# Candidates of the 1973 Victorian state election

The 1973 Victorian state election, in Australia was held on 19 May 1973.

## Retiring Members
### Labor

* Larry Floyd MLA (Williamstown)
* Denis Lovegrove MLA (Sunshine)
* Campbell Turnbull MLA (Brunswick West)

### Liberal

* Sir Vernon Christie MLA (Ivanhoe)
* Jim Manson MLA (Ringwood)
* Sir George Reid MLA (Box Hill)
* Russell Stokes MLA (Evelyn)
* Alex Taylor MLA (Balwyn)
* Robert Trethewey MLA (Bendigo)
* Sir Gilbert Chandler MLC (Boronia)

### Country

* Russell McDonald MLA (Rodney)
* George Moss MLA (Murray Valley)
* Arthur Mansell MLC (North 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 | Country candidates | DLP candidates | Other candidates |
| Albert Park | Labor | Val Doube | Norman Walker | | Monica McGeoch | |
| Ballarat North | Liberal | Jim Caddy | Tom Evans | | Moya Schaefer | |
| Ballarat South | Liberal | Frank Sheehan | Bill Stephen | Graeme Orr | John Parkin | |
| Balwyn | Liberal | Joan Coxsedge | Jim Ramsay | | James Marmion | |
| Bellarine | Liberal | Royston Lawson | Aurel Smith | | Ray Evans | |
| Benalla | Country | James Scott | Vernon Dawson | Tom Trewin | Christopher Cody | |
| Benambra | Country | Ian Thomas | Henry Petty | Tom Mitchell | James Osmotherly | |
| Bendigo | Liberal | David Boyle | Daryl McClure | Peter Pritchard | Raymond Peterson | |
| Bennettswood | Liberal | Cyril Kennedy | Ian McLaren | | James Tighe | |
| Bentleigh | Liberal | Alexander McDonald | Bob Suggett | | Peter Madden | |
| Box Hill | Liberal | Keith Remington | Morris Williams | | James Brosnan | John Franceschini (AP) |
| Brighton | Liberal | Peter Hansen | John Rossiter | | Peter Lawlor | Frederick Funnell (AP) |
| Broadmeadows | Labor | John Wilton | Claus Salger | | Francis Dowling | |
| Brunswick East | Labor | David Bornstein | William Marriott | | Anthony Staunton | Jonathan Sutton (AP) George Zangalis (CPA) |
| Brunswick West | Labor | Tom Roper | Salvatore Gandolfo | | John Flint | |
| Camberwell | Liberal | Colin MacLeod | Vernon Wilcox | | Joseph Stanley | |
| Caulfield | Liberal | John Graham | Sir Edgar Tanner | | Peter Grant | |
| Coburg | Independent | Frank Cox | Louis Mingaars | | Timothy Gerrard | Jack Mutton (Ind) |
| Dandenong | Labor | Alan Lind | Ivan Warner | | Kevin Leydon | |
| Deer Park | Labor | Jack Ginifer | Alan McGillivray | | Alfred Wiśniewski | |
| Dromana | Liberal | Jim Snow | Roberts Dunstan | | Elizabeth Barton | |
| Dundas | Labor | Edward Lewis | Bruce Chamberlain | Alexander McLennan | Patrick Healy | |
| Essendon | Liberal | Ronald Kennelly | Kenneth Wheeler | | John Moloney | Stanley Bell (AP) Lancelot Hutchinson (DGS) |
| Evelyn | Liberal | Raymond Donkin | Jim Plowman | | Francis Feltham | Dennis Lacey (AP) |
| Footscray | Labor | Robert Fordham | Edmond Murphy | | Bert Bailey | |
| Frankston | Liberal | Donald Mercer | Edward Meagher | | John Glynn | David Heath (AP) |
| Geelong | Liberal | John O'Brien | Hayden Birrell | | John Timberlake | Guenter Sahr (AP) |
| Geelong North | Labor | Neil Trezise | David Roffey | | James Jordan | |
| Gippsland East | Country | Geoffrey Cox | John Sheehan | Bruce Evans | Robert McMahon | |
| Gippsland South | Liberal | Russel Wilson | James Taylor | Neil McInnes | John Condon | |
| Gippsland West | Liberal | Miles Cahill | Rob Maclellan | William Belfrage Hugh Hendry | Noel Gleeson | |
| Gisborne | Liberal | Ernest Jamieson | Athol Guy | Peter Holzgrefe | Maurice Flynn | |
| Glenhuntly | Liberal | Kathleen Foster | Joe Rafferty | | Terence Farrell | Richard Franklin (AP) |
| Glen Iris | Liberal | Douglas Gammon | Jim MacDonald | | Edward Cleary | Jack Hammond (AP) |
| Greensborough | Labor | Bob Fell | Monte Vale | | Ernest Dobson | David Close (Ind) Flora Miller (AP) |
| Hampden | Liberal | Raymond Blizzard | Tom Austin | Alan Plant | Francis O'Brien | |
| Hawthorn | Liberal | Evan Walker | Walter Jona | | Bernard Gaynor | John Worcester (AP) |
| Heatherton | Liberal | John Wilson | Norman Billing | | Brian Sherman | |
| Ivanhoe | Liberal | John Daley | Bruce Skeggs | | Kevin Barry | Patricia Robinson (AP) |
| Kara Kara | Labor | Esmond Curnow | John Radford | Roderick Boyd | Robert O'Connor | |
| Kew | Liberal | James Hilson | Rupert Hamer | | Francis Duffy | |
| Lowan | Liberal | Arthur Rowe | Jim McCabe | Graeme Smith | Kevin Dunn | Clifford Dodds (Ind) |
| Malvern | Liberal | Andrew Homer | Lindsay Thompson | | Edward Preece | |
| Melbourne | Labor | Barry Jones | Michael Wallwork | | Anna Linard | Michele Turner (AP) |
| Mentone | Liberal | Ian Cathie | Bill Templeton | | Daniel Condon | Ian Black (DGS) |
| Midlands | Labor | Les Shilton | Bill Ebery | | William Mannes | |
| Mildura | Country | Lance Fraser | Kevin Coogan | Milton Whiting | John Conroy | |
| Mitcham | Liberal | John Hyslop | Dorothy Goble | | Marianne Crowe | Ethel Beaumont (AP) Ray Nilsen (DGS) |
| Monbulk | Liberal | Vernon Allison | Bill Borthwick | | Franciscus Hallewas | David Barford (AP) |
| Moonee Ponds | Labor | Tom Edmunds | William Lawrence | | Michael McMahon | |
| Moorabbin | Liberal | Harry Rourke | Llew Reese | | Salvatore Pinzone | |
| Morwell | Labor | Derek Amos | Desmond Bennett | John Vinall | Leslie Hilton | |
| Murray Valley | Country | Donald Boag | Robert Crosby | Bill Baxter | David Kane | |
| Narracan | Liberal | Wilfred Bartholomeusz | Jim Balfour | Alfred Bush | John Mann | |
| Northcote | Labor | Frank Wilkes | Michael Galli | | Albert Dowsey | |
| Oakleigh | Liberal | Frank Slater | Alan Scanlan | | Ralph Cleary | |
| Polwarth | Liberal | Bill Pargeter | Cec Burgin | John Younis | Michael Dwyer | |
| Portland | Labor | Bill Lewis | Don McKellar | Diana Silvester | Maurice Purcell | |
| Prahran | Liberal | Murray Pearce | Sam Loxton | | John Johnston | |
| Preston | Labor | Carl Kirkwood | Gerard Clarke | | Maurice Horwood | Timothy Galbally (Ind) |
| Reservoir | Labor | Jim Simmonds | Elizabeth McDonnell | | Joseph Fitzgerald | |
| Richmond | Labor | Clyde Holding | Roger Frankel | | Henry Bader | |
| Ringwood | Liberal | Peter Fuller | Norman Lacy | | Antonio De Sousa | Dulcie Bethune (AP) |
| Rodney | Country | Alan Williams | James Nelms | Eddie Hann | John Evans | |
| St Kilda | Liberal | Robin Beaumont | Brian Dixon | | John Hughes | Beverley Broadbent (AP) |
| Sandringham | Liberal | Margaret Graham | Max Crellin | | William Leech | |
| Scoresby | Liberal | Alan West | Geoff Hayes | | Michael McMahon | Murray Deerbon (AP) |
| Shepparton | Country | Patrick Golden | Bill Hunter | Peter Ross-Edwards | Arthur Garner | |
| Sunshine | Labor | Bill Fogarty | Ian Ryan | | Mary Barnes | |
| Swan Hill | Country | Patricia Fraser | Alan Wood | Henry Broad | Rodger Donohue | |
| Syndal | Liberal | Christopher Miller | Ray Wiltshire | | Daniel McCabe | Kenneth Mylius (AP) |
| Warrnambool | Liberal | Ken Sanders | Ian Smith | Harold Stephenson | Francis Hasell | |
| Williamstown | Labor | Gordon Stirling | John Coughlin | | Norman Way | |

## 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 | Country candidates | DLP candidates | Other candidates |
| Ballarat | Liberal | Ronald Corbett | Vance Dickie | Patrick Hope | William Griffin | |
| Bendigo | Liberal | Stewart Anderson | Fred Grimwade | | William Drechsler | |
| Boronia | Liberal | Niall Brennan | Peter Block | | Cornelius Gleeson | |
| Doutta Galla | Labor | John Tripovich | Frank Mott | | Hubert Evans | |
| East Yarra | Liberal | Rosslyn Ives | Bill Campbell | | Helen Hart | Harold Jeffrey (AP) |
| Gippsland | Country | Thomas Matthews | Dick Long | Bob May | Gregory Answorth | |
| Higinbotham | Liberal | Henry Woodley | William Fry | | Frederick Skinner | |
| Melbourne | Labor | Doug Elliot | John Walsh | | Gordon Haberman | |
| Melbourne North | Labor | John Galbally | Richard Alston | | Christina Staunton | |
| Melbourne West | Labor | Alexander Knight | Neville Hudson | | Robin Thomas | |
| Monash | Liberal | Jean McLean | Charles Hider | | William Hoyne | |
| Northern | Country | John White | Albert Baker | Stuart McDonald | John Ryan | |
| North Eastern | Country | Edwin Ure | George Ikinger | Keith Bradbury | Maurice Smith | |
| North Western | Country | Margaret Davies | Heather Mitchell | Ken Wright | Stanley Croughan | |
| South Eastern | Liberal | David Bottomley | Alan Hunt | | John Dougherty | |
| South Western | Liberal | Stanley Nash | Stan Gleeson | Gilbert Anderson | James Crockett | |
| Templestowe | Liberal | Frederick Davis | Vasey Houghton | | Christopher Curtis | Geoffrey Loftus-Hills (AP) |
| Western | Country | Donald Grossman | Digby Crozier | Clive Mitchell | Alan Beattie | |