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1952

Results by electoral district

Albert Park

Victorian state election, 1952: Albert Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Labor Keith Sutton 12,985 65.7 +14.4

Liberal and Country Desmond Byrne 6,770 34.3 -14.4
Total formal votes 19,755 97.9 -2.0
Informal votes 417 2.1 +2.0
Turnout 20,172 90.5 -0.2

Labor hold Swing +14.4

Allandale

Victorian state election, 1952: Allandale
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Country Russell White 7,620 51.1 +17.0

Labor Patrick Denigan 7,277 48.9 +5.8
Total formal votes 14,897 98.8 -0.5
Informal votes 183 1.2 +0.5
Turnout 15,080 94.7 -1.0

Country hold Swing -4.2

Ballarat

Victorian state election, 1952: Ballarat
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Labor John Sheehan 11,042 54.0 +7.2

Liberal and Country William Roff 9,424 46.0 -7.2
Total formal votes 20,466 99.0 -0.2
Informal votes 211 1.0 +0.2
Turnout 20,677 96.2 -0.6

Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing +7.2

Barwon

Victorian state election, 1952: Barwon
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Liberal and Country Thomas Maltby 8,483 51.7 -48.3

Labor Charles Plummer 7,915 48.3 +48.3
Total formal votes 16,398 99.0
Informal votes 172 1.0
Turnout 16,570 93.8

Liberal and Country hold Swing N/A

Benalla

Victorian state election, 1952: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Country Frederick Cook unopposed


Country hold Swing

Benambra

Victorian state election, 1952: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Country Tom Mitchell 7,241 57.3 -16.7

Labor Geoffrey Holland 5,386 42.7 +42.7
Total formal votes 12,627 98.9 +1.0
Informal votes 139 1.1 -1.0
Turnout 12,766 90.9 -1.3

Country hold Swing N/A

Bendigo

Victorian state election, 1952: Bendigo
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Labor Bill Galvin unopposed


Labor hold Swing

Borung

Victorian state election, 1952: Borung
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Liberal and Country Wilfred Mibus 8,174 61.9 +5.5

Labor Lionel Reid 5,030 38.1 +38.1
Total formal votes 13,204 99.3 +0.2
Informal votes 99 0.7 -0.2
Turnout 13,303 95.6 -0.5

Liberal and Country hold Swing N/A

Box Hill

Victorian state election, 1952: Box Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Labor Bob Gray 17,661 52.2 +7.6

Liberal and Country George Reid 12,987 38.3 -17.1

Independent Thomas Mullett 3,218 9.5 +9.5
Total formal votes 33,866 98.4 -0.8
Informal votes 560 1.6 +0.8
Turnout 34,426 93.4 -1.0
Two-party-preferred result

Labor Bob Gray 18,305 54.0 +9.4

Liberal and Country George Reid 15,561 46.0 -9.4

Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing +9.4

Brighton

Victorian state election, 1952: Brighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Electoral Reform Ray Tovell 12,167 48.2 +48.2

Independent Allistair Bruce 5,786 22.9 +22.9

Liberal and Country Raymond Trickey 4,874 19.3 -80.7

Independent Grace Stratton 1,244 4.9 +4.9

Independent Finlay Julyan 1,174 4.7 +4.7
Total formal votes 25,245 97.6
Informal votes 631 2.4
Turnout 25,876 94.0
Two-candidate-preferred result

Electoral Reform Ray Tovell 15,729 62.3 +62.3

Independent Allistair Bruce 9,516 37.7 +37.7

Electoral Reform gain from Liberal and Country Swing N/A

Brunswick

Victorian state election, 1952: Brunswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Labor Peter Randles unopposed


Labor hold Swing

Camberwell

Victorian state election, 1952: Camberwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Labor Florence Rodan 8,664 32.9 -2.0

Liberal and Country Robert Whately 7,084 26.9 -38.2

Electoral Reform Vernon Wilcox 5,564 21.1 +21.1

Independent Reginald Cooper 5,046 19.1 +19.1
Total formal votes 26,358 97.8 -1.5
Informal votes 599 2.2 +1.5
Turnout 26,957 94.2 +0.5
Two-party-preferred result

Liberal and Country Robert Whately 15,472 58.7 -6.4

Labor Florence Rodan 10,886 41.3 +6.4

Liberal and Country hold Swing -6.4

Carlton

Victorian state election, 1952: Carlton
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Labor Bill Barry 18,152 91.9 +17.6

