Victorian Legislative Council election, 1955

Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 18 June 1955 to elect 17 of the 34 members of the state's Legislative Council.

Results

Legislative Council

Victorian Legislative Council election, 18 June 1955^[1] Legislative Council << 1952 — 1958 >>
Enrolled voters		1,430,130
Votes cast		1,110,951		Turnout	77.7	+6.5
Informal votes		23,189		Informal	2.1	-0.2
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats won	Seats held
	Labor	423,663	38.9	+1.7	4	10
	Liberal and Country	331,609	30.5	–6.7	9	10
	Labor (A-C)	179,319	16.5	+16.5	0	5
	Country	66,826	6.1	-4.9	4	8
	Other	86,345	7.9	−6.7	0	1
Total		1,087,762			17	34

Retiring Members

Country

George Tuckett MLC (Northern)

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	Labor (A-C) candidates	Other candidates

Ballarat	LCP	Harold Williams	Herbert Ludbrook
Bendigo	LCP	John Murley	Thomas Grigg		John Brosnan
Doutta Galla	Labor	Bill Slater			Francis Williams
East Yarra	LCP	Francis Cranston	Ewen Cameron		Leonora Lloyd	Clifden Eager (Ind)
Gippsland	Country			William MacAulay	William Phelan
Higinbotham	LCP		Lindsay Thompson
Melbourne	Labor	Fred Thomas			Frank McManus
Melbourne North	Labor	John Galbally			Frederick Riley	Harold Harvie (Ind)
Melbourne West	Labor	Buckley Machin			Les Coleman
Monash	LCP	Henry Peagram	Charles Gawith
Northern	Country			Percy Feltham		Stephen Donelan (Ind) Morton Garner (Ind) James Mosby (Ind)
North Eastern	Country			Keith Bradbury
North Western	Country			Arthur Mansell
Southern	LCP	Arthur Carpenter	Gilbert Chandler		David Purcell
South Eastern	LCP		Charles Bridgford		James Austin	Charles Gartside (VLP)
South Western	LCP	Edwin Morris	Gordon McArthur		Michael Findley
Western	LCP	Roy Cundy	Ronald Mack		George Fitzgerald	Hugh MacLeod (VLP)

References

↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Legislative Council election of 18 June 1955". 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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