Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 21 June 1952 to elect 17 of the 34 members of the state's Legislative Council for six year terms. MLCs were elected in single-member provinces using preferential voting.
The election was the first following the abolition of property qualifications for voting in the Legislative Council, and saw a large increase in the number of Labor MLCs.
Results
editLegislative Council
edit
Victorian Legislative Council election, 21 June 1952[1] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 1,395,460 | |||||
Votes cast | 994,192 | Turnout | 71.2 | +23.3 | ||
Informal votes | 22,595 | Informal | 2.3 | +0.8 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats won |
Seats held | |
Liberal and Country | 361,733 | 37.2 | −5.9 | 1 | 10 | |
Labor | 361,013 | 37.2 | +15.2 | 11 | 15 | |
Country | 106,864 | 11.0 | −17.4 | 4 | 8 | |
Other | 141,987 | 14.6 | +7.0 | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 971,597 | 17 | 34 |
Retiring Members
editLabor
edit- William Beckett MLC (Melbourne)
- Pat Kennelly MLC (Melbourne West)
Liberal and Country
edit- Sir William Angliss MLC (Southern)
- Sir Frank Beaurepaire MLC (Monash)
- Allan McDonald MLC (South Western)
Candidates
editSitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.
Province | Held by | Labor candidates | LCP candidates | Country candidates | Other candidates |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ballarat | LCP | Jack Jones | James Kittson | ||
Bendigo | LCP | Arthur Smith | Sir George Lansell | ||
Doutta Galla | Labor | Paul Jones | |||
East Yarra | LCP | George Hannan | Sir Clifden Eager (Ind) | ||
Gippsland | Country | Henry Harvey | Mac Steward | Trevor Harvey | |
Higinbotham | LCP | Arthur Warner | Grace Stratton (Ind) | ||
Melbourne | Labor | Pat Sheehy | |||
Melbourne North | Labor | Archibald Fraser | |||
Melbourne West | Labor | Bert Bailey | Alexander Dobbin (CPA) | ||
Monash | LCP | Thomas Brennan | Alfred Wilde | ||
Northern | Country | Wollaston Heily | Dudley Walters | ||
North Eastern | Country | Robert Vroland | Ivan Swinburne | ||
North Western | Country | Robert Linton | Percy Byrnes | ||
Southern | LCP | Roy Rawson | Albert Pennell | Harold Harvie (Ind) | |
South Eastern | LCP | George Tilley | John Rossiter | Cyril Isaac (Ind) | |
South Western | LCP | Don Ferguson | Edward Montgomery | Keith McGarvie (Ind) | |
Western | Country | David Arnott | Robert Rankin | Ernest Walliker |
Results by province
editBallarat
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack Jones | 30,431 | 58.4 | +58.4 | |
Liberal and Country | James Kittson | 21,712 | 41.6 | -7.2 | |
Total formal votes | 52,143 | 99.2 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 436 | 0.8 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 52,579 | 94.8 | +10.8 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal and Country | Swing | N/A |
Bendigo
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Arthur Smith | 30,240 | 55.6 | +55.6 | |
Liberal and Country | George Lansell | 24,186 | 44.4 | -17.0 | |
Total formal votes | 54,426 | 99.2 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 433 | 0.8 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 54,859 | 94.4 | +10.5 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal and Country | Swing | N/A |
Doutta Galla
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Paul Jones | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
East Yarra
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Clifden Eager | 62,120 | 57.9 | +57.9 | |
Liberal and Country | George Hannan | 45,243 | 42.1 | N/A | |
Total formal votes | 107,363 | 95.8 | |||
Informal votes | 4,725 | 4.2 | |||
Turnout | 112,088 | 91.6 | |||
Independent gain from Liberal and Country | Swing | N/A |
Gippsland
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Henry Harvey | 26,958 | 46.0 | +46.0 | |
Country | Trevor Harvey | 18,233 | 31.1 | -28.2 | |
Liberal and Country | Mac Steward | 13,379 | 22.8 | -17.9 | |
Total formal votes | 58,570 | 98.8 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 799 | 1.2 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 59,369 | 91.2 | +12.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Trevor Harvey | 30,005 | 51.2 | -8.1 | |
Labor | Henry Harvey | 28,565 | 48.8 | +48.8 | |
Country hold | Swing | N/A |
Higinbotham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Arthur Warner | 59,957 | 58.7 | N/A | |
Independent | Grace Stratton | 42,174 | 41.3 | +41.3 | |
Total formal votes | 102,131 | 97.2 | |||
Informal votes | 2,941 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 105,072 | 90.2 | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | N/A |
Melbourne
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Pat Sheehy | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Melbourne North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Archibald Fraser | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Melbourne West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bert Bailey | 80,862 | 88.8 | N/A | |
Communist | Alexander Dobbin | 10,253 | 11.2 | +11.2 | |
Total formal votes | 91,115 | 95.5 | |||
Informal votes | 4,258 | 4.5 | |||
Turnout | 95,373 | 91.7 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Monash
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Thomas Brennan | 53,716 | 53.1 | +53.1 | |
Liberal and Country | Alfred Wilde | 47,404 | 46.9 | -11.5 | |
Total formal votes | 101,120 | 98.4 | +1.1 | ||
Informal votes | 1,631 | 1.6 | −1.1 | ||
Turnout | 102,751 | 89.7 | +20.3 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal and Country | Swing | N/A |
Northern
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Dudley Walters | 26,905 | 59.3 | +8.1 | |
Liberal and Country | Wollaston Heily | 18,436 | 40.7 | -8.1 | |
Total formal votes | 45,341 | 97.6 | −1.6 | ||
Informal votes | 1,105 | 2.4 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 46,446 | 93.8 | +13.0 | ||
Country hold | Swing | +8.1 |
North-Eastern
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Ivan Swinburne | 26,739 | 63.6 | +9.3 | |
Liberal and Country | Robert Vroland | 15,306 | 36.4 | -9.3 | |
Total formal votes | 42,045 | 97.3 | −1.4 | ||
Informal votes | 1,162 | 2.7 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 43,207 | 92.5 | +11.8 | ||
Country hold | Swing | +9.3 |
North-Western
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Percy Byrnes | 29,007 | 68.7 | +10.1 | |
Liberal and Country | Robert Linton | 13,229 | 31.3 | -10.1 | |
Total formal votes | 42,246 | 98.4 | −0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 677 | 1.6 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 42,913 | 94.3 | +12.6 | ||
Country hold | Swing | +10.1 |
Southern
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Roy Rawson | 45,413 | 52.8 | +52.8 | |
Liberal and Country | Albert Pennell | 34,143 | 39.7 | N/A | |
Independent | Harold Harvie | 6,499 | 7.6 | +7.6 | |
Total formal votes | 86,056 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 1,773 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 87,829 | 92.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Roy Rawson | 55.8 | N/A | ||
Liberal and Country | Albert Pennell | 44.2 | N/A | ||
Labor gain from Liberal and Country | Swing | N/A |
- Two party preferred vote was estimated.
South-Eastern
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | George Tilley | 36,968 | 47.6 | +47.6 | |
Liberal and Country | John Rossiter | 24,543 | 31.6 | -33.1 | |
Independent | Cyril Isaac | 16,227 | 20.9 | +20.9 | |
Total formal votes | 77,738 | 98.1 | −0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 1,473 | 1.9 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 79,211 | 92.2 | +19.4 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | George Tilley | 39,217 | 50.4 | +50.4 | |
Liberal and Country | John Rossiter | 38,521 | 49.6 | -15.1 | |
Labor gain from Liberal and Country | Swing | N/A |
- Cyril Isaac lost his endorsement as a member of the LCP and contested the election as an Independent.
South Western
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Don Ferguson | 31,657 | 51.1 | +51.1 | |
Liberal and Country | Edward Montgomery | 25,617 | 41.3 | -10.7 | |
Independent | Keith McGarvie | 4,721 | 7.6 | +7.6 | |
Total formal votes | 61,995 | 98.9 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 675 | 1.1 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 62,670 | 93.7 | +15.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Don Ferguson | 53.0 | +53.0 | ||
Liberal and Country | Edward Montgomery | 47.0 | -12.4 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal and Country | Swing | N/A |
- Two party preferred vote was estimated.
Western
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | David Arnott | 24,759 | 50.2 | +50.2 | |
Liberal and Country | Robert Rankin | 18,579 | 37.7 | -22.1 | |
Country | Ernest Walliker | 5,980 | 12.1 | -28.1 | |
Total formal votes | 49,318 | 99.0 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 507 | 1.0 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 49,825 | 94.5 | +14.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | David Arnott | 52.6 | +52.6 | ||
Liberal and Country | Robert Rankin | 47.4 | -12.4 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal and Country | Swing | N/A |
- Two party preferred vote was estimated.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Legislative Council election of 21 June 1952". Psephos.