COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 22 NOVEMBER 1958 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== VICTORIA ==================================================================== BALACLAVA, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brighton, Elsternwick, Hampton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 23.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,218 -02.3 Votes cast: 41,397 95.8 +01.8 Informal votes: 965 02.3 +00.1 Formal votes: 40,432 97.3 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy JOSKE * Lib 24,722 61.1 -03.0 Rex Keane DLP 4,852 12.0 +00.2 Norman Rothfield ALP 10,232 25.3 +01.3 Grace Stratton 626 01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,432 22.7 e 00.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy Ernest Joske (1895-1981): Elected 1951 By, 1954, 1955, 1958 Resigned 2 June 1960 (see By-elections) Later career: Judge of the Commonwealth Industrial Court 1960-77, Supreme Court of the ACT 1960-77, Supreme Court of the Northern Territory 1961-77. Knighted 1967. Died 25 April 1981 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BALLAARAT, Vic ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Ballarat, Daylesford, Learmonth, Warrenheip -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 07.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,677 +00.7 Votes cast: 42,400 97.1 +00.5 Informal votes: 610 01.4 -00.2 Formal votes: 41,790 98.6 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald Drummond ALP 17,903 42.8 +04.7 Dudley Erwin * Lib 16,683 39.9 +01.6 Robert Joshua DLP 7,204 17.2 -06.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,790 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joshua was member for Ballaarat 1951-55. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Joshua's 7,204 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Drummond 720 10.0 18,623 44.6 ERWIN * 6,484 90.0 23,167 55.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,204 41,790 05.4 02.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Dudley Erwin (1917-84): Elected 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BATMAN, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Alphington, Ivanhoe, Northcote, Thornbury -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,367 -02.2 Votes cast: 43,468 95.8 +01.3 Informal votes: 918 02.1 -02.2 Formal votes: 42,550 97.8 +02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alan BIRD * ALP 21,902 51.5 +01.8 Frederick Capp Lib 14,443 33.9 -01.1 Thomas Walsh DLP 6,205 14.6 -00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,550 03.0 e 01.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alan Charles Bird (1906-62): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BENDIGO, Vic ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Golden Square, Seymour -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,974 +02.9 Votes cast: 43,514 96.8 +01.1 Informal votes: 584 01.3 -00.3 Formal votes: 42,930 98.7 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy Clarey * ALP 20,840 48.5 +02.3 William Drechsler DLP 5,619 13.1 -00.3 Henry Snell Lib 16,471 38.4 -02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,930 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Drechsler's 5,619 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CLAREY * 758 13.5 21,598 50.3 Snell 4,861 86.5 21,332 49.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,619 42,930 00.3 00.9 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy James Clarey (1890-1960): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 Died 17 May 1960 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- BRUCE, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Box Hill South, Burwood South, Dandenong, Waverley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 05.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 65,102 +34.6 Votes cast: 62,733 96.4 +02.2 Informal votes: 1,475 02.4 -00.3 Formal votes: 61,258 97.6 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henri de Sachau DLP 8,326 13.6 +02.6 Keith Ewart ALP 24,681 40.3 -01.1 Billy Snedden * Lib 28,251 46.1 -01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 61,258 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ewart was member for Flinders 1952-54. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: De Sachau's 8,326 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ewart 3,179 38.2 27,860 45.5 SNEDDEN * 5,147 61.8 33,398 54.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,326 61,258 04.5 01.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Billy Mackie Snedden (1926-87): Elected 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CHISHOLM, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Auburn, Camberwell, Glen Iris, Highfield Park -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 23.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,662 -02.1 Votes cast: 40,833 95.7 +00.8 Informal votes: 766 01.9 00.0 Formal votes: 40,067 98.1 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Leo Bartley ALP 11,494 28.7 +03.7 John Hoare DLP 4,547 11.3 +01.4 Hon Wilfrid KENT HUGHES * Lib 24,026 60.0 -05.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,067 20.2 e 04.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilfrid Selwyn Kent Hughes (1895-1970): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CORANGAMITE, Vic ==================================================================== South-West Victoria: Ararat, Camperdown, Colac, South Barwon -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 21.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,638 +05.1 Votes cast: 43,101 96.6 +00.5 Informal votes: 824 01.9 -00.1 Formal votes: 42,277 98.1 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Bourke DLP 7,526 17.8 +04.8 Elsie Brushfield 728 01.7 Daniel MACKINNON * Lib 22,724 53.8 -07.0 Edwin Morris ALP 11,299 26.7 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,277 20.7 e 00.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ewen Daniel Mackinnon (1903-83): Elected 1949. Defeated 1951. Elected 1953 By, 1954, 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CORIO, Vic ==================================================================== South-West Victoria: Drysdale, Geelong, Geelong North, Newtown -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 07.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,039 +02.7 Votes cast: 43,164 95.8 +01.9 Informal votes: 717 01.7 +00.1 Formal votes: 42,447 98.3 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Mahoney DLP 5,920 13.9 +04.2 Hubert Opperman * Lib 20,019 47.2 -02.1 Bernard O'Leary ALP 16,508 38.9 -02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,447 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Mahoney's 5,920 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- OPPERMAN * 4,046 68.3 24,065 56.7 O'Leary 1,874 31.7 18,382 43.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,920 42,447 06.7 00.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hubert Ferdinand Opperman (1904-96): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 Minister for Shipping and Transport from 5 February 1960 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DAREBIN, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Heidelberg West, Preston, Reservoir -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 08.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 52,367 +14.7 Votes cast: 50,512 96.5 +01.1 Informal votes: 1,189 02.4 -00.1 Formal votes: 49,323 97.6 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Andrews DLP 11,710 23.7 -01.4 Frank COURTNAY + ALP 25,213 51.1 +03.2 Gordon Duncan Lib 12,400 25.1 -01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 49,323 04.4 e 04.4 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrews was member for Darebin 1949-55. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Courtnay (1903-80): Elected 1958 Born: 6 June 1903, Melbourne. Career: Educated state schools, Working Men's College, Melbourne. Dairy farmer, later plumber. Victorian and Federal Secretary, Plumbers Union. -------------------------------------------------------------------- DEAKIN, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Box Hill, Eltham, Heidelberg, Surrey Hills -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 14.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 52,282 +19.0 Votes cast: 49,984 95.6 +01.1 Informal votes: 987 02.0 -00.3 Formal votes: 48,997 98.0 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Terence Collins DLP 6,877 14.0 +00.4 Frank DAVIS * Lib 24,709 50.4 -02.9 Norman Griffiths ALP 17,411 35.5 +02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 48,997 13.1 e 01.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis John Davis (1900-80): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- FAWKNER, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Armadale, Prahran, South Yarra, Toorak -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 majority: Liberal over ALP(AC) 02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,008 -07.8 Votes cast: 36,814 94.4 +01.3 Informal votes: 996 02.7 -00.3 Formal votes: 35,818 97.3 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Bourke DLP 6,709 18.7 -08.6 Peter Howson * Lib 17,312 48.3 +02.1 George Smart ALP 11,797 32.9 +06.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 35,818 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bourke was member for Fawkner 1949-55. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Bourke's 6,709 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HOWSON * 5,886 87.7 23,198 64.8 Smart 823 12.3 12,620 35.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,709 35,818 14.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Howson (1919-2009): Elected 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- FLINDERS, Vic ==================================================================== South of Melbourne: Carrum, Dromana, Frankston, Mentone -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 14.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 49,349 +11.4 Votes cast: 47,001 95.2 +00.9 Informal votes: 1,009 02.1 +00.9 Formal votes: 45,992 97.9 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nola Barber ALP 18,011 39.2 +07.1 Thomas Flanagan DLP 4,698 10.2 -04.6 Robert LINDSAY * Lib 23,283 50.6 -02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,992 09.8 e 04.