Results of the 1947 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly)

Last updated April 07, 2024

Victorian state election, 8 November 1947^[1]^[2] Legislative Assembly << 1945–1950 >> 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		1,291,515
Votes cast		1,206,815		Turnout	93.44	+5.46
Informal votes		16,102		Informal	1.33	−0.75
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	486,635	40.87	−0.15	17	−14
	Liberal	442,451	37.16	+16.65	27	+17
	Country	177,698	14.92	−4.05	20	+2
	Communist	1,575	0.13	−2.73	0	±0
	Independent	82,354	6.92	−3.57	1	−2
Total		1,190,713			65

This is a list of electoral district results for the Victorian 1947 election.

Results by electoral district

Albert Park

1947 Victorian state election: Albert Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roy Schilling	12,245	51.2	+33.6
	Labor	Frank Crean	11,664	48.8	+13.9
Total formal votes			23,909	99.2	+3.1
Informal votes			199	0.8	-3.1
Turnout			24,108	89.6	+4.8
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Allandale

1947 Victorian state election: Allandale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Russell White	5,911	41.3	+10.6
	Labor	Thomas Powell	4,771	40.3	-8.2
	Liberal	Hector Alcock	2,640	18.4	-2.4
Total formal votes			14,322	99.4	+0.3
Informal votes			79	0.6	-0.3
Turnout			14,401	95.4	+5.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Russell White	8,142	56.8	+6.5
	Labor	Thomas Powell	6,180	43.2	-6.5
	Country hold		Swing	+6.5

Ballarat

1947 Victorian state election: Ballarat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Hollway	11,267	54.2	+1.6
	Labor	James Miller	9,516	45.8	+4.0
Total formal votes			20,783	99.2	+0.7
Informal votes			157	0.8	-0.7
Turnout			20,940	95.5	+3.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Barwon

1947 Victorian state election: Barwon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Maltby	9,449	65.7	+49.2
	Labor	Don Ferguson	4,933	34.3	0.0
Total formal votes			14,382	98.9	+0.6
Informal votes			155	1.1	-0.1
Turnout			14,537	94.1	+2.5
	Liberal gain from Independent Liberal		Swing	N/A

Benalla

1947 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Frederick Cook	8,141	67.3	+12.6
	Liberal	Thomas Nolan	3,955	32.7	+32.7
Total formal votes			12,096	96.3	-1.2
Informal votes			467	3.7	+1.2
Turnout			12,563	93.0	+4.2
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Benambra

1947 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Tom Mitchell	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Bendigo

1947 Victorian state election: Bendigo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Galvin	11,618	56.4	-43.6
	Country	Norman Oliver	6,795	33.0	+33.0
	Liberal	Eric Thomson	2,190	10.6	+10.6
Total formal votes			20,603	99.3
Informal votes			140	0.7
Turnout			20,743	95.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Borung

1947 Victorian state election: Borung
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Wilfred Mibus	8,225	64.5	+37.2
	Independent Country	Finlay Cameron	4,521	35.5	+19.9
Total formal votes			12,746	99.1	+0.6
Informal votes			121	0.9	-0.6
Turnout			12,867	96.2	+5.9
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Box Hill

1947 Victorian state election: Box Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Reid	11,260	44.2	+6.5
	Labor	Bob Gray	9,872	38.8	-12.2
	Independent Liberal	Reginald Cooper	4,346	17.1	+17.1
Total formal votes			25,478	99.0	+0.5
Informal votes			267	1.0	-0.5
Turnout			25,745	93.7	+5.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	George Reid	14,885	58.4
	Labor	Bob Gray	10,593	41.6
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Brighton

1947 Victorian state election: Brighton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ray Tovell	16,464	65.2	+24.6
	Independent	Ian Macfarlan	8,795	34.8	+34.8
Total formal votes			25,259	97.5	-1.2
Informal votes			659	2.5	+1.2
Turnout			25,918	93.2	+5.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Brunswick

1947 Victorian state election: Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Jewell	16,253	66.6	-6.4
	Liberal	Alfred Wall	8,137	33.4	+6.4
Total formal votes			24,390	98.5	-0.2
Informal votes			374	1.5	+0.2
Turnout			24,764	94.2	+6.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-6.4

Camberwell

1947 Victorian state election: Camberwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Whately	16,021	67.2	+26.6
	Independent Liberal	Walter Fordham	7,803	32.8	+2.5
Total formal votes			23,824	96.5	-1.0
Informal votes			858	3.5	+1.0
Turnout			24,682	91.8	+3.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+13.7

