The 1985 Victorian state election was held on 2 March 1985.

Seat changes A number of members contested different seats to the ones they held: A group of Liberal MLCs contested Legislative Assembly seats: Boronia MLC Gracia Baylor contested Warrandyte. Ballarat MLC Clive Bubb contested Ballarat South. Western MLC Digby Crozier contested Portland. Monash MLC Don Hayward contested Prahran. Liberal MLA Bill Ebery (Midlands) contested the Legislative Council province of North Western. Labor MLA Bob Miller (Prahran) contested the Legislative Council province of Monash. A number of MLAs contested different seats: Ascot Vale Labor MLA Tom Edmunds contested Pascoe Vale. Bendigo Labor MLA David Kennedy contested Bendigo West. Dandenong Labor MLA Rob Jolly contested Doveton. Dromana Labor MLA David Hassett contested Mornington. Evelyn Labor MLA Max McDonald contested Whittlesea. Frankston Labor MLA Jane Hill contested Frankston North. Geelong East Labor MLA Graham Ernst contested Bellarine. Geelong West Labor MLA Hayden Shell contested Geelong. Glenhuntly Labor MLA Gerard Vaughan contested Clayton. Glenroy Labor MLA Jack Culpin contested Broadmeadows. Heatherton Labor MLA Peter Spyker contested Mentone. Noble Park Labor MLA Terry Norris contested Dandenong. Sandringham Labor MLA Graham Ihlein contested Evelyn. Westernport Liberal MLA Alan Brown contested Gippsland West.

Retiring Members

Labor John Wilton MLA (Broadmeadows) Glyde Butler MLC (Thomastown) Eric Kent MLC (Chelsea)

Liberal Cec Burgin MLA (Polwarth) Walter Jona MLA (Hawthorn) Don McKellar MLA (Portland) Jeannette Patrick MLA (Brighton) Don Saltmarsh MLA (Wantirna) Peter Block MLC (Nunawading) Vasey Houghton MLC (Templestowe) John Radford MLC (Bendigo)

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 National candidates Other candidates Albert Park Labor Bunna Walsh Barry Semmens Ballarat North Liberal Steve Bracks Tom Evans Ballarat South Labor Frank Sheehan Clive Bubb Balwyn Liberal Frank Pederick Jim Ramsay Bellarine Labor Graham Ernst Hugh McKenzie Benalla National Grant Triffett Leonard Crocombe Pat McNamara Benambra Liberal Virginia Coghill Lou Lieberman Bendigo East Liberal John Reid Michael John Barry McNaught Bendigo West Labor David Kennedy Alexander Sandner Reginald Holt Bennettswood Labor Doug Newton Roger Pescott Ray Nilsen (Ind)Bentleigh Labor Gordon Hockley Peter Norman Berwick Liberal Philip Staindl Rob Maclellan Box Hill Labor Margaret Ray George Cox Peter Allan (Ind)Brighton Liberal Leslie Heimann Alan Stockdale Broadmeadows Labor Jack Culpin Mark Sinclair Brunswick Labor Tom Roper Gregory Dinneen Bulleen Liberal John Scomparin David Perrin Bundoora Labor John Cain Alistair Urquhart Frank Penhalluriack (WTP)Burwood Liberal Eric Hobsbawn Jeff Kennett Carrum Labor Ian Cathie Bruce Bowie Caulfield Liberal Jack Diamond Ted Tanner Clayton Labor Gerard Vaughan Alan Sandbach Coburg Labor Peter Gavin Antonino Boeti Dandenong Labor Terry Norris Ian Fotheringham Dandenong North Labor Jan Wilson George Grech Derrimut Labor David Cunningham Helen Hurley Doncaster Liberal William Poppins Morris Williams Doveton Labor Rob Jolly Matthew Starr Dromana Labor Allison Ogden Ron Wells Essendon Labor Barry Rowe Brian Dodgson Evelyn Labor Graham Ihlein Jim Plowman Gaye Gelly (Ind)Footscray Labor Robert Fordham Hugh Cameron Forest Hill Liberal John Madden John Richardson Frankston North Labor Jane Hill Robert Garnett Judy Hale (Ind)Frankston South Liberal Geoffrey Holland Graeme Weideman Geelong Labor Hayden Shell Clive Pugh Geelong North Labor Neil Trezise John Lucas Gippsland East National Clifford Harding David McInnes Bruce Evans Gippsland South National Max Semken Neil McInnes Tom Wallace Gippsland West Liberal Geoffrey Bull Alan Brown William Ronald Gisborne Liberal Douglas Bishop Tom Reynolds Glen Waverley Liberal John Candappa Ross Smith Greensborough Labor Pauline Toner Andrew Cove Hawthorn Liberal Jill Eastwood Phil Gude Ivanhoe Labor Tony Sheehan Vin Heffernan Keilor Labor George Seitz Graham Anderson Kew Liberal Annamaria Dierer Prue Sibree Knox Labor Steve Crabb Jill Hall Thomas Tyrer (PTP)Lowan National William Albon John Mann Bill McGrath Malvern Liberal Max Dumais Geoff Leigh Melbourne Labor Keith Remington Peter Jones Janet Walk (PTP)Mentone Labor Peter Spyker Bill Templeton Mildura National Lindsay Leake Diana Duck Milton Whiting Mitcham Labor John Harrowfield Bruce Camfield Monbulk Labor Neil Pope Raymond Yates Mornington Labor David Hassett Robin Cooper Morwell Labor Valerie Callister Graeme Bond Terie Porter Geoffrey Francis (Ind)Murray Valley National Jill Milthorpe Bill Hunter Ken Jasper Narracan Labor Robin Matthews John Delzoppo Julia Ettery John McNamara (Ind)Niddrie Labor Jack Simpson Mark Pallett Northcote Labor Frank Wilkes William Hamilton Oakleigh Labor Race Mathews Norman Kennedy Antonios Pashos (Ind)Pascoe Vale Labor Tom Edmunds Vincenzo D'Aquino Polwarth Liberal Jeffery Rootes Ian Smith David Seymour Portland Liberal William Sharrock Digby Crozier James Patterson Prahran Liberal Hendrik van Leeuwen Don Hayward Norman Long (Ind) Alan Parker (PTP)Preston Labor Carl Kirkwood Mark Leaman Reservoir Labor Jim Simmonds Rae Kennett Richmond Labor Theo Sidiropoulos John Sevior Ringwood Labor Kay Setches Michael Dobson Ripon Liberal John McQuilten Tom Austin Rodney National Denise MacDonald John Adams Eddie Hann St Albans Labor Alex Andrianopoulos Martin Power St Kilda Labor Andrew McCutcheon Richard Stevenson Sandringham Liberal Ann Corcoran David Lea Shepparton National David Wauchope Alan Fitzgerald Peter Ross-Edwards South Barwon Liberal Harry Naylor Harley Dickinson Springvale Labor Eddie Micallef Therese Marley Sunshine Labor Bill Fogarty Aldous Hicks Swan Hill National Ronald Stanton Ian Ray Barry Steggall Syndal Labor David Gray Geoff Coleman Edward Hawthorn (Ind)Thomastown Labor Beth Gleeson Adam Barr Wantirna Labor Carolyn Hirsh Karen Dettmann Warrandyte Labor Lou Hill Gracia Baylor Timothy Connellan (Ind)Warrnambool Liberal Peter Cox Adam Kempton John McGrath Werribee Labor Ken Coghill Thomas Hudson Robert Wolstenholme (WTP)Whittlesea Labor Max McDonald Haydn Gregson Williamstown Labor Gordon Stirling David Allan

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 National candidates Democrats candidates Other candidates Ballarat Liberal Roger Lowrey Dick de Fegely William Ross Boronia Labor Jean McLean Gerald Clarke Sid Spindler Central Highlands Liberal Peter Fennell Fred Grimwade Janet Powell Brent Melville (CTA)Chelsea Labor Maureen Lyster Michael Herbst Doutta Galla Labor David White Pamela Philpot East Yarra Liberal Bernard Ziegenbein Mark Birrell Margaret Cole Eumemmerring Labor Fred Van Buren John Ferwerda Geelong Labor Rod Mackenzie Joss Manders Laurence Levy Gippsland Liberal Reginald Smith Dick Long Anthony Stewart Catherine Stewart Ben Buckley (Ind) Cornelius Gordyn (CTA)Higinbotham Liberal Denis Oakley Robert Lawson Anton Hermann Jika Jika Labor George Crawford David Gandolfo Melbourne Labor Evan Walker Vincent Volpe Simon James Melbourne North Labor Giovanni Sgro Brett Pullyblank Melbourne West Labor Joan Coxsedge Matthew Matich Johannus Paas Monash Labor Bob Miller Reg Macey David Collyer North Eastern National Ewan Paterson Stephen Blair Bill Baxter Michael Else (Ind)North Western National Phillip Eddy Bill Ebery Ken Wright Nunawading Labor Bob Ives Rosemary Varty Michael Nardella South Eastern Liberal Bora Eric Alan Hunt Irene Fisher Templestowe Liberal Gary Greenway John Miles Kenneth Peak Waverley Labor Cyril Kennedy Robert Clark Jeffrey McAlpine William Watson (CTA)Western Liberal Brian Clarke Henry Wyld Roger Hallam

References

Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive