Election Name: | 1958 Victorian state election |
Country: | Victoria |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1955 Victorian state election |
Previous Year: | 1955 |
Next Election: | 1961 Victorian state election |
Next Year: | 1961 |
Seats For Election: | All 66 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly |
Majority Seats: | 34 |
Leader1: | Henry Bolte |
Colour1: | 080CAB |
Leader Since1: | 3 June 1953 |
Party1: | Liberal and Country Party |
Leaders Seat1: | Hampden |
Popular Vote1: | 508,678 |
Percentage1: | 37.18% |
Swing1: | 0.60 |
Last Election1: | 33 seats |
Seats1: | 39 seats |
Seat Change1: | 6 |
Leader Since2: | 9 August 1957 |
Party2: | Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch) |
Leaders Seat2: | Footscray |
Popular Vote2: | 515,638 |
Percentage2: | 37.69% |
Swing2: | 5.12 |
Last Election2: | 20 seats |
Seats2: | 18 seats |
Seat Change2: | 2 |
Leader Since3: | 20 April 1955 |
Party3: | Country Party (Victoria) |
Popular Vote3: | 127,228 |
Percentage3: | 9.30% |
Swing3: | 0.24 |
Last Election3: | 11 seats |
Seats3: | 9 seats |
Seat Change3: | 2 |
1Blank: | TPP |
2Blank: | TPP swing |
1Data1: | 57.76% |
2Data1: | 0.16 |
1Data2: | 42.24% |
2Data2: | 0.16 |
Premier | |
Before Election: | Henry Bolte |
Before Party: | Liberal and Country Party |
After Election: | Henry Bolte |
After Party: | Liberal and Country Party |
Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 31 May 1958 to elect the 66 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. This was the last time Assembly elections were held separately from those for the Legislative Council.
The Liberal and Country Party (LCP) government of Premier Henry Bolte won a second term in office.
See also: Results of the 1958 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly).
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There was a redistribution across Victoria prior to this election. The seat changes are as follows.
Seat | Incumbent member | Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Ascot Vale | Ernie Shepherd | Labor | ||
Carlton | Denis Lovegrove | Labor | ||
Caulfield East | Alexander Fraser | Liberal and Country | ||
Collingwood | Bill Towers | Labor | ||
Pascoe Vale | Arthur Drakeford | Labor | ||
Port Melbourne | Archie Todd | Labor | ||
Seat | Party | Elected member | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Essendon | Liberal and Country | Kenneth Wheeler | ||
Fitzroy | Labor | Denis Lovegrove | ||
Mulgrave | Liberal and Country | Ray Wiltshire | ||
Ormond | Liberal and Country | Joe Rafferty | ||
Ringwood | Liberal and Country | Jim Manson | ||
Yarraville | Labor | Roy Schintler | ||
Seat | Incumbent member | Party | New member | Party | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bendigo | John Stanistreet | Liberal and Country | Bill Galvin | Labor | ||||
Coburg | Charlie Mutton | Independent | Charlie Mutton | Labor | ||||
Evelyn | Phillip Connell | Labor | Russell Stokes | Liberal and Country | ||||
Geelong West | Colin MacDonald | Labor | Max Gillett | Liberal and Country | ||||
Richmond | Frank Scully | Democratic Labor | Bill Towers | Labor | ||||