The 1955 Victorian state election was held on 28 May 1955.
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.
Retiring Members
Labor Robert Holt MLA (Portland) John Lemmon MLA (Williamstown)
Country William Buckingham MLA (Wonthaggi) Keith Dodgshun MLA (Rainbow)
Legislative Assembly 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.
Electorate Held by Labor candidates LCP candidates Country candidates Labor (A-C) candidates Other candidates Albert Park Labor Keith Sutton Thomas Merrett Albert Jones Ascot Vale Labor Ernie Shepherd George Evans Paul Gunn Ballarat North Country Jack Smethurst Arthur Nicholson Russell White Thomas Lane Ballarat South Labor John Sheehan Gordon Scott Alfred Purdue Balwyn LCP Florence Rodan Alex Taylor Benalla Country Jack Pennington Frederick Cook Ernest Straughair Benambra Country Norman Attree Tom Mitchell William Findlay James Prendergast (Ind CP)Bendigo Labor Bill Galvin John Stanistreet Norman Oliver Arthur Cook Box Hill Labor Bob Gray George Reid Maurice Weston Leslie Bawden (HGJP) Leslie McCredden (Ind)Brighton VLP John Rossiter Marcella Sullivan (Ind Lab) Ray Tovell (VLP)Broadmeadows Labor Joseph Smith Harry Kane James Webster Brunswick East Labor Leo Fennessy Alfred Wall Joseph O'Carroll Brunswick West Labor Campbell Turnbull Alisa Gaston Peter Randles Burwood LCP Gwendolyn Noad Jim MacDonald William Mahoney Ivan Robinson (HGJP)Camberwell LCP Barry Jones Robert Whately Carlton Labor Denis Lovegrove Francis Michaelson Bill Barry John Prescott (CPA)Caulfield VLP Joe Rafferty Alexander Dennett (VLP)Caulfield East LCP Robert Flanagan Alexander Fraser Bernard Tarpey Coburg Ind Labor Donald Abernethy Kevin Hayes Charlie Mutton (Ind Lab)Collingwood Labor Bill Towers Martha Yuille William Livy Dandenong Labor John Tripovich Ray Wiltshire Reginald Kearney Dundas Labor Bob McClure William McDonald John O'Brien John Peters Elsternwick VLP Richard Gainey John Don (VLP) Donald Tottey (Ind Lab)Evelyn Labor Phillip Connell Arthur Ireland Michael Lucy Flemington Labor Jack Holland John Hayes Footscray Labor Roy Schintler George Punshon William Lloyd Geelong Labor George Poyser Thomas Maltby Norman MacKay (Ind) Charles Plummer (VLP)Geelong West Labor Colin MacDonald Geoffrey Thom James Mahoney James Dowsett (Ind) James Dunn (Ind)Gippsland East Country Sir Albert Lind Frank Burns Gippsland South Country Sir Herbert Hyland Gippsland West Country Colin Ferres Leslie Cochrane Walter Doig (CPA)Grant Labor Roy Crick Max Gillett Leslie D'Arcy Hampden LCP Ernie Morton Henry Bolte Hawthorn Labor Jack Poke Jim Manson Charles Murphy William Pitt (HGJP)Ivanhoe Labor David Walker Vernon Christie John O'Dwyer Kara Kara LCP Keith Turnbull Ian McCann Kew LCP Norman Williams Arthur Rylah Ralph Gibson (CPA)Lowan LCP Wilfred Mibus Griffith Perkins Malvern LCP John Bloomfield Mascotte Brown (VLP)Melbourne Labor Arthur Clarey Alan Etherington Tom Hayes Mentone Labor Alfred O'Connor Edward Meagher George White Midlands Labor Clive Stoneham James Mactier Alexander Lee Mildura Labor Alan Lind Nathaniel Barclay Moonee Ponds Labor Samuel Merrifield Jack Holden Harold Hilbert Moorabbin Labor Les Coates Bob Suggett Edward White William Dawnay-Mould (VLP)Mornington LCP William Leggatt Fred Jarman (VLP)Morwell Labor Hector Stoddart Jim Balfour George Purvis Gordon Green Murray Valley Country Kenneth Lenne George Moss Stewart Morvell Northcote Labor John Cain Neil McKay David Woodhouse Oakleigh Labor Val Doube Max Fox Donald Murray Pascoe Vale Labor Arthur Drakeford Rudolph Reid George Fewster Lancelot Hutchinson (HGJP) Colin Portway (Ind)Polwarth LCP Phillip Denning Edward Guye Ronald Harris Portland Labor Malcolm Gladman George Gibbs Cyril Brimblecombe William O'Sullivan Port Melbourne Labor Archie Todd John Talbot Stan Corrigan Laurence Troy (CPA)Prahran Labor Robert Pettiona Sam Loxton James Johnson Leonard Bennett (Ind)Preston Labor Charlie Ring Frank Block Thomas Hartnedy Reservoir Labor William Ruthven Frederick Capp Edmund Morrissey Richmond Labor Patrick O'Connell Barry Dove Frank Scully Kenneth Miller (CPA)Ripponlea VLP Edgar Tanner George Miller Thomas Hollway (VLP) Ted Laurie (CPA)Rodney Country Leslie Lord Richard Brose St Kilda Labor John Bourke Baron Snider Arnold Blashki (VLP)Sandringham LCP Henry Fowler Murray Porter John Ryan Alexander Steele (Ind)Scoresby LCP Reginald Robertson Sir George Knox Swan Hill Country Harold Stirling Duncan Douglas (Ind CP) John Hipworth (Ind Lib)Toorak LCP Horace Petty George Gahan (Ind Lab) Geoffrey Kiddle (VLP)Williamstown Labor Larry Floyd James Wilkie Herbert Stackpoole
See also 1955 Victorian Legislative Council election
References
Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive