria Shepparton 188,776 7.76% 0.47 10 9 1 TPP TPP swing 49.49% 1.21 50.51% 1.21 1988 Victorian state election.svg 400px Results in each electorate Premier John Cain Jr. Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch) John Cain Jr. Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch) The 1988 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 1 October 1988, was for the 51st Parliament of Victoria. It was held in the Australian state of Victoria to elect all 88 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 22 members of the 44-member Legislative Council. The incumbent Labor Party government led by Premier John Cain Jr. won a third term in office, despite a swing against it, and only lost the seat of Warrandyte in Melbourne's north-east. This was credited by commentators to a strong campaign targeting Liberal leader and future Premier Jeff Kennett whose aggressive leadership style was still seen as a liability, as well as continuing instability in the federal Coalition.Costar Brian Brian Costar Economou, Nick Elections and Electoral Change 1982–92 Considine, M. Costar, B. J. Trials in Power: Cain, Kirner and Victoria 1982–92 1992 255–256 Labor's narrow wins in middle class marginal seats saw it retain its majority despite the Liberals winning a bare majority of the two party preferred vote. Shamshullah Ardel June 1989 Australian Political Chronicle: July–December 1988: Victoria Australian Journal of Politics and History 35 2 252–253 0004-9522 Future Premier Denis Napthine entered parliament at this election. Results Legislative Assembly Results of the 1988 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) Victorian state election, 1 October 1988 Legislative Assembly Victorian state election 1985 1992 2,739,614 2,530,027 92.35 -0.86 98,525 3.89 +1.21 yes Labor VIC 1,131,750 46.55 –3.46 46 – 1 Liberal VIC 986,311 40.56 –1.30 33 + 2 Nationals VIC 188,776 7.76 +0.47 9 – 1 Democrats 25,611 1.05 +1.05 0 ± 0 Call to Australia 25,543 1.05 +1.05 0 ± 0 Democratic Labour 6,018 0.25 +0.25 0 ± 0 Independent 67,493 2.78 +1.94 0 ± 0 2,431,502 88 Labor VIC 1,202,294 49.49 –1.21 Liberal VIC 1,227,295 50.51 +1.21 |} Legislative Council Results of the 1988 Victorian state election (Legislative Council) Victorian state election, 1 October 1988 Legislative Council yes 2,739,614 2,529,569 92.33 –0.86 109,578 4.33 +1.32 Labor VIC 1,164,796 48.13 +0.85 9 19 Liberal VIC 1,052,591 43.50 +2.35 10 19 Nationals VIC 181,074 7.48 +0.81 3 6 Call to Australia 5,363 0.22 –0.49 0 0 Independent 16,167 0.67 +0.45 0 0 2,419,991 22 44 |} Seats changing hands Seat Pre-1988 Swing Post-1988 Party Member Margin Margin Member PartyMildura NationalMilton Whiting 23.0 -24.0 1.0Craig BildstienLiberal Warrandyte LaborLou Hill 0.2 -1.7 1.5Phil HoneywoodLiberal  Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats. Key dates Date Event 29 August 1988 The Legislative Council was prorogued and the Legislative Assembly was dissolved.1988 S77 (Special) Proroguing the Legislative Council and dissolving the Legislative Assembly: Proclamation 29 August 1988 http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/view.cgi?year=1988&class=S&page_num=1&classNum=S77 29 August 1988 Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election. 2 September 1988 The Constitution Act Amendment (Electoral Procedures) Act 1988 (No.31) comes into operation.1988 S79 (Special) 2 September 1988 Constitution Act Amendment (Electoral Procedures) Act 1988 (No.31): Proclamation of Commencement http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/view.cgi?year=1988&class=S&page_num=1&classNum=S79 5 September 1988 The electoral rolls were closed. 9 September 1988 Nominations for candidates for the election closed at noon. 1 October 1988 Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm. 13 October 1988 The Cain Ministry was reconstituted, with two new ministers sworn in.1988 S84 (Special) 13 October 1988 Ministers of the Crown http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/view.cgi?year=1988&class=S&page_num=1&classNum=S84 21 October 1988 The writ was returned and the results formally declared. 