Carlton

1947 Victorian state election: Carlton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Barry	16,458	67.0	-9.2
	Liberal	Stanley Lang	8,124	33.0	+33.0
Total formal votes			24,582	97.9	+5.0
Informal votes			532	2.1	-5.0
Turnout			25,114	91.9	+6.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Caulfield

1947 Victorian state election: Caulfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alexander Dennett	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Clifton Hill

1947 Victorian state election: Clifton Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Cremean	15,798	63.7	+5.3
	Liberal	Neil McKay	9,002	36.3	+8.4
Total formal votes			24,800	98.8	+1.5
Informal votes			312	1.2	-1.5
Turnout			25,112	93.2	+4.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Coburg

1947 Victorian state election: Coburg
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Blackburn-Mutton Labor	Charlie Mutton	9,223	38.5	-13.6
	Liberal	Walter Perse	7,859	32.8	+9.6
	Labor	George Henderson	6,850	28.6	+5.4
Total formal votes			23,932	98.7	+0.3
Informal votes			325	1.3	-0.3
Turnout			24,257	94.7	+7.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Blackburn-Mutton Labor	Charlie Mutton	15,630	65.3
	Liberal	Walter Perse	8,302	34.7
	Blackburn-Mutton Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Collingwood

1947 Victorian state election: Collingwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Towers	17,690	73.4	-26.6
	Liberal	William Boughton	6,420	26.6	+26.6
Total formal votes			24,110	97.4
Informal votes			653	2.6
Turnout			24,763	91.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Dandenong

1947 Victorian state election: Dandenong
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Dawnay-Mould	12,149	47.4	+13.6
	Labor	Frank Field	11,265	43.9	-8.1
	Country	Alexander Caldwell	2,231	8.7	+8.7
Total formal votes			25,645	98.6	+1.7
Informal votes			375	1.4	-1.7
Turnout			26,020	94.1	+5.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	William Dawnay-Mould	14,142	55.1
	Labor	Frank Field	11,503	44.9
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Dundas

1947 Victorian state election: Dundas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William McDonald	7,812	55.4	+20.5
	Labor	Bill Slater	6,287	44.6	-20.5
Total formal votes			14,099	99.6	+0.8
Informal votes			53	0.4	-0.8
Turnout			14,152	96.1	+5.7
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+20.5

Elsternwick

1947 Victorian state election: Elsternwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Don	14,256	64.2	+14.3
	Labor	Gregory Gowans	7,955	35.8	+35.8
Total formal votes			22,211	99.3	+1.5
Informal votes			159	0.7	-1.5
Turnout			22,370	91.8	+3.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Essendon

1947 Victorian state election: Essendon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Allen Bateman	12,776	50.6	+14.0
	Labor	Arthur Drakeford	12,464	49.4	-14.0
Total formal votes			25,240	98.9	+0.9
Informal votes			288	1.1	-0.9
Turnout			25,528	94.8	+5.1
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+14.0

Evelyn

1947 Victorian state election: Evelyn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Everard	8,656	60.9	+31.5
	Labor	Roderick Leeson	5,074	35.7	-3.6
	Independent Country	Patrick McKie	474	3.3	+3.3
Total formal votes			14,204	98.5	0.0
Informal votes			213	1.5	0.0
Turnout			14,417	93.3	+5.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Footscray

1947 Victorian state election: Footscray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Holland	17,370	71.9	-28.1
	Liberal	William Massey	6,782	28.1	+28.1
Total formal votes			24,152	98.8
Informal votes			286	1.2
Turnout			24,438	92.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Geelong

1947 Victorian state election: Geelong
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fanny Brownbill	11,852	57.9	-42.1
	Liberal	Edward Montgomery	8,623	42.1	+42.1
Total formal votes			20,475	99.3
Informal votes			152	0.7
Turnout			20,627	94.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Gippsland East

1947 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Albert Lind	8,376	71.5	+6.3
	Labor	Thomas Parkinson	3,333	28.5	-6.3
Total formal votes			11,789	99.3	+0.1
Informal votes			77	0.7	-0.1
Turnout			11,786	93.6	+5.9
	Country hold		Swing	+6.3

Gippsland North

1947 Victorian state election: Gippsland North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Bill Fulton	6,880	52.2	+28.6
	Labor	James Johns	6,304	47.8	-2.5
Total formal votes			13,184	99.3	+0.8
Informal votes			97	0.7	-0.8
Turnout			13,281	94.2
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Gippsland South

1947 Victorian state election: Gippsland South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Herbert Hyland	9,648	69.2	+6.2
	Labor	Percy Vagg	4,294	30.8	-6.2
Total formal votes			13,942	99.2	0.0
Informal votes			105	0.8	0.0
Turnout			14,047	95.1	+5.4
	Country hold		Swing	+6.2

