Results of the Victorian state election, 1945 (Legislative Assembly A-L)

Victorian state election, 10 November 1945[1][2]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1943 — 1947 >>

Enrolled voters 1,019,063
Votes cast 896,561 Turnout 87.98 +0.98
Informal votes 18,689 Informal 2.08 −0.51
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 360,079 41.02 +4.89 31 +9
  Country 163,940 18.67 +5.64 18 ±0
  Liberal 180,046 20.51 −2.56 10 −3
  Independent 92,097 10.49 −11.40 3 −2
  Ministerial Liberal 29,276 3.33 +3.33 3 +3
  Independent Liberal 27,351 3.12 +3.12 0 ±0
  Communist 25,083 2.86 −1.65 0 ±0
Total 877,872     65  

This is a list of electoral district results for the Victorian 1945 election for electorates from A to L.

Results by electoral district

Albert Park

Victorian state election, 1945: Albert Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Crean 7,227 34.9
Ministerial Liberal William Haworth 6,333 30.6
Liberal John Rasmussen 3,638 17.6
Independent Socialist James Coull 3,514 17.0
Total formal votes 20,712 96.1
Informal votes 842 3.9
Turnout 21,554 84.8
After distribution of preferences
Labor Frank Crean 10,390 50.2
Ministerial Liberal William Haworth 6,574 31.7
Liberal John Rasmussen 3,748 18.1
Labor gain from Liberal Swing

Allandale

Victorian state election, 1945: Allandale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Patrick Denigan 6,257 48.5
Country Russell White 3,965 30.7
Liberal Albert Woodward 2,692 20.8
Total formal votes 12,914 99.1
Informal votes 117 0.9
Turnout 13,031 90.2
Two-party-preferred result
Country Russell White 6,498 50.3
Labor Patrick Denigan 6,416 49.7
Country gain from Labor Swing

Ballarat

Victorian state election, 1945: Ballarat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Hollway 9,884 52.6
Labor Stanley Glover 7,850 41.8
Communist Albert Black 1,036 5.5
Total formal votes 18,770 98.5
Informal votes 281 1.5
Turnout 19,051 91.6
Liberal hold Swing

Barwon

Victorian state election, 1945: Barwon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Don Ferguson 4,291 34.3
Ministerial Liberal Thomas Maltby 3,557 28.4
Country James Henderson 2,605 20.8
Liberal Robert Shirra 2,068 16.5
Total formal votes 12,521 98.3
Informal votes 213 1.7
Turnout 12,734 89.2
Two-party-preferred result
Ministerial Liberal Thomas Maltby 7,511 60.0
Labor Don Ferguson 5,010 40.0
Ministerial Liberal gain from Liberal Swing

Benalla

Victorian state election, 1945: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Frederick Cook 6,125 54.7
Country Percy Johnson 5,077 45.3
Total formal votes 11,202 97.5
Informal votes 288 2.5
Turnout 11,490 88.8
Country hold Swing

Benambra

Victorian state election, 1945: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Roy Paton 5,949 56.7
Labor Charles Pollard 4,537 43.3
Total formal votes 10,486 99.3
Informal votes 78 0.7
Turnout 10,564 85.9
Country hold Swing

Bendigo

Victorian state election, 1945: Bendigo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Galvin unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Borung

Victorian state election, 1945: Borung
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Ackland 3,680 31.8
Country Wilfred Mibus 3,159 27.3
Independent Country Winton Turnbull 2,273 19.7
Country Finlay Cameron 1,808 15.6
Independent Florence Rodan 645 5.6
Total formal votes 11,565 98.5
Informal votes 172 1.5
Turnout 11,737 90.3
Two-party-preferred result
Country Wilfred Mibus 6,794 58.7
Labor Arthur Ackland 4,771 41.3
Country hold Swing

Box Hill

Victorian state election, 1945: Box Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bob Gray 11,204 51.0
Liberal Ronald Emerson 8,287 37.7
Independent Ivy Weber 2,490 11.3
Total formal votes 21,981 98.8
Informal votes 259 1.2
Turnout 22,240 88.3
Labor hold Swing

Brighton

Victorian state election, 1945: Brighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ray Tovell 9,040 40.6
Labor Val Doube 6,746 30.3
Ministerial Liberal Ian Macfarlan 6,499 29.2
Total formal votes 22,285 98.7
Informal votes 283 1.3
Turnout 22,568 87.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ray Tovell 14,106 62.9
Labor Val Doube 8,269 37.1
Liberal hold Swing

Brunswick

Victorian state election, 1945: Brunswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Jewell 16,211 73.0
Liberal Alfred Wall 5,991 27.0
Total formal votes 22,202 98.7
Informal votes 300 1.3
Turnout 22,502 87.4
Labor hold Swing

Camberwell

Victorian state election, 1945: Camberwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Whately 8,775 40.6
Independent Walter Fordham 6,542 30.3
Independent Dora Nankivell 3,476 16.1
Ministerial Liberal Norman Mackay 2,801 13.0
Total formal votes 21,594 97.5
Informal votes 549 2.5
Turnout 22,143 88.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Robert Whately 11,556 53.5
Independent Walter Fordham 10,038 46.5
Liberal hold Swing

Carlton

Victorian state election, 1945: Carlton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Barry 15,862 78.2
Communist Gerald O'Day 4,430 21.8
Total formal votes 20,292 92.9
Informal votes 1,554 7.1
Turnout 21,846 85.4
Labor hold Swing

Caulfield

Victorian state election, 1945: Caulfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alexander Dennett 12,408 58.2
Independent Andrew Hughes 8,925 41.8
Total formal votes 21,333 98.1
Informal votes 415 1.9
Turnout 21,748 86.9
Liberal gain from Independent Swing

Clifton Hill

Victorian state election, 1945: Clifton Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Cremean 13,115 58.4
Liberal Neil McKay 6,271 27.9
Communist Kenneth Miller 3,061 13.6
Total formal votes 22,447 97.3
Informal votes 612 2.7
Turnout 23,059 88.3
Labor hold Swing

Coburg

Victorian state election, 1945: Coburg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labor Charlie Mutton 10,986 52.1
Labor Arthur Lewis 5,213 24.7
Liberal Allen Bateman 4,899 23.2
Total formal votes 21,098 98.4
Informal votes 341 1.6
Turnout 21,439 87.7
Independent Labor hold Swing

Collingwood

Victorian state election, 1945: Collingwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Tunnecliffe unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Dandenong

Victorian state election, 1945: Dandenong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Field 10,764 52.0
Liberal Alexander Caldwell 7,007 33.8
Independent Gladys Roberts 2,260 10.9
Independent Liberal Clyde Hoffman 670 3.2
Total formal votes 20,701 96.9
Informal votes 656 3.1
Turnout 21,357 89.0
Labor hold Swing

Dundas

Victorian state election, 1945: Dundas
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Slater 8,022 65.1
Country Arthur Carracher 4,307 34.9
Total formal votes 12,329 98.8
Informal votes 144 1.2
Turnout 12,473 90.4
Labor hold Swing

Elsternwick

Victorian state election, 1945: Elsternwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Don 10,019 49.9
Independent Karl Dorr 5,357 26.7
Ministerial Liberal Roy Schilling 4,880 23.3
Total formal votes 20,056 97.8
Informal votes 456 2.2
Turnout 20,512 88.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal John Don 11,347 56.6
Independent Karl Dorr 8,709 43.4
Liberal hold Swing

Essendon

Victorian state election, 1945: Essendon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Drakeford Jr. 14,007 63.4
Liberal James Dillon 8,073 36.6
Total formal votes 22,080 98.0
Informal votes 442 2.0
Turnout 22,522 89.7
Labor hold Swing

Evelyn

Victorian state election, 1945: Evelyn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Clifford Wolfe 4,610 39.3
Ministerial Liberal William Everard 3,668 31.3
Liberal Frank Le Leu 3,445 29.4
Total formal votes 11,723 98.5
Informal votes 175 1.5
Turnout 11,898 87.6
Two-party-preferred result
Ministerial Liberal William Everard 6,693 57.1
Labor Clifford Wolfe 5,030 42.9
Ministerial Liberal gain from Liberal Swing

Footscray

Victorian state election, 1945: Footscray
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Holland unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Geelong

