COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 9 DECEMBER 1961 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== VICTORIA ==================================================================== BALACLAVA, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brighton, Elsternwick, Hampton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 22.7 e 1960 by-election two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 16.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,241 -02.3 Votes cast: 40,410 95.7 -00.7 Informal votes: 888 02.2 -00.1 Formal votes: 39,522 97.8 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Murray 1,780 04.5 Ernst Platz ALP 11,892 30.1 +04.8 John Ryan DLP 5,333 13.5 +01.5 Ray WHITTORN * Lib 20,517 51.9 -09.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,522 15.8 e 06.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Murray was a Republican candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Raymond Harold Whittorn (1911-95): Elected 1960 By, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BALLAARAT, Vic ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Ballarat, Daylesford, Learmonth, Warrenheip -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 05.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,189 +01.2 Votes cast: 42,773 96.8 -00.3 Informal votes: 613 01.4 00.0 Formal votes: 42,160 98.6 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dudley Erwin * Lib 18,379 43.6 +03.7 Robert Joshua DLP 7,557 17.9 +00.7 Aubrey Keane ALP 16,224 38.5 -04.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,160 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joshua was member for Ballaarat 1951-55. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Joshua's 7,557 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ERWIN * 6,861 90.8 25,240 59.9 Keane 696 09.2 16,920 40.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,557 42,160 09.9 04.5 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Dudley Erwin (1917-84): Elected 1955, 1958, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BATMAN, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Alphington, Ivanhoe, Northcote, Thornbury -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 03.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,434 -02.1 Votes cast: 42,495 95.6 -00.2 Informal votes: 941 02.2 +00.1 Formal votes: 41,554 97.8 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alan BIRD * ALP 22,831 54.9 +03.4 Maurice Keady DLP 5,970 14.4 -00.2 Bruce Skeggs Lib 12,753 30.7 -03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,554 05.4 e 02.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Skeggs was Vic MLA for Ivanhoe 1973-82 and Vic MLC for Templestowe 1988-96. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alan Charles Bird (1906-62): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961 Died 21 July 1962 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- BENDIGO, Vic ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Golden Square, Seymour -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 00.3 1960 by-election two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,718 +01.7 Votes cast: 44,248 96.8 00.0 Informal votes: 606 01.4 +00.1 Formal votes: 43,642 98.6 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ronald Anderson DLP 5,895 13.5 +00.4 Noel BEATON * ALP 22,511 51.6 +03.1 Milan Lorman 308 00.7 Henry Snell Lib 14,928 34.2 -04.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,642 04.2 e 03.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Noel Lawrence Beaton (1925-2004): Elected 1960 By, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BRUCE, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Box Hill South, Burwood South, Dandenong, Waverley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 04.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 87,191 +33.9 Votes cast: 83,120 95.3 -01.1 Informal votes: 1,671 02.0 -00.4 Formal votes: 81,449 98.0 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henri de Sachau DLP 12,826 15.7 +02.1 Keith Ewart ALP 34,741 42.7 +02.4 Billy Snedden * Lib 33,882 41.6 -04.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 81,449 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ewart was member for Flinders 1952-54. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: de Sachau's 12,826 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ewart 4,165 32.5 38,906 47.8 SNEDDEN * 8,661 67.5 42,543 52.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,826 81,449 02.2 02.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Billy Mackie Snedden (1926-87): Elected 1955, 1958, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CHISHOLM, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Auburn, Camberwell, Glen Iris, Highfield Park -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 20.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,720 +01.4 Votes cast: 40,731 95.3 -00.4 Informal votes: 658 01.6 -00.3 Formal votes: 40,073 98.4 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Malcolm Coughlin ALP 12,524 31.3 +02.6 John Duffy DLP 5,273 13.2 +01.9 Hon Wilfrid KENT HUGHES * Lib 22,276 55.6 -04.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,073 17.5 e 02.