1949_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election

1949 Victorian Legislative Council election

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

Victorian Legislative Council election, 18 June 1949[1]
Legislative Council
<< 1946–1952 >>

Enrolled voters 550,472
Votes cast 262,393 Turnout 47.7 −8.6
Informal votes 3,841 Informal 1.5 −0.5
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes  % Swing Seats
won		 Seats
held
  Liberal and Country 111,368 43.1 −3.1 9 18
  Country 70,772 27.4 +14.0 4 4
  Labor 56,831 22.0 +0.1 4 8
  Other 19,581 7.6 −10.9 0 −1
Total 258,552     17 34

Retiring Members

Sir George Goudie (Country, North Western) had died prior to the election; no by-election was held.

Labor

Liberal and Country

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.

More information Province, Held by ...

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Carr, Adam. "Victorian Legislative Council election of 18 June 1949". Psephos.
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