1983 Springvale state by-election

The 1983 Springvale state by-election was held on 19 March 1983 to elect the next member for Springvale in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, following the death of incumbent Kevin King.[1]

1983 Springvale state by-election

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Electoral district of Springvale in the
Victorian Legislative Assembly
  First party Second party
 
ALP
LIB
Candidate Eddie Micallef Jordan Topalides
Party Labor Liberal
Popular vote 16,682 9,692
Percentage 57.3% 33.3%
Swing Increase 3.8 Decrease 4.8
TCP 60.0% 40.0%
TCP swing Increase 3.1 Decrease 3.1

MP before election

Kevin King
Labor

Elected MP

Eddie Micallef
Labor

Results

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The seat was retained for Labor by Eddie Micallef.

Democratic Labor Party candidate John Mulholland ran as a "DLP-Call to Australia coalition" candidate.[2]

1983 Springvale state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Eddie Micallef 16,682 57.3 +3.8
Liberal Jordan Topalides 9,692 33.3 −4.8
DLPCall to Australia John Mulholland 1,921 6.6 +3.6
Social Democrats Peter Allan 803 2.8 +2.8
Total formal votes 29,098 97.7 +0.8
Informal votes 681 2.3 −0.8
Turnout 29,779 87.9 −6.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Eddie Micallef 60.0 +3.1
Liberal Jordan Topalides 40.0 −3.1
Labor hold Swing +3.1

References

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  1. ^ Parliament of Victoria (1985). "King, Kevin Francis". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria.
  2. ^ "Labor gains in Victorian poll". The Canberra Times. 20 March 1983.