Results of the 1961 Victorian state election (Legislative Council)

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Victorian state election, 15 July 1961 [1]
Legislative Council
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Enrolled voters1,554,856
Votes cast1,467,482 Turnout 94.3+8.0
Informal votes46,697Informal3.2+1.5
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeats
won
Seats
held
  Labor 552,07538.9–0.349
  Liberal and Country 538,01337.9+2.1917
  Democratic Labor 237,46416.7+1.800
  Country 88,4166.2+0.748
  Independent 4,8170.3+0.300
Total1,420,785  1734

This is a list of Legislative Council results for the Victorian 1961 state election. 17 of the 34 seats were contested.

Results by province

Ballarat

1961 Victorian state election: Ballarat Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Jack Jones 22,66342.3−1.3
Liberal and Country Pat Dickie 21,60340.3+0.6
Democratic Labor William Bruty9,36817.5+6.8
Total formal votes53,63498.0−0.7
Informal votes1,0922.0+0.7
Turnout 54,72695.8−0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Pat Dickie 30,10556.1+5.2
Labor Jack Jones 23,52943.9−5.2
Liberal and Country hold Swing +5.2

Bendigo

1961 Victorian state election: Bendigo Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Patrick McMahon24,79043.9−4.2
Liberal and Country Thomas Grigg 21,57538.2−0.5
Democratic Labor William Drechsler10,15718.0+4.8
Total formal votes56,52297.8−1.2
Informal votes1,2662.2+1.2
Turnout 57,78896.2+2.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Thomas Grigg 30,50654.0+4.9
Labor Patrick McMahon26,01646.0−4.9
Liberal and Country hold Swing +4.9

Doutta Galla

1961 Victorian state election: Doutta Galla Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Tripovich 44,70848.7−4.3
Liberal and Country Kenneth Jones28,89531.4+0.3
Democratic Labor Barry O'Brien18,30019.9+3.9
Total formal votes91,90395.3−2.8
Informal votes4,4894.7+2.8
Turnout 96,39293.6+1.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Tripovich 46,39150.5−5.7
Liberal and Country Kenneth Jones45,51249.5+5.7
Labor hold Swing -5.7

East Yarra

1961 Victorian state election: East Yarra Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Ewen Cameron 68,91657.4+8.4
Labor Leo Bartley33,08327.6+27.6
Democratic Labor John Hoare17,97815.0−3.4
Total formal votes119,97797.7−0.3
Informal votes2,8592.3+0.3
Turnout 122,83693.4+0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Ewen Cameron 70.9
Labor Leo Bartley29.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing N/A

Gippsland

1961 Victorian state election: Gippsland Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Bob May 23,65934.3−21.8
Labor George Evans22,24632.3+2.4
Liberal and Country Archie Tanner 13,32819.3+19.3
Democratic Labor John Hansen9,78114.2+0.2
Total formal votes69,01497.2−1.5
Informal votes2,0052.8+1.5
Turnout 71,01994.4+1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Country Bob May 43,30662.7−4.6
Labor George Evans25,70837.3+4.6
Country hold Swing -4.6

Higinbotham

1961 Victorian state election: Higinbotham Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Lindsay Thompson 57,94852.1−7.2
Labor Eric Perryman33,47130.1−4.8
Democratic Labor Henry Moore19,87117.9+17.9
Total formal votes111,29097.5−0.7
Informal votes2,8852.5+0.7
Turnout 114,17594.1+2.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Lindsay Thompson 66.4+4.1
Labor Eric Perryman33.6−4.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing +4.1

Melbourne

1961 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Doug Elliot 22,98260.4−8.3
Democratic Labor Harold Powell7,88420.7−10.6
Liberal and Country Reginald Cannon7,15618.8+18.8
Total formal votes38,02293.5−3.0
Informal votes2,6506.5+3.0
Turnout 40,67290.4+2.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Doug Elliot 63.3−5.4
Democratic Labor Harold Powell36.7+5.4
Labor hold Swing -5.4

Melbourne North

1961 Victorian state election: Melbourne North Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Galbally 70,73652.2−0.6
Liberal and Country Alfred Carter40,02029.5+1.3
Democratic Labor Kevin Daniel24,87718.3−0.7
Total formal votes135,63396.7−1.5
Informal votes4,5333.3+1.5
Turnout 140,16695.0+2.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Galbally 54.0−2.6
Liberal and Country Alfred Carter46.0+2.6
Labor hold Swing -2.6

Melbourne West

1961 Victorian state election: Melbourne West Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Buckley Machin 55,11562.9−8.4
Democratic Labor Bert Bailey 20,05522.9−5.8
Liberal and Country Dudley Coombes12,51114.3+14.3
Total formal votes87,68195.6−2.0
Informal votes4,0384.4+2.0
Turnout 91,71994.3+1.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Buckley Machin 64.3−7.0
Democratic Labor Bert Bailey 35.7+7.0
Labor hold Swing -7.0

Monash

1961 Victorian state election: Monash Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Charles Gawith 39,57248.8−0.8
Labor Frederick Levin24,85930.6−0.1
Democratic Labor Thomas Brennan 11,90614.7−5.0
Independent Arthur Bennett3,6124.5+4.5
Independent Frank Power1,2051.5+1.5
Total formal votes81,15494.6−3.2
Informal votes4,6065.4+3.2
Turnout 85,76091.5+2.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Charles Gawith 53,76966.3−0.6
Labor Frederick Levin27,38533.7+0.6
Liberal and Country hold Swing -0.6

Northern

1961 Victorian state election: Northern Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Percy Feltham 21,10742.3−57.7
Labor John Cameron11,18322.4+22.4
Liberal and Country Laurence Troy11,08922.2+22.2
Democratic Labor Bernard Hallinan6,52813.1+13.1
Total formal votes49,90796.9
Informal votes1,5693.1
Turnout 51,47696.4
Two-party-preferred result
Country Percy Feltham 73.4−26.6
Labor John Cameron26.6+26.6
Country hold Swing N/A

North Eastern

1961 Victorian state election: North Eastern Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Keith Bradbury 21,46945.9−54.1
Labor Lorne Collins11,30824.2+24.2
Liberal and Country Jim Plowman 7,41215.8+15.8
Democratic Labor Arthur White6,59314.1+14.1
Total formal votes46,78297.4
Informal votes1,2632.6
Turnout 48,04595.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Keith Bradbury 25,14153.7−46.3
Liberal and Country Jim Plowman 21,64146.3+46.3
Country hold Swing N/A

North Western

1961 Victorian state election: North Western Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Arthur Mansell 22,18151.1−23.5
Labor Thomas Gilhooley8,47219.5+19.5
Liberal and Country Geoffrey Harding8,04018.5+18.5
Democratic Labor Michael Howley4,70110.8+10.8
Total formal votes43,39496.9−1.5
Informal votes1,3993.1+1.5
Turnout 44,79395.9+2.0
Two-party-preferred result
Country Arthur Mansell 74.5−0.1
Labor Thomas Gilhooley25.5+25.5
Country hold Swing N/A

Southern

1961 Victorian state election: Southern Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Gilbert Chandler 89,18145.6−1.3
Labor Stanley Willis76,06038.9−2.9
Democratic Labor Raymond Studham30,19415.5+4.2
Total formal votes195,43596.9−1.6
Informal votes6,1823.1+1.6
Turnout 201,61794.6+2.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Gilbert Chandler 115,84659.3+2.5
Labor Stanley Willis79,58940.7−2.5
Liberal and Country hold Swing +2.5

South Eastern

1961 Victorian state election: South Eastern Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Alan Hunt 53,59947.1−3.6
Labor Reginald Butler42,83637.6+3.0
Democratic Labor Martin Curry17,44215.3+0.5
Total formal votes113,87797.4−1.0
Informal votes3,0642.6+1.0
Turnout 116,94194.7+2.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Alan Hunt 68,21659.9−3.4
Labor Reginald Butler45,66140.1+3.4
Liberal and Country hold Swing -3.4

South Western

1961 Victorian state election: South Western Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Gordon McArthur 33,00045.4−1.0
Labor Stanley Nash26,65436.6−4.9
Democratic Labor Newell Barrett13,10218.0+5.9
Total formal votes72,75697.4−1.7
Informal votes1,9362.6+1.7
Turnout 74,69294.8+1.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Gordon McArthur 44,81861.6+4.9
Labor Stanley Nash27,93838.4−4.9
Liberal and Country hold Swing +4.9

Western

1961 Victorian state election: Western Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Ronald Mack 24,16844.9−2.3
Labor James McIntyre20,90938.9−0.6
Democratic Labor Geoffrey White8,72716.2+2.9
Total formal votes53,80498.4−0.8
Informal votes8611.6+0.8
Turnout 54,66596.4+0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Ronald Mack 31,89459.3+1.6
Labor James McIntyre21,91040.7−1.6
Liberal and Country hold Swing +1.6

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References

  1. Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1961". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 29 September 2015.