Results of the Victorian state election, 1955 (Legislative Assembly L-Z)

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 L to Z.

Results by electoral district

Lowan

Victorian state election, 1955: Lowan[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Wilfred Mibus 11,546 68.1
Country Griffith Perkins 5,418 31.9
Total formal votes 16,964 98.2
Informal votes 316 1.8
Turnout 17,280 96.3
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Malvern

Victorian state election, 1955: Malvern
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country John Bloomfield 11,440 70.5
Victorian Liberal Mascotte Brown 4,796 29.5
Total formal votes 16,236 95.4
Informal votes 779 4.6
Turnout 17,015 91.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Melbourne

Victorian state election, 1955: Melbourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Clarey 6,913 48.9
Liberal and Country Alan Etherington 3,703 26.2
Labor (A-C) Tom Hayes 3,520 24.9
Total formal votes 14,136 95.9
Informal votes 597 4.1
Turnout 14,733 90.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Arthur Clarey 9,132 64.6
Liberal and Country Alan Etherington 5,004 35.4
Labor hold Swing

Mentone

Victorian state election, 1955: Mentone
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Edward Meagher 10,198 42.8
Labor Alfred O'Connor 8,259 34.7
Labor (A-C) George White 5,356 22.5
Total formal votes 23,813 98.0
Informal votes 475 2.0
Turnout 24,288 94.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Edward Meagher 13,982 58.7
Labor Alfred O'Connor 9,431 41.3
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing

Midlands

Victorian state election, 1955: Midlands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Clive Stoneham 11,320 53.6
Liberal and Country James Mactier 7,709 36.5
Labor (A-C) Alexander Lee 2,094 9.9
Total formal votes 21,123 99.1
Informal votes 200 0.9
Turnout 21,323 95.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Clive Stoneham 11,634 55.1
Liberal and Country James Mactier 9,489 44.9
Labor hold Swing

Mildura

Victorian state election, 1955: Mildura
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Nathaniel Barclay 9,356 52.2
Labor Alan Lind 8,579 47.8
Total formal votes 17,935 99.1
Informal votes 159 0.9
Turnout 18,094 94.8
Country gain from Labor Swing

Moonee Ponds

Victorian state election, 1955: Moonee Ponds
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Samuel Merrifield 9,389 46.0
Liberal and Country Jack Holden 6,846 33.5
Labor (A-C) Harold Hilbert 4,167 20.4
Total formal votes 20,402 98.7
Informal votes 272 1.3
Turnout 20,674 93.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Jack Holden 10,633 52.1
Labor Samuel Merrifield 9,769 47.9
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing

Moorabbin

Victorian state election, 1955: Moorabbin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Bob Suggett 11,869 40.0
Labor Les Coates 11,673 39.4
Labor (A-C) Edward White 3,126 10.5
Victorian Liberal William Dawnay-Mould 2,985 10.1
Total formal votes 29,653 98.0
Informal votes 591 2.0
Turnout 30,244 95.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Bob Suggett 17,185 57.9
Labor Les Coates 12,468 42.1
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing

Mornington

Victorian state election, 1955: Mornington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country William Leggatt 14,327 65.2
Victorian Liberal Fred Jarman 7,646 34.8
Total formal votes 21,973 96.2
Informal votes 870 3.8
Turnout 28,843 92.5
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Morwell

Victorian state election, 1955: Morwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Hector Stoddart 7,933 41.3
Liberal and Country Jim Balfour 4,993 26.0
Country George Purvis 4,287 22.3
Labor (A-C) Gordon Green 1,979 10.3
Total formal votes 19,192 98.4
Informal votes 303 1.6
Turnout 19,495 92.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Jim Balfour 10,198 53.1
Labor Hector Stoddart 8,994 46.9
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing

Murray Valley

Victorian state election, 1955: Murray Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country George Moss 11,386 57.7
Labor Kenneth Lenne 5,001 25.3
Labor (A-C) Stewart Morvell 3,344 16.9
Total formal votes 19,731 98.6
Informal votes 278 1.4
Turnout 20,009 95.0
Two-party-preferred result
Country George Moss 14,395 73.0
Labor Kenneth Lenne 5,336 27.0
Country hold Swing

Northcote

Victorian state election, 1955: Northcote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Cain 10,655 60.9
Liberal and Country Neil McKay 3,953 22.6
Labor (A-C) David Woodhouse 2,890 16.5
Total formal votes 17,498 98.3
Informal votes 294 1.7
Turnout 17,792 92.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Cain 11,089 63.4
Liberal and Country Neil McKay 6,409 36.6
Labor hold Swing

Oakleigh

Victorian state election, 1955: Oakleigh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Val Doube 9,111 49.1
Liberal and Country Max Fox 7,564 40.8
Labor (A-C) Donald Murray 1,874 10.1
Total formal votes 18,549 98.7
Informal votes 247 1.3
Turnout 18,796 95.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Val Doube 9,377 50.6
Liberal and Country Max Fox 9,172 49.4
Labor hold Swing

Pascoe Vale

Victorian state election, 1955: Pascoe Vale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Drakeford 9,032 42.7
Liberal and Country Rudolph Reid 7,085 33.5
Labor (A-C) George Fewster 4,173 19.7
Independent Colin Portway 486 2.3
Henry George Justice Lancelot Hutchinson 397 1.9
Total formal votes 21,173 2.4
Informal votes 515 2.4
Turnout 21,688 95.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Arthur Drakeford 12,680 59.9
Liberal Rudolph Reid 8,493 40.1
Labor hold Swing

Polwarth

Victorian state election, 1955: Polwarth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Edward Guye 10,543 54.6
Labor Phillip Denning 4,817 24.9
Country Ronald Harris 3,963 20.5
Total formal votes 19,323 98.9
Informal votes 220 1.1
Turnout 19,543 95.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Edward Guye 14,110 73.0
Labor Phillip Denning 5,213 27.0
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Portland

Victorian state election, 1955: Portland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Malcolm Gladman 6,753 37.3
Liberal and Country George Gibbs 5,629 31.1
Country Cyril Brimblecombe 2,886 16.0
Labor (A-C) William O'Sullivan 2,818 15.6
Total formal votes 18,086 98.5
Informal votes 275 1.5
Turnout 18,361 96.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country George Gibbs 10,495 58.0
Labor Malcolm Gladman 7,591 42.0
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Port Melbourne

Victorian state election, 1955: Port Melbourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Archie Todd 7,701 50.1
Labor (A-C) Stan Corrigan 5,349 34.8
Liberal and Country John Talbot 1,972 12.8
Communist Laurence Troy 340 2.2
Total formal votes 15,362 95.9
Informal votes 657 4.1
Turnout 16,019 93.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Archie Todd 8,492 55.3
Labor (A-C) Stan Corrigan 6,870 44.7
Labor hold Swing

Prahran

Victorian state election, 1955: Prahran
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert Pettiona 7,738 47.3
Liberal and Country Sam Loxton 5,847 35.7
Labor (A-C) James Johnson 2,238 13.7
Independent Leonard Bennett 553 3.4
Total formal votes 16,376 96.6
Informal votes 576 3.4
Turnout 16,952 92.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Sam Loxton 8,195 50.04
Labor Robert Pettiona 8,181 49.96
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing

Preston

Victorian state election, 1955: Preston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Charlie Ring 11,429 52.4
Liberal and Country Frank Block 6,881 31.5
Labor (A-C) Thomas Hartnedy 3,515 16.1
Total formal votes 21,825 97.6
Informal votes 542 2.4
Turnout 22,367 95.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Charlie Ring 11,955 54.8
Liberal and Country Frank Block 9,870 45.2
Labor hold Swing

Reservoir

Victorian state election, 1955: Reservoir
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Ruthven 12,247 55.1
Liberal and Country Frederick Capp 6,593 29.6
Labor (A-C) Edmund Morrissey 3,405 15.3
Total formal votes 22,245 98.1
Informal votes 427 1.9
Turnout 22,672 96.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor William Ruthven 12,758 57.3
Liberal and Country Frederick Capp 9,487 42.7
Labor hold Swing

Richmond

Victorian state election, 1955: Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor (A-C) Frank Scully 6,159 40.4
Labor Patrick O'Connell 5,967 39.2
Liberal and Country Barry Dove 2,622 17.2
Communist Kenneth Miller 484 3.2
Total formal votes 15,232 95.9
Informal votes 647 4.1
Turnout 15,879 95.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor (A-C) Frank Scully 8,053 52.9
Labor Patrick O'Connell 7,179 47.1
Labor (A-C) gain from Labor Swing

Ripponlea

Victorian state election, 1955: Ripponlea
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Edgar Tanner 6,799 44.2
Labor (A-C) George Miller 4,121 26.8
Victorian Liberal Thomas Hollway 3,723 24.2
Communist Ted Laurie 750 4.9
Total formal votes 15,393 94.3
Informal votes 933 5.7
Turnout 16,326 90.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal and Country Edgar Tanner 9,722 63.1
Labor (A-C) George Miller 5,671 36.9
Liberal and Country gain from Victorian Liberal Swing

Rodney

Victorian state election, 1955: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Richard Brose 12,157 61.8
Liberal and Country Leslie Lord 7,504 38.2
Total formal votes 19,661 98.1
Informal votes 380 1.9
Turnout 20,041 95.0
Country hold Swing

St Kilda

Victorian state election, 1955: St Kilda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Baron Snider 7,238 44.1
Labor John Bourke 6,967 42.4
Victorian Liberal Arnold Blashki 1,755 10.7
Total formal votes 16,414 96.5
Informal votes 589 3.5
Turnout 17,003 91.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Baron Snider 8,768 53.4
Labor John Bourke 7,646 46.6
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing

Sandringham

Victorian state election, 1955: Sandringham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Murray Porter 13,120 47.1
Labor Henry Fowler 9,526 34.2
Labor (A-C) John Ryan 3,740 13.4
Independent Alexander Steele 1,437 5.2
Total formal votes 27,823 98.2
Informal votes 510 1.8
Turnout 28,333 94.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Murray Porter 17,404 62.6
Labor Henry Fowler 10,419 37.4
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Scoresby

Victorian state election, 1955: Scoresby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country George Knox 20,234 64.2
Labor Reginald Robertson 11,270 35.8
Total formal votes 31,504 98.5
Informal votes 483 1.5
Turnout 31,987 93.6
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Swan Hill

Victorian state election, 1955: Swan Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Harold Stirling 8,105 46.4
Independent Country Duncan Douglas 5,824 33.4
Independent Liberal John Hipworth 3,528 20.2
Total formal votes 17,457 98.0
Informal votes 348 2.0
Turnout 17,805 94.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Harold Stirling 9,472 54.2
Independent Country Duncan Douglas 7,985 45.8
Country hold Swing

Toorak

Victorian state election, 1955: Toorak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Horace Petty 10,408 64.2
Independent Labor George Gahan 3,578 22.1
Victorian Liberal Geoffrey Kiddle 2,225 13.7
Total formal votes 16,211 95.9
Informal votes 698 4.1
Turnout 16,909 91.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal and Country Horace Petty 12,077 74.5
Independent Labor George Gahan 4,134 25.5
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Williamstown

Victorian state election, 1955: Williamstown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Larry Floyd 11,690 63.3
Liberal and Country James Wilkie 3,918 21.2
Labor (A-C) Herbert Stackpoole 2,846 15.4
Total formal votes 18,454 98.6
Informal votes 263 1.4
Turnout 18,717 94.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Larry Floyd 12,117 65.6
Liberal and Country James Wilkie 6,337 34.4
Labor 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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