3 April 1982 (1982-04-03) 1985 → 41 seats 8 seats 24 seats 8 seats Start date April 3, 1982 | 32 seats 41 seats 49 seats 24 seats 17 17 | |
The 1982 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 3 April 1982, was for the 49th Parliament of Victoria. It was held in the Australian state of Victoria to elect 81 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 22 members of the 44-member Legislative Council.
Lindsay Thompson succeeded Rupert Hamer as Liberal Party leader and Premier on 5 June 1981, and John Cain replaced Frank Wilkes as Labor Party leader in September 1981. The incumbent Liberal government led by Lindsay Thompson was defeated by the Labor Party led by John Cain with a swing of 17 seats. The ALP returned to government in Victoria for the first time since 1955.
Seats changing hands
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Victorian state election, 1982 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA