Results of the 1961 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly)

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Victorian state election, 15 July 1961 [1]
Legislative Assembly
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Enrolled voters1,554,856
Votes cast1,554,856 Turnout 94.41+0.18
Informal votes35,937Informal2.45+0.67
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeatsChange
  Labor 552,01538.55+0.8617– 1
  Liberal and Country 521,77736.44–0.7439± 0
  Democratic Labor 242,75316.95+2.530± 0
  Country 102,1847.14–2.169± 0
 Other3,7220.26+0.160± 0
  Independent 9,4740.66–0.641+ 1
Total1,431,925  66 
Two-party-preferred
  Liberal and Country 829,97757.9+0.1
  Labor 602,49342.1–0.1

This is a list of electoral district results for the Victorian 1961 election.

Results by electoral district

Albert Park

1961 Victorian state election: Albert Park [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Keith Sutton 8,73656.1+7.2
Democratic Labor Albert Jones3,43722.1−1.7
Liberal and Country Thomas Merrett3,40421.8−2.9
Total formal votes15,57796.6−0.8
Informal votes5543.4+0.8
Turnout 16,13192.6+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Keith Sutton 9,25259.4+5.0
Liberal and Country Thomas Merrett6,32540.6−5.0
Labor hold Swing +5.0

Ballarat North

1961 Victorian state election: Ballarat North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Philip Gray7,84236.8+7.1
Liberal and Country Tom Evans 7,65335.9+15.6
Democratic Labor Walter Brown4,03819.0+3.2
Country Alexander Hoffert1,7658.3−26.0
Total formal votes21,29898.50.0
Informal votes3151.50.0
Turnout 21,61395.7−0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Tom Evans 12,73259.8+22.5
Labor Philip Gray8,56640.2+40.2
Liberal and Country gain from Country Swing N/A

Ballarat South

1961 Victorian state election: Ballarat South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ron Wilson8,39441.4+6.4
Liberal and Country Gordon Scott 8,19440.4+0.9
Democratic Labor Francis Brown3,69118.2−0.9
Total formal votes20,27998.5+0.3
Informal votes3161.5−0.3
Turnout 20,59595.7−0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Gordon Scott 11,49156.7−2.5
Labor Ron Wilson8,78843.3+2.5
Liberal and Country hold Swing -2.5

Balwyn

1961 Victorian state election: Balwyn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Alex Taylor 15,65362.4+1.7
Labor Edmund Du Vergier6,10424.3+1.8
Democratic Labor Leo Erwin3,34613.3+2.9
Total formal votes25,11398.5−0.1
Informal votes3801.5+0.1
Turnout 25,49394.1+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Alex Taylor 18,50673.7−1.3
Labor Edmund Du Vergier6,60726.3+1.3
Liberal and Country hold Swing -1.3

Benalla

1961 Victorian state election: Benalla
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Tom Trewin 7,00735.8+1.6
Labor Jack Ginifer 5,75829.5+1.0
Liberal and Country John Hanson3,78519.4−4.6
Democratic Labor Bartholomew O'Dea3,00015.4+2.0
Total formal votes19,55098.0−1.0
Informal votes3942.0+1.0
Turnout 19,94498.8+4.0
Two-party-preferred result
Country Tom Trewin 13,10267.0−0.1
Labor Jack Ginifer 6,44833.0+0.1
Country hold Swing -0.1

Benambra

1961 Victorian state election: Benambra
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Tom Mitchell 10,83550.7+0.6
Labor Reginald Mortimer4,92023.0+2.3
Democratic Labor William Findlay3,44516.10.0
Liberal and Country Robert Kilpatrick2,17110.2−2.8
Total formal votes21,37198.0−0.7
Informal votes4352.0+0.7
Turnout 21,80694.7+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Country Tom Mitchell 15,71873.6−2.0
Labor Reginald Mortimer5,65326.4+2.0
Country hold Swing -2.0

Bendigo

1961 Victorian state election: Bendigo
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Galvin 10,87552.1+4.9
Liberal and Country Thomas Flood6,57931.5+4.1
Democratic Labor Paul Brennan3,43416.4+3.4
Total formal votes20,88898.8+0.3
Informal votes2631.2−0.3
Turnout 21,15196.6+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Galvin 11,38954.5+2.5
Liberal and Country Thomas Flood9,49945.5−2.5
Labor hold Swing +2.5

