Results of the 1952 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly)

Victorian state election, 6 December 1952^[1]^[2] Legislative Assembly << 1950–1955 >>
Enrolled voters		1,119,486
Votes cast		1,047,671		Turnout	93.58	−0.82
Informal votes		18,991		Informal	1.81	+0.67
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	504,773	49.07	+3.78	37	+13
	Liberal and Country	255,685	24.85	−15.84	11	−16
	Electoral Reform League	98,641	9.59	+9.59	4	+4
	Country	85,843	8.34	−2.30	12	−1
	Independent	71,068	6.90	+4.04	1	±0
Total		1,028,680			65
Two-party-preferred
	Labor	734,668	56.7	+6.3
	Liberal and Country	560,521	43.3	–6.3

This is a list of electoral district results for the Victorian 1952 election.

Results by electoral district

Albert Park

1952 Victorian state election: Albert Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Keith Sutton	12,985	65.7	+14.4
	Liberal and Country	Desmond Byrne	6,770	34.3	−14.4
Total formal votes			19,755	97.9	−2.0
Informal votes			417	2.1	+2.0
Turnout			20,172	90.5	−0.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+14.4

Allandale

1952 Victorian state election: Allandale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Russell White	7,620	51.1	+17.0
	Labor	Patrick Denigan	7,277	48.9	+5.8
Total formal votes			14,897	98.8	−0.5
Informal votes			183	1.2	+0.5
Turnout			15,080	94.7	−1.0
	Country hold		Swing	−4.2

Ballarat

1952 Victorian state election: Ballarat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Sheehan	11,042	54.0	+7.2
	Liberal and Country	William Roff	9,424	46.0	−7.2
Total formal votes			20,466	99.0	−0.2
Informal votes			211	1.0	+0.2
Turnout			20,677	96.2	−0.6
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	+7.2

Barwon

1952 Victorian state election: Barwon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Thomas Maltby	8,483	51.7	−48.3
	Labor	Charles Plummer	7,915	48.3	+48.3
Total formal votes			16,398	99.0
Informal votes			172	1.0
Turnout			16,570	93.8
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Benalla

1952 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Frederick Cook	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Benambra

1952 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Tom Mitchell	7,241	57.3	−16.7
	Labor	Geoffrey Holland	5,386	42.7	+42.7
Total formal votes			12,627	98.9	+1.0
Informal votes			139	1.1	−1.0
Turnout			12,766	90.9	−1.3
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Bendigo

1952 Victorian state election: Bendigo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Galvin	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Borung

1952 Victorian state election: Borung
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Wilfred Mibus	8,174	61.9	+5.5
	Labor	Lionel Reid	5,030	38.1	+38.1
Total formal votes			13,204	99.3	+0.2
Informal votes			99	0.7	−0.2
Turnout			13,303	95.6	−0.5
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Box Hill

1952 Victorian state election: Box Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Gray	17,661	52.2	+7.6
	Liberal and Country	George Reid	12,987	38.3	−17.1
	Independent	Thomas Mullett	3,218	9.5	+9.5
Total formal votes			33,866	98.4	−0.8
Informal votes			560	1.6	+0.8
Turnout			34,426	93.4	−1.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Gray	18,305	54.0	+9.4
	Liberal and Country	George Reid	15,561	46.0	−9.4
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	+9.4

Brighton

1952 Victorian state election: Brighton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Electoral Reform	Ray Tovell	12,167	48.2	+48.2
	Independent	Allistair Bruce	5,786	22.9	+22.9
	Liberal and Country	Raymond Trickey	4,874	19.3	−80.7
	Independent	Grace Stratton	1,244	4.9	+4.9
	Independent	Finlay Julyan	1,174	4.7	+4.7
Total formal votes			25,245	97.6
Informal votes			631	2.4
Turnout			25,876	94.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Electoral Reform	Ray Tovell	15,729	62.3	+62.3
	Independent	Allistair Bruce	9,516	37.7	+37.7
	Electoral Reform gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	N/A

Brunswick

1952 Victorian state election: Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Randles	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Camberwell

