1982 Victorian state election

Australian state election April 2022 1982 Victoria state election Victoria parliamentary no 1979 Victorian state election 1979 1985 Victorian state election 1985 All 81 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assemblyand 22 (of the 44) seats in the Victorian Legislative Council41 seats needed for a majority yes 1982 4 3 Image:John Cain Junior June 2016 (cropped).jpg John Cain Jr. 9 September 1981 Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch) Bundoora 1,122,887 50.01% 4.77 32 49 17 Image:Lindsay Thompson 1975 (1) (cropped).jpg Lindsay Thompson 5 June 1981 Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division) Malvern 860,669 38.33% 3.11 41 24 17 Image:Peter Ross-Edwards 1974 (cropped).jpg Peter Ross-Edwards 17 June 1970 National Party of Australia – Victoria Shepparton 111,579 4.97% 0.64 8 8 0 TPP TPP swing 53.78% 4.25 46.22% 4.25 1982 Victorian state election.svg 400px Results in each electorate. Premier Lindsay Thompson Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division) John Cain Jr. Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch) The 1982 Victoria state election was held on Saturday, 3 April 1982, for the 49th Parliament of Victoria to elect 81 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 22 members of the 44-member Legislative Council. Lindsay Thompson succeeded Rupert Hamer as Liberal Party leader and Premier on 5 June 1981, and John Cain Jr. replaced Frank Wilkes as Labor Party leader in September 1981. The incumbent Liberal government led by Lindsay Thompson was defeated by the Labor Party led by John Cain with a swing of 17 seats. The ALP returned to government in Victoria for the first time in 27 years (1955). Results Legislative Assembly Results of the 1982 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) Victorian state election, 3 April 1982Election held on 3 April 1982, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia). Legislative Assembly Victorian state election 1979 1985 2,453,642 2,305,773 93.97 −0.67 60,272 2.61 −0.40 yes Labor VIC 1,122,887 50.01 +4.77 49 +17 Liberal VIC 860,669 38.33 −3.11 24 −17 Democrats 119,083 5.30 +0.10 0 ±0 Nationals VIC 111,579 4.97 −0.64 8 ±0 Democratic Labour 7,635 0.34 −0.17 0 ±0 Independent 23,648 1.05 -0.37 0 ±0 2,245,501 81 Labor VIC 1,207,197 53.8 +4.5 Liberal VIC 1,037,506 46.2 –4.5 Legislative Council Results of the 1982 Victorian state election (Legislative Council) Victorian state election, 3 April 1982 Legislative Council Victorian state election 1979 1985 yes 2,453,642 2,302,973 93.86 +0.64 72,167 3.13 –0.40 Labor VIC 1,105,650 49.56 +4.23 12 20 Liberal VIC 874,736 39.21 –4.53 8 20 Nationals VIC 122,637 5.50 +0.37 2 4 Democrats 112,098 5.03 +2.17 0 0 Democratic Labour 11,780 0.53 +0.38 0 0 Independent 3,904 0.18 –1.87 0 0 2,230,805 22 44 Seats changing hands Seat Pre-1982 Swing Post-1982 Party Member Margin Margin Member PartyBallarat South LiberalJoan Chambers 0.4 -2.3 1.9Frank SheehanLabor Bendigo LiberalDaryl McClure 1.2 -6.1 4.9David KennedyLabor Bennettswood LiberalKeith McCance 6.1 -6.5 0.4Doug NewtonLabor Box Hill LiberalDonald Mackinnon 3.6 -7.1 3.5Margaret RayLabor Dromana LiberalRon Wells 6.7 -7.7 1.0David HassettLabor Evelyn LiberalJim Plowman 3.8 -8.1 4.3Max McDonaldLabor Frankston LiberalGraeme Weideman 7.2 -7.3 0.1Jane HillLabor Geelong West LiberalHayden Birrell 0.8 -3.7 2.9Hayden ShellLabor Ivanhoe LiberalBruce Skeggs 3.4 -3.9 0.5Tony SheehanLabor Mitcham LiberalGeorge Cox 0.7 -4.6 3.9John HarrowfieldLabor Monbulk LiberalBill Borthwick 2.2 -5.2 3.0Neil PopeLabor Noble Park LiberalPeter Collins 1.0 -7.1 6.1Terry NorrisLabor Ringwood LiberalPeter McArthur 4.1 -6.2 2.1Kay SetchesLabor St Kilda LiberalBrian Dixon 0.2 -4.3 4.1Andrew McCutcheonLabor Sandringham LiberalMax Crellin 1.8 -3.3 1.5Graham IhleinLabor Syndal LiberalGeoff Coleman 0.7 -4.5 3.8David GrayLabor Warrandyte LiberalNorman Lacy 6.1 -8.1 2.0Lou HillLabor  Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats. Post-election pendulum Labor seats (49)white Marginal FrankstonJane HillALP0.1% BennettswoodDoug NewtonALP0.4% IvanhoeTony SheehanALP0.5% DromanaDavid HassettALP1.0% SandringhamGraham IhleinALP1.5% Ballarat SouthFrank SheehanALP1.9% WarrandyteLou HillALP2.0% RingwoodKay SetchesALP2.1% Geelong WestHayden ShellALP2.9% MonbulkNeil PopeALP3.0% Box HillMargaret RayALP3.5% PrahranBob MillerALP3.7% SyndalDavid GrayALP3.8% MitchamJohn HarrowfieldALP3.9% St KildaAndrew McCutcheonALP4.1% EvelynMax McDonaldALP4.3% GlenhuntlyGerard VaughanALP4.6% BendigoDavid KennedyALP4.9% BentleighGordon HockleyALP5.4% OakleighRace MathewsALP5.9%white Fairly safe Noble ParkTerry NorrisALP6.1% Geelong EastGraham ErnstALP6.3% SpringvaleKevin KingALP6.9% GreensboroughPauline TonerALP8.9% EssendonBarry RoweALP9.4%white Safe HeathertonPeter SpykerALP10.3% KnoxSteve CrabbALP11.3% CarrumIan CathieALP14.7% MorwellValerie CallisterALP15.2% DandenongRob JollyALP15.3% Albert ParkBunna WalshALP16.3% BundooraJohn CainALP16.6% NiddrieJack SimpsonALP16.9% Geelong NorthNeil TreziseALP18.1% WerribeeKen CoghillALP18.9% MelbourneKeith RemingtonALP19.4%GlenroyJack CulpinALP21.2%ReservoirJim SimmondsALP21.6%WilliamstownGordon StirlingALP21.6%Ascot ValeTom EdmundsALP21.7%KeilorGeorge SeitzALP22.1%NorthcoteFrank WilkesALP23.5%PrestonCarl KirkwoodALP24.5% v DEMCoburgPeter GavinALP24.8%SunshineBill FogartyALP25.5%FootscrayRobert FordhamALP26.3%RichmondTheo SidiropoulosALP26.3%BrunswickTom RoperALP28.9%BroadmeadowsJohn WiltonALP31.9% Liberal/National seats (32)white MarginalForest HillJohn RichardsonLIB0.2%WantirnaDon SaltmarshLIB0.8%GisborneTom ReynoldsLIB0.9%South BarwonHarley DickinsonLIB1.1%BerwickRob MaclellanLIB1.2%MentoneBill TempletonLIB1.2%MidlandsBill EberyLIB1.3%NarracanJohn DelzoppoLIB1.7%HawthornWalter JonaLIB2.6%WesternportAlan BrownLIB3.9%RiponTom AustinLIB4.7%Ballarat NorthTom EvansLIB4.9%DoncasterMorris WilliamsLIB5.5%white Fairly safeBurwoodJeff KennettLIB6.6%CaulfieldTed TannerLIB7.0%Gippsland SouthTom WallaceNAT8.6% v LIBPortlandDon McKellarLIB8.8%white SafeKewPrue SibreeLIB10.1%WarrnamboolIan SmithLIB11.3%BalwynJim RamsayLIB11.4%BrightonJeannette PatrickLIB11.9%BenallaPat McNamaraNAT13.4%MalvernLindsay ThompsonLIB13.6%Gippsland EastBruce EvansNAT14.1%MilduraMilton WhitingNAT16.7%BenambraLou LiebermanLIB16.9%PolwarthCec BurginLIB16.9%SheppartonPeter Ross-EdwardsNAT18.3%Murray ValleyKen JasperNAT19.0%LowanBill McGrathNAT25.5%RodneyEddie HannNAT26.9%Swan HillAlan WoodLIB27.0% See also Candidates of the 1982 Victorian state election References Category:Elections in Victoria (state) Category:1982 elections in Australia Category:1980s in Victoria (state) Category:April 1982 in Australia Category:John Cain (41st Premier of Victoria)