AuspolDB: Elections

1961 Victorian Election

Electoral System	FPV
Government Type	Majority
Outgoing Government Party	Liberal
Incoming Government Party	Liberal
Government Seats	48
Nongovernment Seats	18
Majority The difference between the number of Government seats and non-government seats.	30
Date	15/07/1961
House Composition	39 Liberal 17 Australian Labor Party 9 The Nationals/Country Party 1 Independent

Lower House

Name	Jurisdiction	Type
Albert Park	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Ballarat North	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Ballarat South	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Balwyn	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Benalla	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Benambra	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Bendigo	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Box Hill	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Brighton	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Broadmeadows	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Brunswick East	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Brunswick West	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Burwood	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Camberwell	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Caulfield	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Coburg	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Dandenong	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Dundas	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Elsternwick	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Essendon	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Evelyn	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Fitzroy	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Flemington	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Footscray	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Geelong	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Geelong West	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Gippsland East	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Gippsland South	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Gippsland West	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Grant	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Hampden	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Hawthorn	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Ivanhoe	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Kara Kara	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Kew	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Lowan	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Malvern	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Melbourne	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Mentone	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Midlands	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Mildura	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Moonee Ponds	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Moorabbin	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Mornington	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Morwell	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Mulgrave	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Murray Valley	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Northcote	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Oakleigh	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Ormond	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Polwarth	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Portland	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Prahran	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Preston	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Reservoir	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Richmond	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Ringwood	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Ripponlea	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Rodney	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Sandringham	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Scoresby	VIC (State)	Electoral District
St Kilda	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Swan Hill	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Toorak	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Williamstown	VIC (State)	Electoral District
Yarraville	VIC (State)	Electoral District

Candidate	Party	State	Votes	Elected
William H Bruty	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	BALLARAT PROVINCE	9368	No
Vance O Dickie	Liberal	BALLARAT PROVINCE	21603	Yes (1)
John J Jones	Australian Labor Party	BALLARAT PROVINCE	22663	No
William Drechsler	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	BENDIGO PROVINCE	10157	No
Thomas H Grigg	Liberal	BENDIGO PROVINCE	21575	Yes (1)
Patrick J Mcmahon	Australian Labor Party	BENDIGO PROVINCE	24790	No
Kenneth E Jones	Liberal	DOUTTA GALLA PROVINCE	28895	No
John M Tripovich	Australian Labor Party	DOUTTA GALLA PROVINCE	44708	Yes (1)
Barry J O`Brien	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	DOUTTA GALLA PROVINCE	18300	No
Leo J Bartley	Australian Labor Party	EAST YARRA PROVINCE	33083	No
Ewen P Cameron	Liberal	EAST YARRA PROVINCE	68916	Yes (1)
John A Hoare	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	EAST YARRA PROVINCE	17978	No
George A Evans	Australian Labor Party	GIPPSLAND PROVINCE	22246	No
John T Hansen	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	GIPPSLAND PROVINCE	9781	No
Robert W May	The Nationals/Country Party	GIPPSLAND PROVINCE	23659	Yes (1)
Archie L Tanner	Liberal	GIPPSLAND PROVINCE	13328	No
Henry F Moore	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	HIGINBOTHAM PROVINCE	19871	No
Eric S Perryman	Australian Labor Party	HIGINBOTHAM PROVINCE	33471	No
Lindsay Thompson	Liberal	HIGINBOTHAM PROVINCE	57948	Yes (1)
Reginald H Cannon	Liberal	MELBOURNE PROVINCE	7156	No
Douglas G Elliot	Australian Labor Party	MELBOURNE PROVINCE	22982	Yes (1)
Harold A Powell	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	MELBOURNE PROVINCE	7884	No
Alfred Carter	Liberal	MELBOURNE NORTH PROVINCE	40020	No
Kevin J Daniel	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	MELBOURNE NORTH PROVINCE	24877	No
John W Galbally	Australian Labor Party	MELBOURNE NORTH PROVINCE	70736	Yes (1)
Albert J Bailey	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	MELBOURNE WEST PROVINCE	20055	No
Dudley V Coombes	Liberal	MELBOURNE WEST PROVINCE	12511	No
Buckley Machin	Australian Labor Party	MELBOURNE WEST PROVINCE	55115	Yes (1)
Arthur W Bennett	Independent	MONASH PROVINCE	3612	No
Thomas W Brennan	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	MONASH PROVINCE	11906	No
Charles S Gawith	Liberal	MONASH PROVINCE	39572	Yes (1)
Frederick N Levin	Australian Labor Party	MONASH PROVINCE	24859	No
Frank R Power	Independent	MONASH PROVINCE	1205	No
John E Cameron	Australian Labor Party	NORTHERN PROVINCE	11183	No
Percy V Feltham	The Nationals/Country Party	NORTHERN PROVINCE	21107	Yes (1)
Bernard J Hallinan	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	NORTHERN PROVINCE	6528	No
Laurence Troy	Liberal	NORTHERN PROVINCE	11089	No
Keith Bradbury	The Nationals/Country Party	NORTH-EASTERN PROVINCE	21469	Yes (1)
Lorne A Collins	Australian Labor Party	NORTH-EASTERN PROVINCE	11308	No
Sidney J Plowman	Liberal	NORTH-EASTERN PROVINCE	7412	No
Arthur E White	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	NORTH-EASTERN PROVINCE	6593	No
Thomas H Gilhooley	Australian Labor Party	NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCE	8472	No
Geoffrey A Harding	Liberal	NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCE	8040	No
Michael G Howley	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCE	4701	No
Arthur R Mansell	The Nationals/Country Party	NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCE	22181	Yes (1)
Gilbert L Chandler	Liberal	SOUTHERN PROVINCE	89181	Yes (1)
Raymond L Studham	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	SOUTHERN PROVINCE	30194	No
Stanley T Willis	Australian Labor Party	SOUTHERN PROVINCE	76060	No
Reginald C Butler	Australian Labor Party	SOUTH-EASTERN PROVINCE	42836	No
Martin J Curry	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	SOUTH-EASTERN PROVINCE	17442	No
Alan J Hunt	Liberal	SOUTH-EASTERN PROVINCE	53599	Yes (1)
Newell S Barrett	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	SOUTH-WESTERN PROVINCE	13102	No
Gordon Mcarthur	Liberal	SOUTH-WESTERN PROVINCE	33000	Yes (1)
Stanley S Nash	Australian Labor Party	SOUTH-WESTERN PROVINCE	26654	No
James D Mcintyre	Australian Labor Party	WESTERN PROVINCE	20909	No
Ronald W Mack	Liberal	WESTERN PROVINCE	24168	Yes (1)
Geoffrey F White	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	WESTERN PROVINCE	8727	No

1961 Victorian Election

Lower House

Upper House