COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 28 APRIL 1951 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== VICTORIA ==================================================================== BALACLAVA, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brighton, Elsternwick, Glenhuntly -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 13.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,613 -01.0 Votes cast: 40,948 96.1 -00.2 Informal votes: 525 01.3 +00.1 Formal votes: 40,423 98.7 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Lewis ALP 14,845 36.7 +00.6 Hon Thomas WHITE * Lib 25,578 63.3 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,423 13.3 00.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lewis was member for Corio 1929-31. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Walter White (1888-1957): Elected 1929 By, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951 Minister for Air to 11 May 1951 Minister for Civil Aviation to 11 May 1951 Resigned seat 20 June 1951 (see By-elections) Later career: High Commissioner to Britain 1951-56. Knighted 1952. Died 13 October 1957 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BALLAARAT, Vic ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Ballarat, Daylesford, Learmonth, Warrenheip -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,535 +01.7 Votes cast: 40,355 97.2 -00.1 Informal votes: 356 00.9 -00.1 Formal votes: 39,999 99.1 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert JOSHUA ALP 20,482 51.2 +01.6 Alan Pittard * Lib 19,517 48.8 -01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,999 01.2 01.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Alan Crocker Pittard (1902-92): Elected 1949. Defeated 1951 Later career: Businessman, Ballarat. Commissioner Victorian Public Health Authority. Died 25 December 1992 > Robert Joshua (1906-70): Elected 1951 Born: 1906, Melbourne. Career: Educated Wesley College, Melbourne. Accountant. Member, Ballarat Stock Exchange. Military Service 1940-46. -------------------------------------------------------------------- BATMAN, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Alphington, Delbridge, Ivanhoe, Northcote -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 08.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,926 -00.2 Votes cast: 39,192 95.8 -00.1 Informal votes: 673 01.7 +00.3 Formal votes: 38,519 98.3 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alan BIRD * ALP 23,335 60.6 +02.2 Frederick Capp Lib 15,184 39.4 -02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,519 10.6 02.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alan Charles Bird (1906-62): Elected 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BENDIGO, Vic ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Golden Square, Maryborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,845 +01.0 Votes cast: 41,481 96.8 -00.3 Informal votes: 509 01.2 -00.2 Formal votes: 40,972 98.8 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Carty-Salmon Lib 18,997 46.4 -01.3 Hon Percy CLAREY * ALP 21,975 53.6 +06.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,972 03.6 03.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Carty-Salmon was the son of Hon Dr Charles Carty Salmon, MP for Laanecoorie 1901-13, Grampians 1915-17. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy James Clarey (1890-1960): Elected 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BURKE, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Blyth, Brunswick, Edward, Fitzroy North -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 19.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,318 -04.0 Votes cast: 38,729 96.1 +00.3 Informal votes: 861 02.2 -00.3 Formal votes: 37,868 07.8 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward PETERS * ALP 27,422 72.4 +10.3 Alfred Wall Lib 10,446 27.6 +02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,868 22.4 03.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward William Peters (1897-1980): Elected 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CHISHOLM, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Auburn, Camberwell, Glen Iris, Highfield Park -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 14.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,972 +01.7 Votes cast: 42,080 95.7 -01.0 Informal votes: 501 01.2 -00.3 Formal votes: 41,579 98.8 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Wilfrid KENT HUGHES * Lib 27,016 65.0 +00.3 Ronald Whiting ALP 14,563 35.0 +01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,579 15.0 00.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilfrid Selwyn Kent Hughes (1895-1970): Elected 1949, 1951 Minister for the Interior from 11 May 1951 Minister for Works and Housing 11 May 1951 to 4 June 1952 Minister for Works from 4 June 1952 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CORANGAMITE, Vic ==================================================================== South-West Victoria: Ararat, Beaufort, Camperdown, Colac -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 10.