Box Hill

1961 Victorian state election: Box Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country George Reid 15,54655.2−3.0
Labor William O'Grady7,87328.0−2.3
Democratic Labor Edmund Burgi4,71716.8+5.4
Total formal votes28,14398.2−0.5
Informal votes5251.8+0.5
Turnout 28,66193.90.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country George Reid 19,55769.5+1.5
Labor William O'Grady8,57930.5−1.5
Liberal and Country hold Swing +1.5

Brighton

1961 Victorian state election: Brighton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country John Rossiter 11,21858.3−8.7
Labor Geoffrey Blunden5,33327.7−5.3
Democratic Labor Edwin McSweeney2,67813.9+13.9
Total formal votes19,22998.3−0.1
Informal votes3231.7+0.1
Turnout 19,55293.70.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country John Rossiter 13,49470.2+3.2
Labor Geoffrey Blunden5,73529.8−3.2
Liberal and Country hold Swing +3.2

Broadmeadows

1961 Victorian state election: Broadmeadows
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Joseph Smith 17,65044.4−2.6
Liberal and Country Harry Kane 13,65134.3−2.9
Democratic Labor John Donnellon7,52918.9+3.1
Independent Anthony van der Loo9082.3+2.3
Total formal votes39,73897.5−1.1
Informal votes1,0262.5+1.1
Turnout 40,76495.1+1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Harry Kane 21,07653.0+2.2
Labor Joseph Smith 18,66247.0−2.2
Liberal and Country hold Swing +2.2

Brunswick East

1961 Victorian state election: Brunswick East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Leo Fennessy 9,38563.5+5.6
Democratic Labor Allan Swain3,33722.6+4.3
Liberal and Country Warren Mills2,05913.9−10.0
Total formal votes14,78194.2−3.0
Informal votes9025.8+3.0
Turnout 15,68392.3−0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Leo Fennessy 9,89666.9+6.3
Liberal and Country Warren Mills4,88533.1−6.3
Labor hold Swing +6.3

Brunswick West

1961 Victorian state election: Brunswick West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Campbell Turnbull 9,15952.3+1.1
Democratic Labor John Flint4,25124.3−0.3
Liberal and Country Norman Glass4,09423.4−0.9
Total formal votes17,50495.8−1.8
Informal votes7584.2+1.8
Turnout 18,26293.80.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Campbell Turnbull 9,79756.0+1.1
Liberal and Country Norman Glass7,70744.0−1.1
Labor hold Swing +1.1

Burwood

1961 Victorian state election: Burwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Jim MacDonald 11,92959.3−10.7
Labor Peter Lynn5,25226.1−3.9
Democratic Labor John Duffy2,94414.6+14.6
Total formal votes20,12598.40.0
Informal votes3191.60.0
Turnout 20,44494.7−0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Jim MacDonald 14,38271.7+1.6
Labor Peter Lynn5,74328.3−1.6
Liberal and Country hold Swing +1.6

Camberwell

1961 Victorian state election: Camberwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Vernon Wilcox 10,77357.3−3.1
Labor Anthony Giblett5,21827.8+0.6
Democratic Labor Celia Laird2,80814.9+2.4
Total formal votes18,79997.9−0.4
Informal votes4062.1+0.4
Turnout 19,20593.0−0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Vernon Wilcox 13,16070.0−2.0
Labor Anthony Giblett5,63930.0+2.0
Liberal and Country hold Swing -2.0

Caulfield

1961 Victorian state election: Caulfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Alexander Fraser 10,67655.3−3.9
Labor Sydney Edwards5,13726.6−1.0
Democratic Labor Walter Culliford3,47418.0+4.8
Total formal votes19,28797.9−0.6
Informal votes4102.1+0.6
Turnout 19,69791.9−0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Alexander Fraser 13,62970.7+0.2
Labor Sydney Edwards5,65829.3−0.2
Liberal and Country hold Swing +0.2

Coburg

1961 Victorian state election: Coburg
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Charlie Mutton 11,65858.8−3.6
Democratic Labor John Livingstone4,14920.9+5.9
Liberal and Country Bryce Pyatt4,03620.3−2.2
Total formal votes19,84397.0−1.1
Informal votes6173.0+1.1
Turnout 20,46095.2−0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Charlie Mutton 12,28061.9−2.8
Liberal and Country Bryce Pyatt7,56338.1+2.8
Labor hold Swing -2.8

Dandenong

1961 Victorian state election: Dandenong
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Alan Lind 14,94943.0+1.3
Liberal and Country Len Reid 14,29041.1−2.7
Democratic Labor John Simmons5,53815.9+1.5
Total formal votes34,77797.9−0.3
Informal votes7622.1+0.3
Turnout 35,53994.6+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Len Reid 19,23255.3+1.8
Labor Alan Lind 15,54544.7−1.8
Liberal and Country hold Swing +1.8

Dundas

1961 Victorian state election: Dundas
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country William McDonald 9,34445.0−3.7
Labor Bob McClure 8,46340.8+1.2
Democratic Labor James Eveston2,94314.2+2.5
Total formal votes20,75098.9−0.4
Informal votes2371.1+0.4
Turnout 20,98796.4+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country William McDonald 11,48455.3−3.1
Labor Bob McClure 9,26644.7+3.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing -3.1

Elsternwick

1961 Victorian state election: Elsternwick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Richard Gainey 10,61855.6−3.3
Labor George Smith5,28727.7+1.9
Democratic Labor Edward Preece3,17416.6+1.3
Total formal votes19,07997.9−0.3
Informal votes4072.1+0.3
Turnout 19,48694.6+1.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Richard Gainey 13,31669.8−2.1
Labor George Smith5,76330.2+2.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing -2.1

Essendon

1961 Victorian state election: Essendon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Kenneth Wheeler 9,05439.9+1.8
Labor Leslie Edmunds8,79438.7−6.2
Democratic Labor Kevin Digby4,56420.1+3.0
Independent Norman McClure2941.3+1.3
Total formal votes22,70697.4−1.0
Informal votes6142.6+1.0
Turnout 23,32095.4−0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Kenneth Wheeler 12,93357.0+5.5
Labor Leslie Edmunds9,77343.0−5.5
Liberal and Country hold Swing +5.5

Evelyn

1961 Victorian state election: Evelyn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Russell Stokes 12,30243.3−0.5
Labor Donald King11,42440.2−3.3
Democratic Labor Kevin Gould4,70416.5+3.7
Total formal votes28,43098.2−0.3
Informal votes5161.8+0.3
Turnout 28,94693.9−0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Russell Stokes 15,64755.0+0.9
Labor Donald King12,78345.0−0.9
Liberal and Country hold Swing +0.9

Fitzroy

1961 Victorian state election: Fitzroy
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Denis Lovegrove 8,42757.5−7.3
Democratic Labor Bill Barry 3,95126.9+8.1
Liberal and Country Maxwell Lee2,28515.6−0.7
Total formal votes14,66393.8−2.2
Informal votes9706.2+2.2
Turnout 15,63390.9−0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Denis Lovegrove 9,01961.5−6.1
Liberal and Country Maxwell Lee5,64438.5+6.1
Labor hold Swing -6.1

Flemington

1961 Victorian state election: Flemington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Kevin Holland 10,44462.6−0.6
Liberal and Country John Marshall3,23219.4+2.6
Democratic Labor Michael McMahon3,00518.0−2.0
Total formal votes16,68196.6−1.2
Informal votes5933.4+1.2
Turnout 17,27493.5−1.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kevin Holland 10,89465.3−0.9
Liberal and Country John Marshall5,78734.7+0.9
Labor hold Swing -0.9

Footscray

1961 Victorian state election: Footscray
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Divers 12,19665.7−10.9
Democratic Labor Walter Byrne3,87020.9+8.8
Liberal and Country Peter Oliver2,48513.4+2.1
Total formal votes18,55195.9−2.1
Informal votes7904.1+2.1
Turnout 19,34195.6−0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Divers 12,77668.9−9.5
Liberal and Country Peter Oliver5,77531.1+9.5
Labor hold Swing -9.5

Geelong

1961 Victorian state election: Geelong
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Hayden Birrell 9,24146.2+2.8
Labor William King7,59038.0+0.1
Democratic Labor William Mithen3,15915.8+3.9
Total formal votes19,99098.0−0.7
Informal votes4112.0+0.7
Turnout 20,40193.8+1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Hayden Birrell 11,83959.2+2.8
Labor William King8,15140.8−2.8
Liberal and Country hold Swing +2.8

Geelong West

1961 Victorian state election: Geelong West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Neil Trezise 11,51048.0+0.5
Liberal and Country Max Gillett 9,24438.6−0.8
Democratic Labor James Mahoney3,20713.4+0.3
Total formal votes23,96198.0−0.5
Informal votes4962.0+0.5
Turnout 24,45794.5+1.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Max Gillett 12,03250.2+0.1
Labor Neil Trezise 11,92949.8−0.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing +0.1

Gippsland East

1961 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Bruce Evans 7,34237.3−20.9
Liberal and Country Rae Archibald4,75224.1+1.1
Labor Neil Rosser4,71523.9+23.9
Democratic Labor Frank Burns2,90114.7−4.1
Total formal votes19,71097.8−0.7
Informal votes4412.2+0.7
Turnout 20,15193.6−0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Country Bruce Evans 14,08571.5−0.8
Labor Neil Rosser5,62528.5+28.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Bruce Evans 12,27362.3−10.0
Liberal and Country Rae Archibald7,43737.7+10.0
Country hold Swing -10.0

Gippsland South

1961 Victorian state election: Gippsland South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Herbert Hyland 11,87955.3−21.5
Labor Albert Thexton4,18119.5+19.5
Democratic Labor Geoffrey Farrell2,91813.6−9.6
Liberal and Country Leslie Horsfield2,15610.0+10.0
Independent Bryan Fitzgerald3401.6+1.6
Total formal votes21,47497.2−0.6
Informal votes6262.8+0.6
Turnout 22,10094.4−0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Country Herbert Hyland 16,47176.7−0.1
Labor Albert Thexton5,00323.3+23.3
Country hold Swing N/A

Gippsland West

1961 Victorian state election: Gippsland West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Leslie Cochrane 8,22439.6−2.9
Labor Eric Kent 5,23725.2−0.8
Liberal and Country Toni Garside4,46321.5+1.8
Democratic Labor Kevin Scanlon2,84713.7+1.9
Total formal votes20,77197.6−0.9
Informal votes5082.4+0.9
Turnout 21,27995.1−0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Country Leslie Cochrane 15,28473.6+3.2
Labor Eric Kent 5,48726.4−3.2
Country hold Swing +3.2

Grant

1961 Victorian state election: Grant
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Roy Crick 19,30555.4−3.9
Democratic Labor Robert Bainbridge7,67722.0+6.1
Liberal and Country Max Crellin 6,92419.9−4.9
Communist William Wilson9402.7+2.7
Total formal votes35,38197.4−0.3
Informal votes9402.6+0.3
Turnout 36,32199.1+4.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Roy Crick 21,30361.1−0.6
Liberal and Country Max Crellin 14,07838.9+0.6
Labor hold Swing -0.6

Hampden

1961 Victorian state election: Hampden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Henry Bolte 10,44252.3−6.1
Labor George Price6,05830.3+3.4
Democratic Labor Francis O'Brien3,48017.4+2.7
Total formal votes19,98098.9−0.2
Informal votes2311.1+0.2
Turnout 20,21196.4−0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Henry Bolte 13,40067.1−3.8
Labor George Price6,58032.9+3.8
Liberal and Country hold Swing -3.8

Hawthorn

1961 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Peter Garrisson 7,07142.4+1.2
Labor John Reeves6,65739.9−0.4
Democratic Labor Charles Murphy 2,96317.7−0.7
Total formal votes16,69197.1−0.7
Informal votes4962.9+0.7
Turnout 17,18791.8−0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Peter Garrisson 9,56857.3+0.5
Labor John Reeves7,12342.7−0.5
Liberal and Country hold Swing +0.5

Ivanhoe

1961 Victorian state election: Ivanhoe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Vernon Christie 10,49248.0−0.2
Labor Norman Rothfield 8,07036.9−1.1
Democratic Labor Cyril Cummins3,29815.1+1.3
Total formal votes21,86098.1−0.6
Informal votes4131.9+0.6
Turnout 22,27394.3+0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Vernon Christie 13,47561.6+1.2
Labor Norman Rothfield 8,38538.4−1.2
Liberal and Country hold Swing +1.2