25 October 1988 Parliament resumed for business.1988 S83 13 October 1988 Fixing the time for holding the first session of the Fifty-first Parliament of Victoria http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/view.cgi?year=1988&class=S&page_num=1&classNum=S83 Post-election pendulum Labor seats (46)MarginalBallarat SouthFrank SheehanALP0.2%BellarineGraham ErnstALP0.7%Bendigo WestDavid KennedyALP0.9%BentleighAnn BarkerALP1.4%RingwoodKay SetchesALP1.7%Box HillMargaret RayALP2.1%MentonePeter SpykerALP2.4%GeelongHayden ShellALP2.5%MorwellKeith HamiltonALP2.8%WantirnaCarolyn HirshALP2.9%MitchamJohn HarrowfieldALP3.0%MonbulkNeil PopeALP3.5%Pascoe ValeKelvin ThomsonALP4.4%WhittleseaMax McDonaldALP4.7%St KildaAndrew McCutcheonALP5.6%Fairly safeKnoxSteve CrabbALP6.0%GreensboroughPauline TonerALP6.1%SpringvaleEddie MicallefALP6.4%EssendonBarry RoweALP6.7%OakleighRace MathewsALP7.3%CarrumMal SandonALP7.5%Dandenong NorthJan WilsonALP8.1%NiddrieBob SercombeALP8.1%DovetonRob JollyALP8.3%Frankston NorthJane HillALP8.8%Albert ParkBunna WalshALP8.9%ClaytonGerard VaughanALP8.9%BroadmeadowsJim KennanALP9.9%SafeBundooraJohn CainALP10.2%WerribeeKen CoghillALP10.5%KeilorGeorge SeitzALP11.4%DandenongTerry NorrisALP12.6%St AlbansAlex AndrianopoulosALP12.7%DerrimutDavid CunninghamALP13.3%Geelong NorthNeil TreziseALP14.0%CoburgPeter GavinALP15.3%ReservoirJim SimmondsALP16.4%BrunswickTom RoperALP16.7%RichmondDemetri DollisALP17.3%WilliamstownJoan KirnerALP17.7%MelbourneNeil ColeALP18.0%PrestonMichael LeightonALP21.1%SunshineIan BakerALP21.5%NorthcoteTony SheehanALP21.7%ThomastownBeth GleesonALP22.4%FootscrayRobert FordhamALP23.7% Liberal/National seats (42)MarginalSyndalGeoff ColemanLIB0.7%MilduraCraig BildstienLIB1.0% v NATBerwickRob MaclellanLIB1.4%WarrandytePhil HoneywoodLIB1.5%NarracanJohn DelzoppoLIB1.7%DromanaRon WellsLIB1.8%MorningtonRobin CooperLIB2.0%BennettswoodRoger PescottLIB2.2%IvanhoeVin HeffernanLIB2.4%Forest HillJohn RichardsonLIB2.9%Ballarat NorthSteve ElderLIB3.5%EvelynJim PlowmanLIB4.0%South BarwonHarley DickinsonLIB4.8%Frankston SouthGraeme WeidemanLIB4.9%CaulfieldTed TannerLIB5.1%BurwoodJeff KennettLIB5.6%Bendigo EastMichael JohnLIB5.7%Fairly safeGisborneTom ReynoldsLIB6.4%SandringhamDavid LeaLIB6.4%RiponTom AustinLIB6.9%DoncasterVictor PertonLIB7.4%PrahranDon HaywardLIB7.4%HawthornPhil GudeLIB8.0%Glen WaverleyRoss SmithLIB8.5%BulleenDavid PerrinLIB9.2%SafeKewJan WadeLIB11.0%PortlandDenis NapthineLIB11.2%MalvernGeoff LeighLIB11.9%Gippsland WestAlan BrownLIB12.6%BrightonAlan StockdaleLIB13.0%BalwynRobert ClarkLIB14.3%PolwarthIan SmithLIB16.1%BenallaPat McNamaraNAT17.9%Gippsland EastBruce EvansNAT19.4%Gippsland SouthTom WallaceNAT20.2%Murray ValleyKen JasperNAT21.4%SheppartonPeter Ross-EdwardsNAT21.5%BenambraLou LiebermanLIB21.6%WarrnamboolJohn McGrathNAT27.3%Swan HillBarry SteggallNAT28.0%RodneyEddie HannNAT28.6%LowanBill McGrathNAT32.0% Aftermath On 23 May 1989, Jeff Kennett was voted out of the Liberal leadership in favour of Alan Brown; Brown led the party until 23 April 1991 when he was also forced out after a successful comeback by Kennett. During Brown's period as Opposition Leader, the Liberals negotiated the first coalition agreement with the Nationals in over forty years, in part due to a belief by some (in spite of what political scientist Brian Costar called a "lack of psephological evidence to support this assertion") that had the parties been in coalition at the election, they would have won.B. J. Costar, 'Coalition Government: An Unequal Partnership' in B. J. Costar & N. Economou (eds) The Kennett Revolution: Victorian Politics in the 1990s, UNSW Press, Sydney, 1998, p. 89 References See also Candidates of the 1988 Victorian state election Category:Elections in Victoria (state) Victorian state election State election, 1988 Victorian state election Category:John Cain (41st Premier of Victoria)