Candidates of the Victorian state election, 1961

This is a list of candidates who stood for the 1961 Victorian state election. The election was held on 15 July 1961.

Retiring Members

Liberal and Country

• Sir Thomas Maltby MLA (Geelong)
• Charles Bridgford MLC (South Eastern)

Country

• Frederick Cook MLA (Benalla)
• Sir Albert Lind MLA (Gippsland East)

Legislative Assembly

Sitting 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	William 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	William 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

Sitting 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

References

• Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive