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1997 Mitcham State By-election
This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Mitcham in Victorian Victorian or Victorians may refer to: 19th century * Victorian era, British history during Queen Victoria's 19th-century reign ** Victorian architecture ** Victorian house ** Victorian decorative arts ** Victorian fashion ** Victorian literature ... state elections. Members for Mitcham Election results Elections in the 2010s Elections in the 2000s Elections in the 1990s Elections in the 1980s Elections in the 1970s Elections in the 1960s References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mitcham Victoria (state) state electora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Mitcham (Victoria)
The Electoral district of Mitcham was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was centered on Mitcham and Blackburn in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Created prior to the 1967 election it was, with one exception, always held by the current government. The one exception was a 1997 by-election which was won by the Labor Party with a massive 16% swing, signaling a revival in the performance of the ALP prior to the 1999 election where they narrowly retained the seat and even more narrowly won government. Mitcham was abolished in 2014 and largely replaced by Ringwood. Members for Mitcham 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, 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Mitcham State By-election
This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Mitcham in Victorian Victorian or Victorians may refer to: 19th century * Victorian era, British history during Queen Victoria's 19th-century reign ** Victorian architecture ** Victorian house ** Victorian decorative arts ** Victorian fashion ** Victorian literature ... state elections. Members for Mitcham Election results Elections in the 2010s Elections in the 2000s Elections in the 1990s Elections in the 1980s Elections in the 1970s Elections in the 1960s References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mitcham Victoria (state) state electora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 Victorian State Election
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 Legislative Assembly Legislative Council Seats changing hands * Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats. * In addition, Labor retained the seat of Dandenong, which was won at a by-election A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f .... Post-election pendulum See also * Candidates of the 1970 Victorian state election References {{Victor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
1976 Victorian State Election
The 1976 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 20 March 1976, was for the 47th Parliament of Victoria. It was held in the Australian state of Victoria to elect 81 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 22 members of the 44-member Legislative Council. Since the previous election, there was an increase in the number of members of the Legislative Assembly by 8 and in the number of Council members by 8, though only 4 were elected at the 1976 election. Since the last election, the number of Legislative Assembly members was increased from 73 to 81 and the number of seats in the Legislative Council was increased from 36 to 44. The incumbent Liberal government led by Rupert Hamer Sir Rupert James Hamer, (29 July 1916 – 23 March 2004), generally known until he was knighted in 1982 as Dick Hamer, was an Australian Liberal Party politician who served as the 39th Premier of Victoria from 1972 to 1981. Early years Hamer ... was returned with an increased majority. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Cox (Australian Politician)
George Cox may refer to: * George Cox (baseball) (1904–1995), baseball player * George Cox Sr (1873–1949), English cricketer * George Cox Jr (1911–1985), English cricketer, son of George Cox, Sr. * George Cox (Jamaican cricketer) (1877–1945), Jamaican cricketer * George Cox (cricketer, born 1859) (1859–1936), English cricketer * George Cox (New South Wales politician) (1824–1901), member of the New South Wales Legislative Council and the New South Wales Legislative Assembly * George Cox (Ottawa politician) (1834–1909), mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, 1894 * George Cox (Victorian politician) (born 1931), member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly and the Victorian Legislative Council * George Albertus Cox (1840–1914), Canadian capitalist and Senator * George B. Cox (1853–1916), Cincinnati machine politician known as Boss Cox * George Bernard Cox (1886–1978), British architect * George C. Cox (1851–1903), American photographer * George G. Cox (1842–1920). Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 Victorian State Election
The 1979 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 5 May 1979, was for the 48th Parliament of Victoria. It was held in the Australian state of Victoria to elect 81 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 22 members of the 44-member Legislative Council. The incumbent Liberal government led by Rupert Hamer was returned with a significantly reduced majority. Results Legislative Assembly Legislative Council Seats changing hands * Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats. * In addition, Labor retained the seat of Greensborough, which it had won from the Liberals in a by-election A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f .... Post-election pendulum See also * Candidates of the 1979 Victorian state election Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 Victorian State Election
The 1982 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 3 April 1982, was for the 49th Parliament of Victoria. It was held in the Australian state 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 Frank Noel Wilkes (16 June 1922 – 20 August 2015) was an Australian politician who served as the Leader of the Labor Opposition in Victoria from 1977 to 1981. Early life Wilkes was born in Melbourne and educated at Northcote Primary and Se ... 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. Results Legislative Assembly Legislative Council Seats changing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 Victorian State Election
The 1985 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 2 March 1985, was for the 50th 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. Since the previous election, the number of members of the Legislative Assembly was increased by 7 to 88. Lindsay Thompson, who led the Liberal Party to a defeat at the 1982 election with a 17-seat swing against it, resigned the leadership of the party on 5 November 1982. He was succeeded by Jeff Kennett. At the election, the incumbent Labor Party government led by John Cain Jr. maintained its electoral support, though the Liberal Party did increase the number of seats. It was the first time since Federation that a Labor government had been reelected in Victoria. Results Legislative Assembly Legislative Council Seats changing hands *Members listed in italics did not recontest their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 Victorian State Election
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 Jeff Kennett whose aggressive leadership style was still seen as a liability, as well as continuing instability in the federal Coalition. 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. Results Legislative Assembly Legislative Council Seats changing hands *Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats. Ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 Victorian State Election
The 1992 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 3 October 1992, was for the 52nd 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 Labor government of Premier Joan Kirner, who had replaced John Cain on 10 August 1990, was defeated in a landslide by the Liberal–National Coalition led by Jeff Kennett and Pat McNamara, who had campaigned on comprehensive economic and structural reform as well as changes to industrial relations. It was the largest majority that the Coalition had ever won in Victoria. Background At the 1988 state election, the Labor government had won a third term, gaining 46 of the 88 Legislative Assembly seats, but was sent reeling by a budget crisis. Despite this, polling indicated that the Liberal Opposition had been unable to gain any ground under Alan Brown, who had succeeded Jeff Kennett on 23 May 1989. Bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Victorian State Election
The 1996 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 30 March 1996, was for the 53rd 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 election took place four weeks after the 1996 federal election which swept the Labor Party from power nationally. The Liberal–National Coalition led by Jeff Kennett and Pat McNamara was returned for a second term. A swing against the government did not produce a significant seat transfer to the Labor Party, now led by John Brumby and still recovering from its landslide defeat at the October 1992 state election. While Labor obtained significant swings in safe Coalition seats, the marginal outer suburban electorates swung further towards the government. The overall two party preferred swing was 2.8% to Labor. The first signs of rural discontent with the Kennett government began to appear at this electio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
