COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1949 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== VICTORIA ==================================================================== BALACLAVA, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brighton, Elsternwick, Glenhuntly -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 08.4 Effect of 1948 redistribution: 00.7 shift to Liberal New notional majority: Liberal over ALP 09.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,036 -49.8 Votes cast: 41,465 96.3 +02.9 Informal votes: 512 01.2 -00.5 Formal votes: 40,953 98.8 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Martin Dunne ALP 14,796 36.1 -04.8 Hon Thomas WHITE * Lib 26,157 63.9 +04.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,953 13.9 04.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Walter White (1888-1957): Elected 1929 By, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949 Minister for Air from 19 December 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BALLAARAT, Vic ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Ballarat, Daylesford, Learmonth, Warrenheip -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 03.1 Effect of 1948 redistribution: 00.4 shift to Liberal New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,859 -20.7 Votes cast: 39,753 97.3 +01.6 Informal votes: 380 01.0 -00.3 Formal votes: 39,373 99.0 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Raymond Hyatt + ALP 19,522 49.6 -03.1 Alan PITTARD Lib 19,851 50.4 +03.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,373 00.4 03.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hyatt was Vic MLA for Warrenheip and Grenville 1943-45, Hampden 1945-47. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alan Crocker Pittard (1902-92): Elected 1949 Born: 15 November 1901, Ballarat, Victoria. Career: Educated Ballarat Grammar School. Shoe retailer. Ballarat City Council. Military Service 1939-45. -------------------------------------------------------------------- BATMAN, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Alphington, Delbridge, Ivanhoe, Northcote -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 16.7 e Effect of 1948 redistribution: 07.2 shift to Liberal New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 09.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,020 -43.9 Votes cast: 39,345 95.9 +00.2 Informal votes: 544 01.4 -01.3 Formal votes: 38,801 98.6 +01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alan BIRD + ALP 22,662 58.4 +04.3 Neil McKay Lib 16,139 41.6 +03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,801 08.4 01.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alan Charles Bird (1906-62): Elected 1949 Born: 28 September 1906, Launceston, Tasmania. Career: Educated state schools, Melbourne. Engineer, official Amalgamated Engineering Union. Northcote City Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------- BENDIGO, Vic ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Golden Square, Maryborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 05.1 Effect of 1948 redistribution: 09.4 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 04.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,401 -12.8 Votes cast: 40,918 96.5 +01.1 Informal votes: 554 01.4 00.0 Formal votes: 40,364 98.6 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Percy Clarey + ALP 18,962 47.0 -05.0 Allan Goodman 2,134 05.3 Thomas Grigg Lib 19,268 47.7 +24.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,364 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Grigg was Vic MLC for Bendigo 1951-67. 2. Bendigo was won by the Country Party in 1946, but the redistribution transferred most of its strong Country Party areas to other seats, and the Country Party did not contest it. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Goodman's 2,134 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CLAREY + 1,296 60.7 20,258 50.2 Grigg 838 39.3 20,106 49.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,134 40,364 00.2 04.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy James Clarey (1890-1960): Elected 1949 Born: 20 January 1890, Bairnsdale, Victoria. Career: Educated state school, Melbourne. Clerk. Victorian Secretary, Clerks Union, other union posts. President Victorian Trades Hall 1935, President Australian Council of Trade Unions 1943- 49. President Victorian ALP 1934. State politics: Vic MLC for Doutta Galla 1937-49. Minister for Labour 1943, Minister for Public Health 1943, Minister for Labour and Employment 1945-47. Brother of Arthur Clarey MLA. -------------------------------------------------------------------- BURKE, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Blyth, Brunswick, Edward, Fitzroy North -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat: 1946 notional two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 20.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,995 Votes cast: 40,217 95.8 Informal votes: 999 02.5 Formal votes: 39,218 97.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Hodges 4,720 12.0 Edward PETERS + ALP 24,362 62.1 +11.1 Alfred Wall Lib 9,865 25.2 +02.4 James Whitworth 271 00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,218 19.4 e 00.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward William Peters (1897-1980): Elected 1949 Born: 12 June 1897, Melbourne. Career: Educated Catholic schools. Clerk, Victorian Public Service. President Victorian branch, Clerks Union. President Victorian ALP 1934. -------------------------------------------------------------------- CHISHOLM, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Auburn, Camberwell, Glen Iris, Highfield Park -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat: 1946 notional two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 11.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,249 Votes cast: 41,828 96.7 Informal votes: 648 01.5 Formal votes: 41,180 98.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Leo Fennessy ALP 13,615 33.1 +00.1 Hon Wilfrid KENT HUGHES + Lib 26,628 64.7 +04.1 William Tregear CPA 937 02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,180 14.9 e 03.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fennessy was Vic MLA for Brunswick East 1955-70. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilfrid Selwyn Kent Hughes (1895-1970): Elected 1949 Born: 12 June 1895, Melbourne. Career: Educated Melbourne Grammar School, Oxford University. Military Service 1914-19, 1939-45 (prisoner of war 1942-45). Author and publisher. State politics: Vic MLA for Kew 1927-49. Honorary Minister 1932-37, Minister for Transport 1934 1947-49, Minister for Labour 1934, Minister for Education 1947-48, Minister for Electricity 1948-49. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kent Hughes's legal surname was Hughes, but he adopted the surname Kent Hughes as a young man to avoid having the same name as Billy Hughes. -------------------------------------------------------------------- CORANGAMITE, Vic ==================================================================== South-West Victoria: Ararat, Beaufort, Camperdown, Colac -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 04.9 Effect of 1948 redistribution: 01.5 to Lib New notional majority: Liberal over ALP 06.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,144 -22.3 Votes cast: 37,972 97.0 -02.3 Informal votes: 286 00.8 00.0 Formal votes: 37,686 99.2 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Elsie Brushfield 1,080 02.9 Hon Allan McDONALD * Lib 21,670 57.5 +01.1 Henry Stacpoole ALP 14,936 39.6 -03.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,686 10.0 e 03.6 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Allan McKenzie McDonald (1888-1953): Elected 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CORIO, Vic ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Drysdale, Geelong, Newtown, South Barwon -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 07.2 e Effect of 1948 redistribution: 00.8 to Lib New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 06.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,723 -36.0 Votes cast: 40,117 96.2 +01.6 Informal votes: 316 00.8 -00.6 Formal votes: 39,801 99.2 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon John Dedman * ALP 19,783 49.7 -06.2 Hubert OPPERMAN Lib 20,018 50.3 +07.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,801 00.3 06.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- > John Johnstone Dedman (1896-1973): Elected 1940 By, 1940, 1943, 1946. Defeated 1949 Minister for Defence to 19 December 1949 Minister for Post-war Reconstruction to 19 December 1949 Minister in charge of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research to 19 December 1949 Later career: Studied at ANU, lived Canberra. Died 22 November 1973 > Hubert Ferdinand Opperman (1904-96): Elected 1949 Born: 29 May 1904, Rochester, Victoria. Career: Educated state schools. Businessman and sportsman. Olympic cyclist. Public relations officer. Military Service 1940-45. -------------------------------------------------------------------- DAREBIN, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Preston, Reservoir, Thornbury -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat: 1946 notional two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 15.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,278 Votes cast: 40,062 97.1 Informal votes: 655 01.6 Formal votes: 39,407 98.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas ANDREWS + ALP 24,719 62.7 +04.1 Jack McColl Lib 14,688 37.3 +05.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,407 12.7 02.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas William Andrews (1900-74): Elected 1949 Born: 19 October 1900, Kalino, Victoria. Career: Educated state schools, Ballarat, Victoria. Teacher in state schools 1917-49. Official, Teachers Union. Preston City Council. Member, Royal Commission on Victorian Education, 1947. -------------------------------------------------------------------- DEAKIN, Vic ==================================================================== East of Melbourne: Box Hill, Eltham, Heidelberg, Mitcham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 06.7 Effect of 1948 redistribution: 01.6 shift to ALP New notional majority: Liberal over ALP 05.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,280 -34.7 Votes cast: 42,876 94.7 +01.0 Informal votes: 575 01.3 -00.2 Formal votes: 42,301 98.7 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank DAVIS + Lib 23,517 55.6 +00.5 Roderick Leeson ALP 18,784 44.4 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,301 05.6 00.5 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis John Davis (1900-80): Elected 1949 Born: 13 April 1900, Melbourne. Career: Educated state schools. Meat industry executive. Founding member Liberal Party. -------------------------------------------------------------------- FAWKNER, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Orrong, Prahran, South Yarra, Toorak -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 06.2 e Effect of 1948 redistribution: 07.0 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,273 -48.5 Votes cast: 41,211 95.2 +05.7 Informal votes: 782 01.9 -01.0 Formal votes: 40,429 98.1 +01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William BOURKE + ALP 20,228 50.0 +02.3 Magnus Cormack Lib 20,201 50.0 +01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,429 00.0 00.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Cormack, see Senate Victoria 1951. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Meskill Bourke (1913-81): Elected 1949 Born: 2 June 1913, Melbourne. Career: Educated St Kevins College, Melbourne, University of Melbourne. Solicitor 1938. Military Service 1942-44. -------------------------------------------------------------------- FLINDERS, Vic ==================================================================== South of Melbourne: Carrum, Dromana, Frankston, Mentone -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 04.4 Effect of 1948 redistribution: 02.9 shift to ALP New notional majority: Liberal over ALP 01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,352 -43.5 Votes cast: 39,014 94.3 +01.0 Informal votes: 490 01.3 -00.3 Formal votes: 38,524 98.7 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Hughes 6,018 15.6 Rupert RYAN * Lib 21,096 54.8 +03.3 Robert Wilson ALP 11,410 29.6 -18.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,524 13.6 e 12.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hughes was Vic MLA for Caulfield 1943-45. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rupert Sumner Ryan (1884-1952): Elected 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- GELLIBRAND, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Footscray, Newport, Williamstown, Yarraville -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat: 1946 notional two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 23.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,281 Votes cast: 41,040 97.1 Informal votes: 1,011 02.5 Formal votes: 40,029 97.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Anderson 2,865 07.2 John Arrowsmith CPA 1,418 03.5 Angus Macdonald 6,323 15.8 William Massey Lib 8,904 22.2 -04.0 John MULLENS + ALP 20,519 51.3 -22.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,029 19.7 e 04.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Macdonald was an independent Labor candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Michael Mullens (1896-1978): Elected 1949 Born: 18 July 1896, Ballaarat, Victoria. Career: Educated St Patrick's College, Ballaarat, Victoria. Teacher in state schools. Footscray City Council. State politics: Vic MLA for Footscray 1937-45. -------------------------------------------------------------------- GIPPSLAND, Vic ==================================================================== Eastern Victoria: Bairnsdale, Maffra, Sale, Traralgon -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 05.8 e Effect of 1948 redistribution: 06.3 shift to Country Party New notional majority: Country Party over ALP 12.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,024 -35.2 Votes cast: 34,669 96.2 +01.6 Informal votes: 472 01.4 -00.2 Formal votes: 34,197 98.6 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George BOWDEN * CP 22,824 66.7 +06.6 Horace Hawkins ALP 11,373 33.3 -02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,197 16.7 04.6 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- George James Bowden (1888-1962): Elected 1943, 1946, 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HENTY, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Carnegie, East Caulfield, East Malvern, Oakleigh -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 02.1 Effect of 1948 redistribution: 01.0 shift to ALP New notional majority: Liberal over ALP 01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,971 -49.0 Votes cast: 41,566 96.7 +01.7 Informal votes: 510 01.2 -00.3 Formal votes: 41,056 98.8 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Dicker ALPN 858 02.1 Valentine Doube ALP 17,548 42.7 -06.2 Jo GULLETT * Lib 22,650 55.2 +04.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,056 05.4 e 04.3 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Doube was Vic MLA for Oakleigh 1950-61, Albert Park 1970-79. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Baynton Somer Gullett (1914-99): Elected 1946 By, 1946, 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HIGGINS, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Armadale, Caulfield, Darling, Malvern -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat: 1946 notional two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 11.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,780 Votes cast: 39,548 94.7 Informal votes: 621 01.6 Formal votes: 38,927 98.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Harold HOLT * Lib 26,018 66.8 +06.8 Jules Meltzer ALP 12,909 33.2 -03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,927 16.8 05.4 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Holt was member for Fawkner 1935-49. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Harold Edward Holt (1908-67): Elected 1935 By, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949 Minister for Labour and National Service from 19 December 1949 Minister for Immigration from 19 December 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HIGINBOTHAM, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Bentleigh, Hampton, Moorabbin, Sandringham -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat: 1946 notional two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,691 Votes cast: 43,104 96.4 Informal votes: 512 01.2 Formal votes: 42,592 98.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Field ALP 19,760 46.4 -01.2 Frank TIMSON + Lib 22,832 53.6 +01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,592 03.6 01.2 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Field was Vic MLA for Dandenong 1937-47. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Frank Timson (1909-60): Elected 1949 Born: 9 February 1909, Melbourne. Career: Educated Wesley College, Melbourne. Director, importing and exporting firm. Military Service 1940-45. -------------------------------------------------------------------- HODDLE, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Abbotsford, Carlton, Collingwood, Fitzroy -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat: 1946 notional two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 33.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,406 Votes cast: 38,152 94.4 Informal votes: 1,382 03.6 Formal votes: 36,770 96.