Results of the Victorian state election, 1947 (Legislative Assembly A-L)

Victorian state election, 8 November 1947[1][2]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1945 — 1950 >>

Enrolled voters 1,291,515
Votes cast 1,206,815 Turnout 93.44 +5.46
Informal votes 16,102 Informal 1.33 −0.75
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 486,635 40.87 −0.15 17 −14
  Liberal 442,451 37.16 +16.65 27 +17
  Country 177,698 14.92 −4.05 20 +2
  Communist 1,575 0.13 −2.73 0 ±0
  Independent 82,354 6.92 −3.57 1 −2
Total 1,190,713     65  

This is a list of electoral district results for the Victorian 1947 election for electorates from A to L.

Results by electoral district

Albert Park

Victorian state election, 1947: Albert Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Roy Schilling 12,245 51.2 +33.6
Labor Frank Crean 11,664 48.8 +13.9
Total formal votes 23,909 99.2 +3.1
Informal votes 199 0.8 -3.1
Turnout 24,108 89.6 +4.8
Liberal gain from Labor Swing N/A

Allandale

Victorian state election, 1947: Allandale
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Russell White 5,911 41.3 +10.6
Labor Thomas Powell 4,771 40.3 -8.2
Liberal Hector Alcock 2,640 18.4 -2.4
Total formal votes 14,322 99.4 +0.3
Informal votes 79 0.6 -0.3
Turnout 14,401 95.4 +5.2
Two-party-preferred result
Country Russell White 8,142 56.8 +6.5
Labor Thomas Powell 6,180 43.2 -6.5
Country hold Swing +6.5

Ballarat

Victorian state election, 1947: Ballarat
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Thomas Hollway 11,267 54.2 +1.6
Labor James Miller 9,516 45.8 +4.0
Total formal votes 20,783 99.2 +0.7
Informal votes 157 0.8 -0.7
Turnout 20,940 95.5 +3.9
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Barwon

Victorian state election, 1947: Barwon
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Thomas Maltby 9,449 65.7 +49.2
Labor Don Ferguson 4,933 34.3 0.0
Total formal votes 14,382 98.9 +0.6
Informal votes 155 1.1 -0.1
Turnout 14,537 94.1 +2.5
Liberal gain from Independent Liberal Swing N/A

Benalla

Victorian state election, 1947: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Frederick Cook 8,141 67.3 +12.6
Liberal Thomas Nolan 3,955 32.7 +32.7
Total formal votes 12,096 96.3 -1.2
Informal votes 467 3.7 +1.2
Turnout 12,563 93.0 +4.2
Country hold Swing N/A

Benambra

Victorian state election, 1947: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Tom Mitchell unopposed
Country hold Swing N/A

Bendigo

Victorian state election, 1947: Bendigo
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Bill Galvin 11,618 56.4 -43.6
Country Norman Oliver 6,795 33.0 +33.0
Liberal Eric Thomson 2,190 10.6 +10.6
Total formal votes 20,603 99.3
Informal votes 140 0.7
Turnout 20,743 95.2
Labor hold Swing N/A

Borung

Victorian state election, 1947: Borung
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Wilfred Mibus 8,225 64.5 +37.2
Independent Country Finlay Cameron 4,521 35.5 +19.9
Total formal votes 12,746 99.1 +0.6
Informal votes 121 0.9 -0.6
Turnout 12,867 96.2 +5.9
Country hold Swing N/A

Box Hill

Victorian state election, 1947: Box Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal George Reid 11,260 44.2 +6.5
Labor Bob Gray 9,872 38.8 -12.2
Independent Liberal Reginald Cooper 4,346 17.1 +17.1
Total formal votes 25,478 99.0 +0.5
Informal votes 267 1.0 -0.5
Turnout 25,745 93.7 +5.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal George Reid 14,885 58.4
Labor Bob Gray 10,593 41.6
Liberal gain from Labor Swing N/A

Brighton

Victorian state election, 1947: Brighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Ray Tovell 16,464 65.2 +24.6
Independent Ian Macfarlan 8,795 34.8 +34.8
Total formal votes 25,259 97.5 -1.2
Informal votes 659 2.5 +1.2
Turnout 25,918 93.2 +5.3
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Brunswick

Victorian state election, 1947: Brunswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor James Jewell 16,253 66.6 -6.4
Liberal Alfred Wall 8,137 33.4 +6.4
Total formal votes 24,390 98.5 -0.2
Informal votes 374 1.5 +0.2
Turnout 24,764 94.2 +6.8
Labor hold Swing -6.4

