1947 Victorian state election

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1947 Victorian state election
Flag of Victoria (1901-1952).svg
  1945 8 November 1947 (1947-11-08) 1950  

65 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
 First partySecond party
  TomHollway.jpg John Cain 1954.jpg
Leader Thomas Hollway John Cain
Party Liberal/Country coalition Labor
Leader since3 December 194018 October 1937
Leader's seat Ballarat Northcote
Last election29 seats31 seats
Seats won47 seats17 seats
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 18Decrease2.svg 14
Percentage52.08%40.87%
SwingIncrease2.svg 12.90Decrease2.svg 0.15

1947 Victorian state election.svg
Results in each electorate.

Premier before election

John Cain
Labor

Elected Premier

Thomas Hollway
Liberal

The 1947 Victorian state election was held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 8 November 1947 to elect 65 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

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Results

Legislative Assembly

Victorian state election, 8 November 1947 [1] [2]
Legislative Assembly
<< 19451950 >>

Enrolled voters1,291,515
Votes cast1,206,815 Turnout 93.44+5.46
Informal votes16,102Informal1.33−0.75
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeatsChange
  Labor 486,63540.87−0.1517−14
  Liberal 442,45137.16+16.6527+17
  Country 177,69814.92−4.0520+2
  Communist 1,5750.13−2.730±0
  Independent 82,3546.92−3.571−2
Total1,190,713  65 

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References

  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).