1952 Victorian state election: Camberwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Florence Rodan	8,664	32.9	−2.0
	Liberal and Country	Robert Whately	7,084	26.9	−38.2
	Electoral Reform	Vernon Wilcox	5,564	21.1	+21.1
	Independent	Reginald Cooper	5,046	19.1	+19.1
Total formal votes			26,358	97.8	−1.5
Informal votes			599	2.2	+1.5
Turnout			26,957	94.2	+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Robert Whately	15,472	58.7	−6.4
	Labor	Florence Rodan	10,886	41.3	+6.4
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−6.4

Carlton

1952 Victorian state election: Carlton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Barry	18,152	91.9	+17.6
	Communist	John Prescott	1,597	8.1	+8.1
Total formal votes			26,358	97.8	−0.4
Informal votes			599	2.2	+0.4
Turnout			26,957	94.2	+0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Caulfield

1952 Victorian state election: Caulfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Electoral Reform	Alexander Dennett	12,492	62.6	+62.6
	Independent Labor	Robert Flanagan	7,273	37.4	+37.4
Total formal votes			19,965	97.8	−1.3
Informal votes			443	2.2	+1.3
Turnout			20,408	91.6	−0.1
	Electoral Reform gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	N/A

Clifton Hill

1952 Victorian state election: Clifton Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joseph O'Carroll	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Coburg

1952 Victorian state election: Coburg
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Labor	Charlie Mutton	12,617	53.6	+20.8
	Labor	Kevin Hayes	10,927	46.4	+7.4
Total formal votes			23,544	98.3	−0.7
Informal votes			404	1.7	+0.7
Turnout			23,948	94.1	−1.6
	Progressive Labor hold		Swing	−4.4

Collingwood

1952 Victorian state election: Collingwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Towers	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Dandenong

1952 Victorian state election: Dandenong
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Les Coates	23,350	55.4	+5.6
	Electoral Reform	William Dawnay-Mould	14,609	34.7	+34.7
	Independent Liberal	Walter Peterson	3,439	8.2	+8.2
	Communist	Arthur O'Donoghue	742	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			42,120	97.9	−1.2
Informal votes			888	2.1	+1.2
Turnout			43,028	94.1	−0.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Les Coates	24,362	57.8	+8.0
	Electoral Reform	William Dawnay-Mould	17,778	42.2	+42.2
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	N/A

Dundas

1952 Victorian state election: Dundas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob McClure	8,165	55.1	+13.1
	Liberal and Country	William McDonald	6,646	44.9	−2.5
Total formal votes			14,811	99.2	0.0
Informal votes			123	0.8	0.0
Turnout			14,934	96.9	+0.9
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	+11.1

Elsternwick

1952 Victorian state election: Elsternwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Maynes	8,453	42.4	+3.2
	Electoral Reform	John Don	8,389	42.1	+42.1
	Independent	Andrew Sinclair	3,075	15.4	+15.4
Total formal votes			19,917	98.2	−1.1
Informal votes			370	1.8	+1.1
Turnout			20,287	94.5	+1.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Electoral Reform	John Don	11,152	55.5	+55.5
	Labor	John Maynes	8,865	44.5	+5.3
	Electoral Reform gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	N/A

Essendon

1952 Victorian state election: Essendon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Fewster	19,808	64.2	+15.1
	Liberal and Country	Kenneth Wheeler	8,279	26.8	−19.4
	Henry George Justice	Lancelot Hutchinson	2,765	9.0	+9.0
Total formal votes			30,852	98.4	−0.6
Informal votes			485	1.6	+0.6
Turnout			31,337	94.4	−0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	George Fewster	20,085	65.1	+13.8
	Liberal and Country	Kenneth Wheeler	10,767	34.9	−13.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+13.8

Evelyn

1952 Victorian state election: Evelyn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Phillip Connell	8,465	48.8	+14.4
	Liberal and Country	Roland Leckie	6,589	38.0	−15.8
	Electoral Reform	Lindsay Gown	1,477	8.5	+8.5
	Independent	Lyndhurst Mullett	822	4.7	+4.7
Total formal votes			17,353	98.3	−0.5
Informal votes			304	1.7	+0.5
Turnout			17,657	92.8	−0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Phillip Connell	9,044	52.1	+7.1
	Liberal	Roland Leckie	8,309	47.9	−7.1
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	+7.1

Footscray

1952 Victorian state election: Footscray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Holland	18,969	93.3	+20.6
	Communist	Francis Johnson	1,362	6.7	+1.1
Total formal votes			20,331	96.3	−2.1
Informal votes			781	3.7	+2.1
Turnout			21,112	90.3	−4.0
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Geelong

1952 Victorian state election: Geelong
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Dunn	13,684	69.8	+13.9
	Liberal and Country	Geoffrey Thom	5,929	30.2	−13.9
Total formal votes			19,613	98.9	−0.7
Informal votes			215	1.1	+0.7
Turnout			19,828	93.3	−1.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+13.9

Gippsland East

1952 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Albert Lind	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Gippsland North

1952 Victorian state election: Gippsland North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Hector Stoddart	8,840	52.5	+4.2
	Country	Bill Fulton	7,992	47.5	+16.1
Total formal votes			16,832	99.0	−0.1
Informal votes			169	1.0	+0.1
Turnout			17,001	92.4	+0.1
	Labor gain from Country		Swing	+2.9

Gippsland South

1952 Victorian state election: Gippsland South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Herbert Hyland	9,899	55.1	−21.5
	Labor	Sydney Crofts	8,071	44.9	+44.9
Total formal votes			17,970	99.0	−1.7
Informal votes			169	1.0	+1.7
Turnout			18,150	93.8	−1.3
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Gippsland West

1952 Victorian state election: Gippsland West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Leslie Cochrane	6,989	45.3	+3.6
	Labor	Thomas Holland	5,574	36.2	+36.2
	Liberal and Country	Mac Steward	2,857	18.5	−22.6
Total formal votes			15,420	98.6	+0.9
Informal votes			215	1.4	−0.9
Turnout			15,635	94.2	+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Leslie Cochrane	9,293	60.3	+6.9
	Labor	Thomas Holland	6,127	39.7	+39.7
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Glen Iris

1952 Victorian state election: Glen Iris
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Electoral Reform	Thomas Hollway	15,152	56.4	+56.4
	Liberal and Country	Les Norman	10,727	39.9	−26.6
	Communist	Ian Turner	971	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			26,850	97.9	−1.4
Informal votes			585	2.1	+1.4
Turnout			27,435	94.7	0.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Electoral Reform	Thomas Hollway	15,638	58.2	+58.2
	Liberal and Country	Les Norman	11,212	41.8	−24.7
	Electoral Reform gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	N/A

Goulburn

1952 Victorian state election: Goulburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joseph Smith	8,478	62.5	+12.6
	Liberal and Country	John Roberts	5,087	37.5	0.0
Total formal votes			13,565	99.0	−0.6
Informal votes			133	1.0	+0.6
Turnout			13,698	93.6	−1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.3

Grant

1952 Victorian state election: Grant
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Leslie D'Arcy	10,678	60.3	+14.8
	Liberal and Country	Alexander Fraser	6,498	36.7	+5.2
	Independent	Thomas Fynmore	541	3.0	+3.0
Total formal votes			17,717	98.6	−0.4
Informal votes			251	1.4	+0.4
Turnout			17,968	92.9	+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Leslie D'Arcy	10,948	61.8	+12.6
	Liberal and Country	Alexander Fraser	6,169	38.2	−12.6
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	+12.6

Hampden

1952 Victorian state election: Hampden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robert Balcombe	6,703	48.0	+5.2
	Liberal and Country	Henry Bolte	6,358	45.6	−11.6
	Independent	Keith McGarvie	891	6.4	+6.4
Total formal votes			13,952	98.6	−0.5
Informal votes			192	1.4	+0.5
Turnout			14,144	94.7	−0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Henry Bolte	7,012	50.3	−6.9
	Labor	Robert Balcombe	6,940	49.7	+6.9
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−6.9

Hawthorn

1952 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Murphy	9,948	48.7	+6.8
	Liberal and Country	Les Tyack	6,813	33.3	−6.5
	Electoral Reform	Charles Calderwood	3,677	18.0	+18.0
Total formal votes			20,438	98.0	−1.1
Informal votes			409	2.0	+1.1
Turnout			20,847	94.2	+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Charles Murphy	10,940	53.5	+7.8
	Liberal and Country	Les Tyack	9,498	46.5	−7.8
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	+7.8

Ivanhoe

1952 Victorian state election: Ivanhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Lucy	14,800	44.0	+2.4
	Independent	Reginald Leonard	9,058	26.9	+26.9
	Liberal and Country	Frank Block	8,424	25.0	−33.4
	Electoral Reform	Harcourt Bell	1,372	4.1	+4.1
Total formal votes			33,654	98.2	−1.1
Informal votes			606	1.8	+1.1
Turnout			34,260	94.8	+0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Michael Lucy	18,069	53.5	+11.9
	Liberal and Country	Frank Block	15,585	46.5	−11.9
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	+11.9

Kew

1952 Victorian state election: Kew
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Arthur Rylah	7,780	37.4	−62.6
	Labor	Norman Williams	6,696	32.2	+32.2
	Electoral Reform	John Eddy	6,303	30.3	+30.3
Total formal votes			20,779	98.0
Informal votes			418	2.0
Turnout			21,197	93.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Arthur Rylah	13,076	62.9	−37.1
	Labor	Norman Williams	7,703	37.1	+37.1
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Korong

1952 Victorian state election: Korong
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Keith Turnbull	4,359	36.2	−0.4
	Labor	Campbell Turnbull	3,892	32.4	−0.3
	Country	Frank Coghill	3,371	28.0	−2.7
	Electoral Reform	Wallace Lunn	409	3.4	+3.4
Total formal votes			12,031	99.0	−0.3
Informal votes			125	1.0	+0.3
Turnout			12,156	95.2	−0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Keith Turnbull	7,332	60.9	+0.5
	Labor	Campbell Turnbull	4,699	39.1	−0.5
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+0.5

Malvern

1952 Victorian state election: Malvern
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Trevor Oldham	7,081	36.5	−21.4
	Labor	Francis Gaffy	6,589	33.9	+0.8
	Electoral Reform	Roy Schilling	3,956	20.4	+20.4
	Independent	Mascotte Brown	1,788	9.2	+0.1
Total formal votes			19,414	97.6	−1.0
Informal votes			475	2.4	+1.0
Turnout			19,889	92.0	−0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Trevor Oldham	11,487	59.2	−5.9
	Labor	Francis Gaffy	7,927	40.8	+5.9
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−5.9

Melbourne

1952 Victorian state election: Melbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Hayes	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Mentone

1952 Victorian state election: Mentone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George White	20,870	62.5	+11.4
	Liberal and Country	Charles Bridgford	12,538	37.5	−11.4
Total formal votes			33,408	98.6	−0.7
Informal votes			467	1.4	+0.7
Turnout			33,875	94.0	−0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+11.4

Mernda

1952 Victorian state election: Mernda
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edmund Morrissey	8,694	50.9	−9.8
	Liberal	Arthur Ireland	8,389	49.1	+9.8
Total formal votes			17,083	98.5	+3.2
Informal votes			259	1.5	−3.2
Turnout			17,342	92.5	−0.2
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	+9.8

Midlands

1952 Victorian state election: Midlands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clive Stoneham	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Mildura

1952 Victorian state election: Mildura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alan Lind	6,860	51.1	+3.9
	Country	Nathaniel Barclay	6,573	48.9	+12.1
Total formal votes			13,433	99.0	+0.1
Informal votes			133	1.0	−0.1
Turnout			13,566	95.4	+0.8
	Labor gain from Country		Swing	+1.6

Moonee Ponds

1952 Victorian state election: Moonee Ponds
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Samuel Merrifield	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Mornington

1952 Victorian state election: Mornington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Norman Parker	7,970	41.2	+13.6
	Liberal and Country	William Leggatt	7,162	37.0	−22.5
	Electoral Reform	Gerard Hirst	2,918	15.1	+15.1
	Independent	Morton Moyes	1,317	6.8	+6.8
Total formal votes			19,367	98.2	−0.8
Informal votes			350	1.8	+0.8
Turnout			19,717	93.0	0.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	William Leggatt	10,858	56.1	−13.7
	Labor	Norman Parker	8,509	43.9	+13.7
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−13.7

Murray Valley

1952 Victorian state election: Murray Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Findlay	6,846	44.8	+7.5
	Country	George Moss	6,617	43.3	+4.1
	Liberal and Country	James Mosbey	1,820	11.9	−11.6
Total formal votes			15,283	98.9	−0.3
Informal votes			171	1.1	+0.3
Turnout			15,454	93.9	−1.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	George Moss	7,996	52.3	−6.9
	Labor	William Findlay	7,287	47.7	+6.9
	Country hold		Swing	−6.9

Northcote

1952 Victorian state election: Northcote
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Cain	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Oakleigh

1952 Victorian state election: Oakleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Val Doube	17,308	65.5	+19.8
	Liberal and Country	Charles Laming	9,135	34.5	+0.1
Total formal votes			26,443	98.5	−0.6
Informal votes			405	1.5	+0.6
Turnout			26,848	94.1	−1.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+14.4

Polwarth

1952 Victorian state election: Polwarth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Edward Guye	8,340	57.6	0.0
	Labor	Clair Larson	6,142	42.4	+9.9
Total formal votes			14,482	99.0	−0.5
Informal votes			146	1.0	+0.5
Turnout			14,628	95.3	−0.6
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−8.9

Portland

1952 Victorian state election: Portland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robert Holt	9,543	64.8	+13.5
	Liberal and Country	Howard Turner	5,190	35.2	−3.0
Total formal votes			14,733	99.2	−0.3
Informal votes			117	0.8	+0.3
Turnout			14,850	96.1	−0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+12.5

Port Melbourne

1952 Victorian state election: Port Melbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Stan Corrigan	19,942	91.1	+14.9
	Communist	Albert Bull	1,939	8.9	+3.8
Total formal votes			21,881	96.8	−1.2
Informal votes			716	3.2	+1.2
Turnout			22,597	91.2	−2.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Prahran

1952 Victorian state election: Prahran
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robert Pettiona	13,009	61.6	+6.0
	Liberal and Country	Charles Gawith	8,114	38.4	−6.0
Total formal votes			21,123	98.2	−0.8
Informal votes			380	1.8	+0.8
Turnout			21,503	92.2	−2.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.0

Preston

1952 Victorian state election: Preston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Ruthven	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Rainbow

1952 Victorian state election: Rainbow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Keith Dodgshun	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Richmond

1952 Victorian state election: Richmond
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Scully	18,474	90.2	+15.7
	Communist	Kenneth Miller	2,016	9.8	+3.4
Total formal votes			20,490	96.2	−1.4
Informal votes			814	3.8	+1.4
Turnout			21,304	93.4	−2.0
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Ripon

1952 Victorian state election: Ripon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernie Morton	8,726	59.9	+10.9
	Liberal and Country	Rutherford Guthrie	5,846	40.1	+0.6
Total formal votes			14,572	99.1	−0.5
Informal votes			133	0.9	+0.5
Turnout			14,705	95.5	−0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.4

Rodney

1952 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Richard Brose	8,827	65.7	+8.4
	Liberal and Country	Morton Garner	4,615	34.3	−8.4
Total formal votes			13,442	96.5	−1.6
Informal votes			483	3.5	+1.6
Turnout			13,925	95.0	+0.1
	Country hold		Swing	+8.4

St Kilda

1952 Victorian state election: St Kilda
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Bourke	10,724	54.5	+6.8
	Liberal and Country	Archie Michaelis	5,594	28.4	−23.9
	Electoral Reform	Geoffrey Kiddle	3,378	17.1	+17.1
Total formal votes			19,696	97.7	−1.4
Informal votes			469	2.3	+1.4
Turnout			20,165	93.6	+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Bourke	11,062	56.2	+8.5
	Liberal and Country	Archie Michaelis	8,634	43.8	−8.5
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	+8.5

Scoresby

1952 Victorian state election: Scoresby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	George Knox	11,045	56.4	−18.1
	Labor	Henry Moore	8,535	43.6	+43.6
Total formal votes			19,580	98.5	+0.3
Informal votes			288	1.5	−0.3
Turnout			19,868	92.6	−0.5
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Shepparton

1952 Victorian state election: Shepparton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John McDonald	7,367	46.4	+4.7
	Labor	Gordon Anderson	6,231	39.2	+4.9
	Liberal and Country	Ian McIntosh	2,293	14.4	−9.7
Total formal votes			15,891	98.6	−0.5
Informal votes			217	1.4	+0.5
Turnout			16,108	95.0	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	John McDonald	9,124	57.4	−4.1
	Labor	Gordon Anderson	6,767	42.6	+4.1
	Country hold		Swing	−4.1

Sunshine

1952 Victorian state election: Sunshine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernie Shepherd	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Swan Hill

1952 Victorian state election: Swan Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Harold Stirling	5,171	39.1	−9.2
	Electoral Reform	John Hipworth	4,082	30.9	+30.9
	Independent	Duncan Douglas	3,970	30.0	+30.0
Total formal votes			13,223	97.9	−1.2
Informal votes			278	2.1	+1.2
Turnout			13,501	94.3	−0.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Harold Stirling	9,124	57.4	+9.1
	Electoral Reform	John Hipworth	5,504	41.6	+41.6
	Country gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	N/A

Toorak

1952 Victorian state election: Toorak
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Henry Peagram	8,925	43.7	+1.4
	Liberal and Country	Horace Petty	7,424	36.4	−21.3
	Electoral Reform	Mabel Brookes	4,068	19.9	+19.9
Total formal votes			20,417	98.3	−0.9
Informal votes			343	1.7	+0.9
Turnout			20,760	90.7	−4.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Horace Petty	10,425	51.1	−6.6
	Labor	Henry Peagram	9,992	48.9	+6.6
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−6.6

Warrnambool

1952 Victorian state election: Warrnambool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Malcolm Gladman	7,256	51.1	+9.3
	Liberal and Country	Ronald Mack	6,957	48.9	+14.8
Total formal votes			14,213	99.4	0.0
Informal votes			87	0.6	0.0
Turnout			14,300	96.1	−0.3
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	+2.1

Williamstown

1952 Victorian state election: Williamstown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Lemmon	16,673	64.9	−0.3
	Independent	Ernest Jackson	5,472	21.3	+21.3
	Communist	Alexander Dobbin	3,559	13.8	+4.9
Total formal votes			25,704	98.0	−0.8
Informal votes			525	2.0	+0.8
Turnout			26,229	94.0	−1.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	John Lemmon	18,453	71.8	−1.4
	Independent	Ernest Jackson	7,251	28.2	+28.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Wonthaggi

1952 Victorian state election: Wonthaggi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	William Buckingham	8,176	56.4	+15.4
	Labor	Percy Vagg	5,843	40.3	+5.1
	Communist	Robert Hamilton	484	3.3	+3.3
Total formal votes			14,503	98.6	−0.9
Informal votes			207	1.4	+0.9
Turnout			14,710	94.9	−0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	William Buckingham	8,224	56.7	−6.4
	Labor	Percy Vagg	6,279	43.3	+6.4
	Country hold		Swing	−6.4

References

^ Election held on 6 December 1952, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).
^ Colin A Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890-1964, Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968 (ISBN 0708102700).

[1] Election held on 6 December 1952, 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).

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Results of the 1952 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly)

Results by electoral district

Albert Park

Allandale

Ballarat

Barwon

Benalla

Benambra

Bendigo

Borung

Box Hill

Brighton

Brunswick

Camberwell

Carlton

Caulfield

Clifton Hill

Coburg

Collingwood

Dandenong

Dundas

Elsternwick

Essendon

Evelyn

Footscray

Geelong

Gippsland East

Gippsland North

Gippsland South

Gippsland West

Glen Iris

Goulburn

Grant

Hampden

Hawthorn

Ivanhoe

Kew

Korong

Malvern

Melbourne

Mentone

Mernda

Midlands

Mildura

Moonee Ponds

Mornington

Murray Valley

Northcote

Oakleigh

Polwarth

Portland

Port Melbourne

Prahran

Preston

Rainbow

Richmond

Ripon

Rodney

St Kilda

Scoresby

Shepparton

Sunshine

Swan Hill

Toorak

Warrnambool

Williamstown

Wonthaggi

See also

References