1945 Victorian state election

1945 Victorian state election
10 November 1945 (1945-11-10)
All 65 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
33 seats needed for a majority
Registered1,019,063
Turnout87.98% ( 0.98)
  First party Second party
 
Leader John Cain Albert Dunstan
Party Labor Country
Leader since 18 October 1937 14 March 1935
Leader's seat Northcote Korong
Last election 22 seats 18 seats
Seats won 31 18
Seat change 9
Primary vote 360,079 163,940
Percentage 41.02% 18.67%
Swing 4.89 5.64
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Thomas Hollway Ian Macfarlan
Party Liberal Ministerial
Leader since 3 December 1940 2 October 1945
Leader's seat Ballarat Brighton
(lost seat)
Last election 13 seats Did not exist
Seats won 10 3
Seat change 3 3
Primary vote 188,119 29,276
Percentage 20.51% 3.33%
Swing 2.56 3.33
Results in each electorate
Premier before election

Ian Macfarlan
Ministerial 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.

The Labor Party, led by John Cain, won 31 seats and formed government with the support of two independents. Labor defeated the Country Party, led by former premier Albert Dunstan, and the Liberal Party, led by Thomas Hollway.

The incumbent premier at the election was Ian Macfarlan, the deputy leader of the Liberal Party, who became premier on 2 October 1945 after the Dunstan government was defeated on the floor of parliament. Macfarlan contested the election as a Ministerial Liberal, but lost his seat of Brighton to an endorsed Liberal candidate. This marks the only time in Victorian history where the sitting premier did not lead any of the three largest parties at an election.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.