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 for six year terms. MLCs were elected in single-member provinces using preferential voting. This was the last time Legislative Council elections were held separately to those of the 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.
^Carr, Adam. "Victorian Legislative Council election of 21 June 1958". Psephos.
January 01, 1970
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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 for six year terms MLCs were elected in single member provinces using preferential voting This was the last time Legislative Council elections were held separately to those of the Legislative Assembly 1958 Victorian Legislative Council election 19551961 First party Second party Party Liberal Labor Seats before 10 10 Seats won 8 5 Seats after 17 9 Seat change 7 1 Popular vote 451 462 494 892 Percentage 35 8 35 8 Swing 5 3pp 0 3pp Third party Fourth party Party Country DLP Seats before 8 1 Seats won 4 0 Seats after 8 0 Seat change 1 Popular vote 69 028 187 618 Percentage 5 5 14 9 Swing 0 6pp 1 6pp Contents 1 Results 1 1 Legislative Council 2 Retiring Members 2 1 Democratic Labor 3 Candidates 4 Results by province 4 1 Ballarat 4 2 Bendigo 4 3 Doutta Galla 4 4 East Yarra 4 5 Gippsland 4 6 Higinbotham 4 7 Melbourne 4 8 Melbourne North 4 9 Melbourne West 4 10 Monash 4 11 Northern 4 12 North Eastern 4 13 North Western 4 14 Southern 4 15 South Eastern 4 16 South Western 4 17 Western 5 See also 6 ReferencesResults editLegislative Council edit Victorian Legislative Council election 21 June 1958 1 Legislative Council lt lt 1955 1961 gt gt 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 Seatswon Seatsheld 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 34Retiring Members editDemocratic Labor edit Paul Jones MLC Doutta Galla elected as LaborCandidates editSitting 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 EvestonResults by province editBallarat edit Victorian Legislative Council election 1958 Ballarat Province Party Candidate Votes Labor Jack Jones 23 336 43 6 0 5 Liberal and Country Murray Byrne 21 227 39 7 17 2 Democratic Labor Maurice Calnin 5 692 10 7 10 7 Independent David Milburn 3 214 6 0 6 0 Total formal votes 53 649 98 7 0 3 Informal votes 682 1 3 0 3 Turnout 54 151 95 9 1 2 Two party preferred result Liberal and Country Murray Byrne 27 210 50 9 6 0 Labor Jack Jones 26 259 49 1 6 0 Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing 6 0 Bendigo edit Victorian Legislative Council election 1958 Bendigo Province Party Candidate Votes Labor Arthur Smith 26 841 48 1 8 4 Liberal and Country George Morison 21 591 38 7 6 4 Democratic Labor Arthur White 7 368 13 2 2 0 Total formal votes 55 800 99 0 0 1 Informal votes 536 1 0 0 1 Turnout 56 336 94 2 0 1 Two party preferred result Labor Arthur Smith 28 375 50 9 9 3 Liberal and Country George Morison 27 425 49 1 9 3 Labor hold Swing 9 3 Doutta Galla edit Victorian Legislative Council election 1958 Doutta Galla Province Party Candidate Votes Labor Samuel Merrifield 50 548 53 0 17 5 Liberal and Country Nicholas Dawe 29 656 31 1 31 1 Democratic Labor Herbert Morris 15 219 16 0 13 5 Total formal votes 95 423 98 1 1 4 Informal votes 1 858 1 9 1 4 Turnout 97 281 92 0 1 0 Two party preferred result Labor Samuel Merrifield 56 2 Liberal and Country Nicholas Dawe 43 8 Labor gain from Democratic Labor Swing N A Two party preferred vote was estimated East Yarra edit Victorian Legislative Council election 1958 East Yarra Province Party Candidate Votes Liberal and Country Rupert Hamer 57 238 49 0 6 2 Independent Clifden Eager 38 055 32 6 32 6 Democratic Labor John Hoare 21 495 18 4 8 3 Total formal votes 116 788 98 0 0 1 Informal votes 2 350 2 0 0 1 Turnout 119 138 92 5 1 1 Two candidate preferred result Liberal and Country Rupert Hamer 75 174 64 4 Independent Clifden Eager 41 614 35 6 Liberal and Country gain from Independent Swing N A Gippsland edit Victorian Legislative Council election 1958 Gippsland Province Party Candidate Votes Country Bill Fulton 36 878 56 1 16 1 Labor Frederick Gregory 19 645 29 9 29 9 Democratic Labor John Hansen 9 191 14 0 13 8 Total formal votes 65 714 98 7 0 7 Informal votes 883 1 3 0 7 Turnout 66 597 93 4 2 4 Two party preferred result Country Bill Fulton 67 3 Labor Frederick Gregory 32 7 Country hold Swing N A Two party preferred vote was estimated Higinbotham edit Victorian Legislative Council election 1958 Higinbotham Province Party Candidate Votes Liberal and Country Arthur Warner 64 984 59 3 40 7 Labor Genevieve Mann 38 174 34 9 34 9 Independent Grace Stratton 6 345 5 9 5 9 Total formal votes 109 503 98 2 Informal votes 2 035 1 8 Turnout 111 538 92 0 Two party preferred result Liberal and Country Arthur Warner 62 3 Labor Genevieve Mann 37 7 Liberal and Country hold Swing N A Two