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Results of the 1985 Victorian state election (Legislative Council)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 16, 2024
Entity authorityQ19877763 ↗
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This is a list of Legislative Council results for the Victorian 1985 state election. 22 of the 44 seats were contested.

Results by province

Ballarat

Boronia

Central Highlands

Chelsea

Doutta Galla

East Yarra

Eumemmerring

Geelong

Gippsland

Higinbotham

Jika Jika

Melbourne

Melbourne North

Melbourne West

Monash

North Eastern

North Western

Nunawading

Includes the casting vote by the returning officer.

This result was overturned by the Court of Disputed Returns and a by-election was held.

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Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1985—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Results, Victorian and state can be independently traced.
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