Results of the 1952 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly)

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Victorian state election, 6 December 1952 [1] [2]
Legislative Assembly
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Enrolled voters1,119,486
Votes cast1,047,671 Turnout 93.58−0.82
Informal votes18,991Informal1.81+0.67
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeatsChange
  Labor 504,77349.07+3.7837+13
  Liberal and Country 255,68524.85−15.8411−16
  Electoral Reform League 98,6419.59+9.594+4
  Country 85,8438.34−2.3012−1
  Independent 71,0686.90+4.041±0
Total1,028,680  65 
Two-party-preferred
  Labor 734,66856.7+6.3
  Liberal and Country 560,52143.3–6.3

This is a list of electoral district results for the Victorian 1952 election.

Results by electoral district

Albert Park

1952 Victorian state election: Albert Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Keith Sutton 12,98565.7+14.4
Liberal and Country Desmond Byrne6,77034.3-14.4
Total formal votes19,75597.9−2.0
Informal votes4172.1+2.0
Turnout 20,17290.5−0.2
Labor hold Swing +14.4

Allandale

1952 Victorian state election: Allandale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Russell White 7,62051.1+17.0
Labor Patrick Denigan 7,27748.9+5.8
Total formal votes14,89798.8−0.5
Informal votes1831.2+0.5
Turnout 15,08094.7−1.0
Country hold Swing -4.2

Ballarat

1952 Victorian state election: Ballarat
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Sheehan 11,04254.0+7.2
Liberal and Country William Roff9,42446.0-7.2
Total formal votes20,46699.0−0.2
Informal votes2111.0+0.2
Turnout 20,67796.2−0.6
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing +7.2

Barwon

1952 Victorian state election: Barwon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Thomas Maltby 8,48351.7-48.3
Labor Charles Plummer7,91548.3+48.3
Total formal votes16,39899.0
Informal votes1721.0
Turnout 16,57093.8
Liberal and Country hold Swing N/A

Benalla

1952 Victorian state election: Benalla
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Frederick Cook unopposed
Country hold Swing

Benambra

1952 Victorian state election: Benambra
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Tom Mitchell 7,24157.3-16.7
Labor Geoffrey Holland5,38642.7+42.7
Total formal votes12,62798.9+1.0
Informal votes1391.1−1.0
Turnout 12,76690.9−1.3
Country hold Swing N/A

Bendigo

1952 Victorian state election: Bendigo
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Galvin unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Borung

1952 Victorian state election: Borung
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Wilfred Mibus 8,17461.9+5.5
Labor Lionel Reid5,03038.1+38.1
Total formal votes13,20499.3+0.2
Informal votes990.7−0.2
Turnout 13,30395.6−0.5
Liberal and Country hold Swing N/A

Box Hill

1952 Victorian state election: Box Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bob Gray 17,66152.2+7.6
Liberal and Country George Reid 12,98738.3-17.1
Independent Thomas Mullett3,2189.5+9.5
Total formal votes33,86698.4−0.8
Informal votes5601.6+0.8
Turnout 34,42693.4−1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bob Gray 18,30554.0+9.4
Liberal and Country George Reid 15,56146.0-9.4
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing +9.4

Brighton

1952 Victorian state election: Brighton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Electoral Reform Ray Tovell 12,16748.2+48.2
Independent Allistair Bruce5,78622.9+22.9
Liberal and Country Raymond Trickey4,87419.3-80.7
Independent Grace Stratton1,2444.9+4.9
Independent Finlay Julyan1,1744.7+4.7
Total formal votes25,24597.6
Informal votes6312.4
Turnout 25,87694.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Electoral Reform Ray Tovell 15,72962.3+62.3
Independent Allistair Bruce9,51637.7+37.7
Electoral Reform gain from Liberal and Country Swing N/A

Brunswick

1952 Victorian state election: Brunswick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Peter Randles unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Camberwell

1952 Victorian state election: Camberwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Florence Rodan8,66432.9-2.0
Liberal and Country Robert Whately 7,08426.9-38.2
Electoral Reform Vernon Wilcox 5,56421.1+21.1
Independent Reginald Cooper5,04619.1+19.1
Total formal votes26,35897.8−1.5
Informal votes5992.2+1.5
Turnout 26,95794.2+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Robert Whately 15,47258.7-6.4
Labor Florence Rodan10,88641.3+6.4
Liberal and Country hold Swing -6.4

Carlton

1952 Victorian state election: Carlton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Barry 18,15291.9+17.6
Communist John Prescott1,5978.1+8.1
Total formal votes26,35897.8−0.4
Informal votes5992.2+0.4
Turnout 26,95794.2+0.5
Labor hold Swing N/A

Caulfield

1952 Victorian state election: Caulfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Electoral Reform Alexander Dennett 12,49262.6+62.6
Independent Labor Robert Flanagan7,27337.4+37.4
Total formal votes19,96597.8−1.3
Informal votes4432.2+1.3
Turnout 20,40891.6−0.1
Electoral Reform gain from Liberal and Country Swing N/A

Clifton Hill

1952 Victorian state election: Clifton Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Joseph O'Carroll unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Coburg

1952 Victorian state election: Coburg
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Labor Charlie Mutton 12,61753.6+20.8
Labor Kevin Hayes10,92746.4+7.4
Total formal votes23,54498.3−0.7
Informal votes4041.7+0.7
Turnout 23,94894.1−1.6
Progressive Labor hold Swing -4.4

Collingwood

1952 Victorian state election: Collingwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Towers unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Dandenong

1952 Victorian state election: Dandenong
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Les Coates 23,35055.4+5.6
Electoral Reform William Dawnay-Mould 14,60934.7+34.7
Independent Liberal Walter Peterson3,4398.2+8.2
Communist Arthur O'Donoghue7421.8+1.8
Total formal votes42,12097.9−1.2
Informal votes8882.1+1.2
Turnout 43,02894.1−0.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Les Coates 24,36257.8+8.0
Electoral Reform William Dawnay-Mould 17,77842.2+42.2
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing N/A

Dundas

1952 Victorian state election: Dundas
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bob McClure 8,16555.1+13.1
Liberal and Country William McDonald 6,64644.9-2.5
Total formal votes14,81199.20.0
Informal votes1230.80.0
Turnout 14,93496.9+0.9
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing +11.1

Elsternwick

1952 Victorian state election: Elsternwick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Maynes8,45342.4+3.2
Electoral Reform John Don 8,38942.1+42.1
Independent Andrew Sinclair3,07515.4+15.4
Total formal votes19,91798.2−1.1
Informal votes3701.8+1.1
Turnout 20,28794.5+1.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
Electoral Reform John Don 11,15255.5+55.5
Labor John Maynes8,86544.5+5.3
Electoral Reform gain from Liberal and Country Swing N/A

Essendon

1952 Victorian state election: Essendon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor George Fewster 19,80864.2+15.1
Liberal and Country Kenneth Wheeler 8,27926.8-19.4
Henry George Justice Lancelot Hutchinson2,7659.0+9.0
Total formal votes30,85298.4−0.6
Informal votes4851.6+0.6
Turnout 31,33794.4−0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor George Fewster 20,08565.1+13.8
Liberal and Country Kenneth Wheeler 10,76734.9-13.8
Labor hold Swing +13.8

Evelyn

1952 Victorian state election: Evelyn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Phillip Connell 8,46548.8+14.4
Liberal and Country Roland Leckie 6,58938.0-15.8
Electoral Reform Lindsay Gown1,4778.5+8.5
Independent Lyndhurst Mullett8224.7+4.7
Total formal votes17,35398.3−0.5
Informal votes3041.7+0.5
Turnout 17,65792.8−0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Phillip Connell 9,04452.1+7.1
Liberal Roland Leckie 8,30947.9-7.1
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing +7.1

Footscray

1952 Victorian state election: Footscray
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Jack Holland 18,96993.3+20.6
Communist Francis Johnson1,3626.7+1.1
Total formal votes20,33196.3−2.1
Informal votes7813.7+2.1
Turnout 21,11290.3−4.0
Labor hold Swing N/A

Geelong

1952 Victorian state election: Geelong
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor James Dunn 13,68469.8+13.9
Liberal and Country Geoffrey Thom 5,92930.2-13.9
Total formal votes19,61398.9−0.7
Informal votes2151.1+0.7
Turnout 19,82893.3−1.8
Labor hold Swing +13.9

Gippsland East

1952 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Albert Lind unopposed
Country hold Swing

Gippsland North

1952 Victorian state election: Gippsland North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Hector Stoddart 8,84052.5+4.2
Country Bill Fulton 7,99247.5+16.1
Total formal votes16,83299.0−0.1
Informal votes1691.0+0.1
Turnout 17,00192.4+0.1
Labor gain from Country Swing +2.9

Gippsland South

1952 Victorian state election: Gippsland South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Herbert Hyland 9,89955.1-21.5
Labor Sydney Crofts8,07144.9+44.9
Total formal votes17,97099.0−1.7
Informal votes1691.0+1.7
Turnout 18,15093.8−1.3
Country hold Swing N/A

Gippsland West

1952 Victorian state election: Gippsland West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Leslie Cochrane 6,98945.3+3.6
Labor Thomas Holland5,57436.2+36.2
Liberal and Country Mac Steward2,85718.5-22.6
Total formal votes15,42098.6+0.9
Informal votes2151.4−0.9
Turnout 15,63594.2+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Country Leslie Cochrane 9,29360.3+6.9
Labor Thomas Holland6,12739.7+39.7
Country hold Swing N/A

Glen Iris

1952 Victorian state election: Glen Iris
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Electoral Reform Thomas Hollway 15,15256.4+56.4
Liberal and Country Les Norman 10,72739.9-26.6
Communist Ian Turner9713.6+3.6
Total formal votes26,85097.9−1.4
Informal votes5852.1+1.4
Turnout 27,43594.70.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Electoral Reform Thomas Hollway 15,63858.2+58.2
Liberal and Country Les Norman 11,21241.8-24.7
Electoral Reform gain from Liberal and Country Swing N/A

Goulburn

1952 Victorian state election: Goulburn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Joseph Smith 8,47862.5+12.6
Liberal and Country John Roberts5,08737.50.0
Total formal votes13,56599.0−0.6
Informal votes1331.0+0.6
Turnout 13,69893.6−1.1
Labor hold Swing +10.3

Grant

1952 Victorian state election: Grant
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Leslie D'Arcy 10,67860.3+14.8
Liberal and Country Alexander Fraser 6,49836.7+5.2
Independent Thomas Fynmore5413.0+3.0
Total formal votes17,71798.6−0.4
Informal votes2511.4+0.4
Turnout 17,96892.9+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Leslie D'Arcy 10,94861.8+12.6
Liberal and Country Alexander Fraser 6,16938.2-12.6
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing +12.6

Hampden

1952 Victorian state election: Hampden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Robert Balcombe6,70348.0+5.2
Liberal and Country Henry Bolte 6,35845.6-11.6
Independent Keith McGarvie 8916.4+6.4
Total formal votes13,95298.6−0.5
Informal votes1921.4+0.5
Turnout 14,14494.7−0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Henry Bolte 7,01250.3-6.9
Labor Robert Balcombe6,94049.7+6.9
Liberal and Country hold Swing -6.9

Hawthorn

1952 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Charles Murphy 9,94848.7+6.8
Liberal and Country Les Tyack 6,81333.3-6.5
Electoral Reform Charles Calderwood3,67718.0+18.0
Total formal votes20,43898.0−1.1
Informal votes4092.0+1.1
Turnout 20,84794.2+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Charles Murphy 10,94053.5+7.8
Liberal and Country Les Tyack 9,49846.5-7.8
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing +7.8

Ivanhoe

1952 Victorian state election: Ivanhoe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Michael Lucy 14,80044.0+2.4
Independent Reginald Leonard9,05826.9+26.9
Liberal and Country Frank Block 8,42425.0-33.4
Electoral Reform Harcourt Bell1,3724.1+4.1
Total formal votes33,65498.2−1.1
Informal votes6061.8+1.1
Turnout 34,26094.8+0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Michael Lucy 18,06953.5+11.9
Liberal and Country Frank Block 15,58546.5-11.9
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing +11.9

Kew

1952 Victorian state election: Kew
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Arthur Rylah 7,78037.4-62.6
Labor Norman Williams6,69632.2+32.2
Electoral Reform John Eddy6,30330.3+30.3
Total formal votes20,77998.0
Informal votes4182.0
Turnout 21,19793.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Arthur Rylah 13,07662.9-37.1
Labor Norman Williams7,70337.1+37.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing N/A

Korong

1952 Victorian state election: Korong
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Keith Turnbull 4,35936.2-0.4
Labor Campbell Turnbull 3,89232.4-0.3
Country Frank Coghill3,37128.0-2.7
Electoral Reform Wallace Lunn4093.4+3.4
Total formal votes12,03199.0−0.3
Informal votes1251.0+0.3
Turnout 12,15695.2−0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Keith Turnbull 7,33260.9+0.5
Labor Campbell Turnbull 4,69939.1-0.5
Liberal and Country hold Swing +0.5

Malvern

1952 Victorian state election: Malvern
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Trevor Oldham 7,08136.5-21.4
Labor Francis Gaffy6,58933.9+0.8
Electoral Reform Roy Schilling 3,95620.4+20.4
Independent Mascotte Brown1,7889.2+0.1
Total formal votes19,41497.6−1.0
Informal votes4752.4+1.0
Turnout 19,88992.0−0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Trevor Oldham 11,48759.2-5.9
Labor Francis Gaffy7,92740.8+5.9
Liberal and Country hold Swing -5.9

Melbourne

1952 Victorian state election: Melbourne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tom Hayes unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Mentone

1952 Victorian state election: Mentone
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor George White 20,87062.5+11.4
Liberal and Country Charles Bridgford 12,53837.5-11.4
Total formal votes33,40898.6−0.7
Informal votes4671.4+0.7
Turnout 33,87594.0−0.5
Labor hold Swing +11.4

Mernda

1952 Victorian state election: Mernda
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Edmund Morrissey 8,69450.9-9.8
Liberal Arthur Ireland 8,38949.1+9.8
Total formal votes17,08398.5+3.2
Informal votes2591.5−3.2
Turnout 17,34292.5−0.2
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing +9.8

Midlands

1952 Victorian state election: Midlands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Clive Stoneham unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Mildura

1952 Victorian state election: Mildura
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Alan Lind 6,86051.1+3.9
Country Nathaniel Barclay 6,57348.9+12.1
Total formal votes13,43399.0+0.1
Informal votes1331.0−0.1
Turnout 13,56695.4+0.8
Labor gain from Country Swing +1.6

Moonee Ponds

1952 Victorian state election: Moonee Ponds
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Samuel Merrifield unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Mornington

1952 Victorian state election: Mornington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Norman Parker7,97041.2+13.6
Liberal and Country William Leggatt 7,16237.0-22.5
Electoral Reform Gerard Hirst2,91815.1+15.1
Independent Morton Moyes 1,3176.8+6.8
Total formal votes19,36798.2−0.8
Informal votes3501.8+0.8
Turnout 19,71793.00.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country William Leggatt 10,85856.1-13.7
Labor Norman Parker8,50943.9+13.7
Liberal and Country hold Swing -13.7

Murray Valley

1952 Victorian state election: Murray Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor William Findlay6,84644.8+7.5
Country George Moss 6,61743.3+4.1
Liberal and Country James Mosbey1,82011.9-11.6
Total formal votes15,28398.9−0.3
Informal votes1711.1+0.3
Turnout 15,45493.9−1.6
Two-party-preferred result
Country George Moss 7,99652.3-6.9
Labor William Findlay7,28747.7+6.9
Country hold Swing -6.9

Northcote

1952 Victorian state election: Northcote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Cain unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Oakleigh

1952 Victorian state election: Oakleigh
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Val Doube 17,30865.5+19.8
Liberal and Country Charles Laming9,13534.5+0.1
Total formal votes26,44398.5−0.6
Informal votes4051.5+0.6
Turnout 26,84894.1−1.4
Labor hold Swing +14.4

Polwarth

1952 Victorian state election: Polwarth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Edward Guye 8,34057.60.0
Labor Clair Larson6,14242.4+9.9
Total formal votes14,48299.0−0.5
Informal votes1461.0+0.5
Turnout 14,62895.3−0.6
Liberal and Country hold Swing -8.9

Portland

1952 Victorian state election: Portland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Robert Holt 9,54364.8+13.5
Liberal and Country Howard Turner5,19035.2-3.0
Total formal votes14,73399.2−0.3
Informal votes1170.8+0.3
Turnout 14,85096.1−0.1
Labor hold Swing +12.5

Port Melbourne

1952 Victorian state election: Port Melbourne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Stan Corrigan 19,94291.1+14.9
Communist Albert Bull1,9398.9+3.8
Total formal votes21,88196.8−1.2
Informal votes7163.2+1.2
Turnout 22,59791.2−2.2
Labor hold Swing N/A

Prahran

1952 Victorian state election: Prahran
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Robert Pettiona 13,00961.6+6.0
Liberal and Country Charles Gawith 8,11438.4-6.0
Total formal votes21,12398.2−0.8
Informal votes3801.8+0.8
Turnout 21,50392.2−2.0
Labor hold Swing +6.0

Preston

1952 Victorian state election: Preston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor William Ruthven unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Rainbow

1952 Victorian state election: Rainbow
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Keith Dodgshun unopposed
Country hold Swing

Richmond

1952 Victorian state election: Richmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Frank Scully 18,47490.2+15.7
Communist Kenneth Miller2,0169.8+3.4
Total formal votes20,49096.2−1.4
Informal votes8143.8+1.4
Turnout 21,30493.4−2.0
Labor hold Swing N/A

Ripon

1952 Victorian state election: Ripon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ernie Morton 8,72659.9+10.9
Liberal and Country Rutherford Guthrie 5,84640.1+0.6
Total formal votes14,57299.1−0.5
Informal votes1330.9+0.5
Turnout 14,70595.5−0.3
Labor hold Swing +8.4

Rodney

1952 Victorian state election: Rodney
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Richard Brose 8,82765.7+8.4
Liberal and Country Morton Garner4,61534.3-8.4
Total formal votes13,44296.5−1.6
Informal votes4833.5+1.6
Turnout 13,92595.0+0.1
Country hold Swing +8.4

St Kilda

1952 Victorian state election: St Kilda
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Bourke 10,72454.5+6.8
Liberal and Country Archie Michaelis 5,59428.4-23.9
Electoral Reform Geoffrey Kiddle3,37817.1+17.1
Total formal votes19,69697.7−1.4
Informal votes4692.3+1.4
Turnout 20,16593.6+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Bourke 11,06256.2+8.5
Liberal and Country Archie Michaelis 8,63443.8-8.5
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing +8.5

Scoresby

1952 Victorian state election: Scoresby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country George Knox 11,04556.4-18.1
Labor Henry Moore8,53543.6+43.6
Total formal votes19,58098.5+0.3
Informal votes2881.5−0.3
Turnout 19,86892.6−0.5
Liberal and Country hold Swing N/A

Shepparton

1952 Victorian state election: Shepparton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country John McDonald 7,36746.4+4.7
Labor Gordon Anderson6,23139.2+4.9
Liberal and Country Ian McIntosh2,29314.4-9.7
Total formal votes15,89198.6−0.5
Informal votes2171.4+0.5
Turnout 16,10895.0+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Country John McDonald 9,12457.4-4.1
Labor Gordon Anderson6,76742.6+4.1
Country hold Swing -4.1

Sunshine

1952 Victorian state election: Sunshine
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ernie Shepherd unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Swan Hill

1952 Victorian state election: Swan Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Harold Stirling 5,17139.1-9.2
Electoral Reform John Hipworth 4,08230.9+30.9
Independent Duncan Douglas3,97030.0+30.0
Total formal votes13,22397.9−1.2
Informal votes2782.1+1.2
Turnout 13,50194.3−0.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Harold Stirling 9,12457.4+9.1
Electoral Reform John Hipworth 5,50441.6+41.6
Country gain from Liberal and Country Swing N/A

Toorak

1952 Victorian state election: Toorak
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Henry Peagram8,92543.7+1.4
Liberal and Country Horace Petty 7,42436.4-21.3
Electoral Reform Mabel Brookes 4,06819.9+19.9
Total formal votes20,41798.3−0.9
Informal votes3431.7+0.9
Turnout 20,76090.7−4.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Horace Petty 10,42551.1-6.6
Labor Henry Peagram9,99248.9+6.6
Liberal and Country hold Swing -6.6

Warrnambool

1952 Victorian state election: Warrnambool
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Malcolm Gladman 7,25651.1+9.3
Liberal and Country Ronald Mack 6,95748.9+14.8
Total formal votes14,21399.40.0
Informal votes870.60.0
Turnout 14,30096.1−0.3
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing +2.1

Williamstown

1952 Victorian state election: Williamstown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Lemmon 16,67364.9-0.3
Independent Ernest Jackson5,47221.3+21.3
Communist Alexander Dobbin3,55913.8+4.9
Total formal votes25,70498.0−0.8
Informal votes5252.0+0.8
Turnout 26,22994.0−1.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor John Lemmon 18,45371.8-1.4
Independent Ernest Jackson7,25128.2+28.2
Labor hold Swing N/A

Wonthaggi

1952 Victorian state election: Wonthaggi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country William Buckingham 8,17656.4+15.4
Labor Percy Vagg5,84340.3+5.1
Communist Robert Hamilton4843.3+3.3
Total formal votes14,50398.6−0.9
Informal votes2071.4+0.9
Turnout 14,71094.9−0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Country William Buckingham 8,22456.7-6.4
Labor Percy Vagg6,27943.3+6.4
Country hold Swing -6.4

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