Results of the Victorian state election, 1955 (Legislative Assembly A-K)

Victorian state election, 28 May 1955[1][2]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1952 — 1958 >>

Enrolled voters 1,402,588
Votes cast 1,318,934 Turnout 94.02 +0.44
Informal votes 28,955 Informal 2.19 +0.38
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Liberal and Country 487,408 37.78 +12.93 33 +22
  Labor 420,197 37.57 −16.50 20 −17
  Labor (A-C) 162,660 12.61 +12.61 1 +1
  Country 122,999 9.53 +1.19 11 −1
  Independent 45,570 3.53 −3.38 1 ±0
  Victorian Liberal 44,692 3.46 −6.13 0 −4
  Communist 4,589 0.35 −0.88 0 ±0
  Henry George 1,864 0.14 +0.14 0 ±0
Total 1,318,934     66  
Two-party-preferred
  Liberal and Country 755,917 57.9 +14.6
  Labor 549,233 42.1 –14.6

This is a list of electoral district results for the Victorian 1955 election for electorates from A to K.

Results by electoral district

Albert Park

Victorian state election, 1955: Albert Park[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Keith Sutton 7,379 47.6
Liberal and Country Thomas Merrett 4,542 29.3
Labor (A-C) Albert Jones 3,569 23.1
Total formal votes 15,490 97.7
Informal votes 363 2.3
Turnout 15,853 91.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Keith Sutton 7,867 50.8
Liberal and Country Thomas Merrett 7,623 49.2
Labor hold Swing

Ascot Vale

Victorian state election, 1955: Ascot Vale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ernie Shepherd 14,351 66.4
Liberal and Country George Evans 4,091 18.9
Labor (A-C) Paul Gunn 3,168 14.7
Total formal votes 21,610 98.2
Informal votes 399 1.8
Turnout 22,009 94.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ernie Shepherd 14,826 68.6
Liberal and Country George Evans 6,784 31.4
Labor hold Swing

Ballarat North

Victorian state election, 1955: Ballarat North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Russell White 7,405 37.9
Labor Jack Smethurst 4,840 24.8
Labor (A-C) Thomas Lane 3,996 20.4
Liberal and Country Arthur Nicholson 3,305 16.9
Total formal votes 19,546 98.4
Informal votes 313 1.6
Turnout 19,859 96.4
Two-party-preferred result
Country Russell White 13,927 71.2
Labor Jack Smethurst 5,619 28.8
Country hold Swing

Ballarat South

Victorian state election, 1955: Ballarat South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Sheehan 8,317 42.8
Liberal and Country Gordon Scott 7,883 40.5
Labor (A-C) Alfred Purdue 3,249 16.7
Total formal votes 19,449 98.6
Informal votes 267 1.4
Turnout 19,716 96.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Gordon Scott 10,506 54.0
Labor John Sheehan 8,943 46.0
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing

Balwyn

Victorian state election, 1955: Balwyn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Alex Taylor 14,842 69.9
Labor Florence Rodan 6,394 30.1
Total formal votes 21,236 98.8
Informal votes 261 1.2
Turnout 21,497 93.7
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Benalla

Victorian state election, 1955: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Frederick Cook 7,589 38.8
Labor (A-C) Ernest Straughair 6,028 30.8
Liberal and Country Jack Pennington 5,949 30.4
Total formal votes 19,566 97.9
Informal votes 423 2.1
Turnout 19,989 94.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Frederick Cook 12,804 65.4
Labor (A-C) Ernest Straughair 6,762 34.6
Country hold Swing

Benambra

Victorian state election, 1955: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Tom Mitchell 7,595 40.3
Liberal and Country Norman Attree 4,734 25.1
Labor (A-C) William Findlay 4,140 22.0
Independent Country James Prendergast 2,383 12.7
Total formal votes 18,852 98.3
Informal votes 329 1.7
Turnout 19,181 93.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Tom Mitchell 9,803 52.0
Liberal and Country Norman Attree 9,049 48.0
Country hold Swing

Bendigo

Victorian state election, 1955: Bendigo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Galvin 8,955 44.4
Liberal and Country John Stanistreet 5,627 27.9
Labor (A-C) Arthur Cook 3,036 15.0
Country Norman Oliver 2,564 12.7
Total formal votes 20,182 98.5
Informal votes 315 1.5
Turnout 20,497 96.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country John Stanistreet 10,097 50.03
Labor Bill Galvin 10,085 49.97
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing

Box Hill

Victorian state election, 1955: Box Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country George Reid 13,073 45.9
Labor Bob Gray 9,969 35.0
Independent Leslie McCredden 2,854 10.0
Labor (A-C) Maurice Weston 1,986 7.0
Henry George Justice Leslie Bawden 624 2.2
Total formal votes 28,506 97.7
Informal votes 668 2.3
Turnout 29,174 94.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country George Reid 16,166 56.7
Labor Bob Gray 12,340 43.3
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing

Brighton

Victorian state election, 1955: Brighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country John Rossiter 9,363 53.3
Victorian Liberal Ray Tovell 4,947 28.1
Independent Labor Marcella Sullivan 3,269 18.6
Total formal votes 17,579 98.1
Informal votes 347 1.9
Turnout 17,926 92.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal and Country John Rossiter 10,998 62.6
Victorian Liberal Ray Tovell 6,581 37.4
Liberal and Country gain from Victorian Liberal Swing

Broadmeadows

Victorian state election, 1955: Broadmeadows
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Joseph Smith 11,043 42.9
Liberal and Country Harry Kane 9,572 37.1
Country James Webster 5,156 20.0
Total formal votes 25,771 98.5
Informal votes 394 1.5
Turnout 26,165 94.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Harry Kane 13,485 52.3
Labor Joseph Smith 12,286 47.7
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing

Brunswick East

Victorian state election, 1955: Brunswick East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Leo Fennessy 9,277 54.9
Liberal and Country Alfred Wall 4,141 24.5
Labor (A-C) Joseph O'Carroll 3,492 20.7
Total formal votes 16,910 97.5
Informal votes 431 2.5
Turnout 17,341 93.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Leo Fennessy 9,801 58.0
Liberal and Country Alfred Wall 7,109 42.0
Labor hold Swing

Brunswick West

Victorian state election, 1955: Brunswick West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Campbell Turnbull 6,917 44.8
Labor (A-C) Peter Randles 4,455 28.9
Liberal and Country Alisa Gaston 4,060 26.3
Total formal votes 15,432 98.0
Informal votes 315 2.0
Turnout 15,747 94.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Campbell Turnbull 7,757 50.3
Labor (A-C) Peter Randles 7,675 49.7
Labor hold Swing

Burwood

Victorian state election, 1955: Burwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Jim MacDonald 12,190 62.1
Labor Gwendolyn Noad 4,965 25.3
Labor (A-C) William Mahoney 1,954 9.9
Henry George Justice Ivan Robinson 530 2.7
Total formal votes 19,639 98.3
Informal votes 334 1.7
Turnout 19,973 93.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Jim MacDonald 14,117 71.9
Labor Gwendolyn Noad 5,522 28.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Camberwell

Victorian state election, 1955: Camberwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Robert Whately 13,369 67.0
Labor Barry Jones 6,595 33.0
Total formal votes 19,964 98.3
Informal votes 336 1.7
Turnout 20,300 92.9
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Carlton

Victorian state election, 1955: Carlton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Denis Lovegrove 7,141 49.2
Labor (A-C) Bill Barry 4,809 33.1
Liberal and Country Francis Michaelson 1,998 13.8
Communist John Prescott 568 3.9
Total formal votes 14,516 93.7
Informal votes 975 6.3
Turnout 15,491 91.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Denis Lovegrove 8,091 55.7
Labor (A-C) Bill Barry 6,425 44.3
Labor hold Swing

Caulfield

Victorian state election, 1955: Caulfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Joe Rafferty 8,505 54.4
Victorian Liberal Alexander Dennett 7,133 45.6
Total formal votes 15,638 94.6
Informal votes 900 5.4
Turnout 16,538 90.8
Liberal and Country gain from Victorian Liberal Swing

Caulfield East

Victorian state election, 1955: Caulfield East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Alexander Fraser 12,165 58.1
Labor Robert Flanagan 5,773 27.6
Labor (A-C) Bernard Tarpey 3,011 14.4
Total formal votes 20,949 98.3
Informal votes 353 1.7
Turnout 21,302 93.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Alexander Fraser 14,725 70.3
Labor Robert Flanagan 6,224 29.7
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Coburg

Victorian state election, 1955: Coburg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labor Charlie Mutton 11,809 53.2
Liberal and Country Donald Abernethy 5,711 25.7
Labor (A-C) Kevin Hayes 4,665 21.0
Total formal votes 22,185 98.2
Informal votes 415 1.8
Turnout 22,600 94.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Labor Charlie Mutton 12,975 58.5
Liberal and Country Donald Abernethy 9,210 41.5
Independent Labor hold Swing

Collingwood

Victorian state election, 1955: Collingwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Towers 8,906 63.4
Labor (A-C) William Livy 3,399 24.2
Liberal and Country Martha Yuille 1,746 12.4
Total formal votes 14,051 97.8
Informal votes 318 2.2
Turnout 14,369 93.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Bill Towers 9,343 66.5
Labor (A-C) William Livy 4,708 33.5
Labor hold Swing

Dandenong

Victorian state election, 1955: Dandenong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Ray Wiltshire 16,130 47.7
Labor John Tripovich 12,678 37.5
Labor (A-C) Reginald Kearney 4,997 14.8
Total formal votes 33,805 98.2
Informal votes 604 1.8
Turnout 34,409 94.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Ray Wiltshire 19,651 58.1
Labor John Tripovich 14,154 41.9
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing

Dundas

Victorian state election, 1955: Dundas
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bob McClure 7,238 39.7
Liberal and Country William McDonald 7,093 38.9
Country John O'Brien 2,024 11.1
Labor (A-C) John Peters 1,895 10.4
Total formal votes 18,250 98.6
Informal votes 264 1.4
Turnout 18,514 96.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country William McDonald 10,393 56.9
Labor Bob McClure 7,857 43.1
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing

Elsternwick

Victorian state election, 1955: Elsternwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Victorian Liberal John Don 8,401 43.5
Liberal and Country Richard Gainey 6,918 35.8
Independent Labor Donald Tottey 4,002 20.7
Total formal votes 19,321 97.6
Informal votes 477 2.4
Turnout 19,798 93.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal and Country Richard Gainey 9,950 51.5
Victorian Liberal John Don 9,371 48.5
Liberal and Country gain from Victorian Liberal Swing

Evelyn

Victorian state election, 1955: Evelyn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Phillip Connell 11,519 38.9
Liberal and Country Arthur Ireland 11,070 37.3
Labor (A-C) Michael Lucy 7,048 23.8
Total formal votes 29,637 98.2
Informal votes 544 1.8
Turnout 30,181 94.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Phillip Connell 16,212 54.7
Liberal and Country Arthur Ireland 13,425 45.3
Labor hold Swing

Flemington

Victorian state election, 1955: Flemington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Holland 9,376 63.3
Labor (A-C) John Hayes 5,443 36.7
Total formal votes 14,819 96.0
Informal votes 611 4.0
Turnout 15,430 91.9
Labor hold Swing

Footscray

Victorian state election, 1955: Footscray
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Roy Schintler 11,316 61.2
Liberal and Country George Punshon 3,725 20.1
Labor (A-C) William Lloyd 3,463 18.7
Total formal votes 18,504 98.1
Informal votes 350 1.9
Turnout 18,854 95.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Roy Schintler 11,835 64.0
Liberal and Country George Punshon 6,669 36.0
Labor hold Swing

Geelong

Victorian state election, 1955: Geelong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Thomas Maltby 11,172 51.5
Labor George Poyser 8,069 37.2
Independent Norman Mackay 1,358 6.3
Victorian Liberal Charles Plummer 1,081 5.0
Total formal votes 21,680 98.0
Informal votes 436 2.0
Turnout 22,116 93.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Thomas Maltby 13,367 61.7
Labor George Poyser 8,313 38.3
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing

Geelong West

Victorian state election, 1955: Geelong West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Geoffrey Thom 8,237 38.2
Labor Colin MacDonald 6,921 32.1
Independent James Dunn 2,720 12.6
Labor (A-C) James Mahoney 2,359 10.9
Independent James Dowsett 1,315 6.1
Total formal votes 21,552 97.4
Informal votes 585 2.6
Turnout 22,137 93.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Colin MacDonald 11,589 53.8
Liberal and Country Geoffrey Thom 9,963 46.2
Labor hold Swing

Gippsland East

Victorian state election, 1955: Gippsland East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Albert Lind 13,084 75.2
Labor (A-C) Frank Burns 4,323 24.8
Total formal votes 17,407 98.3
Informal votes 308 1.7
Turnout 17,715 92.5
Country hold Swing

Gippsland South

Victorian state election, 1955: Gippsland South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Herbert Hyland unopposed
Country hold Swing

Gippsland West

Victorian state election, 1955: Gippsland West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Leslie Cochrane 12,419 58.9
Liberal and Country Colin Ferres 6,938 32.9
Communist Walter Doig 1,716 8.2
Total formal votes 21,073 97.4
Informal votes 552 2.6
Turnout 21,625 94.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Leslie Cochrane 13,277 63.0
Liberal and Country Colin Ferres 7,796 37.0
Country hold Swing

Grant

Victorian state election, 1955: Grant
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Roy Crick 14,185 51.5
Liberal and Country Max Gillett 8,104 29.4
Labor (A-C) Leslie D'Arcy 5,275 19.1
Total formal votes 27,564 98.0
Informal votes 556 2.0
Turnout 28,120 94.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Roy Crick 14,975 54.3
Liberal and Country Max Gillett 12,589 45.7
Labor hold Swing

Hampden

Victorian state election, 1955: Hampden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Henry Bolte 10,968 58.7
Labor Ernie Morton 7,703 41.3
Total formal votes 18,671 98.8
Informal votes 231 1.2
Turnout 18,902 96.2
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Hawthorn

Victorian state election, 1955: Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Jim Manson 7,247 44.2
Labor Jack Poke 5,097 31.1
Labor (A-C) Charles Murphy 3,739 22.8
Henry George Justice William Pitt 313 1.9
Total formal votes 16,396 97.7
Informal votes 390 2.3
Turnout 16,786 94.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Jim Manson 8,518 52.0
Labor Jack Poke 7,878 48.0
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing

Ivanhoe

Victorian state election, 1955: Ivanhoe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Vernon Christie 9,014 50.4
Labor David Walker 6,420 35.9
Labor (A-C) John O'Dwyer 2,447 13.7
Total formal votes 17,881 98.7
Informal votes 237 1.3
Turnout 18,118 94.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Vernon Christie 11,093 62.0
Labor David Walker 6,788 38.0
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing

Kara Kara

Victorian state election, 1955: Kara Kara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Keith Turnbull 9,233 54.8
Country Ian McCann 7,605 45.2
Total formal votes 16,838 97.1
Informal votes 509 2.9
Turnout 17,347 95.9
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Kew

Victorian state election, 1955: Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Arthur Rylah 14,152 71.6
Labor Norman Williams 4,883 24.7
Communist Ralph Gibson 731 3.7
Total formal votes 19,766 98.0
Informal votes 401 2.0
Turnout 20,167 91.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Arthur Rylah 14,225 72.0
Labor Norman Williams 5,541 28.0
Liberal and Country hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ Election held on 28 May 1955, 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).
  3. ↑ Hughes, Colin A. (1975). Voting for the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1890-1964. Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 070811332X.
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