Results of the 1952 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly)
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Victorian state election, 6 December 1952[1][2] | ||||||
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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
[edit]Albert Park
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Country | Frederick Cook | unopposed | |||
Country hold | Swing |
Benambra
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Bill Galvin | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Borung
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Peter Randles | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Camberwell
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Joseph O'Carroll | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Coburg
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Bill Towers | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Dandenong
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Country | Albert Lind | unopposed | |||
Country hold | Swing |
Gippsland North
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Tom Hayes | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Mentone
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Clive Stoneham | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Mildura
[edit]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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Samuel Merrifield | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Mornington
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Cain | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Oakleigh
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Ruthven | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Rainbow
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Keith Dodgshun | unopposed | |||
Country hold | Swing |
Richmond
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ernie Shepherd | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Swan Hill
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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).