Results of the Victorian state election, 1952 (Legislative Assembly A-L)

Victorian state election, 6 December 1952[1][2]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1950 — 1955 >>

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 for electorates from A to L.

Results by electoral district

Albert Park

Victorian state election, 1952: Albert Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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

Victorian state election, 1952: Allandale
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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

Victorian state election, 1952: Ballarat
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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

Victorian state election, 1952: Barwon
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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

Victorian state election, 1952: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Frederick Cook unopposed
Country hold Swing

Benambra

Victorian state election, 1952: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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

Victorian state election, 1952: Bendigo
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Bill Galvin unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Borung

Victorian state election, 1952: Borung
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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

Victorian state election, 1952: Box Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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

Victorian state election, 1952: Brighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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

Victorian state election, 1952: Brunswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Peter Randles unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Camberwell

Victorian state election, 1952: Camberwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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

Victorian state election, 1952: Carlton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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

Victorian state election, 1952: Caulfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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

Victorian state election, 1952: Clifton Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Joseph O'Carroll unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Coburg

Victorian state election, 1952: Coburg
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent 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
Independent Labor hold Swing -4.4

Collingwood

Victorian state election, 1952: Collingwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Bill Towers unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Dandenong

Victorian state election, 1952: Dandenong
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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

Victorian state election, 1952: Dundas
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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

Victorian state election, 1952: Elsternwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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

Victorian state election, 1952: Essendon
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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

Victorian state election, 1952: Evelyn
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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

Victorian state election, 1952: Footscray
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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

Victorian state election, 1952: Geelong
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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

Victorian state election, 1952: Gippsland East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Albert Lind unopposed
Country hold Swing

Gippsland North

Victorian state election, 1952: Gippsland North
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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

Victorian state election, 1952: Gippsland South
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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

Victorian state election, 1952: Gippsland West
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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

Victorian state election, 1952: Glen Iris
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

Victorian state election, 1952: Goulburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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

Victorian state election, 1952: Grant
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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

Victorian state election, 1952: Hampden
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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

Victorian state election, 1952: Hawthorn
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

Victorian state election, 1952: Ivanhoe
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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

Victorian state election, 1952: Kew
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

Victorian state election, 1952: Korong
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

See also

References

  1. ↑ Election held on 6 December 1952, 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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