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Electoral results for the Bendigo Province

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This is a list of electoral results for the Bendigo Province in Victorian state elections.

Members for Bendigo Province

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Year Member Party Member Party
1904   William Gray   Joseph Sternberg
1904   Joseph Abbott
1904   Alfred Hicks
1907
1910
1913
1916
1917   Nationalist   Nationalist
1919
1921   Herbert Keck Nationalist
1922
1925
1928   George Lansell Nationalist
1931
1931   United Australia   United Australia
1934
1937   John Lienhop Country
1940
1943
1944   Country
1946
1949   Liberal and Country   Liberal and Country
1949
1951   Herbert Ludbrook Liberal and Country
1952   Arthur Smith Labor
1955
1958
1961
1964   Jock Granter Liberal and Country
1965   Liberal   Liberal
1967   Fred Grimwade Liberal
1970
1973
1976   Bruce Reid Liberal
1979   John Radford Liberal
1982
1985

Election results

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Elections in the 1980s

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1982 Victorian state election: Bendigo Province[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fabian Reid 34,312 40.0 +3.9
Liberal Bruce Reid 30,871 35.9 +2.8
National Clarence Rodda 14,922 17.4 −5.0
Democrats Marlene Gunn 5,788 6.7 −1.7
Total formal votes 85,893 97.9 +0.4
Informal votes 1,816 2.1 −0.4
Turnout 87,709 95.2 +0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bruce Reid 46,487 54.1 −1.1
Labor Fabian Reid 39,406 45.9 +1.1
Liberal hold Swing −1.1

Elections in the 1970s

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1979 Victorian state election: Bendigo Province[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alan Calder 29,159 36.1 +1.7
Liberal John Radford 26,767 33.1 −0.3
National Stuart McDonald 18,140 22.4 −5.7
Democrats Douglas Linford 6,778 8.4 +8.4
Total formal votes 80,844 97.5 −0.5
Informal votes 2,039 2.5 +0.5
Turnout 82,883 94.8 −0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Radford 44,624 55.2 −5.6
Labor Alan Calder 36,220 44.8 +5.6
Liberal hold Swing −5.6
1976 Victorian state election: Bendigo Province[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Elaine Knight 26,652 34.4
Liberal Bruce Reid 25,863 33.4
National Michael Clarke 21,821 28.1
Democratic Labor Ronald Gane 3,206 4.1
Total formal votes 77,542 98.0
Informal votes 1,604 2.0
Turnout 79,146 95.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bruce Reid 47,153 60.8
Labor Elaine Knight 30,389 39.2
Liberal hold Swing
1973 Victorian state election: Bendigo Province[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Stewart Anderson 29,789 45.5 −1.5
Liberal Fred Grimwade 29,725 45.4 +5.7
Democratic Labor William Drechsler 5,905 9.0 −4.3
Total formal votes 65,419 97.5 −0.3
Informal votes 1,656 2.5 +0.3
Turnout 67,075 95.3 0.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Fred Grimwade 34,707 53.0 +2.0
Labor Stewart Anderson 30,712 47.0 −2.0
Liberal hold Swing +2.0
1970 Victorian state election: Bendigo Province[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Stewart Anderson 27,702 47.0 +3.9
Liberal Jock Granter 23,369 39.7 +9.8
Democratic Labor William Drechsler 7,826 13.3 +1.2
Total formal votes 58,897 97.8 +0.3
Informal votes 1,349 2.2 −0.3
Turnout 60,246 95.3 +0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jock Granter 30,012 51.0 +0.9
Labor Stewart Anderson 28,885 49.0 −0.9
Liberal hold Swing +0.9

Elections in the 1960s

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1967 Victorian state election: Bendigo Province[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Curran 24,789 43.1
Liberal Fred Grimwade 17,223 29.9
Country Kenneth McLennan 8,572 14.9
Democratic Labor William Drechsler 6,991 12.1
Total formal votes 57,575 97.5
Informal votes 1,486 2.5
Turnout 59,061 94.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Fred Grimwade 28,849 50.1
Labor Kevin Curran 28,726 49.9
Liberal hold Swing
1964 Victorian state election: Bendigo Province[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Smith 25,664 45.2 +1.2
Liberal and Country Jock Granter 21,004 37.0 −1.2
Democratic Labor William Drechsler 10,168 14.8 −3.6
Total formal votes 56,836 98.1 +0.3
Informal votes 1,123 1.9 −0.3
Turnout 57,959 95.4 −0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Jock Granter 30,092 52.9 −1.1
Labor Arthur Smith 26,744 47.1 +1.1
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing −1.1
1961 Victorian state election: Bendigo Province[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Patrick McMahon 24,790 43.9 −4.2
Liberal and Country Thomas Grigg 21,575 38.2 −0.5
Democratic Labor William Drechsler 10,157 18.0 +4.8
Total formal votes 56,522 97.8 −1.2
Informal votes 1,266 2.2 +1.2
Turnout 57,788 96.2 +2.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Thomas Grigg 30,506 54.0 +4.9
Labor Patrick McMahon 26,016 46.0 −4.9
Liberal and Country hold Swing +4.9

Elections in the 1950s

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Victorian Legislative Council election, 1958: Bendigo Province[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Smith 26,841 48.1 +8.4
Liberal and Country George Morison 21,591 38.7 −6.4
Democratic Labor Arthur White 7,368 13.2 −2.0
Total formal votes 55,800 99.0 +0.1
Informal votes 536 1.0 −0.1
Turnout 56,336 94.2 +0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Arthur Smith 28,375 50.9 +9.3
Liberal and Country George Morison 27,425 49.1 −9.3
Labor hold Swing +9.3

References

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  1. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1982". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  2. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1979". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  3. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1976". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  4. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1973". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  5. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1970". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  6. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1967". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  7. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1964". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  8. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1961". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  9. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1958". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.