Country: | Victoria |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Election Date: | 19 March 1983 |
Seats For Election: | Electoral district of Springvale in the Victorian Legislative Assembly |
Previous Election: | 1982 Victorian state election |
Previous Year: | 1982 |
Next Election: | 1985 Victorian state election |
Next Year: | 1985 |
Candidate1: | Eddie Micallef |
Party1: | Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch) |
Popular Vote1: | 16,682 |
Percentage1: | 57.3% |
Swing1: | 3.8 |
Candidate2: | Jordan Topalides |
Party2: | Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division) |
Popular Vote2: | 9,692 |
Percentage2: | 33.3% |
Swing2: | 4.8 |
1Blank: | TCP |
2Blank: | TCP swing |
1Data1: | 60.0% |
2Data1: | 3.1 |
1Data2: | 40.0% |
2Data2: | 3.1 |
MP | |
Before Election: | Kevin King |
Before Party: | Labor |
After Election: | Eddie Micallef |
After Party: | Labor |
The 1983 Springvale state by-election was held on 19 March 1983 to elect the next member for Springvale in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, following the death of incumbent Kevin King.[1]
The seat was retained for Labor by Eddie Micallef.
Democratic Labor Party candidate John Mulholland ran as a "DLP-Call to Australia coalition" candidate.[2]