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilfrid Selwyn Kent Hughes (1895-1970): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CORANGAMITE, Vic ==================================================================== South-West Victoria: Ararat, Camperdown, Colac, South Barwon -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 20.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 46,271 +03.7 Votes cast: 44,848 96.9 +00.3 Informal votes: 668 01.5 -00.4 Formal votes: 44,180 98.5 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Bourke DLP 8,032 18.2 +00.4 Desmond Hulme ALP 12,829 29.0 +02.3 Daniel MACKINNON * Lib 23,319 52.8 -01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,180 18.3 e 02.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ewen Daniel Mackinnon (1903-83): Elected 1949. Defeated 1951. Elected 1953 By, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CORIO, Vic ==================================================================== South-West Victoria: Drysdale, Geelong, Geelong North, Newtown -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 06.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 48,857 +08.5 Votes cast: 46,594 95.4 -00.4 Informal votes: 864 01.9 +00.2 Formal votes: 45,730 98.1 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Mahoney DLP 6,791 14.9 +01.0 Hon Hubert Opperman * Lib 19,790 43.3 -03.9 Lindsay Romey ALP 19,149 41.9 +03.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,730 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Mahoney's 6,791 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- OPPERMAN * 6,020 88.6 25,810 56.4 Romey 771 11.4 19,920 43.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,791 45,730 06.4 00.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hubert Ferdinand Opperman (1904-96): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961 Minister for Shipping and Transport -------------------------------------------------------------------- DAREBIN, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Heidelberg West, Preston, Reservoir -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 04.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 54,739 +04.5 Votes cast: 52,487 95.9 -00.6 Informal votes: 1,207 02.3 -00.1 Formal votes: 51,280 97.3 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Andrews DLP 11,767 22.9 -00.8 Frank COURTNAY * ALP 28,285 55.2 +04.1 John Wyss Lib 11,228 21.9 -03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 51,280 07.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrews was member for Darebin 1949-55. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Courtnay (1903-80): Elected 1958, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DEAKIN, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Box Hill, Eltham, Heidelberg, Surrey Hills -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 13.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 63,797 +22.0 Votes cast: 61,073 95.7 +00.1 Informal votes: 1,040 01.7 -00.3 Formal votes: 60,033 98.3 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Davis * Lib 28,392 47.3 -03.1 George Slater ALP 23,839 39.7 +04.2 Maurice Weston DLP 7,802 13.0 -01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 60,033 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Weston's 7,802 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- DAVIS * 6,563 84.1 34,955 58.2 Slater 1,239 15.9 25,078 41.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,802 60,033 08.2 04.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis John Davis (1900-80): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- FAWKNER, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Aramdale, Prahran, South Yarra, Toorak -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 14.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 37,785 -03.1 Votes cast: 35,126 93.0 -01.4 Informal votes: 987 02.8 +00.1 Formal votes: 34,139 97.2 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Coyne DLP 5,336 15.6 -03.1 Peter Howson * Lib 16,580 48.6 +00.3 Gwendolyn Noad ALP 12,223 35.8 +02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,139 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Coyne's 5,336 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HOWSON * 4,858 91.0 21,438 62.8 Noad 478 09.0 12,701 37.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,336 34,139 12.8 02.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Howson (1919-2009): Elected 1955, 1958, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- FLINDERS, Vic ==================================================================== South of Melbourne: Carrum, Dromana, Frankston, Mentone -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 09.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 56,219 +13.9 Votes cast: 53,467 95.1 -00.1 Informal votes: 1,237 02.3 +00.2 Formal votes: 52,230 97.7 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Austin DLP 7,717 14.8 +04.6 Ian Cathie ALP 19,466 37.3 -01.9 Edmund Knowles 1,796 03.4 Robert Lindsay * Lib 23,251 44.5 -06.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 52,230 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cathie was Vic MLC for South-Eastern 1964-70, Vic MLA for Carrum 1976-88. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Knowles's 1,796 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Austin 203 11.3 7,920 15.2 Cathie 344 (19.2 19,810 37.9 Lindsay * 1,249 69.5 24,500 46.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,796 52,230 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Austin's 7,920 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cathie 2,504 31.6 22,314 42.7 LINDSAY * 5,416 68.4 29,916 57.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,920 52,230 07.3 02.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert William Ludovic Lindsay (1905-2000): Elected 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- GELLIBRAND, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Footscray, Kingsville, Newport, Yarraville -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 16.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,409 -00.9 Votes cast: 40,795 96.2 -00.1 Informal votes: 1,439 03.5 -00.1 Formal votes: 39,356 96.5 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reginald Cannon Lib 8,031 20.4 +02.3 Francis Johnson CPA 1,000 02.5 +00.6 Hector McIVOR * ALP 25,634 65.1 +02.1 Jan Roszkowski DLP 4,691 11.9 -05.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,356 18.5 e 02.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hector James McIvor (1900-92): Elected 1955, 1958, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- GIPPSLAND, Vic ==================================================================== Eastern Victoria: Bairnsdale, Leongatha, Sale, Traralgon -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 21.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,469 +04.3 Votes cast: 43,312 95.3 -00.4 Informal votes: 671 01.5 -00.4 Formal votes: 42,641 98.5 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Hansen DLP 7,209 16.9 +02.8 Peter NIXON + CP 22,002 51.6 -06.7 William Stephenson ALP 13,430 31.5 +04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,641 16.9 e 04.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter James Nixon (born 1928): Elected 1961 Born: 22 March 1928, Orbost, Victoria. Career: Educated Wesley College, Melbourne. Farmer and grazier, East Gippsland, Victoria. Company director. -------------------------------------------------------------------- HENTY, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Bentleigh North, Carnegie, Glenhuntly, Oakleigh -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 12.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 48,523 +02.5 Votes cast: 46,585 96.0 -00.2 Informal votes: 856 01.8 -00.4 Formal votes: 45,729 98.2 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Max Fox * Lib 21,011 45.9 -04.6 George Jones ALP 18,416 40.3 +03.7 Henry Moore DLP 6,302 13.8 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,729 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Moore's 6,302 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- FOX * 5,366 85.1 26,377 57.7 Jones 936 14.9 19,352 42.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,302 45,729 07.7 04.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edmund Maxwell Cameron Fox (1912-88): Elected 1955, 1958, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HIGGINS, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Caulfield, Darling, Malvern, Malvern East -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 24.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,030 -03.1 Votes cast: 39,538 96.4 +02.9 Informal votes: 753 01.9 -00.2 Formal votes: 38,785 98.1 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rt Hon Harold HOLT * Lib 22,004 56.7 -06.5 Roger Kirby ALP 11,353 29.3 +04.6 Celia Laird DLP 5,428 14.0 +01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,785 19.3 e 04.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Harold Edward Holt (1908-67): Elected 1935 By, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961 Treasurer Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- HIGINBOTHAM, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Bentleigh, Highett, Moorabbin, Sandringham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 09.8 1960 by-election two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 58,747 +10.8 Votes cast: 56,900 96.9 +00.7 Informal votes: 796 01.4 -00.6 Formal votes: 56,104 98.6 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Cameron DLP 8,588 15.3 +04.0 Donald Chipp * Lib 24,525 43.7 -05.8 Henry Fowler ALP 22,991 41.0 +01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 56,104 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Cameron's 8,588 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CHIPP * 7,928 92.3 32,453 57.8 Fowler 660 07.7 23,651 42.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,588 56,104 07.8 02.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald Leslie Chipp (1925-2006): Elected 1960 By, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- INDI, Vic ==================================================================== North-Eastern Victoria: Benalla, Wangaratta, Wodonga, Yackandandah -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 majority: Country Party over Liberal 06.