1945 Victorian state election

Australian state election

← 1943

10 November 1945 (1945-11-10)

1947 →

All 65 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
33 seats needed for a majority

Results in each electorate.

Premier before election

Ian Macfarlan
Liberal

Premier after election

John Cain
Labor

The 1945 Victorian state election was held on 10 November 1945 to elect all 65 members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.

Results

Victorian state election, 10 November 1945 Legislative Assembly << 1943–1947 >>
Enrolled voters		1,019,063
Votes cast		896,561		Turnout	87.98	+0.98
Informal votes		18,689		Informal	2.08	−0.51
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	360,079	41.02	+4.89	31	+9
	Country	163,940	18.67	+5.64	18	±0
	Liberal	180,046	20.51	−2.56	10	−3
	Independent	92,097	10.49	−11.40	3	−2
	Ministerial Liberal	29,276	3.33	+3.33	3	+3
	Independent Liberal VIC	27,351	3.12	+3.12	0	±0
	Communist	25,083	2.86	−1.65	0	±0
Total		877,872			65

Notes:

Eleven seats were uncontested at this election, and were retained by the incumbent parties:
- Labor (8): Bendigo, Collingwood, Footscray, Geelong, Melbourne, Moonee Ponds, Northcote, Sunshine.
- Liberal (3): Kew, Malvern, Scoresby

"VICTORIAN STATE ELECTIONS". Gippsland Times. 12 November 1945. p. 1. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
Election held on 10 November 1945, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).
Colin A Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890-1964, Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968 (ISBN 0708102700).

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