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1958 Victorian state election

Australian state election

Field	Value
election_name	1958 Victorian state election
country	Victoria
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1955 Victorian state election
previous_year	1955
next_election	1961 Victorian state election
next_year	1961
seats_for_election	All 66 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
majority_seats	34
election_date
image1	[[File:Henry Bolte.jpg	125px]]
leader1	Henry Bolte
colour1	080CAB
leader_since1	3 June 1953
party1	Liberal and Country Party
leaders_seat1	Hampden
popular_vote1	508,678
percentage1	37.18%
swing1	0.60
last_election1	33
seats1	39
seat_change1	6
image2	[[File:Ernie Shepherd.jpg	127px]]
leader2	Ernie Shepherd
leader_since2	9 August 1957
party2	Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)
leaders_seat2	Footscray
popular_vote2	515,638
percentage2	37.69%
swing2	5.12
last_election2	20
seats2	18
seat_change2	2
image3	[[File:Herbert_Hyland.jpg	125px]]
leader3	Herbert Hyland
leader_since3	20 April 1955
party3	Country Party (Victoria)
leaders_seat3	Gippsland South
popular_vote3	127,228
percentage3	9.30%
swing3	0.24
last_election3	11
seats3	9
seat_change3	2
1blank	TPP
2blank	TPP swing
1data1	57.76%
2data1	0.16
1data2	42.24%
2data2	0.16
title	Premier
before_election	Henry Bolte
before_party	Liberal and Country Party
after_election	Henry Bolte
after_party	Liberal and Country Party

Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 31 May 1958 to elect the 66 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. This was the last time Assembly elections were held separately from those for the Legislative Council.

The Liberal and Country Party (LCP) government of Premier Henry Bolte won a second term in office.

Results

Legislative Assembly

| turnout % = 94.23 | informal % = 1.78 |votes % = 37.69 |votes % = 37.18 |votes % = 14.43 |votes % = 9.30 |votes % = 1.30 |votes % = 0.10 |2pp % 1 = 57.8 |2pp % 2 = 42.2 |}

Seats changing party representation

There was a redistribution across Victoria prior to this election. The seat changes are as follows.

Abolished seats

Seat	Incumbent member	Party
Ascot Vale	Ernie Shepherd
Carlton	Denis Lovegrove
Caulfield East	Alexander Fraser
Collingwood	Bill Towers
Pascoe Vale	Arthur Drakeford
Port Melbourne	Archie Todd

New seats

Seat	Party	Elected member
Essendon			Liberal and Country
Fitzroy			Labor
Mulgrave			Liberal and Country
Ormond			Liberal and Country
Ringwood			Liberal and Country
Yarraville			Labor

Seats changing hands

Seat	Incumbent member	Party
Bendigo	John Stanistreet	Liberal and Country	Bill Galvin
Coburg	Charlie Mutton	Independent	Charlie Mutton
Evelyn	Phillip Connell	Labor	Russell Stokes
Geelong West	Colin MacDonald	Labor	Max Gillett
Richmond	Frank Scully	Democratic Labor	Bill Towers

References

[http://elections.uwa.edu.au/elecdetail.lasso?keyvalue=904 Election held on 31 May 1958], Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).

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