Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 21 June 1952 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.
The election was the first following the abolition of property qualifications for voting in the Legislative Council, and saw a large increase in the number of Labor MLCs.
Victorian Legislative Council election, 21 June 1952 [1] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 1,395,460 | |||||
Votes cast | 994,192 | Turnout | 71.2 | +23.3 | ||
Informal votes | 22,595 | Informal | 2.3 | +0.8 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats won | Seats held | |
Liberal and Country | 361,733 | 37.2 | −5.9 | 1 | 10 | |
Labor | 361,013 | 37.2 | +15.2 | 11 | 15 | |
Country | 106,864 | 11.0 | −17.4 | 4 | 8 | |
Other | 141,987 | 14.6 | +7.0 | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 971,597 | 17 | 34 |
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.
Province | Held by | Labor candidates | LCP candidates | Country candidates | Other candidates |
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Ballarat | LCP | Jack Jones | James Kittson | ||
Bendigo | LCP | Arthur Smith | Sir George Lansell | ||
Doutta Galla | Labor | Paul Jones | |||
East Yarra | LCP | George Hannan | Sir Clifden Eager (Ind) | ||
Gippsland | Country | Henry Harvey | Mac Steward | Trevor Harvey | |
Higinbotham | LCP | Arthur Warner | Grace Stratton (Ind) | ||
Melbourne | Labor | Pat Sheehy | |||
Melbourne North | Labor | Archibald Fraser | |||
Melbourne West | Labor | Bert Bailey | Alexander Dobbin (CPA) | ||
Monash | LCP | Thomas Brennan | Alfred Wilde | ||
Northern | Country | Wollaston Heily | Dudley Walters | ||
North Eastern | Country | Robert Vroland | Ivan Swinburne | ||
North Western | Country | Robert Linton | Percy Byrnes | ||
Southern | LCP | Roy Rawson | Albert Pennell | Harold Harvie (Ind) | |
South Eastern | LCP | George Tilley | John Rossiter | Cyril Isaac (Ind) | |
South Western | LCP | Don Ferguson | Edward Montgomery | Keith McGarvie (Ind) | |
Western | Country | David Arnott | Robert Rankin | Ernest Walliker |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Jack Jones | 30,431 | 58.4 | +58.4 | |
Liberal and Country | James Kittson | 21,712 | 41.6 | -7.2 | |
Total formal votes | 52,143 | 99.2 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 436 | 0.8 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 52,579 | 94.8 | +10.8 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal and Country | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Arthur Smith | 30,240 | 55.6 | +55.6 | |
Liberal and Country | George Lansell | 24,186 | 44.4 | -17.0 | |
Total formal votes | 54,426 | 99.2 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 433 | 0.8 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 54,859 | 94.4 | +10.5 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal and Country | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Paul Jones | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Clifden Eager | 62,120 | 57.9 | +57.9 | |
Liberal and Country | George Hannan | 45,243 | 42.1 | N/A | |
Total formal votes | 107,363 | 95.8 | |||
Informal votes | 4,725 | 4.2 | |||
Turnout | 112,088 | 91.6 | |||
Independent gain from Liberal and Country | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Henry Harvey | 26,958 | 46.0 | +46.0 | |
Country | Trevor Harvey | 18,233 | 31.1 | -28.2 | |
Liberal and Country | Mac Steward | 13,379 | 22.8 | -17.9 | |
Total formal votes | 58,570 | 98.8 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 799 | 1.2 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 59,369 | 91.2 | +12.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Trevor Harvey | 30,005 | 51.2 | -8.1 | |
Labor | Henry Harvey | 28,565 | 48.8 | +48.8 | |
Country hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Arthur Warner | 59,957 | 58.7 | N/A | |
Independent | Grace Stratton | 42,174 | 41.3 | +41.3 | |
Total formal votes | 102,131 | 97.2 | |||
Informal votes | 2,941 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 105,072 | 90.2 | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Pat Sheehy | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Archibald Fraser | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Bert Bailey | 80,862 | 88.8 | N/A | |
Communist | Alexander Dobbin | 10,253 | 11.2 | +11.2 | |
Total formal votes | 91,115 | 95.5 | |||
Informal votes | 4,258 | 4.5 | |||
Turnout | 95,373 | 91.7 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Thomas Brennan | 53,716 | 53.1 | +53.1 | |
Liberal and Country | Alfred Wilde | 47,404 | 46.9 | -11.5 | |
Total formal votes | 101,120 | 98.4 | +1.1 | ||
Informal votes | 1,631 | 1.6 | −1.1 | ||
Turnout | 102,751 | 89.7 | +20.3 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal and Country | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Country | Dudley Walters | 26,905 | 59.3 | +8.1 | |
Liberal and Country | Wollaston Heily | 18,436 | 40.7 | -8.1 | |
Total formal votes | 45,341 | 97.6 | −1.6 | ||
Informal votes | 1,105 | 2.4 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 46,446 | 93.8 | +13.0 | ||
Country hold | Swing | +8.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Country | Ivan Swinburne | 26,739 | 63.6 | +9.3 | |
Liberal and Country | Robert Vroland | 15,306 | 36.4 | -9.3 | |
Total formal votes | 42,045 | 97.3 | −1.4 | ||
Informal votes | 1,162 | 2.7 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 43,207 | 92.5 | +11.8 | ||
Country hold | Swing | +9.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Country | Percy Byrnes | 29,007 | 68.7 | +10.1 | |
Liberal and Country | Robert Linton | 13,229 | 31.3 | -10.1 | |
Total formal votes | 42,246 | 98.4 | −0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 677 | 1.6 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 42,913 | 94.3 | +12.6 | ||
Country hold | Swing | +10.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Roy Rawson | 45,413 | 52.8 | +52.8 | |
Liberal and Country | Albert Pennell | 34,143 | 39.7 | N/A | |
Independent | Harold Harvie | 6,499 | 7.6 | +7.6 | |
Total formal votes | 86,056 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 1,773 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 87,829 | 92.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Roy Rawson | 55.8 | N/A | ||
Liberal and Country | Albert Pennell | 44.2 | N/A | ||
Labor gain from Liberal and Country | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | George Tilley | 36,968 | 47.6 | +47.6 | |
Liberal and Country | John Rossiter | 24,543 | 31.6 | -33.1 | |
Independent | Cyril Isaac | 16,227 | 20.9 | +20.9 | |
Total formal votes | 77,738 | 98.1 | −0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 1,473 | 1.9 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 79,211 | 92.2 | +19.4 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | George Tilley | 39,217 | 50.4 | +50.4 | |
Liberal and Country | John Rossiter | 38,521 | 49.6 | -15.1 | |
Labor gain from Liberal and Country | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Don Ferguson | 31,657 | 51.1 | +51.1 | |
Liberal and Country | Edward Montgomery | 25,617 | 41.3 | -10.7 | |
Independent | Keith McGarvie | 4,721 | 7.6 | +7.6 | |
Total formal votes | 61,995 | 98.9 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 675 | 1.1 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 62,670 | 93.7 | +15.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Don Ferguson | 53.0 | +53.0 | ||
Liberal and Country | Edward Montgomery | 47.0 | -12.4 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal and Country | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | David Arnott | 24,759 | 50.2 | +50.2 | |
Liberal and Country | Robert Rankin | 18,579 | 37.7 | -22.1 | |
Country | Ernest Walliker | 5,980 | 12.1 | -28.1 | |
Total formal votes | 49,318 | 99.0 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 507 | 1.0 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 49,825 | 94.5 | +14.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | David Arnott | 52.6 | +52.6 | ||
Liberal and Country | Robert Rankin | 47.4 | -12.4 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal and Country | Swing | N/A |
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