1947 Victorian state election

The 1947 Victorian state election was held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 8 November 1947 to elect 65 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

1947 Victorian state election
8 November 1947 (1947-11-08)
65 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
  First party Second party
 
Leader Thomas Hollway John Cain
Party Liberal/Country coalition Labor
Leader since 3 December 1940 18 October 1937
Leader's seat Ballarat Northcote
Last election 29 seats 31 seats
Seats won 47 seats 17 seats
Seat change 18 14
Percentage 52.08% 40.87%
Swing 12.90 0.15
Premier before election

John Cain
Labor

 Elected Premier

Thomas Hollway
Liberal

Results

Legislative Assembly

Victorian state election, 8 November 1947[1][2]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1945–1950 >>

Enrolled voters 1,291,515
Votes cast 1,206,815 Turnout 93.44 +5.46
Informal votes 16,102 Informal 1.33 −0.75
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 486,635 40.87 −0.15 17 −14
  Liberal 442,451 37.16 +16.65 27 +17
  Country 177,698 14.92 −4.05 20 +2
  Communist 1,575 0.13 −2.73 0 ±0
  Independent 82,354 6.92 −3.57 1 −2
Total 1,190,713     65  
gollark: Despite nuclear power being a solution to... most of our energy problems... people will still insist it's awful, so we'll get renewables everywhere which won't really help because batteries.
gollark: Oh yes, climate change.
gollark: That too.
gollark: There would be exciting safety issues.
gollark: There's more than that.

See also

References
  1. Election held on 8 November 1947, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).
  2. Colin A Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890-1964, Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968 (ISBN 0708102700).
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