Results of the 1952 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly)

This is a list of electoral district results for the Victorian 1952 election.

Victorian state election, 6 December 1952[1][2] Legislative Assembly << 1950–1955 >>
Enrolled voters		1,119,486
Votes cast		1,047,671		Turnout	93.58	−0.82
Informal votes		18,991		Informal	1.81	+0.67
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	504,773	49.07	+3.78	37	+13
	Liberal and Country	255,685	24.85	−15.84	11	−16
	Electoral Reform League	98,641	9.59	+9.59	4	+4
	Country	85,843	8.34	−2.30	12	−1
	Independent	71,068	6.90	+4.04	1	±0
Total		1,028,680			65
Two-party-preferred
	Labor	734,668	56.7	+6.3
	Liberal and Country	560,521	43.3	–6.3

Results by electoral district

Albert Park

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: Benalla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Frederick Cook	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Benambra

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: Bendigo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Galvin	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Borung

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: Brunswick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Randles	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Camberwell

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: 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 Hill

1952 Victorian state election: Clifton Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joseph O'Carroll	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Coburg

1952 Victorian state election: Coburg

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive 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
	Progressive Labor hold		Swing	−4.4

Collingwood

1952 Victorian state election: Collingwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Towers	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Dandenong

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: Gippsland East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Albert Lind	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Gippsland North

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: 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

Malvern

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: Melbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Hayes	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Mentone

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: Midlands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clive Stoneham	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Mildura

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: Moonee Ponds

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Samuel Merrifield	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Mornington

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: Northcote

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Cain	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Oakleigh

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: Preston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Ruthven	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Rainbow

1952 Victorian state election: Rainbow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Keith Dodgshun	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Richmond

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: Sunshine

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernie Shepherd	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Swan Hill

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: 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

1952 Victorian state election: 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

See also

• 1952 Victorian state election
• Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1952–1955