The 1961 Victorian state election was held on 15 July 1961.
Retiring Members
editLiberal and Country
edit- Sir Thomas Maltby MLA (Geelong)
- Charles Bridgford MLC (South Eastern)
Country
edit- Frederick Cook MLA (Benalla)
- Sir Albert Lind MLA (Gippsland East)
Legislative Assembly
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.
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidates | LCP candidates | Country candidates | DLP candidates | Other candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Park | Labor | Keith Sutton | Thomas Merrett | Albert Jones | ||
| Ballarat North | LCP | Philip Gray | Tom Evans | Alexander Hoffert | Walter Brown | |
| Ballarat South | LCP | Ron Wilson | Gordon Scott | Francis Brown | ||
| Balwyn | LCP | Edmund Du Vergier | Alex Taylor | Leo Erwin | ||
| Benalla | Country | Jack Ginifer | John Hanson | Tom Trewin | Bartholomew O'Dea | |
| Benambra | Country | Reginald Mortimer | Robert Kilpatrick | Tom Mitchell | William Findlay | |
| Bendigo | Labor | Bill Galvin | Thomas Flood | Paul Brennan | ||
| Box Hill | LCP | William O'Grady | George Reid | Edmund Burgi | ||
| Brighton | LCP | Geoffrey Blunden | John Rossiter | Edwin McSweeney | ||
| Broadmeadows | LCP | Joseph Smith | Harry Kane | John Donnellon | Anthony van der Loo (Ind) | |
| Brunswick East | Labor | Leo Fennessy | Warren Mills | Allan Swain | ||
| Brunswick West | Labor | Campbell Turnbull | Norman Glass | John Flint | ||
| Burwood | LCP | Peter Lynn | Jim MacDonald | John Duffy | ||
| Camberwell | LCP | Anthony Giblett | Vernon Wilcox | Celia Laird | ||
| Caulfield | LCP | Sydney Edwards | Alexander Fraser | Walter Culliford | ||
| Coburg | Labor | Charlie Mutton | Bryce Pyatt | John Livingstone | ||
| Dandenong | LCP | Alan Lind | Len Reid | John Simmons | ||
| Dundas | LCP | Bob McClure | Sir William McDonald | James Eveston | ||
| Elsternwick | LCP | George Smith | Richard Gainey | Edward Preece | ||
| Essendon | LCP | Leslie Edmunds | Kenneth Wheeler | Kevin Digby | Norman McClure (Ind) | |
| Evelyn | LCP | Donald King | Russell Stokes | Kevin Gould | ||
| Fitzroy | Labor | Denis Lovegrove | Maxwell Lee | Bill Barry | ||
| Flemington | Labor | Kevin Holland | John Marshall | Michael McMahon | ||
| Footscray | Labor | Bill Divers | Peter Oliver | Walter Byrne | ||
| Geelong | LCP | William King | Hayden Birrell | William Mithen | ||
| Geelong West | LCP | Neil Trezise | Max Gillett | James Mahoney | ||
| Gippsland East | Country | Neil Rosser | Rae Archibald | Bruce Evans | Frank Burns | |
| Gippsland South | Country | Albert Thexton | Leslie Horsfield | Sir Herbert Hyland | Geoffrey Farrell | Bryan Fitzgerald (Ind) |
| Gippsland West | Country | Eric Kent | Toni Garside | Leslie Cochrane | Kevin Scanlon | |
| Grant | Labor | Roy Crick | Max Crellin | Robert Bainbridge | William Wilson (CPA) | |
| Hampden | LCP | George Price | Henry Bolte | Francis O'Brien | ||
| Hawthorn | LCP | John Reeves | Peter Garrisson | Charles Murphy | ||
| Ivanhoe | LCP | Norman Rothfield | Vernon Christie | Cyril Cummins | ||
| Kara Kara | LCP | Cyril Sudholz | Keith Turnbull | Bill Phelan | Vincent Gervasoni | |
| Kew | LCP | William Cooper | Arthur Rylah | Francis Duffy | Eric Thornton (CPA) | |
| Lowan | LCP | James Redford | Wilfred Mibus | Derek Williams | ||
| Malvern | LCP | James McGarvin | John Bloomfield | Thomas Carty | ||
| Melbourne | Labor | Arthur Clarey | Bill Burns | Tom Hayes | Henry Roche (Ind) | |
| Mentone | LCP | Nola Barber | Edward Meagher | George White | ||
| Midlands | Labor | Clive Stoneham | Keith Lewis | John Timberlake | ||
| Mildura | Country | Douglas Burgess | Raymond Dixon | Nathaniel Barclay | William McInerney | |
| Moonee Ponds | LCP | Tom Edmunds | Jack Holden | Paul Gunn | Peter Kirchner (Ind) | |
| Moorabbin | LCP | Les Coates | Llew Reese | James Healy | Bob Suggett (Ind Lib) | |
| Mornington | LCP | Brian Pigott | Roberts Dunstan | John Cass | ||
| Morwell | LCP | George Brown | Jim Balfour | John Vinall | Leslie Hilton | |
| Mulgrave | LCP | Vincent Scully | Ray Wiltshire | Leo Sparrow | ||
| Murray Valley | Country | Ronald Kirby | Bruno Marmo | George Moss | John Patterson | |
| Northcote | Labor | Frank Wilkes | Julian Sullivan | Jack Little | ||
| Oakleigh | Labor | Val Doube | Alan Scanlan | Morris Kinnane | ||
| Ormond | LCP | Kenneth Stone | Joe Rafferty | Robert Semmel | ||
| Polwarth | LCP | Edwin Morris | Tom Darcy | Lloyd Kidman | Alan Bruce | |
| Portland | LCP | George Gowty | George Gibbs | Stewart Price | John Russell | |
| Prahran | LCP | George Gahan | Sam Loxton | Gordon Haberman | ||
| Preston | Labor | Charlie Ring | Colin Pritchard | Michael Lucy | ||
| Reservoir | Labor | Harry Jenkins | David Welsh | Frederick Whitling | John Arrowsmith (CPA) | |
| Richmond | Labor | Bill Towers | John Ridge | Leo Gardner | Harry Bocquet (CPA) | |
| Ringwood | LCP | David Ould | Jim Manson | William Johnson | ||
| Ripponlea | LCP | Steven Goldberg | Edgar Tanner | Michael Cunneen | ||
| Rodney | Country | Neil Frankland | Francis Charlton | Richard Brose | Spencer Broom | |
| St Kilda | LCP | Leslie Atherton | Baron Snider | John Hughes | ||
| Sandringham | LCP | Kenneth Farrall | Murray Porter | John Ryan | ||
| Scoresby | LCP | Ronald Wanklin | Bill Borthwick | George Noone | ||
| Swan Hill | Country | Clarence Wohlers | Gordon Harrison | Herbert Hilton Harold Stirling* |
John McMahon | John Hipworth (Ind Lib) |
| Toorak | LCP | Horace Petty | John Speed | |||
| Williamstown | Labor | Larry Floyd | Neil McNeill | John Twomey | William Smith (CPA) | |
| Yarraville | Labor | Roy Schintler | Neal Greig | Alfred Gerrard |
Legislative Council
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 | DLP candidates | Other candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballarat | LCP | Jack Jones | Pat Dickie | William Bruty | ||
| Bendigo | LCP | Patrick McMahon | Thomas Grigg | William Drechsler | ||
| Doutta Galla | Labor | John Tripovich | Kenneth Jones | Barry O'Brien | ||
| East Yarra | LCP | Leo Bartley | Sir Ewen Cameron | John Hoare | ||
| Gippsland | Country | George Evans | Archie Tanner | Bob May | John Hansen | |
| Higinbotham | LCP | Eric Perryman | Lindsay Thompson | Henry Moore | ||
| Melbourne | Labor | Doug Elliot | Reginald Cannon | Harold Powell | ||
| Melbourne North | Labor | John Galbally | Alfred Carter | Kevin Daniel | ||
| Melbourne West | Labor | Buckley Machin | Dudley Coombes | Bert Bailey | ||
| Monash | LCP | Frederick Levin | Charles Gawith | Thomas Brennan | Arthur Bennett (Ind) Frank Power (Ind) | |
| Northern | Country | John Cameron | Laurence Troy | Percy Feltham | Bernard Hallinan | |
| North Eastern | Country | Lorne Collins | Jim Plowman | Keith Bradbury | Arthur White | |
| North Western | Country | Thomas Gilhooley | Geoffrey Harding | Arthur Mansell | Michael Howley | |
| Southern | LCP | Stanley Willis | Gilbert Chandler | Raymond Studham | ||
| South Eastern | LCP | Reginald Butler | Alan Hunt | Martin Curry | ||
| South Western | LCP | Stanley Nash | Sir Gordon McArthur | Newell Barrett | ||
| Western | LCP | James McIntyre | Ronald Mack | Geoffrey White |