Results of the 1945 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly)

Last updated September 01, 2024

Victorian state election, 10 November 1945^[1]^[2] Legislative Assembly << 1943–1947 >> Contents Results by electoral district Albert Park Allandale Ballarat Barwon Benalla Benambra Bendigo Borung Box Hill Brighton Brunswick Camberwell Carlton Caulfield Clifton Hill Coburg Collingwood Dandenong Dundas Elsternwick Essendon Evelyn Footscray Geelong Gippsland East Gippsland North Gippsland South Gippsland West Glen Iris Goulburn Grant Hampden Hawthorn Ivanhoe Kew Korong Malvern Melbourne Mentone Mernda Midlands Mildura Moonee Ponds Mornington Murray Valley Northcote Oakleigh Polwarth Portland Port Melbourne Prahran Preston Rainbow Richmond Ripon Rodney Scoresby Shepparton St Kilda Sunshine Swan Hill Toorak Warrnambool Williamstown Wonthaggi See also References
Enrolled voters		1,019,063
Votes cast		896,561		Turnout	87.98	+0.98
Informal votes		18,689		Informal	2.08	−0.51
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	360,079	41.02	+4.89	31	+9
	Country	163,940	18.67	+5.64	18	±0
	Liberal	180,046	20.51	−2.56	10	−3
	Independent	92,097	10.49	−11.40	3	−2
	Ministerial Liberal	29,276	3.33	+3.33	3	+3
	Independent Liberal VIC	27,351	3.12	+3.12	0	±0
	Communist	25,083	2.86	−1.65	0	±0
Total		877,872			65

This is a list of electoral district results for the Victorian 1945 election.

Results by electoral district

Albert Park

1945 Victorian state election: Albert Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Frank Crean	7,227	34.9
	Ministerial Liberal	William Haworth	6,333	30.6
	Liberal	John Rasmussen	3,638	17.6
	Independent Socialist	James Coull	3,514	17.0
Total formal votes			20,712	96.1
Informal votes			842	3.9
Turnout			21,554	84.8
After distribution of preferences
	Labor	Frank Crean	10,390	50.2
	Ministerial Liberal	William Haworth	6,574	31.7
	Liberal	John Rasmussen	3,748	18.1
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing

Preferences were not distributed to completion.

Allandale

1945 Victorian state election: Allandale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Patrick Denigan	6,257	48.5
	Country	Russell White	3,965	30.7
	Liberal	Albert Woodward	2,692	20.8
Total formal votes			12,914	99.1
Informal votes			117	0.9
Turnout			13,031	90.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Russell White	6,498	50.3
	Labor	Patrick Denigan	6,416	49.7
	Country gain from Labor		Swing

Ballarat

1945 Victorian state election: Ballarat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Thomas Hollway	9,884	52.6
	Labor	Stanley Glover	7,850	41.8
	Communist	Albert Black	1,036	5.5
Total formal votes			18,770	98.5
Informal votes			281	1.5
Turnout			19,051	91.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

Preferences were not distributed.

Barwon

1945 Victorian state election: Barwon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Don Ferguson	4,291	34.3
	Ministerial Liberal	Thomas Maltby	3,557	28.4
	Country	James Henderson	2,605	20.8
	Liberal	Robert Shirra	2,068	16.5
Total formal votes			12,521	98.3
Informal votes			213	1.7
Turnout			12,734	89.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Ministerial Liberal	Thomas Maltby	7,511	60.0
	Labor	Don Ferguson	5,010	40.0
	Ministerial Liberal gain from Liberal		Swing

Benalla

1945 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Frederick Cook	6,125	54.7
	Country	Percy Johnson	5,077	45.3
Total formal votes			11,202	97.5
Informal votes			288	2.5
Turnout			11,490	88.8
	Country hold		Swing

Benambra

1945 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Roy Paton	5,949	56.7
	Labor	Charles Pollard	4,537	43.3
Total formal votes			10,486	99.3
Informal votes			78	0.7
Turnout			10,564	85.9
	Country hold		Swing

Bendigo

1945 Victorian state election: Bendigo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Galvin	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Borung

1945 Victorian state election: Borung
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Arthur Ackland	3,680	31.8
	Country	Wilfred Mibus	3,159	27.3
	Independent Country	Winton Turnbull	2,273	19.7
	Country	Finlay Cameron	1,808	15.6
	Independent	Florence Rodan	645	5.6
Total formal votes			11,565	98.5
Informal votes			172	1.5
Turnout			11,737	90.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Wilfred Mibus	6,794	58.7
	Labor	Arthur Ackland	4,771	41.3
	Country hold		Swing

Box Hill

1945 Victorian state election: Box Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Bob Gray	11,204	51.0
	Liberal	Ronald Emerson	8,287	37.7
	Independent	Ivy Weber	2,490	11.3
Total formal votes			21,981	98.8
Informal votes			259	1.2
Turnout			22,240	88.3
	Labor hold		Swing

Preferences were not distributed.

Brighton

1945 Victorian state election: Brighton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ray Tovell	9,040	40.6
	Labor	Val Doube	6,746	30.3
	Ministerial Liberal	Ian Macfarlan	6,499	29.2
Total formal votes			22,285	98.7
Informal votes			283	1.3
Turnout			22,568	87.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ray Tovell	14,106	62.9
	Labor	Val Doube	8,269	37.1
	Liberal hold		Swing

Brunswick

1945 Victorian state election: Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	James Jewell	16,211	73.0
	Liberal	Alfred Wall	5,991	27.0
Total formal votes			22,202	98.7
Informal votes			300	1.3
Turnout			22,502	87.4
	Labor hold		Swing

Camberwell

1945 Victorian state election: Camberwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Robert Whately	8,775	40.6
	Independent	Walter Fordham	6,542	30.3
	Independent	Dora Nankivell	3,476	16.1
	Ministerial Liberal	Norman Mackay	2,801	13.0
Total formal votes			21,594	97.5
Informal votes			549	2.5
Turnout			22,143	88.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Robert Whately	11,556	53.5
	Independent	Walter Fordham	10,038	46.5
	Liberal hold		Swing

Carlton

1945 Victorian state election: Carlton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Bill Barry	15,862	78.2
	Communist	Gerald O'Day	4,430	21.8
Total formal votes			20,292	92.9
Informal votes			1,554	7.1
Turnout			21,846	85.4
	Labor hold		Swing

Caulfield

1945 Victorian state election: Caulfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Alexander Dennett	12,408	58.2
	Independent	Andrew Hughes	8,925	41.8
Total formal votes			21,333	98.1
Informal votes			415	1.9
Turnout			21,748	86.9
	Liberal gain from Independent		Swing

Clifton Hill

1945 Victorian state election: Clifton Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Jack Cremean	13,115	58.4
	Liberal	Neil McKay	6,271	27.9
	Communist	Kenneth Miller	3,061	13.6
Total formal votes			22,447	97.3
Informal votes			612	2.7
Turnout			23,059	88.3
	Labor hold		Swing

Preferences were not distributed.

Coburg

1945 Victorian state election: Coburg
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent Labor	Charlie Mutton	10,986	52.1
	Labor	Arthur Lewis	5,213	24.7
	Liberal	Allen Bateman	4,899	23.2
Total formal votes			21,098	98.4
Informal votes			341	1.6
Turnout			21,439	87.7
	Independent Labor hold		Swing

Preferences were not distributed.

Collingwood

1945 Victorian state election: Collingwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Tunnecliffe	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Dandenong

1945 Victorian state election: Dandenong
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Frank Field	10,764	52.0
	Liberal	Alexander Caldwell	7,007	33.8
	Independent	Gladys Roberts	2,260	10.9
	Independent Liberal	Clyde Hoffman	670	3.2
Total formal votes			20,701	96.9
Informal votes			656	3.1
Turnout			21,357	89.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Preferences were not distributed.

Dundas

1945 Victorian state election: Dundas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Bill Slater	8,022	65.1
	Country	Arthur Carracher	4,307	34.9
Total formal votes			12,329	98.8
Informal votes			144	1.2
Turnout			12,473	90.4
	Labor hold		Swing

Elsternwick

1945 Victorian state election: Elsternwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John Don	10,019	49.9
	Independent	Karl Dorr	5,357	26.7
	Ministerial Liberal	Roy Schilling	4,880	23.3
Total formal votes			20,056	97.8
Informal votes			456	2.2
Turnout			20,512	88.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	John Don	11,347	56.6
	Independent	Karl Dorr	8,709	43.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

Essendon

1945 Victorian state election: Essendon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Arthur Drakeford Jr.	14,007	63.4
	Liberal	James Dillon	8,073	36.6
Total formal votes			22,080	98.0
Informal votes			442	2.0
Turnout			22,522	89.7
	Labor hold		Swing