Kara Kara

1961 Victorian state election: Kara Kara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Keith Turnbull 6,22433.5−8.3
Labor Cyril Sudholz5,31428.6−1.3
Country Bill Phelan 4,90226.3+8.8
Democratic Labor Vincent Gervasoni2,14411.5+0.7
Total formal votes18,58498.8−0.2
Informal votes2251.2+0.2
Turnout 18,80996.4−0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Keith Turnbull 11,86463.8−0.4
Labor Cyril Sudholz6,24631.7+0.4
Liberal and Country hold Swing -0.4

Kew

1961 Victorian state election: Kew
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Arthur Rylah 11,45259.5−3.1
Labor William Cooper4,38422.8+3.3
Democratic Labor Francis Duffy3,06815.9+0.2
Communist Eric Thornton3571.8−0.4
Total formal votes19,26197.6−0.5
Informal votes4662.4+0.5
Turnout 19,72791.9−0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Arthur Rylah 14,09673.2−3.0
Labor William Cooper5,16526.8+3.0
Liberal and Country hold Swing -3.0

Lowan

1961 Victorian state election: Lowan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Wilfred Mibus 11,69959.3+4.8
Labor James Redford5,93330.1+30.1
Democratic Labor Derek Williams2,09110.6−6.0
Total formal votes19,72398.8+0.1
Informal votes2451.2−0.1
Turnout 19,96896.0−0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Wilfred Mibus 13,47768.3−0.7
Labor James Redford6,24631.7+0.7
Liberal and Country hold Swing -0.7

Malvern

1961 Victorian state election: Malvern
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country John Bloomfield 10,77563.3−6.2
Labor James McGarvin3,73722.0+22.0
Democratic Labor Thomas Canty2,51314.8+14.8
Total formal votes17,02597.8+2.7
Informal votes3792.2−2.7
Turnout 17,40491.1−0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country John Bloomfield 13,01175.8−1.2
Labor James McGarvin4,01424.2+1.2
Liberal and Country hold Swing -1.2

Melbourne

1961 Victorian state election: Melbourne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Arthur Clarey 6,34048.0−2.2
Liberal and Country Bill Burns 3,74228.3+5.8
Democratic Labor Tom Hayes 2,90922.0−5.3
Independent Henry Roche2091.6+1.6
Total formal votes13,20093.6−2.8
Informal votes8966.4+2.8
Turnout 14,09690.0+1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Arthur Clarey 7,10153.8−0.5
Liberal and Country Bill Burns 6,09946.2+0.5
Labor hold Swing -0.5

Mentone

1961 Victorian state election: Mentone
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Nola Barber 10,01941.4+1.6
Liberal and Country Edward Meagher 10,01041.3−2.2
Democratic Labor George White 4,19017.3+0.6
Total formal votes24,21998.1−0.3
Informal votes4751.9+0.3
Turnout 24,69494.4−0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Edward Meagher 13,87057.3+0.2
Labor Nola Barber 10,34942.7−0.2
Liberal and Country hold Swing +0.2

Midlands

1961 Victorian state election: Midlands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Clive Stoneham 11,42451.8+3.6
Liberal and Country Keith Lewis7,29633.1−5.1
Democratic Labor John Timberlake3,34415.2+1.6
Total formal votes22,06498.3−0.8
Informal votes3771.7+0.8
Turnout 22,44196.3+1.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Clive Stoneham 11,92554.1+2.9
Liberal and Country Keith Lewis10,13945.9−2.9
Labor hold Swing +2.9

Mildura

1961 Victorian state election: Mildura
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Nathaniel Barclay 11,21559.5−1.1
Labor Douglas Burgess4,46223.3−4.7
Democratic Labor William McInerney1,8099.4−2.1
Liberal and Country Raymond Dixon1,6968.8+8.8
Total formal votes19,18297.4−1.3
Informal votes5052.6+1.3
Turnout 19,68795.4+0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Country Nathaniel Barclay 14,27974.5+4.2
Labor Douglas Burgess4,90325.5−4.2
Country hold Swing +4.2

Moonee Ponds

1961 Victorian state election: Moonee Ponds
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tom Edmunds 7,72441.5+3.8
Liberal and Country Jack Holden 7,22238.8−3.1
Democratic Labor Paul Gunn3,36018.1−0.3
Independent Peter Kirchner3061.6+1.6
Total formal votes18,61297.2−1.1
Informal votes5292.8+1.1
Turnout 19,14194.6−0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Jack Holden 10,40655.9−4.5
Labor Tom Edmunds 8,20644.1+4.5
Liberal and Country hold Swing -4.5

Moorabbin

1961 Victorian state election: Moorabbin
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Les Coates 11,16438.4−0.8
Liberal and Country Llew Reese 7,38925.4−23.3
Independent Liberal Bob Suggett 6,26721.6+21.6
Democratic Labor James Healy4,22014.5+2.4
Total formal votes29,04098.40.0
Informal votes4721.60.0
Turnout 29,51295.8+0.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Liberal Bob Suggett 17,05158.7+58.7
Labor Les Coates 11,98941.3+0.7
Independent Liberal gain from Liberal and Country Swing N/A

Mornington

1961 Victorian state election: Mornington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Roberts Dunstan 14,85657.5−6.0
Labor Brian Pigott6,85426.6−9.9
Democratic Labor John Cass4,10815.9+15.9
Total formal votes25,81898.3−0.1
Informal votes4551.7+0.1
Turnout 26,27393.2+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Roberts Dunstan 18,14871.1+7.6
Labor Brian Pigott7,67028.9−7.6
Liberal and Country hold Swing +7.6

Morwell

1961 Victorian state election: Morwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor George Brown9,26743.5−1.7
Liberal and Country Jim Balfour 6,76731.8−9.9
Democratic Labor Leslie Hilton2,74712.9−0.2
Country John Vinall2,52611.9+11.9
Total formal votes21,30797.7−0.8
Informal votes5092.3+0.8
Turnout 21,81695.1+0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Jim Balfour 10,99551.6−1.1
Labor George Brown10,31248.4+1.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing -1.1

Mulgrave

1961 Victorian state election: Mulgrave
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Ray Wiltshire 20,47847.8−2.1
Labor Vincent Scully15,61036.4−0.6
Democratic Labor Leo Sparrow6,84015.9+2.8
Total formal votes42,92898.3−0.1
Informal votes7361.7+0.1
Turnout 43,66494.9+0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Ray Wiltshire 26,45661.6+1.1
Labor Vincent Scully16,47238.4−1.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing +1.1

Murray Valley

1961 Victorian state election: Murray Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country George Moss 10,43748.6−10.2
Labor Ronald Kirby5,75026.8+0.1
Democratic Labor John Patterson3,19414.9+0.4
Liberal and Country Bruno Marmo2,1169.8+9.8
Total formal votes21,49797.4−0.9
Informal votes5842.6+0.9
Turnout 22,08195.8+0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Country George Moss 15,07870.1−1.0
Labor Ronald Kirby6,41929.9+1.0
Country hold Swing -1.0

Northcote

1961 Victorian state election: Northcote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Frank Wilkes 10,55157.0−2.9
Democratic Labor Jack Little 4,62024.9+1.7
Liberal and Country Julian Sullivan3,34918.1+1.1
Total formal votes18,52096.8−1.2
Informal votes6143.2+1.2
Turnout 19,13494.9+0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Frank Wilkes 11,24460.7−2.6
Liberal and Country Julian Sullivan7,27639.3+2.6
Labor hold Swing -2.6

Oakleigh

1961 Victorian state election: Oakleigh
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Val Doube 9,84245.5−4.5
Liberal and Country Alan Scanlan 8,64839.9+1.3
Democratic Labor Morris Kinnane3,16514.6+3.2
Total formal votes21,65598.4−0.4
Informal votes3561.6+0.4
Turnout 22,01195.1−0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Alan Scanlan 11,36052.5+4.2
Labor Val Doube 10,29547.5−4.2
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing +4.2

Ormond

1961 Victorian state election: Ormond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Joe Rafferty 11,21448.4−1.0
Labor Kenneth Stone8,07534.8+1.1
Democratic Labor Robert Semmel3,89616.8+1.7
Total formal votes23,18598.0−0.3
Informal votes4532.0+0.3
Turnout 23,63895.3−0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Joe Rafferty 13,47763.2−0.9
Labor Kenneth Stone8,52636.8+0.9
Liberal and Country hold Swing -0.9

