1945 Victorian state election

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1945 Victorian state election
Flag of Victoria (1901-1952).svg
  1943 10 November 1945 (1945-11-10) 1947  

65 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
 First partySecond partyThird party
  John Cain 1954.jpg Albert Dunstan (cropped).jpg TomHollway.jpg
Leader John Cain Albert Dunstan Thomas Hollway
Party Labor Country Liberal
Leader since18 October 193714 March 19353 December 1940
Leader's seat Northcote Korong Ballarat
Last election22 seats18 seats13 seats
Seats won31 seats18 seats10 seats
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 9Steady2.svg 0Decrease2.svg 3
Percentage41.02%18.67%20.51%
SwingIncrease2.svg 4.89Increase2.svg 5.64Decrease2.svg 2.56

1945 Victorian state election.svg
Results in each electorate.

Premier before election

Ian MacFarlan
Liberal

Elected Premier

John Cain
Labor

The 1945 Victorian state election was held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 10 November 1945 to elect 65 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

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Results

Legislative Assembly

Victorian state election, 10 November 1945 [1] [2]
Legislative Assembly
<< 19431947 >>

Enrolled voters1,019,063
Votes cast896,561 Turnout 87.98+0.98
Informal votes18,689Informal2.08−0.51
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeatsChange
  Labor 360,07941.02+4.8931+9
  Country 163,94018.67+5.6418±0
  Liberal 180,04620.51−2.5610−3
  Independent 92,09710.49−11.403−2
 Ministerial Liberal29,2763.33+3.333+3
 Independent Liberal VIC27,3513.12+3.120±0
  Communist 25,0832.86−1.650±0
Total877,872  65 

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References

  1. Election held on 10 November 1945, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).
  2. Colin A Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890-1964, Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968 ( ISBN   0708102700).