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词条 1955 Victorian state election
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  1. Background

  2. Key dates

  3. Results

     Legislative Assembly 

  4. See also

  5. References

{{Infobox election
| election_name = Victorian state election, 1955
| country = Victoria
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = Victorian state election, 1952
| previous_year = 1952
| next_election = Victorian state election, 1958
| next_year = 1958
| seats_for_election = 65 (of the 66) seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
| election_date = {{Start date|df=yes|1955|5|28}}
| image1 =
| leader1 = Henry Bolte
| leader_since1 = 3 June 1953
| party1 = Liberal and Country Party
| colour1 = 080CAB
| leaders_seat1 = Hampden
| percentage1 = 37.78%
| swing1 = {{increase}} 12.93
| last_election1 = 11 seats
| seats1 = 33 seats
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 22
| image2 =
| leader2 = John Cain
| leader_since2 = 18 October 1937
| party2 = Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)
| leaders_seat2 = Northcote
| percentage2 = 32.57%
| swing2 = {{decrease}} 16.50
| last_election2 = 37 seats
| seats2 = 20 seats
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 17
| image3 =
| leader3 = {{nowrap|Herbert Hyland}}
| leader_since3 = 1955
| party3 = Country Party (Victoria)
| leaders_seat3 = {{nowrap|Gippsland South}}
| percentage3 = 9.53%
| swing3 = {{increase}} 1.19
| last_election3 = 12 seats
| seats3 = 11 seats
| seat_change3 = {{decrease}} 1
| title = Premier
| before_election = John Cain
| before_party = Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)
| after_election = Henry Bolte
| after_party = Liberal and Country Party
}}

The 1955 Victorian state election was held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 28 May 1955 to elect 65 (of the 66) members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

The incumbent Labor Party Government was defeated by the Liberal and Country Party (LCP) led by Henry Bolte with a swing of 14.6%.

Background

John Cain had led the Labor Party in Victoria since 1937, and had been Premier since defeating John McDonald's Country Party government at the 1952 election, forming the first majority Labor government in Victoria's history.

The leader of the opposition Liberal and Country Party, Trevor Oldham, had died on 2 May 1953 in a plane crash on his way to attend the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Oldham's deputy, Henry Bolte, succeeded him a few days later.

The election was triggered by events related to the Australian Labor Party split of 1955, in which followers of B. A. Santamaria's "Movement"—Catholic, anti-Communist, right-aligned members of the Labor Party—were accused by federal leader H. V. Evatt of contributing to his loss of the 1954 federal election to Robert Menzies. The federal executive set about expelling "disloyal" members who supported the Movement.

In the Victorian parliament, the anti-Communists were known as the Barry–Coleman group after the leaders of the faction: Bill Barry in the Legislative Assembly and Les Coleman in the Legislative Council. In April 1955, Barry and Coleman wrote to Cain requesting a unity conference, but the request was rejected, with Cain telling the group that they could only achieve unity within the ALP, by accepting the authority of the Labor federal conference and executive, and the Victorian central executive.[1]

On the night of 19 April, Bolte moved a motion of no-confidence against Cain's government in the Legislative Assembly. In the early hours of 20 April, following a twelve-hour debate, eleven anti-Communist Labor members crossed the floor to support Bolte's motion. With his government defeated, Cain sought and received a dissolution of parliament later that day.[2][3]

Key dates

Date Event
20 April 1955 The Cain government was defeated in the Victorian Legislative Assembly by a motion of no-confidence.[2]
22 April 1955 The Parliament was prorogued, and the Legislative Assembly dissolved.[4]
26 April 1955 Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.[4]
6 May 1955 Close of nominations.[4]
28 May 1955 Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
7 June 1955 Interim Bolte Ministry was sworn in.[5]
8 June 1955 The remainder of the Bolte Ministry was sworn in.[6]
15 June 1955 The writ was returned and the results formally declared.
15 June 1955 Parliament resumed for business.[7]

Results

Legislative Assembly

{{see also|Results of the Victorian state election, 1955 (Legislative Assembly)}}{{Australian elections/Title row
| title = Victorian state election, 28 May 1955[8][9]
| house = Legislative Assembly
| series = Victorian state election
| back = 1952
| forward = 1958
| enrolled = 1,402,588
| total_votes = 1,318,934
| turnout % = 94.02
| turnout chg = +0.44
| informal = 28,955
| informal % = 2.19
| informal chg = +0.38
}}{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|government = yes
|party_id = Liberal VIC
|party = Liberal and Country
|votes = 487,408
|votes % = 37.78
|votes chg = +12.93
|seats = 33
|seats chg = +22
}}{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Labor VIC
|votes = 420,197
|votes % = 32.57
|votes chg = −16.50
|seats = 20
|seats chg = −17
}}{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Labor (Anti-Communist)
|votes = 162,660
|votes % = 12.61
|votes chg = +12.61
|seats = 1
|seats chg = +1
}}{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Country VIC
|votes = 122,999
|votes % = 9.53
|votes chg = +1.19
|seats = 11
|seats chg = −1
}}{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Independent
|votes = 45,570
|votes % = 3.53
|votes chg = −3.38
|seats = 1
|seats chg = ±0
}}{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Victorian Liberal
|votes = 44,692
|votes % = 3.46
|votes chg = −6.13
|seats = 0
|seats chg = −4
}}{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Communist
|votes = 4,589
|votes % = 0.35
|votes chg = −0.88
|seats = 0
|seats chg = ±0
}}{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party = Henry George
|votes = 1,864
|votes % = 0.14
|votes chg = +0.14
|seats = 0
|seats chg = ±0
}}{{Australian elections/Total row |
|total_votes = 1,289,979
|total_seats = 66
}}{{Australian elections/2PP summary |
|party id 1 = Liberal and Country
|2pp votes 1 = 755,917
|2pp % 1 = 57.9
|2pp chg 1 = +14.6
|party id 2 = Labor VIC
|2pp votes 2 = 549,233
|2pp % 2 = 42.1
|2pp chg 2 = –14.6
}}
|}Notes:
  • The seat of Gippsland South was retained uncontested by Sir Herbert Hyland for the Country Party. Figures for enrolled voters and ballots cast are for contested seats only.
  • The Victorian Liberal Party contested the previous election as the Electoral Reform League. The party was formed by a group of disaffected former Liberal and Country Party members who followed Thomas Hollway when he was expelled from the L&CP.

See also

  • Candidates of the Victorian state election, 1955
  • Victorian Legislative Council election, 1955
  • Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1955–1958
  • Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1955–1958

References

1. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71876785 |title=Labor split widens CAIN SNUBS BARRY MEN; POLL 'SURE'. |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne |date=16 April 1955 |accessdate=10 April 2012 |page=5|edition=FINAL EDITION|via=National Library of Australia}}
2. ^1 {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75437726 |title=Victorian Govt. Defeated; Election On May 28. |newspaper=The Central Queensland Herald |location=Rockhampton, Qld. |date=21 April 1955 |accessdate=10 April 2012 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}
3. ^Ainsley Symons (2012), 'Democratic Labor Party members in the Victorian Parliament of 1955–1958,' in Recorder (Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Melbourne Branch) No. 275, November, Pages 4-5.
4. ^1 2 {{Gazette VIC |year=1955 |page=1807 |title=Discharging members of the Legislative Council from attendance and dissolving the Legislative Assembly|date=22 April 1955}}
5. ^{{Gazette VIC |year=1955 |page=2803|title=Ministers of the Crown|date=7 June 1955}}
6. ^{{Gazette VIC |year=1955 |page=2845|title=Ministers of the Crown|date=8 June 1955}}
7. ^{{Gazette VIC |year=1955 |page=2585|date=27 July 1961|title=Fixing the time for holding the first session of the forty-second Parliament of Victoria}}
8. ^Election held on 28 May 1955, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).
9. ^Colin A Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890–1964, Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968 ({{ISBN|0708102700}}).
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