title: Candidates of the 1970 Victorian state election
text: # Candidates of the 1970 Victorian state election
  
  The 1970 Victorian state election was held on 30 May 1970.
  
  ## Retiring Members
  
  ### Labor
  
  * Bill Divers MLA (Footscray)
  * Leo Fennessy MLA (Brunswick East)
  * Charlie Ring MLA (Preston)
  * Clive Stoneham MLA (Midlands)
  * Keith Sutton MLA (Albert Park)
  * Samuel Merrifield MLC (Doutta Galla)
  * Archie Todd MLC (Melbourne West)
  
  ### Liberal
  
  * Sir John Bloomfield MLA (Malvern)
  * Tom Darcy MLA (Polwarth)
  * Murray Porter MLA (Sandringham)
  * Geoffrey Thom MLC (South Western)
  
  ### Country
  
  * Leslie Cochrane MLA (Gippsland West)
  * Sir Herbert Hyland MLA (Gippsland South)
  
  ## 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 | Country candidates | DLP candidates | Other candidates |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Albert Park | Labor | Val Doube | Wallace Cameron | | Monica McGeoch | |
  | Ballarat North | Liberal | Kevin Flynn | Tom Evans | | Walter Brown | |
  | Ballarat South | Liberal | Tom Cullen | Bill Stephen | | Francis Brown | |
  | Balwyn | Liberal | Donald Phelan | Alex Taylor | | John Hansen | |
  | Bellarine | Liberal | Francis Brady | Aurel Smith | | James Crockett | |
  | Benalla | Country | John Coutts | Dulcie Brack | Tom Trewin | Christopher Cody | |
  | Benambra | Country | Edwin Ure | Robert Prior | Tom Mitchell | Francis Keenan | John Hicks (Ind) |
  | Bendigo | Liberal | Kevin Curran | Robert Trethewey | | Paul Brennan | |
  | Bennettswood | Liberal | Cyril Kennedy | Ian McLaren | | James Tighe | |
  | Bentleigh | Liberal | Kenneth Williams | Bob Suggett | | Peter Madden | Noel Allen (Ind) Mary Ovenden (Ind) |
  | Box Hill | Liberal | Maurice Sevior | George Reid | | James Marmion | John Clarkson (Ind) |
  | Brighton | Liberal | Peter Hansen | John Rossiter | | Keith Linard | Malcolm Wallace-Mitchell (Ind) |
  | Broadmeadows | Labor | John Wilton | Howard Thain | | Francis Dowling | |
  | Brunswick East | Labor | David Bornstein | James Guest | | Anthony Staunton | |
  | Brunswick West | Labor | Campbell Turnbull | Walter Dale | | John Flint | |
  | Camberwell | Liberal | Allan McDonald | Vernon Wilcox | | Joseph Stanley | |
  | Caulfield | Liberal | George Papadopoulos | Sir Edgar Tanner | | Peter Grant | Evelyn Janover (Ind) |
  | Coburg | Independent | Frank Cox | Joan Mathieson | | Peter McCabe | Jack Mutton (Ind) |
  | Dandenong | Labor | Alan Lind | Wallace Werrett | | Kevin Leydon | |
  | Deer Park | Labor | Jack Ginifer | Douglas Reinehr | | John Cate | |
  | Dromana | Liberal | Neil McIntosh | Roberts Dunstan | | Josephus Gobel | |
  | Dundas | Liberal | Edward Lewis | Sir William McDonald | Alexander McLennan | James Eveston | Alma Crouch (DGS) John Moodie (Ind) |
  | Essendon | Liberal | Ronald Kennelly | Kenneth Wheeler | | Kevin Digby | |
  | Evelyn | Liberal | Raymond Donkin | Russell Stokes | | Alfred Gerrard | Maurice Smith (Ind) |
  | Footscray | Labor | Robert Fordham | Claus Brumm | | Robin Thomas | |
  | Frankston | Liberal | Mervyn Vogt | Edward Meagher | | John Glynn | |
  | Geelong | Liberal | John Woolfe | Hayden Birrell | | John Timberlake | |
  | Geelong North | Labor | Neil Trezise | Graeme Hawkins | | James Jordan | |
  | Gippsland East | Country | Philip Grech | Keith Mason | Bruce Evans | Frank Burns | |
  | Gippsland South | Country | Thomas Matthews | James Taylor | John Vinall | John Condon | |
  | Gippsland West | Country | James Hudson | Rob Maclellan | Robert Anderson | Michael Houlihan | |
  | Gisborne | Liberal | Robert Harrison | Julian Doyle | | Raymond Studham | Roy Hartley (Ind) |
  | Glen Iris | Liberal | Douglas Gammon | Jim MacDonald | | John Preece | |
  | Glenhuntly | Liberal | Henry Pickard | Joe Rafferty | | Raymond Murphy | |
  | Greensborough | Liberal | Bob Fell | Monte Vale | | Raymond Morrissey | Dorothy Frost (DGS) |
  | Hampden | Liberal | Vincent Ayres | Sir Henry Bolte | Gilbert Anderson | Francis O'Brien | |
  | Hawthorn | Liberal | David Andrews | Walter Jona | | Bernard Gaynor | |
  | Heatherton | Liberal | Kenneth Bathie | Norman Billing | | Joseph O'Neill | Herman Crowther (Ind) |
  | Ivanhoe | Liberal | Thomas Rich | Vernon Christie | | Michael Lucy | |
  | Kara Kara | Country | Esmond Curnow | Bruce Thornhill | Bill Phelan | Robert O'Connor | |
  | Kew | Liberal | Rosslyn Ives | Sir Arthur Rylah | | Francis Duffy | Dorothy Buchanan (Ind) Bertram Wainer (Ind) |
  | Lowan | Country | Gustav Lehmann | Jim McCabe | Ray Buckley | John Giles | |
  | Malvern | Liberal | Christopher Gaffney | Lindsay Thompson | | Thomas O'Reilly | |
  | Melbourne | Labor | Arthur Clarey | Allan Waite | | Michael McMahon | |
  | Mentone | Liberal | Henry Woodley | Bill Templeton | | Kathleen Andrews | |
  | Midlands | Labor | Les Shilton | William Turnor | Leston Laity | Francis Hill | |
  | Mildura | Country | Lance Fraser | Kevin Coogan | Milton Whiting | John Conroy | |
  | Mitcham | Liberal | John Hyslop | Dorothy Goble | | Marianne Crowe | Ray Nilsen (DGS) |
  | Monbulk | Liberal | James Simmonds | Bill Borthwick | | George Noone | |
  | Moonee Ponds | Labor | Tom Edmunds | John Williams | | Barry O'Brien | |
  | Moorabbin | Liberal | Harry Rourke | Llew Reese | | Salvatore Pinzone | |
  | Morwell | Liberal | Derek Amos | Archie Tanner | James Wyeth | Thomas Lawless | |
  | Murray Valley | Country | Valda Reid | Robert Crosby | George Moss | John Patterson | |
  | Narracan | Liberal | Wilfred Bartholomeusz | Jim Balfour | Reinhardt Reuter | Peter Saunders | |
  | Northcote | Labor | Frank Wilkes | | | Albert Dowsey | |
  | Oakleigh | Liberal | Anthony Scarcella | Alan Scanlan | | Bernard Slattery | |
  | Polwarth | Liberal | John O'Brien | Cec Burgin | Douglas Wade | Leonard Eyre | |
  | Portland | Liberal | Bill Lewis | Don McKellar | Alma Uebergang | Adrian McInerney | |
  | Prahran | Liberal | Ivan Trayling | Sam Loxton | | John Johnston | James Banks (Ind) David Tuck (DGS) |
  | Preston | Labor | Carl Kirkwood | Bruce Spicer | | Maurice Horwood | |
  | Reservoir | Labor | Jim Simmonds | Robert Pritchard | | Joseph Fitzgerald | |
  | Richmond | Labor | Clyde Holding | Ronald Turner | | Terence Scully | George Samargis (Ind) |
  | Ringwood | Liberal | Beatrice Rosindell | Jim Manson | | Edmund Sablovs | |
  | Rodney | Country | Doris Best | Ian Biggar | Russell McDonald | Patrick Hansen | |
  | St Kilda | Liberal | David Bottomley | Brian Dixon | | John Hughes | Lancelot Hutchinson (DGS) Neville Penton (Ind) |
  | Sandringham | Liberal | Margaret Graham | Max Crellin | | William Leech | |
  | Scoresby | Liberal | Alan West | Geoff Hayes | | Noel Clarke | |
  | Shepparton | Country | Graham Romanes | Linton Laws | Peter Ross-Edwards | Bruno D'Elia | Bill Hunter (Ind) |
  | Sunshine | Labor | Denis Lovegrove | Vaclav Ubl | | Robert Charles | |
  | Swan Hill | Country | Jack McLean | Laurence Troy | Henry Broad | Rodger Donohue | |
  | Syndal | Liberal | Peter Setford | Ray Wiltshire | | Daniel McCabe | |
  | Warrnambool | Liberal | Donald Grossman | Ian Smith | Cyril Boyle | Francis Hasell | Robert McCosh (DGS) |
  | Williamstown | Labor | Larry Floyd | Richard Groom | | Norman Way | |
  
  ## 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 | Country candidates | DLP candidates | Other candidates |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ballarat | Liberal | Jack Jones | Murray Byrne | | William Bruty | |
  | Bendigo | Liberal | Stewart Anderson | Jock Granter | | William Drechsler | |
  | Boronia | Liberal | Niall Brennan | Vernon Hauser | | Edmund Burgi | |
  | Doutta Galla | Labor | Dolph Eddy | William Pearce | | Hubert Evans | |
  | East Yarra | Liberal | Stanley Bannan | Rupert Hamer | | John Rogers | |
  | Gippsland | Country | Eric Kent | Dick Long | Arthur Hewson | Gregory Answorth | |
  | Higinbotham | Liberal | Anthony Balmer | Murray Hamilton | | Frederick Skinner | |
  | Melbourne | Labor | Jack O'Connell | Norman Long | | Gordon Haberman | |
  | Melbourne North | Labor | John Walton | Jean Baldwin | | Henry Darroch | |
  | Melbourne West | Labor | Bunna Walsh | William McDonald | | Kenneth Berrie | |
  | Monash | Liberal | Donald Reeves | Graham Nicol | | William Hoyne | Reginald Murphy (Ind) |
  | Northern | Country | Trevor Monti | Albert Baker | Michael Clarke | James Bourke | |
  | North Eastern | Country | Colin Sutherland | George Ikinger | Ivan Swinburne | Johannes Van Der Horst | |
  | North Western | Country | Pamela Fowler | Heather Mitchell | Bernie Dunn | Stanley Croughan | |
  | South Eastern | Labor | Ian Cathie | Roy Ward | | John Launder | |
  | South Western | Liberal | Stanley Nash | Glyn Jenkins | Bartus De Groot | William Bond | |
  | Templestowe | Liberal | Neville Telfer | Raymond Garrett | | Ernest Dobson | |
  | Western | Liberal | Thomas Windsor | Kenneth Gross | Linden Cameron | Alan Beattie | |
  