1952 Victorian Legislative Council election

Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 21 June 1952 to elect 17 of the 34 members of the state's Legislative Council for six year terms. MLCs were elected in single-member provinces using preferential voting.

The election was the first following the abolition of property qualifications for voting in the Legislative Council, and saw a large increase in the number of Labor MLCs.

Results

Legislative Council

Victorian Legislative Council election, 21 June 1952 Legislative Council << 1949–1955 >>
Enrolled voters		1,395,460
Votes cast		994,192		Turnout	71.2	+23.3
Informal votes		22,595		Informal	2.3	+0.8
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats won	Seats held
	Liberal and Country	361,733	37.2	−5.9	1	10
	Labor	361,013	37.2	+15.2	11	15
	Country	106,864	11.0	−17.4	4	8
	Other	141,987	14.6	+7.0	1	1
Total		971,597			17	34

Retiring Members

Labor

• William Beckett MLC (Melbourne)
• Pat Kennelly MLC (Melbourne West)

Liberal and Country

• Sir William Angliss MLC (Southern)
• Sir Frank Beaurepaire MLC (Monash)
• Allan McDonald MLC (South Western)

Candidates

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.

Province	Held by	Labor candidates	LCP candidates	Country candidates	Other candidates
Ballarat	LCP	Jack Jones	James Kittson
Bendigo	LCP	Arthur Smith	Sir George Lansell
Doutta Galla	Labor	Paul Jones
East Yarra	LCP		George Hannan		Sir Clifden Eager (Ind)
Gippsland	Country	Henry Harvey	Mac Steward	Trevor Harvey
Higinbotham	LCP		Arthur Warner		Grace Stratton (Ind)
Melbourne	Labor	Pat Sheehy
Melbourne North	Labor	Archibald Fraser
Melbourne West	Labor	Bert Bailey			Alexander Dobbin (CPA)
Monash	LCP	Thomas Brennan	Alfred Wilde
Northern	Country		Wollaston Heily	Dudley Walters
North Eastern	Country		Robert Vroland	Ivan Swinburne
North Western	Country		Robert Linton	Percy Byrnes
Southern	LCP	Roy Rawson	Albert Pennell		Harold Harvie (Ind)
South Eastern	LCP	George Tilley	John Rossiter		Cyril Isaac (Ind)
South Western	LCP	Don Ferguson	Edward Montgomery		Keith McGarvie (Ind)
Western	Country	David Arnott	Robert Rankin	Ernest Walliker

See also

• 1952 Victorian state election