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1973 Victorian State Election
The 1973 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 19 May 1973, was for the 46th Parliament of Victoria. It was held in the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victoria (Australia), Victoria to elect the 73 members of the state's Victorian Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly and 18 members of the 36-member Victorian Legislative Council, Legislative Council. Rupert Hamer succeeded Henry Bolte as Premier of Victoria on 23 August 1972. In 1972 a federal Labor government was elected, the first Labor government in 23 years. The incumbent Liberal government in Victoria led by Hamer was returned at the election with an increased vote of about 5%, largely at the expense of the Democratic Labor Party (historical), Democratic Labor Party. Results Legislative Assembly Legislative Council Seats changing hands * The result for Greensborough was overturned by the Court of Disputed Returns and a 1973 Greensborough state by-election, by- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victorian Legislative Assembly
The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria in Australia; the upper house being the Victorian Legislative Council. Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly is the Speaker. There are presently 88 members of the Legislative Assembly elected from single-member divisions. History Victoria was proclaimed a Colony on 1 July 1851 separating from the Colony of New South Wales by an act of the British Parliament. The Legislative Assembly was created on 13 March 1856 with the passing of the ''Victorian Electoral Bill'', five years after the creation of the original unicameral Legislative Council. The Assembly first met on 21 November 1856, and consisted of sixty members representing thirty-seven multi and single-member electorates. On the Federation of Australia on 1 January 1901, the Parliament of Victoria continued except that the colony was now called a state. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Lewis (Australian Politician)
Edward Wallace Lewis (born 24 December 1936) is an Australian politician. He was born in Sydney, and was a shearer and farmer before entering politics. He travelled widely before settling in Hamilton around 1963, becoming secretary of the local branch of the Australian Workers' Union and president of the Hamilton Labor Party branch. In 1970 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for Dundas Dundas may refer to: Places Australia * Dundas, New South Wales * Dundas, Queensland, a locality in the Somerset Region * Dundas, Tasmania * Dundas, Western Australia * Fort Dundas, a settlement in the Northern Territory 1824–1828 * Shire of ..., but he was defeated in 1973. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, Edward 1936 births Living people Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Politicians from Sydney ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don McKellar (politician)
Donald Kelso McKellar (29 June 1924 – 5 January 1986) was an Australian politician. He was born at Hamilton to grazier Lionel Jack Stuart McKellar and Colina Martha. He attended school locally and served in the Royal Australian Air Force from 1942 to 1946, returning to farm at Yulecart near Hamilton. On 4 May 1949 he married Margaret Grant, with whom he had five daughters. A Dundas Shire councillor from 1962 to 1967, he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 1967 as the Liberal member for Portland Portland most commonly refers to: * Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States * Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas .... Defeated in 1970, he was elected again in 1973, serving until 1985. References 1924 births 1986 deaths Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Lewis (Australian Politician)
William John Lewis (16 October 1916 – 8 December 1991) was an Australian politician. He was born at Penshurst and worked as a truck driver and postal worker before serving in the military during World War II. After his return he was a cartage contractor from 1947, and was president of the local branch of the Labor Party. He was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 1970 as the member for Portland Portland most commonly refers to: * Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States * Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ..., but was defeated in 1973. Lewis died in 1991. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, Bill 1916 births 1991 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 20th-century Australian politicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Portland
The electoral district of Portland was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It was based on the town of Portland, Victoria. Members for Portland Napthine went on to represent the Electoral district of South-West Coast The electoral district of South-West Coast is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was created prior to the 2002 election in order to replace the abolished seats of Portland and Warrnambool. The seat is dominated by the town ... which was created in 2002. Election results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Portland, Electoral district of Former electoral districts of Victoria (Australia) 1856 establishments in Australia 1904 disestablishments in Australia 1945 establishments in Australia 2002 disestablishments in Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Ebery
