1946 Victorian Legislative Council election

An election was 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

• George Bolster MLC (Ballarat)

Country

• Richard Kilpatrick MLC (Northern)

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
Ballarat	Liberal		James Kittson	Ord Glenn	Nathaniel Callow (Ind)
Bendigo	Liberal			George Lansell
Doutta Galla	Labor	Paul Jones	John Ivey
East Yarra	Liberal		Sir Clifden Eager* Daniel Scott
Gippsland	Country			Trevor Harvey
Higinbotham	Liberal		James Disney Arthur Warner*
Melbourne	Labor	William Beckett
Melbourne North	Labor	Archibald Fraser			Alexander Gray (Ind)
Melbourne West	Labor	Pat Kennelly			George Watson (Ind)
Monash	Liberal		Sir Frank Beaurepaire		John Smith (Ind)
Northern	Country			Alan Johnson Dudley Walters*	Andrew Crawford (Ind)
North Eastern	Country			Sir John Harris Ivan Swinburne*
North Western	Country			Percy Byrnes
Southern	Liberal		William Angliss		Harry Cope (Ind)
South Eastern	Liberal		Cyril Isaac* William Tyner
South Western	Liberal		Allan McDonald
Western	Country	James Hardy		Robert Rankin

See also

• 1945 Victorian state election
• 1947 Victorian state election