1973 Victorian state election
The 1973 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 19 May 1973, was for the 46th Parliament of Victoria. It was held in the Australian state of Victoria to elect the 73 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 18 members of the 36-member Legislative Council.
Rupert Hamer succeeded Henry Bolte as Premier of Victoria on 23 August 1972. In 1972 a federal Labor government was elected, the first Labor government in 23 years. The incumbent Liberal government in Victoria led by Hamer was returned at the election with an increased vote of about 5%, largely at the expense of the Democratic Labor Party.Results
Legislative Assembly
Legislative Council
Seats changing hands
| LIBERAL SEATS | - | - | - |
| Marginal | - | - | - |
| Greensborough | Monte Vale | LIB | 0.01% |
| Ivanhoe | Bruce Skeggs | LIB | 0.3% |
| Swan Hill | Alan Wood | LIB | 1.3% v CP |
| Mentone | Bill Templeton | LIB | 2.2% |
| Essendon | Kenneth Wheeler | LIB | 3.3% |
| Midlands | Bill Ebery | LIB | 3.4% |
| Dundas | Bruce Chamberlain | LIB | 3.6% |
| Heatherton | Norman Billing | LIB | 4.4% |
| Portland | Don McKellar | LIB | 4.6% |
| Bendigo | Daryl McClure | LIB | 4.9% |
| Ballarat South | Bill Stephen | LIB | 5.0% |
| Prahran | Sam Loxton | LIB | 5.1% |
| Mitcham | Dorothy Goble | LIB | 5.2% |
| Glenhuntly | Joe Rafferty | LIB | 5.8% |
| Fairly safe | - | - | - |
| St Kilda | Brian Dixon | LIB | 6.3% |
| Evelyn | Jim Plowman | LIB | 6.5% |
| Monbulk | Bill Borthwick | LIB | 6.5% |
| Oakleigh | Alan Scanlan | LIB | 6.8% |
| Bennettswood | Ian McLaren | LIB | 7.2% |
| Scoresby | Geoff Hayes | LIB | 7.2% |
| Bellarine | Aurel Smith | LIB | 7.6% |
| Frankston | Edward Meagher | LIB | 8.0% |
| Gisborne | Athol Guy | LIB | 8.1% |
| Moorabbin | Llew Reese | LIB | 8.1% |
| Ringwood | Norman Lacy | LIB | 8.1% |
| Geelong | Hayden Birrell | LIB | 8.3% |
| Narracan | Jim Balfour | LIB | 8.6% |
| Hawthorn | Walter Jona | LIB | 9.2% |
| Bentleigh | Bob Suggett | LIB | 9.5% |
| Safe | - | - | - |
| Caulfield | Edgar Tanner | LIB | 10.0% |
| Syndal | Ray Wiltshire | LIB | 10.6% |
| Box Hill | Morris Williams | LIB | 10.9% |
| Dromana | Roberts Dunstan | LIB | 11.0% |
| Ballarat North | Tom Evans | LIB | 11.1% |
| Hampden | Tom Austin | LIB | 12.0% |
| Sandringham | Max Crellin | LIB | 12.7% |
| Glen Iris | Jim MacDonald | LIB | 15.5% |
| Brighton | John Rossiter | LIB | 17.7% |
| Gippsland West | Rob Maclellan | LIB | 17.8% |
| Balwyn | Jim Ramsay | LIB | 18.4% |
| Camberwell | Vernon Wilcox | LIB | 18.5% |
| Warrnambool | Ian Smith | LIB | 18.7% |
| Malvern | Lindsay Thompson | LIB | 20.3% |
| Kew | Rupert Hamer | LIB | 22.0% |
| Lowan | Jim McCabe | LIB | 22.5% |
| Polwarth | Cec Burgin | LIB | 24.9% |
