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class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division)">Liberal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader since </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">18 October 1937 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">14 March 1935 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">3 December 1940 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader's seat </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Northcote" title="Electoral district of Northcote">Northcote</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Korong" title="Electoral district of Korong">Korong</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Ballarat" title="Electoral district of Ballarat">Ballarat</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">22 seats </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">18 seats </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">13 seats </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>31</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">18 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">10 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 9 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">41.02% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">18.67% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">20.51% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4.89 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 5.64 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2.56 </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1945_Victorian_state_election.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/1945_Victorian_state_election.svg/400px-1945_Victorian_state_election.svg.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="292" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/1945_Victorian_state_election.svg/600px-1945_Victorian_state_election.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/1945_Victorian_state_election.svg/800px-1945_Victorian_state_election.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1191" data-file-height="869" /></a></span><div>Results in each electorate.</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/Premier_of_Victoria" title="Premier of Victoria">Premier</a> before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Ian_MacFarlan" class="mw-redirect" title="Ian MacFarlan">Ian MacFarlan</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia_(Victorian_Division)" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division)">Liberal</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_Victoria" title="Premier of Victoria">Premier</a></b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/John_Cain_(senior)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Cain (senior)">John Cain</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party_(Victorian_Branch)" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)">Labor</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1945 Victorian state election</b> was held on 10 November 1945 to elect all 65 members of the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Legislative_Assembly" title="Victorian Legislative Assembly">Victorian Legislative Assembly</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legislative_Assembly">Legislative Assembly</h3></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Results_of_the_1945_Victorian_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)" title="Results of the 1945 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly)">Results of the 1945 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly)</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="line-height: 1.25em; font-size: 90%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="7" style="background-color:#C9D9E9;text-align:center;font-size: 1.15em; line-height: 1em;"> <p>Victorian state election, 10 November 1945<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Legislative_Assembly" title="Victorian Legislative Assembly">Legislative Assembly</a> <br /> <small><a href="/wiki/1943_Victorian_state_election" title="1943 Victorian state election"><< 1943</a>–<a href="/wiki/1947_Victorian_state_election" title="1947 Victorian state election">1947 >></a></small> </p> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9">Enrolled voters </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,019,063 </td> <td width="45" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" width="191"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9">Votes cast </td> <td style="text-align:right;">896,561 </td> <td width="45" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td style="background-color:#E9E9E9" width="60"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">87.98 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.98 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9">Informal votes </td> <td style="text-align:right;">18,689 </td> <td width="45" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td style="background-color:#E9E9E9;">Informal </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.08 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−0.51 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7" style="background-color:#C9D9E9;text-align:center;font-size: 1.15em; line-height: 2em;">Summary of votes by party </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9">Party </td> <td style="background-color:#E9E9E9;">Primary votes </td> <td style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;">% </td> <td style="background-color:#E9E9E9;">Swing </td> <td style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;">Seats </td> <td style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;">Change </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F00011;width:3px">  </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Labor_Party" title="Victorian Labor Party">Labor</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">360,079 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">41.02 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+4.89 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>31</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#008000;width:3px">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victorian_National_Party" title="Victorian National Party">Country</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">163,940 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">18.67 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+5.64 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">18 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;width:3px">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Liberal_Party" title="Victorian Liberal Party">Liberal</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">180,046 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">20.51 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−2.56 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">10 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#888888;width:3px">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politicians_in_Australia" title="Independent politicians in Australia">Independent</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">92,097 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">10.49 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−11.40 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;width:3px">  </td> <td>Ministerial Liberal </td> <td style="text-align:right;">29,276 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.33 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+3.33 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#888888;width:3px">  </td> <td>Independent Liberal VIC </td> <td style="text-align:right;">27,351 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.12 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+3.12 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#C00000;width:3px">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Australia" title="Communist Party of Australia">Communist</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">25,083 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.86 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−1.65 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">±0 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"> <td colspan="2">Total </td> <td style="text-align:right;">877,872 </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td style="text-align:right;">65 </td> <td>  </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>Notes:</b> </p> <ul><li>Eleven seats were uncontested at this election, and were retained by the incumbent parties: <ul><li>Labor (8): <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Bendigo" title="Electoral district of Bendigo">Bendigo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Collingwood" title="Electoral district of Collingwood">Collingwood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Footscray" title="Electoral district of Footscray">Footscray</a>, <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Geelong" title="Electoral district of Geelong">Geelong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Melbourne" title="Electoral district of Melbourne">Melbourne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Moonee_Ponds" title="Electoral district of Moonee Ponds">Moonee Ponds</a>, <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Northcote" title="Electoral district of Northcote">Northcote</a>, <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Sunshine" title="Electoral district of Sunshine">Sunshine</a>.</li> <li>Liberal (3): <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Kew" title="Electoral district of Kew">Kew</a>, <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Malvern" title="Electoral district of Malvern">Malvern</a>, <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Scoresby" title="Electoral district of Scoresby">Scoresby</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Candidates_of_the_1945_Victorian_state_election" title="Candidates of the 1945 Victorian state election">Candidates of the 1945 Victorian state election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election" title="1946 Victorian Legislative Council election">1946 Victorian Legislative Council election</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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election">1866</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_Victorian_colonial_election" title="1868 Victorian colonial election">1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1871_Victorian_colonial_election" title="1871 Victorian colonial election">1871</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1874_Victorian_colonial_election" title="1874 Victorian colonial election">1874</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1877_Victorian_colonial_election" title="1877 Victorian colonial election">1877</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_1880_Victorian_colonial_election" title="February 1880 Victorian colonial election">1880 (Feb)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_1880_Victorian_colonial_election" title="July 1880 Victorian colonial election">1880 (Jul)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1883_Victorian_colonial_election" title="1883 Victorian colonial election">1883</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886_Victorian_colonial_election" title="1886 Victorian colonial election">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1889_Victorian_colonial_election" title="1889 Victorian colonial election">1889</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_Victorian_colonial_election" title="1892 Victorian colonial election">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_Victorian_colonial_election" title="1894 Victorian colonial election">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1897_Victorian_colonial_election" title="1897 Victorian colonial election">1897</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_Victorian_colonial_election" title="1900 Victorian colonial election">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_Victorian_state_election" title="1902 Victorian state election">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_Victorian_state_election" title="1904 Victorian state election">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_Victorian_state_election" title="1907 Victorian state election">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Victorian_state_election" title="1908 Victorian state election">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_Victorian_state_election" title="1911 Victorian state election">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_Victorian_state_election" title="1914 Victorian state election">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_Victorian_state_election" title="1917 Victorian state election">1917</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_Victorian_state_election" title="1920 Victorian state election">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_Victorian_state_election" title="1921 Victorian state election">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_Victorian_state_election" title="1924 Victorian state election">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_Victorian_state_election" title="1927 Victorian state election">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_Victorian_state_election" title="1929 Victorian state election">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Victorian_state_election" title="1932 Victorian state election">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_Victorian_state_election" title="1935 Victorian state election">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Victorian_state_election" title="1937 Victorian state election">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Victorian_state_election" title="1940 Victorian state election">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Victorian_state_election" title="1943 Victorian state election">1943</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_Victorian_state_election" title="1947 Victorian state election">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_Victorian_state_election" title="1950 Victorian state election">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Victorian_state_election" title="1952 Victorian state election">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_Victorian_state_election" title="1955 Victorian state election">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Victorian_state_election" title="1958 Victorian state election">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_Victorian_state_election" title="1961 Victorian state election">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Victorian_state_election" title="1964 Victorian state election">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Victorian_state_election" title="1967 Victorian state election">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Victorian_state_election" title="1970 Victorian state election">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Victorian_state_election" title="1973 Victorian state election">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Victorian_state_election" title="1976 Victorian state election">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Victorian_state_election" title="1979 Victorian state election">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Victorian_state_election" title="1982 Victorian state election">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Victorian_state_election" title="1985 Victorian state election">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Victorian_state_election" title="1988 Victorian state election">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Victorian_state_election" title="1992 Victorian state election">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Victorian_state_election" title="1996 Victorian state election">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Victorian_state_election" title="1999 Victorian state election">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Victorian_state_election" title="2002 Victorian state election">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Victorian_state_election" title="2006 Victorian state election">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Victorian_state_election" title="2010 Victorian state election">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Victorian_state_election" title="2014 Victorian state election">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Victorian_state_election" title="2018 Victorian state election">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Victorian_state_election" title="2022 Victorian state election">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2026_Victorian_state_election" title="2026 Victorian state election"><i>2026</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Legislative_Council" title="Victorian Legislative Council">Legislative Council-<br />only elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1851_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1851 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1851</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1856_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1856 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1856</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1858_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1858 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1858</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1860_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1860 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1860</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1862_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1862 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1862</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1864_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1864 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1864</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1866_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1866 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1866</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1868_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1868 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1868</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1870_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1870 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1870</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1872_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1872 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1872</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1874_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1874 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1874</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1876_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1876 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1876</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1878_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1878 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1878</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1880_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1880 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1880</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1882_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1882 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1882</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1884</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1886_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1886 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1888_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1888 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1889_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1889 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1889</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1890_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1890 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1892_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1892 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1894_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1894 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1895_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1895 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1895</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1896_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1896 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1898_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1898 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1900_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1900 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1901_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1901 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1902_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1902 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1904_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1904 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1907_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1907 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1910_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1910 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1913_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1913 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1916_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1916 Victorian Legislative Council election (page does not exist)">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election" title="1919 Victorian Legislative Council election">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election" title="1922 Victorian Legislative Council election">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election" title="1925 Victorian Legislative Council election">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election" title="1928 Victorian Legislative Council election">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election" title="1931 Victorian Legislative Council election">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election" title="1934 Victorian Legislative Council election">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election" title="1937 Victorian Legislative Council election">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election" title="1940 Victorian Legislative Council election">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election" title="1943 Victorian Legislative Council election">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election" title="1946 Victorian Legislative Council election">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election" title="1949 Victorian Legislative Council election">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election" title="1952 Victorian Legislative Council election">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election" title="1955 Victorian Legislative Council election">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election" title="1958 Victorian Legislative Council election">1958</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Victoria" title="Local government in Victoria">Local elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1919_Victorian_local_elections" title="1919 Victorian local elections">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_Victorian_local_elections" title="1931 Victorian local elections">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_Victorian_local_elections" title="1933 Victorian local elections">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_Victorian_local_elections" title="1947 Victorian local elections">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Victorian_local_elections" title="1996 Victorian local elections">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Victorian_local_elections" title="1997 Victorian local elections">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Victorian_local_elections" title="1999 Victorian local elections">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Victorian_local_elections" title="2000 Victorian local elections">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Victorian_local_elections" title="2001 Victorian local elections">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Victorian_local_elections" title="2002 Victorian local elections">2002</a></li> <li><a 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