Gippsland West

1947 Victorian state election: Gippsland West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Matthew Bennett	6,636	46.5	-7.4
	Liberal	Basil Morris	4,047	28.3	+28.3
	Labor	Fred Rush	3,599	25.2	-7.3
Total formal votes			14,282	99.2	+0.7
Informal votes			121	0.8	-0.7
Turnout			14,403	93.2	+5.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Matthew Bennett	8,118	56.8
	Liberal	Basil Morris	6,164	43.2
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Glen Iris

1947 Victorian state election: Glen Iris
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Les Norman	14,190	61.2	+20.6
	Independent	Ian McLaren	8,991	38.8	+8.4
Total formal votes			23,181	99.1	+0.5
Informal votes			211	0.9	-0.5
Turnout			23,392	93.5	+5.6
	Liberal gain from Independent		Swing	+18.2

Goulburn

1947 Victorian state election: Goulburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joseph Smith	5,632	45.1	-0.4
	Liberal	Philip Grimwade	3,811	30.5	+8.8
	Country	Cyril Davy	3,045	24.4	+8.4
Total formal votes			12,488	99.2	+0.3
Informal votes			101	0.8	-0.3
Turnout			12,589	93.9	+6.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Philip Grimwade	6,655	53.3	+5.2
	Labor	Joseph Smith	5,833	46.7	-5.2
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+5.2

Grant

1947 Victorian state election: Grant
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Horace Hughes	5,637	40.4	-1.4
	Country	Frederick Holden	4,573	32.7	-9.3
	Liberal	Tom Austin	3,756	26.9	+10.7
Total formal votes			13,966	98.9	+0.2
Informal votes			157	1.1	-0.2
Turnout			14,123	93.4	+6.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Frederick Holden	8,105	58.0	+1.4
	Labor	Horace Hughes	5,861	42.0	-1.4
	Country hold		Swing	+1.4

Hampden

1947 Victorian state election: Hampden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Bolte	6,796	49.9	+31.2
	Labor	Raymond Hyatt	5,700	41.9	-2.1
	Independent Country	Alfred Matthey	1,114	8.2	+8.2
Total formal votes			13,610	99.3	+1.3
Informal votes			93	0.7	-1.3
Turnout			13,703	95.0	+5.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Henry Bolte	7,722	56.7	+9.1
	Labor	Raymond Hyatt	5,888	43.3	-9.1
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+9.1

Hawthorn

1947 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Fred Edmunds	12,296	51.8	+19.1
	Labor	Charles Murphy	8,337	35.2	-0.2
	Independent	Leslie Hollins	3,088	13.0	-18.9
Total formal votes			23,721	98.8	+0.8
Informal votes			293	1.2	-0.8
Turnout			24,014	93.2	+5.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Ivanhoe

1947 Victorian state election: Ivanhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rupert Curnow	14,971	61.7	+12.7
	Independent	Robert Gardner	8,613	35.5	-15.5
	Independent Liberal	Leighton Weber	677	2.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			24,261	98.8	+0.9
Informal votes			283	1.2	-0.9
Turnout			24,544	93.1	+6.1
	Liberal gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Kew

1947 Victorian state election: Kew
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wilfrid Kent Hughes	16,528	71.2	-28.8
	Labor	Rupert Purchase	6,694	28.8	+28.8
Total formal votes			23,222	99.1
Informal votes			204	0.9
Turnout			23,426	90.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Korong

1947 Victorian state election: Korong
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Albert Dunstan	8,715	71.1	+3.3
	Labor	Ernest Duus	3,547	28.9	-3.3
Total formal votes			12,262	99.4	+0.2
Informal votes			70	0.6	-0.2
Turnout			12,332	94.9	+6.4
	Country hold		Swing	+3.3

Malvern

1947 Victorian state election: Malvern
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Trevor Oldham	13,001	63.0	-37.0
	Independent Liberal	Andrew Sinclair	4,703	22.8	+22.8
	Independent	Mascotte Brown	2,984	14.2	+14.2
Total formal votes			20,648	95.3
Informal votes			1,025	4.7
Turnout			21,673	90.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Melbourne

1947 Victorian state election: Melbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Hayes	13,642	59.8	-40.2
	Liberal	George Crowther	9,189	40.2	+40.2
Total formal votes			22,831	97.2
Informal votes			647	2.8
Turnout			23,478	88.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Mentone

1947 Victorian state election: Mentone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harry Drew	13,940	52.6	+16.9
	Labor	George White	12,549	47.4	-2.5
Total formal votes			26,489	99.3	+0.9
Informal votes			192	0.7	-0.9
Turnout			26,681	94.1	+5.3
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+6.5

Mernda

1947 Victorian state election: Mernda
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Ireland	5,042	39.2	+6.4
	Independent Labor	Jack Gill	4,280	31.6	+31.6
	Country	Leslie Webster	4,223	31.2	-2.9
Total formal votes			13,545	98.6	+0.4
Informal votes			186	1.4	-0.4
Turnout			13,731	92.5	+5.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Arthur Ireland	8,857	65.4	+65.4
	Independent Labor	Jack Gill	4,688	34.6	+34.6
	Liberal gain from Country		Swing	N/A

Midlands

1947 Victorian state election: Midlands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clive Stoneham	7,040	50.2	-9.4
	Country	Thomas Grigg	6,979	49.8	+9.4
Total formal votes			14,019	99.4	+0.1
Informal votes			91	0.6	-0.1
Turnout			14,110	95.9	+5.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-9.4

Mildura

1947 Victorian state election: Mildura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Nathaniel Barclay	6,947	52.0	+23.4
	Labor	Louis Garlick	6,421	48.0	+4.3
Total formal votes			13,368	99.2	+1.6
Informal votes			103	0.8	-1.6
Turnout			13,471	93.6	+7.6
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	+3.2

Moonee Ponds

1947 Victorian state election: Moonee Ponds
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Samuel Merrifield	13,982	54.8	-45.2
	Liberal	Wallace Crichton	11,534	45.2	+45.2
Total formal votes			25,516	99.1
Informal votes			229	0.9
Turnout			25,745	94.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Mornington

1947 Victorian state election: Mornington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Leggatt	7,854	52.9	+7.4
	Labor	Bertram Maslen	4,292	28.9	+28.9
	Country	Eric Rundle	2,692	18.1	-36.4
Total formal votes			14,838	99.0	+1.9
Informal votes			144	1.0	-1.9
	Liberal gain from Country		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Murray Valley

1947 Victorian state election: Murray Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	George Moss	8,003	61.0	+24.1
	Labor	Neil Stewart	5,117	39.0	-1.9
Total formal votes			13,120	99.2	+0.4
Informal votes			104	0.8	-0.4
Turnout			13,224	93.0	+7.5
	Country hold		Swing	+6.3

Northcote

1947 Victorian state election: Northcote
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Cain	15,618	63.8	-36.2
	Liberal	Jack McColl	8,853	36.2	+36.2
Total formal votes			24,471	99.0
Informal votes			248	1.0
Turnout			24,719	95.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Oakleigh

1947 Victorian state election: Oakleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Lechte	12,630	51.1	+14.3
	Labor	Squire Reid	12,085	48.9	-14.3
Total formal votes			24,715	99.3	+0.4
Informal votes			180	0.7	-0.4
Turnout			24,895	94.9	+5.3
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+14.3

Polwarth

1947 Victorian state election: Polwarth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Edward Guye	9,028	66.9	+4.3
	Labor	Edwin Morris	4,462	33.1	-4.3
Total formal votes			13,490	99.4	+0.3
Informal votes			79	0.6	-0.3
Turnout			13,569	95.1	+5.7
	Country hold		Swing	+4.3

Portland

1947 Victorian state election: Portland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robert Holt	6,576	47.5	-7.0
	Country	Harry Hedditch	4,100	29.6	-15.9
	Liberal	James Lindsey	3,161	22.8	+22.8
Total formal votes			13,837	99.2	-0.3
Informal votes			115	0.8	+0.3
Turnout			13,952	95.8	+5.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Harry Hedditch	6,994	50.5	+5.0
	Labor	Robert Holt	6,843	49.5	-5.0
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	+5.0

Port Melbourne

1947 Victorian state election: Port Melbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Corrigan	17,446	68.9	-7.5
	Liberal	Stanley Evans	6,315	24.9	+24.9
	Communist	Ralph Gibson	1,575	6.2	-17.4
Total formal votes			25,336	97.6	+2.3
Informal votes			622	2.4	-2.3
Turnout			25,958	93.0	+6.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Prahran

1947 Victorian state election: Prahran
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Quirk	12,329	50.2	-3.2
	Liberal	Martin Smith	12,238	49.8	+9.7
Total formal votes			24,567	98.9	+1.1
Informal votes			280	1.1	-1.1
Turnout			24,847	90.8	+5.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Preston

1947 Victorian state election: Preston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Ruthven	14,221	57.0	+9.7
	Liberal	Frederick Lee	10,727	43.0	+43.0
Total formal votes			24,948	99.3	+0.8
Informal votes			174	0.7	-0.8
Turnout			25,122	95.6	+4.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Rainbow

1947 Victorian state election: Rainbow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Keith Dodgshun	9,256	77.9	+14.0
	Labor	Raymond Peake	2,621	22.1	-14.0
Total formal votes			11,877	99.5	+0.1
Informal votes			59	0.5	-0.1
Turnout			11,936	95.3	+6.1
	Country hold		Swing	+14.0

Richmond

1947 Victorian state election: Richmond
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Stan Keon	18,233	73.0	-2.9
	Liberal	Roland Leckie	6,736	27.0	+27.0
Total formal votes			24,969	98.2	+4.2
Informal votes			465	1.8	-4.2
Turnout			25,434	94.1	+7.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Ripon

1947 Victorian state election: Ripon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernie Morton	6,338	46.1	-5.5
	Liberal	Rutherford Guthrie	4,103	29.8	+29.8
	Country	Leonard Rodda	3,319	24.1	-24.3
Total formal votes			13,760	99.5	+0.1
Informal votes			73	0.5	-0.1
Turnout			13,833	96.3	+6.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Rutherford Guthrie	7,185	52.2	+52.2
	Labor	Ernie Morton	6,575	47.8	-3.8
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Rodney

1947 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Richard Brose	9,269	70.8	+32.5
	Liberal	Morton Garner	3,838	29.2	+29.2
Total formal votes			13,087	95.4	-3.4
Informal votes			628	4.6	+3.4
Turnout			13,087	95.3	+5.3
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Scoresby

1947 Victorian state election: Scoresby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Knox	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Shepparton

1947 Victorian state election: Shepparton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John McDonald	9,861	68.5	+5.5
	Labor	Edward Newman	4,525	31.5	-5.5
Total formal votes			14,386	99.0	-0.3
Informal votes			143	1.0	+0.3
Turnout			14,529	94.1	+6.2
	Country hold		Swing	+5.5

St Kilda

1947 Victorian state election: St Kilda
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Liberal	Archie Michaelis	13,527	58.1	+28.2
	Labor	Bill Bourke	9,748	41.9	-2.9
Total formal votes			23,275	98.8	+1.3
Informal votes			277	1.2	-1.3
Turnout			23,552	91.2	+5.2
	Independent Liberal hold		Swing	+7.6

Sunshine

1947 Victorian state election: Sunshine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernie Shepherd	16,474	69.0	-31.0
	Liberal	Lindsay Smith	7,416	31.0	+31.0
Total formal votes			23,890	99.0
Informal votes			238	1.0
Turnout			24,128	94.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Swan Hill

1947 Victorian state election: Swan Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John Hipworth	8,324	64.9	+25.4
	Labor	Philip Meehan	3,360	26.2	-4.3
	Independent Country	Stanley Taylor	1,145	8.9	+8.9
Total formal votes			12,829	99.3	+1.1
Informal votes			90	0.7	-1.1
Turnout			12,919	94.4	+7.6
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Toorak

1947 Victorian state election: Toorak
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Hamilton	13,178	59.0	+37.5
	Independent	Peter Ryan	6,613	29.6	+29.6
	Independent Liberal	Edgar Morton	2,542	11.4	+11.4
Total formal votes			22,333	97.1	+3.3
Informal votes			666	2.9	-3.3
Turnout			22,999	87.9	+5.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Warrnambool

1947 Victorian state election: Warrnambool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Henry Bailey	8,204	59.4	+7.8
	Labor	Fred Reid	5,607	40.6	-7.8
Total formal votes			13,811	99.4	+0.6
Informal votes			80	0.6	-0.6
Turnout			13,891	96.0	+6.1
	Country hold		Swing	+7.8

Williamstown

1947 Victorian state election: Williamstown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Lemmon	15,901	63.4	+12.3
	Liberal	Clifford Rankine	6,697	26.7	+5.1
	Independent Labor	George Paine	2,492	9.9	+9.9
Total formal votes			25,090	99.0	+0.7
Informal votes			264	1.0	-0.7
Turnout			25,354	95.0	+5.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Wonthaggi

1947 Victorian state election: Wonthaggi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	William Buckingham	8,317	57.0	+14.3
	Labor	William McKenzie	5,281	43.0	-14.3
Total formal votes			14,598	99.6	+0.4
Informal votes			64	0.4	-0.4
Turnout			14,662	95.3	+5.4
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	+14.3

References

↑ Election held on 8 November 1947, 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 8 November 1947, 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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