1949 Victorian Legislative Council election

Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 18 June 1949 to elect 17 of the 34 members of the state's Legislative Council for six year terms. MLCs were elected in single-member provinces using preferential voting.

Results

Legislative Council

Victorian Legislative Council election, 18 June 1949 Legislative Council << 1946–1952 >>
Enrolled voters		550,472
Votes cast		262,393		Turnout	47.7	−8.6
Informal votes		3,841		Informal	1.5	−0.5
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats won	Seats held
	Liberal and Country	111,368	43.1	−3.1	9	18
	Country	70,772	27.4	+14.0	4	4
	Labor	56,831	22.0	+0.1	4	8
	Other	19,581	7.6	−10.9	0	−1
Total		258,552			17	34

Retiring Members

Sir George Goudie (Country, North Western) had died prior to the election; no by-election was held.

Labor

• Percy Clarey MLC (Doutta Galla)

Liberal and Country

• Alfred Pittard MLC (Ballarat)

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		Herbert Ludbrook	George Stewart	Nathaniel Callow (Ind)
Bendigo	Country		John Lienhop	Allen Brownbill
Doutta Galla	Labor	Bill Slater			Denzil Don (Ind)
East Yarra	LCP		Ewen Cameron
Gippsland	Country		Eric Bawden	William MacAulay
Higinbotham	LCP		James Kennedy
Melbourne	Labor	Fred Thomas	John Eddy
Melbourne North	Independent	John Galbally			Likely McBrien (Ind)
Melbourne West	Labor	Les Coleman
Monash	LCP		Sir Frank Clarke		Percy Joske (Ind)
Northern	Country		John Gorton	George Tuckett
North Eastern	Country		James Tilson	Percival Inchbold
North Western	Country		Hugh Paton	Colin McNally
Southern	LCP		Gilbert Chandler
South Eastern	LCP		Charles Gartside	Frank Moore
South Western	LCP		Gordon McArthur		John Carr (Ind) John Horne (Ind)
Western	Ind Liberal		Hugh MacLeod	Sylvester Dawson

See also

• 1950 Victorian state election