1958 Victorian Legislative Council election
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Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 21 June 1958 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. This was the last time Legislative Council elections were held separately to those of the Legislative Assembly.
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Results
editLegislative Council
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Victorian Legislative Council election, 21 June 1958[1] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 1,488,293 | |||||
Votes cast | 1,283,665 | Turnout | 86.3 | +8.6 | ||
Informal votes | 22,085 | Informal | 1.7 | -0.4 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats won |
Seats held | |
Labor | 494,892 | 39.2 | +0.3 | 5 | 9 | |
Liberal and Country | 451,462 | 35.8 | +5.3 | 8 | 17 | |
Democratic Labor | 187,618 | 14.9 | −1.6 | 0 | 0 | |
Country | 69,028 | 5.5 | -0.6 | 4 | 8 | |
Independent | 58,580 | 4.6 | −3.3 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 1,261,580 | 17 | 34 |
Retiring Members
editDemocratic Labor
edit- Paul Jones MLC (Doutta Galla) — elected as Labor
Candidates
editSitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.
Results by province
editBallarat
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack Jones | 23,336 | 43.6 | +0.5 | |
Liberal and Country | Murray Byrne | 21,227 | 39.7 | -17.2 | |
Democratic Labor | Maurice Calnin | 5,692 | 10.7 | +10.7 | |
Independent | David Milburn | 3,214 | 6.0 | +6.0 | |
Total formal votes | 53,649 | 98.7 | −0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 682 | 1.3 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 54,151 | 95.9 | +1.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Murray Byrne | 27,210 | 50.9 | -6.0 | |
Labor | Jack Jones | 26,259 | 49.1 | +6.0 | |
Liberal and Country gain from Labor | Swing | -6.0 |
Bendigo
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Arthur Smith | 26,841 | 48.1 | +8.4 | |
Liberal and Country | George Morison | 21,591 | 38.7 | -6.4 | |
Democratic Labor | Arthur White | 7,368 | 13.2 | -2.0 | |
Total formal votes | 55,800 | 99.0 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 536 | 1.0 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 56,336 | 94.2 | +0.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Arthur Smith | 28,375 | 50.9 | +9.3 | |
Liberal and Country | George Morison | 27,425 | 49.1 | -9.3 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +9.3 |
Doutta Galla
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Samuel Merrifield | 50,548 | 53.0 | -17.5 | |
Liberal and Country | Nicholas Dawe | 29,656 | 31.1 | +31.1 | |
Democratic Labor | Herbert Morris | 15,219 | 16.0 | -13.5 | |
Total formal votes | 95,423 | 98.1 | +1.4 | ||
Informal votes | 1,858 | 1.9 | −1.4 | ||
Turnout | 97,281 | 92.0 | +1.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Samuel Merrifield | 56.2 | |||
Liberal and Country | Nicholas Dawe | 43.8 | |||
Labor gain from Democratic Labor | Swing | N/A |
- Two party preferred vote was estimated.
East Yarra
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Rupert Hamer | 57,238 | 49.0 | -6.2 | |
Independent | Clifden Eager | 38,055 | 32.6 | +32.6 | |
Democratic Labor | John Hoare | 21,495 | 18.4 | +8.3 | |
Total formal votes | 116,788 | 98.0 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 2,350 | 2.0 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 119,138 | 92.5 | +1.1 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Rupert Hamer | 75,174 | 64.4 | ||
Independent | Clifden Eager | 41,614 | 35.6 | ||
Liberal and Country gain from Independent | Swing | N/A |
Gippsland
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Bill Fulton | 36,878 | 56.1 | -16.1 | |
Labor | Frederick Gregory | 19,645 | 29.9 | +29.9 | |
Democratic Labor | John Hansen | 9,191 | 14.0 | -13.8 | |
Total formal votes | 65,714 | 98.7 | +0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 883 | 1.3 | −0.7 | ||
Turnout | 66,597 | 93.4 | +2.4 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Bill Fulton | 67.3 | |||
Labor | Frederick Gregory | 32.7 | |||
Country hold | Swing | N/A |
- Two party preferred vote was estimated.
Higinbotham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Arthur Warner | 64,984 | 59.3 | -40.7 | |
Labor | Genevieve Mann | 38,174 | 34.9 | +34.9 | |
Independent | Grace Stratton | 6,345 | 5.9 | +5.9 | |
Total formal votes | 109,503 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 2,035 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 111,538 | 92.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Arthur Warner | 62.3 | |||
Labor | Genevieve Mann | 37.7 | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | N/A |
- Two party preferred vote was estimated.
Melbourne
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack O'Connell | 30,298 | 68.7 | +5.4 | |
Democratic Labor | Maurie Sheehy | 13,784 | 31.3 | -5.4 | |
Total formal votes | 44,082 | 96.5 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 1,603 | 3.5 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 45,685 | 88.3 | −0.7 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +5.4 |
- Maurie Sheehy was elected in 1952 as a member of Labor, then defected to the DLP in 1955.
