List of Victorian state by-elections

This is a list of by-elections for the Victorian Legislative Assembly. A by-election may be held when a member's seat becomes vacant through resignation, death or some other reasons. These are referred to as casual vacancies.

• Brackets around a date (D/M/Y) indicate that the candidate was unopposed when nominations closed or that, as a result of an appeal against an election result, the sitting member was replaced by the appellant. These candidates were declared "elected unopposed" with effect from the date of the closing of nominations or appeal decision, and there was no need to hold a by-election.
• By-elections which resulted in a change in party representation are highlighted as: Gains for the Labor Party and its splinter groups in red; for the Liberal Party and its predecessors in blue; for the National Party and its predecessors in green; for the Greens in green and for independents and minor parties in grey.

60th Legislative Assembly (2022–2026)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Werribee	Tim Pallas		Labor	Resigned	8 February 2025	John Lister		Labor
Prahran	Sam Hibbins		Independent	Resigned from parliament after leaving Greens	8 February 2025	Rachel Westaway		Liberal
Mulgrave	Daniel Andrews		Labor	Resigned as Premier	18 November 2023	Eden Foster		Labor
Warrandyte	Ryan Smith		Liberal	Resigned	26 August 2023	Nicole Werner		Liberal
Narracan	Gary Blackwood		Liberal	Supplementary election due to death of a candidate at the 2022 election.[1]	28 January 2023	Wayne Farnham		Liberal
59th Legislative Assembly (2018–2022)
No by-elections held
58th Legislative Assembly (2014–2018)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Northcote	Fiona Richardson		Labor	Died	18 November 2017	Lidia Thorpe		Greens
South-West Coast	Denis Napthine		Liberal	Resigned	31 October 2015	Roma Britnell		Liberal
Polwarth	Terry Mulder		Liberal	Resigned	31 October 2015	Richard Riordan		Liberal
Gippsland South	Peter Ryan		National	Resigned	14 March 2015	Danny O'Brien		National
57th Legislative Assembly (2010–2014)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Lyndhurst	Tim Holding		Labor	Resigned	27 April 2013	Martin Pakula		Labor
Melbourne	Bronwyn Pike		Labor	Resigned	21 July 2012	Jennifer Kanis		Labor
Niddrie	Rob Hulls		Labor	Resigned	24 March 2012	Ben Carroll		Labor
Broadmeadows	John Brumby		Labor	Resigned following election loss	19 February 2011	Frank McGuire		Labor
56th Legislative Assembly (2006–2010)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Altona	Lynne Kosky		Labor	Resigned	13 February 2010	Jill Hennessy		Labor
Kororoit	Andre Haermeyer		Labor	Resigned	28 June 2008	Marlene Kairouz		Labor
Williamstown	Steve Bracks		Labor	Resigned as Premier	15 September 2007	Wade Noonan		Labor
Albert Park	John Thwaites		Labor	Resigned as Deputy Premier	15 September 2007	Martin Foley		Labor
55th Legislative Assembly (2002–2006)
No by-elections held
54th Legislative Assembly (1999–2002)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Benalla	Pat McNamara		National	Resigned following election loss	13 May 2000	Denise Allen		Labor
Burwood	Jeff Kennett		Liberal	Resigned following election loss	11 December 1999	Bob Stensholt		Labor
Frankston East	Peter McLellan		Independent	Supplementary election due to death of the sitting member at the 1999 election.	16 October 1999	Matt Viney		Labor
53rd Legislative Assembly (1996–1999)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Northcote	Tony Sheehan		Labor	Resigned	15 August 1998	Mary Delahunty		Labor
Mitcham	Roger Pescott		Liberal	Resigned	13 December 1997	Tony Robinson		Labor
Gippsland West	Alan Brown		Liberal	Resigned	1 February 1997	Susan Davies		Independent
52nd Legislative Assembly (1992–1996)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Williamstown	Joan Kirner		Labor	Resigned	13 August 1994	Steve Bracks		Labor
Coburg	Tom Roper		Labor	Resigned	14 May 1994	Carlo Carli		Labor
Broadmeadows	Jim Kennan		Labor	Resigned	18 September 1993	John Brumby		Labor
51st Legislative Assembly (1988–1992)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Shepparton	Peter Ross-Edwards		National	Resigned	19 October 1991	Don Kilgour		National
Thomastown	Beth Gleeson		Labor	Died	3 February 1990	Peter Batchelor		Labor
Greensborough	Pauline Toner		Labor	Resigned due to ill health (cancer)	15 April 1989	Sherryl Garbutt		Labor
Rodney	Eddie Hann		National	Resigned	4 March 1989	Noel Maughan		National
50th Legislative Assembly (1985–1988)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Ballarat North	Tom Evans		Liberal	Resigned	23 July 1988	Steve Elder		Liberal
Kew	Prue Sibree		Liberal	Resigned	19 March 1988	Jan Wade		Liberal
49th Legislative Assembly (1982–1985)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Swan Hill	Alan Wood		Liberal	Resigned	7 May 1983	Barry Steggall		National
Warrnambool	Ian Smith		Liberal	Resigned in unsuccessful attempt to win Liberal preselection for the 1983 Wannon federal by-election even though he would have been required to resign if he had been successful at the preselection.	7 May 1983	Adam Kempton		Liberal
Springvale	Kevin King		Labor	Died	19 March 1983	Eddie Micallef		Labor
Malvern	Lindsay Thompson		Liberal	Resigned following defeat as Premier	4 December 1982	Geoff Leigh		Liberal
Keilor	Jack Ginifer		Labor	Resigned due to ill health	17 July 1982	George Seitz		Labor
48th Legislative Assembly (1979–1982)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Kew	Rupert Hamer		Liberal	Resigned following resignation as Premier	15 August 1981	Prue Sibree		Liberal
Morwell	Derek Amos		Labor	Resigned due to ill health	27 June 1981	Valerie Callister		Labor
47th Legislative Assembly (1976–1979)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Richmond	Clyde Holding		Labor	Resigned to enter federal politics at the 1977 federal election	17 December 1977	Theo Sidiropoulos		Labor
Melbourne	Barry Jones		Labor	Resigned to enter federal politics at the 1977 federal election	17 December 1977	Keith Remington		Labor
Greensborough	Monte Vale		Liberal	Died	5 November 1977	Pauline Toner		Labor
46th Legislative Assembly (1973–1976)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Brunswick East	David Bornstein		Labor	Resigned	12 April 1975	Ron McAlister		Labor
Greensborough	Monte Vale		Liberal	Result overturned by the Court of Disputed Returns	13 October 1973	Monte Vale		Liberal
45th Legislative Assembly (1970–1973)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Hampden	Henry Bolte		Liberal	Resigned as Premier	7 October 1972	Tom Austin		Liberal
Melbourne	Arthur Clarey		Labor	Died	9 June 1972	Barry Jones		Labor
Gisborne	Julian Doyle		Liberal	Resigned	11 December 1971	Athol Guy		Liberal
Kew	Arthur Rylah		Liberal	Resigned due to ill health	17 April 1971	Rupert Hamer		Liberal
44th Legislative Assembly (1967–1970)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Dandenong	Len Reid		Liberal	Resigned to enter federal politics at the 1969 federal election	6 December 1969	Alan Lind		Labor
Swan Hill	Harold Stirling		Country	Died	14 September 1968	Henry Broad		Country
43rd Legislative Assembly (1964–1967)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Grant	Roy Crick		Labor	Died	8 October 1966	Jack Ginifer		Labor
Caulfield	Alexander Fraser		Liberal	Died	18 September 1965	Ian McLaren		Liberal
42nd Legislative Assembly (1961–1964)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Mildura	Nathaniel Barclay		Country	Died	27 October 1962	Milton Whiting		Country
Broadmeadows	Harry Kane		Liberal and Country	Died	4 August 1962	John Wilton		Labor
Richmond	Bill Towers		Labor	Died	12 May 1962	Clyde Holding		Labor
41st Legislative Assembly (1958–1961)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Ballarat North	Russell White		Country	Resigned to take up position on the Trotting Control Board	12 November 1960	Tom Evans		Liberal and Country
Scoresby	George Knox		Liberal and Country	Died	17 September 1960	Bill Borthwick		Liberal and Country
Footscray	Ernie Shepherd		Labor	Died	8 October 1958	Bill Divers		Labor
40th Legislative Assembly (1955–1958)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Northcote	John Cain		Labor	Died	21 September 1957	Frank Wilkes		Labor
Camberwell	Robert Whately		Liberal and Country	Died in a car accident	21 April 1956	Vernon Wilcox		Liberal and Country
Mornington	William Leggatt		Liberal and Country	Resigned to take up appointment as Agent-General for Victoria in London	3 March 1956	Roberts Dunstan		Liberal and Country
Flemington	Jack Holland		Labor	Died	18 February 1956	Kevin Holland		Labor
39th Legislative Assembly (1952–1955)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Malvern	Trevor Oldham		Liberal and Country	Died	11 July 1953	John Bloomfield		Liberal and Country
38th Legislative Assembly (1950–1952)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Toorak	Edward Reynolds		Liberal and Country	Resigned	13 September 1952	Horace Petty		Liberal and Country
Port Melbourne	Tom Corrigan		Labor	Died	13 September 1952	Stan Corrigan		Labor
Prahran	Frank Crean		Labor	Resigned to enter federal politics at the 1951 federal election	16 June 1951	Robert Pettiona		Labor
Ivanhoe	Rupert Curnow		Liberal and Country	Died	24 February 1951	Frank Block		Liberal and Country
37th Legislative Assembly (1947–1950)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Clifton Hill	Jack Cremean		Labor	Resigned to enter federal politics at the 1949 federal election	17 December 1949	Joseph O'Carroll		Labor
Kew	Wilfrid Kent Hughes		Liberal and Country	Resigned to enter federal politics at the 1949 federal election	17 December 1949	Arthur Rylah		Liberal and Country
Richmond	Stan Keon		Labor	Resigned to enter federal politics at the 1949 federal election	17 December 1949	Frank Scully		Labor
Brunswick	James Jewell		Labor	Died	16 July 1949	Peter Randles		Labor
Prahran	Bill Quirk		Labor	Died	22 January 1949	Frank Crean		Labor
Geelong	Fanny Brownbill		Labor	Died	13 November 1948	Edward Montgomery		Liberal
Toorak	Robert Bell Hamilton		Liberal	Died	19 June 1948	Edward Reynolds		Liberal
36th Legislative Assembly (1945–1947)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Collingwood	Tom Tunnecliffe		Labor	Resigned	20 September 1947	Bill Towers		Labor
Benambra	Roy Paton		Country	Died	7 June 1947	Thomas Mitchell		Country
35th Legislative Assembly (1943–1945)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Prahran	John Ellis		United Australia	Died	18 August 1945	Bill Quirk		Labor
Clifton Hill	Herbert Cremean		Labor	Died	7 July 1945	Jack Cremean		Labor
Bendigo	Arthur Cook		Labor	Died	26 May 1945	Bill Galvin		Labor
Lowan	Hamilton Lamb		Country	Died in a Japanese prisoner of war camp on the Burma Railway	4 November 1944	Wilfred Mibus		Country
Bulla and Dalhousie	Reginald James		Country	Died	27 September 1944	Leslie Webster		Country
Rodney	William Dunstone		Country	Died	12 April 1944	Richard Brose		Country
Waranga	Ernest Coyle		Country	Died	9 October 1943	Wollaston Heily		Country
Nunawading	Ivy Weber		Independent	Resigned in unsuccessful attempt to enter federal politics at the 1943 federal election	4 September 1943	Bob Gray		Labor
34th Legislative Assembly (1940–1943)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Maryborough and Daylesford	George Frost		Labor	Died	28 November 1942	Clive Stoneham		Labor
Gippsland North	Alexander Borthwick		Country	Died	20 June 1942	Bill Fulton		Country
Port Melbourne	James Murphy		Labor	Died	18 April 1942	Tom Corrigan		Labor
Toorak	Stanley Argyle		United Australia	Died	11 January 1941	Harold Thonemann		United Australia
Polwarth	Allan McDonald		United Australia	Resigned to enter federal politics at the 1940 federal election	2 Nov 1940	Edward Guye		Country
Coburg	Frank Keane		Labor	Died	13 July 1940	Charlie Mutton		Independent Labor
33rd Legislative Assembly (1937–1940)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Hawthorn	John Austin Gray		United Australia	Died	10 June 1939	Les Tyack		United Australia
Gippsland North	James Weir McLachlan		Independent	Died	5 November 1938	Alexander Borthwick		Country
Geelong	William Brownbill		Labor	Died	4 June 1938	Fanny Brownbill		Labor
Ouyen	Albert Bussau		Country	Resigned to take up appointment as Agent-General for Victoria in London	5 May 1938	Keith Dodgshun		Country
32nd Legislative Assembly (1935–1937)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Benalla	Edward Cleary		Country	Died	3 October 1936	Frederick Cook		Independent
Goulburn Valley	Murray Bourchier		Country	Resigned to take up appointment as Agent-General for Victoria in London	19 September 1936	John MacDonald		Country
Rodney	John Allan		Country	Died	18 April 1936	William Dunstone		Country
Allandale	Thomas Parkin		United Australia	Died	21 March 1936	Patrick Denigan		Labor
31st Legislative Assembly (1932–1935)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Nunawading	Robert Menzies		United Australia	Resigned to enter federal politics at the 1934 federal election	1 September 1934	William Boyland		United Australia
Clifton Hill	Maurice Blackburn		Labor	Resigned to enter federal politics at the 1934 federal election	20 August 1934	Herbert Cremean		Labor
Gunbower	Henry Angus		United Australia	Died	12 May 1934	Norman Martin		Independent Country
Allandale	Alexander Peacock		United Australia	Died	11 November 1933	Millie Peacock		United Australia
Warrnambool	James Fairbairn		United Australia	Resigned to contest the 1933 Flinders federal by-election	11 November 1933	Keith McGarvie		United Australia
Polwarth	James McDonald		United Australia	Died	16 September 1933	Allan McDonald		United Australia
Boroondara	Richard Linton		United Australia	Resigned to take up appointment as Agent-General for Victoria in London	29 April 1933	Trevor Oldham		United Australia
Benambra	Henry Beardmore		United Australia	Died	15 October 1932	Roy Paton		Country
Carlton	Robert Solly		Labor	Died	9 July 1932	Bill Barry		Labor
30th Legislative Assembly (1929–1932)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Caulfield	Frederick Forrest		Australian Liberal	Died	22 November 1930	Harold Daniel Luxton		Nationalist
Hawthorn	William Murray McPherson		Nationalist	Resigned	27 September 1930	John Austin Gray		Nationalist
29th Legislative Assembly (1927–1929)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Gippsland West	Arthur Walter		Country	Resigned in unsuccessful bid for the federal seat of Indi at the 1929 election	19 October 1929	Matthew Bennett		Country
Barwon	Edward Morley		Nationalist	Died	6 July 1929	Thomas Maltby		Nationalist
Castlemaine and Kyneton	Harry Lawson		Nationalist	Resigned to contest a Senate seat at the 1929 federal election	2 February 1929	Walter Langslow		Nationalist
Brighton	Oswald Snowball		Nationalist	Died	28 April 1928	Ian MacFarlan		Nationalist
Gippsland South	Henry Bodman		Independent	Died	3 December 1927	Walter West		Nationalist
28th Legislative Assembly (1924–1927)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Flemington	Edward Warde		Labor	Died	9 December 1925	Jack Holland		Labor
Fitzroy	John Billson		Labor	Died	4 February 1925	Maurice Blackburn		Labor
Glenelg	William Thomas		Labor	Died	14 August 1924	Ernie Bond		Labor
27th Legislative Assembly (1921–1924)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Gippsland West	Sir John Mackey		Nationalist	Died	23 May 1924	Arthur Walter		VFU
Dalhousie	Allan Cameron		Nationalist	Died	31 January 1924	Reg Pollard		Labor
Daylesford	Donald McLeod		Nationalist	Died	8 July 1923	Roderick McLeod [1]		Nationalist
Gippsland South	Thomas Livingston		Nationalist	Died	18 August 1922	Walter West		Nationalist
26th Legislative Assembly (1920–1921)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Upper Goulburn	Edwin Mackrell		VFU	Disqualified (failed to nominate on time)	27 January 1921	Edwin Mackrell		VFU
25th Legislative Assembly (1917–1920)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Swan Hill	Percy Stewart		VFU	Resigned to enter federal politics at the 1919 federal election	19 November 1919	Francis Old		VFU
Albert Park	Joseph Hannan		Labor	Resigned to enter federal politics at the 1919 federal election	19 November 1919	Arthur Wallace		Labor
Albert Park	George Elmslie		Labor	Died	13 June 1918	Joseph Hannan		Labor
24th Legislative Assembly (1914–1917)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Geelong	Robert Purnell		Nationalist	Disqualified (April by-election declared void)	17 August 1917	Robert Purnell		Nationalist
Polwarth	John Johnstone		Nationalist	Resigned	13 July 1917	James McDonald		Nationalist
Benambra	John Leckie		Nationalist	Resigned	20 April 1917	Henry Beardmore		Nationalist
Geelong	William Plain		Nationalist	Resigned to contest a Senate seat at the 1917 federal election	20 April 1917	Robert Purnell		Nationalist
Warrnambool	John Murray		Commonwealth Liberal	Died	1 June 1916	James Deany		Commonwealth Liberal
Port Melbourne	George Sangster		Labor	Died	28 April 1915	Owen Sinclair		Labor
Bendigo East	Alfred Hampson		Labor	Resigned to enter federal politics at the 1915 Bendigo by-election	4 February 1915	Luke Clough		Labor
23rd Legislative Assembly (1911–1914)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Essendon	William Watt		Nationalist	Resigned to enter federal politics at the 1914 federal election	23 July 1914	Maurice Blackburn		Labor
Gippsland South	Thomas Livingston		Nationalist	Forfeited seat after joining Peacock Ministry	30 June 1914	Thomas Livingston		Nationalist
Korong	Thomas Langdon		Commonwealth Liberal	Died	26 June 1914	Achilles Gray		Commonwealth Liberal
Borung	William Hutchinson		Commonwealth Liberal	Forfeited seat after joining Watt Ministry	15 January 1914	William Hutchinson		Commonwealth Liberal
Essendon	William Watt		Commonwealth Liberal	Forfeited seat after forming Watt Ministry	15 January 1914	William Watt		Commonwealth Liberal
Prahran	Donald Mackinnon		Commonwealth Liberal	Forfeited seat after joining Watt Ministry	15 January 1914	Donald Mackinnon		Commonwealth Liberal
Allandale	Alexander Peacock		Commonwealth Liberal	Forfeited seat after joining Watt Ministry	6 January 1914	Alexander Peacock		Commonwealth Liberal
Castlemaine and Maldon	Harry Lawson		Commonwealth Liberal	Forfeited seat after joining Watt Ministry	6 January 1914	Harry Lawson		Commonwealth Liberal
Warrnambool	John Murray		Commonwealth Liberal	Forfeited seat after joining Watt Ministry	6 January 1914	John Murray		Commonwealth Liberal
Benambra	Albert Craven		Commonwealth Liberal	Died	29 December 1913	John Leckie		Commonwealth Liberal
Albert Park	George Elmslie		Labor	Forfeited seat after forming Elmslie Ministry	20 December 1913	George Elmslie		Labor
Fitzroy	John Billson		Labor	Forfeited seat after joining Elmslie Ministry	20 December 1913	John Billson		Labor
Geelong	William Plain		Labor	Forfeited seat after joining Elmslie Ministry	20 December 1913	William Plain		Labor
Maryborough	Alfred Outtrim		Labor	Forfeited seat after joining Elmslie Ministry	20 December 1913	Alfred Outtrim		Labor
North Melbourne	George Prendergast		Labor	Forfeited seat after joining Elmslie Ministry	20 December 1913	George Prendergast		Labor
Williamstown	John Lemmon		Labor	Forfeited seat after joining Elmslie Ministry	20 December 1913	John Lemmon		Labor
Hawthorn	George Swinburne		Commonwealth Liberal	Resigned to join the Inter-State Commission	5 September 1913	William McPherson		Commonwealth Liberal
Grenville	Charles McGrath		Labor	Resigned to contest the federal seat of Ballaraat at the 1913 election	15 May 1913	John Chatham		Labor
Kara Kara	Peter McBride			Resigned to take up appointment as Agent-General for Victoria in London	14 March 1913	Jack Pennington		Commonwealth Liberal
Allandale	Alexander Peacock		Commonwealth Liberal	Forfeited seat after joining Watt Ministry	6 March 1913	Alexander Peacock		Commonwealth Liberal
Warrenheip	George Holden			Resigned to become chairman of the Melbourne Harbor Trust	28 February 1913	Ned Hogan		Labor
East Melbourne	Alfred Farthing		Commonwealth Liberal	Election declared void	1 October 1912	Alfred Farthing		Commonwealth Liberal
Abbotsford	William Beazley		Labor	Died	26 July 1912	Gordon Webber		Labor
22nd Legislative Assembly (1908–1911)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Waranga	Martin Cussen			Died	25 August 1911	John Gordon
Bendigo East	Thomas Glass		Labor	Died	16 June 1911	Alfred Hampson		Labor
Walhalla	Albert Harris			Died	29 July 1910	Samuel Barnes
Brunswick	Frank Anstey		Labor	Resigned to contest the federal seat of Bourke at the 1910 election	14 March 1910	James Jewell		Labor
Brighton	Sir Thomas Bent		Commonwealth Liberal	Died	8 October 1909	Oswald Snowball		Commonwealth Liberal
Goulburn Valley	George Graham		Commonwealth Liberal	Forfeited seat after joining Murray Ministry	29 January 1909	George Graham		Commonwealth Liberal
Kara Kara	Peter McBride		Commonwealth Liberal	Forfeited seat after joining Murray Ministry	29 January 1909	Peter McBride		Commonwealth Liberal
Ovens	Alfred Billson		Commonwealth Liberal	Forfeited seat after joining Murray Ministry	29 January 1909	Alfred Billson		Commonwealth Liberal
Rodney	Hugh McKenzie		Commonwealth Liberal	Forfeited seat after joining Murray Ministry	29 January 1909	Hugh McKenzie		Commonwealth Liberal
Warrnambool	John Murray		Commonwealth Liberal	Forfeited seat after forming Murray Ministry	29 January 1909	John Murray		Commonwealth Liberal
21st Legislative Assembly (1907–1908)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Mornington	Alfred Downward			Forfeited seat after joining Bent Ministry	17 November 1908	Alfred Downward
Upper Goulburn	Thomas Hunt			Forfeited seat after joining Bent Ministry	17 November 1908	Thomas Hunt
Wangaratta	John Bowser			Forfeited seat after joining Bent Ministry	17 November 1908	John Bowser
Carlton	Frederick Bromley		Labor	Died	23 October 1908	Robert Solly		Labor
Richmond	George Bennett		United Liberal	Died	2 October 1908	Ted Cotter		Labor
20th Legislative Assembly (1904–1907)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Public Officers	David Gaunson		Labor	resignation	1 February 1907	John Carter
Korong	Thomas Langdon		United Liberal	Forfeited seat after joining Bent Ministry	25 January 1907	Thomas Langdon		United Liberal
East Melbourne	Samuel Gillott		United Liberal	Resigned due to ill health	8 January 1907	Henry Weedon
Toorak	George Fairbairn		Ministerialist	Resigned to enter federal politics at the 1906 federal election	10 October 1906	Norman Bayles		Independent Ministerialist
Gippsland West	John Mackey			Forfeited seat after joining Bent Ministry	29 August 1906	John Mackey
Lowan	William Irvine			Resigned to enter federal politics at the 1906 federal election	20 July 1906	Robert Stanley
Barwon	Jonas Levien			Died	15 June 1906	James Farrer
Glenelg	Ewen Cameron			Died	11 May 1906	Hugh Campbell
19th Legislative Assembly (1902–1904)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Donald and Swan Hill	John Taverner			Resigned to take up appointment as Agent-General for Victoria in London	9 March 1904	James Meldrum
Daylesford	Donald McLeod			Forfeited seat after joining Bent Ministry	27 February 1904	Donald McLeod
Melbourne East	Samuel Gillott			Forfeited seat after joining Bent Ministry	27 February 1904	Samuel Gillott
East Bourke Boroughs	Frederick Hickford			Resigned to contest a House seat at the 1903 federal election	21 December 1903	David Methven
Richmond	William Trenwith			Resigned to enter federal politics at the 1903 federal election	21 December 1903	George Roberts		Labor
Villiers and Heytesbury	Gratton Wilson			Resigned to enter federal politics at the 1903 federal election	21 December 1903	John Glasgow
Mandurang	Maximilian Hirsch			Resigned to contest a House seat at the 1903 federal election	15 December 1903	William Webb
Melbourne West	William Maloney			Resigned to enter federal politics at the 1903 federal election	15 December 1903	Tom Tunnecliffe		Labor
Toorak	Duncan Gillies			Died	9 October 1903	George Fairbairn
Bourke West	Samuel Staughton Jr.			Died	6 March 1903	Andrew Robertson
Benalla and Yarrawonga	William Hall			Died	25 May 1903	John Carlisle
Anglesey	Malcolm McKenzie			Resigned	6 March 1903	Thomas Hunt
18th Legislative Assembly (1900–1902)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Gippsland East	Henry Foster			Died	27 June 1902	James Cameron
Anglesey	Malcolm McKenzie			Forfeited seat after joining the Irvine Ministry	18 June 1902	Malcolm McKenzie
Brighton	Thomas Bent			Forfeited seat after joining the Irvine Ministry	18 June 1902	Thomas Bent
Donald and Swan Hill	John Taverner			Forfeited seat after joining the Irvine Ministry	18 June 1902	John Taverner
Evelyn	Ewen Cameron			Forfeited seat after joining the Irvine Ministry	18 June 1902	Ewen Cameron
Lowan	William Irvine			Forfeited seat after forming the Irvine Ministry	18 June 1902	William Irvine
Normanby	William Shiels			Forfeited seat after joining the Irvine Ministry	18 June 1902	William Shiels
Warrnambool	John Murray			Forfeited seat after joining the Irvine Ministry	18 June 1902	John Murray
Footscray	Jacob Fotheringham			Resigned	14 June 1902	Alexander McDonald
Bourke West	Samuel Staughton Sr.			Died	14 September 1901	Samuel Staughton Jr.
Melbourne East	John Anderson			Died	16 July 1901	John Deegan
Melbourne	Edward Findley		Labor	Expelled for seditious libel	16 July 1901	James Boyd		Conservative
Bogong	Isaac Isaacs			Resigned to enter federal politics at the 1901 federal election	24 June 1901	Alfred Billson
Benalla and Yarrawonga	Thomas Kennedy			Resigned to enter federal politics at the 1901 federal election	17 June 1901	William Hall
Fitzroy	Robert Best			Resigned to enter federal politics at the 1901 federal election	17 June 1901	Patrick O'Connor
Footscray	Samuel Mauger			Resigned to enter federal politics at the 1901 federal election	17 June 1901	Jacob Fotheringham
Gippsland North	Allan McLean			Resigned to enter federal politics at the 1901 federal election	17 June 1901	Hubert Keogh
Gunbower	James McColl			Resigned to enter federal politics at the 1901 federal election	17 June 1901	John Cullen
Talbot and Avoca	Carty Salmon			Resigned to enter federal politics at the 1901 federal election	17 June 1901	George Mitchell
Melbourne East	Samuel Gillott			Forfeited seat after joining the Second Turner Ministry	11 February 1901	Samuel Gillott
St Kilda	George Turner			Resigned to enter federal politics at the 1901 federal election	11 February 1901	William Williams
St Kilda	George Turner			Forfeited seat after forming the Second Turner Ministry	3 December 1900	George Turner
Bogong	Isaac Isaacs			Forfeited seat after joining the Second Turner Ministry	3 December 1900	Isaac Isaacs
Clunes and Allandale	Alexander Peacock			Forfeited seat after joining the Second Turner Ministry	27 November 1900	Alexander Peacock
Dunolly	Daniel Joseph Duggan			Forfeited seat after joining the Second Turner Ministry	27 November 1900	Daniel Joseph Duggan
Geelong	William Gurr			Forfeited seat after joining the Second Turner Ministry	27 November 1900	William Gurr
Richmond	William Trenwith			Forfeited seat after joining the Second Turner Ministry	27 November 1900	William Trenwith
Rodney	John Morrissey			Forfeited seat after joining the Second Turner Ministry	27 November 1900	John Morrissey
Stawell	John Burton			Forfeited seat after joining the Second Turner Ministry	27 November 1900	John Burton
17th Legislative Assembly (1897–1900)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Warrenheip	Edward Murphy			Died	11 May 1900	George Holden
Grenville	George Russell			Resigned	11 April 1900	James Sadler
Talbot and Avoca	Carty Salmon			Forfeited seat after joining the McLean Ministry	9 January 1900	Carty Salmon
Castlemaine	James McCay			Forfeited seat after joining the McLean Ministry	20 December 1899	James McCay
Melbourne North	William Watt			Forfeited seat after joining the McLean Ministry	20 December 1899	William Watt
Gunbower	James McColl			Forfeited seat after joining the McLean Ministry	13 December 1899	James McColl
Gippsland North	Allan McLean			Forfeited seat after forming the McLean Ministry	13 December 1899	Allan McLean
Lowan	William Irvine			Forfeited seat after joining the McLean Ministry	13 December 1899	William Irvine
Maryborough	Alfred Outtrim			Forfeited seat after joining the McLean Ministry	13 December 1899	Alfred Outtrim
Normanby	William Shiels			Forfeited seat after joining the McLean Ministry	13 December 1899	William Shiels
Numurkah and Nathalia	George Graham			Forfeited seat after joining the McLean Ministry	13 December 1899	George Graham
Footscray	John Hancock			Died	12 December 1899	Samuel Mauger
Grenville	Michael Stapleton			Died	1 December 1899	David Kerr
Melbourne East	Ephraim Zox			Died	7 November 1899	Samuel Gillott
Windermere	William Anderson			Died	3 June 1898	John Spiers
16th Legislative Assembly (1894–1897)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Kara Kara	Andrew Anderson			Died	11 May 1897	Peter McBride
Melbourne South	Joseph Winter			Died	26 May 1896	John Tucker
Villiers and Heytesbury	Thomas Scott			Resigned	26 May 1896	John McArthur
Castlemaine	James Patterson			Died	19 November 1895	James McCay
Mornington	Alfred Downward			Election declared void	26 January 1895	Alfred Downward
Ballarat West	William Smith			Died	5 November 1894	Joseph Kirton
Carlton South	William Ievers			Died	5 November 1894	John Barrett
Bogong	Isaac Isaacs			Forfeited seat after joining the First Turner Ministry	9 October 1894	Isaac Isaacs
Clunes and Allandale	Alexander Peacock			Forfeited seat after joining the First Turner Ministry	3 October 1894	Alexander Peacock
Donald and Swan Hill	John Taverner			Forfeited seat after joining the First Turner Ministry	3 October 1894	John Taverner
Eaglehawk	Henry Williams			Forfeited seat after joining the First Turner Ministry	3 October 1894	Henry Williams
Fitzroy	Robert Best			Forfeited seat after joining the First Turner Ministry	3 October 1894	Robert Best
Gippsland East	Henry Foster			Forfeited seat after joining the First Turner Ministry	3 October 1894	Henry Foster
Kilmore, Dalhousie and Lancefield	John Duffy			Forfeited seat after joining the First Turner Ministry	3 October 1894	John Duffy
St Kilda	George Turner			Forfeited seat after forming the First Turner Ministry	3 October 1894	George Turner
15th Legislative Assembly (1892–1894)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Portland	Henry Wrixon			Resigned	24 July 1894	Donald McLeod
Grenville	David Davies			Died	14 July 1894	George Russell
Eastern Suburbs	Duncan Gillies			Resigned to take up appointment as Agent-General for Victoria in London	25 January 1894	Frank Madden
Windermere	Matthew Butterley			Died	25 January 1894	William Anderson
Talbot and Avoca	Robert Bowman			Died	29 December 1893	Carty Salmon
Benalla and Yarrawonga	John Templeton			Election declared void	20 November 1893	Thomas Kennedy
Benalla and Yarrawonga	James Campbell			Died	9 October 1893	John Templeton
Lowan	Richard Baker			Forfeited seat after joining the Patterson Ministry	9 October 1893	Richard Baker
Sandhurst	Robert Burrowes			Died	6 October 1893	Daniel Lazarus
Creswick	Richard Richardson			Forfeited seat after joining the Patterson Ministry	28 August 1893	Richard Richardson
Mandurang	John Highett			Died	10 July 1893	Richard O'Neill
Bogong	Isaac Isaacs			Resigned	6 June 1893	Isaac Isaacs
Melbourne North	David Wyllie			Died	5 June 1893	Sylvanus Reynolds
Benalla and Yarrawonga	James Campbell			Forfeited seat after joining the Patterson Ministry	31 January 1893	James Campbell
Bogong	Isaac Isaacs			Forfeited seat after joining the Patterson Ministry	31 January 1893	Isaac Isaacs
Castlemaine	James Patterson			Forfeited seat after forming the Patterson Ministry	31 January 1893	James Patterson
Gunbower	James McColl			Forfeited seat after joining the Patterson Ministry	31 January 1893	James McColl
Kara Kara	John Dow			Resigned due to insolvency	31 January 1893	John Dow
Maldon	John McIntyre			Forfeited seat after joining the Patterson Ministry	31 January 1893	John McIntyre
Melbourne	Godfrey Carter			Forfeited seat after joining the Patterson Ministry	31 January 1893	Godfrey Carter
Port Fairy	Bryan O'Loghlen			Forfeited seat after joining the Patterson Ministry	31 January 1893	Bryan O'Loghlen
Rodney	William Webb			Forfeited seat after joining the Patterson Ministry	31 January 1893	William Webb
Dundas	Samuel Samuel			Died	18 August 1892	John Thomson
East Bourke Boroughs	Graham Berry			Forfeited seat after joining the Shiels Ministry	3 May 1892	Graham Berry
14th Legislative Assembly (1889–1892)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Benalla and Yarrawonga	John Brock			Resigned	2 April 1892	Charles Kerville
Geelong	James Munro			Resigned to take up appointment as Agent-General for Victoria in London	2 April 1892	John Hopkins
Clunes and Allandale	Alexander Peacock			Forfeited seat after joining the Shiels Ministry	3 March 1892	Alexander Peacock
Bourke East	William Wilkinson			Died	27 August 1891	Robert Harper
St Kilda	George Turner			Forfeited seat after joining the Munro Ministry	7 May 1891	George Turner
Collingwood	George Langridge			Died	17 April 1891	John Hancock
Collingwood	George Langridge			Forfeited seat after joining the Munro Ministry	20 November 1890	George Langridge
Daylesford	James Wheeler			Forfeited seat after joining the Munro Ministry	20 November 1890	James Wheeler
Geelong	James Munro			Forfeited seat after forming the Munro Ministry	20 November 1890	James Munro
Gippsland North	Allan McLean			Forfeited seat after joining the Munro Ministry	20 November 1890	Allan McLean
Kilmore, Dalhousie and Lancefield	John Duffy			Forfeited seat after joining the Munro Ministry	20 November 1890	John Duffy
Maryborough	Alfred Outtrim			Forfeited seat after joining the Munro Ministry	20 November 1890	Alfred Outtrim
Normanby	William Shiels			Forfeited seat after joining the Munro Ministry	20 November 1890	William Shiels
Numurkah and Nathalia	George Graham			Forfeited seat after joining the Munro Ministry	20 November 1890	George Graham
Kara Kara	John Dow			Forfeited seat after joining the Gillies Ministry	17 September 1890	John Dow
Villiers and Heytesbury	William Anderson			Forfeited seat after joining the Gillies Ministry	17 September 1890	William Anderson
Dunolly	James Cheetham			Died	22 July 1890	William Tatchell
Talbot and Avoca	James Stewart			Died	4 December 1889	Robert Bowman
Ballarat East	James Russell			Died	8 November 1889	John Dunn
13th Legislative Assembly (1886–1889)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Belfast	John Madden			Died	2 February 1888	Bryan O'Loghlen
Williamstown	Alfred Clark			Resigned	2 November 1887	James Mirams
Dalhousie	George Sands			Died	25 March 1887	John Duffy
Benambra	Peter Wallace			Died	15 June 1886	Peter Wright
12th Legislative Assembly (1883–1886)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Ovens	George Kerferd			Resigned to take up appointment on the Supreme Court of Victoria	15 January 1886	Ferguson Tuthill
Maryborough and Talbot	Robert Bowman			Resigned	22 December 1885	Alfred Outtrim
Melbourne West	James Orkney			Resigned	30 October 1885	Godfrey Carter
Avoca	James Grant			Died	24 April 1885	George Bourchier
Mandurang	Hugh McColl			Died	24 April 1885	John Highett
Moira	Henry Bolton			Resigned	2 May 1884	George Graham
Warrnambool	James Francis			Died	15 February 1884	John Murray
Emerald Hill	Robert MacGregor			Died	9 October 1883	David Gaunson
Sandhurst	Robert Clark			Died	15 May 1883	Angus Mackay
Barwon	Jonas Levien			Forfeited seat after joining the Second Service Ministry	24 March 1883	Jonas Levien
Bourke West	Alfred Deakin			Forfeited seat after joining the Second Service Ministry	24 March 1883	Alfred Deakin
Castlemaine	James Service			Forfeited seat after forming the Second Service Ministry	24 March 1883	James Service
Collingwood	George Langridge			Forfeited seat after joining the Second Service Ministry	24 March 1883	George Langridge
Fitzroy	Albert Tucker			Forfeited seat after joining the Second Service Ministry	24 March 1883	Albert Tucker
Geelong	Graham Berry			Forfeited seat after joining the Second Service Ministry	24 March 1883	Graham Berry
Ovens	George Kerferd			Forfeited seat after joining the Second Service Ministry	24 March 1883	George Kerferd
Rodney	Duncan Gillies			Forfeited seat after joining the Second Service Ministry	24 March 1883	Duncan Gillies
Melbourne North	James Rose			Resigned	21 March 1883	James Rose
11th Legislative Assembly (1880–1883)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Bourke East	Robert Ramsay			Died	13 June 1882	Robert Harper
Geelong	Charles Kernot			Died	18 April 1882	Joseph Connor
Boroondara	Robert Smith			Resigned to take up appointment as Agent-General for Victoria in London	23 February 1882	William Walker
Geelong	Robert Johnstone			Died	8 December 1881	Robert Johnstone
Fitzroy	William Vale			Resigned	6 December 1881	Cuthbert Blackett
Sandhurst	Robert Burrowes			Forfeited seat after joining the O'Loghlen Ministry	6 September 1881	Robert Burrowes
Wimmera	Walter Madden			Forfeited seat after joining the O'Loghlen Ministry	6 September 1881	Walter Madden
Polwarth and South Grenville	William O'Hea			Died	5 August 1881	William Robertson
Ararat	David Gaunson			Forfeited seat after joining the O'Loghlen Ministry	26 July 1881	David Gaunson
Avoca	James Grant			Forfeited seat after joining the O'Loghlen Ministry	26 July 1881	James Grant
Bourke West	Bryan O'Loghlen			Forfeited seat after forming the O'Loghlen Ministry	26 July 1881	Bryan O'Loghlen
Brighton	Thomas Bent			Forfeited seat after joining the O'Loghlen Ministry	26 July 1881	Thomas Bent
Delatite	James Graves			Forfeited seat after joining the O'Loghlen Ministry	26 July 1881	James Graves
Kyneton Boroughs	Charles Young			Forfeited seat after joining the O'Loghlen Ministry	26 July 1881	Charles Young
Moira	Henry Bolton			Forfeited seat after joining the O'Loghlen Ministry	26 July 1881	Henry Bolton
Melbourne North	Joseph Storey			Died	8 April 1881	James Munro
Maldon	James Service			Resigned	18 March 1881	John McIntyre
Melbourne East	Alexander Smith			Died	8 February 1881	Frederick Walsh
Ballarat West	William Smith			Forfeited seat after joining the Third Berry Ministry	18 August 1880	William Smith
Castlemaine	James Patterson			Forfeited seat after joining the Third Berry Ministry	18 August 1880	James Patterson
Collingwood	George Langridge			Forfeited seat after joining the Third Berry Ministry	18 August 1880	George Langridge
Creswick	Richard Richardson			Forfeited seat after joining the Third Berry Ministry	18 August 1880	Richard Richardson
Fitzroy	William Vale			Forfeited seat after joining the Third Berry Ministry	18 August 1880	William Vale
Geelong	Graham Berry			Forfeited seat after forming the Third Berry Ministry	18 August 1880	Graham Berry
Mandurang	Henry Williams			Forfeited seat after joining the Third Berry Ministry	18 August 1880	Henry Williams
Williamstown	Alfred Clark			Forfeited seat after joining the Third Berry Ministry	18 August 1880	Alfred Clark
10th Legislative Assembly (1880)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Bourke East	Robert Ramsay			Forfeited seat after joining the First Service Ministry	19 March 1880	Robert Ramsay
Brighton	Thomas Bent			Forfeited seat after joining the First Service Ministry	19 March 1880	Thomas Bent
Dalhousie	John Duffy			Forfeited seat after joining the First Service Ministry	19 March 1880	John Duffy
Maldon	James Service			Forfeited seat after forming the First Service Ministry	19 March 1880	James Service
Ovens	George Kerferd			Forfeited seat after joining the First Service Ministry	19 March 1880	George Kerferd
Rodney	Duncan Gillies			Forfeited seat after joining the First Service Ministry	19 March 1880	Duncan Gillies
Sandhurst	Robert Clark			Forfeited seat after joining the First Service Ministry	19 March 1880	Robert Clark
Sandridge	John Madden			Forfeited seat after joining the First Service Ministry	19 March 1880	John Madden
9th Legislative Assembly (1877–1880)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Villiers and Heytesbury	Jeremiah Dwyer			Declared Insolvent	16 December 1879	Joseph Jones
Carlton	James Munro			Resigned	2 December 1879	James Munro
Bourke West	Alfred Deakin			Resigned	22 August 1879	Robert Harper
Melbourne East	Ephraim Zox			Resigned	1 July 1879	Ephraim Zox
Fitzroy	Robert MacGregor			Resigned	25 June 1879	Cuthbert Blackett
Footscray	Mark Last King			Died	4 March 1879	William Clark
Bourke West	John Smith			Died	18 February 1879	Alfred Deakin
Dundas	John MacPherson			Resigned	29 July 1878	John Serjeant
Gippsland South	George Macartney			Died	19 June 1878	Francis Mason
Castlemaine	James Farrell			Resigned	7 June 1878	Charles Pearson
Warrnambool	James McCulloch			Resigned	21 May 1878	James Francis
Melbourne West	Bryan O'Loghlen			Forfeited seat after joining the Second Berry Ministry	11 April 1878	Bryan O'Loghlen
Melbourne West	Charles MacMahon			Resigned	4 February 1878	Bryan O'Loghlen
Boroondara	George Smith			Died	24 December 1877	Robert Smith
Rodney	Duncan Gillies			Election declared void	2 November 1877	Duncan Gillies
Gippsland South	George Macartney			Election declared void	24 August 1877	George Macartney
Sandhurst	W. G. Blackham			Election declared void	25 July 1877	Angus Mackay
Avoca	James Grant			Forfeited seat after joining the Second Berry Ministry	7 June 1877	James Grant
Ballarat West	William Smith			Forfeited seat after joining the Second Berry Ministry	7 June 1877	William Smith
Castlemaine	James Patterson			Forfeited seat after joining the Second Berry Ministry	7 June 1877	James Patterson
Geelong	Graham Berry			Forfeited seat after forming the Second Berry Ministry	7 June 1877	Graham Berry
Grant	Peter Lalor			Forfeited seat after joining the Second Berry Ministry	7 June 1877	Peter Lalor
Ripon and Hampden	Francis Longmore			Forfeited seat after joining the Second Berry Ministry	7 June 1877	Francis Longmore
Stawell	John Woods			Forfeited seat after joining the Second Berry Ministry	7 June 1877	John Woods
8th Legislative Assembly (1874–1877)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Gippsland North	James McKean			Expelled	17 August 1876	Charles Duffy
Sandridge	David Thomas			Died	27 July 1876	John Madden
Geelong East	John Richardson			Died	29 March 1876	Charles Kernot
Collingwood	James Sullivan			Died	22 February 1876	James Mirams
East Bourke Boroughs	George Higinbotham			Resigned	10 February 1876	William Cook
Villiers and Heytesbury	Michael O'Grady			Died	27 January 1876	Joseph Jones
Bourke East	Robert Ramsay			Forfeited seat after joining the Fourth McCulloch Ministry	8 November 1875	Robert Ramsay
Bourke West	John Madden			Forfeited seat after joining the Fourth McCulloch Ministry	8 November 1875	Mark King
Ballarat West	Joseph Jones			Forfeited seat after joining the Fourth McCulloch Ministry	6 November 1875	George Fincham
Warrnambool	James McCulloch			Forfeited seat after forming the Fourth McCulloch Ministry	6 November 1875	James McCulloch
Ararat	William McLellan			Forfeited seat after joining the Fourth McCulloch Ministry	2 November 1875	William McLellan
Dundas	John MacPherson			Forfeited seat after joining the Fourth McCulloch Ministry	2 November 1875	John MacPherson
Maryborough	Duncan Gillies			Forfeited seat after joining the Fourth McCulloch Ministry	2 November 1875	Duncan Gillies
Ovens	George Kerferd			Forfeited seat after joining the Fourth McCulloch Ministry	2 November 1875	George Kerferd
Avoca	James Grant			Forfeited seat after joining the First Berry Ministry	20 August 1875	James Grant
Ballarat West	William Smith			Forfeited seat after joining the First Berry Ministry	20 August 1875	William Smith
Castlemaine	James Patterson			Forfeited seat after joining the First Berry Ministry	20 August 1875	James Patterson
Crowlands	John Woods			Forfeited seat after joining the First Berry Ministry	20 August 1875	John Woods
Geelong West	Graham Berry			Forfeited seat after forming the First Berry Ministry	20 August 1875	Graham Berry
Grant South	Peter Lalor			Forfeited seat after joining the First Berry Ministry	20 August 1875	Peter Lalor
Melbourne North	James Munro			Forfeited seat after joining the First Berry Ministry	20 August 1875	James Munro
Ripon and Hampden	Francis Longmore			Forfeited seat after joining the First Berry Ministry	20 August 1875	Francis Longmore
Ararat	Michael Carroll			Forfeited seat	19 March 1875	David Gaunson
Gippsland North	Frederick Smyth			Resigned	19 March 1875	James McKean
Richmond	James Francis			Resigned	8 December 1874	Joseph Bosisto
Bourke East	Robert Ramsay			Forfeited seat after joining the Kerferd Ministry	18 August 1874	Robert Ramsay
Ballarat East	Townsend McDermott			Forfeited seat after joining the Kerferd Ministry	12 August 1874	Townsend McDermott
Maldon	James Service			Forfeited seat after joining the Kerferd Ministry	12 August 1874	James Service
Grenville	Mark Pope			Died	31 July 1874	Richard Lock
Collingwood	John Everard			Resigned	29 July 1874	George Langridge
St Kilda	James Stephen			Resigned to take up appointment on the Supreme Court of Victoria	15 May 1874	Edward Dixon
7th Legislative Assembly (1871–1874)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Ovens	George Kerferd			Forfeited seat after joining the Francis Ministry	11 May 1874	George Kerferd
East Bourke Boroughs	William Champ			Resigned	26 May 1873	George Higinbotham
Portland	Howard Spensley			Resigned	20 May 1873	Thomas Must
Grenville	Thomas Russell			Resigned	24 February 1873	John Montgomery
St Kilda	Thomas Fellows			Resigned to take up appointment on the Supreme Court of Victoria	13 January 1873	Robert Murray Smith
Murray	William Witt			Resigned	8 July 1872	John Orr
Mandurang	James Casey			Forfeited seat after joining the Francis Ministry	26 June 1872	James Casey
Maryborough	Duncan Gillies			Forfeited seat after joining the Francis Ministry	26 June 1872	Duncan Gillies
Melbourne East	Edward Cohen			Forfeited seat after joining the Francis Ministry	26 June 1872	Edward Cohen
Melbourne West	Edward Langton			Forfeited seat after joining the Francis Ministry	26 June 1872	Edward Langton
Ovens	George Kerferd			Forfeited seat after joining the Francis Ministry	26 June 1872	George Kerferd
Richmond	James Francis			Forfeited seat after forming the Francis Ministry	26 June 1872	James Francis
St Kilda	James Stephen			Forfeited seat after joining the Francis Ministry	26 June 1872	James Stephen
Sandhurst	Angus Mackay			Forfeited seat after joining the Francis Ministry	26 June 1872	Angus Mackay
Mornington	James McCulloch			Resigned	26 March 1872	James Purves
Collingwood	William Vale			Forfeited seat after joining the Duffy Ministry	9 December 1871	William Vale
Ballarat East	Robert Walsh			Forfeited seat after joining the Duffy Ministry	18 July 1871	Robert Walsh
Ararat	William McLellan			Forfeited seat after joining the Duffy Ministry	30 June 1871	William McLellan
Avoca	James Grant			Forfeited seat after joining the Duffy Ministry	30 June 1871	James Grant
Dalhousie	Charles Duffy			Forfeited seat after forming the Duffy Ministry	30 June 1871	Charles Duffy
Geelong West	Graham Berry			Forfeited seat after joining the Duffy Ministry	30 June 1871	Graham Berry
Portland	Howard Spensley			Forfeited seat after joining the Duffy Ministry	30 June 1871	Howard Spensley
Ripon and Hampden	Francis Longmore			Forfeited seat after joining the Duffy Ministry	30 June 1871	Francis Longmore
Villiers and Heytesbury	Michael O'Grady			Forfeited seat after joining the Duffy Ministry	30 June 1871	Michael O'Grady
6th Legislative Assembly (1868–1871)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Creswick	William Frazer			Died	30 December 1870	James Stewart
Castlemaine	William Baillie			Resigned	5 December 1870	James Patterson
Bourke East	Matthew McCaw			Resigned	24 September 1870	Robert Ramsay
St Kilda	Butler Aspinall			Resigned	13 September 1870	James Stephen
Avoca	James Grant			Resigned	25 July 1870	Peter Finn
Villiers and Heytesbury	Morgan McDonnell			Resigned	25 July 1870	Michael O'Grady
Geelong West	James Carr			Resigned	6 May 1870	Robert Johnstone
Ballarat West	John James			Resigned	30 April 1870	Archibald Michie
Ararat	William Wilson			Forfeited seat after joining the Third McCulloch Ministry	26 April 1870	William Wilson
Dundas	Alexander MacPherson			Forfeited seat after joining the Third McCulloch Ministry	26 April 1870	Alexander MacPherson
Belfast	Henry Wrixon			Forfeited seat after joining the Third McCulloch Ministry	25 April 1870	Henry Wrixon
Collingwood	William Bates			Forfeited seat after joining the Third McCulloch Ministry	25 April 1870	William Bates
Mornington	James McCulloch			Forfeited seat after forming the Third McCulloch Ministry	25 April 1870	James McCulloch
Richmond	James Francis			Forfeited seat after joining the Third McCulloch Ministry	25 April 1870	James Francis
Sandhurst	Angus Mackay			Forfeited seat after joining the Third McCulloch Ministry	25 April 1870	Angus Mackay
Maryborough	Robert Bowman			Resigned	29 March 1870	Duncan Gillies
Geelong West	Graham Berry			Forfeited seat after joining the MacPherson Ministry	7 February 1870	Graham Berry
St Kilda	Butler Aspinall			Forfeited seat after joining the MacPherson Ministry	1 February 1870	Butler Aspinall
Ararat	William McLellan			Forfeited seat after joining the MacPherson Ministry	29 January 1870	William McLellan
Crowlands	Robert Byrne			Forfeited seat after joining the MacPherson Ministry	9 October 1869	George Rolfe
Ripon and Hampden	Francis Longmore			Forfeited seat after joining the MacPherson Ministry	9 October 1869	Francis Longmore
Villiers and Heytesbury	Morgan McDonnell			Forfeited seat after joining the MacPherson Ministry	9 October 1869	Morgan McDonnell
Dundas	John MacPherson			Forfeited seat after forming the MacPherson Ministry	8 October 1869	John MacPherson
Bourke West	John Smith			Forfeited seat after joining the MacPherson Ministry	7 October 1869	John Smith
Maryborough	James McKean			Forfeited seat after joining the MacPherson Ministry	7 October 1869	James McKean
Collingwood	Isaac Reeves			Forfeited seat after joining the MacPherson Ministry	5 October 1869	William Vale
Melbourne East	Edward Cohen			Forfeited seat after joining the MacPherson Ministry	5 October 1869	Edward Cohen
Ararat	William Wilson			Forfeited seat after joining the Second McCulloch Ministry	14 September 1869	William Wilson
Ballarat West	William Vale			Resigned	23 May 1869	John James
Ballarat West	Charles Jones			Expelled for Corruption	10 May 1869	Charles Jones
Portland	James Butters			Expelled for Bribery	5 May 1869	James Butters
Ballarat West	Charles Jones			Expelled for Bribery	27 March 1869	Charles Jones
Gipps Land South	Thomas McCombie			Resigned	19 March 1869	George Macartney
Castlemaine	Samuel Bindon			Resigned	30 October 1868	Richard Kitto
Geelong West	Nicholas Foott			Died	16 October 1868	Graham Berry
Bourke East	James Balfour			Resigned	29 August 1868	William Lobb
Ovens	George Smith			Forfeited seat after joining the Second McCulloch Ministry	1 August 1868	George Smith
Ballarat West	Charles Jones			Forfeited seat after joining the Second McCulloch Ministry	30 July 1868	Charles Jones
Ballarat West	William Vale			Forfeited seat after joining the Second McCulloch Ministry	30 July 1868	William Vale
Bourke South	George Smith			Forfeited seat after joining the Second McCulloch Ministry	30 July 1868	George Smith
Mornington	James McCulloch			Forfeited seat after forming the Second McCulloch Ministry	30 July 1868	James McCulloch
Avoca	James Grant			Forfeited seat after joining the Second McCulloch Ministry	25 July 1868	James Grant
Mandurang	James Casey			Forfeited seat after joining the Second McCulloch Ministry	25 July 1868	James Casey
Mandurang	James Sullivan			Forfeited seat after joining the Second McCulloch Ministry	25 July 1868	James Sullivan
Emerald Hill	George Verdon			Resigned to take up appointment as Agent-General for Victoria in London	17 June 1868	John Whiteman
Ovens	George Kerferd			Forfeited seat after joining the Sladen Ministry	27 May 1868	George Kerferd
Villiers and Heytesbury	William Bayles			Forfeited seat after joining the Sladen Ministry	27 May 1868	William Bayles
Villiers and Heytesbury	Morgan McDonnell			Forfeited seat after joining the Sladen Ministry	27 May 1868	Morgan McDonnell
Ballarat West	Duncan Gillies			Forfeited seat after joining the Sladen Ministry	25 May 1868	Charles Jones
Bourke South	Michael O'Grady			Forfeited seat after joining the Sladen Ministry	25 May 1868	John Crews
Melbourne West	Edward Langton			Forfeited seat after joining the Sladen Ministry	19 May 1868	Edward Langton
St Kilda	Thomas Fellows			Forfeited seat after joining the Sladen Ministry	19 May 1868	Thomas Fellows
5th Legislative Assembly (1866–1868)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Grant South	William McCann			Imprisoned for Forgery	13 September 1867	William Stutt
Dalhousie	George Sands			Resigned	12 August 1867	Charles Duffy
Maldon	John Ramsay			Died	14 June 1867	William Williams
Mandurang	James Sullivan			Forfeited seat after joining the First McCulloch Ministry	25 March 1867	James Sullivan
Richmond	Archibald Wardrop			Resigned	25 September 1866	Ambrose Kyte
Ballarat West	William Vale			Forfeited seat after joining the First McCulloch Ministry	6 August 1866	William Vale
Castlemaine	Samuel Bindon			Forfeited seat after joining the First McCulloch Ministry	1 August 1866	Samuel Bindon
Rodney	John MacGregor			Forfeited seat after joining the First McCulloch Ministry	1 August 1866	John MacGregor
4th Legislative Assembly (1864–1866)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Ballarat West	William Vale			Forfeited seat after joining the First McCulloch Ministry	11 September 1865	William Vale
3rd Legislative Assembly (1861–1864)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
East Bourke Boroughs	Richard Heales			Died	9 July 1864	Edward Cope
Villiers and Heytesbury	Richard Ireland			Resigned	19 May 1864	Samuel MacGregor
Gipps Land North	George Mackay			Resigned	11 April 1864	John Everard
Ballarat West	William Smith			Resigned	4 February 1864	Robert Lewis
Mandurang	John Owens			Resigned	12 August 1863	James Casey
Polwarth and South Grenville	William Nixon			Resigned	27 July 1863	Archibald Michie
Avoca	James Grant			Forfeited seat after joining the First McCulloch Ministry	18 July 1863	James Grant
Mandurang	James Sullivan			Forfeited seat after joining the First McCulloch Ministry	15 July 1863	James Sullivan
Mornington	James McCulloch			Forfeited seat after forming the First McCulloch Ministry	15 July 1863	James McCulloch
East Bourke Boroughs	Richard Heales			Forfeited seat after joining the First McCulloch Ministry	11 July 1863	Richard Heales
Richmond	James Francis			Forfeited seat after joining the First McCulloch Ministry	10 July 1863	James Francis
Brighton	George Higinbotham			Forfeited seat after joining the First McCulloch Ministry	9 July 1863	George Higinbotham
Williamstown	George Verdon			Forfeited seat after joining the First McCulloch Ministry	9 July 1863	George Verdon
Bourke South	Louis Smith			Resigned	3 June 1863	Louis Smith
Evelyn	William Jones			Resigned	5 May 1863	John Thompson
Rodney	Wilson Gray			Resigned	3 November 1862	John MacGregor
Gipps Land South	George Hedley			Resigned	24 October 1862	John Johnson
Sandhurst	William Denova			Resigned	30 August 1862	Robert Strickland
Ripon and Hampden	James Service			Resigned	29 August 1862	George Morton
Castlemaine	Vincent Pyke			Resigned	10 July 1862	George Smyth
Ararat	Daniel Flint			Resigned	10 April 1862	Tharp Girdlestone