Communist John Prescott 1,597 8.1 +8.1
Total formal votes 26,358 97.8 -0.4
Informal votes 599 2.2 +0.4
Turnout 26,957 94.2 +0.5

Labor hold Swing N/A

Caulfield

Victorian state election, 1952: Caulfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Electoral Reform Alexander Dennett 12,492 62.6 +62.6

Independent Labor Robert Flanagan 7,273 37.4 +37.4
Total formal votes 19,965 97.8 -1.3
Informal votes 443 2.2 +1.3
Turnout 20,408 91.6 -0.1

Electoral Reform gain from Liberal and Country Swing N/A

Clifton Hil

Victorian state election, 1952: Clifton Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Labor Joseph O'Carroll unopposed


Labor hold Swing

Coburg

Victorian state election, 1952: Coburg
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Independent Labor Charlie Mutton 12,617 53.6 +20.8

Labor Kevin Hayes 10,927 46.4 +7.4
Total formal votes 23,544 98.3 -0.7
Informal votes 404 1.7 +0.7
Turnout 23,948 94.1 -1.6

Independent Labor hold Swing -4.4

Collingwood

Victorian state election, 1952: Collingwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Labor Bill Towers unopposed


Labor hold Swing

Dandenong

Victorian state election, 1952: Dandenong
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Labor Les Coates 23,350 55.4 +5.6

Electoral Reform William Dawnay-Mould 14,609 34.7 +34.7

Independent Liberal Walter Peterson 3,439 8.2 +8.2

Communist Arthur O'Donoghue 742 1.8 +1.8
Total formal votes 42,120 97.9 -1.2
Informal votes 888 2.1 +1.2
Turnout 43,028 94.1 -0.5
Two-candidate-preferred result

Labor Les Coates 24,362 57.8 +8.0

Electoral Reform William Dawnay-Mould 17,778 42.2 +42.2

Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing N/A

Dundas

Victorian state election, 1952: Dundas
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Labor Bob McClure 8,165 55.1 +13.1

Liberal and Country William McDonald 6,646 44.9 -2.5
Total formal votes 14,811 99.2 0.0
Informal votes 123 0.8 0.0
Turnout 14,934 96.9 +0.9

Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing +11.1

Elsternwick

Victorian state election, 1952: Elsternwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Labor John Maynes 8,453 42.4 +3.2

Electoral Reform John Don 8,389 42.1 +42.1

Independent Andrew Sinclair 3,075 15.4 +15.4
Total formal votes 19,917 98.2 -1.1
Informal votes 370 1.8 +1.1
Turnout 20,287 94.5 +1.3
Two-candidate-preferred result

Electoral Reform John Don 11,152 55.5 +55.5

Labor John Maynes 8,865 44.5 +5.3

Electoral Reform gain from Liberal and Country Swing N/A

Essendon

Victorian state election, 1952: Essendon
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Labor George Fewster 19,808 64.2 +15.1

Liberal and Country Kenneth Wheeler 8,279 26.8 -19.4

Henry George Justice Lancelot Hutchinson 2,765 9.0 +9.0
Total formal votes 30,852 98.4 -0.6
Informal votes 485 1.6 +0.6
Turnout 31,337 94.4 -0.9
Two-party-preferred result

Labor George Fewster 20,085 65.1 +13.8

Liberal and Country Kenneth Wheeler 10,767 34.9 -13.8

Labor hold Swing +13.8

Evelyn

Victorian state election, 1952: Evelyn
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Labor Phillip Connell 8,465 48.8 +14.4

Liberal and Country Roland Leckie 6,589 38.0 -15.8

Electoral Reform Lindsay Gown 1,477 8.5 +8.5

Independent Lyndhurst Mullett 822 4.7 +4.7
Total formal votes 17,353 98.3 -0.5
Informal votes 304 1.7 +0.5
Turnout 17,657 92.8 -0.5
Two-party-preferred result

Labor Phillip Connell 9,044 52.1 +7.1

Liberal Roland Leckie 8,309 47.9 -7.1

Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing +7.1

Footscray

Victorian state election, 1952: Footscray
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Labor Jack Holland 18,969 93.3 +20.6