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,474 +02.7 Votes cast: 42,761 96.1 +00.6 Informal votes: 713 01.7 -01.0 Formal votes: 42,048 98.3 +01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Malcolm Cameron Lib 7,962 18.9 -11.7 Mac Holten * CP 18,654 44.4 +13.5 Mervyn Huggins ALP 10,637 25.3 +01.1 George Taylor DLP 4,795 11.4 -02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,048 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Taylor's 4,795 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cameron 3,516 73.3 11,478 27.3 Holten * 819 17.1 19,473 46.3 Huggins 460 09.6 11,097 26.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,795 42,048 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Huggins's 11,097 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cameron 7,817 70.4 19,295 45.9 HOLTEN * 3,280 29.6 22,753 54.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,097 42,048 04.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rendle McNeilage Holten (1922-96): Elected 1958, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ISAACS, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Caulfield West, Ripponlea, St Kilda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 11.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,142 -03.8 Votes cast: 35,859 91.6 -01.8 Informal votes: 1,058 03.0 -01.2 Formal votes: 34,801 97.0 +01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Haworth * Lib 16,493 47.4 +02.0 John Hughes DLP 4,781 13.7 +01.8 Angus McLean ALP 13,527 38.9 +03.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,801 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Hughes's 4,781 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HAWORTH * 4,231 88.5 20,724 59.6 McLean 550 11.5 14,077 40.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,781 34,801 09.6 01.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Crawford Haworth (1905-84): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KOOYONG, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Balwyn, Canterbury, Deepdene, Kew -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 24.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 49,283 +03.4 Votes cast: 46,972 95.3 -00.2 Informal votes: 1,043 02.2 -00.3 Formal votes: 45,929 97.8 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Brennan DLP 6,968 15.2 +01.8 Dr Moss Cass ALP 11,938 26.0 +03.8 Goldsmith Collins 237 00.5 Rt Hon Robert MENZIES * Lib 26,328 57.3 -06.1 William Tregear CPA 458 01.0 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,929 20.4 e 04.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Cass, see Maribyrnong 1969. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Gordon Menzies (1894-1978): Elected 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961 Prime Minister Minister for External Affairs to 22 December 1961 Minister in charge of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 22 December 1961 to 16 February 1962 Leader of the Liberal Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- LA TROBE, Vic ==================================================================== East of Melbourne: Croydon, Ferntree Gully, Mitcham, Ringwood -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 12.1 e 1960 by-election two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 04.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 67,915 +20.2 Votes cast: 65,376 96.3 +00.4 Informal votes: 1,344 02.1 +00.2 Formal votes: 64,032 97.9 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Hoare DLP 8,651 13.5 +04.2 John Jess * Lib 27,952 43.7 -10.0 Donell Pritchard ALP 26,875 42.0 +05.1 Bernard Rees 554 00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 64,032 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Rees's 554 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hoare 199 35.9 8,850 13.8 Jess * 105 (19.0 28,057 43.8 Pritchard 250 45.1 27,125 42.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 554 64,032 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Hoare's 8,850 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- JESS * 8,179 92.4 36,236 56.6 Pritchard 671 07.6 27,797 43.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,850 64,032 06.6 05.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John David Jess (1922-2003): Elected 1960 By, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- LALOR, Vic ==================================================================== West of Melbourne: Altona, Broadmeadows, Glenroy, Sunshine -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 03.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 86,499 +32.6 Votes cast: 82,070 94.9 +00.1 Informal votes: 2,539 03.1 +00.5 Formal votes: 79,531 96.9 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kenneth Agius 4,431 05.6 John Donnellon DLP 12,870 16.2 -02.8 Peter Kemp Lib 19,324 24.3 -05.4 Hon Reginald POLLARD * ALP 42,906 53.9 +02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 79,531 07.8 e 04.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reginald Thomas Pollard (1894-1981): Elected 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- McMILLAN, Vic ==================================================================== Eastern Victoria: Morwell, Trafalgar, Warragul, Yallourn -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 07.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 46,391 +04.7 Votes cast: 44,200 95.3 -00.1 Informal votes: 1,078 02.4 -02.4 Formal votes: 43,122 97.6 +02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Buchanan * Lib 15,288 35.5 +05.4 Francis Hawtin CP 6,758 15.7 -03.0 Leslie Hilton DLP 4,988 11.6 +01.4 Patrick Linane 181 00.4 James Longstaff ALP 15,907 36.9 -02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,122 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Linane's 181 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Buchanan * 34 18.8 15,322 35.5 Hawtin 22 12.2 6,780 15.7 Hilton 56 30.9 5,044 11.7 Longstaff 69 38.1 15,976 37.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 181 43,122 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Hilton's 5,044 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Buchanan * 4,306 85.4 19,628 45.5 Hawtin 492 09.8 7,272 16.9 Longstaff 246 04.9 16,222 37.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,044 43,122 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Hawtin's 7,272 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BUCHANAN * 6,773 93.1 26,401 61.2 Longstaff 499 06.9 16,721 38.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,272 43,122 11.2 04.0 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Andrew Buchanan (1905-85): Elected 1955, 1958, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MALLEE, Vic ==================================================================== North-Western Victoria: Kerang, Mildura, Ouyen, Swan Hill -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 26.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,907 +01.3 Votes cast: 39,371 96.2 -00.3 Informal votes: 803 02.0 -00.1 Formal votes: 38,568 98.0 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Murray Homes ALP 10,144 26.3 +04.5 Michael Howley DLP 4,338 11.2 -03.1 Winton TURNBULL * CP 24,086 62.5 -01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,568 22.6 e 04.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Winton George Turnbull (1899-1980): Elected 1946 By, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MARIBYRNONG, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Essendon, Moonee Ponds, Pascoe Vale -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,451 +02.8 Votes cast: 43,853 96.5 -00.5 Informal votes: 1,112 02.5 +00.7 Formal votes: 42,741 97.5 -00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Neil Armour ALP 20,022 46.8 -00.5 Paul Gunn DLP 7,438 17.4 +01.6 Norman McClure 413 01.0 Philip Stokes * Lib 14,868 34.8 -02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,741 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: McClure's 413 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Armour 119 28.8 20,141 47.1 Gunn 150 36.3 7,588 17.8 Stokes * 144 34.9 15,012 35.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 413 42,741 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Gunn's 7,588 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Armour 879 11.6 21,020 49.2 STOKES * 6,709 88.4 21,721 50.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,588 42,741 00.8 no swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Philip William Crawford Stokes (1906-83): Elected 1955, 1958, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Ascot Vale, Melbourne, Newmarket, Parkville -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 11.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 34,693 -08.5 Votes cast: 32,033 92.3 -01.3 Informal votes: 1,228 03.8 -00.1 Formal votes: 30,805 96.2 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Arthur CALWELL * ALP 19,351 62.8 +03.2 Michael Kearney DLP 5,166 16.8 -00.9 James Moloney Lib 6,288 20.4 -02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 30,805 14.5 e 03.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Augustus Calwell (1896-1973): Elected 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961 Leader of the Opposition Leader of the Australian Labor Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE PORTS, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Cardigan, Port Melbourne, South Melbourne, Williamstown -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 17.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,921 -06.4 Votes cast: 34,595 93.7 -01.3 Informal votes: 1,201 03.5 -00.1 Formal votes: 33,394 96.5 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon Blackburne Lib 7,483 22.4 +02.0 Frank CREAN * ALP 20,590 61.7 -01.9 Albert Jones DLP 4,572 13.7 -00.1 Roger Wilson CPA 749 02.2 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 33,394 15.1 e 02.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Crean (1916-2008): Elected 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MURRAY, Vic ==================================================================== Northern Victoria: Echuca, Kyabram, Numurkah, Shepparton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 23.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 46,083 +04.2 Votes cast: 44,510 96.6 +00.2 Informal votes: 982 02.2 -00.3 Formal votes: 43,528 97.8 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Neil Frankland ALP 10,971 25.2 -00.2 Brian Lacey DLP 5,784 13.3 +00.5 Rt Hon John McEWEN * CP 26,773 61.5 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,528 23.5 e 00.2 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John McEwen (1900-80): Elected 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961 Minister for Trade Leader of the Country Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- SCULLIN, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Blyth, Carlton, Edward, Fitzroy -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 majority: ALP over DLP 08.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 34,579 -06.5 Votes cast: 32,037 92.6 -01.6 Informal votes: 1,664 05.2 +00.6 Formal votes: 30,373 94.8 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Barry O'Brien DLP 7,273 23.9 -00.6 Edward PETERS * ALP 18,506 60.9 +04.9 Rex Schurmann Lib 4,594 15.1 -04.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 30,373 12.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- There was a swing of 4.4% from the DLP to the ALP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward William Peters (1897-1980): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WANNON, Vic ==================================================================== Western Victoria: Casterton, Hamilton, Portland, Warrnambool -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 12.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,972 +01.1 Votes cast: 43,527 96.8 -00.3 Informal votes: 463 01.1 -00.1 Formal votes: 43,064 98.9 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Terence Callender DLP 7,069 16.4 +00.9 Malcolm Fraser * Lib 20,833 48.4 +00.2 John Stanford ALP 15,162 35.2 -01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,064 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Callender's 7,069 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- FRASER * 6,633 93.8 27,466 63.8 Stanford 436 06.2 15,598 36.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,069 43,064 13.8 01.5 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Malcolm Fraser (1930-2015): Elected 1955, 1958, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WILLS, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brunswick, Coburg, Mitchell -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 05.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,383 -02.6 Votes cast: 39,422 95.3 -00.9 Informal votes: 1,300 03.3 +00.4 Formal votes: 38,122 96.7 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon BRYANT * ALP 22,115 58.0 +04.3 William Bryson DLP 7,553 19.8 -00.1 William Pyatt Lib 8,454 22.2 -04.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,122 10.0 e 04.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bryson was member for Bourke 1943-46 and for Wills 1949-55. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon Munro Bryant (1914-91): Elected 1955, 1958, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WIMMERA, Vic ==================================================================== Western Victoria: Horsham, Maryborough, St Arnaud, Stawell -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 majority: Country Party over Liberal 05.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,627 -00.8 Votes cast: 39,378 96.9 00.0 Informal votes: 515 01.3 -00.4 Formal votes: 38,863 98.7 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert King * CP 13,364 34.4 +09.1 William Lawrence Lib 10,718 27.6 -10.6 Joseph Murphy DLP 3,214 08.3 -00.6 Thomas Windsor ALP 11,567 29.8 +02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,863 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lawrence was member for Wimmera 1949-58. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Murphy's 3,214 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- King * 2,682 83.4 16,046 41.3 Lawrence 324 10.1 11,042 28.4 Windsor 208 06.5 11,775 30.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,214 38,863 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Lawrence's 11,042 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- KING * 10,568 95.7 26,614 68.5 Windsor 474 04.3 12,249 31.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,042 38,863 18.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Shannon King (1920-91): Elected 1958, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- YARRA, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Burnley, Collingwood, Hawthorn, Richmond -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 07.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 37,042 -05.8 Votes cast: 34,542 93.2 -01.4 Informal votes: 1,620 04.7 +01.1 Formal votes: 32,922 95.3 -01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Geoffrey Broomhall 1,345 04.1 Dr Jim CAIRNS * ALP 17,137 52.1 -01.5 Stan Keon DLP 5,535 16.8 -04.4 Kenneth Miller CPA 564 01.7 +00.2 Andrew Peacock Lib 8,341 25.3 +01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 32,922 07.9 e 00.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Keon was member for Yarra 1949-55. 2. For Peacock, see Kooyong by-election 1966. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Ford Cairns (1914-2003): Elected 1955, 1958, 1961 --------------------------------------------------------------------