1952 Victorian Legislative Council election

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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.

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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.

Results

Legislative Council

Victorian Legislative Council election, 21 June 1952 [1]
Legislative Council
<< 19491955 >>

Enrolled voters1,395,460
Votes cast994,192 Turnout 71.2+23.3
Informal votes22,595Informal2.3+0.8
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeats
won
Seats
held
  Liberal and Country 361,73337.2−5.9110
  Labor 361,01337.2+15.21115
  Country 106,86411.0−17.448
 Other141,98714.6+7.011
Total971,597  1734

Retiring Members

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 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 HarveyMac 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 PennellHarold 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

Results by province

Ballarat

1952 Victorian Legislative Council election: Ballarat Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Jack Jones 30,43158.4+58.4
Liberal and Country James Kittson 21,71241.6-7.2
Total formal votes52,14399.2+0.6
Informal votes4360.8-0.6
Turnout 52,57994.8+10.8
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing N/A

Bendigo

1952 Victorian Legislative Council election: Bendigo Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Arthur Smith 30,24055.6+55.6
Liberal and Country George Lansell 24,18644.4-17.0
Total formal votes54,42699.2+0.1
Informal votes4330.8-0.1
Turnout 54,85994.4+10.5
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing N/A

Doutta Galla

1952 Victorian Legislative Council election: Doutta Galla Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Paul Jones unopposed
Labor hold Swing

East Yarra

1952 Victorian Legislative Council election: East Yarra Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Clifden Eager 62,12057.9+57.9
Liberal and Country George Hannan 45,24342.1N/A
Total formal votes107,36395.8
Informal votes4,7254.2
Turnout 112,08891.6
Independent gain from Liberal and Country Swing N/A

Gippsland

1952 Victorian Legislative Council election: Gippsland Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Henry Harvey26,95846.0+46.0
Country Trevor Harvey 18,23331.1-28.2
Liberal and Country Mac Steward13,37922.8-17.9
Total formal votes58,57098.8+0.4
Informal votes7991.2-0.4
Turnout 59,36991.2+12.0
Two-party-preferred result
Country Trevor Harvey 30,00551.2-8.1
Labor Henry Harvey28,56548.8+48.8
Country hold Swing N/A

Higinbotham

1952 Victorian Legislative Council election: Higinbotham Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Arthur Warner 59,95758.7N/A
Independent Grace Stratton42,17441.3+41.3
Total formal votes102,13197.2
Informal votes2,9412.8
Turnout 105,07290.2
Liberal and Country hold Swing N/A

Melbourne

1952 Victorian Legislative Council election: Melbourne Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Pat Sheehy unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Melbourne North

1952 Victorian Legislative Council election: Melbourne North Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Archibald Fraser unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Melbourne West

1952 Victorian Legislative Council election: Melbourne West Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bert Bailey 80,86288.8N/A
Communist Alexander Dobbin10,25311.2+11.2
Total formal votes91,11595.5
Informal votes4,2584.5
Turnout 95,37391.7
Labor hold Swing N/A

Monash

1952 Victorian Legislative Council election: Monash Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Thomas Brennan 53,71653.1+53.1
Liberal and Country Alfred Wilde47,40446.9-11.5
Total formal votes101,12098.4+1.1
Informal votes1,6311.6-1.1
Turnout 102,75189.7+20.3
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing N/A

Northern

1952 Victorian Legislative Council election: Northern Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Dudley Walters 26,90559.3+8.1
Liberal and Country Wollaston Heily 18,43640.7-8.1
Total formal votes45,34197.6-1.6
Informal votes1,1052.4+1.6
Turnout 46,44693.8+13.0
Country hold Swing +8.1

North-Eastern

1952 Victorian Legislative Council election: North-Eastern Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Ivan Swinburne 26,73963.6+9.3
Liberal and Country Robert Vroland15,30636.4-9.3
Total formal votes42,04597.3-1.4
Informal votes1,1622.7+1.4
Turnout 43,20792.5+11.8
Country hold Swing +9.3

North-Western

1952 Victorian Legislative Council election: North-Western Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Percy Byrnes 29,00768.7+10.1
Liberal and Country Robert Linton13,22931.3-10.1
Total formal votes42,24698.4-0.6
Informal votes6771.6+0.6
Turnout 42,91394.3+12.6
Country hold Swing +10.1

Southern

1952 Victorian legislative council election: Southern Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Roy Rawson 45,41352.8+52.8
Liberal and Country Albert Pennell34,14339.7N/A
Independent Harold Harvie6,4997.6+7.6
Total formal votes86,05698.0
Informal votes1,7732.0
Turnout 87,82992.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Roy Rawson 55.8N/A
Liberal and Country Albert Pennell44.2N/A
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing N/A

South-Eastern

1952 Victorian Legislative Council election: South Eastern Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor George Tilley 36,96847.6+47.6
Liberal and Country John Rossiter 24,54331.6-33.1
Independent Cyril Isaac 16,22720.9+20.9
Total formal votes77,73898.1-0.3
Informal votes1,4731.9+0.3
Turnout 79,21192.2+19.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor George Tilley 39,21750.4+50.4
Liberal and Country John Rossiter 38,52149.6-15.1
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing N/A

South Western

1952 Victorian Legislative Council election: South Western Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Don Ferguson 31,65751.1+51.1
Liberal and Country Edward Montgomery 25,61741.3-10.7
Independent Keith McGarvie 4,7217.6+7.6
Total formal votes61,99598.9+0.1
Informal votes6751.1-0.1
Turnout 62,67093.7+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

Western

1952 Victorian Legislative Council election: Western Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor David Arnott 24,75950.2+50.2
Liberal and Country Robert Rankin 18,57937.7-22.1
Country Ernest Walliker5,98012.1-28.1
Total formal votes49,31899.0-0.1
Informal votes5071.0+0.1
Turnout 49,82594.5+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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References

  1. Carr, Adam. "Victorian Legislative Council election of 21 June 1952". Psephos .