Elections were held in the
Australian state
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of
Victoria on Saturday 21 June 1952 to elect 17 of the 34 members of the state's
Legislative Council
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for six year terms. MLCs were elected in single-member provinces using
preferential voting
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* Any electoral system that allows a voter to indicate multiple preferences where preferences marked are weighted or used as cont ...
.
The election was the first following the abolition of property qualifications for voting in the Legislative Council, and saw a large increase in the number of Labor MLCs.
Results
Legislative Council
Retiring Members
Labor
*
William Beckett MLC (
Melbourne
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)
*
Pat Kennelly MLC (
Melbourne West)
Liberal and Country
*
Sir William Angliss MLC (
Southern)
*
Sir Frank Beaurepaire MLC (
Monash)
*
Allan McDonald MLC (
South Western)
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.
Results by province
Ballarat
Bendigo
Doutta Galla
East Yarra
Gippsland
Higinbotham
Melbourne
Melbourne North
Melbourne West
Monash
Northern
North-Eastern
North-Western
Southern
* Two party preferred vote was estimated.
South-Eastern
*
Cyril Isaac lost his endorsement as a member of the LCP and contested the election as an Independent.
South Western
* Two party preferred vote was estimated.
Western
* Two party preferred vote was estimated.
See also
*
1952 Victorian state election
References
{{Victorian elections
1952 elections in Australia
Elections in Victoria (state)
Results of Victorian state elections
1950s in Victoria (state)
June 1952 in Australia