Seat changes

There was a redistribution of boundaries in 1955. In consequence:

• Allandale Country MLA Russell White contested Ballarat North.
• Ballarat Labor MLA John Sheehan contested Ballarat South.
• Barwon LCP MLA Thomas Maltby contested Geelong.
• Borung LCP MLA Wilfred Mibus contested Lowan.
• Brunswick Anti-Communist MLA Peter Randles contested Brunswick West.
• Clifton Hill Anti-Communist MLA Joseph O'Carroll contested Brunswick East.
• Dandenong Labor MLA Les Coates contested Moorabbin.
• Essendon Anti-Communist MLA George Fewster contested Pascoe Vale.
• Footscray Labor MLA Jack Holland contested Flemington.
• Geelong Independent Labor MLA James Dunn contested Geelong West.
• Gippsland North Labor MLA Hector Stoddart contested Morwell.
• Glen Iris VLP MLA Thomas Hollway contested Ripponlea.
• Goulburn Labor MLA Joseph Smith contested Broadmeadows.
• Korong LCP MLA Keith Turnbull contested Kara Kara.
• Ivanhoe Anti-Communist MLA Michael Lucy contested Evelyn.
• Mernda Anti-Communist MLA Edmund Morrissey contested Reservoir.
• Preston Labor MLA William Ruthven contested Reservoir.
• Ripon Labor MLA Ernie Morton contested Hampden.
• Sunshine Labor MLA Ernie Shepherd contested Ascot Vale.
• Warrnambool Labor MLA Malcolm Gladman contested Portland.