COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 22 NOVEMBER 1958 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== BENDIGO, Vic ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Golden Square, Seymour -------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 July 1960, following the death of Hon Percy Clarey -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,286 +00.7 Votes cast: 42,608 94.1 -02.7 Informal votes: 345 00.8 -00.5 Formal votes: 42,263 99.2 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Noel Beaton + ALP 20,290 48.0 -00.5 William Drechsler DLP 6,200 14.7 +01.6 Henry Snell Lib 15,773 37.3 -01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,263 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Drechsler's 6,200 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BEATON + 908 14.6 21,198 50.2 Snell 5,292 85.4 21,065 49.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,200 42,263 00.2 00.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Noel Lawrence Beaton (1925-2004): Elected 1960 By Born: 28 December 1925, Mooroopna, Victoria. Career: Educated state schools. Military Service 1945-47. Sports journalist and broadcaster. --------------------------------------------------------------------