party preferred vote was estimated Melbourne edit Victorian Legislative Council election 1958 Melbourne Province Party Candidate Votes Labor Jack O Connell 30 298 68 7 5 4 Democratic Labor Maurie Sheehy 13 784 31 3 5 4 Total formal votes 44 082 96 5 0 1 Informal votes 1 603 3 5 0 1 Turnout 45 685 88 3 0 7 Labor hold Swing 5 4 Maurie Sheehy was elected in 1952 as a member of Labor then defected to the DLP in 1955 Melbourne North edit Victorian Legislative Council election 1958 Melbourne North Province Party Candidate Votes Labor John Walton 69 982 52 8 12 5 Liberal and Country Gladys Brown 37 369 28 2 28 2 Democratic Labor Jack Little 25 208 19 0 3 2 Total formal votes 132 559 98 2 0 3 Informal votes 2 359 1 8 0 3 Turnout 134 918 92 9 0 1 Two party preferred result Labor John Walton 56 6 Liberal and Country Gladys Brown 43 4 Labor hold Swing N A Two party preferred vote was estimated Jack Little was elected in 1952 as a member of Labor then defected to the DLP in 1955 Melbourne West edit Victorian Legislative Council election 1958 Melbourne West Province Party Candidate Votes Labor Archie Todd 64 209 71 3 1 4 Democratic Labor Bert Bailey 25 797 28 7 1 4 Total formal votes 90 006 97 6 0 3 Informal votes 2 228 2 4 0 3 Turnout 92 234 92 4 0 1 Labor hold Swing 1 4 Bert Bailey was elected in 1952 as a member of Labor then defected to the DLP in 1955 Monash edit Victorian Legislative Council election 1958 Monash Province Party Candidate Votes Liberal and Country Graham Nicol 43 317 49 6 11 9 Labor Gwendolyn Noad 26 847 30 7 7 8 Democratic Labor Thomas Brennan 17 249 19 7 19 7 Total formal votes 87 411 97 8 0 5 Informal votes 1 925 2 2 0 5 Turnout 89 336 89 3 3 0 Two party preferred result Liberal and Country Graham Nicol 58 490 66 9 5 4 Labor Gwendolyn Noad 28 921 33 1 5 4 Liberal and Country gain from Democratic Labor Swing 5 4 Thomas Brennan was elected in 1952 as a member of Labor then defected to the DLP in 1955 Northern edit Victorian Legislative Council Election 1958 Northern Province Party Candidate Votes Country Dudley Walters unopposed Country hold Swing North Eastern edit Victorian Legislative Council election 1958 North Eastern Province Party Candidate Votes Country Ivan Swinburne unopposed Country hold Swing North Western edit Victorian Legislative Council election 1958 North Western Province Party Candidate Votes Country Percy Byrnes 32 150 74 6 25 4 Independent Albert Allnutt 10 966 25 4 25 4 Total formal votes 43 116 98 4 Informal votes 699 1 6 Turnout 43 815 93 9 Country hold Swing N A Southern edit Victorian Legislative Council election 1958 Southern Province Party Candidate Votes Liberal and Country Raymond Garrett 68 095 46 9 5 6 Labor Roy Rawson 60 691 41 8 4 8 Democratic Labor Leo Mahony 16 372 11 3 0 8 Total formal votes 145 158 98 5 0 1 Informal votes 2 233 1 5 0 1 Turnout 147 391 92 4 0 8 Two party preferred result Liberal and Country Raymond Garrett 82 395 56 8 5 2 Labor Roy Rawson 62 763 43 2 5 2 Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing 5 2 South Eastern edit Victorian Legislative Council election 1958 South Eastern Province Party Candidate Votes Liberal and Country Bill Mair 51 103 50 7 0 9 Labor George Tilley 34 896 34 6 34 6 Democratic Labor James Austin 14 898 14 8 11 8 Total formal votes 100 897 98 4 0 9 Informal votes 1 608 1 6 0 9 Turnout 102 505 92 6 2 0 Two party preferred result Liberal and Country Bill Mair 63 3 N A Labor George Tilley 36 7 N A Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing N A Two party preferred vote was estimated South Western edit Victorian Legislative Council election 1958 South Western Province Party Candidate Votes Liberal and Country Geoffrey Thom 31 878 46 4 7 5 Labor Don Ferguson 28 510 41 5 11 4 Democratic Labor Norman Smith 8 298 12 1 4 0 Total formal votes 68 686 99 1 0 2 Informal votes 645 0 9 0 2 Turnout 69 331 93 6 1 2 Two party preferred result Liberal and Country Geoffrey Thom 38 909 56 6 11 6 Labor Don Ferguson 29 777 43 4 11 6 Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing 11 6 Western edit Victorian Legislative Council election 1958 Western Province Party Candidate Votes Liberal and Country Kenneth Gross 25 004 47 2 1 6 Labor David Arnott 20 917 39 5 8 6 Democratic Labor James Eveston 7 047 13 3 2 1 Total formal votes 52 968 99 2 0 3 Informal votes 441 0 8 0 3 Turnout 53 409 95 5 4 2 Two party preferred result Liberal and Country Kenneth Gross 30 563 57 7 8 9 Labor David Arnott 22 405 42 3 8 9 Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing 8 9See also edit1958 Victorian state electionReferences edit Carr Adam Victorian Legislative Council election of 21 June 1958 Psephos Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1958 Victorian Legislative Council election amp oldid 1219315776, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
