# Candidates of the 1979 Victorian state election

The 1979 Victorian state 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

* Val Doube MLA (Albert Park)
* Alan Lind MLA (Dandenong)
* Doug Elliot MLC (Melbourne)
* John Galbally MLC (Melbourne North)

### Liberal

* 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

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

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 | | |