Candidates of the 1961 Victorian state election explained

The 1961 Victorian state election was held on 15 July 1961.

Retiring Members

Liberal and Country

Country

Legislative Assembly

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.

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidatesLCP candidatesCountry candidatesDLP candidatesOther candidates
Keith Sutton Thomas Merrett Albert Jones
Philip Gray Tom Evans Alexander Hoffert Walter Brown
Ron Wilson Gordon Scott Francis Brown
Edmund Du Vergier Alex Taylor Leo Erwin
John Hanson Bartholomew O'Dea
Reginald Mortimer Robert Kilpatrick Tom Mitchell William Findlay
Bill Galvin Thomas Flood Paul Brennan
William O'Grady George Reid Edmund Burgi
Geoffrey Blunden John Rossiter Edwin McSweeney
Harry Kane John Donnellon Anthony van der Loo (Ind)
Leo Fennessy Warren Mills Allan Swain
Campbell Turnbull Norman Glass John Flint
Peter Lynn Jim MacDonald John Duffy
Anthony Giblett Vernon Wilcox Celia Laird
Sydney Edwards Alexander Fraser Walter Culliford
Charlie Mutton Bryce Pyatt John Livingstone
Len Reid John Simmons
Sir William McDonald James Eveston
George Smith Richard Gainey Edward Preece
Leslie Edmunds Kenneth Wheeler Kevin Digby Norman McClure (Ind)
Donald King Russell Stokes Kevin Gould
Denis Lovegrove Maxwell Lee
Kevin Holland John Marshall Michael McMahon
Bill Divers Peter Oliver Walter Byrne
William King William Mithen
Max Gillett James Mahoney
Neil Rosser Rae Archibald Frank Burns
Albert Thexton Leslie Horsfield Sir Herbert Hyland Geoffrey Farrell Bryan Fitzgerald (Ind)
Toni Garside Leslie Cochrane Kevin Scanlon
Roy Crick Robert Bainbridge William Wilson (CPA)
George Price Henry Bolte Francis O'Brien
John Reeves Peter Garrisson
Vernon Christie Cyril Cummins
Cyril Sudholz Keith Turnbull Vincent Gervasoni
William Cooper Arthur Rylah Francis Duffy Eric Thornton (CPA)
James Redford Wilfred Mibus Derek Williams
James McGarvin John Bloomfield Thomas Carty
Arthur Clarey Henry Roche (Ind)
Edward Meagher
Clive Stoneham Keith Lewis John Timberlake
Douglas Burgess Raymond Dixon Nathaniel Barclay William McInerney
Jack Holden Paul Gunn Peter Kirchner (Ind)
James Healy Bob Suggett (Ind Lib)
Brian Pigott Roberts Dunstan John Cass
George Brown Jim Balfour John Vinall Leslie Hilton
Vincent Scully Ray Wiltshire Leo Sparrow
Ronald Kirby Bruno Marmo George Moss John Patterson
Frank Wilkes Julian Sullivan
Val Doube Morris Kinnane
Kenneth Stone Joe Rafferty Robert Semmel
Edwin Morris Tom Darcy Lloyd Kidman Alan Bruce
George Gowty George Gibbs Stewart Price John Russell
Sam Loxton Gordon Haberman
Charlie Ring Colin Pritchard
Harry Jenkins David Welsh Frederick Whitling John Arrowsmith (CPA)
Bill Towers John Ridge Leo Gardner Harry Bocquet (CPA)
David Ould Jim Manson William Johnson
Steven Goldberg Edgar Tanner Michael Cunneen
Neil Frankland Francis Charlton Richard Brose Spencer Broom
Leslie Atherton Baron Snider John Hughes
Kenneth Farrall Murray Porter John Ryan
Ronald Wanklin Bill Borthwick George Noone
Clarence Wohlers Gordon Harrison Herbert Hilton
Harold Stirling*
John McMahon John Hipworth (Ind Lib)
Horace Petty John Speed
Larry Floyd Neil McNeill John Twomey William Smith (CPA)
Roy Schintler Neal Greig Alfred Gerrard

Legislative Council

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.

ProvinceHeld byLabor candidatesLCP candidatesCountry candidatesDLP candidatesOther candidates
Pat Dickie William Bruty
Patrick McMahon Thomas Grigg William Drechsler
John Tripovich Kenneth Jones Barry O'Brien
Leo Bartley Sir Ewen Cameron John Hoare
George Evans Bob May John Hansen
Eric Perryman Lindsay Thompson Henry Moore
Doug Elliot Reginald Cannon Harold Powell
John Galbally Alfred Carter Kevin Daniel
Buckley Machin Dudley Coombes
Frederick Levin Charles Gawith Arthur Bennett (Ind)
Frank Power (Ind)
John Cameron Laurence Troy Percy Feltham Bernard Hallinan
Lorne Collins Keith Bradbury Arthur White
Thomas Gilhooley Geoffrey Harding Arthur Mansell Michael Howley
Stanley Willis Gilbert Chandler Raymond Studham
Reginald Butler Martin Curry
Stanley Nash Sir Gordon McArthur Newell Barrett
James McIntyre Ronald Mack Geoffrey White

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