Results of the 1950 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly)
Appearance
Victorian state election, 13 May 1950[1][2] | ||||||
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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
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
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
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Thomas Maltby | unopposed | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing |
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
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
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
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
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Ray Tovell | unopposed | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing |
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Arthur Rylah | unopposed | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing |
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 |
See also
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).