Evelyn

1945 Victorian state election: Evelyn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Clifford Wolfe	4,610	39.3
	Ministerial Liberal	William Everard	3,668	31.3
	Liberal	Frank Le Leu	3,445	29.4
Total formal votes			11,723	98.5
Informal votes			175	1.5
Turnout			11,898	87.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Ministerial Liberal	William Everard	6,693	57.1
	Labor	Clifford Wolfe	5,030	42.9
	Ministerial Liberal gain from Liberal		Swing

Footscray

1945 Victorian state election: Footscray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Holland	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Geelong

1945 Victorian state election: Geelong
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fanny Brownbill	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Gippsland East

1945 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Albert Lind	6,812	65.2
	Labor	Reuben Basham	3,638	34.8
Total formal votes			10,450	99.2
Informal votes			87	0.8
Turnout			10,537	87.7
	Country hold		Swing

Gippsland North

1945 Victorian state election: Gippsland North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	James Johns	5,807	50.3
	Country	Bill Fulton	2,728	23.6
	Country	William Moncur	2,499	21.6
	Independent	David White	506	4.4
Total formal votes			11,540	98.5
Informal votes			177	1.5
Turnout			11,717	89.9
	Labor gain from Country		Swing

Preferences were not distributed.

Gippsland South

1945 Victorian state election: Gippsland South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Herbert Hyland	7,788	63.0
	Labor	Cecil Shellew	4,576	37.0
Total formal votes			12,364	99.2
Informal votes			94	0.8
Turnout			12,458	89.7
	Country hold		Swing

Gippsland West

1945 Victorian state election: Gippsland West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Matthew Bennett	6,707	53.9
	Labor	Robert Baker	4,044	32.5
	Independent	George Calderwood	1,687	13.6
Total formal votes			12,438	98.5
Informal votes			193	1.5
Turnout			12,631	87.8
	Country hold		Swing

Glen Iris

1945 Victorian state election: Glen Iris
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Alan Moir	8,305	40.6
	Independent	Ian McLaren	6,223	30.4
	Labor	Thomas Brennan	5,921	29.0
Total formal votes			20,449	98.6
Informal votes			287	1.4
Turnout			20,736	87.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Ian McLaren	11,646	57.0
	Liberal	Alan Moir	8,803	43.0
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing

Goulburn

1945 Victorian state election: Goulburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Joseph Smith	4,970	45.5
	Liberal	Philip Grimwade	2,374	21.7
	Independent Country	Edwin Mackrell	1,822	16.7
	Country	Cyril Davy	1,748	16.0
Total formal votes			10,914	98.9
Informal votes			118	1.1
Turnout			11,032	87.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Joseph Smith	5,664	51.9
	Liberal	Phillip Grimwade	5,250	48.1
	Labor gain from Country		Swing

Grant

1945 Victorian state election: Grant
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Frederick Holden	5,280	42.0
	Labor	Geoffrey Ryan	5,257	41.8
	Liberal	Albert Pennell	2,035	16.2
Total formal votes			12,572	98.7
Informal votes			171	1.3
Turnout			12,743	86.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Frederick Holden	7,123	56.6
	Labor	Geoffrey Ryan	5,449	43.4
	Country hold		Swing

Hampden

1945 Victorian state election: Hampden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Raymond Hyatt	5,458	44.0
	Country	Harold McLennan	2,417	19.5
	Liberal	Henry Bolte	2,317	18.7
	Ministerial Liberal	William Cumming	2,224	17.9
Total formal votes			12,416	98.0
Informal votes			254	2.0
Turnout			12,670	89.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Raymond Hyatt	6,506	52.4
	Liberal	Henry Bolte	5,910	47.6
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing

Hawthorn

1945 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Charles Murphy	7,738	35.4
	Liberal	Fred Edmunds	7,139	32.7
	Independent	Leslie Hollins	6,975	31.9
Total formal votes			21,852	98.0
Informal votes			443	2.0
Turnout			22,295	87.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Fred Edmunds	12,062	55.2
	Labor	Charles Murphy	9,790	44.8
	Liberal gain from Independent		Swing

Ivanhoe

1945 Victorian state election: Ivanhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Robert Gardner	10,162	51.0
	Liberal	Maxwell Dunn	9,756	49.0
Total formal votes			19,918	97.9
Informal votes			419	2.1
Turnout			20,337	87.0
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing

Kew

1945 Victorian state election: Kew
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wilfrid Kent Hughes	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Korong

1945 Victorian state election: Korong
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Albert Dunstan	7,662	67.8
	Labor	William Casey	3,647	32.2
Total formal votes			11,309	99.2
Informal votes			91	0.8
Turnout			11,400	88.5
	Country hold		Swing

Malvern

1945 Victorian state election: Malvern
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Trevor Oldham	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Melbourne

1945 Victorian state election: Melbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Hayes	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Mentone

1945 Victorian state election: Mentone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	George White	10,768	49.9
	Liberal	John Warren	7,708	35.7
	Independent	Robert Roberts	3,095	14.4
Total formal votes			21,571	98.4
Informal votes			346	1.6
Turnout			21,917	88.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	George White	11,633	53.9
	Liberal	John Warren	9,938	46.1
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing

Mernda

1945 Victorian state election: Mernda
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Leslie Webster	3,991	34.0
	Labor	Arthur Turtle	3,880	33.1
	Liberal	Arthur Ireland	3,847	32.8
Total formal votes			11,718	98.2
Informal votes			220	1.8
Turnout			11,938	87.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Leslie Webster	6,898	58.9
	Labor	Arthur Turtle	4,820	41.1
	Country hold		Swing

Midlands

1945 Victorian state election: Midlands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Clive Stoneham	7,621	59.6
	Country	Thomas Grigg	5,166	40.4
Total formal votes			12,787	99.3
Informal votes			96	0.7
Turnout			12,883	90.9
	Labor hold		Swing

Mildura

1945 Victorian state election: Mildura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Louis Garlick	4,797	43.7
	Country	Nathaniel Barclay	3,144	28.6
	Independent Country	Albert Allnutt	2,582	23.5
	Country	John Edey	461	4.2
Total formal votes			10,984	97.6
Informal votes			269	2.4
Turnout			11,253	86.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Louis Garlick	5,620	51.2
	Country	Nathaniel Barclay	5,364	48.8
	Labor gain from Independent		Swing

Moonee Ponds

1945 Victorian state election: Moonee Ponds
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Samuel Merrifield	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Mornington

1945 Victorian state election: Mornington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Alfred Kirton	6,205	54.5
	Liberal	Frank Sharpe	5,188	45.5
Total formal votes			11,393	97.1
Informal votes			337	2.9
Turnout			11,730	83.8
	Country hold		Swing

Murray Valley

1945 Victorian state election: Murray Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	John McCabe	4,679	40.9
	Country	George Moss	4,224	36.9
	Independent Country	Percy Snowden	2,551	22.3
Total formal votes			11,454	98.8
Informal votes			137	1.2
Turnout			11,591	85.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	George Moss	6,263	54.7
	Labor	John McCabe	5,191	45.3
	Country hold		Swing

Northcote

1945 Victorian state election: Northcote
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Cain	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Oakleigh

1945 Victorian state election: Oakleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Squire Reid	13,683	63.2
	Liberal	James Smith	7,959	36.8
Total formal votes			21,649	98.9
Informal votes			229	1.1
Turnout			21,871	89.6
	Labor hold		Swing

Polwarth

1945 Victorian state election: Polwarth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Edward Guye	7,625	62.6
	Labor	Thomas Carmody	4,555	37.4
Total formal votes			12,180	99.1
Informal votes			111	0.9
Turnout			12,291	89.4
	Country hold		Swing

Portland

1945 Victorian state election: Portland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Robert Holt	6,913	54.5
	Country	Harry Hedditch	5,779	45.5
Total formal votes			12,692	99.5
Informal votes			66	0.5
Turnout			12,758	90.8
	Labor gain from Country		Swing

Port Melbourne

1945 Victorian state election: Port Melbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Tom Corrigan	16,777	76.4
	Communist	Ralph Gibson	5,177	23.6
Total formal votes			21,954	95.3
Informal votes			1,076	4.7
Turnout			23,030	86.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Prahran

1945 Victorian state election: Prahran
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Bill Quirk	11,949	53.4
	Liberal	Peter Isaacson	8,977	40.1
	Independent Labor	Arthur Jackson	1,459	6.5
Total formal votes			22,385	97.8
Informal votes			495	2.2
Turnout			22,880	85.6
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing

Preferences were not distributed.