Polwarth

1961 Victorian state election: Polwarth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Tom Darcy 9,98342.7+2.2
Labor Edwin Morris6,06626.0+2.3
Country Lloyd Kidman3,67315.7−7.7
Democratic Labor Alan Bruce3,63015.5+3.1
Total formal votes23,35298.4−0.5
Informal votes3801.6+0.5
Turnout 23,73295.70.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Tom Darcy 16,71871.6−1.0
Labor Edwin Morris6,63428.4+1.0
Liberal and Country hold Swing -1.0

Portland

1961 Victorian state election: Portland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor George Gowty7,16333.1−3.9
Liberal and Country George Gibbs 7,16033.1−13.3
Democratic Labor John Russell4,05618.8+2.2
Country Stewart Price3,25515.1+15.1
Total formal votes21,63498.7−0.6
Informal votes2911.3+0.6
Turnout 21,92596.4+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country George Gibbs 13,47762.3+2.3
Labor George Gowty8,15737.7−2.3
Liberal and Country hold Swing +2.3

Prahran

1961 Victorian state election: Prahran
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor George Gahan 7,43045.3+2.0
Liberal and Country Sam Loxton 6,83941.7−2.0
Democratic Labor Gordon Haberman2,13713.00.0
Total formal votes16,40697.1−0.8
Informal votes4862.9+0.8
Turnout 16,89292.3+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Sam Loxton 8,64852.7−2.2
Labor George Gahan 7,75847.3+2.2
Liberal and Country hold Swing -2.2

Preston

1961 Victorian state election: Preston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Charlie Ring 13,43554.8+0.7
Democratic Labor Michael Lucy 5,90424.1+0.4
Liberal and Country Colin Pritchard5,16821.1−1.1
Total formal votes24,50797.5−0.3
Informal votes6192.5+0.3
Turnout 25,12694.80.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Charlie Ring 14,32058.4+0.8
Liberal and Country Colin Pritchard10,18741.6−0.8
Labor hold Swing +0.8

Reservoir

1961 Victorian state election: Reservoir
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Harry Jenkins 14,11054.8−4.9
Democratic Labor Frederick Whitling5,65622.0+6.3
Liberal and Country David Welsh4,90919.1−5.6
Communist John Arrowsmith1,0664.1+4.1
Total formal votes25,74197.1−1.1
Informal votes7632.9+1.1
Turnout 26,50496.1+0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Harry Jenkins 15,91861.8−0.2
Liberal and Country David Welsh9,82338.2+0.2
Labor hold Swing -0.2

Richmond

1961 Victorian state election: Richmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Towers 9,28161.0+7.9
Democratic Labor Leo Gardner3,92225.8−9.4
Liberal and Country John Ridge1,2368.1−2.8
Communist Harry Bocquet7895.2+5.2
Total formal votes15,22894.4−2.7
Informal votes9055.6+2.7
Turnout 16,13391.5−1.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Towers 10,57569.5+10.3
Liberal and Country John Ridge4,65330.5−10.3
Labor hold Swing +10.3

Ringwood

1961 Victorian state election: Ringwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Jim Manson 15,88247.6−2.0
Labor David Ould12,34637.0−2.3
Democratic Labor William Johnson5,13415.4+4.3
Total formal votes33,36298.4−0.3
Informal votes5481.6+0.3
Turnout 33,91096.0+1.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Jim Manson 20,53061.5+2.3
Labor David Ould12,83238.5−2.3
Liberal and Country hold Swing +2.3

Ripponlea

1961 Victorian state election: Ripponlea
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Edgar Tanner 8,16647.7−2.4
Labor Steven Goldberg6,00935.1+0.4
Democratic Labor Michael Cunneen2,94617.2+2.0
Total formal votes17,12196.7−0.4
Informal votes5893.3+0.4
Turnout 17,71090.8+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Edgar Tanner 10,34360.4−2.6
Labor Steven Goldberg6,77839.6+2.6
Liberal and Country hold Swing -2.6

Rodney

1961 Victorian state election: Rodney
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Richard Brose 9,56945.6−22.9
Liberal and Country Francis Charlton4,68322.3+22.3
Democratic Labor Spencer Broom3,63517.3−14.2
Labor Neil Frankland3,10014.7+14.7
Total formal votes20,98797.6−0.3
Informal votes4322.4+0.3
Turnout 21,41995.6−0.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Richard Brose 11,76556.1−12.4
Liberal and Country Francis Charlton9,22243.9+43.9
Country hold Swing N/A

St Kilda

1961 Victorian state election: St Kilda
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Baron Snider 7,53746.5−0.4
Labor Leslie Atherton6,32939.0−0.1
Democratic Labor John Hughes2,34814.5+0.5
Total formal votes16,21496.7−0.4
Informal votes5573.3+0.4
Turnout 16,77190.3−0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Baron Snider 9,46658.4+0.6
Labor Leslie Atherton6,74841.6−0.6
Liberal and Country hold Swing +0.6

Sandringham

1961 Victorian state election: Sandringham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Murray Porter 12,56349.7−2.7
Labor Kenneth Farrall9,18136.3+0.9
Democratic Labor John Ryan3,53214.0+1.8
Total formal votes25,27698.5−0.1
Informal votes3831.5+0.1
Turnout 25,65995.7+1.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Murray Porter 15,79762.5−0.2
Labor Kenneth Farrall9,47937.5+0.2
Liberal and Country hold Swing -0.2

Scoresby

1961 Victorian state election: Scoresby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Bill Borthwick 14,02349.2−8.5
Labor Ronald Wanklin11,00738.6+6.1
Democratic Labor George Noone3,49812.3+2.5
Total formal votes28,52898.3−0.3
Informal votes5041.7+0.3
Turnout 29,03294.8+1.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Bill Borthwick 17,06059.8−6.3
Labor Ronald Wanklin11,46840.2+6.3
Liberal and Country hold Swing -6.3

Swan Hill

1961 Victorian state election: Swan Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Herbert Hilton5,04127.4+27.4
Country Harold Stirling 4,51424.5−42.9
Liberal and Country Gordon Harrison3,49419.0+19.0
Democratic Labor John McMahon2,41513.1+13.1
Labor Clarence Wohlers1,8129.8+9.8
Independent Liberal John Hipworth 1,1506.2−26.4
Total formal votes18,42697.0−0.9
Informal votes5663.0+0.9
Turnout 18,99296.4+1.1
Two-party-preferred result
Country Harold Stirling 15,74085.4−1.0
Labor Clarence Wohlers2,68614.6+1.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Harold Stirling 11,08760.2−7.2
Country Herbert Hilton7,33939.8+39.8
Country hold Swing N/A

Toorak

1961 Victorian state election: Toorak
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Horace Petty 11,35673.7+12.2
Democratic Labor John Speed4,05426.3+26.3
Total formal votes15,41091.0−7.0
Informal votes1,4289.0+7.0
Turnout 16,83889.8−1.2
Liberal and Country hold Swing N/A

Williamstown

1961 Victorian state election: Williamstown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Larry Floyd 12,23670.2+1.7
Democratic Labor John Twomey2,70315.5+1.3
Liberal and Country Neil McNeill1,92911.1−3.6
Communist William Smith5703.3+0.6
Total formal votes17,43896.9−1.0
Informal votes5633.1+1.0
Turnout 18,00193.8−0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Larry Floyd 13,15475.4+2.4
Liberal and Country Neil McNeill4,28424.6−2.4
Labor hold Swing +2.4

Yarraville

1961 Victorian state election: Yarraville
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Roy Schintler 13,45967.1+4.4
Democratic Labor Alfred Gerrard4,48822.4+8.7
Liberal and Country Neal Grieg2,10010.5+1.2
Total formal votes20,04796.5−1.2
Informal votes7183.5+1.2
Turnout 20,76595.0−0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Roy Schintler 14,13370.5−7.1
Liberal and Country Neal Grieg5,91429.5+7.1
Labor hold Swing -7.1

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  1. ↑ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Victoria, Assembly election, 15 July 1961" . Retrieved 1 February 2010.
  2. ↑ Hughes, Colin A. (1975). Voting for the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1890-1964. Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN   070811332X.
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