Results of the Victorian state election, 1950 (Legislative Assembly A-L)

Victorian state election, 13 May 1950[1][2]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1947 — 1952 >>

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 for electorates from A to L.

Results by electoral district

Albert Park

Victorian state election, 1950: 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

Victorian state election, 1950: 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

Victorian state election, 1950: 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

Victorian state election, 1950: Barwon
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal and Country Thomas Maltby unopposed
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Benalla

Victorian state election, 1950: 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

Victorian state election, 1950: 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

Victorian state election, 1950: 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

Victorian state election, 1950: 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

Victorian state election, 1950: 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

Victorian state election, 1950: Brighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal and Country Ray Tovell unopposed
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Brunswick

Victorian state election, 1950: 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

Victorian state election, 1950: 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

Victorian state election, 1950: 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

Victorian state election, 1950: 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

Victorian state election, 1950: 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

Victorian state election, 1950: Coburg
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Kevin Hayes 9,462 39.0 +10.4
Independent 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
Independent Charlie Mutton 14,085 58.0 -7.3
Labor Kevin Hayes 10,206 42.0 +7.3
Independent hold Swing -7.3

Collingwood

Victorian state election, 1950: 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

Victorian state election, 1950: 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

Victorian state election, 1950: 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

Victorian state election, 1950: 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

Victorian state election, 1950: 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

Victorian state election, 1950: 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

Victorian state election, 1950: 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

Victorian state election, 1950: 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

Victorian state election, 1950: 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

Victorian state election, 1950: 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

Victorian state election, 1950: 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

Victorian state election, 1950: 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

Victorian state election, 1950: 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

Victorian state election, 1950: 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

Victorian state election, 1950: 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

Victorian state election, 1950: 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

Victorian state election, 1950: 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

Victorian state election, 1950: 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

Victorian state election, 1950: Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal and Country Arthur Rylah unopposed
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Korong

Victorian state election, 1950: 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

See also

References

  1. ↑ Election held on 13 May 1950, 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).
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