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John CREMEAN + ALP 28,351 77.1 +01.3 Terence Kirby Lib 6,593 17.9 -03.3 Leslie Loye CPA 1,137 03.1 +00.0 Albert Wallace 689 01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 36,770 30.8 e 02.3 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Lawrence Cremean (1907-82): Elected 1949 Born: 26 January 1907, Melbourne. Career: Educated Catholic schools. Clerk. Secretary to Hon Arthur Calwell 1942-45. Secretary Fire Brigades Employees Union 1945-48. Richmond City Council. State politics: Vic MLA for Clifton Hill 1945-49. -------------------------------------------------------------------- INDI, Vic ==================================================================== North-east Victoria: Benalla, Wangaratta, Wodonga, Yackandandah -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 majority: Country Party over Independent 15.9 Effect of 1948 redistribution: cannot be calculated -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,864 -30.7 Votes cast: 37,572 96.7 +03.8 Informal votes: 412 01.1 -00.8 Formal votes: 37,160 98.9 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Bostock Lib 12,377 33.3 Charles Edmondson ALP 13,626 36.7 +01.9 Clive Nason + CP 11,157 30.0 -35.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,160 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Nason's 11,157 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BOSTOCK 9,805 87.9 22,182 59.7 Edmondson 1,352 12.1 14,978 40.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,157 37,160 09.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Dowling Bostock (1892-1968): Elected 1949 Born: 5 February 1892, Sydney. Career: Educated Sydney. Military Service 1914-46, retired as Air Vice-Marshall. Grazier near Benalla, Victoria. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ISAACS, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Caulfield West, Ripponlea, St Kilda -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat: 1946 notional two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,468 Votes cast: 40,107 94.4 Informal votes: 747 01.9 Formal votes: 39,360 98.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Bourke ALP 18,100 46.0 -01.4 William HAWORTH + Lib 21,260 54.0 +01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,360 04.0 01.6 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bourke was Vic MLA for St Kilda 1952-55. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Crawford Haworth (1905-84): Elected 1949 Born: 15 April 1905, Melbourne. Career: Educated state schools, University of Melbourne, Victorian Pharmacy College. Pharmaceutical chemist. Military Service 1940-44. State politics: Vic MLA for Albert Park 1937-45. Minister for Health 1945, Minister for Housing 1945. -------------------------------------------------------------------- KOOYONG, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Balwyn, Canterbury, Deepdene, Kew -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 13.3 e Effect of 1948 redistribution: 00.4 shift to ALP New notional majority: Liberal over ALP 12.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,285 -50.1 Votes cast: 42,066 97.2 +03.5 Informal votes: 463 01.1 -00.5 Formal votes: 41,603 98.9 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Keith Ewert ALP 13,691 32.9 +01.3 Rt Hon Robert MENZIES * Lib 27,912 67.1 +04.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,603 17.1 04.2 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Ewert, see Flinders by-election 1952. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Gordon Menzies (1894-1978): Elected 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949 Prime Minister from 19 December 1949 Vice-President of the Executive Council from 7 March 1951 Leader of the Opposition to 19 December 1949 Leader of the Liberal Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- LA TROBE, Vic ==================================================================== East of Melbourne: Croydon, Dandenong, Ferntree Gully, Ringwood -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat: 1946 notional two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 04.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,407 Votes cast: 41,057 94.6 Informal votes: 698 01.7 Formal votes: 40,359 98.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Balcombe ALP 16,714 41.4 -04.1 Rt Hon Richard CASEY + Lib 23,645 58.6 +04.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,359 08.6 04.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Casey was member for Corio 1931-40. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Gardiner Casey (1890-1976): Elected 1931, 1934, 1937. Resigned 1940. Elected 1949 Minister for Supply and Development 19 December 1949 to 17 March 1950 Minister for National Development from 17 March 1950 Minister for External Affairs from 24 April 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- LALOR, Vic ==================================================================== West of Melbourne: Altona, Essendon North, Sunbury, Sunshine -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat: 1946 notional two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 07.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,182 Votes cast: 39,853 94.5 Informal votes: 619 01.6 Formal votes: 39,234 98.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Bellair Lib 18,970 48.4 +05.4 Hon Reginald POLLARD * ALP 20,264 51.6 -05.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,234 01.6 05.4 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Pollard was member for Ballaarat 1937-49. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reginald Thomas Pollard (1894-1981): Elected 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949 Minister for Commerce and Agriculture to 19 December 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- McMILLAN, Vic ==================================================================== Eastern Victoria: Morwell, Trafalgar, Wonthaggi, Yallourn -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat: 1946 notional two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,331 Votes cast: 37,585 95.6 Informal votes: 758 02.0 Formal votes: 36,827 98.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Geoffrey Brown Lib 11,938 32.4 +06.5 Robert Hamilton CPA 912 02.5 -02.2 Adam Keltie ALP 14,263 38.7 -03.6 Robert May + CP 9,714 26.4 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 36,827 -------------------------------------------------------------------- May was Vic MLC for Gippsland 1957-73. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Hamilton's 912 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brown 254 27.9 12,192 33.1 Keltie 580 63.6 14,843 40.3 May + 78 08.6 9,792 26.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 912 36,827 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: May's 9,792 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BROWN 8,768 89.5 20,960 56.9 Keltie 1,024 10.5 15,867 43.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,792 36,827 06.9 06.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Liberal majority over the ALP is compared with the notional Country Party majority over the ALP in 1946. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Geoffrey William Brown (1894-1955): Elected 1949 Born: 25 April 1894, Colac, Victoria. Career: Educated Geelong Grammar School, Cambridge University. Military Service 1914-19. British colonial service. Orchardist at Merricks, Victoria. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MALLEE, Vic ==================================================================== North-western Victoria: Kerang, Mildura, Ouyen, Swan Hill -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat: 1946 notional two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 09.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 37,016 Votes cast: 35,601 96.2 Informal votes: 533 01.5 Formal votes: 35,068 98.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred O'Connor ALP 12,410 35.4 -04.9 Winton TURNBULL * CP 22,658 64.6 +04.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 35,068 14.6 04.9 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Turnbull was member for Wimmera 1946-49. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Winton George Turnbull (1899-1980): Elected 1946 By, 1946, 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MARIBYRNONG, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Ascot Vale, Essendon, Footscray North, Moonee Ponds -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 15.8 Effect of 1948 redistribution: 02.8 shift to Liberal New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 13.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,958 -42.6 Votes cast: 43,668 97.1 +01.4 Informal votes: 603 01.4 -00.3 Formal votes: 43,065 98.6 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Arthur DRAKEFORD * ALP 26,639 61.9 -01.1 George Hannan Lib 14,675 34.1 -02.9 Colin Neyland 1,751 04.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,065 14.0 e 01.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Hannan, see Senate 1955 Appointments -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Samuel Drakeford (1881-1957): Elected 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949 Minister for Air to 19 December 1949 Minister for Civil Aviation to 19 December 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Carlton South, Melbourne, Newmarket, Parkville -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 23.4 Effect of 1948 redistribution: 02.7 shift to Liberal New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 20.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,736 -38.2 Votes cast: 39,061 93.6 +03.7 Informal votes: 1,544 04.0 +00.3 Formal votes: 37,517 96.0 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Arthur CALWELL * ALP 24,187 64.5 -06.2 Desmond McGinnes Lib 9,366 25.0 -04.3 Charles McLaren 1,350 03.6 Niven Neyland 794 02.1 Dr Gerald O'Day CPA 1,244 03.3 Philip Wilson ALPN 576 01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,517 20.9 e 00.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Neyland was a Protestant Christian Democrat candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Augustus Calwell (1896-1973): Elected 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949 Minister for Immigration to 19 December 1949 Minister for Information to 19 December 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE PORTS, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Albert Park, Cardigan, South Melbourne, Port Melbourne -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 16.7 Effect of 1948 redistribution: 03.7 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 20.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,939 -41.3 Votes cast: 40,619 94.6 +02.4 Informal votes: 1,137 02.8 +00.3 Formal votes: 39,482 97.2 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Block Lib 12,690 32.1 +02.5 Rt Hon Jack HOLLOWAY * ALP 26,792 67.9 -02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,482 17.9 02.5 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Block was Vic MLA for Ivanhoe 1951-52. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward James Holloway (1875-1967): Elected 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949 Minister for Labour and National Service to 19 December 1949 Holloway retired at the 1951 election. He was the last serving member of the Scullin Cabinet. Died 3 December 1967 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MURRAY, Vic ==================================================================== Northern Victoria: Echuca, Kyabram, Numurkah, Shepparton -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat: 1946 notional two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 14.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,670 Votes cast: 38,044 95.9 Informal votes: 616 01.6 Formal votes: 37,428 98.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Desmond Devlin ALP 13,650 36.5 +01.4 Hon John McEWEN * CP 23,778 63.5 +05.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,428 13.5 01.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- McEwen was member for Echuca 1934-37 and for Indi 1937-49. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John McEwen (1900-80): Elected 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949 Minister for Commerce and Agriculture from 19 December 1949 Deputy Leader of the Country Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- WANNON, Vic ==================================================================== Western Victoria: Casterton, Hamilton, Portland, Warrnambool -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 01.2 Effect of 1948 redistribution: 01.8 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 03.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,979 -31.3 Votes cast: 36,168 97.8 +00.9 Informal votes: 312 00.9 -00.2 Formal votes: 35,856 99.1 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Mackinnon Lib 13,235 36.9 +09.1 Donald McLeod * ALP 16,905 47.1 -04.6 Helena Marfell CP 5,716 15.9 -01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 35,856 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Marfell's 5,716 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- MACKINNON 4,968 86.9 18,203 50.8 McLeod * 748 13.1 17,653 49.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,716 35,856 00.8 03.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Donald McLeod (1892-1963): Elected 1940, 1943, 1946. Defeated 1949 Later career: See Wannon 1951. > Ewen Daniel Mackinnon (1903-83): Elected 1949 Born: 11 February 1903, Melbourne. Career: Educated Geelong Grammar School, Oxford University. Grazier at Linton, Victoria. Company director. Military Service 1938-43. -------------------------------------------------------------------- WILLS, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Coburg, Essendon, Mitchell -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat: 1946 notional two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 11.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,057 Votes cast: 43,433 96.4 Informal votes: 613 01.4 Formal votes: 42,820 98.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Doris Blackburn * 8,801 20.6 William Bryson + ALP 18,918 44.2 +00.7 Allan Tyrer Lib 15,101 35.3 +03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,820 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Blackburn was an independent Labor candidate. She was member for Bourke 1946-49. Her vote of 20.6% was a decrease of 2.7% from the notional 23.3% she polled in 1946. 2. Bryson was member for Bourke 1943-46. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Blackburn's 8,801 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BRYSON + 6,244 70.9 25,162 58.8 Tyrer 2,557 29.1 17,658 41.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,801 42,820 08.8 02.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Doris Amelia Blackburn (1889-1970): Elected 1946. Defeated 1949 Later career: Social activist. Died 12 December 1970 > William George Bryson (1898-1973): Elected 1943. Defeated 1946. Elected 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WIMMERA, Vic ==================================================================== Western Victoria: Horsham, Nhill, St Arnaud, Stawell -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 12.1 Effect of 1948 redistribution: 02.8 shift to ALP New notional majority: Country Party over ALP 09.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,686 -20.4 Votes cast: 35,596 97.0 +02.9 Informal votes: 308 00.9 -00.5 Formal votes: 35,288 99.1 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Lawrence Lib 13,761 39.0 +17.5 Cyril Sudholz ALP 11,184 31.7 -06.8 Harrie Wade + CP 10,343 29.3 -10.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 35,288 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Wade, see Senate Victoria 1955. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Wade's 10,343 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- LAWRENCE 9,133 88.3 22,894 64.9 Sudholz 1,210 11.7 12,394 35.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,343 35,288 14.9 05.6 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Liberal majority over the ALP is compared with the Country Party majority over the ALP in 1946. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Robert Lawrence (1906-2004): Elected 1949 Born: 28 July 1906, Horsham, Victoria. Career: Educated state schools, University of Melbourne. Dentist, Horsham, Victoria. Horsham City Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------- YARRA, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Burnley, Hawthorn, Richmond -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 19.3 e Effect of 1948 redistribution: 02.9 shift to Liberal New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 16.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,480 -39.0 Votes cast: 40,507 95.4 +02.4 Informal votes: 1,018 02.5 -00.9 Formal votes: 39,489 97.5 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Barrington Lib 14,189 35.9 +02.9 Stan KEON + ALP 23,211 58.8 -01.8 John Prescott CPA 1,098 02.8 -03.1 Wenham Vines 991 02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,489 12.7 e 03.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Standish Michael Keon (1915-87): Elected 1949 Born: 2 July 1915, Melbourne. Career: Educated Catholic schools. Public servant. Secretary, Victorian Public Service Association. Victorian Executive ALP. --------------------------------------------------------------------