The 1979 Victorian state election was held on 5 May 1979.
Seat changes edit
- 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 edit
Labor edit
- Val Doube MLA (Albert Park)
- Alan Lind MLA (Dandenong)
- Doug Elliot MLC (Melbourne)
- John Galbally MLC (Melbourne North)
Liberal edit
- Neville Hudson MLA (Werribee)
- Sam Loxton MLA (Prahran)
- Ian McLaren MLA (Bennettswood)
- Joe Rafferty MLA (Glenhuntly)
- Bill Stephen MLA (Ballarat South)
- Sir Kenneth Wheeler MLA (Essendon)
- William Fry MLC (Higinbotham)
- Stan Gleeson MLC (South Western)
Legislative Assembly edit
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 | Paul McManus (DLP) | ||
| Evelyn | Liberal | Warren 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 | Anna 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 | Albertus 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 | Frank 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 edit
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.