Candidates of the 1958 Victorian state election
The 1958 Victorian state election was held on 31 May 1958.
Seat changes
There was a redistribution of boundaries in 1958. In consequence:
- Ascot Vale Labor MLA Ernie Shepherd contested Footscray.
- Carlton Labor MLA Denis Lovegrove contested Fitzroy.
- Caulfield LCP MLA Joe Rafferty contested Ormond.
- Caulfield East LCP MLA Alexander Fraser contested Caulfield.
- Collingwood Labor MLA Bill Towers contested Richmond.
- Dandenong LCP MLA Ray Wiltshire contested Mulgrave.
- Footscray Labor MLA Roy Schintler contested Yarraville.
- Hawthorn LCP MLA Jim Manson contested Ringwood.
- Pascoe Vale Labor MLA Arthur Drakeford contested Essendon.
- Port Melbourne Labor MLA Archie Todd contested the Legislative Council.
Retiring Members
Liberal and Country
- Edward Guye MLA (Polwarth)
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.
Electorate | Held by | Labor candidates | LCP candidates | Country candidates | DLP candidates | Other candidates |
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Albert Park | Labor | Keith Sutton | Roy Schilling | Stan Corrigan | Vida Little (CPA) | |
Ballarat North | Country | Ronald House | Tom Evans | Russell White | James Meere | |
Ballarat South | LCP | Maxwell Pinkard | Gordon Scott | Arthur Philips | Leslie D'Arcy | |
Balwyn | LCP | John MacPherson | Alex Taylor | Leo Erwin | Frank Block (Ind) | |
Benalla | Country | Jack Ginifer | James Bennison | Frederick Cook | William Mithen | |
Benambra | Country | Francis Taylor | James Shannon | Tom Mitchell | Henry Richards | |
Bendigo | LCP | Bill Galvin | John Stanistreet | William Nicholls | James Brosnan | |
Box Hill | LCP | William Betton | George Reid | Edmund Burgi | ||
Brighton | LCP | Reginald Hayes | John Rossiter | |||
Broadmeadows | LCP | Joseph Smith | Harry Kane | John Donnellon | ||
Brunswick East | Labor | Leo Fennessy | Bill Burns | Allan Swain | ||
Brunswick West | Labor | Campbell Turnbull | Alfred Wall | Peter Randles | ||
Burwood | LCP | Vincent Scully | Jim MacDonald | |||
Camberwell | LCP | George Blood | Vernon Wilcox | Leonora Lloyd | ||
Caulfield | LCP | Alan Brenton | Alexander Fraser | Celia Laird | ||
Coburg | Independent | Charlie Mutton | Peter Robertson | Kevin O'Dea | ||
Dandenong | LCP | Alan Lind | Len Reid | Reginald Kearney | ||
Dundas | LCP | Bob McClure | Sir William McDonald | John Peters | ||
Elsternwick | LCP | George Smith | Richard Gainey | Rex Keane | ||
Essendon | Labor | Arthur Drakeford | Kenneth Wheeler | Kevin Digby | ||
Evelyn | Labor | Phillip Connell | Russell Stokes | Kevin Gould | ||
Fitzroy | Labor | Denis Lovegrove | Charles Gillies | David Woodhouse | ||
Flemington | Labor | Kevin Holland | Norman Loader | Michael McMahon | ||
Footscray | Labor | Ernie Shepherd | Bryan Tonkin | Robert Kerr | ||
Geelong | LCP | George Poyser | Sir Thomas Maltby | George Taylor | Albert Woodward (Ind) | |
Geelong West | Labor | Colin MacDonald | Max Gillett | James Mahoney | ||
Gippsland East | Country | Rae Archibald | Sir Albert Lind | Frank Burns | ||
Gippsland South | Country | Sir Herbert Hyland | John Hansen | |||
Gippsland West | Country | James Longstaff | James Hosking | Leslie Cochrane | Kevin Scanlon | |
Grant | Labor | Roy Crick | John Anderson | Maxwell Campbell | ||
Hampden | LCP | Fred Levin | Henry Bolte | Leo O'Brien | ||
Hawthorn | LCP | Jack Poke | Peter Garrisson | Charles Murphy | ||
Ivanhoe | LCP | David Walker | Vernon Christie | Cyril Cummins | ||
Kara Kara | LCP | Cyril Sudholz | Keith Turnbull | Allen Reseigh | Gerard Gilders | |
Kew | LCP | Kevin Lynch | Arthur Rylah | John Buchanan | Ralph Gibson (CPA) | |
Lowan | LCP | Wilfred Mibus | Ian McCann | Edgar McMahon | ||
Malvern | LCP | John Bloomfield | Mascotte Brown (Ind) | |||
Melbourne | Labor | Arthur Clarey | Martha Yuille | Tom Hayes | ||
Mentone | LCP | Alfred O'Connor | Edward Meagher | George White | ||
Midlands | Labor | Clive Stoneham | James Mactier | John Timberlake | ||
Mildura | Country | William Nicholas | Nathaniel Barclay | John Cotter | ||
Moonee Ponds | LCP | Thomas Moloney | Jack Holden | Paul Gunn | Lancelot Hutchinson (Ind) | |
Moorabbin | LCP | Les Coates | Bob Suggett | Desmond Ward | ||
Mornington | LCP | Gordon Anstee | Roberts Dunstan | |||
Morwell | LCP | Hector Stoddart | Jim Balfour | Alfred Gerrard | ||
Mulgrave | LCP | John Neal | Ray Wiltshire | Leo Sparrow | ||
Murray Valley | Country | Neil Frankland | George Moss | John Patterson | ||
Northcote | Labor | Frank Wilkes | Edward Wells | Thomas Walsh | ||
Oakleigh | Labor | Val Doube | William Downard | John Heffernan | ||
Ormond | LCP | Robert Flanagan | Joe Rafferty | Robert Semmel | Gilbert Smith (Ind) | |
Polwarth | LCP | William King | Tom Darcy | Ronald McDonough | Michael Finlay | |
Portland | LCP | Malcolm Gladman | George Gibbs | John Russell | ||
Prahran | LCP | Robert Pettiona | Sam Loxton | Gordon Haberman | ||
Preston | Labor | Charlie Ring | Neville Crocker | Michael Lucy | ||
Reservoir | Labor | William Ruthven | Hubert Joelson | Frederick Whitling | ||
Richmond | DLP | Bill Towers | Nicholas Renton | Frank Scully | ||
Ringwood | LCP | William Webber | Jim Manson | Bruce Burne | ||
Ripponlea | LCP | Jack Kagan | Edgar Tanner | Dermot O'Neill | ||
Rodney | Country | Richard Brose | Spencer Broom | |||
St Kilda | LCP | Paul Fraser | Baron Snider | John Hughes | ||
Sandringham | LCP | Henry Fowler | Murray Porter | Thomas Ryan | ||
Scoresby | LCP | Reginald Robertson | Sir George Knox | George Noone | ||
Swan Hill | Country | Harold Stirling | John Hipworth (Ind Lib) | |||
Toorak | LCP | George Gahan | Horace Petty | |||
Williamstown | Labor | Larry Floyd | Joy Head | Edward Purchase | William Tregear (CPA) | |
Yarraville | Labor | Roy Schintler | William Lovell | James Eudey | William Keily (Ind) |
See also
References
- Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive