Electoral results for the district of Bendigo

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This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Bendigo in Victorian state elections.

Members for Bendigo

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Member Party Term
  Arthur Cook Labor 1927–1945
  Bill Galvin Labor 1945–1955
  John Stanistreet Liberal and Country 1955–1958
  Bill Galvin Labor 1958–1964
  Robert Trethewey Liberal and Country/Liberal 1964–1973
  Daryl McClure Liberal 1973–1982
  David Kennedy Labor 1982–1985

Election Results

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Elections in the 1980s

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1982 Victorian state election: Bendigo[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor David Kennedy 12,456 47.6 +5.4
Liberal Daryl McClure 10,038 38.3 −4.3
Democrats Ian Price 1,365 5.2 −10.0
Independent Richard Turner 1,222 4.7 +4.7
Independent Christopher Stoltz 726 2.8 +2.8
Independent Joe Pearce 389 1.5 +1.5
Total formal votes 26,196 97.5 −0.7
Informal votes 682 2.5 +0.7
Turnout 26,878 95.7 +0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor David Kennedy 14,372 54.9 +6.1
Liberal Daryl McClure 11,824 45.1 −6.1
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +6.1

Elections in the 1970s

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1979 Victorian state election: Bendigo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Daryl McClure 10,829 42.6 −11.0
Labor Elaine Knight 10,742 42.2 −4.2
Democrats Christopher Stoltz 3,861 15.2 +15.2
Total formal votes 25,432 98.2 −0.5
Informal votes 467 1.8 +0.5
Turnout 25,899 95.2 −0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Daryl McClure 13,016 51.2 −2.4
Labor Elaine Knight 12,416 48.8 +2.4
Liberal hold Swing −2.4
1976 Victorian state election: Bendigo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Daryl McClure 13,021 53.6 +15.6
Labor Esmond Curnow 11,290 46.4 −0.5
Total formal votes 24,625 98.7
Informal votes 314 1.3
Turnout 24,625 95.8
Liberal hold Swing +1.6
1973 Victorian state election: Bendigo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor David Boyle 10,926 43.7 −0.9
Liberal Daryl McClure 9,557 38.2 −1.8
Country Peter Pritchard 2,512 10.0 +10.0
Democratic Labor Raymond Peterson 2,037 8.1 −7.2
Total formal votes 25,032 98.3 −0.1
Informal votes 442 1.7 +0.1
Turnout 25,474 96.2 +0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Daryl McClure 13,743 54.9 +2.5
Labor David Boyle 11,289 45.1 −2.5
Liberal hold Swing +2.5
1970 Victorian state election: Bendigo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Curran 9,991 44.6 +4.3
Liberal Robert Trethewey 8,960 40.0 +7.9
Democratic Labor Paul Brennan 3,435 15.3 +0.5
Total formal votes 22,386 98.4 +0.6
Informal votes 360 1.6 −0.6
Turnout 22,746 95.9 +0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Robert Trethewey 11,740 52.4 +1.7
Labor Kevin Curran 10,646 47.6 −1.7
Liberal hold Swing +1.7

Elections in the 1960s

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1967 Victorian state election: Bendigo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Donald McIntyre 8,598 40.3 −3.8
Liberal Robert Trethewey 6,861 32.1 −6.2
Democratic Labor Paul Brennan 3,151 14.7 −2.9
Country Allan Miles 2,750 12.9 +12.9
Total formal votes 21,360 97.8
Informal votes 482 2.2
Turnout 21,842 95.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Robert Trethewey 10,824 50.7 −1.1
Labor Donald McIntyre 10,536 49.3 +1.1
Liberal hold Swing −1.1
1964 Victorian state election: Bendigo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Donald McIntyre 9,204 44.1 −8.0
Liberal and Country Robert Trethewey 7,994 38.3 +6.8
Democratic Labor Paul Brennan 3,675 17.6 +1.2
Total formal votes 20,873 98.6 −0.2
Informal votes 302 1.4 +0.2
Turnout 21,175 95.6 −1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Robert Trethewey 10,813 51.8 +6.3
Labor Donald McIntyre 10,060 48.2 −6.3
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing +6.3
1961 Victorian state election: Bendigo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Galvin 10,875 52.1 +4.9
Liberal and Country Thomas Flood 6,579 31.5 +4.1
Democratic Labor Paul Brennan 3,434 16.4 +3.4
Total formal votes 20,888 98.8 +0.3
Informal votes 263 1.2 −0.3
Turnout 21,151 96.6 +0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Galvin 11,389 54.5 +2.5
Liberal and Country Thomas Flood 9,499 45.5 −2.5
Labor hold Swing +2.5

Elections in the 1950s

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1958 Victorian state election: Bendigo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Galvin 9,812 47.2
Liberal and Country John Stanistreet 5,699 27.4
Democratic Labor James Brosnan 2,691 12.9
Country William Nicholls 2,571 12.4
Total formal votes 20,773 98.5
Informal votes 307 1.5
Turnout 21,080 96.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Galvin 10,801 52.0
Liberal and Country John Stanistreet 9,972 48.0
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing
1955 Victorian state election: Bendigo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Galvin 8,955 44.4
Liberal and Country John Stanistreet 5,627 27.9
Labor (A-C) Arthur Cook 3,036 15.0
Country Norman Oliver 2,564 12.7
Total formal votes 20,182 98.5
Informal votes 315 1.5
Turnout 20,497 96.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country John Stanistreet 10,097 50.03
Labor Bill Galvin 10,085 49.97
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing
1952 Victorian state election: Bendigo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Galvin unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1950 Victorian state election: Bendigo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Galvin 12,633 59.2 +2.8
Liberal and Country Harold Every 8,724 40.8 +7.8
Total formal votes 21,357 99.3 0.0
Informal votes 158 0.7 0.0
Turnout 21,515 96.2 +1.0
Labor hold Swing +1.7

Elections in the 1940s

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1947 Victorian state election: Bendigo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Galvin 11,618 56.4 −43.6
Country Norman Oliver 6,795 33.0 +33.0
Liberal Eric Thomson 2,190 10.6 +10.6
Total formal votes 20,603 99.3
Informal votes 140 0.7
Turnout 20,743 95.2
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1945 Victorian state election: Bendigo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Galvin unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1945 Bendigo state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Galvin 9,647 61.5
Liberal William Day 6,034 38.5
Total formal votes 15,681 99.1
Informal votes 149 0.9
Turnout 15,830 85.7
Labor hold Swing N/A
1943 Victorian state election: Bendigo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Cook unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1940 Victorian state election: Bendigo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Cook unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

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1937 Victorian state election: Bendigo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Cook unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1935 Victorian state election: Bendigo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Cook 10,457 61.7 +10.1
United Australia Albert Staples 6,502 38.3 +12.3
Total formal votes 16,959 99.2 +0.3
Informal votes 135 0.8 −0.3
Turnout 17,094 95.1 −0.4
Labor hold Swing +7.9
1932 Victorian state election: Bendigo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Cook 8,239 51.6 −48.4
United Australia John Barton 4,157 26.0 +26.0
Country Joseph Don 3,566 22.3 +22.3
Total formal votes 15,962 98.9
Informal votes 176 1.1
Turnout 16,138 95.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Arthur Cook 53.8 −46.2
United Australia John Barton 46.2 +46.2
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Elections in the 1920s

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1929 Victorian state election: Bendigo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Cook unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1927 Victorian state election: Bendigo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Cook 8,954 62.7
Nationalist William Ewing 5,331 37.3
Total formal votes 14,285 98.9
Informal votes 171 1.1
Turnout 14,456 67.7
Labor hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ Hughes, Colin A., Don Aitken (1987). Voting for the Australian state lower houses, 1975-1984. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0909779244.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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