1958 Victorian state election

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1958 Victorian state election
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg
  1955 31 May 1958 (1958-5-31) 1961  

All 66 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
34 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Henry Bolte.jpg Ernie Shepherd.jpg Herbert Hyland.jpg
Leader Henry Bolte Ernie Shepherd Herbert Hyland
Party Liberal and Country Labor Country
Leader since3 June 19539 August 195720 April 1955
Leader's seat Hampden Footscray Gippsland South
Last election33 seats20 seats11 seats
Seats won39 seats18 seats9 seats
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 6Decrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 2
Popular vote508,678515,638127,228
Percentage37.18%37.69%9.30%
SwingDecrease2.svg 0.60Increase2.svg 5.12Decrease2.svg 0.24
TPP 57.76%42.24%
TPP swingDecrease2.svg 0.16Increase2.svg 0.16

Premier before election

Henry Bolte
Liberal and Country

Elected Premier

Henry Bolte
Liberal and Country

Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 31 May 1958 to elect the 66 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. This was the last time Assembly elections were held separately from those for the Legislative Council.

Contents

The Liberal and Country Party (LCP) government of Premier Henry Bolte won a second term in office.

Results

Legislative Assembly

Victorian state election, 31 May 1958 [1]
Legislative Assembly
<< 19551961 >>

Enrolled voters1,478,065
Votes cast1,392,813 Turnout 94.23+0.21
Informal votes24,760Informal1.78-0.42
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeatsChange
  Labor 515,63837.69+5.1218−2
  Liberal and Country 508,67837.18-0.6039+6
  Democratic Labor 197,38014.43+1.820−1
  Country 127,2289.30-0.249−2
  Independent 17,7701.30-2.230−1
 Other1,3590.10-0.400±0
Total1,368,053  66 
Two-party-preferred
  Liberal and Country 790,14957.8–0.1
  Labor 577,90442.2+0.1

Seats changing party representation

There was a redistribution across Victoria prior to this election. The seat changes are as follows.

Abolished seats

SeatIncumbent memberParty
Ascot Vale Ernie Shepherd  Labor
Carlton Denis Lovegrove  Labor
Caulfield East Alexander Fraser  Liberal and Country
Collingwood Bill Towers  Labor
Pascoe Vale Arthur Drakeford  Labor
Port Melbourne Archie Todd  Labor

New seats

SeatPartyElected member
Essendon  Liberal and Country Kenneth Wheeler
Fitzroy  Labor Denis Lovegrove
Mulgrave  Liberal and Country Ray Wiltshire
Ormond  Liberal and Country Joe Rafferty
Ringwood  Liberal and Country Jim Manson
Yarraville  Labor Roy Schintler

Seats changing hands

SeatIncumbent memberPartyNew memberParty
Bendigo John Stanistreet  Liberal and Country Bill Galvin  Labor
Coburg Charlie Mutton  Independent Charlie Mutton  Labor
Evelyn Phillip Connell  Labor Russell Stokes  Liberal and Country
Geelong West Colin MacDonald  Labor Max Gillett  Liberal and Country
Richmond Frank Scully  Democratic Labor Bill Towers  Labor

See also

References

  1. Election held on 31 May 1958, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).