list of victorian state by-elections
Table:
By-election
Incumbent
Party
Party
Reason for by-election
Date of by-election
Winner of By-election
Party
Party

Lyndhurst
Tim Holding

Labor
Resigned
27 April 2013
Martin Pakula

Labor

Melbourne
Bronwyn Pike

Labor
Resigned
21 July 2012
Jennifer Kanis

Labor

Niddrie
Rob Hulls

Labor
Resigned
24 March 2012
Ben Carroll

Labor

Broadmeadows
John Brumby

Labor
Resigned following defeat as Premier
19 February 2011
Frank McGuire

Labor

Altona
Lynne Kosky

Labor
Resigned
13 February 2010
Jill Hennessy

Labor

Kororoit
Andre Haermeyer

Labor
Resigned
28 June 2008
Marlene Kairouz

Labor

Williamstown
Steve Bracks

Labor
Resigned as Premier
15 September 2007
Wade Noonan

Labor

Albert Park
John Thwaites

Labor
Resigned
15 September 2007
Martin Foley

Labor

Benalla
Pat McNamara

National
Resigned
13 May 2000
Denise Allen

Labor

Burwood
Jeff Kennett

Liberal
Resigned following election loss
11 December 1999
Bob Stensholt

Labor

Northcote
Tony Sheehan

Labor
Resigned
15 August 1998
Mary Delahunty

Labor

Mitcham
Roger Pescott

Liberal
Resigned
13 December 1997
Tony Robinson

Labor

Gippsland West
Alan Brown

Liberal
Resigned
1 February 1997
Susan Davies

Independent

Williamstown
Joan Kirner

Labor
Resigned
13 August 1994
Steve Bracks

Labor

Coburg
Tom Roper

Labor
Resigned
14 May 1994
Carlo Carli

Labor

Broadmeadows
Jim Kennan

Labor
Resigned
18 September 1993
John Brumby

Labor

Shepparton
Peter Ross-Edwards

National
Resigned
19 October 1991
Don Kilgour

National

Thomastown
Beth Gleeson

Labor
Died
3 February 1990
Peter Batchelor

Labor

Greensborough
Pauline Toner

Labor
Resigned due to ill health (cancer)
15 April 1989
Sherryl Garbutt

Labor

Rodney
Eddie Hann

National
Resigned
4 March 1989
Noel Maughan

National

Swan Hill
Alan Wood

Liberal
Resigned
7 May 1983
Barry Steggall

National

Warrnambool
Ian Smith

Liberal
Resigned in unsuccessful attempt to win Liberal preselection for the 1983 Wannon federal by-election
7 May 1983
Adam Kempton

Liberal

Springvale
Kevin King

Labor
Died
19 March 1983
Eddie Micallef

Labor

Malvern
Lindsay Thompson

Liberal
Resigned following defeat as Premier
4 December 1982
Geoff Leigh

Liberal

Keilor
Jack Ginifer

Labor
Resigned due to ill health
17 July 1982
George Seitz

Labor

Kew
Rupert Hamer

Liberal
Resigned following resignation as Premier
15 August 1981
Prue Sibree

Liberal

Morwell
Derek Amos

Labor
Resigned due to ill health
27 June 1981
Valerie Callister

Labor

Richmond
Clyde Holding

Labor
Resigned to enter federal politics at the 1977 federal election
17 December 1977
Theo Sidiropoulos

Labor

Melbourne
Barry Jones

Labor
Resigned to enter federal politics at the 1977 federal election
17 December 1977
Keith Remington

Labor

Greensborough
Monte Vale

Liberal
Died
5 November 1977
Pauline Toner

Labor

Brunswick East
David Bornstein

Labor
Resigned
12 April 1975
Ron McAlister

Labor

Greensborough
Monte Vale

Liberal
Result overturned by the Court of Disputed Returns
13 October 1973
Monte Vale

Liberal

Hampden
Henry Bolte

Liberal
Resigned as Premier
7 October 1972
Tom Austin

Liberal

Gisborne
Julian Doyle

Liberal
Resigned
11 December 1971
Athol Guy

Liberal

Kew
Arthur Rylah

Liberal
Resigned due to ill health
17 April 1971
Rupert Hamer

Liberal

Dandenong
Len Reid

Liberal
Resigned to enter federal politics at the 1969 federal election
6 December 1969
Alan Lind