Communist Francis Johnson 1,362 6.7 +1.1
Total formal votes 20,331 96.3 -2.1
Informal votes 781 3.7 +2.1
Turnout 21,112 90.3 -4.0

Labor hold Swing N/A

Geelong

Victorian state election, 1952: Geelong
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Labor James Dunn 13,684 69.8 +13.9

Liberal and Country Geoffrey Thom 5,929 30.2 -13.9
Total formal votes 19,613 98.9 -0.7
Informal votes 215 1.1 +0.7
Turnout 19,828 93.3 -1.8

Labor hold Swing +13.9

Gippsland East

Victorian state election, 1952: Gippsland East
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Country Albert Lind unopposed


Country hold Swing

Gippsland North

Victorian state election, 1952: Gippsland North
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Labor Hector Stoddart 8,840 52.5 +4.2

Country Bill Fulton 7,992 47.5 +16.1
Total formal votes 16,832 99.0 -0.1
Informal votes 169 1.0 +0.1
Turnout 17,001 92.4 +0.1

Labor gain from Country Swing +2.9

Gippsland South

Victorian state election, 1952: Gippsland South
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Country Herbert Hyland 9,899 55.1 -21.5

Labor Sydney Crofts 8,071 44.9 +44.9
Total formal votes 17,970 99.0 -1.7
Informal votes 169 1.0 +1.7
Turnout 18,150 93.8 -1.3

Country hold Swing N/A

Gippsland West

Victorian state election, 1952: Gippsland West
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Country Leslie Cochrane 6,989 45.3 +3.6

Labor Thomas Holland 5,574 36.2 +36.2

Liberal and Country Mac Steward 2,857 18.5 -22.6
Total formal votes 15,420 98.6 +0.9
Informal votes 215 1.4 -0.9
Turnout 15,635 94.2 +0.3
Two-party-preferred result

Country Leslie Cochrane 9,293 60.3 +6.9

Labor Thomas Holland 6,127 39.7 +39.7

Country hold Swing N/A

Glen Iris

Victorian state election, 1952: Glen Iris
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Electoral Reform Thomas Hollway 15,152 56.4 +56.4

Liberal and Country Les Norman 10,727 39.9 -26.6

Communist Ian Turner 971 3.6 +3.6
Total formal votes 26,850 97.9 -1.4
Informal votes 585 2.1 +1.4
Turnout 27,435 94.7 0.0
Two-candidate-preferred result

Electoral Reform Thomas Hollway 15,638 58.2 +58.2

Liberal and Country Les Norman 11,212 41.8 -24.7

Electoral Reform gain from Liberal and Country Swing N/A

Goulburn

Victorian state election, 1952: Goulburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Labor Joseph Smith 8,478 62.5 +12.6

Liberal and Country John Roberts 5,087 37.5 0.0
Total formal votes 13,565 99.0 -0.6
Informal votes 133 1.0 +0.6
Turnout 13,698 93.6 -1.1

Labor hold Swing +10.3

Grant

Victorian state election, 1952: Grant
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Labor Leslie D'Arcy 10,678 60.3 +14.8

Liberal and Country Alexander Fraser 6,498 36.7 +5.2

Independent Thomas Fynmore 541 3.0 +3.0
Total formal votes 17,717 98.6 -0.4
Informal votes 251 1.4 +0.4
Turnout 17,968 92.9 +0.5
Two-party-preferred result

Labor Leslie D'Arcy 10,948 61.8 +12.6

Liberal and Country Alexander Fraser 6,169 38.2 -12.6

Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing +12.6

Hampden

Victorian state election, 1952: Hampden
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Labor Robert Balcombe 6,703 48.0 +5.2

Liberal and Country Henry Bolte 6,358 45.6 -11.6

Independent Keith McGarvie 891 6.4 +6.4
Total formal votes 13,952 98.6 -0.5
Informal votes 192 1.4 +0.5
Turnout 14,144 94.7 -0.7
Two-party-preferred result

Liberal and Country Henry Bolte 7,012 50.3 -6.9

Labor Robert Balcombe 6,940 49.7 +6.9

Liberal and Country hold Swing -6.9

Hawthorn

Victorian state election, 1952: Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Labor Charles Murphy 9,948 48.7 +6.8

Liberal and Country Les Tyack 6,813 33.3 -6.5

Electoral Reform Charles Calderwood 3,677 18.0 +18.0
Total formal votes 20,438 98.0 -1.1
Informal votes 409 2.0 +1.1
Turnout 20,847 94.2 +0.5
Two-party-preferred result

Labor Charles Murphy 10,940 53.5 +7.8

Liberal and Country Les Tyack 9,498 46.5 -7.8

Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing +7.8

Ivanhoe

Victorian state election, 1952: Ivanhoe
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Labor Michael Lucy 14,800 44.0 +2.4

Independent Reginald Leonard 9,058 26.9 +26.9

Liberal and Country Frank Block 8,424 25.0 -33.4

Electoral Reform Harcourt Bell 1,372 4.1 +4.1
Total formal votes 33,654 98.2 -1.1
Informal votes 606 1.8 +1.1
Turnout 34,260 94.8 +0.7
Two-party-preferred result

Labor Michael Lucy 18,069 53.5 +11.9

Liberal and Country Frank Block 15,585 46.5 -11.9

Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing +11.9

Kew

Victorian state election, 1952: Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Liberal and Country Arthur Rylah 7,780 37.4 -62.6

Labor Norman Williams 6,696 32.2 +32.2

Electoral Reform John Eddy 6,303 30.3 +30.3
Total formal votes 20,779 98.0
Informal votes 418 2.0
Turnout 21,197 93.3
Two-party-preferred result

Liberal and Country Arthur Rylah 13,076 62.9 -37.1

Labor Norman Williams 7,703 37.1 +37.1

Liberal and Country hold Swing N/A

Korong

Victorian state election, 1952: Korong
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Liberal and Country Keith Turnbull 4,359 36.2 -0.4

Labor Campbell Turnbull 3,892 32.4 -0.3

Country Frank Coghill 3,371 28.0 -2.7

Electoral Reform Wallace Lunn 409 3.4 +3.4
Total formal votes 12,031 99.0 -0.3
Informal votes 125 1.0 +0.3
Turnout 12,156 95.2 -0.2
Two-party-preferred result

Liberal and Country Keith Turnbull 7,332 60.9 +0.5

Labor Campbell Turnbull 4,699 39.1 -0.5

Liberal and Country hold Swing +0.5



Results by electoral district

Malvern

Victorian state election, 1952: Malvern
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Liberal and Country Trevor Oldham 7,081 36.5 -21.4

Labor Francis Gaffy 6,589 33.9 +0.8

Electoral Reform Roy Schilling 3,956 20.4 +20.4

Independent Mascotte Brown 1,788 9.2 +0.1
Total formal votes 19,414 97.6 -1.0
Informal votes 475 2.4 +1.0
Turnout 19,889 92.0 -0.7
Two-party-preferred result

Liberal and Country Trevor Oldham 11,487 59.2 -5.9

Labor Francis Gaffy 7,927 40.8 +5.9

Liberal and Country hold Swing -5.9

Melbourne

Victorian state election, 1952: Melbourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Labor Tom Hayes unopposed


Labor hold Swing

Mentone

Victorian state election, 1952: Mentone
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Labor George White 20,870 62.5 +11.4

Liberal and Country Charles Bridgford 12,538 37.5 -11.4
Total formal votes 33,408 98.6 -0.7
Informal votes 467 1.4 +0.7
Turnout 33,875 94.0 -0.5

Labor hold Swing +11.4

Mernda

Victorian state election, 1952: Mernda
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Labor Edmund Morrissey 8,694 50.9 -9.8

Liberal Arthur Ireland 8,389 49.1 +9.8
Total formal votes 17,083 98.5 +3.2
Informal votes 259 1.5 -3.2
Turnout 17,342 92.5 -0.2

Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing +9.8

Midlands

Victorian state election, 1952: Midlands
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Labor Clive Stoneham unopposed


Labor hold Swing

Mildura

Victorian state election, 1952: Mildura
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Labor Alan Lind 6,860 51.1 +3.9

Country Nathaniel Barclay 6,573 48.9 +12.1
Total formal votes 13,433 99.0 +0.1
Informal votes 133 1.0 -0.1
Turnout 13,566 95.4 +0.8

Labor gain from Country Swing +1.6

Moonee Ponds

Victorian state election, 1952: Moonee Ponds
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Labor Samuel Merrifield unopposed


Labor hold Swing

Mornington

Victorian state election, 1952: Mornington
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Labor Norman Parker 7,970 41.2 +13.6

Liberal and Country William Leggatt 7,162 37.0 -22.5

Electoral Reform Gerard Hirst 2,918 15.1 +15.1

Independent Morton Moyes 1,317 6.8 +6.8
Total formal votes 19,367 98.2 -0.8
Informal votes 350 1.8 +0.8
Turnout 19,717 93.0 0.0
Two-party-preferred result

Liberal and Country William Leggatt 10,858 56.1 -13.7

Labor Norman Parker 8,509 43.9 +13.7

Liberal and Country hold Swing -13.7

Murray Valley

Victorian state election, 1952: Murray Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Labor William Findlay 6,846 44.8 +7.5

Country George Moss 6,617 43.3 +4.1

Liberal and Country James Mosbey 1,820 11.9 -11.6
Total formal votes 15,283 98.9 -0.3
Informal votes 171 1.1 +0.3
Turnout 15,454 93.9 -1.6
Two-party-preferred result

Country George Moss 7,996 52.3 -6.9

Labor William Findlay 7,287 47.7 +6.9

Country hold Swing -6.9

Northcote

Victorian state election, 1952: Northcote
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Labor John Cain unopposed


Labor hold Swing

Oakleigh

Victorian state election, 1952: Oakleigh
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Labor Val Doube 17,308 65.5 +19.8

Liberal and Country Charles Laming 9,135 34.5 +0.1
Total formal votes 26,443 98.5 -0.6
Informal votes 405 1.5 +0.6
Turnout 26,848 94.1 -1.4

Labor hold Swing +14.4

Polwarth

Victorian state election, 1952: Polwarth
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Liberal and Country Edward Guye 8,340 57.6 0.0

Labor Clair Larson 6,142 42.4 +9.9
Total formal votes 14,482 99.0 -0.5
Informal votes 146 1.0 +0.5
Turnout 14,628 95.3 -0.6

Liberal and Country hold Swing -8.9

Portland

Victorian state election, 1952: Portland
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Labor Robert Holt 9,543 64.8 +13.5

Liberal and Country Howard Turner 5,190 35.2 -3.0
Total formal votes 14,733 99.2 -0.3
Informal votes 117 0.8 +0.3
Turnout 14,850 96.1 -0.1

Labor hold Swing +12.5

Port Melbourne

Victorian state election, 1952: Port Melbourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Labor Stan Corrigan 19,942 91.1 +14.9

Communist Albert Bull 1,939 8.9 +3.8
Total formal votes 21,881 96.8 -1.2
Informal votes 716 3.2 +1.2
Turnout 22,597 91.2 -2.2

Labor hold Swing N/A

Prahran

Victorian state election, 1952: Prahran
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Labor Robert Pettiona 13,009 61.6 +6.0

Liberal and Country Charles Gawith 8,114 38.4 -6.0
Total formal votes 21,123 98.2 -0.8
Informal votes 380 1.8 +0.8
Turnout 21,503 92.2 -2.0

Labor hold Swing +6.0

Preston

Victorian state election, 1952: Preston
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Labor William Ruthven unopposed


Labor hold Swing

Rainbow

Victorian state election, 1952: Rainbow
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Country Keith Dodgshun unopposed


Country hold Swing

Richmond

Victorian state election, 1952: Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Labor Frank Scully 18,474 90.2 +15.7

Communist Kenneth Miller 2,016 9.8 +3.4
Total formal votes 20,490 96.2 -1.4
Informal votes 814 3.8 +1.4
Turnout 21,304 93.4 -2.0

Labor hold Swing N/A

Ripon

Victorian state election, 1952: Ripon
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Labor Ernie Morton 8,726 59.9 +10.9

Liberal and Country Rutherford Guthrie 5,846 40.1 +0.6
Total formal votes 14,572 99.1 -0.5
Informal votes 133 0.9 +0.5
Turnout 14,705 95.5 -0.3

Labor hold Swing +8.4

Rodney

Victorian state election, 1952: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Country Richard Brose 8,827 65.7 +8.4

Liberal and Country Morton Garner 4,615 34.3 -8.4
Total formal votes 13,442 96.5 -1.6
Informal votes 483 3.5 +1.6
Turnout 13,925 95.0 +0.1

