Victorian Legislative Council election, 1958

Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 21 June 1958 to elect 17 of the 34 members of the state's Legislative Council. This was the last time the Legislative Council elections were held separately to those of the Legislative Assembly.

Results

Legislative Council

Victorian Legislative Council election, 21 June 1958^[1] Legislative Council << 1955 — 1961 >>
Enrolled voters		1,488,293
Votes cast		1,283,665		Turnout	86.3	+8.6
Informal votes		22,085		Informal	1.7	-0.4
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats won	Seats held
	Labor	494,892	39.2	+0.3	5	9
	Liberal and Country	451,462	35.8	+5.3	8	17
	Democratic Labor	187,618	14.9	−1.6	0	0
	Country	69,028	5.5	-0.6	4	8
	Independent	58,580	4.6	−3.3	0	0
Total		1,261,580			17	34

Retiring Members

Democratic Labor

Paul Jones MLC (Doutta Galla) — elected as Labor

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.

Province	Held by	Labor candidates	LCP candidates	Country candidates	DLP candidates	Other candidates

Ballarat	Labor	Jack Jones	Murray Byrne		Maurice Calnin	David Milburn (Ind)
Bendigo	Labor	Arthur Smith	George Morison		Arthur White
Doutta Galla	Labor	Samuel Merrifield	Nicholas Dawe		Herbert Morris
East Yarra	Independent		Rupert Hamer		John Hoare	Sir Clifden Eager (Ind)
Gippsland	Country	Frederick Gregory		Bill Fulton	John Hansen
Higinbotham	LCP	Genevieve Mann	Sir Arthur Warner			Grace Stratton (Ind)
Melbourne	Labor	Jack O'Connell			Pat Sheehy
Melbourne North	Labor	John Walton	Gladys Brown		Jack Little
Melbourne West	Labor	Archie Todd			Bert Bailey
Monash	Labor	Gwendolyn Noad	Graham Nicol		Thomas Brennan
Northern	Country			Dudley Walters
North Eastern	Country			Ivan Swinburne
North Western	Country			Percy Byrnes		Albert Allnutt (Ind)
Southern	Labor	Roy Rawson	Raymond Garrett		Leo Mahony
South Eastern	Labor	George Tilley	Bill Mair		James Austin
South Western	Labor	Don Ferguson	Geoffrey Thom		Norman Smith
Western	Labor	David Arnott	Kenneth Gross		James Eveston

References

↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Legislative Council election of 21 June 1958". Psephos.

Elections and referendums in Victoria
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Referendums	1898 1899

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