1946 Victorian Legislative Council election
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An election was held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 15 June 1946 to elect 17 of the 34 members of the state's Legislative Council for six-year terms. MLCs were elected in single-member provinces using preferential voting.
Results
=Legislative Council=
{{Australian elections/Title row
| title = Victorian Legislative Council election, 15 June 1946{{cite web|url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/1946council.txt|title=Victorian Legislative Council election of 14 June 1946|work=Psephos|last=Carr|first=Adam}}
| house = Legislative Council
| series = Victorian Legislative Council election
| back = 1943
| forward = 1949
| staggered = yes
| enrolled = 517,727
| total_votes = 291,295
| turnout % = 56.3
| turnout chg = +39.1
| informal = 5,912
| informal % = 2.0
| informal chg = −0.6
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Liberal VIC
|votes = 131,710
|votes % = 46.2
|votes chg = +28.7
|seats = 7
|seats held = 14
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Labor VIC
|votes = 62,640
|votes % = 21.9
|votes chg = −11.9
|seats = 4
|seats held = 7
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Country VIC
|votes = 38,259
|votes % = 13.4
|votes chg = −3.9
|seats = 6
|seats held = 12
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Others
|votes = 52,774
|votes % = 18.5
|votes chg = −12.9
|seats = 0
|seats held = 1
}}
{{Australian elections/Total row |
|total_votes = 285,383
|total_seats = 17
|total_held = 34
}}
|}
Retiring Members
=Liberal=
- George Bolster MLC (Ballarat)
=Country=
- Richard Kilpatrick MLC (Northern)
Candidates
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.
| class="wikitable"
! Province ! Held by ! Labor candidates ! Liberal candidates ! Country candidates ! Other candidates | |||||
| bgcolor="#cccccc"
! | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | {{Australian party style|Nationals}}| | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| | |
| Ballarat | Liberal | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|James Kittson | Ord Glenn | Nathaniel Callow (Ind) | |
| Bendigo | Liberal | {{Australian party shading/Nationals}}|George Lansell | |||
| Doutta Galla | Labor | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|Paul Jones | John Ivey | ||
| East Yarra | Liberal | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Sir Clifden Eager* Daniel Scott | |||
| Gippsland | Country | {{Australian party shading/Nationals}}|Trevor Harvey | |||
| Higinbotham | Liberal | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|James Disney Arthur Warner* | |||
| Melbourne | Labor | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|William Beckett | |||
| Melbourne North | Labor | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|Archibald Fraser | Alexander Gray (Ind) | ||
| Melbourne West | Labor | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|Pat Kennelly | George Watson (Ind) | ||
| Monash | Liberal | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Sir Frank Beaurepaire | John Smith (Ind) | ||
| Northern | Country | {{Australian party shading/Nationals}}|Alan Johnson Dudley Walters* | Andrew Crawford (Ind) | ||
| North Eastern | Country | {{Australian party shading/Nationals}}|Sir John Harris Ivan Swinburne* | |||
| North Western | Country | {{Australian party shading/Nationals}}|Percy Byrnes | |||
| Southern | Liberal | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|William Angliss | Harry Cope (Ind) | ||
| South Eastern | Liberal | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Cyril Isaac* William Tyner | |||
| South Western | Liberal | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Allan McDonald | |||
| Western | Country | James Hardy | {{Australian party shading/Nationals}}|Robert Rankin |
See also
References
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{{Victorian elections}}
Category:1946 elections in Australia
Category:Elections in Victoria (state)