Melbourne North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | John Walton | 69,982 | 52.8 | -12.5 | |
Liberal and Country | Gladys Brown | 37,369 | 28.2 | +28.2 | |
Democratic Labor | Jack Little | 25,208 | 19.0 | +3.2 | |
Total formal votes | 132,559 | 98.2 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 2,359 | 1.8 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 134,918 | 92.9 | −0.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | John Walton | 56.6 | |||
Liberal and Country | Gladys Brown | 43.4 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Two party preferred vote was estimated.
- Jack Little was elected in 1952 as a member of Labor, then defected to the DLP in 1955.
Melbourne West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Archie Todd | 64,209 | 71.3 | +1.4 | |
Democratic Labor | Bert Bailey | 25,797 | 28.7 | -1.4 | |
Total formal votes | 90,006 | 97.6 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 2,228 | 2.4 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 92,234 | 92.4 | +0.1 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +1.4 |
- Bert Bailey was elected in 1952 as a member of Labor, then defected to the DLP in 1955.
Monash
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Graham Nicol | 43,317 | 49.6 | -11.9 | |
Labor | Gwendolyn Noad | 26,847 | 30.7 | -7.8 | |
Democratic Labor | Thomas Brennan | 17,249 | 19.7 | +19.7 | |
Total formal votes | 87,411 | 97.8 | −0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 1,925 | 2.2 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 89,336 | 89.3 | +3.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Graham Nicol | 58,490 | 66.9 | +5.4 | |
Labor | Gwendolyn Noad | 28,921 | 33.1 | -5.4 | |
Liberal and Country gain from Democratic Labor | Swing | +5.4 |
- Thomas Brennan was elected in 1952 as a member of Labor, then defected to the DLP in 1955.
Northern
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Dudley Walters | unopposed | |||
Country hold | Swing |
North-Eastern
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Ivan Swinburne | unopposed | |||
Country hold | Swing |
North-Western
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Percy Byrnes | 32,150 | 74.6 | -25.4 | |
Independent | Albert Allnutt | 10,966 | 25.4 | +25.4 | |
Total formal votes | 43,116 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 699 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 43,815 | 93.9 | |||
Country hold | Swing | N/A |
Southern
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Raymond Garrett | 68,095 | 46.9 | -5.6 | |
Labor | Roy Rawson | 60,691 | 41.8 | +4.8 | |
Democratic Labor | Leo Mahony | 16,372 | 11.3 | +0.8 | |
Total formal votes | 145,158 | 98.5 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 2,233 | 1.5 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 147,391 | 92.4 | +0.8 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Raymond Garrett | 82,395 | 56.8 | -5.2 | |
Labor | Roy Rawson | 62,763 | 43.2 | +5.2 | |
Liberal and Country gain from Labor | Swing | -5.2 |
South-Eastern
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Bill Mair | 51,103 | 50.7 | +0.9 | |
Labor | George Tilley | 34,896 | 34.6 | +34.6 | |
Democratic Labor | Jack Austin | 14,898 | 14.8 | -11.8 | |
Total formal votes | 100,897 | 98.4 | +0.9 | ||
Informal votes | 1,608 | 1.6 | −0.9 | ||
Turnout | 102,505 | 92.6 | +2.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Bill Mair | 63.3 | N/A | ||
Labor | George Tilley | 36.7 | N/A | ||
Liberal and Country gain from Labor | Swing | N/A |
- Two party preferred vote was estimated.
South-Western
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Geoffrey Thom | 31,878 | 46.4 | -7.5 | |
Labor | Don Ferguson | 28,510 | 41.5 | +11.4 | |
Democratic Labor | Norman Smith | 8,298 | 12.1 | -4.0 | |
Total formal votes | 68,686 | 99.1 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 645 | 0.9 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 69,331 | 93.6 | +1.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Geoffrey Thom | 38,909 | 56.6 | -11.6 | |
Labor | Don Ferguson | 29,777 | 43.4 | +11.6 | |
Liberal and Country gain from Labor | Swing | -11.6 |
Western
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Kenneth Gross | 25,004 | 47.2 | -1.6 | |
Labor | David Arnott | 20,917 | 39.5 | +8.6 | |
Democratic Labor | James Eveston | 7,047 | 13.3 | +2.1 | |
Total formal votes | 52,968 | 99.2 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 441 | 0.8 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 53,409 | 95.5 | +4.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Kenneth Gross | 30,563 | 57.7 | -8.9 | |
Labor | David Arnott | 22,405 | 42.3 | +8.9 | |
Liberal and Country gain from Labor | Swing | -8.9 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Legislative Council election of 21 June 1958". Psephos.