Results of the Victorian state election, 1945 (Legislative Assembly M-Z)

Victorian state election, 10 November 1945[1][2]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1943 — 1947 >>

Enrolled voters 1,019,063
Votes cast 896,561 Turnout 87.98 +0.98
Informal votes 18,689 Informal 2.08 −0.51
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 360,079 41.02 +4.89 31 +9
  Country 163,940 18.67 +5.64 18 ±0
  Liberal 180,046 20.51 −2.56 10 −3
  Independent 92,097 10.49 −11.40 3 −2
  Ministerial Liberal 29,276 3.33 +3.33 3 +3
  Independent Liberal 27,351 3.12 +3.12 0 ±0
  Communist 25,083 2.86 −1.65 0 ±0
Total 877,872     65  

This is a list of electoral district results for the Victorian 1945 election for electorates from M to Z.

Results by electoral district

Malvern

Victorian state election, 1945: Malvern
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Trevor Oldham unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

Melbourne

Victorian state election, 1945: Melbourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Tom Hayes unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Mentone

Victorian state election, 1945: Mentone
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor George White 10,768 49.9
Liberal John Warren 7,708 35.7
Independent Robert Roberts 3,095 14.4
Total formal votes 21,571 98.4
Informal votes 346 1.6
Turnout 21,917 88.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor George White 11,633 53.9
Liberal John Warren 9,938 46.1
Labor gain from Liberal Swing

Mernda

Victorian state election, 1945: Mernda
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Leslie Webster 3,991 34.0
Labor Arthur Turtle 3,880 33.1
Liberal Arthur Ireland 3,847 32.8
Total formal votes 11,718 98.2
Informal votes 220 1.8
Turnout 11,938 87.2
Two-party-preferred result
Country Leslie Webster 6,898 58.9
Labor Arthur Turtle 4,820 41.1
Country hold Swing

Midlands

Victorian state election, 1945: Midlands
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Clive Stoneham 7,621 59.6
Country Thomas Grigg 5,166 40.4
Total formal votes 12,787 99.3
Informal votes 96 0.7
Turnout 12,883 90.9
Labor hold Swing

Mildura

Victorian state election, 1945: Mildura
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Louis Garlick 4,797 43.7
Country Nathaniel Barclay 3,144 28.6
Independent Country Albert Allnutt 2,582 23.5
Country John Edey 461 4.2
Total formal votes 10,984 97.6
Informal votes 269 2.4
Turnout 11,253 86.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Louis Garlick 5,620 51.2
Country Nathaniel Barclay 5,364 48.8
Labor gain from Independent Swing

Moonee Ponds

Victorian state election, 1945: Moonee Ponds
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Samuel Merrifield unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Mornington

Victorian state election, 1945: Mornington
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Alfred Kirton 6,205 54.5
Liberal Frank Sharpe 5,188 45.5
Total formal votes 11,393 97.1
Informal votes 337 2.9
Turnout 11,730 83.8
Country hold Swing

Murray Valley

Victorian state election, 1945: Murray Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John McCabe 4,679 40.9
Country George Moss 4,224 36.9
Independent Country Percy Snowden 2,551 22.3
Total formal votes 11,454 98.8
Informal votes 137 1.2
Turnout 11,591 85.5
Two-party-preferred result
Country George Moss 6,263 54.7
Labor John McCabe 5,191 45.3
Country hold Swing

Northcote

Victorian state election, 1945: Northcote
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Cain unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Oakleigh

Victorian state election, 1945: Oakleigh
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Squire Reid 13,683 63.2
Liberal James Smith 7,959 36.8
Total formal votes 21,649 98.9
Informal votes 229 1.1
Turnout 21,871 89.6
Labor hold Swing

Polwarth

Victorian state election, 1945: Polwarth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Edward Guye 7,625 62.6
Labor Thomas Carmody 4,555 37.4
Total formal votes 12,180 99.1
Informal votes 111 0.9
Turnout 12,291 89.4
Country hold Swing

Portland

Victorian state election, 1945: Portland
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Robert Holt 6,913 54.5
Country Harry Hedditch 5,779 45.5
Total formal votes 12,692 99.5
Informal votes 66 0.5
Turnout 12,758 90.8
Labor gain from Country Swing

Port Melbourne

Victorian state election, 1945: Port Melbourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Tom Corrigan 16,777 76.4
Communist Ralph Gibson 5,177 23.6
Total formal votes 21,954 95.3
Informal votes 1,076 4.7
Turnout 23,030 86.1
Labor hold Swing

Prahran

Victorian state election, 1945: Prahran
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Bill Quirk 11,949 53.4
Liberal Peter Isaacson 8,977 40.1
Independent Labor Arthur Jackson 1,459 6.5
Total formal votes 22,385 97.8
Informal votes 495 2.2
Turnout 22,880 85.6
Labor gain from Liberal Swing

Preston

Victorian state election, 1945: Preston
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William Ruthven 10,200 47.3
Ministerial Liberal Henry Zwar 9,779 45.3
Independent Albert Davis 1,590 7.4
Total formal votes 21,569 98.5
Informal votes 335 1.5
Turnout 21,904 91.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor William Ruthven 10,856 50.3
Ministerial Liberal Henry Zwar 10,713 49.7
Labor gain from Liberal Swing

Rainbow

Victorian state election, 1945: Rainbow
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Keith Dodgshun 7,156 63.9
Labor John Tripovich 4,042 36.1
Total formal votes 11,198 99.4
Informal votes 65 0.6
Turnout 11,263 89.2
Country hold Swing

Richmond

Victorian state election, 1945: Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Stan Keon 16,621 75.9
Communist Bart Flannagan 5,288 24.1
Total formal votes 21,909 94.0
Informal votes 1,402 6.0
Turnout 23,311 86.6
Labor hold Swing

Ripon

Victorian state election, 1945: Ripon
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Ernie Morton 6,424 51.6
Country Alec McDonald 6,031 48.4
Total formal votes 12,455 99.4
Informal votes 69 0.6
Turnout 12,524 90.0
Labor gain from Country Swing

Rodney

Victorian state election, 1945: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Richard Brose 4,803 38.3
Labor George White 3,941 31.5
Country Wollaston Heily 2,370 18.9
Independent Morton Garner 1,416 11.3
Total formal votes 12,530 98.8
Informal votes 157 1.2
Turnout 12,687 90.0
Two-party-preferred result
Country Richard Brose 7,867 62.8
Labor George White 4,663 37.2
Country hold Swing

Scoresby

Victorian state election, 1945: Scoresby
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal George Knox unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

Shepparton

Victorian state election, 1945: Shepparton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country John McDonald 8,116 63.0
Labor Frederick Hargreaves 4,775 37.0
Total formal votes 12,891 99.3
Informal votes 91 0.7
Turnout 12,982 87.9
Country hold Swing

St Kilda

Victorian state election, 1945: St Kilda
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor George Dethbridge 9,326 44.8
Ministerial Liberal Archie Michaelis 6,229 29.9
Liberal Leslie Lord 5,284 25.3
Total formal votes 20,839 97.5
Informal votes 534 2.5
Turnout 21,373 86.0
Two-party-preferred result
Ministerial Liberal Archie Michaelis 10,532 50.5
Labor George Dethbridge 10,307 49.5
Ministerial Liberal gain from Liberal Swing

Sunshine

Victorian state election, 1945: Sunshine
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Ernie Shepherd unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Swan Hill

Victorian state election, 1945: Swan Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Country John Hipworth 4,515 39.5
Labor William Kent 3,493 30.5
Country Francis Old 3,429 30.0
Total formal votes 11,437 98.2
Informal votes 208 1.8
Turnout 11,645 86.8
Two-party-preferred result
Independent Country John Hipworth 6,962 60.9
Labor William Kent 4,475 39.1
Independent Country gain from Country Swing

Toorak

Victorian state election, 1945: Toorak
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Harold Thonemann 5,627 28.3
Independent Labor John Smith 4,518 22.8
Independent Liberal Robert Hamilton 4,278 21.5
Independent Labor Albert Nicholls 3,316 16.7
Independent Liberal Charles Kennett 1,348 6.8
Ministerial Liberal Robert Bruce 766 3.9
Total formal votes 19,853 93.8
Informal votes 1,303 6.2
Turnout 21,156 82.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Liberal Robert Hamilton 11,813 59.5
Independent Labor John Smith 8,040 40.5
Independent Liberal gain from Liberal Swing

Warrnambool

Victorian state election, 1945: Warrnambool
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Henry Bailey 6,358 51.6
Labor James Farrell 5,973 48.4
Total formal votes 12,331 98.8
Informal votes 143 1.2
Turnout 12,474 89.9
Country hold Swing

Williamstown

Victorian state election, 1945: Williamstown
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Lemmon 11,421 51.1
Communist Alexander Dobbin 6,091 27.3
Liberal William Gray 4,828 21.6
Total formal votes 22,340 98.3
Informal votes 381 1.7
Turnout 22,721 89.9
Labor hold Swing

Wonthaggi

Victorian state election, 1945: Wonthaggi
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William McKenzie 7,589 57.3
Country Alexander Shackleford 5,658 42.7
Total formal votes 13,247 99.2
Informal votes 108 0.8
Turnout 13,355 89.9
Labor hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ Election held on 10 November 1945, 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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