Results of the Victorian state election, 1961 (Legislative Assembly A-K)

Victorian state election, 15 July 1961[1]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1958 — 1964 >>

Enrolled voters 1,554,856
Votes cast 1,554,856 Turnout 94.41 +0.18
Informal votes 35,937 Informal 2.45 +0.67
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 552,015 38.55 +0.86 17 – 1
  Liberal and Country 521,777 36.44 –0.74 39 ± 0
  Democratic Labor 242,753 16.95 +2.53 0 ± 0
  Country 102,184 7.14 –2.16 9 ± 0
  Other 3,722 0.26 +0.16 0 ± 0
  Independent 9,474 0.66 –0.64 1 + 1
Total 1,431,925     66  
Two-party-preferred
  Liberal and Country 829,977 57.9 +0.1
  Labor 602,493 42.1 –0.1

This is a list of electoral district results for the Victorian 1961 election for electorates from A to K.

Results by electoral district

Albert Park

Victorian state election, 1961: Albert Park[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Keith Sutton 8,736 56.1 +7.2
Democratic Labor Albert Jones 3,437 22.1 -1.7
Liberal and Country Thomas Merrett 3,404 21.8 -2.9
Total formal votes 15,577 96.6 -0.8
Informal votes 554 3.4 +0.8
Turnout 16,131 92.6 +0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Keith Sutton 9,252 59.4 +5.0
Liberal and Country Thomas Merrett 6,325 40.6 -5.0
Labor hold Swing +5.0

Ballarat North

Victorian state election, 1961: Ballarat North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Philip Gray 7,842 36.8 +7.1
Liberal and Country Tom Evans 7,653 35.9 +15.6
Democratic Labor Walter Brown 4,038 19.0 +3.2
Country Alexander Hoffert 1,765 8.3 -26.0
Total formal votes 21,298 98.5 0.0
Informal votes 315 1.5 0.0
Turnout 21,613 95.7 -0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Tom Evans 12,732 59.8 +22.5
Labor Philip Gray 8,566 40.2 +40.2
Liberal and Country gain from Country Swing N/A

Ballarat South

Victorian state election, 1961: Ballarat South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ron Wilson 8,394 41.4 +6.4
Liberal and Country Gordon Scott 8,194 40.4 +0.9
Democratic Labor Francis Brown 3,691 18.2 -0.9
Total formal votes 20,279 98.5 +0.3
Informal votes 316 1.5 -0.3
Turnout 20,595 95.7 -0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Gordon Scott 11,491 56.7 -2.5
Labor Ron Wilson 8,788 43.3 +2.5
Liberal and Country hold Swing -2.5

Balwyn

Victorian state election, 1961: Balwyn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Alex Taylor 15,653 62.4 +1.7
Labor Edmund Du Vergier 6,104 24.3 +1.8
Democratic Labor Leo Erwin 3,346 13.3 +2.9
Total formal votes 25,113 98.5 -0.1
Informal votes 380 1.5 +0.1
Turnout 25,493 94.1 +0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Alex Taylor 18,506 73.7 -1.3
Labor Edmund Du Vergier 6,607 26.3 +1.3
Liberal and Country hold Swing -1.3

Benalla

Victorian state election, 1961: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Tom Trewin 7,007 35.8 +1.6
Labor Jack Ginifer 5,758 29.5 +1.0
Liberal and Country John Hanson 3,785 19.4 -4.6
Democratic Labor Bartholomew O'Dea 3,000 15.4 +2.0
Total formal votes 19,550 98.0 -1.0
Informal votes 394 2.0 +1.0
Turnout 19,944 98.8 +4.0
Two-party-preferred result
Country Tom Trewin 13,102 67.0 -0.1
Labor Jack Ginifer 6,448 33.0 +0.1
Country hold Swing -0.1

Benambra

Victorian state election, 1961: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Tom Mitchell 10,835 50.7 +0.6
Labor Reginald Mortimer 4,920 23.0 +2.3
Democratic Labor William Findlay 3,445 16.1 0.0
Liberal and Country Robert Kilpatrick 2,171 10.2 -2.8
Total formal votes 21,371 98.0 -0.7
Informal votes 435 2.0 +0.7
Turnout 21,806 94.7 +0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Country Tom Mitchell 15,718 73.6 -2.0
Labor Reginald Mortimer 5,653 26.4 +2.0
Country hold Swing -2.0

