Results of the Victorian state election, 1955 (Legislative Assembly L-Z)
Victorian state election, 28 May 1955[1][2] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 1,402,588 | |||||
Votes cast | 1,318,934 | Turnout | 94.02 | +0.44 | ||
Informal votes | 28,955 | Informal | 2.19 | +0.38 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Liberal and Country | 487,408 | 37.78 | +12.93 | 33 | +22 | |
Labor | 420,197 | 37.57 | −16.50 | 20 | −17 | |
Labor (A-C) | 162,660 | 12.61 | +12.61 | 1 | +1 | |
Country | 122,999 | 9.53 | +1.19 | 11 | −1 | |
Independent | 45,570 | 3.53 | −3.38 | 1 | ±0 | |
Victorian Liberal | 44,692 | 3.46 | −6.13 | 0 | −4 | |
Communist | 4,589 | 0.35 | −0.88 | 0 | ±0 | |
Henry George | 1,864 | 0.14 | +0.14 | 0 | ±0 | |
Total | 1,318,934 | 66 | ||||
Two-party-preferred | ||||||
Liberal and Country | 755,917 | 57.9 | +14.6 | |||
Labor | 549,233 | 42.1 | –14.6 | |||
This is a list of electoral district results for the Victorian 1955 election for electorates from L to Z.
Results by electoral district
Lowan
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal and Country | Wilfred Mibus | 11,546 | 68.1 | ||
Country | Griffith Perkins | 5,418 | 31.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 16,964 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 316 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 17,280 | 96.3 | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | ||||
Malvern
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | John Bloomfield | 11,440 | 70.5 | ||
Victorian Liberal | Mascotte Brown | 4,796 | 29.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 16,236 | 95.4 | |||
Informal votes | 779 | 4.6 | |||
Turnout | 17,015 | 91.1 | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | ||||
Melbourne
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Arthur Clarey | 6,913 | 48.9 | ||
Liberal and Country | Alan Etherington | 3,703 | 26.2 | ||
Labor (A-C) | Tom Hayes | 3,520 | 24.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 14,136 | 95.9 | |||
Informal votes | 597 | 4.1 | |||
Turnout | 14,733 | 90.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Arthur Clarey | 9,132 | 64.6 | ||
Liberal and Country | Alan Etherington | 5,004 | 35.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Mentone
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Edward Meagher | 10,198 | 42.8 | ||
Labor | Alfred O'Connor | 8,259 | 34.7 | ||
Labor (A-C) | George White | 5,356 | 22.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 23,813 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 475 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 24,288 | 94.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Edward Meagher | 13,982 | 58.7 | ||
Labor | Alfred O'Connor | 9,431 | 41.3 | ||
Liberal and Country gain from Labor | Swing | ||||
Midlands
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Clive Stoneham | 11,320 | 53.6 | ||
Liberal and Country | James Mactier | 7,709 | 36.5 | ||
Labor (A-C) | Alexander Lee | 2,094 | 9.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 21,123 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 200 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 21,323 | 95.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Clive Stoneham | 11,634 | 55.1 | ||
Liberal and Country | James Mactier | 9,489 | 44.9 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Mildura
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Nathaniel Barclay | 9,356 | 52.2 | ||
Labor | Alan Lind | 8,579 | 47.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 17,935 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 159 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 18,094 | 94.8 | |||
Country gain from Labor | Swing | ||||
Moonee Ponds
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Samuel Merrifield | 9,389 | 46.0 | ||
Liberal and Country | Jack Holden | 6,846 | 33.5 | ||
Labor (A-C) | Harold Hilbert | 4,167 | 20.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 20,402 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 272 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 20,674 | 93.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Jack Holden | 10,633 | 52.1 | ||
Labor | Samuel Merrifield | 9,769 | 47.9 | ||
Liberal and Country gain from Labor | Swing | ||||
Moorabbin
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Bob Suggett | 11,869 | 40.0 | ||
Labor | Les Coates | 11,673 | 39.4 | ||
Labor (A-C) | Edward White | 3,126 | 10.5 | ||
Victorian Liberal | William Dawnay-Mould | 2,985 | 10.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 29,653 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 591 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 30,244 | 95.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Bob Suggett | 17,185 | 57.9 | ||
Labor | Les Coates | 12,468 | 42.1 | ||
Liberal and Country gain from Labor | Swing | ||||
Mornington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | William Leggatt | 14,327 | 65.2 | ||
Victorian Liberal | Fred Jarman | 7,646 | 34.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 21,973 | 96.2 | |||
Informal votes | 870 | 3.8 | |||
Turnout | 28,843 | 92.5 | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | ||||
Morwell
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Hector Stoddart | 7,933 | 41.3 | ||
Liberal and Country | Jim Balfour | 4,993 | 26.0 | ||
Country | George Purvis | 4,287 | 22.3 | ||
Labor (A-C) | Gordon Green | 1,979 | 10.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 19,192 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 303 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 19,495 | 92.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Jim Balfour | 10,198 | 53.1 | ||
Labor | Hector Stoddart | 8,994 | 46.9 | ||
Liberal and Country gain from Labor | Swing | ||||
Murray Valley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | George Moss | 11,386 | 57.7 | ||
Labor | Kenneth Lenne | 5,001 | 25.3 | ||
Labor (A-C) | Stewart Morvell | 3,344 | 16.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 19,731 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 278 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 20,009 | 95.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | George Moss | 14,395 | 73.0 | ||
Labor | Kenneth Lenne | 5,336 | 27.0 | ||
Country hold | Swing | ||||
Northcote
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Cain | 10,655 | 60.9 | ||
Liberal and Country | Neil McKay | 3,953 | 22.6 | ||
Labor (A-C) | David Woodhouse | 2,890 | 16.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 17,498 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 294 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 17,792 | 92.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | John Cain | 11,089 | 63.4 | ||
Liberal and Country | Neil McKay | 6,409 | 36.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Oakleigh
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Val Doube | 9,111 | 49.1 | ||
Liberal and Country | Max Fox | 7,564 | 40.8 | ||
Labor (A-C) | Donald Murray | 1,874 | 10.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 18,549 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 247 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 18,796 | 95.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Val Doube | 9,377 | 50.6 | ||
Liberal and Country | Max Fox | 9,172 | 49.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Pascoe Vale
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Arthur Drakeford | 9,032 | 42.7 | ||
Liberal and Country | Rudolph Reid | 7,085 | 33.5 | ||
Labor (A-C) | George Fewster | 4,173 | 19.7 | ||
Independent | Colin Portway | 486 | 2.3 | ||
Henry George Justice | Lancelot Hutchinson | 397 | 1.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 21,173 | 2.4 | |||
Informal votes | 515 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 21,688 | 95.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Arthur Drakeford | 12,680 | 59.9 | ||
Liberal | Rudolph Reid | 8,493 | 40.1 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Polwarth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Edward Guye | 10,543 | 54.6 | ||
Labor | Phillip Denning | 4,817 | 24.9 | ||
Country | Ronald Harris | 3,963 | 20.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 19,323 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 220 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 19,543 | 95.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Edward Guye | 14,110 | 73.0 | ||
Labor | Phillip Denning | 5,213 | 27.0 | ||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | ||||
Portland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Malcolm Gladman | 6,753 | 37.3 | ||
Liberal and Country | George Gibbs | 5,629 | 31.1 | ||
Country | Cyril Brimblecombe | 2,886 | 16.0 | ||
Labor (A-C) | William O'Sullivan | 2,818 | 15.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 18,086 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 275 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 18,361 | 96.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | George Gibbs | 10,495 | 58.0 | ||
Labor | Malcolm Gladman | 7,591 | 42.0 | ||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | ||||
Port Melbourne
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Archie Todd | 7,701 | 50.1 | ||
Labor (A-C) | Stan Corrigan | 5,349 | 34.8 | ||
Liberal and Country | John Talbot | 1,972 | 12.8 | ||
Communist | Laurence Troy | 340 | 2.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 15,362 | 95.9 | |||
Informal votes | 657 | 4.1 | |||
Turnout | 16,019 | 93.1 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Archie Todd | 8,492 | 55.3 | ||
Labor (A-C) | Stan Corrigan | 6,870 | 44.7 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Prahran
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Robert Pettiona | 7,738 | 47.3 | ||
Liberal and Country | Sam Loxton | 5,847 | 35.7 | ||
Labor (A-C) | James Johnson | 2,238 | 13.7 | ||
Independent | Leonard Bennett | 553 | 3.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 16,376 | 96.6 | |||
Informal votes | 576 | 3.4 | |||
Turnout | 16,952 | 92.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Sam Loxton | 8,195 | 50.04 | ||
Labor | Robert Pettiona | 8,181 | 49.96 | ||
Liberal and Country gain from Labor | Swing | ||||
Preston
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Charlie Ring | 11,429 | 52.4 | ||
Liberal and Country | Frank Block | 6,881 | 31.5 | ||
Labor (A-C) | Thomas Hartnedy | 3,515 | 16.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 21,825 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 542 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 22,367 | 95.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Charlie Ring | 11,955 | 54.8 | ||
Liberal and Country | Frank Block | 9,870 | 45.2 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Reservoir
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Ruthven | 12,247 | 55.1 | ||
Liberal and Country | Frederick Capp | 6,593 | 29.6 | ||
Labor (A-C) | Edmund Morrissey | 3,405 | 15.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 22,245 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 427 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 22,672 | 96.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | William Ruthven | 12,758 | 57.3 | ||
Liberal and Country | Frederick Capp | 9,487 | 42.7 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Richmond
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor (A-C) | Frank Scully | 6,159 | 40.4 | ||
Labor | Patrick O'Connell | 5,967 | 39.2 | ||
Liberal and Country | Barry Dove | 2,622 | 17.2 | ||
Communist | Kenneth Miller | 484 | 3.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 15,232 | 95.9 | |||
Informal votes | 647 | 4.1 | |||
Turnout | 15,879 | 95.2 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor (A-C) | Frank Scully | 8,053 | 52.9 | ||
Labor | Patrick O'Connell | 7,179 | 47.1 | ||
Labor (A-C) gain from Labor | Swing | ||||
Ripponlea
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Edgar Tanner | 6,799 | 44.2 | ||
Labor (A-C) | George Miller | 4,121 | 26.8 | ||
Victorian Liberal | Thomas Hollway | 3,723 | 24.2 | ||
Communist | Ted Laurie | 750 | 4.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 15,393 | 94.3 | |||
Informal votes | 933 | 5.7 | |||
Turnout | 16,326 | 90.6 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Edgar Tanner | 9,722 | 63.1 | ||
Labor (A-C) | George Miller | 5,671 | 36.9 | ||
Liberal and Country gain from Victorian Liberal | Swing | ||||
Rodney
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Richard Brose | 12,157 | 61.8 | ||
Liberal and Country | Leslie Lord | 7,504 | 38.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 19,661 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 380 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 20,041 | 95.0 | |||
Country hold | Swing | ||||
St Kilda
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Baron Snider | 7,238 | 44.1 | ||
Labor | John Bourke | 6,967 | 42.4 | ||
Victorian Liberal | Arnold Blashki | 1,755 | 10.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 16,414 | 96.5 | |||
Informal votes | 589 | 3.5 | |||
Turnout | 17,003 | 91.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Baron Snider | 8,768 | 53.4 | ||
Labor | John Bourke | 7,646 | 46.6 | ||
Liberal and Country gain from Labor | Swing | ||||
Sandringham
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Murray Porter | 13,120 | 47.1 | ||
Labor | Henry Fowler | 9,526 | 34.2 | ||
Labor (A-C) | John Ryan | 3,740 | 13.4 | ||
Independent | Alexander Steele | 1,437 | 5.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 27,823 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 510 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 28,333 | 94.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Murray Porter | 17,404 | 62.6 | ||
Labor | Henry Fowler | 10,419 | 37.4 | ||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | ||||
Scoresby
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | George Knox | 20,234 | 64.2 | ||
Labor | Reginald Robertson | 11,270 | 35.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 31,504 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 483 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 31,987 | 93.6 | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | ||||
Swan Hill
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Harold Stirling | 8,105 | 46.4 | ||
Independent Country | Duncan Douglas | 5,824 | 33.4 | ||
Independent Liberal | John Hipworth | 3,528 | 20.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 17,457 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 348 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 17,805 | 94.5 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Country | Harold Stirling | 9,472 | 54.2 | ||
Independent Country | Duncan Douglas | 7,985 | 45.8 | ||
Country hold | Swing | ||||
Toorak
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Horace Petty | 10,408 | 64.2 | ||
Independent Labor | George Gahan | 3,578 | 22.1 | ||
Victorian Liberal | Geoffrey Kiddle | 2,225 | 13.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 16,211 | 95.9 | |||
Informal votes | 698 | 4.1 | |||
Turnout | 16,909 | 91.4 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Horace Petty | 12,077 | 74.5 | ||
Independent Labor | George Gahan | 4,134 | 25.5 | ||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | ||||
Williamstown
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Larry Floyd | 11,690 | 63.3 | ||
Liberal and Country | James Wilkie | 3,918 | 21.2 | ||
Labor (A-C) | Herbert Stackpoole | 2,846 | 15.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 18,454 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 263 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 18,717 | 94.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Larry Floyd | 12,117 | 65.6 | ||
Liberal and Country | James Wilkie | 6,337 | 34.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
See also
- Results of the Victorian state election, 1955 (Legislative Assembly A-K)
- Victorian state election, 1955
- Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1955–1958
References
- ↑ Election held on 28 May 1955, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).
- ↑ Colin A Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890-1964, Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968 (ISBN 0708102700).
- ↑ Hughes, Colin A. (1975). Voting for the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1890-1964. Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 070811332X.
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