1961 Victorian state election

Australian state election April 2022 1961 Victorian state election Victoria parliamentary no 1958 Victorian state election 1958 1964 Victorian state election 1964 All 66 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly and 17 (of the 34) seats in the Victorian Legislative Council34 seats needed for a majority 15 July 1961 130px Henry Bolte 3 June 1953 Liberal and Country Party 080CAB Hampden 521,777 36.44% 0.74 39 39 0 Clive Stoneham.jpg 155 130 167 0 10 center Clive Stoneham 7 October 1958 Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch) Midlands 552,015 38.55% 0.86 18 17 1 130px Herbert Hyland 20 April 1955 Country Party (Victoria) Gippsland South 102,184 7.14% 2.16 9 9 0 TPP TPP swing 57.94% 0.18 42.06% 0.18 Premier Premier after election Henry Bolte Liberal and Country Party Henry Bolte Liberal and Country Party Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on 15 July 1961 to elect the 66 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 17 members of the 34-member Legislative Council. MLAs were elected for three year terms and MLCs were elected for six year terms. All were elected in single-member districts or provinces using preferential voting. The Liberal and Country Party (LCP) government of Premier Henry Bolte won a third term in office. It was the first Victorian election at which all seats in both houses were contested by at least two candidates, and the first at which both houses were contested on the same day. Key dates Date Event 24 May 1961 The Parliament was prorogued.1961 1747 Discharging members of the Legislative Council from attendance and dissolving the Legislative Assembly 24 May 1961 1 June 1961 Writs were issued by the Administrator to proceed with an election.1961 1748 24 May 1961 General Election 23 June 1961 Close of nominations. 15 July 1961 Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm. 28 July 1961 The Bolte Ministry was reconstituted, with two new ministers sworn in.1961 2601 28 July 1961 Ministers of the Crown 1 August 1961 The writ was returned and the results formally declared. 1 August 1961 Parliament resumed for business.1961 2585 27 July 1961 Fixing the time for holding the first session of the forty-second Parliament of Victoria Results Legislative Assembly Results of the 1961 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) The election produced almost no change in the electoral balance. Victorian state election, 15 July 1961http://elections.uwa.edu.au/elecdetail.lasso?keyvalue=905 Parliament of Victoria, Assembly election, 15 July 1961 Australian Government and Politics Database 1 February 2010 Legislative Assembly Victorian state election 1958 1964 1,554,856 1,554,856 94.41 +0.18 35,937 2.45 +0.67 Labor VIC 552,015 38.55 +0.86 17 – 1 yes Liberal VIC Liberal and Country 521,777 36.44 –0.74 39 ± 0 dlp 242,753 16.95 +2.53 0 ± 0 Country VIC 102,184 7.14 –2.16 9 ± 0 Other 3,722 0.26 +0.16 0 ± 0 Independent 9,474 0.66 –0.64 1 + 1 1,431,925 66 Liberal and Country 829,977 57.9 +0.1 Labor VIC 602,493 42.1 –0.1 |} Legislative Council Results of the 1961 Victorian state election (Legislative Council) Victorian state election, 15 July 1961Carr Adam Victoria Legislative Council Election 1961 http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/1961council.txt Psephos Election Archive 29 September 2015 Legislative Council Victorian state election 1958 1964 yes 1,554,856 1,467,482 94.3 +8.0 46,697 3.2 +1.5 Labor VIC 552,075 38.9 –0.3 4 9 Liberal and Country 538,013 37.9 +2.1 9 17 dlp 237,464 16.7 +1.8 0 0 Country VIC 88,416 6.2 +0.7 4 8 Independent 4,817 0.3 +0.3 0 0 1,420,785 17 34 |} Seats changing hands Seat Pre-1961 Swing Post-1961 Party Member Margin Margin Member PartyMoorabbin Liberal and CountryBob Suggett 9.4 N/A 8.7Bob SuggettIndependent Liberal Oakleigh LaborVal Doube 1.8 -4.2 2.5Alan ScanlanLiberal and Country  In addition, the LCP retained the seat of Ballarat North which it had won from the Country party at the 1960 by-election. See also Candidates of the 1961 Victorian state election Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1958–1961 Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1961–1964 Bolte Ministry References Category:Elections in Victoria (state) Category:1961 elections in Australia Category:1960s in Victoria (state) Category:July 1961 in Australia