Camberwell

Victorian state election, 1947: Camberwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Robert Whately 16,021 67.2 +26.6
Independent Liberal Walter Fordham 7,803 32.8 +2.5
Total formal votes 23,824 96.5 -1.0
Informal votes 858 3.5 +1.0
Turnout 24,682 91.8 +3.7
Liberal hold Swing +13.7

Carlton

Victorian state election, 1947: Carlton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Bill Barry 16,458 67.0 -9.2
Liberal Stanley Lang 8,124 33.0 +33.0
Total formal votes 24,582 97.9 +5.0
Informal votes 532 2.1 -5.0
Turnout 25,114 91.9 +6.5
Labor hold Swing N/A

Caulfield

Victorian state election, 1947: Caulfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Alexander Dennett unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

Clifton Hill

Victorian state election, 1947: Clifton Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jack Cremean 15,798 63.7 +5.3
Liberal Neil McKay 9,002 36.3 +8.4
Total formal votes 24,800 98.8 +1.5
Informal votes 312 1.2 -1.5
Turnout 25,112 93.2 +4.9
Labor hold Swing N/A

Coburg

Victorian state election, 1947: Coburg
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Labor Charlie Mutton 9,223 38.5 -13.6
Liberal Walter Perse 7,859 32.8 +9.6
Labor George Henderson 6,850 28.6 +5.4
Total formal votes 23,932 98.7 +0.3
Informal votes 325 1.3 -0.3
Turnout 24,257 94.7 +7.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Labor Charlie Mutton 15,630 65.3
Liberal Walter Perse 8,302 34.7
Independent Labor hold Swing N/A

Collingwood

Victorian state election, 1947: Collingwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Bill Towers 17,690 73.4 -26.6
Liberal William Boughton 6,420 26.6 +26.6
Total formal votes 24,110 97.4
Informal votes 653 2.6
Turnout 24,763 91.5
Labor hold Swing N/A

Dandenong

Victorian state election, 1947: Dandenong
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal William Dawnay-Mould 12,149 47.4 +13.6
Labor Frank Field 11,265 43.9 -8.1
Country Alexander Caldwell 2,231 8.7 +8.7
Total formal votes 25,645 98.6 +1.7
Informal votes 375 1.4 -1.7
Turnout 26,020 94.1 +5.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal William Dawnay-Mould 14,142 55.1
Labor Frank Field 11,503 44.9
Liberal gain from Labor Swing N/A

Dundas

Victorian state election, 1947: Dundas
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal William McDonald 7,812 55.4 +20.5
Labor Bill Slater 6,287 44.6 -20.5
Total formal votes 14,099 99.6 +0.8
Informal votes 53 0.4 -0.8
Turnout 14,152 96.1 +5.7
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +20.5

Elsternwick

Victorian state election, 1947: Elsternwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal John Don 14,256 64.2 +14.3
Labor Gregory Gowans 7,955 35.8 +35.8
Total formal votes 22,211 99.3 +1.5
Informal votes 159 0.7 -1.5
Turnout 22,370 91.8 +3.8
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Essendon

Victorian state election, 1947: Essendon
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Allen Bateman 12,776 50.6 +14.0
Labor Arthur Drakeford 12,464 49.4 -14.0
Total formal votes 25,240 98.9 +0.9
Informal votes 288 1.1 -0.9
Turnout 25,528 94.8 +5.1
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +14.0

Evelyn

Victorian state election, 1947: Evelyn
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal William Everard 8,656 60.9 +31.5
Labor Roderick Leeson 5,074 35.7 -3.6
Independent Country Patrick McKie 474 3.3 +3.3
Total formal votes 14,204 98.5 0.0
Informal votes 213 1.5 0.0
Turnout 14,417 93.3 +5.7
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Footscray

Victorian state election, 1947: Footscray
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jack Holland 17,370 71.9 -28.1
Liberal William Massey 6,782 28.1 +28.1
Total formal votes 24,152 98.8
Informal votes 286 1.2
Turnout 24,438 92.9
Labor hold Swing N/A

Geelong

Victorian state election, 1947: Geelong
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Fanny Brownbill 11,852 57.9 -42.1
Liberal Edward Montgomery 8,623 42.1 +42.1
Total formal votes 20,475 99.3
Informal votes 152 0.7
Turnout 20,627 94.4
Labor hold Swing N/A

Gippsland East

Victorian state election, 1947: Gippsland East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Albert Lind 8,376 71.5 +6.3
Labor Thomas Parkinson 3,333 28.5 -6.3
Total formal votes 11,789 99.3 +0.1
Informal votes 77 0.7 -0.1
Turnout 11,786 93.6 +5.9
Country hold Swing +6.3

