Results of the 1955 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly)

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Victorian state election, 28 May 1955[1][2]
Legislative Assembly
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Enrolled voters 1,402,588
Votes cast 1,318,934 Turnout 94.02 +0.44
Informal votes 28,955 Informal 2.19 +0.38
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Liberal and Country 487,408 37.78 +12.93 33 +22
  Labor 420,197 37.57 −16.50 20 −17
  Labor (A-C) 162,660 12.61 +12.61 1 +1
  Country 122,999 9.53 +1.19 11 −1
  Independent 45,570 3.53 −3.38 1 ±0
  Victorian Liberal 44,692 3.46 −6.13 0 −4
  Communist 4,589 0.35 −0.88 0 ±0
  Henry George Justice 1,864 0.14 +0.14 0 ±0
Total 1,318,934     66  
Two-party-preferred
  Liberal and Country 755,917 57.9 +14.6
  Labor 549,233 42.1 –14.6

This is a list of electoral district results for the Victorian 1955 election.

Results by electoral district[edit]

Albert Park[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Albert Park[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Keith Sutton 7,379 47.6
Liberal and Country Thomas Merrett 4,542 29.3
Labor (A-C) Albert Jones 3,569 23.1
Total formal votes 15,490 97.7
Informal votes 363 2.3
Turnout 15,853 91.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Keith Sutton 7,867 50.8
Liberal and Country Thomas Merrett 7,623 49.2
Labor hold Swing

Ascot Vale[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Ascot Vale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ernie Shepherd 14,351 66.4
Liberal and Country George Evans 4,091 18.9
Labor (A-C) Paul Gunn 3,168 14.7
Total formal votes 21,610 98.2
Informal votes 399 1.8
Turnout 22,009 94.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ernie Shepherd 14,826 68.6
Liberal and Country George Evans 6,784 31.4
Labor hold Swing

Ballarat North[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Ballarat North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Russell White 7,405 37.9
Labor Jack Smethurst 4,840 24.8
Labor (A-C) Thomas Lane 3,996 20.4
Liberal and Country Arthur Nicholson 3,305 16.9
Total formal votes 19,546 98.4
Informal votes 313 1.6
Turnout 19,859 96.4
Two-party-preferred result
Country Russell White 13,927 71.2
Labor Jack Smethurst 5,619 28.8
Country hold Swing

Ballarat South[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Ballarat South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Sheehan 8,317 42.8
Liberal and Country Gordon Scott 7,883 40.5
Labor (A-C) Alfred Purdue 3,249 16.7
Total formal votes 19,449 98.6
Informal votes 267 1.4
Turnout 19,716 96.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Gordon Scott 10,506 54.0
Labor John Sheehan 8,943 46.0
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing

Balwyn[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Balwyn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Alex Taylor 14,842 69.9
Labor Florence Rodan 6,394 30.1
Total formal votes 21,236 98.8
Informal votes 261 1.2
Turnout 21,497 93.7
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Benalla[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Frederick Cook 7,589 38.8
Labor (A-C) Ernest Straughair 6,028 30.8
Liberal and Country Jack Pennington 5,949 30.4
Total formal votes 19,566 97.9
Informal votes 423 2.1
Turnout 19,989 94.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Frederick Cook 12,804 65.4
Labor (A-C) Ernest Straughair 6,762 34.6
Country hold Swing

Benambra[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Tom Mitchell 7,595 40.3
Liberal and Country Norman Attree 4,734 25.1
Labor (A-C) William Findlay 4,140 22.0
Independent Country James Prendergast 2,383 12.7
Total formal votes 18,852 98.3
Informal votes 329 1.7
Turnout 19,181 93.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Tom Mitchell 9,803 52.0
Liberal and Country Norman Attree 9,049 48.0
Country hold Swing

Bendigo[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Bendigo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Galvin 8,955 44.4
Liberal and Country John Stanistreet 5,627 27.9
Labor (A-C) Arthur Cook 3,036 15.0
Country Norman Oliver 2,564 12.7
Total formal votes 20,182 98.5
Informal votes 315 1.5
Turnout 20,497 96.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country John Stanistreet 10,097 50.03
Labor Bill Galvin 10,085 49.97
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing

Box Hill[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Box Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country George Reid 13,073 45.9
Labor Bob Gray 9,969 35.0
Independent Leslie McCredden 2,854 10.0
Labor (A-C) Maurice Weston 1,986 7.0
Henry George Justice Leslie Bawden 624 2.2
Total formal votes 28,506 97.7
Informal votes 668 2.3
Turnout 29,174 94.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country George Reid 16,166 56.7
Labor Bob Gray 12,340 43.3
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing

Brighton[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Brighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country John Rossiter 9,363 53.3
Victorian Liberal Ray Tovell 4,947 28.1
Independent Labor Marcella Sullivan 3,269 18.6
Total formal votes 17,579 98.1
Informal votes 347 1.9
Turnout 17,926 92.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal and Country John Rossiter 10,998 62.6
Victorian Liberal Ray Tovell 6,581 37.4
Liberal and Country gain from Victorian Liberal Swing

Broadmeadows[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Broadmeadows
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Joseph Smith 11,043 42.9
Liberal and Country Harry Kane 9,572 37.1
Country James Webster 5,156 20.0
Total formal votes 25,771 98.5
Informal votes 394 1.5
Turnout 26,165 94.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Harry Kane 13,485 52.3
Labor Joseph Smith 12,286 47.7
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing

Brunswick East[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Brunswick East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Leo Fennessy 9,277 54.9
Liberal and Country Alfred Wall 4,141 24.5
Labor (A-C) Joseph O'Carroll 3,492 20.7
Total formal votes 16,910 97.5
Informal votes 431 2.5
Turnout 17,341 93.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Leo Fennessy 9,801 58.0
Liberal and Country Alfred Wall 7,109 42.0
Labor hold Swing

Brunswick West[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Brunswick West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Campbell Turnbull 6,917 44.8
Labor (A-C) Peter Randles 4,455 28.9
Liberal and Country Alisa Gaston 4,060 26.3
Total formal votes 15,432 98.0
Informal votes 315 2.0
Turnout 15,747 94.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Campbell Turnbull 7,757 50.3
Labor (A-C) Peter Randles 7,675 49.7
Labor hold Swing

Burwood[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Burwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Jim MacDonald 12,190 62.1
Labor Gwendolyn Noad 4,965 25.3
Labor (A-C) William Mahoney 1,954 9.9
Henry George Justice Ivan Robinson 530 2.7
Total formal votes 19,639 98.3
Informal votes 334 1.7
Turnout 19,973 93.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Jim MacDonald 14,117 71.9
Labor Gwendolyn Noad 5,522 28.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Camberwell[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Camberwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Robert Whately 13,369 67.0
Labor Barry Jones 6,595 33.0
Total formal votes 19,964 98.3
Informal votes 336 1.7
Turnout 20,300 92.9
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Carlton[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Carlton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Denis Lovegrove 7,141 49.2
Labor (A-C) Bill Barry 4,809 33.1
Liberal and Country Francis Michaelson 1,998 13.8
Communist John Prescott 568 3.9
Total formal votes 14,516 93.7
Informal votes 975 6.3
Turnout 15,491 91.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Denis Lovegrove 8,091 55.7
Labor (A-C) Bill Barry 6,425 44.3
Labor hold Swing

Caulfield[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Caulfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Joe Rafferty 8,505 54.4
Victorian Liberal Alexander Dennett 7,133 45.6
Total formal votes 15,638 94.6
Informal votes 900 5.4
Turnout 16,538 90.8
Liberal and Country gain from Victorian Liberal Swing

Caulfield East[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Caulfield East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Alexander Fraser 12,165 58.1
Labor Robert Flanagan 5,773 27.6
Labor (A-C) Bernard Tarpey 3,011 14.4
Total formal votes 20,949 98.3
Informal votes 353 1.7
Turnout 21,302 93.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Alexander Fraser 14,725 70.3
Labor Robert Flanagan 6,224 29.7
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Coburg[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Coburg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Labor Charlie Mutton 11,809 53.2
Liberal and Country Donald Abernethy 5,711 25.7
Labor (A-C) Kevin Hayes 4,665 21.0
Total formal votes 22,185 98.2
Informal votes 415 1.8
Turnout 22,600 94.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
Progressive Labor Charlie Mutton 12,975 58.5
Liberal and Country Donald Abernethy 9,210 41.5
Progressive Labor hold Swing

Collingwood[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Collingwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Towers 8,906 63.4
Labor (A-C) William Livy 3,399 24.2
Liberal and Country Martha Yuille 1,746 12.4
Total formal votes 14,051 97.8
Informal votes 318 2.2
Turnout 14,369 93.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Bill Towers 9,343 66.5
Labor (A-C) William Livy 4,708 33.5
Labor hold Swing

Dandenong[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Dandenong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Ray Wiltshire 16,130 47.7
Labor John Tripovich 12,678 37.5
Labor (A-C) Reginald Kearney 4,997 14.8
Total formal votes 33,805 98.2
Informal votes 604 1.8
Turnout 34,409 94.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Ray Wiltshire 19,651 58.1
Labor John Tripovich 14,154 41.9
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing

Dundas[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Dundas
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bob McClure 7,238 39.7
Liberal and Country William McDonald 7,093 38.9
Country John O'Brien 2,024 11.1
Labor (A-C) John Peters 1,895 10.4
Total formal votes 18,250 98.6
Informal votes 264 1.4
Turnout 18,514 96.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country William McDonald 10,393 56.9
Labor Bob McClure 7,857 43.1
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing

Elsternwick[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Elsternwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Victorian Liberal John Don 8,401 43.5
Liberal and Country Richard Gainey 6,918 35.8
Independent Labor Donald Tottey 4,002 20.7
Total formal votes 19,321 97.6
Informal votes 477 2.4
Turnout 19,798 93.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal and Country Richard Gainey 9,950 51.5
Victorian Liberal John Don 9,371 48.5
Liberal and Country gain from Victorian Liberal Swing

Evelyn[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Evelyn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Phillip Connell 11,519 38.9
Liberal and Country Arthur Ireland 11,070 37.3
Labor (A-C) Michael Lucy 7,048 23.8
Total formal votes 29,637 98.2
Informal votes 544 1.8
Turnout 30,181 94.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Phillip Connell 16,212 54.7
Liberal and Country Arthur Ireland 13,425 45.3
Labor hold Swing

Flemington[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Flemington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Holland 9,376 63.3
Labor (A-C) John Hayes 5,443 36.7
Total formal votes 14,819 96.0
Informal votes 611 4.0
Turnout 15,430 91.9
Labor hold Swing

Footscray[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Footscray
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Roy Schintler 11,316 61.2
Liberal and Country George Punshon 3,725 20.1
Labor (A-C) William Lloyd 3,463 18.7
Total formal votes 18,504 98.1
Informal votes 350 1.9
Turnout 18,854 95.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Roy Schintler 11,835 64.0
Liberal and Country George Punshon 6,669 36.0
Labor hold Swing

Geelong[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Geelong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Thomas Maltby 11,172 51.5
Labor George Poyser 8,069 37.2
Independent Norman Mackay 1,358 6.3
Victorian Liberal Charles Plummer 1,081 5.0
Total formal votes 21,680 98.0
Informal votes 436 2.0
Turnout 22,116 93.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Thomas Maltby 13,367 61.7
Labor George Poyser 8,313 38.3
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing

Geelong West[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Geelong West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Geoffrey Thom 8,237 38.2
Labor Colin MacDonald 6,921 32.1
Independent James Dunn 2,720 12.6
Labor (A-C) James Mahoney 2,359 10.9
Independent James Dowsett 1,315 6.1
Total formal votes 21,552 97.4
Informal votes 585 2.6
Turnout 22,137 93.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Colin MacDonald 11,589 53.8
Liberal and Country Geoffrey Thom 9,963 46.2
Labor hold Swing

Gippsland East[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Albert Lind 13,084 75.2
Labor (A-C) Frank Burns 4,323 24.8
Total formal votes 17,407 98.3
Informal votes 308 1.7
Turnout 17,715 92.5
Country hold Swing

Gippsland South[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Gippsland South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Herbert Hyland unopposed
Country hold Swing

Gippsland West[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Gippsland West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Leslie Cochrane 12,419 58.9
Liberal and Country Colin Ferres 6,938 32.9
Communist Walter Doig 1,716 8.2
Total formal votes 21,073 97.4
Informal votes 552 2.6
Turnout 21,625 94.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Leslie Cochrane 13,277 63.0
Liberal and Country Colin Ferres 7,796 37.0
Country hold Swing

Grant[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Grant
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Roy Crick 14,185 51.5
Liberal and Country Max Gillett 8,104 29.4
Labor (A-C) Leslie D'Arcy 5,275 19.1
Total formal votes 27,564 98.0
Informal votes 556 2.0
Turnout 28,120 94.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Roy Crick 14,975 54.3
Liberal and Country Max Gillett 12,589 45.7
Labor hold Swing

Hampden[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Hampden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Henry Bolte 10,968 58.7
Labor Ernie Morton 7,703 41.3
Total formal votes 18,671 98.8
Informal votes 231 1.2
Turnout 18,902 96.2
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Hawthorn[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Jim Manson 7,247 44.2
Labor Jack Poke 5,097 31.1
Labor (A-C) Charles Murphy 3,739 22.8
Henry George Justice William Pitt 313 1.9
Total formal votes 16,396 97.7
Informal votes 390 2.3
Turnout 16,786 94.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Jim Manson 8,518 52.0
Labor Jack Poke 7,878 48.0
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing

Ivanhoe[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Ivanhoe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Vernon Christie 9,014 50.4
Labor David Walker 6,420 35.9
Labor (A-C) John O'Dwyer 2,447 13.7
Total formal votes 17,881 98.7
Informal votes 237 1.3
Turnout 18,118 94.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Vernon Christie 11,093 62.0
Labor David Walker 6,788 38.0
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing

Kara Kara[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Kara Kara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Keith Turnbull 9,233 54.8
Country Ian McCann 7,605 45.2
Total formal votes 16,838 97.1
Informal votes 509 2.9
Turnout 17,347 95.9
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Kew[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Arthur Rylah 14,152 71.6
Labor Norman Williams 4,883 24.7
Communist Ralph Gibson 731 3.7
Total formal votes 19,766 98.0
Informal votes 401 2.0
Turnout 20,167 91.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Arthur Rylah 14,225 72.0
Labor Norman Williams 5,541 28.0
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Lowan[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Lowan[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Wilfred Mibus 11,546 68.1
Country Griffith Perkins 5,418 31.9
Total formal votes 16,964 98.2
Informal votes 316 1.8
Turnout 17,280 96.3
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Malvern[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Malvern
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country John Bloomfield 11,440 70.5
Victorian Liberal Mascotte Brown 4,796 29.5
Total formal votes 16,236 95.4
Informal votes 779 4.6
Turnout 17,015 91.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Melbourne[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Melbourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Clarey 6,913 48.9
Liberal and Country Alan Etherington 3,703 26.2
Labor (A-C) Tom Hayes 3,520 24.9
Total formal votes 14,136 95.9
Informal votes 597 4.1
Turnout 14,733 90.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Arthur Clarey 9,132 64.6
Liberal and Country Alan Etherington 5,004 35.4
Labor hold Swing

Mentone[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Mentone
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Edward Meagher 10,198 42.8
Labor Alfred O'Connor 8,259 34.7
Labor (A-C) George White 5,356 22.5
Total formal votes 23,813 98.0
Informal votes 475 2.0
Turnout 24,288 94.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Edward Meagher 13,982 58.7
Labor Alfred O'Connor 9,431 41.3
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing

Midlands[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Midlands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Clive Stoneham 11,320 53.6
Liberal and Country James Mactier 7,709 36.5
Labor (A-C) Alexander Lee 2,094 9.9
Total formal votes 21,123 99.1
Informal votes 200 0.9
Turnout 21,323 95.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Clive Stoneham 11,634 55.1
Liberal and Country James Mactier 9,489 44.9
Labor hold Swing

Mildura[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Mildura
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Nathaniel Barclay 9,356 52.2
Labor Alan Lind 8,579 47.8
Total formal votes 17,935 99.1
Informal votes 159 0.9
Turnout 18,094 94.8
Country gain from Labor Swing

Moonee Ponds[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Moonee Ponds
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Samuel Merrifield 9,389 46.0
Liberal and Country Jack Holden 6,846 33.5
Labor (A-C) Harold Hilbert 4,167 20.4
Total formal votes 20,402 98.7
Informal votes 272 1.3
Turnout 20,674 93.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Jack Holden 10,633 52.1
Labor Samuel Merrifield 9,769 47.9
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing

Moorabbin[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Moorabbin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Bob Suggett 11,869 40.0
Labor Les Coates 11,673 39.4
Labor (A-C) Edward White 3,126 10.5
Victorian Liberal William Dawnay-Mould 2,985 10.1
Total formal votes 29,653 98.0
Informal votes 591 2.0
Turnout 30,244 95.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Bob Suggett 17,185 57.9
Labor Les Coates 12,468 42.1
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing

Mornington[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Mornington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country William Leggatt 14,327 65.2
Victorian Liberal Fred Jarman 7,646 34.8
Total formal votes 21,973 96.2
Informal votes 870 3.8
Turnout 28,843 92.5
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Morwell[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Morwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Hector Stoddart 7,933 41.3
Liberal and Country Jim Balfour 4,993 26.0
Country George Purvis 4,287 22.3
Labor (A-C) Gordon Green 1,979 10.3
Total formal votes 19,192 98.4
Informal votes 303 1.6
Turnout 19,495 92.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Jim Balfour 10,198 53.1
Labor Hector Stoddart 8,994 46.9
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing

Murray Valley[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Murray Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country George Moss 11,386 57.7
Labor Kenneth Lenne 5,001 25.3
Labor (A-C) Stewart Morvell 3,344 16.9
Total formal votes 19,731 98.6
Informal votes 278 1.4
Turnout 20,009 95.0
Two-party-preferred result
Country George Moss 14,395 73.0
Labor Kenneth Lenne 5,336 27.0
Country hold Swing

Northcote[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Northcote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Cain 10,655 60.9
Liberal and Country Neil McKay 3,953 22.6
Labor (A-C) David Woodhouse 2,890 16.5
Total formal votes 17,498 98.3
Informal votes 294 1.7
Turnout 17,792 92.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Cain 11,089 63.4
Liberal and Country Neil McKay 6,409 36.6
Labor hold Swing

Oakleigh[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Oakleigh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Val Doube 9,111 49.1
Liberal and Country Max Fox 7,564 40.8
Labor (A-C) Donald Murray 1,874 10.1
Total formal votes 18,549 98.7
Informal votes 247 1.3
Turnout 18,796 95.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Val Doube 9,377 50.6
Liberal and Country Max Fox 9,172 49.4
Labor hold Swing

Pascoe Vale[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Pascoe Vale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Drakeford 9,032 42.7
Liberal and Country Rudolph Reid 7,085 33.5
Labor (A-C) George Fewster 4,173 19.7
Independent Colin Portway 486 2.3
Henry George Justice Lancelot Hutchinson 397 1.9
Total formal votes 21,173 2.4
Informal votes 515 2.4
Turnout 21,688 95.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Arthur Drakeford 12,680 59.9
Liberal Rudolph Reid 8,493 40.1
Labor hold Swing

Polwarth[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Polwarth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Edward Guye 10,543 54.6
Labor Phillip Denning 4,817 24.9
Country Ronald Harris 3,963 20.5
Total formal votes 19,323 98.9
Informal votes 220 1.1
Turnout 19,543 95.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Edward Guye 14,110 73.0
Labor Phillip Denning 5,213 27.0
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Portland[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Portland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Malcolm Gladman 6,753 37.3
Liberal and Country George Gibbs 5,629 31.1
Country Cyril Brimblecombe 2,886 16.0
Labor (A-C) William O'Sullivan 2,818 15.6
Total formal votes 18,086 98.5
Informal votes 275 1.5
Turnout 18,361 96.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country George Gibbs 10,495 58.0
Labor Malcolm Gladman 7,591 42.0
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Port Melbourne[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Port Melbourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Archie Todd 7,701 50.1
Labor (A-C) Stan Corrigan 5,349 34.8
Liberal and Country John Talbot 1,972 12.8
Communist Laurence Troy 340 2.2
Total formal votes 15,362 95.9
Informal votes 657 4.1
Turnout 16,019 93.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Archie Todd 8,492 55.3
Labor (A-C) Stan Corrigan 6,870 44.7
Labor hold Swing

Prahran[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Prahran
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert Pettiona 7,738 47.3
Liberal and Country Sam Loxton 5,847 35.7
Labor (A-C) James Johnson 2,238 13.7
Independent Leonard Bennett 553 3.4
Total formal votes 16,376 96.6
Informal votes 576 3.4
Turnout 16,952 92.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Sam Loxton 8,195 50.04
Labor Robert Pettiona 8,181 49.96
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing

Preston[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Preston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Charlie Ring 11,429 52.4
Liberal and Country Frank Block 6,881 31.5
Labor (A-C) Thomas Hartnedy 3,515 16.1
Total formal votes 21,825 97.6
Informal votes 542 2.4
Turnout 22,367 95.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Charlie Ring 11,955 54.8
Liberal and Country Frank Block 9,870 45.2
Labor hold Swing

Reservoir[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Reservoir
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Ruthven 12,247 55.1
Liberal and Country Frederick Capp 6,593 29.6
Labor (A-C) Edmund Morrissey 3,405 15.3
Total formal votes 22,245 98.1
Informal votes 427 1.9
Turnout 22,672 96.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor William Ruthven 12,758 57.3
Liberal and Country Frederick Capp 9,487 42.7
Labor hold Swing

Richmond[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor (A-C) Frank Scully 6,159 40.4
Labor Patrick O'Connell 5,967 39.2
Liberal and Country Barry Dove 2,622 17.2
Communist Kenneth Miller 484 3.2
Total formal votes 15,232 95.9
Informal votes 647 4.1
Turnout 15,879 95.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor (A-C) Frank Scully 8,053 52.9
Labor Patrick O'Connell 7,179 47.1
Labor (A-C) gain from Labor Swing

Ripponlea[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Ripponlea
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Edgar Tanner 6,799 44.2
Labor (A-C) George Miller 4,121 26.8
Victorian Liberal Thomas Hollway 3,723 24.2
Communist Ted Laurie 750 4.9
Total formal votes 15,393 94.3
Informal votes 933 5.7
Turnout 16,326 90.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal and Country Edgar Tanner 9,722 63.1
Labor (A-C) George Miller 5,671 36.9
Liberal and Country gain from Victorian Liberal Swing

Rodney[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Richard Brose 12,157 61.8
Liberal and Country Leslie Lord 7,504 38.2
Total formal votes 19,661 98.1
Informal votes 380 1.9
Turnout 20,041 95.0
Country hold Swing

St Kilda[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: St Kilda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Baron Snider 7,238 44.1
Labor John Bourke 6,967 42.4
Victorian Liberal Arnold Blashki 1,755 10.7
Total formal votes 16,414 96.5
Informal votes 589 3.5
Turnout 17,003 91.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Baron Snider 8,768 53.4
Labor John Bourke 7,646 46.6
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing

Sandringham[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Sandringham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Murray Porter 13,120 47.1
Labor Henry Fowler 9,526 34.2
Labor (A-C) John Ryan 3,740 13.4
Independent Alexander Steele 1,437 5.2
Total formal votes 27,823 98.2
Informal votes 510 1.8
Turnout 28,333 94.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Murray Porter 17,404 62.6
Labor Henry Fowler 10,419 37.4
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Scoresby[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Scoresby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country George Knox 20,234 64.2
Labor Reginald Robertson 11,270 35.8
Total formal votes 31,504 98.5
Informal votes 483 1.5
Turnout 31,987 93.6
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Swan Hill[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Swan Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Harold Stirling 8,105 46.4
Independent Country Duncan Douglas 5,824 33.4
Independent Liberal John Hipworth 3,528 20.2
Total formal votes 17,457 98.0
Informal votes 348 2.0
Turnout 17,805 94.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Harold Stirling 9,472 54.2
Independent Country Duncan Douglas 7,985 45.8
Country hold Swing

Toorak[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Toorak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Horace Petty 10,408 64.2
Independent Labor George Gahan 3,578 22.1
Victorian Liberal Geoffrey Kiddle 2,225 13.7
Total formal votes 16,211 95.9
Informal votes 698 4.1
Turnout 16,909 91.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal and Country Horace Petty 12,077 74.5
Independent Labor George Gahan 4,134 25.5
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Williamstown[edit]

1955 Victorian state election: Williamstown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Larry Floyd 11,690 63.3
Liberal and Country James Wilkie 3,918 21.2
Labor (A-C) Herbert Stackpoole 2,846 15.4
Total formal votes 18,454 98.6
Informal votes 263 1.4
Turnout 18,717 94.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Larry Floyd 12,117 65.6
Liberal and Country James Wilkie 6,337 34.4
Labor hold Swing

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Election held on 28 May 1955, 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).
  3. ^ Hughes, Colin A. (1975). Voting for the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1890-1964. Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 070811332X.
  4. ^ Hughes, Colin A. (1975). Voting for the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1890-1964. Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 070811332X.
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