Results of the Victorian state election, 1952 (Legislative Assembly M-Z)

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 M to Z.

Results by electoral district

Malvern

Victorian state election, 1952: Malvern
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal and Country Trevor Oldham 7,081 36.5 -21.4
Labor Francis Gaffy 6,589 33.9 +0.8
Electoral Reform Roy Schilling 3,956 20.4 +20.4
Independent Mascotte Brown 1,788 9.2 +0.1
Total formal votes 19,414 97.6 -1.0
Informal votes 475 2.4 +1.0
Turnout 19,889 92.0 -0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Trevor Oldham 11,487 59.2 -5.9
Labor Francis Gaffy 7,927 40.8 +5.9
Liberal and Country hold Swing -5.9

Melbourne

Victorian state election, 1952: Melbourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Tom Hayes unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Mentone

Victorian state election, 1952: Mentone
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor George White 20,870 62.5 +11.4
Liberal and Country Charles Bridgford 12,538 37.5 -11.4
Total formal votes 33,408 98.6 -0.7
Informal votes 467 1.4 +0.7
Turnout 33,875 94.0 -0.5
Labor hold Swing +11.4

Mernda

Victorian state election, 1952: Mernda
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Edmund Morrissey 8,694 50.9 -9.8
Liberal Arthur Ireland 8,389 49.1 +9.8
Total formal votes 17,083 98.5 +3.2
Informal votes 259 1.5 -3.2
Turnout 17,342 92.5 -0.2
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing +9.8

Midlands

Victorian state election, 1952: Midlands
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Clive Stoneham unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Mildura

Victorian state election, 1952: Mildura
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Alan Lind 6,860 51.1 +3.9
Country Nathaniel Barclay 6,573 48.9 +12.1
Total formal votes 13,433 99.0 +0.1
Informal votes 133 1.0 -0.1
Turnout 13,566 95.4 +0.8
Labor gain from Country Swing +1.6

Moonee Ponds

Victorian state election, 1952: Moonee Ponds
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Samuel Merrifield unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Mornington

Victorian state election, 1952: Mornington
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Norman Parker 7,970 41.2 +13.6
Liberal and Country William Leggatt 7,162 37.0 -22.5
Electoral Reform Gerard Hirst 2,918 15.1 +15.1
Independent Morton Moyes 1,317 6.8 +6.8
Total formal votes 19,367 98.2 -0.8
Informal votes 350 1.8 +0.8
Turnout 19,717 93.0 0.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country William Leggatt 10,858 56.1 -13.7
Labor Norman Parker 8,509 43.9 +13.7
Liberal and Country hold Swing -13.7

Murray Valley

Victorian state election, 1952: Murray Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William Findlay 6,846 44.8 +7.5
Country George Moss 6,617 43.3 +4.1
Liberal and Country James Mosbey 1,820 11.9 -11.6
Total formal votes 15,283 98.9 -0.3
Informal votes 171 1.1 +0.3
Turnout 15,454 93.9 -1.6
Two-party-preferred result
Country George Moss 7,996 52.3 -6.9
Labor William Findlay 7,287 47.7 +6.9
Country hold Swing -6.9

Northcote

Victorian state election, 1952: Northcote
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Cain unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Oakleigh

Victorian state election, 1952: Oakleigh
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Val Doube 17,308 65.5 +19.8
Liberal and Country Charles Laming 9,135 34.5 +0.1
Total formal votes 26,443 98.5 -0.6
Informal votes 405 1.5 +0.6
Turnout 26,848 94.1 -1.4
Labor hold Swing +14.4

Polwarth

Victorian state election, 1952: Polwarth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal and Country Edward Guye 8,340 57.6 0.0
Labor Clair Larson 6,142 42.4 +9.9
Total formal votes 14,482 99.0 -0.5
Informal votes 146 1.0 +0.5
Turnout 14,628 95.3 -0.6
Liberal and Country hold Swing -8.9

Portland

Victorian state election, 1952: Portland
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Robert Holt 9,543 64.8 +13.5
Liberal and Country Howard Turner 5,190 35.2 -3.0
Total formal votes 14,733 99.2 -0.3
Informal votes 117 0.8 +0.3
Turnout 14,850 96.1 -0.1
Labor hold Swing +12.5

Port Melbourne

Victorian state election, 1952: Port Melbourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Stan Corrigan 19,942 91.1 +14.9
Communist Albert Bull 1,939 8.9 +3.8
Total formal votes 21,881 96.8 -1.2
Informal votes 716 3.2 +1.2
Turnout 22,597 91.2 -2.2
Labor hold Swing N/A

Prahran

Victorian state election, 1952: Prahran
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Robert Pettiona 13,009 61.6 +6.0
Liberal and Country Charles Gawith 8,114 38.4 -6.0
Total formal votes 21,123 98.2 -0.8
Informal votes 380 1.8 +0.8
Turnout 21,503 92.2 -2.0
Labor hold Swing +6.0

Preston

Victorian state election, 1952: Preston
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William Ruthven unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Rainbow

