Candidates of the Victorian state election, 1955

This is a list of candidates who stood for the 1955 Victorian state election. The election was held on 28 May 1955.

Seat changes

There was a redistribution of boundaries in 1955. In consequence:

Retiring Members

Labor

Country

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

References

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