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,168 +00.1 Votes cast: 37,979 97.0 00.0 Informal votes: 357 00.9 +00.1 Formal votes: 37,622 99.1 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Allan McDONALD * Lib 22,087 58.7 +01.2 Angus McLean ALP 15,535 41.3 +01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,622 08.7 01.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Allan McKenzie McDonald (1888-1953): Elected 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951 Died 10 June 1953 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- CORIO, Vic ==================================================================== South-West Victoria: Drysdale, Geelong, Newtown, South Barwon -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,322 +03.8 Votes cast: 41,691 96.2 00.0 Informal votes: 368 00.9 +00.1 Formal votes: 41,323 99.1 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon John Dedman ALP 20,592 49.8 +00.1 Hubert OPPERMAN * Lib 20,731 50.2 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,323 00.2 00.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dedman was member for Corio 1940-49. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hubert Ferdinand Opperman (1904-96): Elected 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DAREBIN, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Preston, Reservoir, Thornbury -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 12.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,874 +03.9 Votes cast: 41,565 96.9 -00.2 Informal votes: 581 01.4 -00.2 Formal votes: 40,984 98.6 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas ANDREWS * ALP 26,412 64.4 +01.7 Gordon Savage Lib 14,572 35.6 -01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,984 14.4 01.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas William Andrews (1900-74): Elected 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DEAKIN, Vic ==================================================================== East of Melbourne: Box Hill, Eltham, Heidelberg, Mitcham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 05.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 50,219 +10.9 Votes cast: 47,835 95.3 +00.6 Informal votes: 617 01.3 00.0 Formal votes: 47,218 98.7 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon Bryant ALP 21,908 46.4 +02.0 Eric Butler 2,364 05.0 Frank Davis * Lib 22,946 48.6 -07.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 47,218 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Bryant, see Wills 1955. 2. Butler was president of the Australian League of Rights, an extreme right-wing organisation. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Butler's 2,364 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bryant 963 40.7 22,871 48.4 DAVIS * 1,401 59.3 24,347 51.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,364 47,218 01.6 04.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis John Davis (1900-80): Elected 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- FAWKNER, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Orrong, Prahran, South Yarra, Toorak -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,539 -04.0 Votes cast: 39,757 95.7 +00.5 Informal votes: 681 01.7 -00.2 Formal votes: 39,076 98.3 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William BOURKE * ALP 20,158 51.6 +01.6 Peter Howson Lib 18,586 47.6 -02.4 Colin Kennedy 332 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,076 02.0 e 02.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Howson, see Fawkner 1955. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Meskill Bourke (1913-81): Elected 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- FLINDERS, Vic ==================================================================== South of Melbourne: Carrum, Dromana, Frankston, Mentone -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 13.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,796 +05.9 Votes cast: 42,115 96.2 +01.9 Informal votes: 663 01.6 +00.3 Formal votes: 41,452 98.4 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Keith Ewert ALP 17,833 43.0 +13.4 Robert Hipwell 891 02.1 Rupert RYAN * Lib 22,728 54.8 +00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,452 05.9 e 07.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Ewert, see Flinders by-election 1952. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rupert Sumner Ryan (1884-1952): Elected 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951 Died 26 August 1952 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- GELLIBRAND, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Footscray, Newport, Williamstown, Yarraville -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 19.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,216 -00.2 Votes cast: 40,735 96.5 -00.6 Informal votes: 896 02.2 -00.3 Formal votes: 39,839 97.8 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Dobbin CPA 4,003 10.0 +06.5 John MULLENS * ALP 25,863 64.9 +13.6 Gordon Trewin Lib 9,973 25.0 -02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,839 24.4 e 04.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Michael Mullens (1896-1978): Elected 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- GIPPSLAND, Vic ==================================================================== Eastern Victoria: Bairnsdale, Maffra, Sale, Traralgon -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 16.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 37,082 +02.9 Votes cast: 35,567 95.9 -00.3 Informal votes: 521 01.5 +00.1 Formal votes: 35,046 98.5 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George BOWDEN * CP 22,799 65.1 -01.6 Victor Fitzgerald ALP 12,247 34.9 +01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 35,046 15.1 01.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- George James Bowden (1888-1962): Elected 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HENTY, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Carnegie, East Caulfield, East Malvern, Oakleigh -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 05.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,374 +00.9 Votes cast: 41,821 96.4 -00.3 Informal votes: 584 01.4 +00.2 Formal votes: 41,237 98.6 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jo GULLETT * Lib 23,642 57.3 +02.1 Doris McRae CPA 781 01.9 Percy Treyvaud ALP 16,814 40.8 -01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,237 07.5 e 02.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Baynton Somer Gullett (1914-99): Elected 1946 By, 1946, 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HIGGINS, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Armadale, Caulfield, Darling, Malvern -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 16.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,572 -02.9 Votes cast: 38,216 94.2 -00.5 Informal votes: 584 01.5 -00.1 Formal votes: 37,632 98.5 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Harold HOLT * Lib 24,217 64.4 -02.4 Mary Kent Hughes 1,925 05.1 Benjamin Nicholas ALP 11,490 30.5 -02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,632 18.2 e 01.4 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mary Kent Hughes (Dr Mary Thorton) was the stepmother of Hon Sir Wilfred Kent Hughes, MP for Chisholm. She nominated in opposition to the government's decision to allow German immigrants to come to Australia (The Argus, 17 March 1951). -------------------------------------------------------------------- Harold Edward Holt (1908-67): Elected 1935 By, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951 Minister for Labour and National Service Minister for Immigration -------------------------------------------------------------------- HIGINBOTHAM, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Bentleigh, Hampton, Moorabbin, Sandringham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 49,259 +10.2 Votes cast: 47,505 96.4 00.0 Informal votes: 644 01.4 +00.2 Formal votes: 46,861 98.6 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Geoffrey Sowerbutts ALP 21,368 45.6 -00.8 Frank TIMSON * Lib 25,493 54.4 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 46,861 04.4 00.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Frank Timson (1909-60): Elected 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HODDLE, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Abbotsford, Carlton, Collingwood, Fitzroy -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 30.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,614 -04.4 Votes cast: 36,464 94.4 00.0 Informal votes: 1,276 03.5 -00.1 Formal votes: 35,188 96.5 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John CREMEAN * ALP 27,685 78.7 +01.6 Ernest Easton Lib 6,193 17.6 -00.3 Leslie Loye CPA 1,310 03.7 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 35,188 32.1 e 01.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Lawrence Cremean (1907-82): Elected 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- INDI, Vic ==================================================================== North-east Victoria: Benalla, Wangaratta, Wodonga, Yackandandah -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 09.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,016 +03.0 Votes cast: 38,205 95.5 -01.2 Informal votes: 445 01.2 +00.1 Formal votes: 37,760 98.8 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William BOSTOCK * Lib 22,137 58.6 +25.3 Charles Edmondson ALP 15,623 41.4 +04.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,760 08.6 01.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Dowling Bostock (1892-1968): Elected 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ISAACS, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Caulfield West, Ripponlea, St Kilda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,951 -03.6 Votes cast: 38,755 94.6 +00.2 Informal votes: 818 02.1 +00.2 Formal votes: 37,937 97.9 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Bourke ALP 16,165 42.6 -03.4 Samuel Goldbloom 2,224 05.9 William HAWORTH * Lib 19,548 51.5 -02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,937 02.1 e 01.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Bourke was Vic MLA for St Kilda 1952-55. 2. Goldbloom was an independent Labor candidate. He was prominent in the Victorian Peace Council, a Communist Party front. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Crawford Haworth (1905-84): Elected 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KOOYONG, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Balwyn, Canterbury, Deepdene, Kew -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 17.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,965 +01.6 Votes cast: 42,297 96.2 -01.0 Informal votes: 516 01.2 +00.1 Formal votes: 41,781 98.8 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Lawrie CPA 1,734 04.2 Rt Hon Robert MENZIES * Lib 28,174 67.4 +00.3 Maurice Sheehy ALP 11,873 28.4 -04.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,781 18.8 e 01.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sheehy was Vic MLC for Melbourne 1952-58. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Gordon Menzies (1894-1978): Elected 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951 Prime Minister Vice-President of the Executive Council to 11 May 1951 Leader of the Liberal Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- LA TROBE, Vic ==================================================================== East of Melbourne: Croydon, Dandenong, Ferntree Gully, Ringwood -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 08.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 49,253 +13.5 Votes cast: 47,261 96.0 +01.4 Informal votes: 877 01.9 +00.2 Formal votes: 46,384 98.1 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rt Hon Richard CASEY * Lib 26,920 58.0 -00.6 Bernard Rees ALP 19,464 42.0 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 46,384 08.0 00.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Gardiner Casey (1890-1976): Elected 1931, 1934, 1937. Resigned 1940. Elected 1949, 1951 Minister for National Development to 11 May 1951 Minister for External Affairs Minister in charge of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation -------------------------------------------------------------------- LALOR, Vic ==================================================================== West of Melbourne: Altona, Essendon North, Sunbury, Sunshine -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,194 +07.1 Votes cast: 43,016 95.2 +00.7 Informal votes: 635 01.5 -00.1 Formal votes: 42,381 98.5 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Allen Bateman Lib 19,103 45.1 -03.3 Hon Reginald POLLARD * ALP 23,278 54.9 +03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,381 04.9 03.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bateman was Vic MLA for Essendon 1947-50. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reginald Thomas Pollard (1894-1981): Elected 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- McMILLAN, Vic ==================================================================== Eastern Victoria: Morwell, Trafalgar, Wonthaggi, Yallourn -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 06.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,005 +04.3 Votes cast: 39,257 95.7 +00.1 Informal votes: 747 01.9 -00.1 Formal votes: 38,510 98.1 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Geoffrey BROWN * Lib 21,465 55.7 +23.3 Frederick Charlesworth CPA 1,328 03.4 +00.9 Horace Hawkins ALP 15,717 40.8 +02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,510 06.0 e 00.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Geoffrey William Brown (1894-1955): Elected 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MALLEE, Vic ==================================================================== North-western Victoria: Kerang, Mildura, Ouyen, Swan Hill -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 14.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,754 -00.7 Votes cast: 35,853 97.5 +01.3 Informal votes: 527 01.5 00.0 Formal votes: 35,326 98.5 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred O'Connor ALP 13,542 38.3 +02.9 Winton TURNBULL * CP 21,784 61.7 -02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 35,326 11.7 02.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Winton George Turnbull (1899-1980): Elected 1946 By, 1946, 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MARIBYRNONG, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Ascot Vale, Essendon, Footscray North, Moonee Ponds -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 14.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,545 +01.3 Votes cast: 44,126 96.9 -00.2 Informal votes: 661 01.5 +00.1 Formal votes: 43,465 98.5 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stuart Collie Lib 15,502 35.7 +01.6 Hon Arthur DRAKEFORD * ALP 27,963 64.3 +02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,465 14.3 00.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Samuel Drakeford (1881-1957): Elected 1934, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Carlton South, Melbourne, Newmarket, Parkville -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 20.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,598 -02.7 Votes cast: 38,064 93.8 +00.2 Informal votes: 1,324 03.5 -00.5 Formal votes: 36,740 96.5 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Desmond Byrne Lib 12,168 33.1 +08.1 Hon Arthur CALWELL * ALP 23,131 63.0 -01.5 Dr Gerald O'Day CPA 1,441 03.9 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 36,740 16.6 e 04.3 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Augustus Calwell (1896-1973): Elected 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951 Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 20 June 1951 Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party from 20 June 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE PORTS, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Albert Park, Cardigan, South Melbourne, Port Melbourne -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 17.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,115 -06.6 Votes cast: 38,081 94.9 +00.3 Informal votes: 839 02.2 -00.6 Formal votes: 37,242 97.8 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank CREAN + ALP 26,502 71.2 +03.3 Michael Prowse Lib 10,740 28.8 -03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,242 21.2 03.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Crean (1916-2008): Elected 1951 Born: (as Francis Daniel Crean) 26 February 1916, Hamilton, Victoria. Career: Educated state schools, University of Melbourne. Accountant and tax consultant. Father of Hon Simon Crean MP and Hon Dr David Crean, Tas MHA and MLC. State politics: Vic MLA for Albert Park 1945-47, Prahran 1949-51. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MURRAY, Vic ==================================================================== Northern Victoria: Echuca, Kyabram, Numurkah, Shepparton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 13.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,134 +01.2 Votes cast: 38,584 96.1 +00.2 Informal votes: 502 01.3 -00.3 Formal votes: 38,082 98.7 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon Anderson ALP 14,834 39.0 +02.5 Hon John McEWEN * CP 23,248 61.0 -02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,082 11.0 02.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John McEwen (1900-80): Elected 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951 Minister for Commerce and Agriculture Deputy Leader of the Country Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- WANNON, Vic ==================================================================== Western Victoria: Casterton, Hamilton, Portland, Warrnambool -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 37,239 +00.7 Votes cast: 36,327 97.6 -00.2 Informal votes: 299 00.8 -00.1 Formal votes: 36,028 99.2 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Mackinnon * Lib 17,601 48.9 +12.0 Donald McLEOD ALP 18,427 51.1 +04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 36,028 01.1 01.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- McLeod was member for Wannon 1940-49. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Ewen Daniel Mackinnon (1903-83): Elected 1949. Defeated 1951 Later career: See Corangamite by-election, 1953 > Donald McLeod (1892-1963): Elected 1940, 1943, 1946. Defeated 1949. Elected 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WILLS, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Coburg, Essendon, Mitchell -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 08.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,670 +01.4 Votes cast: 43,974 96.3 -00.1 Informal votes: 782 01.8 +00.4 Formal votes: 43,192 98.2 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Doris Blackburn 7,595 17.6 -03.0 William Bryson * ALP 21,136 48.9 +04.7 Baden Grafen Lib 14,461 33.5 -01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,192 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Blackburn was a Progressive Labor candidate. She was member for Bourke 1946-49. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Blackburn's 7,595 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BRYSON 5,546 73.0 26,682 61.8 Grafen 2,049 27.0 16,510 38.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,595 43,192 11.8 03.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William George Bryson (1898-1973): Elected 1943. Defeated 1946. Elected 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WIMMERA, Vic ==================================================================== Western Victoria: Horsham, Nhill, St Arnaud, Stawell -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 14.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,420 -00.7 Votes cast: 35,295 96.9 -00.1 Informal votes: 358 01.0 +00.1 Formal votes: 34,937 99.0 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William LAWRENCE * Lib 22,005 63.0 +24.0 Cyril Sudholz ALP 12,932 37.0 +05.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,937 13.0 01.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Robert Lawrence (1906-2004): Elected 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- YARRA, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Burnley, Hawthorn, Richmond -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 12.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,013 -03.5 Votes cast: 39,209 95.6 +00.2 Informal votes: 883 02.3 -00.2 Formal votes: 38,326 97.7 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kenneth Bisney Lib 13,668 35.7 -00.2 Stan KEON * ALP 23,039 60.1 +01.3 Kenneth Miller CPA 1,619 04.2 +01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,326 13.9 e 01.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Standish Michael Keon (1915-87): Elected 1949, 1951 --------------------------------------------------------------------