1955 Victorian Legislative Council election

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Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 18 June 1955 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 1955 [1]
Legislative Council
<< 19521958 >>

Enrolled voters1,430,130
Votes cast1,110,951 Turnout 77.7+6.5
Informal votes23,189Informal2.1-0.2
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeats
won
Seats
held
  Labor 423,66338.9+1.7410
  Liberal and Country 331,60930.5–6.7910
  Labor (A-C) 179,31916.5+16.505
  Country 66,8266.1-4.948
 Other86,3457.9−6.701
Total1,087,762  1734

Retiring Members

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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 candidates Labor (A-C) candidatesOther candidates
 
Ballarat LCP Harold Williams Herbert Ludbrook
Bendigo LCP John Murley Thomas Grigg John Brosnan
Doutta Galla Labor Bill Slater Francis Williams
East Yarra LCP Francis Cranston Ewen Cameron Leonora LloydClifden Eager (Ind)
Gippsland Country William MacAulay William Phelan
Higinbotham LCP Lindsay Thompson
Melbourne Labor Fred Thomas Frank McManus
Melbourne North Labor John Galbally Frederick Riley Harold Harvie (Ind)
Melbourne West Labor Buckley Machin Les Coleman
Monash LCP Henry Peagram Charles Gawith
Northern Country Percy Feltham Stephen Donelan (Ind)
Morton Garner (Ind)
James Mosby (Ind)
North Eastern Country Keith Bradbury
North Western Country Arthur Mansell
Southern LCP Arthur Carpenter Gilbert Chandler David Purcell
South Eastern LCP Charles Bridgford James Austin Charles Gartside (VLP)
South Western LCP Edwin Morris Gordon McArthur Michael Findley
Western LCP Roy Cundy Ronald Mack George Fitzgerald Hugh MacLeod (VLP)

Results by province

Ballarat

1955 Victorian Legislative Council election: Ballarat Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Herbert Ludbrook 29,83856.9+15.4
Labor Harold Williams22,57143.1-15.4
Total formal votes52,40999.0-0.2
Informal votes5351.0+0.2
Turnout 52,94494.7-0.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing +15.4

Bendigo

1955 Victorian Legislative Council election: Bendigo Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Thomas Grigg 24,61045.1+0.7
Labor John Murley21,62939.7-15.9
Labor (A-C) John Brosnan8,29715.2+15.2
Total formal votes54,53698.9-0.3
Informal votes5851.1+0.3
Turnout 55,12194.1-0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Thomas Grigg 31,82958.4+14.0
Labor John Murley22,70741.6-14.0
Liberal and Country hold Swing +14.0

Doutta Galla

1955 Victorian Legislative Council election: Doutta Galla Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Slater 68,90570.5N/A
Labor (A-C) Francis Williams28,80029.5+29.5
Total formal votes97,70596.7
Informal votes3,3043.3
Turnout 101,00991.0
Labor hold Swing N/A

East Yarra

1955 Victorian Legislative Council election: East Yarra Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Ewen Cameron 61,41755.2+13.1
Labor Francis Cranston23,70521.3+21.3
Independent Clifden Eager14,97013.5+13.5
Labor (A-C) Leonora Lloyd11,19510.1+10.1
Total formal votes111,28797.9+2.1
Informal votes2,3482.1-2.1
Turnout 113,63591.4-0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Ewen Cameron 65.3+23.2
Labor Francis Cranston34.7+34.7
Liberal and Country hold Swing N/A

Gippsland

1955 Victorian Legislative Council election: Gippsland Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country William MacAulay 43,96372.2+41.1
Labor (A-C) William Phelan16,97327.8+27.8
Total formal votes60,93698.0-0.8
Informal votes1,2302.0+0.8
Turnout 62,16691.0-0.2
Country hold Swing N/A

Higinbotham

1955 Victorian Legislative Council election: Higinbotham Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Lindsay Thompson unopposed
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Melbourne

1955 Victorian Legislative Council election: Melbourne Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Fred Thomas 32,21263.3N/A
Labor (A-C) Frank McManus 18,69136.7+36.7
Total formal votes50,90396.6
Informal votes1,7863.4
Turnout 52,68989.0
Labor hold Swing N/A

Melbourne North

1955 Victorian Legislative Council election: Melbourne North Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Galbally 80,96265.3N/A
Independent Harold Harvie23,41318.9+18.9
Labor (A-C) Frederick Riley 19,59215.8+15.8
Total formal votes123,96797.9
Informal votes2,5902.1
Turnout 126,55793.0
Labor hold Swing N/A

Melbourne West

1955 Victorian Legislative Council election: Melbourne West Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Buckley Machin 63,09869.9-16.9
Labor (A-C) Les Coleman 27,21830.1+30.1
Total formal votes90,31697.3+1.8
Informal votes2,5172.7-1.8
Turnout 92,83392.3+0.6
Labor hold Swing N/A

Monash

1955 Victorian Legislative Council election: Monash Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Charles Gawith 55,56461.5+14.6
Labor Henry Peagram34,79138.5-14.6
Total formal votes90,35598.3-0.1
Informal votes1,5121.7+0.1
Turnout 91,86786.3-3.4
Liberal and Country hold Swing +14.6

Northern

1955 Victorian Legislative Council election: Northern Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Percy Feltham 22,86349.8-9.5
Independent James Mosby11,20124.4+24.4
Independent Morton Gardner6,60114.4+14.4
Independent Stephen Donelan5,28611.5+11.5
Total formal votes45,95196.9-0.7
Informal votes1,4723.1+0.7
Turnout 47,42392.5-1.3
Country Percy Feltham 26,86758.5N/A
Independent James Mosby11,74925.6N/A
Independent Morton Garner7,33516.0N/A
Country hold Swing N/A

North-Eastern

1955 Victorian Legislative Council election: North Eastern Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Keith Bradbury unopposed
Country hold Swing

North Western

1955 Victorian Legislative Council election: North Western Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Arthur Mansell unopposed
Country hold Swing

Southern

1955 Victorian Legislative Council election: Southern Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Gilbert Chandler 57,86252.5+12.8
Labor Arthur Carpenter40,71037.0-15.8
Labor (A-C) David Purcell11,60910.5+10.5
Total formal votes110,18198.4+0.4
Informal votes1,7521.6-0.4
Turnout 111,93391.6-0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Gilbert Chandler 62.0+17.8
Labor Arthur Carpenter38.0-17.8
Liberal and Country hold Swing +17.8

South Eastern

1955 Victorian Legislative Council election: South Eastern Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Charles Bridgford 42,83849.8+18.2
Labor (A-C) James Austin22,88426.6+26.6
Victorian Liberal Charles Gartside 20,25223.6+23.6
Total formal votes85,97497.5-0.6
Informal votes2,2442.5+0.6
Turnout 88,21890.6-1.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal and Country Charles Bridgford 60,87270.8+21.2
Labor (A-C) James Austin25,10229.2+29.2
Liberal and Country hold Swing N/A

South Western

1955 Victorian Legislative Council election: South Western Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Gordon McArthur 34,80253.9+12.6
Labor Edwin Morris19,43030.1-21.0
Labor (A-C) Michael Findley10,39516.1+16.1
Total formal votes64,62798.90.0
Informal votes7391.10.0
Turnout 65,36692.4-1.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Gordon McArthur 68.4+21.4
Labor Edwin Morris31.6-21.4
Liberal and Country hold Swing +21.4

Western

1955 Victorian Legislative Council election: Western Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Ronald Mack 24,67848.8+11.1
Labor Roy Cundy15,65030.9-19.3
Labor (A-C) George Fitzgerald3,66511.2+11.2
Victorian Liberal Hugh MacLeod 4,6229.1+9.1
Total formal votes48,61598.9-0.1
Informal votes5751.1+0.1
Turnout 49,19091.3-3.2
Liberal and Country Ronald Mack 28,17855.7N/A
Labor Roy Cundy16,33032.3N/A
Labor (A-C) George Fitzgerald6,10712.1N/A
Liberal and Country hold Swing N/A

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References

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