Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 15 June 1946 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, 15 June 1946[1]
Legislative Council
<< 1943–1949 >>

Enrolled voters 517,727
Votes cast 291,295 Turnout 56.3 +39.1
Informal votes 5,912 Informal 2.0 −0.6
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes  % Swing Seats
won		 Seats
held
  Liberal 131,710 46.2 +28.7 7 14
  Labor 62,640 21.9 −11.9 4 7
  Country 38,259 13.4 −3.9 6 12
  Other 52,774 18.5 −12.9 0 1
Total 285,383     17 34

Retiring Members

Liberal

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.

Province Held by Labor candidates Liberal candidates Country candidates Other candidates
 
BallaratLiberalJames KittsonOrd GlennNathaniel Callow (Ind)
BendigoLiberalGeorge Lansell
Doutta GallaLaborPaul JonesJohn Ivey
East YarraLiberalSir Clifden Eager*
Daniel Scott
GippslandCountryTrevor Harvey
HiginbothamLiberalJames Disney
Arthur Warner*
MelbourneLaborWilliam Beckett
Melbourne NorthLaborArchibald FraserAlexander Gray (Ind)
Melbourne WestLaborPat KennellyGeorge Watson (Ind)
MonashLiberalSir Frank BeaurepaireJohn Smith (Ind)
NorthernCountryAlan Johnson
Dudley Walters*		Andrew Crawford (Ind)
North EasternCountrySir John Harris
Ivan Swinburne*
North WesternCountryPercy Byrnes
SouthernLiberalWilliam AnglissHarry Cope (Ind)
South EasternLiberalCyril Isaac*
William Tyner
South WesternLiberalAllan McDonald
WesternCountryJames HardyRobert Rankin

See also

References

  1. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Legislative Council election of 14 June 1946". Psephos.
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