Results of the 1950 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly)

Victorian state election, 13 May 1950^[1]^[2] Legislative Assembly << 1947–1952 >>
Enrolled voters		1,294,159
Votes cast		1,221,734		Turnout	94.40	+0.96
Informal votes		13,901		Informal	1.14	−0.19
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	546,978	45.29	+4.42	24	+8
	Liberal and Country	491,448	40.69	+3.53	27	−3
	Country	128,537	10.64	−4.28	13	−3
	Communist	6,308	0.52	+0.39	0	±0
	Independent	34,562	2.86	−4.06	1	±0
Total		1,207,833			65

This is a list of electoral district results for the Victorian 1950 election.

Results by electoral district

Albert Park

1950 Victorian state election: Albert Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Keith Sutton	11,807	51.3	+2.5
	Liberal and Country	Roy Schilling	11,230	48.7	−2.5
Total formal votes			23,037	99.1	−0.1
Informal votes			199	0.9	+0.1
Turnout			23,244	90.7	+1.1
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	+2.5

Allandale

1950 Victorian state election: Allandale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Stanley Glover	6,274	43.1	+1.8
	Country	Russell White	4,973	34.2	−7.1
	Liberal and Country	Thomas Grigg	3,314	22.8	+4.4
Total formal votes			14,561	99.3	−0.1
Informal votes			109	0.7	+0.1
Turnout			14,670	95.7	+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Russell White	8,058	55.3	−1.5
	Labor	Stanley Glover	6,503	44.7	+1.5
	Country hold		Swing	−1.5

Ballarat

1950 Victorian state election: Ballarat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Thomas Hollway	10,646	51.2	−3.0
	Labor	John Sheehan	9,735	46.8	+1.0
	Independent	Albert Nicholls	421	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			20,802	99.2	0.0
Informal votes			163	0.8	0.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Thomas Hollway	11,025	53.0	−1.2
	Labor	John Sheehan	9,777	47.0	+1.2
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−1.2

Barwon

1950 Victorian state election: Barwon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Thomas Maltby	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Benalla

1950 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Frederick Cook	7,466	59.1	−8.2
	Liberal and Country	Jack Pennington	5,174	40.9	+8.2
Total formal votes			12,640	97.3	+1.0
Informal votes			348	2.7	−1.0
Turnout			12,988	94.2	+1.2
	Country hold		Swing	−8.2

Benambra

1950 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Tom Mitchell	9,050	74.0	−26.0
	Liberal and Country	James Ronan	3,187	26.0	+26.0
Total formal votes			12,237	97.9
Informal votes			264	2.1
Turnout			12,501	92.2
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Bendigo

1950 Victorian state election: Bendigo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Galvin	12,633	59.2	+2.8
	Liberal and Country	Harold Every	8,724	40.8	+7.8
Total formal votes			21,357	99.3	0.0
Informal votes			158	0.7	0.0
Turnout			21,515	96.2	+1.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.7

Borung

1950 Victorian state election: Borung
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Wilfred Mibus	7,354	56.4	+56.4
	Country	Rupert Levitzke	5,644	43.6	−20.9
Total formal votes			13,031	99.1	0.0
Informal votes			123	0.9	0.0
Turnout			13,154	96.1	−0.1
	Liberal and Country gain from Country		Swing	N/A

Box Hill

1950 Victorian state election: Box Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	George Reid	15,942	55.4	+11.2
	Labor	Bob Gray	12,819	44.6	+5.8
Total formal votes			28,761	99.2	+0.2
Informal votes			220	0.8	−0.2
Turnout			28,981	94.4	+0.7
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−3.0

Brighton

1950 Victorian state election: Brighton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Ray Tovell	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Brunswick

1950 Victorian state election: Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Randles	16,626	71.0	+4.4
	Liberal and Country	Bruce Cann	6,805	29.0	−4.4
Total formal votes			23,431	98.6	+0.1
Informal votes			342	1.4	−0.1
Turnout			23,773	94.8	+0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.4

Camberwell

1950 Victorian state election: Camberwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Robert Whately	16,390	65.1	−2.1
	Labor	John Stewart	8,788	34.9	+34.9
Total formal votes			25,178	99.3	+2.8
Informal votes			182	0.7	−2.8
Turnout			25,360	93.7	+1.9
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Carlton

1950 Victorian state election: Carlton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Barry	17,692	74.3	+7.3
	Liberal and Country	Frank Block	6,124	25.7	−7.3
Total formal votes			23,816	98.2	+0.3
Informal votes			439	1.8	−0.3
Turnout			24,255	92.8	+0.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.3

Caulfield

1950 Victorian state election: Caulfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Alexander Dennett	13,816	63.9	−36.1
	Labor	Daniel Elliston	7,814	36.1	+36.1
Total formal votes			21,630	99.1
Informal votes			190	0.9
Turnout			21,820	91.7
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Clifton Hill

1950 Victorian state election: Clifton Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joseph O'Carroll	16,004	67.7	+4.0
	Liberal and Country	Kenneth Withers	7,633	32.3	−4.0
Total formal votes			23,637	98.6	−0.2
Informal votes			331	1.4	+0.2
Turnout			23,968	94.3	+1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.0

Coburg

1950 Victorian state election: Coburg
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kevin Hayes	9,462	39.0	+10.4
	Blackburn-Mutton Labor	Charlie Mutton	7,977	32.8	−5.7
	Liberal and Country	John Morris	6,852	28.2	−4.6
Total formal votes			24,291	99.0	+0.3
Informal votes			236	1.0	−0.3
Turnout			24,527	95.7	+1.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Blackburn-Mutton Labor	Charlie Mutton	14,085	58.0	−7.3
	Labor	Kevin Hayes	10,206	42.0	+7.3
	Blackburn-Mutton Labor hold		Swing	−7.3

Collingwood

1950 Victorian state election: Collingwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Towers	18,026	78.6	+5.2
	Liberal and Country	Richard Taylor	4,918	21.4	−5.2
Total formal votes			22,944	98.2	+0.8
Informal votes			430	1.8	−0.8
Turnout			23,374	91.1	−0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.2

Dandenong

1950 Victorian state election: Dandenong
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	William Dawnay-Mould	16,521	50.2	+2.8
	Labor	Les Coates	16,391	49.8	+5.9
Total formal votes			32,912	99.1	+0.5
Informal votes			302	0.9	−0.5
Turnout			33,214	94.6	+0.5
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−5.0

Dundas

1950 Victorian state election: Dundas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	William McDonald	6,828	47.4	−8.0
	Labor	Joseph Toleman	6,039	42.0	−2.6
	Country	Gilbert Kirsopp	1,524	10.6	+10.6
Total formal votes			14,391	99.2	−0.4
Informal votes			112	0.8	+0.4
Turnout			14,503	96.0	−0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	William McDonald	8,059	56.0	+0.6
	Labor	Joseph Toleman	6,332	44.0	−0.6
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+0.6

Elsternwick

1950 Victorian state election: Elsternwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	John Don	12,932	60.8	−3.4
	Labor	Harold Lorback	8,351	39.2	+3.4
Total formal votes			21,283	99.3	0.0
Informal votes			144	0.7	0.0
Turnout			21,427	93.2	+1.4
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−3.4

Essendon

1950 Victorian state election: Essendon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Fewster	13,725	49.1	−0.3
	Liberal and Country	Allen Bateman	12,910	46.2	−4.4
	Independent	Arthur Dodds	1,319	4.7	+4.7
Total formal votes			27,954	99.0	+0.1
Informal votes			287	1.0	−0.1
Turnout			28,241	95.3	+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	George Fewster	14,339	51.3	+1.9
	Liberal and Country	Allen Bateman	13,615	48.7	−1.9
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	+1.9

Evelyn

1950 Victorian state election: Evelyn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Roland Leckie	8,466	53.8	−7.1
	Labor	John Dunbar	5,413	34.4	−1.3
	Independent	Clifford Wolfe	1,863	11.8	+11.8
Total formal votes			15,742	98.8	+0.3
Informal votes			187	1.2	−0.3
Turnout			15,929	93.3	0.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Roland Leckie	8,653	55.0	−8.9
	Labor	John Dunbar	7,089	45.0	+8.9
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−8.9

Footscray

1950 Victorian state election: Footscray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Holland	16,902	72.7	+0.8
	Liberal and Country	Leonard Gordon	5,061	21.8	−6.3
	Communist	John Arrowsmith	1,295	5.6	+5.6
Total formal votes			23,258	98.4	−0.4
Informal votes			378	1.6	+0.4
Turnout			23,636	94.3	+1.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Holland	18,067	77.7	+5.8
	Liberal and Country	Leonard Gordon	5,191	22.3	−5.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.8

Geelong

1950 Victorian state election: Geelong
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Dunn	11,405	55.9	−2.0
	Liberal and Country	Edward Montgomery	9,014	44.1	+2.0
Total formal votes			20,419	99.6	+0.3
Informal votes			90	0.4	−0.3
Turnout			20,509	95.1	+0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.0

Gippsland East

1950 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Albert Lind	8,421	69.5	−2.0
	Liberal and Country	Gordon Savage	3,691	30.5	+30.5
Total formal votes			12,112	98.1	−1.2
Informal votes			237	1.9	+1.2
Turnout			12,349	93.9	+0.3
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Gippsland North

1950 Victorian state election: Gippsland North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Johns	7,179	48.3	+0.5
	Country	Bill Fulton	4,658	31.4	−20.8
	Liberal and Country	Donald Fowler	3,018	20.3	+20.3
Total formal votes			14,855	99.1	−0.2
Informal votes			141	0.9	+0.2
Turnout			14,996	92.3	−1.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Bill Fulton	7,487	50.4	−1.8
	Labor	James Johns	7,368	49.6	+1.8
	Country hold		Swing	−1.8

Gippsland South

1950 Victorian state election: Gippsland South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Herbert Hyland	11,544	76.6	+7.4
	Liberal and Country	Davy Bertram	3,525	23.4	+23.4
Total formal votes			15,069	97.3	−1.9
Informal votes			410	2.7	+1.9
Turnout			15,479	95.1	0.0
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Gippsland West

1950 Victorian state election: Gippsland West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Leslie Cochrane	6,137	41.8	−4.7
	Liberal and Country	Basil Morris	6,047	41.1	+12.8
	Independent	Mac Steward	2,517	17.1	+17.1
Total formal votes			14,701	97.7	−1.5
Informal votes			349	2.3	+1.5
Turnout			15,050	93.9	+0.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Leslie Cochrane	7,844	53.4	−3.4
	Liberal and Country	Basil Morris	6,857	46.6	+3.4
	Country hold		Swing	−3.4

Glen Iris

1950 Victorian state election: Glen Iris
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Les Norman	16,532	66.5	+5.3
	Labor	Gwendolyn Noad	8,333	33.5	+33.5
Total formal votes			24,865	99.3	+0.2
Informal votes			179	0.7	−0.2
Turnout			25,044	94.7	+1.2
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Goulburn

1950 Victorian state election: Goulburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joseph Smith	6,476	49.9	+4.8
	Liberal and Country	Philip Grimwade	4,873	37.5	+7.0
	Country	William Hoddinott	1,637	12.6	−11.8
Total formal votes			12,986	99.6	+0.4
Informal votes			57	0.4	−0.4
Turnout			13,043	94.7	+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Joseph Smith	6,774	52.2	+5.5
	Liberal and Country	Philip Grimwade	6,212	47.8	−5.5
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	+5.5

Grant

1950 Victorian state election: Grant
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Leslie D'Arcy	6,833	45.5	+5.1
	Liberal and Country	Alexander Fraser	4,727	31.5	+4.6
	Country	Frederick Holden	3,454	23.0	−9.7
Total formal votes			15,014	99.0	+0.1
Informal votes			149	1.0	−0.1
Turnout			15,163	93.4	−0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Alexander Fraser	7,627	50.8	+50.8
	Labor	Leslie D'Arcy	7,387	49.2	+7.2
	Liberal and Country gain from Country		Swing	N/A

Hampden

1950 Victorian state election: Hampden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Henry Bolte	7,830	57.2	+7.3
	Labor	Patrick Denigan	5,856	42.8	+0.9
Total formal votes			13,686	99.1	−0.2
Informal votes			127	0.9	+0.2
Turnout			13,813	95.4	+0.4
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+0.5

Hawthorn

1950 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Murphy	9,361	41.9	+6.7
	Liberal and Country	Les Tyack	8,887	39.8	−12.0
	Independent	Fred Edmunds	4,100	18.3	+18.3
Total formal votes			22,348	99.1	+0.3
Informal votes			203	0.9	−0.3
Turnout			22,551	93.7	+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Les Tyack	12,134	54.3	−6.7
	Labor	Charles Murphy	10,214	45.7	+6.7
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−6.7

Ivanhoe

1950 Victorian state election: Ivanhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Rupert Curnow	16,850	58.4	−3.3
	Labor	David Walker	11,997	41.6	+41.6
Total formal votes			28,847	99.3	+0.5
Informal votes			209	0.7	−0.5
Turnout			29,056	94.1	+1.0
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Kew

1950 Victorian state election: Kew
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Arthur Rylah	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Korong

1950 Victorian state election: Korong
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Keith Turnbull	4,428	36.6	+36.6
	Labor	Jack McLean	3,957	32.7	+3.8
	Country	James Matheson	3,718	30.7	−40.4
Total formal votes			12,103	99.3	−0.1
Informal votes			89	0.7	+0.1
Turnout			12,192	95.4	+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Keith Turnbull	7,313	60.4	+60.4
	Labor	Jack McLean	4,790	39.6	+10.7
	Liberal and Country gain from Country		Swing	N/A

Malvern

1950 Victorian state election: Malvern
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Trevor Oldham	11,949	57.9	−5.1
	Labor	Alexander Cahill	6,828	33.1	+33.1
	Independent	Mascotte Brown	1,868	9.0	−5.2
Total formal votes			20,645	98.6	+3.3
Informal votes			292	1.4	−3.3
Turnout			20,937	92.7	+2.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Trevor Oldham	13,439	65.1	−5.0
	Labor	Alexander Cahill	7,206	34.9	+34.9
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Melbourne

1950 Victorian state election: Melbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Hayes	14,219	66.0	+6.2
	Liberal and Country	John Eddy	7,340	34.0	−6.2
Total formal votes			21,559	98.3	+1.1
Informal votes			368	1.7	−1.1
Turnout			21,927	90.5	+1.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.2

Mentone

1950 Victorian state election: Mentone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George White	15,046	51.4	+4.0
	Liberal and Country	Harry Drew	14,231	48.6	−4.0
Total formal votes			29,277	99.3	0.0
Informal votes			218	0.7	0.0
Turnout			29,495	94.5	+0.4
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	+4.0

Mernda

1950 Victorian state election: Mernda
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Arthur Ireland	8,792	60.7	+21.5
	Labor	Russell Smith	5,695	39.3	+39.3
Total formal votes			14,487	95.3	−3.3
Informal votes			717	4.7	+3.3
Turnout			15,204	92.7	+0.2
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Midlands

1950 Victorian state election: Midlands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clive Stoneham	8,094	56.6	+6.4
	Liberal and Country	Harold Boyle	5,054	35.3	+35.3
	Country	John Wright	1,156	8.1	−41.7
Total formal votes			14,304	99.2	−0.2
Informal votes			113	0.8	+0.2
Turnout			14,417	96.6	+0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Clive Stoneham	8,210	57.4	+7.2
	Liberal and Country	Harold Boyle	6,094	42.6	+42.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.2

Mildura

1950 Victorian state election: Mildura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Louis Garlick	6,266	47.2	−0.8
	Country	Nathaniel Barclay	4,889	36.8	−15.2
	Liberal and Country	Kathleen Richardson	2,127	16.0	+16.0
Total formal votes			13,282	98.9	−0.3
Informal votes			147	1.1	+0.3
Turnout			13,429	94.6	+1.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Nathaniel Barclay	6,703	50.5	−1.5
	Labor	Louis Garlick	6,579	49.5	+1.5
	Country hold		Swing	−1.5

Moonee Ponds

1950 Victorian state election: Moonee Ponds
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Samuel Merrifield	14,073	56.0	+1.2
	Liberal and Country	John Rossiter	7,902	31.4	−13.8
	Independent	Brian O'Callaghan	3,154	12.6	+12.6
Total formal votes			25,129	99.1	0.0
Informal votes			228	0.9	0.0
Turnout			25,357	95.4	+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Samuel Merrifield	14,388	57.2	+2.4
	Liberal and Country	John Rossiter	10,741	42.8	−2.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.4

Mornington

1950 Victorian state election: Mornington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	William Leggatt	9,847	59.5	+6.6
	Labor	Alexander Higgins	4,566	27.6	−1.3
	Independent Country	Albert Allnutt	2,133	12.9	+12.9
Total formal votes			16,546	99.0	0.0
Informal votes			170	1.0	0.0
Turnout			16,716	93.0	+1.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	William Leggatt	11,554	69.8	+0.6
	Labor	Alexander Higgins	4,992	30.2	−0.6
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+0.6

Murray Valley

1950 Victorian state election: Murray Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	George Moss	5,697	39.2	−21.8
	Labor	Neil Stewart	5,418	37.3	−1.7
	Liberal and Country	James Tilson	3,423	23.5	+23.5
Total formal votes			14,538	99.2	0.0
Informal votes			113	0.8	0.0
Turnout			14,651	95.5	+2.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	George Moss	8,609	59.2	−1.8
	Labor	Neil Stewart	5,929	40.8	+1.8
	Country hold		Swing	−1.8

Northcote

1950 Victorian state election: Northcote
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Cain	17,040	70.0	+6.2
	Liberal and Country	Bill Templeton	7,301	30.0	−6.2
Total formal votes			24,341	96.7	+1.2
Informal votes			171	0.7	−1.2
Turnout			24,512	96.7	+1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.2

Oakleigh

1950 Victorian state election: Oakleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Val Doube	11,720	45.7	−3.2
	Liberal and Country	Charles Laming	8,833	34.4	−16.7
	Independent	John Lechte	5,084	19.8	+19.8
Total formal votes			25,637	99.1	−0.2
Informal votes			230	0.9	+0.2
Turnout			25,867	95.5	+0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Val Doube	12,820	50.0	+1.1
	Liberal and Country	Charles Laming	12,817	50.0	−1.1
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	+1.1

Polwarth

1950 Victorian state election: Polwarth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Edward Guye	8,094	57.6	−9.3
	Labor	Edwin Morris	4,575	32.5	−0.6
	Country	John Horne	1,391	9.9	+9.9
Total formal votes			14,060	99.5	+0.1
Informal votes			68	0.5	−0.1
Turnout			14,128	95.9	+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Edward Guye	9,346	66.5	−0.4
	Labor	Edwin Morris	4,714	33.5	+0.4
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−0.4

Portland

1950 Victorian state election: Portland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robert Holt	7,392	51.3	+3.8
	Liberal and Country	Harry Hedditch	5,508	38.2	+15.4
	Country	Charles Buerckner	1,510	10.5	−19.1
Total formal votes			14,410	99.5	+0.3
Informal votes			71	0.5	−0.3
Turnout			14,481	96.2	+0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Robert Holt	7,543	52.3	+2.8
	Liberal and Country	Harry Hedditch	6,867	47.7	+47.7
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	+2.8

Port Melbourne

1950 Victorian state election: Port Melbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Corrigan	18,598	76.2	+7.3
	Liberal and Country	Alex Taylor	4,587	18.8	−6.1
	Communist	Ralph Gibson	1,239	5.1	−1.1
Total formal votes			24,424	98.0	+0.4
Informal votes			503	2.0	−0.4
Turnout			24,927	93.4	+0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tom Corrigan	19,713	80.7	+6.5
	Liberal and Country	Alex Taylor	4,711	19.3	−6.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.5

Prahran

1950 Victorian state election: Prahran
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Crean	12,879	55.6	+5.4
	Liberal and Country	Charles Barrington	10,267	44.4	−5.4
Total formal votes			23,146	99.0	+0.1
Informal votes			223	1.0	−0.1
Turnout			23,369	94.2	+3.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.4

Preston

1950 Victorian state election: Preston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Ruthven	17,007	64.0	+7.0
	Liberal and Country	Vernon Hauser	9,561	36.0	−7.0
Total formal votes			26,568	99.2	−0.1
Informal votes			216	0.8	+0.1
Turnout			26,784	95.9	+0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.0

Rainbow

1950 Victorian state election: Rainbow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Keith Dodgshun	8,403	71.9	−6.0
	Liberal and Country	John Meadle	3,288	28.1	+28.1
Total formal votes			11,691	98.9	−0.6
Informal votes			125	1.1	+0.6
Turnout			11,816	95.7	+0.4
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Richmond

1950 Victorian state election: Richmond
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Scully	17,569	74.5	+1.5
	Liberal and Country	Ralph Skinner	4,504	19.1	−7.9
	Communist	Ken Miller	1,510	6.4	+6.4
Total formal votes			23,583	97.6	−0.6
Informal votes			567	2.4	+0.6
Turnout			24,150	95.4	+1.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Frank Scully	18,928	80.3	+7.3
	Liberal and Country	Ralph Skinner	4,655	19.7	−7.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.3

Ripon

1950 Victorian state election: Ripon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernie Morton	6,991	49.0	+2.9
	Liberal and Country	Rutherford Guthrie	5,640	39.5	+9.7
	Country	Allan Vanstan	1,642	11.5	−12.6
Total formal votes			14,273	99.6	+0.1
Informal votes			50	0.4	−0.1
Turnout			14,323	95.8	−0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ernie Morton	7,351	51.5	+3.7
	Liberal and Country	Rutherford Guthrie	6,922	48.5	−3.7
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	+3.7

Rodney

1950 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Richard Brose	7,796	57.3	−13.5
	Liberal and Country	Wollaston Heily	5,801	42.7	+13.5
Total formal votes			13,597	98.1	+2.7
Informal votes			263	1.9	−2.7
Turnout			13,860	94.9	−0.4
	Country hold		Swing	−13.5

St Kilda

1950 Victorian state election: St Kilda
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Archie Michaelis	11,477	52.3	+52.3
	Labor	John Bourke	10,464	47.7	+5.8
Total formal votes			21,941	99.1	+0.3
Informal votes			192	0.9	−0.3
Turnout			22,133	93.3	+2.1
	Liberal and Country gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

Scoresby

1950 Victorian state election: Scoresby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	George Knox	12,036	74.5	−25.5
	Independent	Esca Chambers	4,126	25.5	+25.5
Total formal votes			16,162	98.2
Informal votes			297	1.8
Turnout			16,459	93.1
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Shepparton

1950 Victorian state election: Shepparton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John McDonald	6,395	41.6	−26.9
	Labor	Gordon Anderson	5,263	34.3	+2.8
	Liberal and Country	Harold Causer	3,698	24.1	+24.1
Total formal votes			15,356	99.1	+0.1
Informal votes			133	0.9	−0.1
Turnout			15,489	94.9	+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	John McDonald	9,439	61.5	−7.0
	Labor	Gordon Anderson	5,917	39.5	+7.0
	Country hold		Swing	−7.0

Sunshine

1950 Victorian state election: Sunshine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernie Shepherd	20,369	77.8	+8.8
	Liberal and Country	Marguerite James	5,823	22.2	−8.8
Total formal votes			26,192	99.0	0.0
Informal votes			258	1.0	0.0
Turnout			26,450	95.1	+0.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.8

Swan Hill

1950 Victorian state election: Swan Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	John Hipworth	6,792	51.7	+51.7
	Country	Samuel Lockhart	6,339	48.3	−16.6
Total formal votes			13,131	99.1	−0.2
Informal votes			124	0.9	+0.2
Turnout			13,255	94.4	0.0
	Liberal and Country gain from Country		Swing	N/A

Toorak

1950 Victorian state election: Toorak
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Edward Reynolds	12,509	57.7	−1.3
	Labor	Henry Peagram	9,178	42.3	+42.3
Total formal votes			21,687	99.2	+2.1
Informal votes			176	0.8	−2.1
Turnout			21,863	95.5	+7.6
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Warrnambool

1950 Victorian state election: Warrnambool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Farrell	5,804	41.8	+1.2
	Liberal and Country	Ronald Mack	4,745	34.1	+34.1
	Country	Henry Bailey	3,349	24.1	−35.3
Total formal votes			13,898	99.4	0.0
Informal votes			89	0.6	0.0
Turnout			13,987	96.4	+0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Ronald Mack	7,102	51.1	+51.1
	Labor	James Farrell	6,796	48.9	+8.3
	Liberal and Country gain from Country		Swing	N/A

Williamstown

1950 Victorian state election: Williamstown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Lemmon	16,560	65.2	+1.8
	Liberal and Country	Bruce Edwards	6,571	25.9	−0.8
	Communist	Alex Dobbin	2,264	8.9	+8.9
Total formal votes			25,395	98.8	−0.2
Informal votes			308	1.2	+0.2
Turnout			25,703	95.3	+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Lemmon	18,598	73.2	+1.9
	Liberal and Country	Bruce Edwards	6,797	26.8	−1.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.9

Wonthaggi

1950 Victorian state election: Wonthaggi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	William Buckingham	6,016	41.0	−16.0
	Labor	Percy Vagg	5,161	35.2	−7.8
	Liberal and Country	Robert McIndoe	3,499	23.8	+23.8
Total formal votes			14,676	99.5	−0.1
Informal votes			79	0.5	+0.1
Turnout			14,755	95.5	+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	William Buckingham	9,256	63.1	+6.1
	Labor	Percy Vagg	5,470	36.9	−6.1
	Country hold		Swing	+6.1

References

^ Election held on 13 May 1950, 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 13 May 1950, 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 1950 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