Elections were held in the
Australian state
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of
Victoria
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on Saturday 21 June 1958 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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* Ranked voting methods, all election methods that involve ranking candidates in order of pr ...
. This was the last time Legislative Council elections were held separately to those of the
Legislative Assembly.
Results
Legislative Council
Retiring Members
Democratic Labor
*
Paul Jones MLC (
Doutta Galla) — elected as Labor
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.
Results by province
Ballarat
Bendigo
Doutta Galla
* Two party preferred vote was estimated.
East Yarra
Gippsland
* Two party preferred vote was estimated.
Higinbotham
* Two party preferred vote was estimated.
Melbourne
*
Maurie Sheehy
Maurice Patrick Sheehy (12 June 1893 – 10 January 1961) was an Australian politician, and a member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Melbourne Province. As a young man, "Maurie" Sheehy (as he was then known) was an Australian rules foo ...
was elected in 1952 as a member of Labor, then defected to the DLP in 1955.
Melbourne North
* Two party preferred vote was estimated.
*
Jack Little was elected in 1952 as a member of Labor, then defected to the DLP in 1955.
Melbourne West
*
Bert Bailey was elected in 1952 as a member of Labor, then defected to the DLP in 1955.
Monash
*
Thomas Brennan was elected in 1952 as a member of Labor, then defected to the DLP in 1955.
Northern
North-Eastern
North-Western
Southern
South-Eastern
* Two party preferred vote was estimated.
South-Western
Western
See also
*
1958 Victorian state election
References
{{Victorian elections
1958 elections in Australia
Elections in Victoria (state)
Results of Victorian state elections
1950s in Victoria (state)
June 1958 events in Australia
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