Electoral results for the Bendigo Province

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

Members for Bendigo Province

Year	Member		Party	Member		Party
1904		William Gray			Joseph Sternberg
1904		Joseph Abbott
1904		Alfred Hicks
1907
1910
1913
1916
1917			Nationalist			Nationalist
1919
1921		Herbert Keck	Nationalist
1922
1925
1928					George Lansell	Nationalist
1931
1931			United Australia			United Australia
1934
1937		John Lienhop	Country
1940
1943
1944						Country
1946
1949			Liberal and Country			Liberal and Country
1949
1951		Herbert Ludbrook	Liberal and Country
1952					Arthur Smith	Labor
1955
1958
1961
1964					Jock Granter	Liberal and Country
1965			Liberal			Liberal
1967		Fred Grimwade	Liberal
1970
1973
1976					Bruce Reid	Liberal
1979		John Radford	Liberal
1982
1985

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1982 Victorian state election: Bendigo Province[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fabian Reid	34,312	40.0	+3.9
	Liberal	Bruce Reid	30,871	35.9	+2.8
	National	Clarence Rodda	14,922	17.4	-5.0
	Democrats	Marlene Gunn	5,788	6.7	-1.7
Total formal votes			85,893	97.9	+0.4
Informal votes			1,816	2.1	-0.4
Turnout			87,709	95.2	+0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Reid	46,487	54.1	-1.1
	Labor	Fabian Reid	39,406	45.9	+1.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.1

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: Bendigo Province[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alan Calder	29,159	36.1	+1.7
	Liberal	John Radford	26,767	33.1	-0.3
	National	Stuart McDonald	18,140	22.4	-5.7
	Democrats	Douglas Linford	6,778	8.4	+8.4
Total formal votes			80,844	97.5	-0.5
Informal votes			2,039	2.5	+0.5
Turnout			82,883	94.8	-0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Radford	44,624	55.2	-5.6
	Labor	Alan Calder	36,220	44.8	+5.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.6

1976 Victorian state election: Bendigo Province[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Elaine Knight	26,652	34.4
	Liberal	Bruce Reid	25,863	33.4
	National	Michael Clarke	21,821	28.1
	Democratic Labor	Ronald Gane	3,206	4.1
Total formal votes			77,542	98.0
Informal votes			1,604	2.0
Turnout			79,146	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Reid	47,153	60.8
	Labor	Elaine Knight	30,389	39.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

1973 Victorian state election: Bendigo Province[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Stewart Anderson	29,789	45.5	-1.5
	Liberal	Fred Grimwade	29,725	45.4	+5.7
	Democratic Labor	William Drechsler	5,905	9.0	-4.3
Total formal votes			65,419	97.5	-0.3
Informal votes			1,656	2.5	+0.3
Turnout			67,075	95.3	0.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Fred Grimwade	34,707	53.0	+2.0
	Labor	Stewart Anderson	30,712	47.0	-2.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.0

1970 Victorian state election: Bendigo Province[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Stewart Anderson	27,702	47.0	+3.9
	Liberal	Jock Granter	23,369	39.7	+9.8
	Democratic Labor	William Drechsler	7,826	13.3	+1.2
Total formal votes			58,897	97.8	+0.3
Informal votes			1,349	2.2	-0.3
Turnout			60,246	95.3	+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jock Granter	30,012	51.0	+0.9
	Labor	Stewart Anderson	28,885	49.0	-0.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.9

Elections in the 1960s

1967 Victorian state election: Bendigo Province[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kevin Curran	24,789	43.1
	Liberal	Fred Grimwade	17,223	29.9
	Country	Kenneth McLennan	8,572	14.9
	Democratic Labor	William Drechsler	6,991	12.1
Total formal votes			57,575	97.5
Informal votes			1,486	2.5
Turnout			59,061	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Fred Grimwade	28,849	50.1
	Labor	Kevin Curran	28,726	49.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

1964 Victorian state election: Bendigo Province[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Smith	25,664	45.2	+1.2
	Liberal and Country	Jock Granter	21,004	37.0	-1.2
	Democratic Labor	William Drechsler	10,168	14.8	-3.6
Total formal votes			56,836	98.1	+0.3
Informal votes			1,123	1.9	-0.3
Turnout			57,959	95.4	-0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Jock Granter	30,092	52.9	-1.1
	Labor	Arthur Smith	26,744	47.1	+1.1
	Liberal and Country gain from Labor		Swing	-1.1

1961 Victorian state election: Bendigo Province[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Patrick McMahon	24,790	43.9	-4.2
	Liberal and Country	Thomas Grigg	21,575	38.2	-0.5
	Democratic Labor	William Drechsler	10,157	18.0	+4.8
Total formal votes			56,522	97.8	-1.2
Informal votes			1,266	2.2	+1.2
Turnout			57,788	96.2	+2.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Thomas Grigg	30,506	54.0	+4.9
	Labor	Patrick McMahon	26,016	46.0	-4.9
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+4.9

Elections in the 1950s

Victorian Legislative Council election, 1958: Bendigo Province[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Smith	26,841	48.1	+8.4
	Liberal and Country	George Morison	21,591	38.7	-6.4
	Democratic Labor	Arthur White	7,368	13.2	-2.0
Total formal votes			55,800	99.0	+0.1
Informal votes			536	1.0	-0.1
Turnout			56,336	94.2	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Arthur Smith	28,375	50.9	+9.3
	Liberal and Country	George Morison	27,425	49.1	-9.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.3

References

1. Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1982". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
2. Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1979". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
3. Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1976". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
4. Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1973". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
5. Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1970". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
6. Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1967". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
7. Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1964". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
8. Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1961". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
9. Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1958". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.