1949 Victorian Legislative Council election
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Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 18 June 1949 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, 18 June 1949{{cite web|url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/1949council.txt|title=Victorian Legislative Council election of 18 June 1949|work=Psephos|last=Carr|first=Adam}}
| house = Legislative Council
| series = Victorian Legislative Council election
| back = 1946
| forward = 1952
| staggered = yes
| enrolled = 550,472
| total_votes = 262,393
| turnout % = 47.7
| turnout chg = −8.6
| informal = 3,841
| informal % = 1.5
| informal chg = −0.5
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Liberal VIC
|party = Liberal and Country
|votes = 111,368
|votes % = 43.1
|votes chg = −3.1
|seats = 9
|seats held = 18
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Country VIC
|votes = 70,772
|votes % = 27.4
|votes chg = +14.0
|seats = 4
|seats held = 4
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Labor VIC
|votes = 56,831
|votes % = 22.0
|votes chg = +0.1
|seats = 4
|seats held = 8
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Others
|votes = 19,581
|votes % = 7.6
|votes chg = −10.9
|seats = 0
|seats held = −1
}}
{{Australian elections/Total row |
|total_votes = 258,552
|total_seats = 17
|total_held = 34
}}
|}
Retiring Members
Sir George Goudie (Country, North Western) had died prior to the election; no by-election was held.
=Labor=
- Percy Clarey MLC (Doutta Galla)
=Liberal and Country=
- Alfred Pittard MLC (Ballarat)
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.
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! Province ! Held by ! Labor candidates ! LCP candidates ! Country candidates ! Other candidates | |||||
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! | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | {{Australian party style|Liberal and Country}}| | {{Australian party style|Nationals}}| | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| | |
| Ballarat | LCP | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Herbert Ludbrook | George Stewart | Nathaniel Callow (Ind) | |
| Bendigo | Country | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|John Lienhop | Allen Brownbill | ||
| Doutta Galla | Labor | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|Bill Slater | Denzil Don (Ind) | ||
| East Yarra | LCP | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Ewen Cameron | |||
| Gippsland | Country | Eric Bawden | {{Australian party shading/Nationals}}|William MacAulay | ||
| Higinbotham | LCP | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|James Kennedy | |||
| Melbourne | Labor | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|Fred Thomas | John Eddy | ||
| Melbourne North | Independent | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|John Galbally | Likely McBrien (Ind) | ||
| Melbourne West | Labor | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|Les Coleman | |||
| Monash | LCP | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Sir Frank Clarke | Percy Joske (Ind) | ||
| Northern | Country | John Gorton | {{Australian party shading/Nationals}}|George Tuckett | ||
| North Eastern | Country | James Tilson | {{Australian party shading/Nationals}}|Percival Inchbold | ||
| North Western | Country | Hugh Paton | {{Australian party shading/Nationals}}|Colin McNally | ||
| Southern | LCP | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Gilbert Chandler | |||
| South Eastern | LCP | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Charles Gartside | Frank Moore | ||
| South Western | LCP | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Gordon McArthur | John Carr (Ind) John Horne (Ind) | ||
| Western | Ind Liberal | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Hugh MacLeod | Sylvester Dawson |