VICTORIA ==================================================================== LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 18 JUNE 1949 ==================================================================== Shows ministerial and parliamentary offices held by MLCs in the period from 18 June 1949 to 21 June 1952 Voting figures are taken from Colin Hughes and Don Aitkin, "Voting for the Australian state upper houses, 1890-1984," ANU Press 1986. Candidates' given names are taken from "The Argus." The Liberal Country Party gained two seats (Bendigo and Western) from the Country Party as a result of the March 1949 defections. Labor gained one seat by defeating the independent member for Melbourne North. SUMMARY OF VOTES AND SEATS ========================================================================= Voters enrolled: 550,472 Total votes cast: 262,393 47.7 Informal votes: 3,841 01.5 Formal votes 258,552 98.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % 1946 1949 Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Liberal Country 111,368 43.1 -03.1 9 9 +02 18 +04 Country Party 70,772 27.4 +14.0 4 4 -02 8 -04 Labor Party 56,831 22.0 +00.1 4 4 +01 8 +01 Others 19,581 07.6 - - -01 - -01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 258,552 17 17 34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. In 1946 the Liberals won seven seats and the Country Party six. In March 1949 three of the Country Party MLCs elected in 1946 defected to the Liberal Country Party. The figures for 1946 are therefore shown as they were at the time of the 1949 Council election. 2. Four members were elected unopposed, three Liberal Country and one Labor. This lowered statewide turnout and also lowered the Liberal Country Party's statewide vote. 3. The table shows members elected in 1946, for terms ending in 1952, and members elected at this election, for terms ending in 1955. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- VOTING BY PROVINCE ==================================================================== BALLARAT PROVINCE 22,930 enrolled, 19,257 (84.0%) voted ==================================================================== 1943 majority: UAP unopposed 1946 majority: Liberal over Independent 05.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Herbert C Ludbrook Liberal Country 9,264 48.8 George Stewart Country Party 6,673 35.2 Nathaniel T Callow 3,043 16.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 277 (01.4%) informal 18,980 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Callow’s 3,043 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- LUDBROOK 1,516 49.8 10,780 56.8 Stewart 1,527 50.2 8,200 43.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 3,043 18,980 06.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Herbert Charles Ludbrook (1888-1956): Elected 1949 Born: 8 November 1888, Ballarat Career: Military service 1906-16. Superintendent Ballarat Orphanage. Jersey cattle breeder. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Ballarat Province 1949-52 -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Frederick Kittson (1891-1971): Elected 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BENDIGO PROVINCE 23,766 enrolled, 19,932 (83.9%) voted ==================================================================== 1943 majority: CP unopposed 1946 majority: CP unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Allen Brownbill Country Party 7,620 38.6 Hon George H LIENHOP * Liberal Country 12,139 61.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 173 (00.9%) informal 19,759 11.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lienhop had joined the Liberal Country Party in March 1949. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Herman Lienhop (1886-1967): Elected 1937, 1943, 1949 Resigned February 1951 Later career: Agent-General London 1950-56. Knighted 1952. Died 27 April 1967 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Bendigo Province 1949-52 -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Victor Lansell (1883-1959): Elected 1928, 1934, 1940, 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DOUTTA GALLA PROVINCE 43,982 enrolled ==================================================================== 1943 majority: Labor unopposed 1946 majority: Labor over Liberal 09.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Denzil C Don 17,146 47.4 Hon William SLATER Labor Party 19,041 52.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- informal unknown 36,187 02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Slater was MLA for Dundas 1917-47. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Slater (1890-1960): Elected 1917, 1920, 1921, 1924, 1927, 1929, 1932, 1935, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1945. Defeated 1947. Elected 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Doutta Galla Province 1949-52 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Jones (1878-1972): Elected 1938 by, 1940, 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- EAST YARRA PROVINCE 48,677 enrolled ==================================================================== 1943 majority: UAP unopposed 1946 majority: Liberal unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Ewen P CAMERON * Liberal Country Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ewen Paul Cameron (1891-1964): Elected 1948 by, 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for East Yarra Province 1949-52 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clifden Henry Andrews Eager (1882-1969): Elected 1930 by, 1934, 1940, 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- President of the Legislative Council -------------------------------------------------------------------- GIPPSLAND PROVINCE 22,826 enrolled, 18,086 (79.2%) voted ==================================================================== 1943 majority: CP unopposed 1943 by-election majority: CP unopposed 1946 majority: CP unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric H Bawden Liberal Country 7,249 40.7 Hon William MacAULAY * Country Party 10,547 59.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 290 (01.6%) informal 17,796 09.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William MacAulay (1893-1957): Elected 1937, 1943, 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Gippsland Province 1949-52 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy Christopher Trevor Harvey (1885-1952): Elected 1943 by, 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister of Labour from 27 June 1950 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HIGINBOTHAM PROVINCE 46,508 enrolled ==================================================================== 1943 majority: UAP unopposed 1946 majority: Liberal unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon James A KENNEDY * Liberal Country Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Arthur Kennedy (1882-1954): Elected 1937, 1943, 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Commissioner of Public Works to 27 June 1950 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Higinbotham Province 1949-52 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur George Warner (1899-1966): Elected 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister in Charge of Materials to 19 June 1950 Minister in Charge of Housing to 19 June 1950 Minister in Charge of State Development to 15 December 1949 Minister in charge of Electrical Undertakings 15 December 1949 to 19 June 1950 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE PROVINCE 36,098 enrolled, 22,112 (61.3%) voted ==================================================================== 1943 majority: Labor unopposed 1946 majority: Labor unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Eddy Liberal Country 7,869 36.3 Hon Frederick M THOMAS * Labor Party 13,798 63.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 445 (02.0%) 21,667 13.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Miles Thomas (1882-1960): Elected 1948 by, 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Melbourne Province 1949-52 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William James Beckett (1870-1965): Elected 1914 by, 1919, 1925. Defeated 1931. Elected 1934, 1940, 1946 Beckett retired in 1952 Died 7 May 1965 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE NORTH PROVINCE 51,335 enrolled, 43,059 (83.9%) voted ==================================================================== 1943 majority: Independent over Labor 05.9 1946 majority: Labor over Independent 06.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John W GALBALLY Labor Party 23,992 56.3 Hon Likely H McBrien * 18,623 43.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 444 (01.0%) informal 42,615 06.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Likely Herman McBrien (1892-1956): Elected 1943. Defeated 1949 Died 22 December 1956 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John William Galbally (1910-90): Elected 1949 Born: 2 August 1910, Melbourne Career: Educated Melbourne University. VFL footballer with Collingwood. Solicitor 1933. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Melbourne North Province 1949-52 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Archibald McDonald Fraser (1896-1979): Elected 1940, 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE WEST PROVINCE 39,012 enrolled ==================================================================== 1943 majority: Labor over Independent 12.0 1943 by-election majority: Labor over Independent 10.6 1946 majority: Labor over Independent 14.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Patrick COLEMAN * Labor Party Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Leslie Coleman (1895-1974): Elected 1943 by, 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Melbourne West Province 1949-52 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick John Kennelly (1900-81): Elected 1938 by, 1940, 1946 Kennelly retired in 1952. Later career: Labor Senator for Victoria 1953-71 Died 12 October 1981 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MONASH PROVINCE 44,775 enrolled, 31,057 (69.4%) voted ==================================================================== 1943 majority: UAP unopposed 1943 by-election majority: UAP unopposed 1946 majority: Liberal over Independent 18.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Sir Francis G CLARKE * Liberal Country 17,652 58.4 Percy E Joske 12,558 41.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 847 (02.7%) informal 30,210 08.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joske was Liberal MHR for Balaclava 1951-60. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Grenville Clarke (1879-1955): Elected 1913, 1919, 1925, 1931, 1937, 1943, 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Monash Province 1949-52 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Joseph Edmund Beaurepaire (1891-1956): Elected 1940 by. Resigned 1943. Elected 1943 by, 1946 Beaurepaire retired in 1952 Died 29 May 1956 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTHERN PROVINCE 20,343 enrolled, 16,432 (80.8%) voted ==================================================================== 1943 majority: CP unopposed 1946 majority: CP over Independent 08.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John G Gorton Liberal Country 7,958 48.8 Hon George J TUCKETT * Country Party 8,350 51.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 124 (00.8%) informal 16,308 01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gorton was a Liberal Senator for Victoria 1949-68, MHR for Higgins 1968-75. He was Prime Minister of Australia 1968-71. -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Joseph Tuckett (1873-1963): Elected 1925, 1931, 1937, 1943, 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Northern Province 1949-52 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dudley Joseph Walters (1888-1982): Elected 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH-EASTERN PROVINCE 18,637 enrolled, 15,040 (80.7%) voted ==================================================================== 1943 majority: CP unopposed 1946 majority: CP unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Percival P INCHBOLD * Country Party 8,062 54.3 James C Tilson Liberal Country 6,780 45.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 198 (01.3%) informal 14,842 04.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percival Pennell Inchbold (1884-1953): Elected 1935 by, 1937, 1943, 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister of Education from 27 June 1950 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for North-Eastern Province 1949-52 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ivan Archie Swinburne (1908-94): Elected 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister in Charge of Housing from 27 June 1950 Minister in Charge of Materials from 27 June 1950 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCE 19,419 enrolled, 15,872 (81.7%) voted ==================================================================== 1943 majority: CP unopposed 1946 majority: CP unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Colin E McNALLY Country Party 9,194 58.5 Hugh R Paton Liberal Country 6,523 41.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 155 (01.0%) voted 15,717 08.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Colin Ernest McNally (1899-1952): Elected 1949 Born: 3 July 1899, near St Arnaud Career: Military service 1917-18. Soldier settler Red Cliffs. Mildura Shire Council, President 1946. Died 21 May 1952 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The by-election to fill McNally's seat was held after the 1952 Legislative Council election, and appears at that page. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for North-Western Province 1949-52 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy Thomas Byrnes (1893-1973): Elected 1942 by, 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Commissioner of Public Works from 27 June 1950 Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works from 27 June 1950 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTHERN PROVINCE 32,087 enrolled ==================================================================== 1943 majority: UAP unopposed 1946 majority: Liberal over Independent 09.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Gilbert L CHANDLER * Liberal Country Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gilbert Laurence Chandler (1903-74): Elected 1935 by, 1937, 1943, 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Southern Province 1949-52 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Charles Angliss (1865-1957): Elected 1912 by, 1916, 1922, 1928, 1934, 1940, 1946 Angliss retired in 1952 Died 15 June 1957 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH-EASTERN PROVINCE 31,422 enrolled, 22,884 (72.8%) voted ==================================================================== 1943 majority: UAP unopposed 1946 majority: Liberal unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Charles P GARTSIDE * Liberal Country 14,575 64.7 Frank R Moore Country Party 7,942 35.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 367 (01.6%) informal 22,517 14.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Percival Gartside (1887-1958): Elected 1937, 1943, 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister of Health to 27 June 1950 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for South-Eastern Province 1949-52 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cyril Everett Isaac (1884-1965): Elected 1940, 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH-WESTERN PROVINCE 26,613 enrolled, 20,936 (78.7%) voted ==================================================================== 1943 majority: UAP unopposed 1946 majority: Liberal unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John W Carr 4,598 22.3 John G R Horne 5,322 25.7 Hon Gordon S McARTHUR * Liberal Country 10,758 52.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 258 (01.2%) informal 20,678 09.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon Stewart McArthur (1896-1965): Elected 1931, 1937, 1943, 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for South-Western Province 1949-52 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Allan Elliott McDonald (1903-57): Elected 1940, 1946 McDonald retired in 1952. Died 16 October 1957 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister of Labour to 27 June 1950 Minister of State Development 15 December 1949 to 27 June 1950 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTERN PROVINCE 22,042 enrolled, 17,726 (80.4%) voted ==================================================================== 1943 majority: CP unopposed 1946 majority: CP over Labor 22.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sylvester R Dawson Country Party 7,062 40.2 Hon Hugh V MacLEOD * Liberal Country 10,501 59.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 163 (00.9%) informal 17,563 09.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hugh Vernon MacLeod (1882-1955): Elected 1946 by, 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Western Province 1949-52 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Chisholm Rankin (1896-1955): Elected 1940, 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTIONS 1949-52 ==================================================================== BENDIGO PROVINCE 26,221 enrolled, 20,867 (79.6%) voted ==================================================================== 17 March 1951, following the resignation of Hon George H Lienhop -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 majority: CP unopposed 1949 majority: LCP over CP 11.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- James D Brosnan Labor Party 7,537 36.5 Allen Brownbill Country Party 4,506 21.8 Thomas H Grigg Liberal Country 8,622 41.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 211 (01.0%) informal 20,656 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Brownbill’s 4,506 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brosnan 1,522 33.8 9,059 43.8 GRIGG 2,984 66.2 11,606 56.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 4,506 20,656 06.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Henry Grigg (1889-1969): Elected 1951 by Born: 14 June 1889, Maldon Career: Poultry farmer, Maldon. Maldon Shire Council, President Three times. President Municipal Association of Victoria. Chairman Country Fire Authority. --------------------------------------------------------------------