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1985


Seat changes

A number of members contested different seats to the ones they held:

  • A group of Liberal MLCs contested Legislative Assembly seats:
    • Boronia MLC Gracia Baylor contested Warrandyte.
    • Ballarat MLC Clive Bubb contested Ballarat South.
    • Western MLC Digby Crozier contested Portland.
    • Monash MLC Don Hayward contested Prahran.
  • Liberal MLA Bill Ebery (Midlands) contested the Legislative Council province of North Western.
  • Labor MLA Bob Miller (Prahran) contested the Legislative Council province of Monash.
  • A number of MLAs contested different seats:
    • Ascot Vale Labor MLA Tom Edmunds contested Pascoe Vale.
    • Bendigo Labor MLA David Kennedy contested Bendigo West.
    • Dandenong Labor MLA Rob Jolly contested Doveton.
    • Dromana Labor MLA David Hassett contested Mornington.
    • Evelyn Labor MLA Max McDonald contested Whittlesea.
    • Frankston Labor MLA Jane Hill contested Frankston North.
    • Geelong East Labor MLA Graham Ernst contested Bellarine.
    • Geelong West Labor MLA Hayden Shell contested Geelong.
    • Glenhuntly Labor MLA Gerard Vaughan contested Clayton.
    • Glenroy Labor MLA Jack Culpin contested Broadmeadows.
    • Heatherton Labor MLA Peter Spyker contested Mentone.
    • Noble Park Labor MLA Terry Norris contested Dandenong.
    • Sandringham Labor MLA Graham Ihlein contested Evelyn.
    • Westernport Liberal MLA Alan Brown contested Gippsland West.