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1958 Victorian Legislative Council election

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Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 21 June 1958 to elect 17 of the 34 members of the state's Legislative Council. This was the last time the Legislative Council elections were held separately to those of the Legislative Assembly.

Results

Legislative Council

Victorian Legislative Council election, 21 June 1958[1]
Legislative Council
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Enrolled voters 1,488,293
Votes cast 1,283,665 Turnout 86.3 +8.6
Informal votes 22,085 Informal 1.7 -0.4
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats
won
Seats
held
  Labor 494,892 39.2 +0.3 5 9
  Liberal and Country 451,462 35.8 +5.3 8 17
  Democratic Labor 187,618 14.9 −1.6 0 0
  Country 69,028 5.5 -0.6 4 8
  Independent 58,580 4.6 −3.3 0 0
Total 1,261,580     17 34

Retiring Members

Democratic Labor

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 DLP candidates Other candidates
 
Ballarat Labor Jack Jones Murray Byrne Maurice Calnin David Milburn (Ind)
Bendigo Labor Arthur Smith George Morison Arthur White
Doutta Galla Labor Samuel Merrifield Nicholas Dawe Herbert Morris
East Yarra Independent Rupert Hamer John Hoare Sir Clifden Eager (Ind)
Gippsland Country Frederick Gregory Bill Fulton John Hansen
Higinbotham LCP Genevieve Mann Sir Arthur Warner Grace Stratton (Ind)
Melbourne Labor Jack O'Connell Pat Sheehy
Melbourne North Labor John Walton Gladys Brown Jack Little
Melbourne West Labor Archie Todd Bert Bailey
Monash Labor Gwendolyn Noad Graham Nicol Thomas Brennan
Northern Country Dudley Walters
North Eastern Country Ivan Swinburne
North Western Country Percy Byrnes Albert Allnutt (Ind)
Southern Labor Roy Rawson Raymond Garrett Leo Mahony
South Eastern Labor George Tilley Bill Mair James Austin
South Western Labor Don Ferguson Geoffrey Thom Norman Smith
Western Labor David Arnott Kenneth Gross James Eveston

See also

References

  1. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Legislative Council election of 21 June 1958". Psephos.