The 1982 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 3 April 1982, was for the 49th
Parliament of Victoria
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. It was held in the
Australian state
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of
Victoria
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to elect 81 members of the state's
Legislative Assembly and 22 members of the 44-member
Legislative Council.
Lindsay Thompson
Lindsay Hamilton Simpson Thompson AO, CMG (15 October 1923 – 16 July 2008) was an Australian Liberal Party politician who served the 40th Premier of Victoria from June 1981 to April 1982. He was previously the Deputy Premier between 1972 and ...
succeeded Rupert Hamer as
Liberal Party
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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 hands
*Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats.
Post-election pendulum
See also
*
Candidates of the 1982 Victorian state election
References
{{Victorian elections
Elections in Victoria (Australia)
1982 elections in Australia
1980s in Victoria (Australia)
April 1982 events in Australia
John Cain