Victorian Legislative Council election, 1952

Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 21 June 1952 to elect 17 of the 34 members of the state's Legislative Council. This election was the first following the abolition of property qualifications for voting in the Legislative Council.

Results

Legislative Council

Victorian Legislative Council election, 21 June 1952^[1] Legislative Council << 1949 — 1955 >>
Enrolled voters		1,395,460
Votes cast		994,192		Turnout	71.2	+23.3
Informal votes		22,595		Informal	2.3	+0.8
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats won	Seats held
	Liberal and Country	361,733	37.2	−5.9	1	10
	Labor	361,013	37.2	+15.2	11	15
	Country	106,864	11.0	−17.4	4	8
	Other	141,987	14.6	+7.0	1	1
Total		971,597			17	34

Retiring Members

Labor

William Beckett MLC (Melbourne)
Pat Kennelly MLC (Melbourne West)

Liberal and Country

Candidates

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	Other candidates

Ballarat	LCP	Jack Jones	James Kittson
Bendigo	LCP	Arthur Smith	Sir George Lansell
Doutta Galla	Labor	Paul Jones
East Yarra	LCP		George Hannan		Sir Clifden Eager (Ind)
Gippsland	Country	Henry Harvey	Mac Steward	Trevor Harvey
Higinbotham	LCP		Arthur Warner		Grace Stratton (Ind)
Melbourne	Labor	Pat Sheehy
Melbourne North	Labor	Archibald Fraser
Melbourne West	Labor	Bert Bailey			Alexander Dobbin (CPA)
Monash	LCP	Thomas Brennan	Alfred Wilde
Northern	Country		Wollaston Heily	Dudley Walters
North Eastern	Country		Robert Vroland	Ivan Swinburne
North Western	Country		Robert Linton	Percy Byrnes
Southern	LCP	Roy Rawson	Albert Pennell		Harold Harvie (Ind)
South Eastern	LCP	George Tilley	John Rossiter		Cyril Isaac (Ind)
South Western	LCP	Don Ferguson	Edward Montgomery		Keith McGarvie (Ind)
Western	Country	David Arnott	Robert Rankin	Ernest Walliker

References

↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Legislative Council election of 21 June 1952". Psephos.

Elections and referendums in Victoria

General elections	1856 1859 1861 1864 1866 1868 1871 1874 1877 1880 (Feb) 1880 (Jul) 1883 1886 1889 1892 1894 1897 1900 1902 1904 1907 1908 1911 1914 1917 1920 1921 1924 1927 1929 1932 1935 1937 1940 1943 1945 1947 1950 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1976 1979 1982 1985 1988 1992 1996 1999 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 by-elections

Upper house elections	1851 1856 1858 1860 1864 1866 1868 1870 1872 1874 1876 1878 1880 1882 1884 1886 1888 1889 1890 1892 1894 1895 1896 1898 1900 1901 1902 1904 1907 1910 1913 1916 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1940 1943 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958

Referendums	1898 1899

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