The 1976 Victorian state election was held on 20 March 1976.
Seat changes
edit- Following the redistribution, the following members of the Legislative Assembly contested different seats:
- Tom Austin (Hampden, Liberal) contested Ripon.
- Bill Baxter (Murray Valley, National) contested Benambra.
- Norman Billing (Heatherton, Liberal) contested Springvale.
- Hayden Birrell (Geelong, Liberal) contested Geelong West.
- Esmond Curnow (Kara Kara, Labor) contested Bendigo.
- Tom Edmunds (Moonee Ponds, Labor) contested Ascot Vale.
- Jack Ginifer (Deer Park, Labor) contested Keilor.
- Geoff Hayes (Scoresby, Liberal) contested Wantirna.
- Norman Lacy (Ringwood, Liberal) contested Warrandyte.
- Rob Maclellan (Gippsland West, Liberal) contested Berwick.
- Llew Reese (Moorabbin, Liberal) contested Heatherton.
- Tom Roper (Brunswick West, Labor) contested Brunswick.
- Aurel Smith (Bellarine, Liberal) contested South Barwon.
- Morris Williams (Box Hill, Liberal) contested Doncaster.
- Bruce Chamberlain MLA (Dundas, Liberal) contested Western Province.
- The following members of the Legislative Council contested different seats:
- Michael Clarke (Northern, National) contested Bendigo Province.
- Dolph Eddy (Doutta Galla, Labor) contested Thomastown Province.
- Jock Granter (Bendigo, Liberal) contested Central Highlands Province.
- Vernon Hauser (Boronia, Liberal) contested Nunawading Province.
- Glyn Jenkins (South Western, Liberal) contested Geelong Province.
Retiring Members
editLabor
edit- Ron McAlister MLA (Brunswick East)
Liberal
edit- Dorothy Goble MLA (Mitcham)
- Jim MacDonald MLA (Glen Iris)
- Edward Meagher MLA (Frankston)
- John Rossiter MLA (Brighton)
- Sir Edgar Tanner MLA (Caulfield)
- Vernon Wilcox MLA (Camberwell)
- Ray Wiltshire MLA (Syndal)
- Murray Byrne MLC (Ballarat)
- Sir Raymond Garrett MLC (Templestowe)
- Graham Nicol MLC (Monash)
National
edit- Tom Mitchell MLA (Benambra)
- Ivan Swinburne MLC (North Eastern)
Legislative Assembly
editSitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | National candidates | DLP candidates | Other candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Park | Labor | Val Doube | Timothy Hinchcliffe | |||
| Ascot Vale | Labor | Tom Edmunds | Edmond Murphy | |||
| Ballarat North | Liberal | Jeremy Harper | Tom Evans | Dennis O'Reilly | ||
| Ballarat South | Liberal | Frank Sheehan | Bill Stephen | |||
| Balwyn | Liberal | Paul Gibson | Jim Ramsay | John Hansen | Peter King (AP) | |
| Benalla | National | John Dennis | Leo Gorman | Tom Trewin | Christopher Cody | |
| Benambra | National | Ken Coghill | Lou Lieberman | Bill Baxter | Kevin Redfern | Robert Wiltshire (Ind) |
| Bendigo | Liberal | Esmond Curnow | Daryl McClure | |||
| Bennettswood | Liberal | Peter Bruce | Ian McLaren | James Tighe | ||
| Bentleigh | Liberal | Lindsay Thomas | Bob Suggett | Peter Madden | John Stoker (WP) | |
| Berwick | Liberal | Judith Wallace | Rob Maclellan | Ronald Irwin | Michael Houlihan | |
| Box Hill | Liberal | Howard Hodgens | Donald Mackinnon | James Brosnan | ||
| Brighton | Liberal | Robert Gerrand | Jeannette Patrick | Peter Lawlor | Ian Mullins (AP) | |
| Broadmeadows | Labor | John Wilton | Donald McClelland | |||
| Brunswick | Labor | Tom Roper | Alfredo Kouris | Stephen Cope (Ind) Robert Douglas (Ind) Anthony Errichiello (Ind) Leslie Johns (Ind) Grahame Kermonde (Ind) Marian Kermonde (Ind) Ronald Moran (Ind) Angelo Russo (Ind) | ||
| Bundoora | Labor | John Cain | Dorothy Baker | |||
| Burwood | Liberal | Douglas Bennett | Jeff Kennett | Joseph Stanley | Michael Boffa (WP) | |
| Carrum | Labor | Ian Cathie | Allan Coombes | |||
| Caulfield | Liberal | Gilbert Wright | Charles Francis | Mary Lane | ||
| Coburg | Independent | Peter Gavin | Nicholas Kosenko | Helen Hart | Jack Mutton (Ind) | |
| Dandenong | Labor | Alan Lind | James Grayling | |||
| Doncaster | Liberal | Francis Smith | Morris Williams | Margaret Coogan | Edward Ajani (Ind) | |
| Dromana | Liberal | Geoffrey Eastwood | Roberts Dunstan | John Cass | ||
| Essendon | Liberal | Barry Rowe | Kenneth Wheeler | |||
| Evelyn | Liberal | Warren Thomas | Jim Plowman | Errol Simon | Francis Feltham | |
| Footscray | Labor | Robert Fordham | James Kapoudaglis | |||
| Forest Hill | Liberal | Neville Gay | John Richardson | Francis Poole | ||
| Frankston | Liberal | Alison Ogden | Graeme Weideman | John Glynn | ||
| Geelong East | Liberal | Dennis O'Brien | Phil Gude | |||
| Geelong North | Labor | Neil Trezise | Stanley Yates | |||
| Geelong West | Liberal | Kevin Kirby | Hayden Birrell | |||
| Gippsland East | National | Geoffrey Ramsden | Bruce Evans | Robert McMahon | Geoffrey Cox (Ind) | |
| Gippsland South | National | Russel Wilson | David Kallady | Neil McInnes | Leonard Carroll | |
| Gisborne | Liberal | George Beardsley | Athol Guy | Robert Cooper | Paul McManus | |
| Glenhuntly | Liberal | Gerard Vaughan | Joe Rafferty | Terence Farrell | ||
| Glenroy | Labor | Jack Culpin | Francis Mott | |||
| Greensborough | Liberal | Brian McKinlay | Monte Vale | |||
| Hawthorn | Liberal | Evan Walker | Walter Jona | Daniel Condon | Jennifer Relf (Ind) | |
| Heatherton | Liberal | Peter Spyker | Llew Reese | |||
| Ivanhoe | Liberal | John Lelleton | Bruce Skeggs | Margaret Rush | ||
| Keilor | Labor | Jack Ginifer | Vaclav Ubl | Spyros Kokkinos (Ind) | ||
| Kew | Liberal | Gary Jungwirth | Rupert Hamer | Francis Duffy | Charles Barrington (Ind) Margaret Tighe (Ind) | |
| Knox | Liberal | Steve Crabb | Bruce Fasham | |||
| Lowan | Liberal | Brian Brooke | Jim McCabe | Howard Ellis | Kevin Dunn | Francis Petering (Ind) |
| Malvern | Liberal | Evelyn Watson | Lindsay Thompson | John Cotter | ||
| Melbourne | Labor | Barry Jones | Bruce Atkinson | Lou-Anne Barker (Ind) | ||
| Mentone | Liberal | Barry Hirt | Bill Templeton | Desmond Burke | ||
| Midlands | Liberal | Donal Harvey | Bill Ebery | Clarence Rodda | Audrey Drechsler | |
| Mildura | National | Noel Treharne | Lloyd Beasy | Milton Whiting | Stanley Croughan | |
| Mitcham | Liberal | Gordon Henderson | George Cox | |||
| Monbulk | Liberal | Stuart Morris | Bill Borthwick | |||
| Morwell | Labor | Derek Amos | Frank Hall | James Davis | John Mann | |
| Murray Valley | National | Abigail Donlon | Brian Lumsden | Ken Jasper | Patrick Payne | |
| Narracan | Liberal | Pat Bartholomeusz | Jim Balfour | Arthur Hewson | Brian Handley | |
| Niddrie | Labor | Jack Simpson | Peter Kirchner | Lancelot Hutchinson (Ind) | ||
| Noble Park | Liberal | Tony Van Vliet | Peter Collins | |||
| Northcote | Labor | Frank Wilkes | Gillford Brown | |||
| Oakleigh | Liberal | Sam Papasavas | Alan Scanlan | Trevor Cooke (AP) Leslie Kausman (Ind) | ||
| Polwarth | Liberal | Ronald Wheaton | Cec Burgin | Frederick Sadler | Thomas Fleming | |
| Portland | Liberal | Bill Lewis | Don McKellar | Clive Mitchell | Patrick Healy | |
| Prahran | Liberal | Morris Milder | Sam Loxton | Paul Krutulis (WP) Michael Salvaris (Ind) | ||
| Preston | Labor | Carl Kirkwood | John Miles | |||
| Reservoir | Labor | Jim Simmonds | Tony De Domenico | Matthew Curie (Ind) | ||
| Richmond | Labor | Clyde Holding | John Rush | Andrew Jamieson (Ind) | ||
| Ringwood | Liberal | Robert Wallace | Peter McArthur | |||
| Ripon | Labor | Alexander Pope | Tom Austin | Rob Borbidge | Francis O'Brien | |
| Rodney | National | Michael Smith | Graham Arthur | Eddie Hann | David Kane | |
| Sandringham | Liberal | Vivienne Brophy | Max Crellin | Salvatore Pinzone | ||
| Shepparton | National | Stephen Fletcher | Bill Hunter | Peter Ross-Edwards | Martha Bennetts | |
| South Barwon | Liberal | Raymond Hughan | Aurel Smith | James Jordan | ||
| Springvale | Liberal | Kevin King | Norman Billing | |||
| St Kilda | Liberal | David Hardy | Brian Dixon | Frederick Gray (Ind) Peter Lake (Ind) Ronald Petersen (Ind) | ||
| Sunshine | Labor | Bill Fogarty | David More | Charles Skidmore (Ind) | ||
| Swan Hill | Liberal | Graeme Lechte | Alan Wood | James Mitchell | Daniel Mason | |
| Syndal | Liberal | John Perryman | Geoff Coleman | |||
| Wantirna | Liberal | Christopher Miller | Geoff Hayes | Clement Elliot | ||
| Warrandyte | Liberal | Frederick Davis | Norman Lacy | |||
| Warrnambool | Liberal | Vernon Delaney | Ian Smith | Murray Lane | Peter Burke | |
| Werribee | Labor | Anthony Robinson | Neville Hudson | Walter Lockhart (WP) | ||
| Westernport | Liberal | John Daley | Doug Jennings | Michael Woods | Kevin Leydon | |
| Williamstown | Labor | Gordon Stirling | Wallace Feeney |
Legislative Council
editSitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.