Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 18 June 1955 to elect 17 of the 34 members of the state's Legislative Council for six year terms. MLCs were elected in single-member provinces using preferential voting.
Results
Legislative Council
Retiring Members
Country
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
- Two party preferred vote was estimated.
Gippsland
Higinbotham
Melbourne
Melbourne North
- Preferences were not distributed.
Melbourne West
- Sitting MLC Les Coleman was elected in 1949 as a Labor member, but defected to Anti-Communist Labor in the 1955 split.
Monash
Northern
- Preferences were not fully distributed.
North-Eastern
North Western
Southern
- Two party preferred vote was estimated.
South Eastern
- Charles Gartside had been elected as a Liberal party MLC in 1949, but was expelled from the party in 1952.
South Western
- Two party preferred vote was estimated.
Western
- Hugh MacLeod had been elected as a Liberal party MLC in 1949, but was expelled from the party in 1952.
See also
References