Bendigo

Victorian state election, 1961: Bendigo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Galvin 10,875 52.1 +4.9
Liberal and Country Thomas Flood 6,579 31.5 +4.1
Democratic Labor Paul Brennan 3,434 16.4 +3.4
Total formal votes 20,888 98.8 +0.3
Informal votes 263 1.2 -0.3
Turnout 21,151 96.6 +0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Galvin 11,389 54.5 +2.5
Liberal and Country Thomas Flood 9,499 45.5 -2.5
Labor hold Swing +2.5

Box Hill

Victorian state election, 1961: Box Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country George Reid 15,546 55.2 -3.0
Labor William O'Grady 7,873 28.0 -2.3
Democratic Labor Edmund Burgi 4,717 16.8 +5.4
Total formal votes 28,143 98.2 -0.5
Informal votes 525 1.8 +0.5
Turnout 28,661 93.9 0.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country George Reid 19,557 69.5 +1.5
Labor William O'Grady 8,579 30.5 -1.5
Liberal and Country hold Swing +1.5

Brighton

Victorian state election, 1961: Brighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country John Rossiter 11,218 58.3 -8.7
Labor Geoffrey Blunden 5,333 27.7 -5.3
Democratic Labor Edwin McSweeney 2,678 13.9 +13.9
Total formal votes 19,229 98.3 -0.1
Informal votes 323 1.7 +0.1
Turnout 19,552 93.7 0.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country John Rossiter 13,494 70.2 +3.2
Labor Geoffrey Blunden 5,735 29.8 -3.2
Liberal and Country hold Swing +3.2

Broadmeadows

Victorian state election, 1961: Broadmeadows
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Joseph Smith 17,650 44.4 -2.6
Liberal and Country Harry Kane 13,651 34.3 -2.9
Democratic Labor John Donnellon 7,529 18.9 +3.1
Independent Anthony van der Loo 908 2.3 +2.3
Total formal votes 39,738 97.5 -1.1
Informal votes 1,026 2.5 +1.1
Turnout 40,764 95.1 +1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Harry Kane 21,076 53.0 +2.2
Labor Joseph Smith 18,662 47.0 -2.2
Liberal and Country hold Swing +2.2

Brunswick East

Victorian state election, 1961: Brunswick East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Leo Fennessy 9,385 63.5 +5.6
Democratic Labor Allan Swain 3,337 22.6 +4.3
Liberal and Country Warren Mills 2,059 13.9 -10.0
Total formal votes 14,781 94.2 -3.0
Informal votes 902 5.8 +3.0
Turnout 15,683 92.3 -0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Leo Fennessy 9,896 66.9 +6.3
Liberal and Country Warren Mills 4,885 33.1 -6.3
Labor hold Swing +6.3

Brunswick West

Victorian state election, 1961: Brunswick West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Campbell Turnbull 9,159 52.3 +1.1
Democratic Labor John Flint 4,251 24.3 -0.3
Liberal and Country Norman Glass 4,094 23.4 -0.9
Total formal votes 17,504 95.8 -1.8
Informal votes 758 4.2 +1.8
Turnout 18,262 93.8 0.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Campbell Turnbull 9,797 56.0 +1.1
Liberal and Country Norman Glass 7,707 44.0 -1.1
Labor hold Swing +1.1

Burwood

Victorian state election, 1961: Burwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Jim MacDonald 11,929 59.3 -10.7
Labor Peter Lynn 5,252 26.1 -3.9
Democratic Labor John Duffy 2,944 14.6 +14.6
Total formal votes 20,125 98.4 0.0
Informal votes 319 1.6 0.0
Turnout 20,444 94.7 -0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Jim MacDonald 14,382 71.7 +1.6
Labor Peter Lynn 5,743 28.3 -1.6
Liberal and Country hold Swing +1.6

Camberwell

Victorian state election, 1961: Camberwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Vernon Wilcox 10,773 57.3 -3.1
Labor Anthony Giblett 5,218 27.8 +0.6
Democratic Labor Celia Laird 2,808 14.9 +2.4
Total formal votes 18,799 97.9 -0.4
Informal votes 406 2.1 +0.4
Turnout 19,205 93.0 -0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Vernon Wilcox 13,160 70.0 -2.0
Labor Anthony Giblett 5,639 30.0 +2.0
Liberal and Country hold Swing -2.0

Caulfield

Victorian state election, 1961: Caulfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Alexander Fraser 10,676 55.3 -3.9
Labor Sydney Edwards 5,137 26.6 -1.0
Democratic Labor Walter Culliford 3,474 18.0 +4.8
Total formal votes 19,287 97.9 -0.6
Informal votes 410 2.1 +0.6
Turnout 19,697 91.9 -0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Alexander Fraser 13,629 70.7 +0.2
Labor Sydney Edwards 5,658 29.3 -0.2
Liberal and Country hold Swing +0.2

Coburg

Victorian state election, 1961: Coburg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Charlie Mutton 11,658 58.8 -3.6
Democratic Labor John Livingstone 4,149 20.9 +5.9
Liberal and Country Bryce Pyatt 4,036 20.3 -2.2
Total formal votes 19,843 97.0 -1.1
Informal votes 617 3.0 +1.1
Turnout 20,460 95.2 -0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Charlie Mutton 12,280 61.9 -2.8
Liberal and Country Bryce Pyatt 7,563 38.1 +2.8
Labor hold Swing -2.8

Dandenong

Victorian state election, 1961: Dandenong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alan Lind 14,949 43.0 +1.3
Liberal and Country Len Reid 14,290 41.1 -2.7
Democratic Labor John Simmons 5,538 15.9 +1.5
Total formal votes 34,777 97.9 -0.3
Informal votes 762 2.1 +0.3
Turnout 35,539 94.6 +0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Len Reid 19,232 55.3 +1.8
Labor Alan Lind 15,545 44.7 -1.8
Liberal and Country hold Swing +1.8

Dundas

Victorian state election, 1961: Dundas
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country William McDonald 9,344 45.0 -3.7
Labor Bob McClure 8,463 40.8 +1.2
Democratic Labor James Eveston 2,943 14.2 +2.5
Total formal votes 20,750 98.9 -0.4
Informal votes 237 1.1 +0.4
Turnout 20,987 96.4 +0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country William McDonald 11,484 55.3 -3.1
Labor Bob McClure 9,266 44.7 +3.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing -3.1

Elsternwick

Victorian state election, 1961: Elsternwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Richard Gainey 10,618 55.6 -3.3
Labor George Smith 5,287 27.7 +1.9
Democratic Labor Edward Preece 3,174 16.6 +1.3
Total formal votes 19,079 97.9 -0.3
Informal votes 407 2.1 +0.3
Turnout 19,486 94.6 +1.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Richard Gainey 13,316 69.8 -2.1
Labor George Smith 5,763 30.2 +2.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing -2.1

Essendon

Victorian state election, 1961: Essendon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Kenneth Wheeler 9,054 39.9 +1.8
Labor Leslie Edmunds 8,794 38.7 -6.2
Democratic Labor Kevin Digby 4,564 20.1 +3.0
Independent Norman McClure 294 1.3 +1.3
Total formal votes 22,706 97.4 -1.0
Informal votes 614 2.6 +1.0
Turnout 23,320 95.4 -0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Kenneth Wheeler 12,933 57.0 +5.5
Labor Leslie Edmunds 9,773 43.0 -5.5
Liberal and Country hold Swing +5.5

Evelyn

Victorian state election, 1961: Evelyn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Russell Stokes 12,302 43.3 -0.5
Labor Donald King 11,424 40.2 -3.3
Democratic Labor Kevin Gould 4,704 16.5 +3.7
Total formal votes 28,430 98.2 -0.3
Informal votes 516 1.8 +0.3
Turnout 28,946 93.9 -0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Russell Stokes 15,647 55.0 +0.9
Labor Donald King 12,783 45.0 -0.9
Liberal and Country hold Swing +0.9

Fitzroy

Victorian state election, 1961: Fitzroy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Denis Lovegrove 8,427 57.5 -7.3
Democratic Labor Bill Barry 3,951 26.9 +8.1
Liberal and Country Maxwell Lee 2,285 15.6 -0.7
Total formal votes 14,663 93.8 -2.2
Informal votes 970 6.2 +2.2
Turnout 15,633 90.9 -0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Denis Lovegrove 9,019 61.5 -6.1
Liberal and Country Maxwell Lee 5,644 38.5 +6.1
Labor hold Swing -6.1

Flemington

Victorian state election, 1961: Flemington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Holland 10,444 62.6 -0.6
Liberal and Country John Marshall 3,232 19.4 +2.6
Democratic Labor Michael McMahon 3,005 18.0 -2.0
Total formal votes 16,681 96.6 -1.2
Informal votes 593 3.4 +1.2
Turnout 17,274 93.5 -1.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kevin Holland 10,894 65.3 -0.9
Liberal and Country John Marshall 5,787 34.7 +0.9
Labor hold Swing -0.9

Footscray

Victorian state election, 1961: Footscray
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Divers 12,196 65.7 -10.9
Democratic Labor Walter Byrne 3,870 20.9 +8.8
Liberal and Country Peter Oliver 2,485 13.4 +2.1
Total formal votes 18,551 95.9 -2.1
Informal votes 790 4.1 +2.1
Turnout 19,341 95.6 -0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor William Divers 12,776 68.9 -9.5
Liberal and Country Peter Oliver 5,775 31.1 +9.5
Labor hold Swing -9.5

Geelong

Victorian state election, 1961: Geelong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Hayden Birrell 9,241 46.2 +2.8
Labor William King 7,590 38.0 +0.1
Democratic Labor William Mithen 3,159 15.8 +3.9
Total formal votes 19,990 98.0 -0.7
Informal votes 411 2.0 +0.7
Turnout 20,401 93.8 +1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Hayden Birrell 11,839 59.2 +2.8
Labor William King 8,151 40.8 -2.8
Liberal and Country hold Swing +2.8

Geelong West

Victorian state election, 1961: Geelong West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Neil Trezise 11,510 48.0 +0.5
Liberal and Country Max Gillett 9,244 38.6 -0.8
Democratic Labor James Mahoney 3,207 13.4 +0.3
Total formal votes 23,961 98.0 -0.5
Informal votes 496 2.0 +0.5
Turnout 24,457 94.5 +1.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Max Gillett 12,032 50.2 +0.1
Labor Neil Trezise 11,929 49.8 -0.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing +0.1

Gippsland East

Victorian state election, 1961: Gippsland East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Bruce Evans 7,342 37.3 -20.9
Liberal and Country Rae Archibald 4,752 24.1 +1.1
Labor Neil Rosser 4,715 23.9 +23.9
Democratic Labor Frank Burns 2,901 14.7 -4.1
Total formal votes 19,710 97.8 -0.7
Informal votes 441 2.2 +0.7
Turnout 20,151 93.6 -0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Country Bruce Evans 14,085 71.5 -0.8
Labor Neil Rosser 5,625 28.5 +28.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Bruce Evans 12,273 62.3 -10.0
Liberal and Country Rae Archibald 7,437 37.7 +10.0
Country hold Swing -10.0

Gippsland South

Victorian state election, 1961: Gippsland South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Herbert Hyland 11,879 55.3 -21.5
Labor Albert Thexton 4,181 19.5 +19.5
Democratic Labor Geoffrey Farrell 2,918 13.6 -9.6
Liberal and Country Leslie Horsfield 2,156 10.0 +10.0
Independent Bryan Fitzgerald 340 1.6 +1.6
Total formal votes 21,474 97.2 -0.6
Informal votes 626 2.8 +0.6
Turnout 22,100 94.4 -0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Country Herbert Hyland 16,471 76.7 -0.1
Labor Albert Thexton 5,003 23.3 +23.3
Country hold Swing N/A

