1946 Victorian Legislative Council election

April 2022 An election was held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 15 June 1946 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 Victorian Legislative Council election, 15 June 1946http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/1946council.txt Victorian Legislative Council election of 14 June 1946 Psephos Carr Adam Legislative Council Victorian Legislative Council election 1943 1949 yes 517,727 291,295 56.3 +39.1 5,912 2.0 −0.6 Liberal VIC 131,710 46.2 +28.7 7 14 Labor VIC 62,640 21.9 −11.9 4 7 Country VIC 38,259 13.4 −3.9 6 12 Others 52,774 18.5 −12.9 0 1 285,383 17 34 |} Retiring Members Liberal George Bolster MLC (Ballarat) Country Richard Kilpatrick MLC (Northern) 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. Province Held by Labor candidates Liberal candidates Country candidates Other candidates  Ballarat Liberal James Kittson Ord Glenn Nathaniel Callow (Ind)Bendigo Liberal George Lansell Doutta Galla Labor Paul Jones John Ivey East Yarra Liberal Sir Clifden Eager* Daniel Scott Gippsland Country Trevor Harvey Higinbotham Liberal James Disney Arthur Warner* Melbourne Labor William Beckett Melbourne North Labor Archibald Fraser Alexander Gray (Ind)Melbourne West Labor Pat Kennelly George Watson (Ind)Monash Liberal Sir Frank Beaurepaire John Smith (Ind)Northern Country Alan Johnson Dudley Walters* Andrew Crawford (Ind)North Eastern Country Sir John Harris Ivan Swinburne* North Western Country Percy Byrnes Southern Liberal William Angliss Harry Cope (Ind)South Eastern Liberal Cyril Isaac* William Tyner South Western Liberal Allan McDonald Western Country James Hardy Robert Rankin See also 1945 Victorian state election 1947 Victorian state election References Category:1946 elections in Australia Category:Elections in Victoria (state) Category:1940s in Victoria (state) Category:June 1946 in Australia