Preston

1945 Victorian state election: Preston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	William Ruthven	10,200	47.3
	Ministerial Liberal	Henry Zwar	9,779	45.3
	Independent	Albert Davis	1,590	7.4
Total formal votes			21,569	98.5
Informal votes			335	1.5
Turnout			21,904	91.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	William Ruthven	10,856	50.3
	Ministerial Liberal	Henry Zwar	10,713	49.7
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing

Rainbow

1945 Victorian state election: Rainbow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Keith Dodgshun	7,156	63.9
	Labor	John Tripovich	4,042	36.1
Total formal votes			11,198	99.4
Informal votes			65	0.6
Turnout			11,263	89.2
	Country hold		Swing

Richmond

1945 Victorian state election: Richmond
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Stan Keon	16,621	75.9
	Communist	Bart Flannagan	5,288	24.1
Total formal votes			21,909	94.0
Informal votes			1,402	6.0
Turnout			23,311	86.6
	Labor hold		Swing

Ripon

1945 Victorian state election: Ripon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Ernie Morton	6,424	51.6
	Country	Alec McDonald	6,031	48.4
Total formal votes			12,455	99.4
Informal votes			69	0.6
Turnout			12,524	90.0
	Labor gain from Country		Swing

Rodney

1945 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Richard Brose	4,803	38.3
	Labor	George White	3,941	31.5
	Country	Wollaston Heily	2,370	18.9
	Independent	Morton Garner	1,416	11.3
Total formal votes			12,530	98.8
Informal votes			157	1.2
Turnout			12,687	90.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Richard Brose	7,867	62.8
	Labor	George White	4,663	37.2
	Country hold		Swing

Scoresby

1945 Victorian state election: Scoresby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Knox	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Shepparton

1945 Victorian state election: Shepparton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	John McDonald	8,116	63.0
	Labor	Frederick Hargreaves	4,775	37.0
Total formal votes			12,891	99.3
Informal votes			91	0.7
Turnout			12,982	87.9
	Country hold		Swing

St Kilda

1945 Victorian state election: St Kilda
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	George Dethbridge	9,326	44.8
	Ministerial Liberal	Archie Michaelis	6,229	29.9
	Liberal	Leslie Lord	5,284	25.3
Total formal votes			20,839	97.5
Informal votes			534	2.5
Turnout			21,373	86.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Ministerial Liberal	Archie Michaelis	10,532	50.5
	Labor	George Dethbridge	10,307	49.5
	Ministerial Liberal gain from Liberal		Swing

Sunshine

1945 Victorian state election: Sunshine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernie Shepherd	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Swan Hill

1945 Victorian state election: Swan Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent Country	John Hipworth	4,515	39.5
	Labor	William Kent	3,493	30.5
	Country	Francis Old	3,429	30.0
Total formal votes			11,437	98.2
Informal votes			208	1.8
Turnout			11,645	86.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Independent Country	John Hipworth	6,962	60.9
	Labor	William Kent	4,475	39.1
	Independent Country gain from Country		Swing

Toorak

1945 Victorian state election: Toorak
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Harold Thonemann	5,627	28.3
	Independent Labor	John Smith	4,518	22.8
	Independent Liberal	Robert Hamilton	4,278	21.5
	Independent Labor	Albert Nicholls	3,316	16.7
	Independent Liberal	Charles Kennett	1,348	6.8
	Ministerial Liberal	Robert Bruce	766	3.9
Total formal votes			19,853	93.8
Informal votes			1,303	6.2
Turnout			21,156	82.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent Liberal	Robert Hamilton	11,813	59.5
	Independent Labor	John Smith	8,040	40.5
	Independent Liberal gain from Liberal		Swing

Warrnambool

1945 Victorian state election: Warrnambool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Henry Bailey	6,358	51.6
	Labor	James Farrell	5,973	48.4
Total formal votes			12,331	98.8
Informal votes			143	1.2
Turnout			12,474	89.9
	Country hold		Swing

Williamstown

1945 Victorian state election: Williamstown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	John Lemmon	11,421	51.1
	Communist	Alexander Dobbin	6,091	27.3
	Liberal	William Gray	4,828	21.6
Total formal votes			22,340	98.3
Informal votes			381	1.7
Turnout			22,721	89.9
	Labor hold		Swing

Preferences were not distributed.

Wonthaggi

1945 Victorian state election: Wonthaggi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	William McKenzie	7,589	57.3
	Country	Alexander Shackleford	5,658	42.7
Total formal votes			13,247	99.2
Informal votes			108	0.8
Turnout			13,355	89.9
	Labor hold		Swing

References

↑ Election held on 10 November 1945, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).
↑ Colin A Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890-1964, Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968 ( ISBN 0708102700).

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[1] Election held on 10 November 1945, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).

[2] Colin A Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890-1964, Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968 ( ISBN 0708102700).

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