Results of the Victorian state election, 1945 (Legislative Assembly M-Z)
Appearance
Victorian state election, 10 November 1945[1][2] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 1,019,063 | |||||
Votes cast | 896,561 | Turnout | 87.98 | +0.98 | ||
Informal votes | 18,689 | Informal | 2.08 | −0.51 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Labor | 360,079 | 41.02 | +4.89 | 31 | +9 | |
Country | 163,940 | 18.67 | +5.64 | 18 | ±0 | |
Liberal | 180,046 | 20.51 | −2.56 | 10 | −3 | |
Independent | 92,097 | 10.49 | −11.40 | 3 | −2 | |
Ministerial Liberal | 29,276 | 3.33 | +3.33 | 3 | +3 | |
Independent Liberal | 27,351 | 3.12 | +3.12 | 0 | ±0 | |
Communist | 25,083 | 2.86 | −1.65 | 0 | ±0 | |
Total | 877,872 | 65 |
This is a list of electoral district results for the Victorian 1945 election for electorates from M to Z.
Results by electoral district
Malvern
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Trevor Oldham | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Melbourne
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Tom Hayes | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Mentone
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | George White | 10,768 | 49.9 | ||
Liberal | John Warren | 7,708 | 35.7 | ||
Independent | Robert Roberts | 3,095 | 14.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 21,571 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 346 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 21,917 | 88.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | George White | 11,633 | 53.9 | ||
Liberal | John Warren | 9,938 | 46.1 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing |
Mernda
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Leslie Webster | 3,991 | 34.0 | ||
Labor | Arthur Turtle | 3,880 | 33.1 | ||
Liberal | Arthur Ireland | 3,847 | 32.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 11,718 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 220 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 11,938 | 87.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Leslie Webster | 6,898 | 58.9 | ||
Labor | Arthur Turtle | 4,820 | 41.1 | ||
Country hold | Swing |
Midlands
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Clive Stoneham | 7,621 | 59.6 | ||
Country | Thomas Grigg | 5,166 | 40.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 12,787 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 96 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 12,883 | 90.9 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Mildura
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Louis Garlick | 4,797 | 43.7 | ||
Country | Nathaniel Barclay | 3,144 | 28.6 | ||
Independent Country | Albert Allnutt | 2,582 | 23.5 | ||
Country | John Edey | 461 | 4.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 10,984 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 269 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 11,253 | 86.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Louis Garlick | 5,620 | 51.2 | ||
Country | Nathaniel Barclay | 5,364 | 48.8 | ||
Labor gain from Independent | Swing |
Moonee Ponds
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Samuel Merrifield | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Mornington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Alfred Kirton | 6,205 | 54.5 | ||
Liberal | Frank Sharpe | 5,188 | 45.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 11,393 | 97.1 | |||
Informal votes | 337 | 2.9 | |||
Turnout | 11,730 | 83.8 | |||
Country hold | Swing |
Murray Valley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John McCabe | 4,679 | 40.9 | ||
Country | George Moss | 4,224 | 36.9 | ||
Independent Country | Percy Snowden | 2,551 | 22.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 11,454 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 137 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 11,591 | 85.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | George Moss | 6,263 | 54.7 | ||
Labor | John McCabe | 5,191 | 45.3 | ||
Country hold | Swing |
Northcote
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Cain | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Oakleigh
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Squire Reid | 13,683 | 63.2 | ||
Liberal | James Smith | 7,959 | 36.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 21,649 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 229 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 21,871 | 89.6 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Polwarth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Edward Guye | 7,625 | 62.6 | ||
Labor | Thomas Carmody | 4,555 | 37.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 12,180 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 111 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 12,291 | 89.4 | |||
Country hold | Swing |
Portland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Robert Holt | 6,913 | 54.5 | ||
Country | Harry Hedditch | 5,779 | 45.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 12,692 | 99.5 | |||
Informal votes | 66 | 0.5 | |||
Turnout | 12,758 | 90.8 | |||
Labor gain from Country | Swing |
Port Melbourne
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Tom Corrigan | 16,777 | 76.4 | ||
Communist | Ralph Gibson | 5,177 | 23.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 21,954 | 95.3 | |||
Informal votes | 1,076 | 4.7 | |||
Turnout | 23,030 | 86.1 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Prahran
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Quirk | 11,949 | 53.4 | ||
Liberal | Peter Isaacson | 8,977 | 40.1 | ||
Independent Labor | Arthur Jackson | 1,459 | 6.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 22,385 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 495 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 22,880 | 85.6 | |||
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Preston
