Victorian Legislative Council election, 1958

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. This was the last time the Legislative Council elections were held separately to those of the Legislative Assembly.

Results

Legislative Council

Victorian Legislative Council election, 21 June 1958[1]
Legislative Council
<< 1955–1961 >>

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

Democratic Labor

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 DLP candidates Other candidates
 
BallaratLaborJack JonesMurray ByrneMaurice CalninDavid Milburn (Ind)
BendigoLaborArthur SmithGeorge MorisonArthur White
Doutta GallaLaborSamuel MerrifieldNicholas DaweHerbert Morris
East YarraIndependentRupert HamerJohn HoareSir Clifden Eager (Ind)
GippslandCountryFrederick GregoryBill FultonJohn Hansen
HiginbothamLCPGenevieve MannSir Arthur WarnerGrace Stratton (Ind)
MelbourneLaborJack O'ConnellPat Sheehy
Melbourne NorthLaborJohn WaltonGladys BrownJack Little
Melbourne WestLaborArchie ToddBert Bailey
MonashLaborGwendolyn NoadGraham NicolThomas Brennan
NorthernCountryDudley Walters
North EasternCountryIvan Swinburne
North WesternCountryPercy ByrnesAlbert Allnutt (Ind)
SouthernLaborRoy RawsonRaymond GarrettLeo Mahony
South EasternLaborGeorge TilleyBill MairJames Austin
South WesternLaborDon FergusonGeoffrey ThomNorman Smith
WesternLaborDavid ArnottKenneth GrossJames Eveston

See also

References

  1. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Legislative Council election of 21 June 1958". Psephos.
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