Labor

Swan Hill
Harold Stirling

Country
Died
14 September 1968
Henry Broad

Country

Grant
Roy Crick

Labor
Died
8 October 1966
Jack Ginifer

Labor

Caulfield
Alexander Fraser

Liberal
Died
18 September 1965
Ian McLaren

Liberal

Mildura
Nathaniel Barclay

Country
Died
27 October 1962
Milton Whiting

Country

Broadmeadows
Harry Kane

Liberal and Country
Died
4 August 1962
John Wilton

Labor

Richmond
Bill Towers

Labor
Died
12 May 1962
Clyde Holding

Labor

Ballarat North
Russell White

Country
Resigned to take up position on the Trotting Control Board
12 November 1960
Tom Evans

Liberal and Country

Scoresby
George Knox

Liberal and Country
Died
17 September 1960
Bill Borthwick

Liberal and Country

Footscray
Ernie Shepherd

Labor
Died
8 October 1958
William Divers

Labor

Northcote
John Cain

Labor
Died
21 September 1957
Frank Wilkes

Labor

Camberwell
Robert Whately

Liberal and Country
Died in a car accident
21 April 1956
Vernon Wilcox

Liberal and Country

Mornington
William Leggatt

Liberal and Country
Resigned to take up appointment as Agent-General for Victoria in London
3 March 1956
Roberts Dunstan

Liberal and Country

Flemington
Jack Holland

Labor
Died
18 February 1956
Kevin Holland

Labor

Malvern
Trevor Oldham

Liberal and Country
Died
11 July 1953
John Bloomfield

Liberal and Country

Toorak
Edward Reynolds

Liberal and Country
Resigned
13 September 1952
Horace Petty

Liberal and Country

Port Melbourne
Tom Corrigan

Labor
Died
13 September 1952
Stan Corrigan

Labor

Prahran
Frank Crean

Labor
Resigned to enter federal politics at the 1951 federal election
16 June 1951
Robert Pettiona

Labor

Ivanhoe
Rupert Curnow

Liberal and Country
Died
24 February 1951
Frank Block

Liberal and Country

Clifton Hill
Jack Cremean

Liberal and Country
Resigned to enter federal politics at the 1949 federal election
17 December 1949
Joseph O'Carroll

Labor

Kew
Wilfrid Kent Hughes

Liberal and Country
Resigned to enter federal politics at the 1949 federal election
17 December 1949
Arthur Rylah

Liberal and Country

Richmond
Stan Keon

Labor
Resigned to enter federal politics at the 1949 federal election
17 December 1949
Frank Scully

Labor

Brunswick
Jim Jewell

Labor
Died
16 July 1949
Peter Randles

Labor

Prahran
Bill Quirk

Labor
Died
22 January 1949
Frank Crean

Labor

Geelong
Fanny Brownbill

Labor
Died
13 November 1948
Edward Montgomery

Liberal

Toorak
Robert Bell Hamilton

Liberal
Died
19 June 1948
Edward Reynolds

Liberal

Collingwood
Tom Tunnecliffe

Labor
Resigned
20 September 1947
Bill Towers

Labor

Benambra
Roy Paton

Country
Died
7 June 1947
Thomas Mitchell

Country

Prahran
John Ellis

United Australia
Died
18 August 1945
Bill Quirk

Labor

Clifton Hill
Herbert Cremean

Labor
Died
7 July 1945
Jack Cremean

Labor

Bendigo
Arthur Cook

Labor
Died
26 May 1945
Bill Galvin

Labor

Lowan
Hamilton Lamb

Country
Died in a Japanese prisoner of war camp on the Burma Railway
4 November 1944
Wilfred Mibus

Country

Bulla and Dalhousie
Reginald James

Country
Died
27 September 1944
Leslie Webster

Country

Rodney
William Dunstone

Country
Died
12 April 1944
Richard Brose

Country

Waranga
Ernest Coyle

Country
Died
9 October 1943
Wollaston Heily

Country

Nunawading
Ivy Weber

Independent
Resigned in unsuccessful attempt to enter federal politics at the 1943 federal election
4 September 1943
Bob Gray

Labor

Maryborough and Daylesford
George Frost

Labor
Died
28 November 1942
Clive Stoneham

Labor

Gippsland North
Alexander Borthwick

Country
Died
20 June 1942
Bill Fulton

Country

Port Melbourne
James Murphy

Labor
Died
18 April 1942
Tom Corrigan

Labor

Toorak
Stanley Argyle

United Australia
Died
11 January 1941
Henry Thonemann

United Australia

Polwarth
Allan McDonald

United Australia
Resigned to enter federal politics at the 1940 federal election
2 November 1940
Edward Guye