Victorian state election, 1945: Geelong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fanny Brownbill unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Gippsland East

Victorian state election, 1945: Gippsland East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Albert Lind 6,812 65.2
Labor Reuben Basham 3,638 34.8
Total formal votes 10,450 99.2
Informal votes 87 0.8
Turnout 10,537 87.7
Country hold Swing

Gippsland North

Victorian state election, 1945: Gippsland North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Johns 5,807 50.3
Country Bill Fulton 2,728 23.6
Country William Moncur 2,499 21.6
Independent David White 506 4.4
Total formal votes 11,540 98.5
Informal votes 177 1.5
Turnout 11,717 89.9
Labor gain from Country Swing

Gippsland South

Victorian state election, 1945: Gippsland South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Herbert Hyland 7,788 63.0
Labor Cecil Shellew 4,576 37.0
Total formal votes 12,364 99.2
Informal votes 94 0.8
Turnout 12,458 89.7
Country hold Swing

Gippsland West

Victorian state election, 1945: Gippsland West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Matthew Bennett 6,707 53.9
Labor Robert Baker 4,044 32.5
Independent George Calderwood 1,687 13.6
Total formal votes 12,438 98.5
Informal votes 193 1.5
Turnout 12,631 87.8
Country hold Swing

Glen Iris

Victorian state election, 1945: Glen Iris
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alan Moir 8,305 40.6
Independent Ian McLaren 6,223 30.4
Labor Thomas Brennan 5,921 29.0
Total formal votes 20,449 98.6
Informal votes 287 1.4
Turnout 20,736 87.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Ian McLaren 11,646 57.0
Liberal Alan Moir 8,803 43.0
Independent gain from Liberal Swing

Goulburn

Victorian state election, 1945: Goulburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Joseph Smith 4,970 45.5
Liberal Philip Grimwade 2,374 21.7
Independent Country Edwin Mackrell 1,822 16.7
Country Cyril Davy 1,748 16.0
Total formal votes 10,914 98.9
Informal votes 118 1.1
Turnout 11,032 87.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Joseph Smith 5,664 51.9
Liberal Phillip Grimwade 5,250 48.1
Labor gain from Country Swing

Grant

Victorian state election, 1945: Grant
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Frederick Holden 5,280 42.0
Labor Geoffrey Ryan 5,257 41.8
Liberal Albert Pennell 2,035 16.2
Total formal votes 12,572 98.7
Informal votes 171 1.3
Turnout 12,743 86.5
Two-party-preferred result
Country Frederick Holden 7,123 56.6
Labor Geoffrey Ryan 5,449 43.4
Country hold Swing

Hampden

Victorian state election, 1945: Hampden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Raymond Hyatt 5,458 44.0
Country Harold McLennan 2,417 19.5
Liberal Henry Bolte 2,317 18.7
Ministerial Liberal William Cumming 2,224 17.9
Total formal votes 12,416 98.0
Informal votes 254 2.0
Turnout 12,670 89.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Raymond Hyatt 6,506 52.4
Liberal Henry Bolte 5,910 47.6
Labor gain from Liberal Swing

Hawthorn

Victorian state election, 1945: Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Charles Murphy 7,738 35.4
Liberal Fred Edmunds 7,139 32.7
Independent Leslie Hollins 6,975 31.9
Total formal votes 21,852 98.0
Informal votes 443 2.0
Turnout 22,295 87.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Fred Edmunds 12,062 55.2
Labor Charles Murphy 9,790 44.8
Liberal gain from Independent Swing

Ivanhoe

Victorian state election, 1945: Ivanhoe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Robert Gardner 10,162 51.0
Liberal Maxwell Dunn 9,756 49.0
Total formal votes 19,918 97.9
Informal votes 419 2.1
Turnout 20,337 87.0
Independent gain from Liberal Swing

Kew

Victorian state election, 1945: Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Wilfrid Kent Hughes unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

Korong

Victorian state election, 1945: Korong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Albert Dunstan 7,662 67.8
Labor William Casey 3,647 32.2
Total formal votes 11,309 99.2
Informal votes 91 0.8
Turnout 11,400 88.5
Country hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ Election held on 10 November 1945, 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).
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