Elections were held in the
Australian state
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of
Victoria
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on Saturday 18 June 1949 to elect 17 of the 34 members of the state's
Legislative Council for six year terms. MLCs were elected in single-member provinces using
preferential voting {{short description, Election systems
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.
Results
Legislative Council
Retiring Members
Sir George Goudie (Country,
North Western) had died prior to the election; no by-election was held.
Labor
*
Percy Clarey
Percy James Clarey (20 January 189017 May 1960) was an Australian trade union leader and politician. He served as president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) from 1943 to 1949 and represented the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in t ...
MLC (
Doutta Galla)
Liberal and Country
*
Alfred Pittard
Alfred James Pittard (known as Jim Pittard) (3 August 1868 – 16 May 1950) was an Australian politician.
He was born in Ballarat West to bootmaker James Alfred Pittard and Annie Drew. He followed his father into the shoemaking business, ...
MLC (
Ballarat
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)
Candidates
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.
See also
*
1950 Victorian state election
References
{{Victorian elections
1949 elections in Australia
Elections in Victoria (Australia)
Results of Victorian state elections
1940s in Victoria (Australia)
June 1949 events in Australia