United Australia

Coburg
Frank Keane

Labor
Died
13 July 1940
Charlie Mutton

Independent Labor

Hawthorn
John Austin Gray

United Australia
Died
10 June 1939
Les Tyack

United Australia

Gippsland North
James Weir McLachlan

Independent
Died
5 November 1938
Alexander Borthwick

Country

Geelong
William Brownbill

Labor
Died
4 June 1938
Fanny Brownbill

Labor

Benalla
Edward Cleary

Country
Died
3 October 1936
Frederick Cook

Independent

Goulburn Valley
Murray Bourchier

Country
Resigned to take up appointment as Agent-General for Victoria in London
19 September 1936
John MacDonald

Country

Rodney
John Allan

Country
Died
18 April 1936
William Dunstone

Country

Allandale
Thomas Parkin

United Australia
Died
21 March 1936
Patrick Denigan

Labor

Nunawading
Robert Menzies

United Australia
Resigned to enter federal politics at the 1934 federal election
1 September 1934
William Boyland

United Australia

Gunbower
Henry Angus

United Australia
Died
12 May 1934
Norman Martin

Independent Country

Allandale
Alexander Peacock

United Australia
Died
11 November 1933
Millie Peacock

United Australia

Warrnambool
James Fairbairn

United Australia
Resigned to contest the 1933 Flinders federal by-election
11 November 1933
Keith McGarvie

United Australia

Polwarth
James McDonald

United Australia
Died
16 September 1933
Allan McDonald

United Australia

Boroondara
Richard Linton

United Australia
Resigned to take up appointment as Agent-General for Victoria in London
29 April 1933
Trevor Oldham

United Australia

Benambra
Henry Beardmore

United Australia
Died
15 October 1932
Roy Paton

Country

Carlton
Robert Solly

Labor
Died
9 July 1932
William Barry

Labor

Caulfield
Frederick Forrest

Progressive Liberal
Died
22 November 1930
Harold Daniel Luxton

Nationalist

Hawthorn
William Murray McPherson

Nationalist
Resigned
27 September 1930
John Austin Gray

Nationalist

Gippsland West
Arthur Walter

Country
Resigned in unsuccessful bid for the federal seat of Indi at the 1929 election
19 October 1929
Matthew Bennett

Country

Barwon
Edward Morley

Nationalist
Died
6 July 1929
Thomas Maltby

Nationalist

Castlemaine and Kyneton
Harry Lawson

Nationalist
Resigned to contest a Senate seat at the 1929 federal election
2 February 1929
Walter Langslow

Nationalist

Brighton
Oswald Snowball

Nationalist
Died
28 April 1928
Ian MacFarlan

Nationalist

Gippsland South
Henry Bodman

Independent
Died
3 December 1927
Walter West

Nationalist

Flemington
Edward Warde

Labor
Died
9 December 1925
Jack Holland

Labor

Fitzroy
John Billson

Labor
Died
4 February 1925
Maurice Blackburn

Labor

Glenelg
William Thomas

Labor
Died
14 August 1924
Ernie Bond

Labor

Gippsland West
Sir John Mackey

Nationalist
Died
23 May 1924
Arthur Walter

VFU

Dalhousie
Allan Cameron

Nationalist
Died
31 January 1924
Reg Pollard

Labor

Daylesford
Donald McLeod

Nationalist
Died
8 July 1923
Roderick McLeod [1 ]

Labor

Gippsland South
Thomas Livingston

Nationalist
Died
18 August 1922
Walter West

Nationalist

Upper Goulburn
Edwin Mackrell

VFU
Disqualified (failed to nominate on time)
27 January 1921
Edwin Mackrell

VFU

Swan Hill
Percy Stewart

VFU
Resigned to enter federal politics at the 1919 federal election
19 November 1919
Francis Old

VFU

Albert Park
Joseph Hannan

Labor
Resigned to enter federal politics at the 1919 federal election
19 November 1919
Arthur Wallace

Labor

Albert Park
George Elmslie

Labor
Died
13 June 1918
Joseph Hannan

Labor

Polwarth
John Johnstone

Nationalist
Resigned
13 July 1917
James McDonald

Nationalist

Benambra
John Leckie

Nationalist
Resigned
20 April 1917
Henry Beardmore

Nationalist

Geelong
William Plain

Nationalist
Resigned
20 April 1917
Robert Purnell

Nationalist

Warrnambool
John Murray

Commonwealth Liberal
Died
1 June 1916
James Deany

Commonwealth Liberal

Bendigo East
Alfred Hampson

Labor
Resigned to enter federal politics at the Bendigo by-election, 1915
4 February 1915
Luke Clough

Labor

Essendon
William Watt

Nationalist
Resigned to enter federal politics at the 1914 federal election
23 July 1914
Maurice Blackburn

Labor

Gippsland South
Thomas Livingston

Nationalist
Forfieted seat after joining Peacock Ministry
30 June 1914
Thomas Livingston

Nationalist

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{"answer": ["people.person"]}