Candidates of the 1947 Victorian state election

The 1947 Victorian state election was held on 8 November 1947.

Retiring Members

Country

• Alfred Kirton MLA (Mornington)

Legislative Assembly

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.

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Country candidates	Other candidates
Albert Park	Labor	Frank Crean	Roy Schilling
Allandale	Country	Thomas Powell	Hector Alcock	Russell White
Ballarat	Liberal	James Miller	Thomas Hollway
Barwon	Ministerial Liberal	Don Ferguson	Thomas Maltby
Benalla	Country		Thomas Nolan	Frederick Cook
Benambra	Country			Tom Mitchell
Bendigo	Labor	Bill Galvin	Eric Thomson	Norman Oliver
Borung	Country			Wilfred Mibus	Finlay Cameron (Ind CP)
Box Hill	Labor	Bob Gray	George Reid		Reginald Cooper (Ind Lib)
Brighton	Liberal		Ray Tovell		Ian Macfarlan (Ind)
Brunswick	Labor	James Jewell	Alfred Wall
Camberwell	Liberal		Robert Whately		Walter Fordham (Ind Lib)
Carlton	Labor	Bill Barry	Stanley Lang
Caulfield	Liberal		Alexander Dennett
Clifton Hill	Labor	Jack Cremean	Neil McKay
Coburg	Independent	George Henderson	Walter Perse		Charlie Mutton (Ind)
Collingwood	Labor	Bill Towers	William Boughton
Dandenong	Labor	Frank Field	William Dawnay-Mould	Alexander Caldwell
Dundas	Labor	Bill Slater	William McDonald
Elsternwick	Liberal	Gregory Gowans	John Don
Essendon	Labor	Arthur Drakeford	Allen Bateman
Evelyn	Ministerial Liberal	Roderick Leeson	William Everard		Patrick McKie (Ind Lib)
Footscray	Labor	Jack Holland	William Massey
Geelong	Labor	Fanny Brownbill	Edward Montgomery
Gippsland East	Country	Thomas Parkinson		Albert Lind
Gippsland North	Labor	James Johns		Bill Fulton
Gippsland South	Country	Percy Vagg		Herbert Hyland
Gippsland West	Country	Fred Rush	Basil Morris	Matthew Bennett
Glen Iris	Independent		Les Norman		Ian McLaren (Ind)
Goulburn	Labor	Joseph Smith	Philip Grimwade	Cyril Davy
Grant	Country	Horace Hughes	Tom Austin	Frederick Holden
Hampden	Labor	Raymond Hyatt	Henry Bolte		Alfred Matthey (Ind CP)
Hawthorn	Liberal	Charles Murphy	Fred Edmunds		Leslie Hollins (Ind)
Ivanhoe	Independent		Rupert Curnow		Robert Gardner (Ind) Leighton Weber (Ind Lib)
Kew	Liberal	Rupert Purchase	Wilfrid Kent Hughes
Korong	Country	Ernest Duus		Albert Dunstan
Malvern	Liberal		Trevor Oldham		Mascotte Brown (Ind) Andrew Sinclair (Ind Lib)
Melbourne	Labor	Tom Hayes	George Crowther
Mentone	Labor	George White	Harry Drew
Mernda	Country		Arthur Ireland	Leslie Webster	Jack Gill (Ind Lab)
Midlands	Labor	Clive Stoneham		Thomas Grigg
Mildura	Labor	Louis Garlick		Nathaniel Barclay
Moonee Ponds	Labor	Samuel Merrifield	Wallace Crichton
Mornington	Country	Bertram Maslen	William Leggatt	Eric Rundle
Murray Valley	Country	Neil Stewart		George Moss
Northcote	Labor	John Cain	Jack McColl
Oakleigh	Labor	Squire Reid	John Lechte
Polwarth	Country	Edwin Morris		Edward Guye
Portland	Labor	Robert Holt	James Lindsey	Harry Hedditch
Port Melbourne	Labor	Tom Corrigan	Stanley Evans		Ralph Gibson (CPA)
Prahran	Labor	Bill Quirk	Martin Smith
Preston	Labor	William Ruthven	Frederick Lee
Rainbow	Country	Raymond Peake		Keith Dodgshun
Richmond	Labor	Stan Keon	Roland Leckie
Ripon	Labor	Ernie Morton	Rutherford Guthrie	Leonard Rodda
Rodney	Country		Morton Garner	Richard Brose
Scoresby	Liberal		Sir George Knox
Shepparton	Country	Edward Newman		John McDonald
St Kilda	Ministerial Liberal	Bill Bourke			Archie Michaelis (Ind Lib)
Sunshine	Labor	Ernie Shepherd	Lindsay Smith
Swan Hill	Country	Philip Meehan		John Hipworth	Stanley Taylor (Ind CP)
Toorak	Liberal		Robert Hamilton		Edgar Morton (Ind Lib) Peter Ryan (Ind)
Warrnambool	Country	Fred Reid		Henry Bailey
Williamstown	Labor	John Lemmon	Clifford Rankine		George Paine (Ind Lab)
Wonthaggi	Labor	William McKenzie		William Buckingham

See also

• 1946 Victorian Legislative Council election

References

• Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive