AuspolDB: Elections

1958 Federal Election

Electoral System	FPV
Government Type	Majority
Outgoing Government Party	Liberal
Incoming Government Party	Liberal
Government Seats	77
Nongovernment Seats	47
Majority The difference between the number of Government seats and non-government seats.	30
Date	22/11/1958
House Composition	57 Liberal 47 Australian Labor Party 19 The Nationals/Country Party 1 Independent

Candidate	Party	Electorate	Votes	Swing	Status
Douglas Elliot	Australian Labor Party	Maribyrnong	19917	0.20	Incoming
Henry Bandidt	The Nationals/Country Party	Wide Bay	19184	-7.50	Incoming
George Brown	Australian Labor Party	McMillan	15821	4.70	Incoming
Charles Jones	Australian Labor Party	Newcastle	23235	0.70	Incoming
Fred Collard	Australian Labor Party	Kalgoorlie	12519	-16.80	Incoming
Mac Holten	The Nationals/Country Party	Indi	12420	0.00	Incoming
Joseph Sexton	Australian Labor Party	Adelaide	17869	-0.60	Incoming
William Fulton	Australian Labor Party	Leichhardt	18234	-2.70	Incoming
Bert Kelly	Liberal	Wakefield	21844	-5.40	Incoming
Donald Drummond	Australian Labor Party	Ballaarat	17903	4.70	Incoming
Lionel Clay	Australian Labor Party	St George	20532	1.50	Incoming
Tom Uren	Australian Labor Party	Reid	23422	-13.80	Incoming
Ronald Davies	Australian Labor Party	Braddon	15243	5.70	Incoming
Charles Barnes	The Nationals/Country Party	McPherson	29346	3.60	Incoming
Frank Courtnay	Australian Labor Party	Darebin	25213	3.20	Incoming
John Murray	Independent	Herbert	16669	-0.20	Incoming
Leonard Reynolds	Australian Labor Party	Barton	21213	0.10	Incoming
Alexander Buchanan	Liberal	McMillan	12113	-21.90	Outgoing
William Edmonds	Australian Labor Party	Herbert	16249	-9.20	Outgoing
Philip Stokes	Liberal	Maribyrnong	15548	-0.50	Outgoing
William Bostock	Liberal	Indi	12322	-29.00	Outgoing
Dudley Erwin	Liberal	Ballaarat	16683	1.60	Outgoing
Bruce Graham	Liberal	St George	19675	-5.30	Outgoing
Charles Morgan	Independent	Reid	10201	0.00	Outgoing
Aubrey Luck	Liberal	Braddon	14525	-14.30	Outgoing

Name	Jurisdiction	Type
Adelaide	SA	Division
Angas	SA	Division
Australian Capital Territory	ACT	Division
Balaclava	VIC	Division
Ballaarat	VIC	Division
Banks	NSW	Division
Barker	SA	Division
Barton	NSW	Division
Bass	TAS	Division
Batman	VIC	Division
Bendigo	VIC	Division
Bennelong	NSW	Division
Blaxland	NSW	Division
Bonython	SA	Division
Boothby	SA	Division
Bowman	QLD	Division
Braddon	TAS	Division
Bradfield	NSW	Division
Brisbane	QLD	Division
Bruce	VIC	Division
Calare	NSW	Division
Canning	WA	Division
Capricornia	QLD	Division
Chisholm	VIC	Division
Corangamite	VIC	Division
Corio	VIC	Division
Cowper	NSW	Division
Cunningham	NSW	Division
Curtin	WA	Division
Dalley	NSW	Division
Darebin	VIC	Division
Darling	NSW	Division
Darling Downs	QLD	Division
Dawson	QLD	Division
Deakin	VIC	Division
Denison	TAS	Division
East Sydney	NSW	Division
Eden-Monaro	NSW	Division
Evans	NSW	Division
Farrer	NSW	Division
Fawkner	VIC	Division
Fisher	QLD	Division
Flinders	VIC	Division
Forrest	WA	Division
Franklin	TAS	Division
Fremantle	WA	Division
Gellibrand	VIC	Division
Gippsland	VIC	Division
Grayndler	NSW	Division
Grey	SA	Division
Griffith	QLD	Division
Gwydir	NSW	Division
Henty	VIC	Division
Herbert	QLD	Division
Higgins	VIC	Division
Higinbotham	VIC	Division
Hindmarsh	SA	Division
Hughes	NSW	Division
Hume	NSW	Division
Hunter	NSW	Division
Indi	VIC	Division
Isaacs	VIC	Division
Kalgoorlie	WA	Division
Kennedy	QLD	Division
Kingsford Smith	NSW	Division
Kingston	SA	Division
Kooyong	VIC	Division
La Trobe	VIC	Division
Lalor	VIC	Division
Lang	NSW	Division
Lawson	NSW	Division
Leichhardt	QLD	Division
Lilley	QLD	Division
Lowe	NSW	Division
Lyne	NSW	Division
Macarthur	NSW	Division
Mackellar	NSW	Division
Macquarie	NSW	Division
Mallee	VIC	Division
Maranoa	QLD	Division
Maribyrnong	VIC	Division
McMillan	VIC	Division
McPherson	QLD	Division
Melbourne	VIC	Division
Melbourne Ports	VIC	Division
Mitchell	NSW	Division
Moore	WA	Division
Moreton	QLD	Division
Murray	VIC	Division
New England	NSW	Division
Newcastle	NSW	Division
North Sydney	NSW	Division
Northern Territory	NT	Division
Oxley	QLD	Division
Parkes	NSW	Division
Parramatta	NSW	Division
Paterson	NSW	Division
Perth	WA	Division
Petrie	QLD	Division
Phillip	NSW	Division
Port Adelaide	SA	Division
Reid	NSW	Division
Richmond	NSW	Division
Riverina	NSW	Division
Robertson	NSW	Division
Ryan	QLD	Division
Scullin	VIC	Division
Shortland	NSW	Division
St George	NSW	Division
Stirling	WA	Division
Sturt	SA	Division
Swan	WA	Division
Wakefield	SA	Division
Wannon	VIC	Division
Warringah	NSW	Division
Watson	NSW	Division
Wentworth	NSW	Division
Werriwa	NSW	Division
West Sydney	NSW	Division
Wide Bay	QLD	Division
Wills	VIC	Division
Wilmot	TAS	Division
Wimmera	VIC	Division
Yarra	VIC	Division

Candidate	Party	State	Votes	Elected
James Healy	Communist	NSW	86556	No
Laurence Aarons	Communist	NSW	4511	No
Florence Davis	Communist	NSW	4783	No
Rupert Lockwood	Communist	NSW	5666	No
James Arnold	Australian Labor Party	NSW	749182	Yes (1)
James Ormonde	Australian Labor Party	NSW	3337	Yes (3)
Stanley Amour	Australian Labor Party	NSW	5854	Yes (5)
Gilbert Manuel	Australian Labor Party	NSW	3394	No
John Kane	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	NSW	78132	No
Jan Van Der Rijt	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	NSW	1285	No
Michael Fitzpatrick	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	NSW	4219	No
Alister Mcmullin	Liberal	NSW	737463	Yes (2)
Kenneth Anderson	Liberal	NSW	7750	Yes (4)
Gerald Mckellar	The Nationals/Country Party	NSW	7149	Yes (6)
Ronald Sarina	True Democratic Party	NSW	2602	No
Alfred Turner	True Democratic Party	NSW	1735	No
George Cole	Independent	NSW	8570	No
John Chapman-Mortimer	Independent	NSW	787	No
Edward Spensley	Independent	NSW	670	No
Charles De Monchaux	Independent	NSW	3195	No
Anthony Micallef	Independent	NSW	3454	No
Patrick Kennelly	Australian Labor Party	VIC	532860	Yes (2)
Albion Hendrickson	Australian Labor Party	VIC	6639	Yes (4)
Charles Sandford	Australian Labor Party	VIC	4813	Yes (6)
Maurice Ashkenasy	Australian Labor Party	VIC	5169	No
Jack Little	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	VIC	157821	No
Frank Burns	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	VIC	2684	No
Eileen Slattery	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	VIC	1383	No
Vilmos Kormos	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	VIC	911	No
John Murray	Republican Party of Australia	VIC	2749	No
Richard Mullins	Republican Party of Australia	VIC	966	No
Ralph Gibson	Communist	VIC	9674	No
Catherine Williams	Communist	VIC	532	No
Andrew Wallace	Communist	VIC	457	No
William Tregear	Communist	VIC	862	No
John Gorton	Liberal	VIC	559849	Yes (1)
Ivy Wedgwood	Liberal	VIC	6095	Yes (3)
George Hannan	Liberal	VIC	4623	Yes (5)
Gordon Brown	Australian Labor Party	QLD	268656	Yes (2)
Felix Dittmer	Australian Labor Party	QLD	10539	Yes (4)
Maxwell Poulter	Australian Labor Party	QLD	3089	No
Jean Reville	Independent	QLD	2334	No
Gladys Edwards	Independent	QLD	2125	No
Thomas Millar	Communist	QLD	5410	No
Edwin Bacon	Communist	QLD	504	No
Stella Nord	Communist	QLD	594	No
Condon Byrne	Queensland Labor Party	QLD	70299	No
Harold Collins	Queensland Labor Party	QLD	1804	No
William Sturgess	Queensland Labor Party	QLD	934	No
Edmund Maher	The Nationals/Country Party	QLD	311508	Yes (1)
Ian Wood	Liberal	QLD	5968	Yes (3)
Roy Kendall	Liberal	QLD	7748	Yes (5)
Malcolm Scott	Liberal	WA	122577	Yes (1)
George Branson	Liberal	WA	2197	Yes (3)
John Sim	Liberal	WA	1456	No
Thomas Drake-Brockman	The Nationals/Country Party	WA	46176	Yes (5)
Jessie Robertson	The Nationals/Country Party	WA	5022	No
William Robinson	The Nationals/Country Party	WA	1553	No
Joseph Cooke	Australian Labor Party	WA	107881	Yes (2)
Hartley Cant	Australian Labor Party	WA	1610	Yes (4)
Patrick O`Brien	Australian Labor Party	WA	2008	No
John Gandini	Communist	WA	1719	No
Annette Aarons	Communist	WA	160	No
John Wilson	Communist	WA	299	No
Bernard Flanagan	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	WA	18639	No
Veronica Bonser	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	WA	449	No
Gerard Benson	Independent	WA	625	No
Alan Finger	Communist	SA	10406	No
James Moss	Communist	SA	813	No
Elliott Johnston	Communist	SA	1317	No
James O`Sullivan	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	SA	21016	No
Daniel Smith	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	SA	1503	No
Peter Lasarewitch	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	SA	791	No
James Toohey	Australian Labor Party	SA	202773	Yes (1)
Clement Ridley	Australian Labor Party	SA	1277	Yes (3)
Arnold Drury	Australian Labor Party	SA	1330	Yes (5)
Rex Pearson	Liberal	SA	188472	Yes (2)
Keith Laught	Liberal	SA	2601	Yes (4)
Gordon Davidson	Liberal	SA	4856	No
George Cole	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	TAS	22271	Yes (3)
Bruce Dilger	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	TAS	1888	No
Virgil Morgan	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	TAS	1763	No
Justin O`Byrne	Australian Labor Party	TAS	39971	Yes (1)
William Aylett	Australian Labor Party	TAS	15827	Yes (2)
Reginald Murray	Australian Labor Party	TAS	6818	No
Alexander Lillico	Liberal	TAS	23574	Yes (4)
John Marriott	Liberal	TAS	23550	Yes (5)
Robert Wordsworth	Liberal	TAS	14006	No
Cornelius Mcshane	Independent	TAS	2972	No

1958 Federal Election

Incoming/Outgoing Members

Lower House

Upper House