2 March 1985 (1985-03-02) 1988 → 24 seats 8 seats 31 seats 10 seats Start date March 2, 1985 | 49 seats 24 seats 47 seats 31 seats 7 2 | |
The 1985 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 2 March 1985, was for the 50th Parliament of Victoria. It was held in the Australian state of Victoria to elect all 88 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 22 members of the 44-member Legislative Council. Since the previous election, the number of members of the Legislative Assembly was increased by 7.
Lindsay Thompson, who led the Liberal Party to a defeat at the 1982 election with a 17-seat swing against it, resigned the leadership of the party on 5 November 1982. He was succeeded by Jeff Kennett. At the election, the incumbent Labor Party government led by John Cain maintained its electoral support, though the Liberal Party did increase the number of seats.
Seats changing hands
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Victorian state election, 1985 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA