Results of the Victorian state election, 1958 (Legislative Assembly A-K)

Victorian state election, 31 May 1958^[1] Legislative Assembly << 1955 — 1961 >>
Enrolled voters		1,478,065
Votes cast		1,392,813		Turnout	94.23	+0.21
Informal votes		24,760		Informal	1.78	-0.42
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	515,638	37.69	+5.12	18	−2
	Liberal and Country	508,678	37.18	-0.60	39	+6
	Democratic Labor	197,380	14.43	+1.82	0	−1
	Country	127,228	9.30	-0.24	9	−2
	Independent	17,770	1.30	-2.23	0	−1
	Other	1,359	0.10	-0.40	0	±0
Total		1,368,053			66
Two-party-preferred
	Liberal and Country	790,149	57.8	–0.1
	Labor	577,904	42.2	+0.1

This is a list of electoral district results for the Victorian 1958 election for electorates from A to K.

Results by electoral district

Albert Park

Victorian state election, 1958: Albert Park^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Keith Sutton	8,727	48.9
	Liberal and Country	Roy Schilling	4,411	24.7
	Democratic Labor	Stan Corrigan	4,250	23.8
	Communist	Vida Little	442	2.5
Total formal votes			17,830	97.4
Informal votes			480	2.6
Turnout			18,310	92.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Keith Sutton	9,703	54.4
	Liberal and Country	Roy Schilling	8,127	45.6
	Labor hold		Swing

Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Ballarat North

Victorian state election, 1958: Ballarat North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Russell White	7,151	34.3
	Labor	Ronald House	6,192	29.7
	Liberal and Country	Tom Evans	4,233	20.3
	Democratic Labor	James Meere	3,279	15.7
Total formal votes			20,855	98.6
Informal votes			304	1.4
Turnout			21,159	96.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Russell White	13,748	65.9
	Labor	Ronald House	7,107	34.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Russell White	13,069	62.7
	Liberal and Country	Tom Evans	7,786	37.3
	Country hold		Swing

Ballarat South

Victorian state election, 1958: Ballarat South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal and Country	Gordon Scott	7,988	39.5
	Labor	Maxwell Pinkard	7,071	35.0
	Democratic Labor	Leslie D'Arcy	3,864	19.1
	Country	Arthur Philips	1,302	6.4
Total formal votes			20,225	98.2
Informal votes			377	1.8
Turnout			20,602	96.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Gordon Scott	11,957	59.1
	Labor	Maxwell Pinkard	8,268	40.9
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Balwyn

Victorian state election, 1958: Balwyn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal and Country	Alex Taylor	14,351	60.7
	Labor	John MacPherson	5,321	22.5
	Democratic Labor	Leo Erwin	2,459	10.4
	Independent	Frank Block	1,508	6.4
Total formal votes			23,639	98.6
Informal votes			331	1.4
Turnout			23,970	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Alex Taylor	17,723	75.0
	Labor	John MacPherson	5,916	25.0
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Benalla

Victorian state election, 1958: Benalla
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Frederick Cook	6,628	34.2
	Labor	Jack Ginifer	5,520	28.5
	Liberal and Country	James Bennison	4,651	24.0
	Democratic Labor	William Mithen	2,604	13.4
Total formal votes			19,403	99.0
Informal votes			188	1.0
Turnout			19,591	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Frederick Cook	13,028	67.1
	Labor	Jack Ginifer	6,375	32.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Frederick Cook	11,810	60.9
	Liberal and Country	James Bennison	7,593	39.1
	Country hold		Swing

Two party preferred vote between Country and Labor was estimated.

Benambra

Victorian state election, 1958: Benambra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Tom Mitchell	10,087	50.1
	Labor	Francis Taylor	4,172	20.7
	Democratic Labor	Henry Richards	3,247	16.1
	Liberal and Country	James Shannon	2,612	13.0
Total formal votes			20,118	98.7
Informal votes			258	1.3
Turnout			20,376	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Tom Mitchell	15,197	75.6
	Labor	Francis Taylor	4,921	24.4
	Country hold		Swing

Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Bendigo

Victorian state election, 1958: Bendigo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Bill Galvin	9,812	47.2
	Liberal and Country	John Stanistreet	5,699	27.4
	Democratic Labor	James Brosnan	2,691	12.9
	Country	William Nicholls	2,571	12.4
Total formal votes			20,773	98.5
Informal votes			307	1.5
Turnout			21,080	96.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Galvin	10,801	52.0
	Liberal and Country	John Stanistreet	9,972	48.0
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing

Box Hill

Victorian state election, 1958: Box Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal and Country	George Reid	13,013	58.2
	Labor	William Betton	6,774	30.3
	Democratic Labor	Edmund Burgi	2,556	11.4
Total formal votes			22,343	98.7
Informal votes			294	1.3
Turnout			22,637	93.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	George Reid	15,185	68.0
	Labor	William Betton	7,158	32.0
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Brighton

Victorian state election, 1958: Brighton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal and Country	John Rossiter	13,250	67.0
	Labor	Reginald Hayes	6,537	33.0
Total formal votes			19,787	98.4
Informal votes			317	1.6
Turnout			20,104	93.7
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Broadmeadows

Victorian state election, 1958: Broadmeadows
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Joseph Smith	13,279	47.0
	Liberal and Country	Harry Kane	10,504	37.2
	Democratic Labor	John Donnellon	4,455	15.8
Total formal votes			28,238	98.6
Informal votes			399	1.4
Turnout			28,637	94.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Harry Kane	14,335	50.8
	Labor	Joseph Smith	13,903	49.2
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Brunswick East

Victorian state election, 1958: Brunswick East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Leo Fennessy	9,565	57.9
	Liberal and Country	William Burns	3,944	23.9
	Democratic Labor	Allan Swain	3,018	18.3
Total formal votes			16,527	97.2
Informal votes			468	2.8
Turnout			16,995	92.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Leo Fennessy	10,018	60.6
	Liberal and Country	William Burns	6,509	39.4
	Labor hold		Swing

Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Brunswick West

Victorian state election, 1958: Brunswick West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Campbell Turnbull	9,813	51.2
	Democratic Labor	Peter Randles	4,709	24.6
	Liberal and Country	Alfred Wall	4,649	24.3
Total formal votes			19,171	97.6
Informal votes			465	2.4
Turnout			19,636	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Campbell Turnbull	10,519	54.9
	Liberal and Country	Alfred Wall	8,652	45.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Burwood

Victorian state election, 1958: Burwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal and Country	Jim MacDonald	14,125	70.0
	Labor	Vincent Scully	6,040	30.0
Total formal votes			20,165	98.4
Informal votes			322	1.6
Turnout			20,487	94.8
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Camberwell

Victorian state election, 1958: Camberwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal and Country	Vernon Wilcox	11,673	60.4
	Labor	George Blood	5,251	27.2
	Democratic Labor	Leonora Lloyd	2,411	12.5
Total formal votes			19,335	98.3
Informal votes			339	1.7
Turnout			19,674	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Vernon Wilcox	13,722	72.0
	Labor	George Blood	5,613	28.0
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Caulfield

Victorian state election, 1958: Caulfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal and Country	Alexander Fraser	11,802	59.2
	Labor	Alan Brenton	5,501	27.6
	Democratic Labor	Celia Laird	2,641	13.2
Total formal votes			19,944	98.5
Informal votes			312	1.5
Turnout			20,256	92.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Alexander Fraser	14,047	70.5
	Labor	Alan Brenton	5,897	29.5
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Coburg

Victorian state election, 1958: Coburg
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Charlie Mutton	12,801	62.4
	Liberal and Country	Peter Robertson	4,623	22.5
	Democratic Labor	Kevin O'Dea	3,078	15.0
Total formal votes			20,502	98.1
Informal votes			399	1.9
Turnout			20,901	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Charlie Mutton	13,263	64.7
	Liberal and Country	Peter Robertson	7,239	35.3
	Labor gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

Mutton was elected as an Independent in the 1955 election, but joined the Labor party in 1956.
Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Dandenong

Victorian state election, 1958: Dandenong
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal and Country	Len Reid	11,741	43.8
	Labor	Alan Lind	11,177	41.7
	Democratic Labor	Reginald Kearney	3,869	14.4
Total formal votes			27,278	98.2
Informal votes			491	1.8
Turnout			27,278	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Len Reid	14,326	53.5
	Labor	Alan Lind	12,461	46.5
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Dundas

Victorian state election, 1958: Dundas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal and Country	William McDonald	10,142	48.7
	Labor	Bob McClure	8,261	39.6
	Democratic Labor	John Peters	2,439	11.7
Total formal votes			20,842	99.3
Informal votes			143	0.7
Turnout			20,985	96.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	William McDonald	12,174	58.4
	Labor	Bob McClure	8,668	41.6
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Elsternwick

Victorian state election, 1958: Elsternwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal and Country	Richard Gainey	11,638	58.9
	Labor	George Smith	5,108	25.8
	Democratic Labor	Rex Keane	3,025	15.3
Total formal votes			19,771	98.2
Informal votes			358	1.8
Turnout			20,129	92.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Richard Gainey	14,209	71.9
	Labor	George Smith	5,562	28.1
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Essendon

Victorian state election, 1958: Essendon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Arthur Drakeford	9,737	44.9
	Liberal and Country	Kenneth Wheeler	8,270	38.1
	Democratic Labor	Kevin Digby	3,702	17.1
Total formal votes			21,709	98.4
Informal votes			343	1.6
Turnout			22,052	95.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Kenneth Wheeler	11,181	51.5
	Labor	Arthur Drakeford	10,528	48.5
	Liberal and Country gain from Labor		Swing

Evelyn

Victorian state election, 1958: Evelyn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal and Country	Russell Stokes	10,376	43.7
	Labor	Phillip Connell	10,304	43.5
	Democratic Labor	Kevin Gould	3,035	12.8
Total formal votes			23,715	98.5
Informal votes			371	1.5
Turnout			24,086	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Russell Stokes	12,817	54.1
	Labor	Phillip Connell	10,898	45.9
	Liberal and Country gain from Labor		Swing

Fitzroy

Victorian state election, 1958: Fitzroy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Denis Lovegrove	11,092	64.8
	Democratic Labor	David Woodhouse	3,224	18.9
	Liberal and Country	Charles Gillies	2,793	16.3
Total formal votes			17,109	96.0
Informal votes			711	4.0
Turnout			17,820	91.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Denis Lovegrove	11,575	67.6
	Liberal and Country	Charles Gillies	5,534	32.4
	Labor hold		Swing

Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Flemington

Victorian state election, 1958: Flemington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Kevin Holland	11,328	63.2
	Democratic Labor	Michael McMahon	3,585	20.0
	Liberal and Country	Norman Loader	3,015	16.8
Total formal votes			17,928	97.8
Informal votes			403	2.2
Turnout			18,331	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kevin Holland	11,865	66.2
	Liberal and Country	Norman Loader	6,063	33.8
	Labor hold		Swing

Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Footscray

Victorian state election, 1958: Footscray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Ernie Shepherd	14,843	76.6
	Democratic Labor	Robert Kerr	2,343	12.1
	Liberal and Country	Bryan Tonkin	2,200	11.3
Total formal votes			19,386	98.0
Informal votes			404	2.0
Turnout			19,790	96.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ernie Shepherd	15,194	78.4
	Liberal and Country	Bryan Tonkin	4,192	21.6
	Labor hold		Swing

Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Geelong

Victorian state election, 1958: Geelong
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal and Country	Thomas Maltby	8,444	43.4
	Labor	George Poyser	7,371	37.9
	Democratic Labor	George Taylor	2,305	11.9
	Independent	Albert Woodward	1,313	6.8
Total formal votes			19,433	98.7
Informal votes			255	1.3
Turnout			19,688	92.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Thomas Maltby	10,954	56.4
	Labor	George Poyser	8,479	43.6
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Geelong West

Victorian state election, 1958: Geelong West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Colin MacDonald	10,107	47.5
	Liberal and Country	Max Gillett	8,388	39.4
	Democratic Labor	James Mahoney	2,797	13.1
Total formal votes			21,292	98.5
Informal votes			331	1.5
Turnout			21,623	93.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Max Gillett	10,658	50.1
	Labor	Colin MacDonald	10,634	49.9
	Liberal and Country gain from Labor		Swing

Gippsland East

Victorian state election, 1958: Gippsland East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Albert Lind	11,285	58.2
	Liberal and Country	Rae Archibald	4,465	23.0
	Democratic Labor	Frank Burns	3,650	18.8
Total formal votes			19,400	98.5
Informal votes			304	1.5
Turnout			19,704	94.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Albert Lind	13,110	67.6
	Liberal and Country	Rae Archibald	6,290	32.4
	Country hold		Swing

Two candidate preferred vote was estimated.

Gippsland South

Victorian state election, 1958: Gippsland South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Herbert Hyland	15,600	76.8
	Democratic Labor	John Hansen	4,711	23.2
Total formal votes			20,311	97.8
Informal votes			466	2.2
Turnout			20,777	94.9
	Country hold		Swing

Gippsland West

Victorian state election, 1958: Gippsland West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Leslie Cochrane	8,738	42.5
	Labor	James Longstaff	5,340	26.0
	Liberal and Country	James Hosking	4,050	19.7
	Democratic Labor	Kevin Scanlon	2,437	11.8
Total formal votes			20,585	98.5
Informal votes			309	1.5
Turnout			20,894	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Leslie Cochrane	14,502	70.4
	Labor	James Longstaff	6,083	29.6
	Country hold		Swing

Grant

Victorian state election, 1958: Grant
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Roy Crick	16,188	59.3
	Liberal and Country	John Anderson	6,759	24.8
	Democratic Labor	Maxwell Campbell	4,339	15.9
Total formal votes			27,286	97.7
Informal votes			636	2.3
Turnout			27,922	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Roy Crick	16,839	61.7
	Liberal and Country	John Anderson	10,447	38.3
	Labor hold		Swing

Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Hampden

Victorian state election, 1958: Hampden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal and Country	Henry Bolte	11,648	58.4
	Labor	Fred Levin	5,367	26.9
	Democratic Labor	Leo O'Brien	2,944	14.7
Total formal votes			19,959	99.1
Informal votes			175	0.9
Turnout			20,134	96.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Henry Bolte	14,151	70.9
	Labor	Fred Levin	5,808	29.1
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Hawthorn

Victorian state election, 1958: Hawthorn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal and Country	Peter Garrisson	7,469	41.2
	Labor	Jack Poke	7,308	40.3
	Democratic Labor	Charles Murphy	3,337	18.4
Total formal votes			18,114	97.8
Informal votes			404	2.2
Turnout			18,518	92.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Peter Garrisson	10,295	56.8
	Labor	Jack Poke	7,819	43.2
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Ivanhoe

Victorian state election, 1958: Ivanhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal and Country	Vernon Christie	10,547	48.2
	Labor	David Walker	8,305	38.0
	Democratic Labor	Cyril Cummins	3,021	13.8
Total formal votes			21,873	98.7
Informal votes			289	1.3
Turnout			22,162	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Vernon Christie	13,210	60.4
	Labor	David Walker	8,663	39.6
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Kara Kara

Victorian state election, 1958: Kara Kara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal and Country	Keith Turnbull	8,007	41.8
	Labor	Cyril Sudholz	5,714	29.9
	Country	Allen Reseigh	3,347	17.5
	Democratic Labor	Gerard Gilders	2,071	10.8
Total formal votes			19,139	99.0
Informal votes			199	1.0
Turnout			19,338	96.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Keith Turnbull	12,286	64.2
	Labor	Cyril Sudholz	6,853	35.8
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Kew

Victorian state election, 1958: Kew
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal and Country	Arthur Rylah	12,375	62.6
	Labor	Kevin Lynch	3,845	19.5
	Democratic Labor	John Buchanan	3,108	15.7
	Communist	Ralph Gibson	425	2.2
Total formal votes			19,753	98.1
Informal votes			372	1.9
Turnout			20,125	92.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Arthur Rylah	15,058	76.2
	Labor	Kevin Lynch	4,695	23.8
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Two party preferred vote was estimated.

References

↑ Election held on 31 May 1958, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).
↑ 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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