William Thomas Ebery (31 August 1925 – 10 May 2017) was an Australian politician. He was born at Castlemaine, the son of grazier Francis Hamilton Ebery. He was a farmer and grazier in the Castlemaine area. On 17 February 1951 he married Anne Lorraine Evans; they had two children. In 1962 he joined the Liberal Party, becoming president of his local Newstead branch in 1973. In that year he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for Midlands. With the abolition of his seat ahead of the 1985 state election, he unsuccessfully sought preselection for Bendigo East Bendigo East is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It covers an area of covering the part of the city of Bendigo east of the Yungera railway line and surrounding rural areas to the north, ... before ultimately contesting the Legislative Council seat of North Western, losing to the sitting National Party member. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Shilton
Leslie Victor "Les" Shilton (4 November 1923 – 16 December 1995) was an Australian politician. He was born in Traralgon to schoolteacher Harold Robert Charles Shilton and Alice May Sturgess. He served in New Guinea during World War II from 1941 to 1945, and on his return became a police officer, spending many years with the Criminal Investigation Branch. On 8 December 1945 he married Faye Sarll; they had two daughters. In 1965 he was elected to Seymour Shire Council; he was president from 1967 to 1968. In 1970 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Midlands The Midlands (also referred to as Central England) are a part of England that broadly correspond to the Kingdom of Mercia of the Early Middle Ages, bordered by Wales, Northern England and Southern England. The Midlands were important in the Ind ..., but he was defeated in 1973. After his defeat he became a bank officer. Shilton died in 1995. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Midlands
The Electoral district of Midlands was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was created in the 1945 redistribution and mainly consisted of the abolished Bulla and Dalhousie and Castlemaine and Kyneton districts. Members for Midlands Election results See also * Parliaments of the Australian states and territories * List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly {{{Use dmy dates, date=June 2015 {{Use Australian English, date=June 2015 The following are lists of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly: * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856–1859 * Members of the Victorian Legislative ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Midlands Former electoral districts of Victoria (state) 1945 establishments in Australia 1985 disestablishments in Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monte Vale
Roy Mountford "Monte" Vale (12 September 1912 – 10 September 1977) was an Australian politician. He was born in Foster to schoolteacher William Mountford Vale and Flora Ethel Reddick. He attended state schools before studying at Melbourne Teachers' College and becoming a teacher from 1934. In 1949 he became seriously ill and lost a leg to amputation. He then worked as a laboratory assistant for Australian Paper Manufacturers. Vale was a member of a political family; his great grandfather William Vale and his great grand-uncle Richard Vale were both members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. A Liberal Party member, Vale was a member of Diamond Valley Shire Council from 1964 to 1969, and from 1970 to 1973, serving as president from 1971 to 1972. He was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 1967 as the member for Greensborough. Defeated at the 1970 state election, he was re-elected in 1973, but that election was declared void by the Court of Disputed Ret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Fell
Robert William Fell (5 April 1930 – 28 September 2009) was an Australian politician. Biography Robert William Fell was born in Melbourne to fitter and turner Arthur Erwin Fell and Stella May. He was a construction manager before entering politics, and served in the Citizen Military Forces from 1948 to 1950. On 23 February 1952 he married Dorothy Helen Finlay, with whom he had four children. He was a member of Diamond Valley Shire Council from 1964, serving as president from 1968 to 1969 and from 1976 to 1977. In 1970 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Greensborough, but he was defeated in 1973 by only five votes. Fell appealed to the Court of Disputed Returns and succeeded in overturning the election result, but lost the resulting by-election by a larger margin. Fell was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Greensborough
Electoral district of Greensborough was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle .... Members Election results References Former electoral districts of Victoria (state) 1967 establishments in Australia 1992 disestablishments in Australia Constituencies established in 1967 Constituencies disestablished in 1992 {{VictoriaAU-gov-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil McInnes (politician)
Neil Malcolm McInnes (26 August 1924 – 2 April 2005) was an Australian politician. He was born at Loy Yang to farmer Norman Willie McInnes and Christina Elizabeth Pentland. Educated at Tinamba and Maffra, he subsequently studied at Dookie Agricultural College and Melbourne University. In 1941 he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force, and from 1943 to 1945 was a flight lieutenant in the Royal Australian Air Force. On his return he ran the family property at Tinamba and worked as a civil air pilot, being awarded the Royal Humane Society silver medal in 1947 for his role in an air rescue. He was also a company director, primarily in aviation companies, and in 1953 was the first pilot in the Citizen Air Force to break the sound barrier. It’s reported he was the first civilian pilot to break the sound barrier in 1953. The flight in an RAF Sabre Jet took place at North Luffenham in England when McInnes was a Flight Lieutenant in the City of Melbourne Squadron of the Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
