Candidates of the 1988 Victorian state election
# Candidates of the 1988 Victorian state election

The 1988 Victorian state election was held on 1 October 1988.

## Seat changes

A number of members contested different seats:

* Thomastown Labor MLC Jim Kennan contested the lower house seat of Broadmeadows.
* Melbourne West Labor MLC Joan Kirner contested the lower house seat of Williamstown.
* Gippsland Labor MLC Barry Murphy contested the lower house seat of Morwell as an independent.
* Chelsea Labor MLC Mal Sandon contested the lower house seat of Carrum.

## Retiring Members

### Labor

* Valerie Callister MLA (Morwell)
* Ian Cathie MLA (Carrum)
* Tom Edmunds MLA (Pascoe Vale)
* Bill Fogarty MLA (Sunshine)
* Gordon Hockley MLA (Bentleigh)
* Carl Kirkwood MLA (Preston)
* Keith Remington MLA (Melbourne)
* Theo Sidiropoulos MLA (Richmond)
* Jack Simpson MLA (Niddrie)
* Gordon Stirling MLA (Williamstown)
* Frank Wilkes MLA (Northcote)

### Liberal

* Digby Crozier MLA (Portland)
* Jim Ramsay MLA (Balwyn)
* Morris Williams MLA (Doncaster)
* Jock Granter MLC (Central Highlands)
* Bruce Reid MLC (Bendigo)
* Roy Ward MLC (South Eastern)

### National

* Milton Whiting MLA (Mildura)
* Bernie Dunn MLC (North Western)

## 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 | National candidates | Other candidates |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Albert Park | Labor | Bunna Walsh | Andrew Lindsay | | Kathleen Brown (Ind) Anne Fahey (Ind) |
| Ballarat North | Liberal | Steve Bracks | Steve Elder | Geoffrey Mark | John Blanchard (Ind) |
| Ballarat South | Labor | Frank Sheehan | Joan Chambers | Donald Phelan | Phil Henseleit (Dem) |
| Balwyn | Liberal | George Theodoridis | Robert Clark | | |
| Bellarine | Labor | Graham Ernst | Margaret Byrne | John Foster | Laurie Levy (Dem) |
| Benalla | National | Barbara Stepan | Margaret Stribling | Pat McNamara | Grant Triffett (Ind) Win Wise (CTA) |
| Benambra | Liberal | Julie Nelson | Lou Lieberman | Judith Brewer | |
| Bendigo East | Liberal | Bob Cameron | Michael John | Leon Waddington | Vic Upson (CTA) |
| Bendigo West | Labor | David Kennedy | William Maltby | Peter McNaught | Graeme Furlong (CTA) Harold Hall (Ind) Peter Shaw-Truex (Dem) |
| Bennettswood | Liberal | Nigel De Kretser | Roger Pescott | | Geoff Carr (Dem) |
| Bentleigh | Labor | Ann Barker | Peter Norman | | Janette de San Sinforiano (Ind) Anne Martin (Dem) Phillip McGibbony (CTA) Frank Penhalluriack (WTP) Alan Salter (Ind) |
| Berwick | Liberal | Philip Huggins | Rob Maclellan | | Jyan Mayfield (Dem) |
| Box Hill | Labor | Margaret Ray | Helen Shardey | | Peter Allan (Ind) George Demetriou (Dem) William Watson (CTA) |
| Brighton | Liberal | Jennifer Huppert | Alan Stockdale | | John Casley (Ind) |
| Broadmeadows | Labor | Jim Kennan | Carol Lutz | | Jack Culpin (Ind) |
| Brunswick | Labor | Tom Roper | Louise Joyce | | Michael Rowe (DLP) |
| Bulleen | Liberal | David Redfearn | David Perrin | | |
| Bundoora | Labor | John Cain | John Goodfellow | | |
| Burwood | Liberal | Eric Hobsbawn | Jeff Kennett | | Barbara McCrohan (CTA) |
| Carrum | Labor | Mal Sandon | Marie McIntosh | | |
| Caulfield | Liberal | David Jackson | Ted Tanner | | |
| Clayton | Labor | Gerard Vaughan | Lauris White | | Stephen Bingle (Ind) Daryl Esmore (CTA) |
| Coburg | Labor | Peter Gavin | Erdem Aydin | | Norma Willoughby (Ind) |
| Dandenong | Labor | Terry Norris | Poh Loh | | |
| Dandenong North | Labor | Jan Wilson | Peter McNeil | | |
| Derrimut | Labor | David Cunningham | Helen Hurley | | Michael Newman (Ind) |
| Doncaster | Liberal | Steven Tsitas | Victor Perton | | Guy Salthouse (CTA) Wayne Wright (Ind) |
| Doveton | Labor | Rob Jolly | Rodney Lavin | | |
| Dromana | Liberal | Robert Reilly | Ron Wells | | Florence Bubb (Ind) Cecil Gill (Ind) |
| Essendon | Labor | Barry Rowe | Thomas Hilbert | | Karl Benden (CTA) |
| Evelyn | Liberal | Geoff Cooper | Jim Plowman | | Earle Keegel (Ind) |
| Footscray | Labor | Robert Fordham | Ernest Zanatta | | Elizabeth Doughney (Ind) |
| Forest Hill | Liberal | John Madden | John Richardson | | |
| Frankston North | Labor | Jane Hill | Olga Venables | | Mike Toldy (Ind) |
| Frankston South | Liberal | Tony Moore | Graeme Weideman | | |
| Geelong | Labor | Hayden Shell | Ann Henderson | | Ian Winter (CTA) |
| Geelong North | Labor | Neil Trezise | Michael King | | Ernest Andrews (CTA) |
| Gippsland East | National | Jan Devink | William Young | Bruce Evans | Robert Watson (CTA) |
| Gippsland South | National | Keith Vardy | Anne-Marie McBeath | Tom Wallace | Leslie Howlett (CTA) |
| Gippsland West | Liberal | Anwyn Martin | Alan Brown | Philip Westwood | |
| Gisborne | Liberal | Eric Dearricott | Tom Reynolds | | Glenn Torney (Ind) |
| Glen Waverley | Liberal | Ronald Kirkwood | Ross Smith | | Peter Olney (CTA) |
| Greensborough | Labor | Pauline Toner | Robert Manuell | | |
| Hawthorn | Liberal | Bridget Groves | Phil Gude | | |
| Ivanhoe | Liberal | Patricia Moynihan | Vin Heffernan | | Howard McCallum (Dem) |
| Keilor | Labor | George Seitz | Chris Dimitrijevic | | Charles Campagnac (Ind) Shane McCarthy (DLP) |
| Kew | Liberal | Tim Muffet | Jan Wade | | |
| Knox | Labor | Steve Crabb | Bruce Bingham | | Stephen Gillies (Ind) Kenneth Morgan (CTA) |
| Lowan | National | Robert Luciani | Roderick Coutts | Bill McGrath | |
| Malvern | Liberal | Philip Cottier | Geoff Leigh | | |
| Melbourne | Labor | Neil Cole | Catherine Dossetor | | |
| Mentone | Labor | Peter Spyker | Maxwell Read | | Sarah Austin (Dem) John Murray (Ind) |
| Mildura | National | Lindsay Leake | Craig Bildstien | John Arnold | David Caccianiga (Ind) |
| Mitcham | Labor | John Harrowfield | Matthew Starr | | Johan Elsmann (CTA) Louise Enders (Dem) |
| Monbulk | Labor | Neil Pope | Nola Vulling | | Christopher Shirreff (CTA) |
| Mornington | Liberal | Barry Smith | Robin Cooper | | Peter Carroll (Dem) |
| Morwell | Labor | Keith Hamilton | Norman Olsen | Alan Witchell | Geoffrey Francis (Ind) Barry Murphy (Ind) James Richards (Dem) |
| Murray Valley | National | Jill Milthorpe | Diane Mathieson | Ken Jasper | |
| Narracan | Liberal | Neil Young | John Delzoppo | Kenneth Ipsen | David White (Dem) |
| Niddrie | Labor | Bob Sercombe | Susan Feltham | | Lance Hutchinson (Ind) |
| Northcote | Labor | Tony Sheehan | Ross Lane | | |
| Oakleigh | Labor | Race Mathews | Ian Pope | | Philip Mitchell (Ind) Heather Norling (Ind) Antonis Pashos (Ind) |
| Pascoe Vale | Labor | Kelvin Thomson | Geoff Lutz | | Mark Beshara (DLP) Cath Price (Ind) |
| Polwarth | Liberal | Paul Kennelly | Ian Smith | Michael Evans | |
| Portland | Liberal | Bill Sharrock | Denis Napthine | Graeme Dawson | |
| Prahran | Liberal | Roman Jade | Don Hayward | | Neil Baluch (CTA) |
| Preston | Labor | Michael Leighton | Peter Papaemmanouil | | |
| Reservoir | Labor | Jim Simmonds | Richard Michelsons | | Alan Hogan (Ind) |
| Richmond | Labor | Demetri Dollis | David Monk | | Steve Florin (Ind) Bill Hampson (Ind) John Mulholland (DLP) |
| Ringwood | Labor | Kay Setches | Bruce Camfield | | Mark Ansell (CTA) James Cockell (Ind) Sid Spindler (Dem) |
| Ripon | Liberal | John McQuilten | Tom Austin | | |
| Rodney | National | Leonard Blair | Margarita Dale | Eddie Hann | |
| St Albans | Labor | Alex Andrianopoulos | George Korytsky | | Peter Portelli (Ind) |
| St Kilda | Labor | Andrew McCutcheon | John Callanan | | Geoffrey Brooks (Dem) |
| Sandringham | Liberal | Ian Pugh | David Lea | | John Minty (CTA) |
| Shepparton | National | David Wauchope | John Menzies | Peter Ross-Edwards | |
| South Barwon | Liberal | George Williams | Harley Dickinson | | Terry Winter (CTA) |
| Springvale | Labor | Eddie Micallef | Kieran Magee | Wernfried Klimek | Jodie Rickard (CTA) |
| Sunshine | Labor | Ian Baker | Julie Reid | | Alan Finch (Ind) |
| Swan Hill | National | Ronald Stanton | Daphne Wilkins | Barry Steggall | |
| Syndal | Liberal | James Claven | Geoff Coleman | | Martin Maguire (Dem) Ronald Marshman (CTA) |
| Thomastown | Labor | Beth Gleeson | Michael Fusco | | |
| Wantirna | Labor | Carolyn Hirsh | Rob Llewellyn | | John Taylor (CTA) |
| Warrandyte | Labor | Lou Hill | Phil Honeywood | | Nelleke Arnold (CTA) David Ball (Dem) Harold Collins (Ind) Joy Lane (Ind) |
| Warrnambool | National | Peter Steele | Eda Ritchie | John McGrath | |
| Werribee | Labor | Ken Coghill | Alexander Mather | | John Gibbons (Ind) |
| Whittlesea | Labor | Max McDonald | Geoffrey Parsons | | |
| Williamstown | Labor | Joan Kirner | Stuart Mackley | | Richard Kirby (Ind) |

## 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 | National candidates | Other candidates |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ballarat | Liberal | Glendon Ludbrook | Rob Knowles | Anne Scott | |
| Boronia | Labor | Judith Dixon | Gerald Ashman | | |
| Central Highlands | Liberal | Andre Haermeyer | Geoff Craige | Edward Drane | |
| Chelsea | Labor | Burwyn Davidson | Michael O'Brien | | Ken Glyde (Ind) |
| Doutta Galla | Labor | Bill Landeryou | Graeme Cameron | | |
| East Yarra | Liberal | Terry Monagle | Haddon Storey | | |
| Eumemmerring | Labor | Bob Ives | Janice Bateman | | |
| Geelong | Labor | David Henshaw | John Lucas | | James Jordan (Ind) Dirk Terpstra (CTA) |
| Gippsland | Liberal | Alan Hollway | James Taylor | Peter Hall | Bruce Ingle (Ind) Glen Mann (Ind) |
| Higinbotham | Liberal | Kevin McCosh | Geoffrey Connard | | |
| Jika Jika | Labor | Theo Theophanous | John Badham | | |
| Melbourne | Labor | Barry Pullen | Katherine Edgar | | |
| Melbourne North | Labor | Caroline Hogg | Simon St John | | |
| Melbourne West | Labor | Licia Kokocinski | Darren Olney | | |
| Monash | Liberal | Perce White | James Guest | | |
| North Eastern | National | Ewan Paterson | Ian Cumming | David Evans | |
| North Western | National | Linda Freedman | Derek Bowman | Ron Best | |
| Nunawading | Labor | Laurie McArthur | George Cox | | |
| South Eastern | Liberal | Denise Hassett | Ken Smith | | |
| Templestowe | Liberal | Mike Arnold | Bruce Skeggs | | |
| Waverley | Labor | Brian Mier | Savvas Grigoropoulos | | |
| Western | Liberal | Kevin Watt | Bruce Chamberlain | James Saunders | Julie Jennings (Ind) |
