1955 Victorian Legislative Council election
Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 18 June 1955 to elect 17 of the 34 members of the state's Legislative Council for six year terms. MLCs were elected in single-member provinces using preferential voting.
Results
[edit]Legislative Council
[edit] Victorian Legislative Council election, 18 June 1955[1] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 1,430,130 | |||||
Votes cast | 1,110,951 | Turnout | 77.7 | +6.5 | ||
Informal votes | 23,189 | Informal | 2.1 | -0.2 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats won | Seats held | |
Labor | 423,663 | 38.9 | +1.7 | 4 | 10 | |
Liberal and Country | 331,609 | 30.5 | –6.7 | 9 | 10 | |
Labor (A-C) | 179,319 | 16.5 | +16.5 | 0 | 5 | |
Country | 66,826 | 6.1 | -4.9 | 4 | 8 | |
Other | 86,345 | 7.9 | −6.7 | 0 | 1 | |
Total | 1,087,762 | 17 | 34 |
Retiring Members
[edit]Country
[edit]- George Tuckett MLC (Northern)
Candidates
[edit]Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.
Results by province
[edit]Ballarat
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Herbert Ludbrook | 29,838 | 56.9 | +15.4 | |
Labor | Harold Williams | 22,571 | 43.1 | -15.4 | |
Total formal votes | 52,409 | 99.0 | −0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 535 | 1.0 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 52,944 | 94.7 | −0.1 | ||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | +15.4 |
Bendigo
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Thomas Grigg | 24,610 | 45.1 | +0.7 | |
Labor | John Murley | 21,629 | 39.7 | -15.9 | |
Labor (A-C) | John Brosnan | 8,297 | 15.2 | +15.2 | |
Total formal votes | 54,536 | 98.9 | −0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 585 | 1.1 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 55,121 | 94.1 | −0.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Thomas Grigg | 31,829 | 58.4 | +14.0 | |
Labor | John Murley | 22,707 | 41.6 | -14.0 | |
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | +14.0 |
Doutta Galla
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Bill Slater | 68,905 | 70.5 | N/A | |
Labor (A-C) | Francis Williams | 28,800 | 29.5 | +29.5 | |
Total formal votes | 97,705 | 96.7 | |||
Informal votes | 3,304 | 3.3 | |||
Turnout | 101,009 | 91.0 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
East Yarra
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Ewen Cameron | 61,417 | 55.2 | +13.1 | |
Labor | Francis Cranston | 23,705 | 21.3 | +21.3 | |
Independent | Clifden Eager | 14,970 | 13.5 | +13.5 | |
Labor (A-C) | Leonora Lloyd | 11,195 | 10.1 | +10.1 | |
Total formal votes | 111,287 | 97.9 | +2.1 | ||
Informal votes | 2,348 | 2.1 | −2.1 | ||
Turnout | 113,635 | 91.4 | −0.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Ewen Cameron | 65.3 | +23.2 | ||
Labor | Francis Cranston | 34.7 | +34.7 | ||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | N/A |
- Two party preferred vote was estimated.
Gippsland
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Country | William MacAulay | 43,963 | 72.2 | +41.1 | |
Labor (A-C) | William Phelan | 16,973 | 27.8 | +27.8 | |
Total formal votes | 60,936 | 98.0 | −0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 1,230 | 2.0 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 62,166 | 91.0 | −0.2 | ||
Country hold | Swing | N/A |
Higinbotham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Lindsay Thompson | unopposed | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing |
Melbourne
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Fred Thomas | 32,212 | 63.3 | N/A | |
Labor (A-C) | Frank McManus | 18,691 | 36.7 | +36.7 | |
Total formal votes | 50,903 | 96.6 | |||
Informal votes | 1,786 | 3.4 | |||
Turnout | 52,689 | 89.0 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Melbourne North
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Galbally | 80,962 | 65.3 | N/A | |
Independent | Harold Harvie | 23,413 | 18.9 | +18.9 | |
Labor (A-C) | Frederick Riley | 19,592 | 15.8 | +15.8 | |
Total formal votes | 123,967 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 2,590 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 126,557 | 93.0 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Melbourne West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Buckley Machin | 63,098 | 69.9 | -16.9 | |
Labor (A-C) | Les Coleman | 27,218 | 30.1 | +30.1 | |
Total formal votes | 90,316 | 97.3 | +1.8 | ||
Informal votes | 2,517 | 2.7 | −1.8 | ||
Turnout | 92,833 | 92.3 | +0.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Sitting MLC Les Coleman was elected in 1949 as a Labor member, but defected to Anti-Communist Labor in the 1955 split.
Monash
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Charles Gawith | 55,564 | 61.5 | +14.6 | |
Labor | Henry Peagram | 34,791 | 38.5 | -14.6 | |
Total formal votes | 90,355 | 98.3 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 1,512 | 1.7 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 91,867 | 86.3 | −3.4 | ||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | +14.6 |
Northern
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Percy Feltham | 22,863 | 49.8 | -9.5 | |
Independent | James Mosby | 11,201 | 24.4 | +24.4 | |
Independent | Morton Gardner | 6,601 | 14.4 | +14.4 | |
Independent | Stephen Donelan | 5,286 | 11.5 | +11.5 | |
Total formal votes | 45,951 | 96.9 | −0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 1,472 | 3.1 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 47,423 | 92.5 | −1.3 | ||
Country | Percy Feltham | 26,867 | 58.5 | N/A | |
Independent | James Mosby | 11,749 | 25.6 | N/A | |
Independent | Morton Garner | 7,335 | 16.0 | N/A | |
Country hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not fully distributed.
North-Eastern
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Country | Keith Bradbury | unopposed | |||
Country hold | Swing |
North Western
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Arthur Mansell | unopposed | |||
Country hold | Swing |
Southern
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Gilbert Chandler | 57,862 | 52.5 | +12.8 | |
Labor | Arthur Carpenter | 40,710 | 37.0 | -15.8 | |
Labor (A-C) | David Purcell | 11,609 | 10.5 | +10.5 | |
Total formal votes | 110,181 | 98.4 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 1,752 | 1.6 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 111,933 | 91.6 | −0.4 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Gilbert Chandler | 62.0 | +17.8 | ||
Labor | Arthur Carpenter | 38.0 | -17.8 | ||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | +17.8 |
- Two party preferred vote was estimated.
South Eastern
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Charles Bridgford | 42,838 | 49.8 | +18.2 | |
Labor (A-C) | Jack Austin | 22,884 | 26.6 | +26.6 | |
Victorian Liberal | Charles Gartside | 20,252 | 23.6 | +23.6 | |
Total formal votes | 85,974 | 97.5 | −0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 2,244 | 2.5 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 88,218 | 90.6 | −1.6 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Charles Bridgford | 60,872 | 70.8 | +21.2 | |
Labor (A-C) | Jack Austin | 25,102 | 29.2 | +29.2 | |
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | N/A |
- Charles Gartside had been elected as a Liberal party MLC in 1949, but was expelled from the party in 1952.
South Western
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Gordon McArthur | 34,802 | 53.9 | +12.6 | |
Labor | Edwin Morris | 19,430 | 30.1 | -21.0 | |
Labor (A-C) | Michael Findley | 10,395 | 16.1 | +16.1 | |
Total formal votes | 64,627 | 98.9 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 739 | 1.1 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 65,366 | 92.4 | −1.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Gordon McArthur | 68.4 | +21.4 | ||
Labor | Edwin Morris | 31.6 | -21.4 | ||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | +21.4 |
- Two party preferred vote was estimated.
Western
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Ronald Mack | 24,678 | 48.8 | +11.1 | |
Labor | Roy Cundy | 15,650 | 30.9 | -19.3 | |
Labor (A-C) | George Fitzgerald | 3,665 | 11.2 | +11.2 | |
Victorian Liberal | Hugh MacLeod | 4,622 | 9.1 | +9.1 | |
Total formal votes | 48,615 | 98.9 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 575 | 1.1 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 49,190 | 91.3 | −3.2 | ||
Liberal and Country | Ronald Mack | 28,178 | 55.7 | N/A | |
Labor | Roy Cundy | 16,330 | 32.3 | N/A | |
Labor (A-C) | George Fitzgerald | 6,107 | 12.1 | N/A | |
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | N/A |
- Hugh MacLeod had been elected as a Liberal party MLC in 1949, but was expelled from the party in 1952.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Legislative Council election of 18 June 1955". Psephos.