Victorian state election, 1952: Rainbow
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Keith Dodgshun unopposed
Country hold Swing

Richmond

Victorian state election, 1952: Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Frank Scully 18,474 90.2 +15.7
Communist Kenneth Miller 2,016 9.8 +3.4
Total formal votes 20,490 96.2 -1.4
Informal votes 814 3.8 +1.4
Turnout 21,304 93.4 -2.0
Labor hold Swing N/A

Ripon

Victorian state election, 1952: Ripon
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Ernie Morton 8,726 59.9 +10.9
Liberal and Country Rutherford Guthrie 5,846 40.1 +0.6
Total formal votes 14,572 99.1 -0.5
Informal votes 133 0.9 +0.5
Turnout 14,705 95.5 -0.3
Labor hold Swing +8.4

Rodney

Victorian state election, 1952: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Richard Brose 8,827 65.7 +8.4
Liberal and Country Morton Garner 4,615 34.3 -8.4
Total formal votes 13,442 96.5 -1.6
Informal votes 483 3.5 +1.6
Turnout 13,925 95.0 +0.1
Country hold Swing +8.4

St Kilda

Victorian state election, 1952: St Kilda
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Bourke 10,724 54.5 +6.8
Liberal and Country Archie Michaelis 5,594 28.4 -23.9
Electoral Reform Geoffrey Kiddle 3,378 17.1 +17.1
Total formal votes 19,696 97.7 -1.4
Informal votes 469 2.3 +1.4
Turnout 20,165 93.6 +0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Bourke 11,062 56.2 +8.5
Liberal and Country Archie Michaelis 8,634 43.8 -8.5
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing +8.5

Scoresby

Victorian state election, 1952: Scoresby
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal and Country George Knox 11,045 56.4 -18.1
Labor Henry Moore 8,535 43.6 +43.6
Total formal votes 19,580 98.5 +0.3
Informal votes 288 1.5 -0.3
Turnout 19,868 92.6 -0.5
Liberal and Country hold Swing N/A

Shepparton

Victorian state election, 1952: Shepparton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country John McDonald 7,367 46.4 +4.7
Labor Gordon Anderson 6,231 39.2 +4.9
Liberal and Country Ian McIntosh 2,293 14.4 -9.7
Total formal votes 15,891 98.6 -0.5
Informal votes 217 1.4 +0.5
Turnout 16,108 95.0 +0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Country John McDonald 9,124 57.4 -4.1
Labor Gordon Anderson 6,767 42.6 +4.1
Country hold Swing -4.1

Sunshine

Victorian state election, 1952: Sunshine
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Ernie Shepherd unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Swan Hill

Victorian state election, 1952: Swan Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Harold Stirling 5,171 39.1 -9.2
Electoral Reform John Hipworth 4,082 30.9 +30.9
Independent Duncan Douglas 3,970 30.0 +30.0
Total formal votes 13,223 97.9 -1.2
Informal votes 278 2.1 +1.2
Turnout 13,501 94.3 -0.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Harold Stirling 9,124 57.4 +9.1
Electoral Reform John Hipworth 5,504 41.6 +41.6
Country gain from Liberal and Country Swing N/A

Toorak

Victorian state election, 1952: Toorak
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Henry Peagram 8,925 43.7 +1.4
Liberal and Country Horace Petty 7,424 36.4 -21.3
Electoral Reform Mabel Brookes 4,068 19.9 +19.9
Total formal votes 20,417 98.3 -0.9
Informal votes 343 1.7 +0.9
Turnout 20,760 90.7 -4.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Horace Petty 10,425 51.1 -6.6
Labor Henry Peagram 9,992 48.9 +6.6
Liberal and Country hold Swing -6.6

Warrnambool

Victorian state election, 1952: Warrnambool
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Malcolm Gladman 7,256 51.1 +9.3
Liberal and Country Ronald Mack 6,957 48.9 +14.8
Total formal votes 14,213 99.4 0.0
Informal votes 87 0.6 0.0
Turnout 14,300 96.1 -0.3
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing +2.1

Williamstown

Victorian state election, 1952: Williamstown
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Lemmon 16,673 64.9 -0.3
Independent Ernest Jackson 5,472 21.3 +21.3
Communist Alexander Dobbin 3,559 13.8 +4.9
Total formal votes 25,704 98.0 -0.8
Informal votes 525 2.0 +0.8
Turnout 26,229 94.0 -1.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor John Lemmon 18,453 71.8 -1.4
Independent Ernest Jackson 7,251 28.2 +28.2
Labor hold Swing N/A

Wonthaggi

Victorian state election, 1952: Wonthaggi
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country William Buckingham 8,176 56.4 +15.4
Labor Percy Vagg 5,843 40.3 +5.1
Communist Robert Hamilton 484 3.3 +3.3
Total formal votes 14,503 98.6 -0.9
Informal votes 207 1.4 +0.9
Turnout 14,710 94.9 -0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Country William Buckingham 8,224 56.7 -6.4
Labor Percy Vagg 6,279 43.3 +6.4
Country hold Swing -6.4

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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