Gippsland West

Victorian state election, 1961: Gippsland West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Leslie Cochrane 8,224 39.6 -2.9
Labor Eric Kent 5,237 25.2 -0.8
Liberal and Country Toni Garside 4,463 21.5 +1.8
Democratic Labor Kevin Scanlon 2,847 13.7 +1.9
Total formal votes 20,771 97.6 -0.9
Informal votes 508 2.4 +0.9
Turnout 21,279 95.1 -0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Country Leslie Cochrane 15,284 73.6 +3.2
Labor Eric Kent 5,487 26.4 -3.2
Country hold Swing +3.2

Grant

Victorian state election, 1961: Grant
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Roy Crick 19,305 55.4 -3.9
Democratic Labor Robert Bainbridge 7,677 22.0 +6.1
Liberal and Country Max Crellin 6,924 19.9 -4.9
Communist William Wilson 940 2.7 +2.7
Total formal votes 35,381 97.4 -0.3
Informal votes 940 2.6 +0.3
Turnout 36,321 99.1 +4.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Roy Crick 21,303 61.1 -0.6
Liberal and Country Max Crellin 14,078 38.9 +0.6
Labor hold Swing -0.6

Hampden

Victorian state election, 1961: Hampden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Henry Bolte 10,442 52.3 -6.1
Labor George Price 6,058 30.3 +3.4
Democratic Labor Francis O'Brien 3,480 17.4 +2.7
Total formal votes 19,980 98.9 -0.2
Informal votes 231 1.1 +0.2
Turnout 20,211 96.4 -0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Henry Bolte 13,400 67.1 -3.8
Labor George Price 6,580 32.9 +3.8
Liberal and Country hold Swing -3.8

Hawthorn

Victorian state election, 1961: Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Peter Garrisson 7,071 42.4 +1.2
Labor John Reeves 6,657 39.9 -0.4
Democratic Labor Charles Murphy 2,963 17.7 -0.7
Total formal votes 16,691 97.1 -0.7
Informal votes 496 2.9 +0.7
Turnout 17,187 91.8 -0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Peter Garrisson 9,568 57.3 +0.5
Labor John Reeves 7,123 42.7 -0.5
Liberal and Country hold Swing +0.5

Ivanhoe

Victorian state election, 1961: Ivanhoe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Vernon Christie 10,492 48.0 -0.2
Labor Norman Rothfield 8,070 36.9 -1.1
Democratic Labor Cyril Cummins 3,298 15.1 +1.3
Total formal votes 21,860 98.1 -0.6
Informal votes 413 1.9 +0.6
Turnout 22,273 94.3 +0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Vernon Christie 13,475 61.6 +1.2
Labor Norman Rothfield 8,385 38.4 -1.2
Liberal and Country hold Swing +1.2

Kara Kara

Victorian state election, 1961: Kara Kara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Keith Turnbull 6,224 33.5 -8.3
Labor Cyril Sudholz 5,314 28.6 -1.3
Country Bill Phelan 4,902 26.3 +8.8
Democratic Labor Vincent Gervasoni 2,144 11.5 +0.7
Total formal votes 18,584 98.8 -0.2
Informal votes 225 1.2 +0.2
Turnout 18,809 96.4 -0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Keith Turnbull 11,864 63.8 -0.4
Labor Cyril Sudholz 6,246 31.7 +0.4
Liberal and Country hold Swing -0.4

Kew

Victorian state election, 1961: Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Arthur Rylah 11,452 59.5 -3.1
Labor William Cooper 4,384 22.8 +3.3
Democratic Labor Francis Duffy 3,068 15.9 +0.2
Communist Eric Thornton 357 1.8 -0.4
Total formal votes 19,261 97.6 -0.5
Informal votes 466 2.4 +0.5
Turnout 19,727 91.9 -0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Arthur Rylah 14,096 73.2 -3.0
Labor William Cooper 5,165 26.8 +3.0
Liberal and Country hold Swing -3.0

See also

References

  1. ↑ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Victoria, Assembly election, 15 July 1961". Retrieved 1 February 2010.
  2. ↑ 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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