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Ruthven | 10,200 | 47.3 | ||
Ministerial Liberal | Henry Zwar | 9,779 | 45.3 | ||
Independent | Albert Davis | 1,590 | 7.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 21,569 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 335 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 21,904 | 91.5 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | William Ruthven | 10,856 | 50.3 | ||
Ministerial Liberal | Henry Zwar | 10,713 | 49.7 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing |
Rainbow
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Keith Dodgshun | 7,156 | 63.9 | ||
Labor | John Tripovich | 4,042 | 36.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 11,198 | 99.4 | |||
Informal votes | 65 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 11,263 | 89.2 | |||
Country hold | Swing |
Richmond
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Stan Keon | 16,621 | 75.9 | ||
Communist | Bart Flannagan | 5,288 | 24.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 21,909 | 94.0 | |||
Informal votes | 1,402 | 6.0 | |||
Turnout | 23,311 | 86.6 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Ripon
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ernie Morton | 6,424 | 51.6 | ||
Country | Alec McDonald | 6,031 | 48.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 12,455 | 99.4 | |||
Informal votes | 69 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 12,524 | 90.0 | |||
Labor gain from Country | Swing |
Rodney
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Richard Brose | 4,803 | 38.3 | ||
Labor | George White | 3,941 | 31.5 | ||
Country | Wollaston Heily | 2,370 | 18.9 | ||
Independent | Morton Garner | 1,416 | 11.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 12,530 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 157 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 12,687 | 90.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Richard Brose | 7,867 | 62.8 | ||
Labor | George White | 4,663 | 37.2 | ||
Country hold | Swing |
Scoresby
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Knox | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Shepparton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | John McDonald | 8,116 | 63.0 | ||
Labor | Frederick Hargreaves | 4,775 | 37.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 12,891 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 91 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 12,982 | 87.9 | |||
Country hold | Swing |
St Kilda
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | George Dethbridge | 9,326 | 44.8 | ||
Ministerial Liberal | Archie Michaelis | 6,229 | 29.9 | ||
Liberal | Leslie Lord | 5,284 | 25.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 20,839 | 97.5 | |||
Informal votes | 534 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 21,373 | 86.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Ministerial Liberal | Archie Michaelis | 10,532 | 50.5 | ||
Labor | George Dethbridge | 10,307 | 49.5 | ||
Ministerial Liberal gain from Liberal | Swing |
Sunshine
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ernie Shepherd | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Swan Hill
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Country | John Hipworth | 4,515 | 39.5 | ||
Labor | William Kent | 3,493 | 30.5 | ||
Country | Francis Old | 3,429 | 30.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 11,437 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 208 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 11,645 | 86.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Independent Country | John Hipworth | 6,962 | 60.9 | ||
Labor | William Kent | 4,475 | 39.1 | ||
Independent Country gain from Country | Swing |
Toorak
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Harold Thonemann | 5,627 | 28.3 | ||
Independent Labor | John Smith | 4,518 | 22.8 | ||
Independent Liberal | Robert Hamilton | 4,278 | 21.5 | ||
Independent Labor | Albert Nicholls | 3,316 | 16.7 | ||
Independent Liberal | Charles Kennett | 1,348 | 6.8 | ||
Ministerial Liberal | Robert Bruce | 766 | 3.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 19,853 | 93.8 | |||
Informal votes | 1,303 | 6.2 | |||
Turnout | 21,156 | 82.6 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Independent Liberal | Robert Hamilton | 11,813 | 59.5 | ||
Independent Labor | John Smith | 8,040 | 40.5 | ||
Independent Liberal gain from Liberal | Swing |
Warrnambool
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Henry Bailey | 6,358 | 51.6 | ||
Labor | James Farrell | 5,973 | 48.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 12,331 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 143 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 12,474 | 89.9 | |||
Country hold | Swing |
Williamstown
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Lemmon | 11,421 | 51.1 | ||
Communist | Alexander Dobbin | 6,091 | 27.3 | ||
Liberal | William Gray | 4,828 | 21.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 22,340 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 381 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 22,721 | 89.9 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Wonthaggi
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William McKenzie | 7,589 | 57.3 | ||
Country | Alexander Shackleford | 5,658 | 42.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 13,247 | 99.2 | |||
Informal votes | 108 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 13,355 | 89.9 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
See also
- Results of the Victorian state election, 1945 (Legislative Assembly A-L)
- Victorian state election, 1945
- Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1945–1947
References
- ^ Election held on 10 November 1945, 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).