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Victorian Liberal Party

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This article is about the Victorian division of theLiberal Party of Australia. For the political party between 1954 and 1955, seeVictorian Liberal Party (1954).
"Liberal and Country Party" redirects here. For the Victorian political party between 1938 and 1943, seeLiberal Country Party. For the South Australian political party, seeLiberal and Country League. For the political party in the Northern Territory, seeCountry Liberal Party.

Political party in Australia
Victorian Liberal Party
Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division)
AbbreviationLCP (1949–1965)
LeaderJess Wilson
Deputy LeaderSam Groth
PresidentPhilip Davis
Founded22 March 1949; 76 years ago (22 March 1949) (as the LCP)
Preceded byLiberal Party (original)
Headquarters257 Collins Street,Melbourne,Victoria
Student wingAustralian Liberal Students' Federation
Youth wingYoung Liberals
Women's wingLiberal Women's Council
LGBT wingLiberal Pride[1]
Membership(2020)Increase 12,000[2]
Ideology
Political positionCentre-right toright-wing
National affiliationFederal Liberal
Political allianceLiberal–National Coalition
Colours Blue
Legislative Assembly
20 / 88
Legislative Council
10 / 40
House of Representatives
6 / 38
(Victorian seats)
Senate
3 / 12
(Victorian seats)
Local government
1 / 618
Website
vic.liberal.org.au
Seats inlocal government
Melbourne
1 / 11

TheVictorian Liberal Party, officially known as theLiberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division), and branded asLiberal Victoria,[11] is the state division of theLiberal Party of Australia inVictoria. It was formed in 1949 as theLiberal and Country Party (LCP) and simplified its name to the Liberal Party in 1965.[12] The party sits on thecentre-right[13][14][15] toright-wing[3][16][17] of theAustralian political spectrum, and is currently led byJess Wilson.[18]

There was aprevious Victorian division of the Liberal Party formed in March 1945, but it ceased to exist when the LCP was established four years later.[19][20]

History

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Background

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See also:United Australia Party – Victoria

Robert Menzies, who was thePrime Minister of Australia between 1939 and 1941, founded the Liberal Party during a conference held in Canberra in October 1944, uniting many non-Labor political organisations, including theUnited Australia Party (UAP) and theAustralian Women's National League (AWNL).[21]

The UAP was a major conservative party in Australia and last governed Victoria between May 1932 and April 1935, underStanley Argyle's leadership. Argyle lost the premiership when the UAP'scoalition partner, theUnited Country Party, led byAlbert Dunstan, ended the coalition and formed a minority government with the support of theLabor Party. After Argyle's death in late 1941,Thomas Hollway became the leader of the UAP in Victoria. During his time as UAP leader, he was theDeputy Premier in a Dunstan coalition government from September 1943.[22]

The AWNL was a conservative women's organisation founded and originally based in Victoria, but had expanded across Australia sinceWorld War I. Its leaders included DameElizabeth Couchman and future senatorIvy Wedgwood, both of whom were from Victoria. During the October 1944 conference, the AWNL was recognised by Menzies as one of the long-standing non-Labor organisations in Victoria.[23]

The Liberal Party in Victoria was established between December 1944 and January 1945, with the names of the provisional state executive revealed on 29 December 1944, and the first meeting held a week later, on 5 January 1945.[24][25] The state executive included AWNL's leaders Couchman and Wedgwood. The AWNL joined the Liberal Party on 30 January 1945.[26] The UAP and its parliamentary members (including Hollway) joined the Liberal Party on 5 March 1945, with the state parliamentary UAP becoming the state parliamentary Liberal Party. As a result, Hollway became the first parliamentary leader of the Victorian branch of the Liberal Party.[27]

Old Liberal Party Victorian Division

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See also:Macfarlan ministry

On 2 October 1945, deputy Liberal leaderIan Macfarlan, was commissioned by theGovernor, SirWinston Dugan, toform a government, when it became clear that theVictorian Legislative Assembly would not grant supply to the Dunstan government. The Liberals were defeated by the Labor Party in theelection a month later.

By the1947 Victorian state election, the Liberals were again incoalition with the Country Party (renamed from United Country Party) and contested the election together. The coalition won the election and governed Victoria as majority government from 20 November 1947 to 3 December 1948, with Liberal leader Hollway asPremier and Country leaderJohn McDonald asDeputy Premier.[28]

Liberal and Country Party

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Formation

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During a series of transport strikes in 1948, the moderate Hollway had dealt amicably with the transport unions and the Trades Hall Council, but McDonald heavily criticised his conciliatory approach to the conservative parties' traditional enemies.[29] Hollway forced McDonald to resign as deputy, andWilfrid Kent Hughes, deputy leader of the Liberal Party, was appointed Deputy Premier.

In February 1949, the Liberal Party planned to form a new Liberal and Country Party (LCP), with metropolitan and country interests proposed to be represented on a 50–50 basis.[30] Hollway hoped this would unite the two "anti-socialist" parties of Liberal Party and Country Party together,[31] an idea supported by Liberal Party and Country Party voters.[32][33]

A merger of the Liberal and Country parties had already happened in South Australia in 1932, with the formation of theLiberal and Country League. The Liberal Party conference on 22 February 1949 endorsed the idea of a merger.[34] However, the idea was rejected by the Country Party and argued it was a takeover attempt of the Country Party, and to eliminate the Country Party from Victorian politics entirely.[35][36]

However, six Country Party MPs were willing to be part of the united party. On 22 March 1949, they joined the Liberals in forming the Liberal and Country Party (LCP).[37][38][39] Hollway was chosen as leader of the new party and continued to be Premier.[40] Hughes also continued as deputy leader of the new party and Deputy Premier. The six former Country MPs were eligible for Cabinet positions in the new LCP government, but turned them down since "the present cabinet had prepared legislation for the new parliamentary session" and "should carry on with it",[41] so the incumbent cabinet composition was unchanged. The LCP succeeded the old Victorian Liberal Party as the Victorian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia, and federal members endorsed by the LCP sat with the Liberals in Canberra and belonged to the federal parliamentary Liberal Party.[42]

Future Prime Minister,John Gorton, was one of those appointed to the state executive of the LCP.[36] He had supported the Country Party since before the war, but became frustrated with the party's squabbles with the Liberal Party and its willingness to co-operate with the Labor Party. While being part of the LCP state executive, he had addressed Country Party gatherings in a few occasions, urging its members to join the new party and stressing that it would not neglect rural interests, as many feared. However, the Country Party was not convinced and never joined the new party.

The LCP, Country Party and Labor Party were the principal contestants at the1949 Legislative Council election in June.[43]John Lienhop, who was a member of theBendigo Province and previously elected as a Country Party member, contested the election as an LCP member and managed to retain his seat.

Despite their differences, the LCP and Country Party agreed to endorse the same candidates for 10 seats in Victoria for the1949 federal election in December, minimising three-cornered contests.[44] The federalLiberal/Country coalition led byRobert Menzies won the election, securing 20 out of the 33 lower house seats in Victoria.

Loss of government

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The LCP continued to govern Victoria independently as a minority government until 27 June 1950, when theVictorian Labor agreed to support a minority Country Party government led by McDonald.

In December 1951, Hollway and his deputyTrevor Oldham were replaced byLes Norman andHenry Bolte, as party leader and deputy leader respectively. In September 1952, Hollway and seven LCP members were expelled from the LCP after a dispute over electoral reform.[45] In October, the Labor Party moved to defeat the McDonald government by working with two of Hollway's supporters in theVictorian Legislative Council to block supply.[46] Hollway was commissioned by the governor, SirDallas Brooks, to form a minority government with the seven former LCP members, known as theElectoral Reform League, and the backing of the Labor Party on confidence and supply. However, 70 hours later, Brooks forced Hollway to resign and recommissioned McDonald as premier.[47]

Two months later. at thestate election in December 1952, Hollway contested Norman'sseat of Glen Iris and won. Neither Country Party, the LCP, nor the Electoral Reform League won enough seats to form government. With Norman losing his seat, Oldham was elected as leader, with Bolte remaining as deputy leader. Oldham and his wife died ina plane crash in India on 2 May 1953, on their way to England to attend thecoronation of Queen Elizabeth II,[48][49] and Bolte succeeded him as LCP leader.

In 1954, Hollway and his supporters formed theVictorian Liberal Party, replacing the Electoral Reform League. Despite the name, it was a separate party to the LCP and the federal Liberal Party.

Following theAustralian Labor Party split of 1955 that led to the weakening of the governingVictorian Labor, the LCP, led by Bolte, won the1955 Victorian state election and formed government for the next 27 years, without acoalition with the Country Party. All members of Hollway's Victorian Liberal Party, including Hollway, lost their seats in the election, and the party ceased to exist.

Liberal Party

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Change of name to Liberal Party

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As one of the conditions of the Country Party supporting the government's supply bill in the Legislative Council on 27 October 1964, the 'and Country' was to be dropped from the name of the Liberal and Country Party.[50] During the party's State Council in March 1965, the party debated for more than an hour on its party name. It was revealed through a letter from Menzies that he did not like the "Liberal and Country Party" name because "liberalism catered for people in the city and in the country".[12] With the letter, Bolte managed to persuade the party to support the motion of change of name back to the original name of Liberal Party.[51][52]

Malcolm Fraser, thePrime Minister between 1975 and 1983, is to date the last Liberal Prime Minister from Victoria. His immediate successorAndrew Peacock, who served from 1983 to 1985, and again from 1989 to 1990, is the most recent Victorian federal Liberal leader.

The Liberal Party continued to hold government in the Victorian state parliament until 1982 under the leaderships of Bolte,Rupert Hamer andLindsay Thompson.

Opposition (1982–1992)

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The Liberal Party was defeated in the1982 Victorian state election after governing Victoria for 27 years. Following the Liberals' defeat,Jeff Kennett became the leader of the party. He was deposed as leader following the1988 Victorian state election, and was replaced byAlan Brown. During Brown's leadership, the Liberals reached a newCoalition agreement with theVictorian Nationals, led byPat McNamara since 1988.

Kennett became party leader again in 1991 and led the Coalition to victory in the1992 Victorian state election. The Liberals actually gained a majority of seats in their own right and although Kennett had no need for the support of the Nationals, he retained the Coalition with McNamara as his Deputy Premier.[citation needed]

Kennett government

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The Liberal and National Coalition held government from 1992 to 1999 under Kennett's leadership. The Kennett government privatised many government services, including closing down over three hundred schools.[53] The Liberals and Nationals fought as a Coalition in the1996, which the Liberals won majority in its own right again, and1999, which the Coalition was defeated.

Opposition (1999–2010)

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McNamara's successor as Nationals leader,Peter Ryan, ended the Coalition agreement.[54] Since then, Liberals and Nationals had astrained relationship. Ryan uttered several sharp criticisms of the Liberals' most prominent figures, particularly their no-tolls policy on the MelbourneEastlink freeway[55] and on former leaderRobert Doyle's remarks that the Liberals were twenty seats from government, a statement that assumed that the Nationals would support a Liberal government.[56] Relations soured further at the beginning of 2006 when Victorian SenatorJulian McGauran defected from the Nationals to the Liberals.[57]

The Liberal Party was the sole opposition party in Victoria until 2008, when Liberals underTed Baillieu formed a newCoalition agreement with the Nationals.[58]

Baillieu & Napthine governments

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See also:Baillieu Ministry andNapthine Ministry

After the2010 Victorian state election, the Liberal and National Coalition held government under Baillieu's leadership. On 7 March 2013, Baillieu resigned from his position of Premier of Victoria; he was replaced by Denis Napthine. Napthine led the Coalition to a defeat in the2014 Victorian state election.

Opposition (2014–present)

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After the 2014 election,Matthew Guy was elected leader. The Coalition arrangement was maintained while the Liberals and Nationals were in opposition. The coalition lost the2018 election and suffered a significant swing against it, leading to the resignation of Guy as leader of the Liberal Party.[59] He was replaced byMichael O'Brien as party leader.

In 2020 allegations were made of branch stacking, with an internal audit finding that some members had breached party rules by paying for other people's membership fees.[17]

On 6 September 2021, a few Liberal MPs including Guy resigned from O'Brien's shadow cabinet or from parliamentary party positions. O'Brien refused to step down as party leader as "he believed he had the support of the majority of MPs" ahead of a possible leadership challenge.[60] The following day, Guy replaced O'Brien as party leader ina leadership spill.[61]Cindy McLeish was replaced byDavid Southwick as deputy party leader.

According toThe Age, between November 2018 and November 2021, the Coalition's Legislative Council members voted with the Andrews Government's position 28.9% of the time; of the parties in the Legislative Council, only theLiberal Democratic Party had a lower figure (22.1%).[62]

In May 2022,Bernie Finn was expelled from the Victorian Liberal Party for "a series of inflammatory social media posts", including calling forabortion to be made illegal in all circumstances, and comparing the Victorian Premier toAdolf Hitler.[63][64][65]

Following the 2022 Victorian state election, the party's director Sam McQuestin, stepped down citing 'internal challenges' in the months leading into the state election. McQuestin is set to be replaced by West Australian Liberal party state director Stuart Smith after a three-month search.[66]

John Pesutto was elected leader of the Liberal Party on 8 December 2022, winning the party room ballot by one vote againstBrad Battin.[67] Under Pesutto's leadership, in March 2023 he attempted to expel Liberal MPMoira Deeming from the party room after she spoke at an anti-trans rally outside the Victorian Parliament, but the vote failed 18–11.[68][69][70][71] Two months later, Deeming threatened to sue Pesutto following the first attempt to expel her and associate her withneo-Nazis. She was subsequently expelled from the party room 19 votes to 11.[72] Following that vote, Pesutto wasBooed by supporters of Deeming during a state council speech.[73][74][75][76]

The Victorian Liberal Party endorsed candidates for the first time in the party's history for the2024 Melbourne City Council election.[77]

On 27 December 2024,Brad Battin deposed Pesutto in a leadership spill.[78][79] The cabinet having a lack of males and coming at a time where Liberals are in fact performing relatively well to Labor in polls have drawn some criticism and doubts at the prospect of the party. Battin was deposed byJess Wilson in anotherleadership spill on 18 November 2025, less than 12 months after the previous spill.[80] Wilson became the first woman to lead the Victorian Liberals.

Leadership

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Leaders

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#LeaderTerm startTerm endElectorateTime in officePremiershipDeparture notes
1Thomas Hollway
(1906–1971)
5 March 19454 December 1951Ballarat
(1932–1952)
6 years, 274 days1947–1950Deposed
2Les Norman
(1913–1997)
4 December 195119 December 1952Glen Iris
(1947–1952)
1 year, 15 daysNoLost his seat ofGlen Iris in the1952 state election
3Trevor Oldham
(1900–1953)
19 December 19522 May 1953Malvern
(1945–1953)
134 daysNoDied in office
4Henry Bolte
(1908–1990)
3 June 195323 August 1972Hampden
(1947–1972)
19 years, 81 days1955–1972Resigned
5Rupert Hamer
(1916–2004)
23 August 19725 June 1981Kew
(1971–1981)
8 years, 286 days1972–1981Resigned
6Lindsay Thompson
(1923–2008)
5 June 198126 October 1982Malvern
(1970–1982)
1 year, 143 days1981–1982Resigned
7Jeff Kennett
(1948–)
26 October 198223 May 1989Burwood
(1976–1999)
6 years, 209 daysNoDeposed
8Alan Brown
(1946–)
23 May 198923 April 1991Gippsland West
(1985–1996)
1 year, 335 daysNoDeposed
(7)Jeff Kennett
(1948–)
23 April 199126 October 1999Burwood
(1976–1999)
8 years, 186 days1992–1999Resigned
9Denis Napthine
(1952–)
26 October 199920 August 2002Portland
(1988–2002)
2 years, 298 daysNoDeposed
10Robert Doyle
(1953–)
20 August 20028 May 2006Malvern
(1992–2006)
3 years, 261 daysNoResigned
11Ted Baillieu
(1953–)
8 May 20066 March 2013Hawthorn
(1999–2014)
6 years, 302 days2010–2013Resigned
(9)Denis Napthine
(1952–)
6 March 20134 December 2014South-West Coast
(2002–2015)
1 year, 273 days2013–2014Resigned
12Matthew Guy
(1974–)
4 December 20146 December 2018Bulleen
(2014–)
4 years, 2 daysNoResigned
13Michael O'Brien
(1971–)
6 December 20187 September 2021Malvern
(2006–)
2 years, 275 daysNoDeposed
(12)Matthew Guy
(1974–)
7 September 2021
(unopposed)
8 December 2022Bulleen
(2014–)
1 year, 92 daysNoResigned
14John Pesutto
(1970–)
8 December 2022
(2022 election)
27 December 2024Hawthorn
(2022–)
2 years, 19 daysNoDeposed
15Brad Battin
(1975–)
27 December 2024
(2024 election)
18 November 2025Berwick
(2022–)
332 daysDeposed
16Jess Wilson
(1990–)
18 November 2025
(unopposed)
IncumbentKew
(2022–)
6 days

Deputy leaders

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#Deputy LeaderTerm startTerm endElectorateTime in officeLeaderDeparture notes
1Ian Macfarlan
(1881–1964)
5 March 19452 October 1945Brighton
(1928–1945)
211 daysThomas HollwayBecame Premier with the support of breakaway Liberals following the collapse ofAlbert Dunstan's ministry
2Trevor Oldham
(1900–1953)
22 November 194514 November 1947Malvern
(1945–1953)
1 year, 357 daysThomas HollwayResigned
3Wilfrid Kent Hughes
(1895–1970)
14 November 194728 October 1949Kew
(1927–1949)
1 year, 348 daysThomas HollwayResigned to transfer to federal politics
(2)Trevor Oldham
(1900–1953)
8 November 19494 December 1951Malvern
(1945–1953)
2 years, 26 daysThomas HollwayDeposed
4Henry Bolte
(1908–1990)
4 December 19513 June 1953Hampden
(1947–1972)
1 year, 181 daysLes NormanBecame leader following thedeath ofTrevor Oldham
Trevor Oldham
5Arthur Rylah
(1909–1974)
3 June 195321 April 1971Kew
(1949–1971)
17 years, 322 daysHenry BolteResigned due to ill health
6Rupert Hamer
(1916–2004)
21 April 197123 August 1972Kew
(1971–1981)
1 year, 124 daysHenry BolteBecame leader following the resignation ofHenry Bolte
7Lindsay Thompson
(1923–2008)
23 August 19725 June 1981Malvern
(1970–1982)
8 years, 286 daysRupert HamerBecame leader following the resignation ofRupert Hamer
8Bill Borthwick
(1924–2001)
5 June 19817 April 1982Monbulk
(1967–1982)
306 daysLindsay ThompsonLost his seat ofMonbulk in the1982 state election
9Rob Maclellan
(1934–)
7 April 19825 March 1985Berwick
(1976–1992)
2 years, 332 daysLindsay ThompsonDeposed
Jeff Kennett
10Tom Austin
(1923–2002)
5 March 19856 October 1987Ripon
(1976–1992)
2 years, 215 daysJeff KennettResigned
11Alan Brown
(1946–)
6 October 198723 May 1989Gippsland West
(1985–1996)
1 year, 229 daysJeff KennettBecame leader following a successful challenge againstJeff Kennett
12Roger Pescott
(1946–)
23 May 198924 July 1990Bennettswood
(1985–1992)
1 year, 62 daysAlan BrownResigned in failed bid to transfer to federal politics
13Alan Stockdale
(1945–)
24 July 199023 April 1991Brighton
(1985–1999)
273 daysAlan BrownDeposed
14Phil Gude
(1941–)
23 April 199123 September 1999Hawthorn
(1985–1999)
8 years, 153 daysJeff KennettResigned
15Denis Napthine
(1952–)
23 September 199926 October 1999Portland
(1988–2002)
33 daysJeff KennettBecame leader following the resignation ofJeff Kennett
16Louise Asher
(1956–)
26 October 199920 August 2002Brighton
(1999–2018)
2 years, 298 daysDenis NapthineDeposed
17Phil Honeywood
(1960–)
20 August 200228 March 2006Warrandyte
(1988–2006)
3 years, 220 daysRobert DoyleResigned
(16)Louise Asher
(1956–)
28 March 20064 December 2014Brighton
(1999–2018)
8 years, 251 daysRobert DoyleResigned
Ted Baillieu
Denis Napthine
18David Hodgett
(1963–)
4 December 20146 December 2018Croydon
(2014–)
4 years, 2 daysMatthew GuyResigned
19Cindy McLeish
(1962–)
6 December 20187 September 2021Eildon
(2014–)
2 years, 275 daysMichael O'BrienDeposed
20David Southwick
(1968–)
7 September 202127 December 2024Caulfield
(2010–)
4 years, 78 daysMatthew GuyDeposed
John Pesutto
21Sam Groth
(1987–)
27 December 2024IncumbentNepean
(2022–)
332 daysBrad Battin
Jess Wilson

Senior Figures

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State presidents of the Victorian Liberal Party

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1945–1948: William Anderson

1948–1949:Magnus Cormack

1949–1950:Dan Mackinnon

1950–1952: William Anderson

1952–1956: John Anderson

1956–1959:Rutherford Guthrie

1959–1962: John Buchan

1962–1965: William Snell

1965–1966:Andrew Peacock

1966–1970:Robert Southey

1970–1973: Phillip Russell

1973–1976: Peter Hardie

1976–1979: Joy Mein

1979–1982:Richard Alston

1982–1984:Stewart McArthur

1984–1987: Eda Ritchie

1987–1992:Michael Kroger

1992–1998:Ted Baillieu

1997–2000: Joy Howley

2000–2003: Ian Carson

2003–2006:Helen Kroger

2006–2007: Russell Hannan

2007–2011:David Kemp

2011–2015: Tony Snell

2015–2018:Michael Kroger

2019–2022:Robert Clark

2022–2023:Greg Mirabella

2023–present:Philip Davis

State Directors of the Victorian Liberal Party

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1945–1971: J V McConnell

1971–1974: Leo Hawkins

1975–1976: Timothy Pascoe

1976–1977: Graham Jennings

1977–1983: Neville Hughes

1984–1987: John Ridley

1987–1988:David Kemp

1989–1994:Petro Georgiou

1994–2000: Peter Poggioli

2000–2003:Brian Loughnane

2003–2008: Julian Sheezel

2008–2011: Tony Nutt

2011–2015:Damien Mantach

2015–2017: Simon Frost

2017–2019: Nick Demiris

2019–2022: Sam McQuestin

2023–present: Stuart Smith

Election results

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Legislative Assembly

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ElectionLeaderVotes%Seats+/–PositionStatus
1945Thomas Hollway180,04620.51
10 / 65
Decrease 3Increase 3rdCrossbench
1947442,45137.16
27 / 65
Increase 17Increase 1stCoalition
1950491,44840.69
27 / 65
SteadySteady 1stCoalition(1950)
Opposition(1950–1952)
Minority(1952)
Support(1952)
1952Les Norman255,68524.85
11 / 65
Decrease 16Decrease 3rdCrossbench
1955Henry Bolte487,40837.78
34 / 66
Increase 23Increase 1stMajority
1958508,67837.18
39 / 66
Increase 5Steady 1stMajority
1961521,77736.44
39 / 66
SteadySteady 1stMajority
1964597,74839.63
38 / 66
Decrease 1Steady 1stMajority
1967589,98537.49
44 / 73
Increase 6Steady 1stMajority
1970614,09436.70
42 / 73
Decrease 2Steady 1stMajority
1973Rupert Hamer803,38242.34
46 / 73
Increase 4Steady 1stMajority
1976939,48145.87
52 / 81
Increase 6Steady 1stMajority
1979881,36641.44
41 / 81
Decrease 11Steady 1stMajority
1982Lindsay Thompson860,66938.33
24 / 81
Decrease 17Decrease 2ndOpposition
1985Jeff Kennett1,003,00341.86
31 / 88
Increase 7Steady 2ndOpposition
1988986,31140.51
33 / 88
Increase 2Steady 2ndOpposition
19921,153,77044.16
52 / 88
Increase 19Increase 1stCoalition
19961,212,93343.99
49 / 88
Decrease 3Steady 1stCoalition
19991,194,99842.22
36 / 88
Decrease 13Decrease 2ndOpposition
2002Robert Doyle985,01133.91
17 / 88
Decrease 19Steady 2ndOpposition
2006Ted Baillieu1,022,11034.44
23 / 88
Increase 6Steady 2ndOpposition
20101,203,65438.03
35 / 88
Increase 12Steady 2ndCoalition
2014Denis Napthine1,223,66336.47
30 / 88
Decrease 5Steady 2ndOpposition
2018Matthew Guy1,069,13730.42
21 / 88
Decrease 9Steady 2ndOpposition
2022992,49229.74
18 / 88
Decrease 3Steady 2ndOpposition

House of Representatives

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ElectionVotes%Seats+/–
1946466,73437.80
7 / 20
Increase 1
1949535,21441.40
17 / 33
Increase 10
1951571,39843.60
15 / 33
Decrease 2
1954572,23345.20
15 / 33
Steady
1955549,98541.40
20 / 33
Increase 5
1958531,40437.80
18 / 33
Decrease 2
1961515,79234.80
18 / 33
Steady
1963600,30639.10
18 / 33
Steady
1966622,70839.80
19 / 33
Increase 1
1969626,47437.60
18 / 34
Decrease 1
1972606,27333.60
14 / 34
Decrease 4
1974738,23636.40
12 / 34
Decrease 2
1975887,68542.30
19 / 34
Increase 7
1977842,54539.60
20 / 33
Increase 1
1980874,39539.10
13 / 33
Decrease 7
1983869,54237.10
7 / 33
Decrease 6
1984842,42336.90
11 / 39
Increase 4
1987922,68038.00
12 / 39
Increase 1
19901,018,74039.70
21 / 38
Increase 9
19931,102,96540.20
17 / 38
Decrease 4
19961,106,55639.90
19 / 37
Increase 2
19981,053,99037.10
16 / 37
Decrease 3
20011,154,49339.10
15 / 37
Decrease 1
20041,302,03843.24
16 / 37
Increase 1
20071,206,99238.09
14 / 37
Decrease 2
20101,159,30136.45
12 / 37
Decrease 2
20131,320,41740.08
14 / 37
Increase 2
20161,273,41937.01
14 / 37
Steady
20191,288,80534.88
12 / 38
Decrease 2
20221,010,45329.82
8 / 39
Decrease 4
20251,117,87827.58
6 / 38
Decrease 2

See also

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Notes

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References

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