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert William Ludovic Lindsay (1905-2000): Elected 1954, 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- GELLIBRAND, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Footscray, Kingsville, Newport, Yarraville -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 16.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,814 -01.2 Votes cast: 41,248 96.3 +01.1 Informal votes: 1,465 03.6 -00.4 Formal votes: 39,783 96.4 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Eudey DLP 6,760 17.0 +02.5 Francis Johnson CPA 758 01.9 -00.1 Hector McIVOR * ALP 25,054 63.0 +01.6 Barry Maddern Lib 7,211 18.1 -04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,783 16.5 e 00.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hector James McIvor (1900-92): Elected 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- GIPPSLAND, Vic ==================================================================== Eastern Victoria: Bairnsdale, Leongatha, Sale, Traralgon -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Country Party over Labor 23.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,588 +04.4 Votes cast: 41,722 95.7 +00.5 Informal votes: 810 01.9 -00.1 Formal votes: 40,912 98.1 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George BOWDEN * CP 23,869 58.3 -04.3 John Hansen DLP 5,785 14.1 +01.4 Clement Little ALP 11,258 27.5 +02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,912 21.0 e 02.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- George James Bowden (1888-1962): Elected 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 Bowden retired at the 1961 election. Died 8 June 1962 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HENTY, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Bentleigh North, Carnegie, Glenhuntly, Oakleigh -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 13.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 47,327 +05.7 Votes cast: 45,511 96.2 +01.4 Informal votes: 987 02.2 -00.5 Formal votes: 44,524 97.8 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Max FOX * Lib 22,506 50.5 -03.7 Tom Gilhooley ALP 16,276 36.6 +02.8 Henry Moore DLP 5,742 12.9 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,524 12.1 e 01.7 to ALP ------------------------------------------------------------------- Edmund Maxwell Cameron Fox (1912-88): Elected 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HIGGINS, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Caulfield, Darling, Malvern, Malvern East -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 25.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,361 -02.8 Votes cast: 39,590 93.5 +00.5 Informal votes: 839 02.1 -00.4 Formal votes: 38,751 97.9 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rt Hon Harold HOLT * Lib 24,486 63.2 -01.2 Celia Laird DLP 4,701 12.1 -01.4 Alfred Shiff ALP 9,564 24.7 +02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,751 24.1 e 01.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Harold Edward Holt (1908-67): Elected 1935 By, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 Minister for Labour and National Service to 10 December 1958 Treasurer from 10 December 1958 Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- HIGINBOTHAM, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Bentleigh, Highett, Moorabbin, Sandringham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 08.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 53,039 +17.8 Votes cast: 51,038 96.2 +01.1 Informal votes: 1,003 02.0 -00.3 Formal votes: 50,035 98.0 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edwin Lamb ALP 19,600 39.2 +00.0 Frank Timson * Lib 24,770 49.5 -01.3 Desmond Ward DLP 5,665 11.3 +01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 50,035 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Ward's 5,665 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lamb 515 09.1 20,115 40.2 TIMSON * 5,150 90.9 29,920 59.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,665 50,035 09.8 01.0 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Frank Timson (1909-60): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 Died 16 October 1960 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- INDI, Vic ==================================================================== North-Eastern Victoria: Benalla, Wangaratta, Wodonga, Yackandandah -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 22.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,305 +01.9 Votes cast: 41,368 95.5 +00.7 Informal votes: 1,128 02.7 +00.9 Formal votes: 40,240 97.3 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Bostock * Lib 12,322 30.6 -29.0 James Ellis 324 00.8 Mac Holten CP 12,420 30.9 John McLaren ALP 9,758 24.2 -00.6 Henry Richards DLP 5,416 13.5 -02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,240 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Ellis's 324 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bostock * 147 45.4 12,469 31.0 Holten 98 30.2 12,518 31.1 McLaren 49 15.1 9,807 24.4 Richards 30 09.3 5,446 13.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 324 40,240 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Richards's 5,446 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bostock * 3,968 72.9 16,437 40.8 Holten 931 17.1 13,449 33.4 McLaren 547 10.0 10,354 25.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,446 40,240 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: McLaren's 10,354 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bostock * 1,068 10.3 17,505 43.5 HOLTEN 9,286 89.7 22,735 56.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,354 40,240 06.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Dowling Bostock (1892-1968): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955. Defeated 1958 Later career: Grazier near Benalla, Victoria. Died 28 April 1968 > Rendle McNeilage Holten (1922-96): Elected 1958 Born: 29 March 1922, Melbourne. Career: Educated Scotch College, Melbourne. Life assurance officer. Military Service 1940-46. Leading VFL footballer. Businessman, Wangaratta, Victoria, from 1950. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ISAACS, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Caulfield West, Ripponlea, St Kilda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 14.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,685 -04.6 Votes cast: 37,988 93.4 +01.2 Informal votes: 1,581 04.2 +00.7 Formal votes: 36,407 95.8 -00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Elias Cowan 2,624 07.2 William Haworth * Lib 16,534 45.4 -09.1 John Hughes DLP 4,316 11.9 -00.3 Barry Jones ALP 12,933 35.5 +02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 36,407 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Jones, see Lalor 1977. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Cowan's 2,624 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HAWORTH * 1,752 66.8 18,286 50.2 Hughes 194 07.4 4,510 12.4 Jones 678 25.8 13,611 37.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,624 36,407 11.4 e 02.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Crawford Haworth (1905-84): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KOOYONG, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Balwyn, Canterbury, Deepdene, Kew -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 24.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 47,670 +04.3 Votes cast: 45,526 95.5 +00.5 Informal votes: 882 01.9 -00.1 Formal votes: 44,644 98.1 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Buchanan DLP 5,962 13.4 +03.1 Randolph Eddy ALP 9,921 22.2 +00.2 Rt Hon Robert MENZIES * Lib 28,285 63.4 -03.2 Dr Gerald O'Day CPA 476 01.1 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,644 24.7 e 00.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Eddy was Vic MLC for Doutta Galla 1970-76, Thomastown 1976-82. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Gordon Menzies (1894-1978): Elected 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 Prime Minister Minister for External Affairs from 4 February 1960 Leader of the Liberal Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- LA TROBE, Vic ==================================================================== East of Melbourne: Croydon, Ferntree Gully, Mitcham, Ringwood -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 14.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 56,520 +22.6 Votes cast: 54,187 95.9 +01.4 Informal votes: 1,031 01.9 -00.6 Formal votes: 53,156 98.1 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rt Hon Richard CASEY * Lib 28,570 53.7 -03.9 Samuel Goldbloom ALP 19,623 36.9 +03.5 Terence Kirley DLP 4,963 09.3 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 53,156 12.1 e 02.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Gardiner Casey (1890-1976): Elected 1931, 1934, 1937. Resigned 1940. Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 Minister for External Affairs to 4 February 1960 Resigned seat 10 February 1960 (see By-elections) Later career: Governor-General of Australia 1965-69. Knighted 1965, created Baron Casey of Berwick and Westminster 1966. Died 17 June 1976 -------------------------------------------------------------------- LALOR, Vic ==================================================================== West of Melbourne: Altona, Broadmeadows, Glenroy, Sunshine -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 65,256 +38.4 Votes cast: 61,879 94.8 +01.4 Informal votes: 1,628 02.6 -00.2 Formal votes: 60,251 97.4 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Donnellon DLP 11,475 19.0 +05.4 Peter Kemp Lib 17,904 29.7 -07.5 Hon Reginald POLLARD * ALP 30,872 51.2 +02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 60,251 03.0 e 02.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reginald Thomas Pollard (1894-1981): Elected 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- McMILLAN, Vic ==================================================================== Eastern Victoria: Morwell, Trafalgar, Warragul, Yallourn -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 12.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,296 +05.2 Votes cast: 42,271 95.4 +00.9 Informal votes: 2,040 04.8 +02.4 Formal votes: 40,231 95.2 -02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Brown ALP 15,821 39.3 +04.7 Alexander Buchanan * Lib 12,113 30.1 -21.9 Walter Doig CPA 450 01.1 Francis Hawtin CP 7,514 18.7 Decima Mayne 210 00.5 Kevin Scanlon DLP 4,123 10.2 -03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,231 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Mayne's 210 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brown 50 23.8 15,871 39.4 Buchanan * 49 23.3 12,162 30.2 Doig 16 07.6 466 01.2 Hawtin 58 27.6 7,572 18.8 Scanlon 37 17.6 4,160 10.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 210 40,231 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Doig's 466 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brown 312 67.0 16,183 40.2 Buchanan * 91 (19.5 12,253 30.5 Hawtin 41 08.8 7,613 18.9 Scanlon 22 04.7 4,182 10.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 466 40,231 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Scanlon's 4,182 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brown 298 07.1 16,481 41.0 Buchanan * 3,199 76.5 15,452 38.4 Hawtin 685 16.4 8,298 20.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,182 40,231 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Hawtin's 8,298 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brown 719 08.7 17,200 42.8 BUCHANAN * 7,579 91.3 23,031 57.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,298 40,231 07.2 05.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Andrew Buchanan (1905-85): Elected 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MALLEE, Vic ==================================================================== North-Western Victoria: Kerang, Mildura, Ouyen, Swan Hill -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Country Party over Labor 25.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,390 +01.7 Votes cast: 38,957 96.5 +00.6 Informal votes: 818 02.1 -00.5 Formal votes: 38,139 97.9 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Cotter DLP 5,470 14.3 +01.3 Winton TURNBULL * CP 24,356 63.9 -01.7 George Xeros ALP 8,313 21.8 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,139 26.9 e 01.7 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Winton George Turnbull (1899-1980): Elected 1946 By, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MARIBYRNONG, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Essendon, Moonee Ponds, Pascoe Vale -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,195 +00.9 Votes cast: 42,874 97.0 +02.6 Informal votes: 763 01.8 -00.6 Formal votes: 42,111 98.2 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Douglas Elliot ALP 19,917 47.3 +00.2 Paul Gunn DLP 6,646 15.8 +00.4 Philip Stokes * Lib 15,548 36.9 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,111 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Elliot was Vic MLC for Melbourne 1960-79. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Gunn's 6,646 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Elliot 792 11.9 20,709 49.2 STOKES * 5,854 88.1 21,402 50.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,646 42,111 00.8 00.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Philip William Crawford Stokes (1906-83): Elected 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Ascot Vale, Melbourne, Newmarket, Parkville -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Labor over ALP(AC) 09.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 37,903 -12.1 Votes cast: 35,494 93.6 +01.5 Informal votes: 1,370 03.9 -00.6 Formal votes: 34,124 96.1 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Arthur CALWELL * ALP 20,335 59.6 +02.2 James Moloney Lib 7,766 22.8 +01.6 John Ryan DLP 6,023 17.7 -03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,124 11.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Augustus Calwell (1896-1973): Elected 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 Deputy Leader of the Opposition to 7 March 1960 Leader of the Opposition from 7 March 1960 Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party to 7 March 1960 Leader of the Australian Labor Party from 7 March 1960 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Calwell was elected unopposed as ALP Leader following the resignation of Rt Hon Dr H V Evatt. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE PORTS, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Cardigan, Port Melbourne, South Melbourne, Williamstown -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Labor over ALP(AC) 06.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,451 -07.3 Votes cast: 37,493 95.0 +01.1 Informal votes: 1,362 03.6 -00.5 Formal votes: 36,131 96.4 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank CREAN * ALP 22,968 63.6 +11.6 John Fitzgerald DLP 4,969 13.8 -11.4 Norman Loader Lib 7,381 20.4 +00.7 Roger Wilson CPA 813 02.3 -00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 36,131 17.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Crean (1916-2008): Elected 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MURRAY, Vic 44,216 42,639 96.4 ==================================================================== Northern Victoria: Echuca, Kyabram, Numurkah, Shepparton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Country Party over Labor 21.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,216 +03.4 Votes cast: 42,639 96.4 +00.6 Informal votes: 1,066 02.5 +00.2 Formal votes: 41,573 97.5 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Neil Frankland ALP 10,560 25.4 -00.4 Brian Lacey DLP 5,303 12.8 -00.7 Rt Hon John McEWEN * CP 25,710 61.8 +01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,573 23.3 e 01.8 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John McEwen (1900-80): Elected 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 Minister for Trade Leader of the Country Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- SCULLIN, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Blyth, Carlton, Edward, Fitzroy -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 majority: Labor over ALP(AC) 01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,995 -15.0 Votes cast: 34,860 94.2 +02.1 Informal votes: 1,593 04.6 -00.5 Formal votes: 33,267 95.4 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Brennan DLP 8,160 24.5 -06.1 William Burns Lib 6,488 19.5 -00.1 Edward PETERS * ALP 18,619 56.0 +06.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 33,267 08.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Brennan was Vic MLC for Monash 1952-58. 2. For Burns, see Isaacs 1977. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward William Peters (1897-1980): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WANNON, Vic ==================================================================== Western Victoria: Casterton, Hamilton, Portland, Warrnambool -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 09.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,476 +03.7 Votes cast: 43,199 97.1 +00.4 Informal votes: 534 01.2 -00.5 Formal votes: 42,665 98.8 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Terence Callander DLP 6,614 15.5 00.0 Malcolm Fraser * Lib 20,550 48.2 -00.7 John Stanford ALP 15,501 36.3 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,665 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Callander's 6,614 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- FRASER * 6,041 91.3 26,591 62.3 Stanford 573 08.7 16,074 37.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,614 42,665 12.3 03.0 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Malcolm Fraser (1930-2015): Elected 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WILLS, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brunswick, Coburg, Mitchell -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 04.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,477 -05.1 Votes cast: 40,857 96.2 +00.7 Informal votes: 1,170 02.9 -00.2 Formal votes: 39,687 97.1 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon BRYANT * ALP 21,308 53.7 +06.4 William Bryson DLP 7,881 19.9 -04.8 Alfred Wall Lib 10,498 26.5 -01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,687 05.7 e 01.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bryson was member for Bourke 1943-46 and for Wills 1949-55. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon Munro Bryant (1914-91): Elected 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WIMMERA, Vic ==================================================================== Western Victoria: Horsham, Maryborough, St Arnaud, Stawell -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 16.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,943 +00.2 Votes cast: 39,688 96.9 -00.1 Informal votes: 658 01.7 00.0 Formal votes: 39,030 98.3 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert King CP 9,866 25.3 William Lawrence * Lib 14,924 38.2 -20.4 James McCaffrey DLP 3,480 08.9 -02.4 Thomas Windsor ALP 10,760 27.6 -02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,030 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: McCaffrey's 3,480 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- King 2,585 74.3 12,451 31.9 Lawrence * 620 17.8 15,544 39.8 Windsor 275 07.9 11,035 28.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,480 39,030 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Windsor's 11,035 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- KING 9,370 84.9 21,821 55.9 Lawrence * 1,665 15.1 17,209 44.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,035 39,030 05.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Robert Lawrence (1906-2004): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955. Defeated 1958 Died 13 January 2004 > Robert Shannon King (1920-91): Elected 1958 Born: 22 March 1920, Warracknabeal, Victoria. Career: Educated Carey Grammar School, Melbourne. Military Service 1940-45. Farmer and grazier, Warracknabeal, Victoria. Official, Victorian Country Party. -------------------------------------------------------------------- YARRA, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Burnley, Collingwood, Hawthorn, Richmond -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 majority: Labor over ALP(AC) 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,320 -09.0 Votes cast: 37,193 94.6 +01.0 Informal votes: 1,346 03.6 -00.8 Formal votes: 35,847 96.4 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jim CAIRNS * ALP 19,218 53.6 +06.1 Stan Keon DLP 7,600 21.2 -05.9 Cecil Lanyon Lib 8,505 23.7 +00.4 Kenneth Miller CPA 524 01.5 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 35,847 07.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Keon was member for Yarra 1949-55. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Ford Cairns (1914-2003): Elected 1955, 1958 --------------------------------------------------------------------