Country hold Swing +8.4

St Kilda

Victorian state election, 1952: St Kilda
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Labor John Bourke 10,724 54.5 +6.8

Liberal and Country Archie Michaelis 5,594 28.4 -23.9

Electoral Reform Geoffrey Kiddle 3,378 17.1 +17.1
Total formal votes 19,696 97.7 -1.4
Informal votes 469 2.3 +1.4
Turnout 20,165 93.6 +0.3
Two-party-preferred result

Labor John Bourke 11,062 56.2 +8.5

Liberal and Country Archie Michaelis 8,634 43.8 -8.5

Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing +8.5

Scoresby

Victorian state election, 1952: Scoresby
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Liberal and Country George Knox 11,045 56.4 -18.1

Labor Henry Moore 8,535 43.6 +43.6
Total formal votes 19,580 98.5 +0.3
Informal votes 288 1.5 -0.3
Turnout 19,868 92.6 -0.5

Liberal and Country hold Swing N/A

Shepparton

Victorian state election, 1952: Shepparton
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Country John McDonald 7,367 46.4 +4.7

Labor Gordon Anderson 6,231 39.2 +4.9

Liberal and Country Ian McIntosh 2,293 14.4 -9.7
Total formal votes 15,891 98.6 -0.5
Informal votes 217 1.4 +0.5
Turnout 16,108 95.0 +0.1
Two-party-preferred result

Country John McDonald 9,124 57.4 -4.1

Labor Gordon Anderson 6,767 42.6 +4.1

Country hold Swing -4.1

Sunshine

Victorian state election, 1952: Sunshine
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Labor Ernie Shepherd unopposed


Labor hold Swing

Swan Hill

Victorian state election, 1952: Swan Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Country Harold Stirling 5,171 39.1 -9.2

Electoral Reform John Hipworth 4,082 30.9 +30.9

Independent Duncan Douglas 3,970 30.0 +30.0
Total formal votes 13,223 97.9 -1.2
Informal votes 278 2.1 +1.2
Turnout 13,501 94.3 -0.1
Two-candidate-preferred result

Country Harold Stirling 9,124 57.4 +9.1

Electoral Reform John Hipworth 5,504 41.6 +41.6

Country gain from Liberal and Country Swing N/A

Toorak

Victorian state election, 1952: Toorak
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Labor Henry Peagram 8,925 43.7 +1.4

Liberal and Country Horace Petty 7,424 36.4 -21.3

Electoral Reform Mabel Brookes 4,068 19.9 +19.9
Total formal votes 20,417 98.3 -0.9
Informal votes 343 1.7 +0.9
Turnout 20,760 90.7 -4.8
Two-party-preferred result

Liberal and Country Horace Petty 10,425 51.1 -6.6

Labor Henry Peagram 9,992 48.9 +6.6

Liberal and Country hold Swing -6.6

Warrnambool

Victorian state election, 1952: Warrnambool
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Labor Malcolm Gladman 7,256 51.1 +9.3

Liberal and Country Ronald Mack 6,957 48.9 +14.8
Total formal votes 14,213 99.4 0.0
Informal votes 87 0.6 0.0
Turnout 14,300 96.1 -0.3

Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing +2.1

Williamstown

Victorian state election, 1952: Williamstown
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Labor John Lemmon 16,673 64.9 -0.3

Independent Ernest Jackson 5,472 21.3 +21.3

Communist Alexander Dobbin 3,559 13.8 +4.9
Total formal votes 25,704 98.0 -0.8
Informal votes 525 2.0 +0.8
Turnout 26,229 94.0 -1.3
Two-candidate-preferred result

Labor John Lemmon 18,453 71.8 -1.4

Independent Ernest Jackson 7,251 28.2 +28.2

Labor hold Swing N/A

Wonthaggi

Victorian state election, 1952: Wonthaggi
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Country William Buckingham 8,176 56.4 +15.4

Labor Percy Vagg 5,843 40.3 +5.1

Communist Robert Hamilton 484 3.3 +3.3
Total formal votes 14,503 98.6 -0.9
Informal votes 207 1.4 +0.9
Turnout 14,710 94.9 -0.6
Two-party-preferred result

Country William Buckingham 8,224 56.7 -6.4

Labor Percy Vagg 6,279 43.3 +6.4

Country hold Swing -6.4