Candidates of the Victorian state election, 1979

This is a list of candidates who stood for the 1979 Victorian state election. The election was held on 5 May 1979.

Seat changes

Bendigo Liberal MLC Fred Grimwade contested Central Highlands.
Boronia Liberal MLC Peter Block contested Nunawading.
Monash Liberal MLC Charles Hider contested the lower house seat of Glenhuntly.
Northern National MLC Stuart McDonald contested Bendigo.

Retiring Members

Note: Liberal MLA Athol Guy (Gisborne) had resigned prior to the election; no by-election was held.

Labor

Liberal

Legislative Assembly

Sitting 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	Democrats candidates	Other candidates

Albert Park	Labor	Bunna Walsh	Donald Gillies		Marilyn Blair
Ascot Vale	Labor	Tom Edmunds	Murray Kellam
Ballarat North	Liberal	Bill Horrocks	Tom Evans
Ballarat South	Liberal	Frank Sheehan	Joan Chambers		June Johnson	Glendon Ludbrook (Ind)
Balwyn	Liberal	Ann Jackson	Jim Ramsay		Ralph Corrie
Benalla	National	Brian Cousins	Alan Jones	Tom Trewin
Benambra	Liberal	Max Edgar	Lou Lieberman	John Bidgood		Dudley Schubert (Ind)
Bendigo	Liberal	Elaine Knight	Daryl McClure		Christopher Stoltz
Bennettswood	Liberal	Doug Newton	Keith McCance		Alan Swindon
Bentleigh	Liberal	Gordon Hockley	Bob Suggett
Berwick	Liberal	Judith Wallace	Rob Maclellan		Grace Bayliss
Box Hill	Liberal	Adrian Moore	Donald Mackinnon		Esther Poelman
Brighton	Liberal	Christopher Kennedy	Jeannette Patrick
Broadmeadows	Labor	John Wilton	Norman Walker		Barbara Duncan
Brunswick	Labor	Tom Roper	Geoff Leigh			Philip Herington (CPA)
Bundoora	Labor	John Cain	Anthony Cree			Jamie Bogle (Ind)
Burwood	Liberal	Douglas Bennett	Jeff Kennett		Veronica Lysaght
Carrum	Labor	Ian Cathie	Hugh Falconer		Wendy Kleeman	Brenda Heath (AP)
Caulfield	Liberal	Gilbert Wright	Ted Tanner		Allan Blankfield	Charles Francis (Ind)
Coburg	Independent	Peter Gavin	Nicholas Kosenko		Kenneth Goss	Raymond Berbling (Ind) John Flint (DLP) Jack Mutton (Ind)
Dandenong	Labor	Rob Jolly	Francis Holohan		Janice Bateman	Ruth Egg (SWP)
Doncaster	Liberal	Jean Downing	Morris Williams		Sydney Poulter	Max Mand (AP)
Dromana	Liberal	David Hassett	Roberts Dunstan	Kenneth Spunner	Laurence Amor
Essendon	Liberal	Barry Rowe	Ian Hocking			Richard McManus (DLP)
Evelyn	Liberal	William Thomas	Jim Plowman		John Couzens
Footscray	Labor	Robert Fordham	John Huntington			Peter Abrahamson (SWP)
Forest Hill	Liberal	Anne Blackburn	John Richardson		John Goodall	Wilhelm Kapphan (Ind)
Frankston	Liberal	Archibald Stewart	Graeme Weideman		William Towers
Geelong East	Liberal	Graham Ernst	Phil Gude		Reginald Swetten	Roderick Jordan (DLP)
Geelong North	Labor	Neil Trezise	John Dow
Geelong West	Liberal	Hayden Shell	Hayden Birrell		Guenter Sahr
Gippsland East	National	Graeme McIntyre	Philip Davis	Bruce Evans
Gippsland South	National	Ronald Neal	David Kallady	Neil McInnes	Wilma Western
Gisborne	Liberal	Ian Elliott	Tom Reynolds
Glenhuntly	Liberal	Gerard Vaughan	Charles Hider			Gail Farrell (AP) John Mulholland (DLP)
Glenroy	Labor	Jack Culpin	Donald McClelland
Greensborough	Labor	Pauline Toner	Ronald Turner		Leo Bates	Dorothy Prout (AP)
Hawthorn	Liberal	Kevin Zervos	Walter Jona		Alberta Steegstra
Heatherton	Liberal	Peter Spyker	Llew Reese		Sonia Sargood
Ivanhoe	Liberal	Tony Sheehan	Bruce Skeggs		Mario Piraino
Keilor	Labor	Jack Ginifer	Vaclav Ubl
Kew	Liberal	Wesley Blackmore	Rupert Hamer		Keith Bruckner	Stan Keon (DLP)
Knox	Labor	Steve Crabb	Gerald Ashman			Derek Kruse (Ind)
Lowan	Liberal	David Drake-Feary	Jim McCabe	Bill McGrath
Malvern	Liberal	Kenneth Penaluna	Lindsay Thompson			Martin Cahill (Ind)
Melbourne	Labor	Keith Remington	John Campbell		Trevor Cooke	Roger Wilson (CPA)
Mentone	Liberal	Barry Hirt	Bill Templeton			Desmond Burke (DLP)
Midlands	Liberal	John Brumby	Bill Ebery		Janice Russell
Mildura	National	Harry Sugars	David Mattiske	Milton Whiting
Mitcham	Liberal	Michael Shatin	George Cox		Frank Andrewartha	Peter Allan (AP)
Monbulk	Liberal	Francesco Cafarella	Bill Borthwick		Malcolm Matheson	Ian Wood (AP)
Morwell	Labor	Derek Amos	Ian Lockwood	Gary Black	Ross Ollquist	Robert McCracken (Ind)
Murray Valley	National	Abigail Donlon	Brian Lumsden	Ken Jasper
Narracan	Liberal	William Rutherford	Jim Balfour	Douglas Hatfield	Alan Petschack
Niddrie	Labor	Jack Simpson	Roslyn Crago		Bruce McNeill	Cecil Kirchner (Ind)
Noble Park	Labor	Tony Van Vliet	Peter Collins
Northcote	Labor	Frank Wilkes	Lilian Heath			Ian Hughes (Ind)
Oakleigh	Liberal	Race Mathews	Alan Scanlan		Domenico Quadara	David Heath (AP) Elaine Mulholland (DLP)
Polwarth	Liberal	Ronald Wheaton	Cec Burgin	Gilbert Anderson	Kathleen May
Portland	Liberal	Bill Lewis	Don McKellar	Roger Hallam
Prahran	Liberal	Bob Miller	Tony De Domenico		Peter Bowden	Trevor McCandless (Ind)
Preston	Labor	Carl Kirkwood	Elie Obeid
Reservoir	Labor	Jim Simmonds	Hugh Luscombe		Arno Vann
Richmond	Labor	Theo Sidiropoulos	Wendy Leigh		Vivian Keating	Astridis Lalopoulos (Ind)
Ringwood	Liberal	Robert Wallace	Peter McArthur		Max Capon	Wilfrid Thiele (AP)
Ripon	Liberal	Alex Pope	Tom Austin	Robert Peck
Rodney	National	Stephen Jones	Victor Kuhle	Eddie Hann	Janet Powell
St Kilda	Liberal	David Hardy	Brian Dixon		Douglas Davidson	John Cotter (AP)
Sandringham	Liberal	Neville Garner	Max Crellin		Graeme Evans
Shepparton	National	Marjorie Gillies	Haset Sali	Peter Ross-Edwards
South Barwon	Liberal	Eric Young	Aurel Smith
Springvale	Liberal	Kevin King	Norman Billing		James Wright	Edward Woods (Ind)
Sunshine	Labor	Bill Fogarty	Andreas Zafiropoulos		Algimantas Kacinskas
Swan Hill	Liberal	Geoffrey Ferns	Alan Wood	Keith Warne
Syndal	Liberal	Russell Oakley	Geoff Coleman		Christopher Prawdzic
Wantirna	Liberal	Jeffrey Kaufman	Geoff Hayes		Colin Styring	John Benigno (AP)
Warrandyte	Liberal	Richard Davies	Norman Lacy		Robyn Barker	Dulcie Bethune (Ind)
Warrnambool	Liberal	Vernon Delaney	Ian Smith	Ian Symons		Gwenneth Trayling (Ind)
Werribee	Liberal	Ken Coghill	Stuart Southwick			Charles Skidmore (Ind)
Westernport	Liberal	Russell Joiner	Alan Brown	Lawrence Wintle	Ronald Bowman	Doug Jennings (Ind)
Williamstown	Labor	Gordon Stirling	Peter Morris

Legislative Council

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.

Province	Held by	Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	National candidates	Democrats candidates	Other candidates

Ballarat	Labor	David Williams	Clive Bubb
Bendigo	Liberal	Alan Calder	John Radford	Stuart McDonald	Douglas Linford
Boronia	Liberal	Richard Coughlin	Gracia Baylor			Peter Brown (Ind)
Central Highlands	Liberal	Max McDonald	Fred Grimwade
Chelsea	Liberal	Eric Kent	Geoffrey Connard
Doutta Galla	Labor	David White	Claus Salger
East Yarra	Liberal	Jeanne Hendy	Bill Campbell		Michael McBride
Geelong	Liberal	Rod Mackenzie	Gordon Hall			James Jordan (DLP)
Gippsland	Liberal	Thomas Matthews	Dick Long	John King	Ian Goldie	Bruce Ingle (Ind)
Higinbotham	Liberal	Geoffrey Fleming	Robert Lawson
Melbourne	Labor	Evan Walker	Bill Stanley
Melbourne North	Labor	Giovanni Sgro	Geoff Lutz			Eric Granger (Ind)
Melbourne West	Labor	Joan Coxsedge	Rino Baggio		Ivan Pollock	Alexander Knight (Ind)
Monash	Liberal	Howard Smith	Don Hayward
North Eastern	National	Nicholas Paola	Bill Hunter	Bill Baxter	Diane Teasdale
North Western	National	Pamela Fowler	Ian Milburn	Ken Wright
Nunawading	Liberal	Alan Wearne	Peter Block		Jeffrey McAlpine
South Eastern	Liberal	Norman Spencer	Alan Hunt	Donald McRae	Stefan Taficzuk
Templestowe	Liberal	Mike Arnold	Vasey Houghton
Thomastown	Labor	Glyde Butler	Kathleen Mulraney
Waverley	Liberal	Cyril Kennedy	William McDonald		Frederick Steinicke	Stephen Buttery (Ind)
Western	Liberal	Henry Birrell	Digby Crozier	Clive Mitchell

References

Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive

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