Candidates of the 1955 Victorian state election
The 1955 Victorian state election was held on 28 May 1955.
Seat changes
There was a redistribution of boundaries in 1955. In consequence:
- Allandale Country MLA Russell White contested Ballarat North.
- Ballarat Labor MLA John Sheehan contested Ballarat South.
- Barwon LCP MLA Thomas Maltby contested Geelong.
- Borung LCP MLA Wilfred Mibus contested Lowan.
- Brunswick Anti-Communist MLA Peter Randles contested Brunswick West.
- Clifton Hill Anti-Communist MLA Joseph O'Carroll contested Brunswick East.
- Dandenong Labor MLA Les Coates contested Moorabbin.
- Essendon Anti-Communist MLA George Fewster contested Pascoe Vale.
- Footscray Labor MLA Jack Holland contested Flemington.
- Geelong Independent Labor MLA James Dunn contested Geelong West.
- Gippsland North Labor MLA Hector Stoddart contested Morwell.
- Glen Iris VLP MLA Thomas Hollway contested Ripponlea.
- Goulburn Labor MLA Joseph Smith contested Broadmeadows.
- Korong LCP MLA Keith Turnbull contested Kara Kara.
- Ivanhoe Anti-Communist MLA Michael Lucy contested Evelyn.
- Mernda Anti-Communist MLA Edmund Morrissey contested Reservoir.
- Preston Labor MLA William Ruthven contested Reservoir.
- Ripon Labor MLA Ernie Morton contested Hampden.
- Sunshine Labor MLA Ernie Shepherd contested Ascot Vale.
- Warrnambool Labor MLA Malcolm Gladman contested Portland.
Retiring Members
Labor
- Robert Holt MLA (Portland)
- John Lemmon MLA (Williamstown)
Country
- William Buckingham MLA (Wonthaggi)
- Keith Dodgshun MLA (Rainbow)
Legislative Assembly
Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.
Electorate | Held by | Labor candidates | LCP candidates | Country candidates | Labor (A-C) candidates | Other candidates |
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Albert Park | Labor | Keith Sutton | Thomas Merrett | Albert Jones | ||
Ascot Vale | Labor | Ernie Shepherd | George Evans | Paul Gunn | ||
Ballarat North | Country | Jack Smethurst | Arthur Nicholson | Russell White | Thomas Lane | |
Ballarat South | Labor | John Sheehan | Gordon Scott | Alfred Purdue | ||
Balwyn | LCP | Florence Rodan | Alex Taylor | |||
Benalla | Country | Jack Pennington | Frederick Cook | Ernest Straughair | ||
Benambra | Country | Norman Attree | Tom Mitchell | William Findlay | James Prendergast (Ind CP) | |
Bendigo | Labor | Bill Galvin | John Stanistreet | Norman Oliver | Arthur Cook | |
Box Hill | Labor | Bob Gray | George Reid | Maurice Weston | Leslie Bawden (HGJP) Leslie McCredden (Ind) | |
Brighton | VLP | John Rossiter | Marcella Sullivan (Ind Lab) Ray Tovell (VLP) | |||
Broadmeadows | Labor | Joseph Smith | Harry Kane | James Webster | ||
Brunswick East | Labor | Leo Fennessy | Alfred Wall | Joseph O'Carroll | ||
Brunswick West | Labor | Campbell Turnbull | Alisa Gaston | Peter Randles | ||
Burwood | LCP | Gwendolyn Noad | Jim MacDonald | William Mahoney | Ivan Robinson (HGJP) | |
Camberwell | LCP | Barry Jones | Robert Whately | |||
Carlton | Labor | Denis Lovegrove | Francis Michaelson | Bill Barry | John Prescott (CPA) | |
Caulfield | VLP | Joe Rafferty | Alexander Dennett (VLP) | |||
Caulfield East | LCP | Robert Flanagan | Alexander Fraser | Bernard Tarpey | ||
Coburg | Ind Labor | Donald Abernethy | Kevin Hayes | Charlie Mutton (Ind Lab) | ||
Collingwood | Labor | Bill Towers | Martha Yuille | William Livy | ||
Dandenong | Labor | John Tripovich | Ray Wiltshire | Reginald Kearney | ||
Dundas | Labor | Bob McClure | William McDonald | John O'Brien | John Peters | |
Elsternwick | VLP | Richard Gainey | John Don (VLP) Donald Tottey (Ind Lab) | |||
Evelyn | Labor | Phillip Connell | Arthur Ireland | Michael Lucy | ||
Flemington | Labor | Jack Holland | John Hayes | |||
Footscray | Labor | Roy Schintler | George Punshon | William Lloyd | ||
Geelong | Labor | George Poyser | Thomas Maltby | Norman MacKay (Ind) Charles Plummer (VLP) | ||
Geelong West | Labor | Colin MacDonald | Geoffrey Thom | James Mahoney | James Dowsett (Ind) James Dunn (Ind) | |
Gippsland East | Country | Sir Albert Lind | Frank Burns | |||
Gippsland South | Country | Sir Herbert Hyland | ||||
Gippsland West | Country | Colin Ferres | Leslie Cochrane | Walter Doig (CPA) | ||
Grant | Labor | Roy Crick | Max Gillett | Leslie D'Arcy | ||
Hampden | LCP | Ernie Morton | Henry Bolte | |||
Hawthorn | Labor | Jack Poke | Jim Manson | Charles Murphy | William Pitt (HGJP) | |
Ivanhoe | Labor | David Walker | Vernon Christie | John O'Dwyer | ||
Kara Kara | LCP | Keith Turnbull | Ian McCann | |||
Kew | LCP | Norman Williams | Arthur Rylah | Ralph Gibson (CPA) | ||
Lowan | LCP | Wilfred Mibus | Griffith Perkins | |||
Malvern | LCP | John Bloomfield | Mascotte Brown (VLP) | |||
Melbourne | Labor | Arthur Clarey | Alan Etherington | Tom Hayes | ||
Mentone | Labor | Alfred O'Connor | Edward Meagher | George White | ||
Midlands | Labor | Clive Stoneham | James Mactier | Alexander Lee | ||
Mildura | Labor | Alan Lind | Nathaniel Barclay | |||
Moonee Ponds | Labor | Samuel Merrifield | Jack Holden | Harold Hilbert | ||
Moorabbin | Labor | Les Coates | Bob Suggett | Edward White | William Dawnay-Mould (VLP) | |
Mornington | LCP | William Leggatt | Fred Jarman (VLP) | |||
Morwell | Labor | Hector Stoddart | Jim Balfour | George Purvis | Gordon Green | |
Murray Valley | Country | Kenneth Lenne | George Moss | Stewart Morvell | ||
Northcote | Labor | John Cain | Neil McKay | David Woodhouse | ||
Oakleigh | Labor | Val Doube | Max Fox | Donald Murray | ||
Pascoe Vale | Labor | Arthur Drakeford | Rudolph Reid | George Fewster | Lancelot Hutchinson (HGJP) Colin Portway (Ind) | |
Polwarth | LCP | Phillip Denning | Edward Guye | Ronald Harris | ||
Portland | Labor | Malcolm Gladman | George Gibbs | Cyril Brimblecombe | William O'Sullivan | |
Port Melbourne | Labor | Archie Todd | John Talbot | Stan Corrigan | Laurence Troy (CPA) | |
Prahran | Labor | Robert Pettiona | Sam Loxton | James Johnson | Leonard Bennett (Ind) | |
Preston | Labor | Charlie Ring | Frank Block | Thomas Hartnedy | ||
Reservoir | Labor | William Ruthven | Frederick Capp | Edmund Morrissey | ||
Richmond | Labor | Patrick O'Connell | Barry Dove | Frank Scully | Kenneth Miller (CPA) | |
Ripponlea | VLP | Edgar Tanner | George Miller | Thomas Hollway (VLP) Ted Laurie (CPA) | ||
Rodney | Country | Leslie Lord | Richard Brose | |||
St Kilda | Labor | John Bourke | Baron Snider | Arnold Blashki (VLP) | ||
Sandringham | LCP | Henry Fowler | Murray Porter | John Ryan | Alexander Steele (Ind) | |
Scoresby | LCP | Reginald Robertson | Sir George Knox | |||
Swan Hill | Country | Harold Stirling | Duncan Douglas (Ind CP) John Hipworth (Ind Lib) | |||
Toorak | LCP | Horace Petty | George Gahan (Ind Lab) Geoffrey Kiddle (VLP) | |||
Williamstown | Labor | Larry Floyd | James Wilkie | Herbert Stackpoole |
See also
References
- Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive