Elections were held in the: Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 18 June 1949ββto elect 17 of theββ34 members of the state's Legislative Council for six year terms. MLCs were elected in single-member provinces using preferential voting.
Resultsβ»
Legislative Councilβ»
Victorian Legislative Council election, 18 June 1949 | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 550,472 | |||||
Votes cast | 262,393 | Turnout | 47.7 | β8.6 | ||
Informal votes | 3,841 | Informal | 1.5 | β0.5 | ||
Summary of votes by, party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats won |
Seats held | |
Liberal and Country | 111,368 | 43.1 | β3.1 | 9 | 18 | |
Country | 70,772 | 27.4 | +14.0 | 4 | 4 | |
Labor | 56,831 | 22.0 | +0.1 | 4 | 8 | |
Other | 19,581 | 7.6 | β10.9 | 0 | β1 | |
Total | 258,552 | 17 | 34 |
Retiring Membersβ»
Sir George Goudie (Country, North Western) had died priorββto the election; no by-election was held.
Laborβ»
- Percy Clarey MLC (Doutta Galla)
Liberal and Countryβ»
- Alfred Pittard MLC (Ballarat)
Candidatesβ»
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 |
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Ballarat | LCP | Herbert Ludbrook | George Stewart | Nathaniel Callow (Ind) | |
Bendigo | Country | John Lienhop | Allen Brownbill | ||
Doutta Galla | Labor | Bill Slater | Denzil Don (Ind) | ||
East Yarra | LCP | Ewen Cameron | |||
Gippsland | Country | Eric Bawden | William MacAulay | ||
Higinbotham | LCP | James Kennedy | |||
Melbourne | Labor | Fred Thomas | John Eddy | ||
Melbourne North | Independent | John Galbally | Likely McBrien (Ind) | ||
Melbourne West | Labor | Les Coleman | |||
Monash | LCP | Sir Frank Clarke | Percy Joske (Ind) | ||
Northern | Country | John Gorton | George Tuckett | ||
North Eastern | Country | James Tilson | Percival Inchbold | ||
North Western | Country | Hugh Paton | Colin McNally | ||
Southern | LCP | Gilbert Chandler | |||
South Eastern | LCP | Charles Gartside | Frank Moore | ||
South Western | LCP | Gordon McArthur | John Carr (Ind) John Horne (Ind) | ||
Western | Ind Liberal | Hugh MacLeod | Sylvester Dawson |
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ Carr, "Adam." "Victorian Legislative Council election of 18 June 1949". Psephos.