Gippsland North

Victorian state election, 1947: Gippsland North
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Bill Fulton 6,880 52.2 +28.6
Labor James Johns 6,304 47.8 -2.5
Total formal votes 13,184 99.3 +0.8
Informal votes 97 0.7 -0.8
Turnout 13,281 94.2
Country gain from Labor Swing N/A

Gippsland South

Victorian state election, 1947: Gippsland South
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Herbert Hyland 9,648 69.2 +6.2
Labor Percy Vagg 4,294 30.8 -6.2
Total formal votes 13,942 99.2 0.0
Informal votes 105 0.8 0.0
Turnout 14,047 95.1 +5.4
Country hold Swing +6.2

Gippsland West

Victorian state election, 1947: Gippsland West
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Matthew Bennett 6,636 46.5 -7.4
Liberal Basil Morris 4,047 28.3 +28.3
Labor Fred Rush 3,599 25.2 -7.3
Total formal votes 14,282 99.2 +0.7
Informal votes 121 0.8 -0.7
Turnout 14,403 93.2 +5.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Matthew Bennett 8,118 56.8
Liberal Basil Morris 6,164 43.2
Country hold Swing N/A

Glen Iris

Victorian state election, 1947: Glen Iris
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Les Norman 14,190 61.2 +20.6
Independent Ian McLaren 8,991 38.8 +8.4
Total formal votes 23,181 99.1 +0.5
Informal votes 211 0.9 -0.5
Turnout 23,392 93.5 +5.6
Liberal gain from Independent Swing +18.2

Goulburn

Victorian state election, 1947: Goulburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Joseph Smith 5,632 45.1 -0.4
Liberal Philip Grimwade 3,811 30.5 +8.8
Country Cyril Davy 3,045 24.4 +8.4
Total formal votes 12,488 99.2 +0.3
Informal votes 101 0.8 -0.3
Turnout 12,589 93.9 +6.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Philip Grimwade 6,655 53.3 +5.2
Labor Joseph Smith 5,833 46.7 -5.2
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +5.2

Grant

Victorian state election, 1947: Grant
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Horace Hughes 5,637 40.4 -1.4
Country Frederick Holden 4,573 32.7 -9.3
Liberal Tom Austin 3,756 26.9 +10.7
Total formal votes 13,966 98.9 +0.2
Informal votes 157 1.1 -0.2
Turnout 14,123 93.4 +6.9
Two-party-preferred result
Country Frederick Holden 8,105 58.0 +1.4
Labor Horace Hughes 5,861 42.0 -1.4
Country hold Swing +1.4

Hampden

Victorian state election, 1947: Hampden
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Henry Bolte 6,796 49.9 +31.2
Labor Raymond Hyatt 5,700 41.9 -2.1
Independent Country Alfred Matthey 1,114 8.2 +8.2
Total formal votes 13,610 99.3 +1.3
Informal votes 93 0.7 -1.3
Turnout 13,703 95.0 +5.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Henry Bolte 7,722 56.7 +9.1
Labor Raymond Hyatt 5,888 43.3 -9.1
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +9.1

Hawthorn

Victorian state election, 1947: Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Fred Edmunds 12,296 51.8 +19.1
Labor Charles Murphy 8,337 35.2 -0.2
Independent Leslie Hollins 3,088 13.0 -18.9
Total formal votes 23,721 98.8 +0.8
Informal votes 293 1.2 -0.8
Turnout 24,014 93.2 +5.6
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Ivanhoe

Victorian state election, 1947: Ivanhoe
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Rupert Curnow 14,971 61.7 +12.7
Independent Robert Gardner 8,613 35.5 -15.5
Independent Liberal Leighton Weber 677 2.8 +2.8
Total formal votes 24,261 98.8 +0.9
Informal votes 283 1.2 -0.9
Turnout 24,544 93.1 +6.1
Liberal gain from Independent Swing N/A

Kew

Victorian state election, 1947: Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Wilfrid Kent Hughes 16,528 71.2 -28.8
Labor Rupert Purchase 6,694 28.8 +28.8
Total formal votes 23,222 99.1
Informal votes 204 0.9
Turnout 23,426 90.0
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Korong

Victorian state election, 1947: Korong
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Albert Dunstan 8,715 71.1 +3.3
Labor Ernest Duus 3,547 28.9 -3.3
Total formal votes 12,262 99.4 +0.2
Informal votes 70 0.6 -0.2
Turnout 12,332 94.9 +6.4
Country hold Swing +3.3

See also

References

  1. ↑ Election held on 8 November 1947, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).
  2. ↑ Colin A Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890-1964, Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968 (ISBN 0708102700).
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