Brighton	William Brodribb			Resigned	7 April 1862	George Higinbotham
Grenville	Robert Gillespie			Resigned	17 March 1862	Mark Pope
Mornington	Henry Chapman			Resigned	24 February 1862	James McCulloch
Maryborough	George Evans			Forfeited seat after joining the Third O'Shanassy Ministry	13 January 1862	George Evans
Portland	William Haines			Forfeited seat after joining the Third O'Shanassy Ministry	10 December 1861	William Haines
Villiers and Heytesbury	Charles Duffy			Forfeited seat after joining the Third O'Shanassy Ministry	3 December 1861	Charles Duffy
Villiers and Heytesbury	Richard Ireland			Forfeited seat after joining the Third O'Shanassy Ministry	3 December 1861	Richard Ireland
Warrnambool	Thomas Manifold			Resigned	3 December 1861	John Wood
St Kilda	James Johnston			Forfeited seat after joining the Third O'Shanassy Ministry	28 November 1861	James Johnston
Emerald Hill	Robert Anderson			Forfeited seat after joining the Third O'Shanassy Ministry	27 November 1861	Robert Anderson
Kilmore	John O'Shanassy			Forfeited seat after forming the Third O'Shanassy Ministry	27 November 1861	John O'Shanassy
Melbourne North	Patrick Costello			Expelled for Electoral Fraud	18 November 1861	John Sinclair
Castlemaine	James Chapman			Disqualified	November 1861	Alexander Smith
Gipps Land North	John Everard			Declared Insolvent	24 October 1861	George Mackay
Maryborough	Richard Ireland			Resigned	21 October 1861	George Evans
2nd Legislative Assembly (1859–1861)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
Melbourne East	Alexander Hunter			Resigned	2 July 1861	Graham Berry
Mandurang	James Sullivan			Forfeited seat after joining the Heales Ministry	26 June 1861	James Sullivan
Mandurang	George Brodie			Resigned	10 June 1861	James Sullivan
Crowlands	John Houston			Forfeited seat after joining the Heales Ministry	10 June 1861	John Houston
Brighton	Charles Ebden			Resigned	20 May 1861	George Higinbotham
Castlemaine	John Macadam			Forfeited seat after joining the Heales Ministry	13 May 1861	Alexander Smith
Wimmera	Robert Firebrace			Resigned	18 May 1861	Samuel Wilson
Villiers and Heytesbury	Alexander Russell			Resigned	1 April 1861	William Rutledge
Melbourne West	Thomas Loader			Forfeited seat after joining the Heales Ministry	27 March 1861	Thomas Loader
Avoca	James Grant			Forfeited seat after joining the Heales Ministry	11 March 1861	James Grant
Mandurang	George Brodie			Forfeited seat after joining the Heales Ministry	8 March 1861	George Brodie
Warrnambool	George Horne			Resigned	4 March 1861	Thomas Manifold
Ballarat West	John Bailey			Resigned	23 February 1861	Duncan Gillies
Bourke South	Hibbert Newton			Forfeited seat after joining the Heales Ministry	13 December 1860	Hibbert Newton
Ballarat West	John Bailey			Forfeited seat after joining the Heales Ministry	12 December 1860	John Bailey
Ballarat East	John Humffray			Forfeited seat after joining the Heales Ministry	11 December 1860	John Humffray
Maryborough	Richard Ireland			Forfeited seat after joining the Heales Ministry	11 December 1860	Nathaniel Levi
East Bourke Boroughs	Richard Heales			Forfeited seat after forming the Heales Ministry	10 December 1860	Richard Heales
Geelong West	John Brooke			Forfeited seat after joining the Heales Ministry	10 December 1860	John Brooke
Melbourne West	Thomas Loader			Forfeited seat after joining the Heales Ministry	10 December 1860	Thomas Loader
St Kilda	James Johnston			Forfeited seat after joining the Heales Ministry	10 December 1860	James Johnston
Emerald Hill	Robert Anderson			Forfeited seat after joining the Heales Ministry	8 December 1860	Robert Anderson
Williamstown	George Verdon			Forfeited seat after joining the Heales Ministry	8 December 1860	George Verdon
Gipps Land South	Angus McMillan			Resigned	23 November 1860	George Hedley
Castlemaine	Vincent Pyke			Resigned	17 October 1860	Vincent Pyke
Castlemaine	Butler Aspinall			Resigned	9 October 1860	James Chapman
Geelong West	James Harrison			Resigned	9 October 1860	Nicholas Foott
Geelong East	Augustus Greeves			Forfeited seat after joining the Nicholson Ministry	6 October 1860	Augustus Greeves
Portland	Norman McLeod			Resigned	September 1860	William Haines
Evelyn	William Bell			Resigned	27 March 1860	William Jones
Ovens	Alexander Keefer			Resigned	26 March 1860	John Donald
Maldon	George Harker			Resigned	13 March 1860	James Martley
Bourke West	Patrick Phelan			Election declared void	13 February 1860	John Riddell
Geelong East	James Cowie			Resigned	7 February 1860	Augustus Greeves
Rodney	John Everard			Resigned	11 January 1860	Wilson Gray
Evelyn	John King			Resigned	31 December 1859	William Bell
Richmond	James Francis			Forfeited seat after joining the Nicholson Ministry	9 December 1859	James Francis
Ovens	John Wood			Forfeited seat after joining the Nicholson Ministry	14 November 1859	John Wood
Ripon and Hampden	James Service			Forfeited seat after joining the Nicholson Ministry	14 November 1859	James Service
Evelyn	John King			Forfeited seat after joining the Nicholson Ministry	11 November 1859	John King
Ballarat West	John Bailey			Forfeited seat after joining the Nicholson Ministry	9 November 1859	John Bailey
Castlemaine	Vincent Pyke			Forfeited seat after joining the Nicholson Ministry	9 November 1859	Vincent Pyke
Melbourne East	James McCulloch			Forfeited seat after joining the Nicholson Ministry	8 November 1859	James McCulloch
Sandridge	William Nicholson			Forfeited seat after forming the Nicholson Ministry	8 November 1859	William Nicholson
1st Legislative Assembly (1856–1859)
By-election	Incumbent	Party		Reason	Date	Winner	Party
The Murray	William Forlonge			Resigned	1 January 1859	William Nicholson
South Grant	William Haines			Resigned	1 January 1859	John Bell
South Melbourne	Andrew Clarke			Resigned	1 October 1858	Robert Anderson
St Kilda	Thomas Fellows			Resigned	1 May 1858	John Crews
Dundas and Follett	Charles Griffith			Resigned	1 April 1858	William Mollison
Geelong	Charles Read			Resigned	1 April 1858	James Harrison
Geelong	Alexander Fyfe			Resigned	1 February 1858	George Board
St Kilda	Frederick Sargood			Resigned	5 January 1858	Henry Chapman
The Murray	John Goodman			Resigned	1 January 1858	William Forlonge
Rodney	John Baragwanath			Resigned	1 January 1858	John Everard
Geelong	Charles Sladen			Resigned	1 December 1857	Alexander Thomson
Gippsland	John King			Resigned	1 November 1857	John Johnson
Castlemaine Boroughs	Alexander Palmer			Resigned	1 August 1857	Richard Davies Ireland
West Bourke	Robert McDougall			Resigned	1 August 1857	Joseph Wilkie
Colac	Andrew Rutherford			Resigned	1 July 1857	Theodore Hancock
Portland	Hugh Childers			Resigned	1 July 1857	John Findlay
South Bourke	Charles Pasley			Resigned	1 July 1857	Sidney Ricardo
Ovens	Daniel Cameron			Resigned	1 April 1857	John Wood
Brighton	Jonathan Binns Were			Resigned	1 March 1857	Charles Ebden
Castlemaine Boroughs	Vincent Pyke			Resigned	1 March 1857	Robert Sitwell
East Bourke	Augustus Greeves			Resigned	1 March 1857	Richard Heales
Melbourne	William Stawell			Resigned	1 March 1857	James Service
Melbourne	John O'Shanassy			Resigned; having been elected to a seat for both the Melbourne and Kilmore districts, he decided to represented the latter.	1 January 1857	Henry Langlands

List of Legislative Council by-elections

Main article: List of Victorian Legislative Council by-elections

Notes

¹ In the July 1923 Daylesford by-election following the death of Nationalist MP Donald McLeod, Labor candidate James McDonald was initially declared elected, but a subsequent recount in October found that Roderick McLeod, son of the deceased outgoing member, had in fact won the by-election.