1949 Victorian Legislative Council election

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Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 18 June 1949 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.

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Legislative Council

Victorian Legislative Council election, 18 June 1949 [1]
Legislative Council
<< 19461952 >>

Enrolled voters550,472
Votes cast262,393 Turnout 47.7−8.6
Informal votes3,841Informal1.5−0.5
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeats
won
Seats
held
  Liberal and Country 111,36843.1−3.1918
  Country 70,77227.4+14.044
  Labor 56,83122.0+0.148
 Other19,5817.6−10.90−1
Total258,552  1734

Retiring Members

Sir George Goudie (Country, North Western) had died prior to the election; no by-election was held.

Labor

Liberal and Country

Candidates

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.

ProvinceHeld by Labor candidates LCP candidates Country candidatesOther candidates
 
Ballarat LCP Herbert Ludbrook George StewartNathaniel Callow (Ind)
Bendigo Country John Lienhop Allen Brownbill
Doutta Galla Labor Bill Slater Denzil Don (Ind)
East Yarra LCP Ewen Cameron
Gippsland Country Eric Bawden William MacAulay
Higinbotham LCP James Kennedy
Melbourne Labor Fred Thomas John Eddy
Melbourne North Independent John Galbally Likely McBrien (Ind)
Melbourne West Labor Les Coleman
Monash LCP Sir Frank Clarke Percy Joske (Ind)
Northern Country John Gorton George Tuckett
North Eastern Country James Tilson Percival Inchbold
North Western Country Hugh Paton Colin McNally
Southern LCP Gilbert Chandler
South Eastern LCP Charles Gartside Frank Moore
South Western LCP Gordon McArthur John Carr (Ind)
John Horne (Ind)
Western Ind Liberal Hugh MacLeod Sylvester Dawson

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References

  1. Carr, Adam. "Victorian Legislative Council election of 18 June 1949". Psephos.