Candidates of the 1955 Victorian state election

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The 1955 Victorian state election was held on 28 May 1955.

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Seat changes

There was a redistribution of boundaries in 1955. In consequence:

Retiring Members

Labor

Country

Legislative Assembly

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.

ElectorateHeld by Labor candidates LCP candidates Country candidates Labor (A-C) candidatesOther candidates
Albert Park Labor Keith Sutton Thomas MerrettAlbert Jones
Ascot Vale Labor Ernie Shepherd George EvansPaul Gunn
Ballarat North Country Jack SmethurstArthur Nicholson Russell White Thomas Lane
Ballarat South Labor John Sheehan Gordon Scott Alfred Purdue
Balwyn LCP Florence Rodan Alex Taylor
Benalla Country Jack Pennington Frederick Cook Ernest Straughair
Benambra Country Norman Attree Tom Mitchell William FindlayJames Prendergast (Ind CP)
Bendigo Labor Bill Galvin John Stanistreet Norman OliverArthur Cook
Box Hill Labor Bob Gray George Reid Maurice WestonLeslie Bawden (HGJP)
Leslie McCredden (Ind)
Brighton VLP John Rossiter Marcella Sullivan (Ind Lab)
Ray Tovell (VLP)
Broadmeadows Labor Joseph Smith Harry Kane James Webster
Brunswick East Labor Leo Fennessy Alfred Wall Joseph O'Carroll
Brunswick West Labor Campbell Turnbull Alisa Gaston Peter Randles
Burwood LCP Gwendolyn Noad Jim MacDonald William MahoneyIvan Robinson (HGJP)
Camberwell LCP Barry Jones Robert Whately
Carlton Labor Denis Lovegrove Francis Michaelson Bill Barry John Prescott (CPA)
Caulfield VLP Joe Rafferty Alexander Dennett (VLP)
Caulfield East LCP Robert Flanagan Alexander Fraser Bernard Tarpey
Coburg Ind Labor Donald AbernethyKevin Hayes Charlie Mutton (Ind Lab)
Collingwood Labor Bill Towers Martha YuilleWilliam Livy
Dandenong Labor John Tripovich Ray Wiltshire Reginald Kearney
Dundas Labor Bob McClure William McDonald John O'BrienJohn Peters
Elsternwick VLP Richard Gainey John Don (VLP)
Donald Tottey (Ind Lab)
Evelyn Labor Phillip Connell Arthur Ireland Michael Lucy
Flemington Labor Jack Holland John Hayes
Footscray Labor Roy Schintler George PunshonWilliam Lloyd
Geelong Labor George Poyser Thomas Maltby Norman MacKay (Ind)
Charles Plummer (VLP)
Geelong West Labor Colin MacDonald Geoffrey Thom James MahoneyJames Dowsett (Ind)
James Dunn (Ind)
Gippsland East Country Sir Albert Lind Frank Burns
Gippsland South Country Sir Herbert Hyland
Gippsland West Country Colin Ferres Leslie Cochrane Walter Doig (CPA)
Grant Labor Roy Crick Max Gillett Leslie D'Arcy
Hampden LCP Ernie Morton Henry Bolte
Hawthorn Labor Jack Poke Jim Manson Charles Murphy William Pitt (HGJP)
Ivanhoe Labor David Walker Vernon Christie John O'Dwyer
Kara Kara LCP Keith Turnbull Ian McCann
Kew LCP Norman Williams Arthur Rylah Ralph Gibson (CPA)
Lowan LCP Wilfred Mibus Griffith Perkins
Malvern LCP John Bloomfield Mascotte Brown (VLP)
Melbourne Labor Arthur Clarey Alan Etherington Tom Hayes
Mentone Labor Alfred O'Connor Edward Meagher George White
Midlands Labor Clive Stoneham James MactierAlexander Lee
Mildura Labor Alan Lind Nathaniel Barclay
Moonee Ponds Labor Samuel Merrifield Jack Holden Harold Hilbert
Moorabbin Labor Les Coates Bob Suggett Edward White William Dawnay-Mould (VLP)
Mornington LCP William Leggatt Fred Jarman (VLP)
Morwell Labor Hector Stoddart Jim Balfour George PurvisGordon Green
Murray Valley Country Kenneth Lenne George Moss Stewart Morvell
Northcote Labor John Cain Neil McKayDavid Woodhouse
Oakleigh Labor Val Doube Max Fox Donald Murray
Pascoe Vale Labor Arthur Drakeford Rudolph Reid George Fewster Lancelot Hutchinson (HGJP)
Colin Portway (Ind)
Polwarth LCP Phillip Denning Edward Guye Ronald Harris
Portland Labor Malcolm Gladman George Gibbs Cyril BrimblecombeWilliam O'Sullivan
Port Melbourne Labor Archie Todd John Talbot Stan Corrigan Laurence Troy (CPA)
Prahran Labor Robert Pettiona Sam Loxton James JohnsonLeonard Bennett (Ind)
Preston Labor Charlie Ring Frank Block Thomas Hartnedy
Reservoir Labor William Ruthven Frederick Capp Edmund Morrissey
Richmond Labor Patrick O'ConnellBarry Dove Frank Scully Kenneth Miller (CPA)
Ripponlea VLP Edgar Tanner George Miller Thomas Hollway (VLP)
Ted Laurie (CPA)
Rodney Country Leslie Lord Richard Brose
St Kilda Labor John Bourke Baron Snider Arnold Blashki (VLP)
Sandringham LCP Henry Fowler Murray Porter John RyanAlexander Steele (Ind)
Scoresby LCP Reginald Robertson Sir George Knox
Swan Hill Country Harold Stirling Duncan Douglas (Ind CP)
John Hipworth (Ind Lib)
Toorak LCP Horace Petty George Gahan (Ind Lab)
Geoffrey Kiddle (VLP)
Williamstown Labor Larry Floyd James WilkieHerbert Stackpoole

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