Results of the 1945 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly)

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Victorian state election, 10 November 1945[1][2]
Legislative Assembly
<< 19431947 >>

Enrolled voters 1,019,063
Votes cast 896,561 Turnout 87.98 +0.98
Informal votes 18,689 Informal 2.08 −0.51
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 360,079 41.02 +4.89 31 +9
  Country 163,940 18.67 +5.64 18 ±0
  Liberal 180,046 20.51 −2.56 10 −3
  Independent 92,097 10.49 −11.40 3 −2
  Ministerial Liberal 29,276 3.33 +3.33 3 +3
  Independent Liberal VIC 27,351 3.12 +3.12 0 ±0
  Communist 25,083 2.86 −1.65 0 ±0
Total 877,872     65  

This is a list of electoral district results for the Victorian 1945 election.

Results by electoral district[edit]

Albert Park[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Albert Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Crean 7,227 34.9
Ministerial Liberal William Haworth 6,333 30.6
Liberal John Rasmussen 3,638 17.6
Independent Socialist James Coull 3,514 17.0
Total formal votes 20,712 96.1
Informal votes 842 3.9
Turnout 21,554 84.8
After distribution of preferences
Labor Frank Crean 10,390 50.2
Ministerial Liberal William Haworth 6,574 31.7
Liberal John Rasmussen 3,748 18.1
Labor gain from Liberal Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed to completion.

Allandale[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Allandale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Patrick Denigan 6,257 48.5
Country Russell White 3,965 30.7
Liberal Albert Woodward 2,692 20.8
Total formal votes 12,914 99.1
Informal votes 117 0.9
Turnout 13,031 90.2
Two-party-preferred result
Country Russell White 6,498 50.3
Labor Patrick Denigan 6,416 49.7
Country gain from Labor Swing

Ballarat[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Ballarat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Hollway 9,884 52.6
Labor Stanley Glover 7,850 41.8
Communist Albert Black 1,036 5.5
Total formal votes 18,770 98.5
Informal votes 281 1.5
Turnout 19,051 91.6
Liberal hold Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Barwon[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Barwon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Don Ferguson 4,291 34.3
Ministerial Liberal Thomas Maltby 3,557 28.4
Country James Henderson 2,605 20.8
Liberal Robert Shirra 2,068 16.5
Total formal votes 12,521 98.3
Informal votes 213 1.7
Turnout 12,734 89.2
Two-party-preferred result
Ministerial Liberal Thomas Maltby 7,511 60.0
Labor Don Ferguson 5,010 40.0
Ministerial Liberal gain from Liberal Swing

Benalla[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Frederick Cook 6,125 54.7
Country Percy Johnson 5,077 45.3
Total formal votes 11,202 97.5
Informal votes 288 2.5
Turnout 11,490 88.8
Country hold Swing

Benambra[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Roy Paton 5,949 56.7
Labor Charles Pollard 4,537 43.3
Total formal votes 10,486 99.3
Informal votes 78 0.7
Turnout 10,564 85.9
Country hold Swing

Bendigo[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Bendigo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Galvin unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Borung[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Borung
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Ackland 3,680 31.8
Country Wilfred Mibus 3,159 27.3
Independent Country Winton Turnbull 2,273 19.7
Country Finlay Cameron 1,808 15.6
Independent Florence Rodan 645 5.6
Total formal votes 11,565 98.5
Informal votes 172 1.5
Turnout 11,737 90.3
Two-party-preferred result
Country Wilfred Mibus 6,794 58.7
Labor Arthur Ackland 4,771 41.3
Country hold Swing

Box Hill[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Box Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bob Gray 11,204 51.0
Liberal Ronald Emerson 8,287 37.7
Independent Ivy Weber 2,490 11.3
Total formal votes 21,981 98.8
Informal votes 259 1.2
Turnout 22,240 88.3
Labor hold Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Brighton[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Brighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ray Tovell 9,040 40.6
Labor Val Doube 6,746 30.3
Ministerial Liberal Ian Macfarlan 6,499 29.2
Total formal votes 22,285 98.7
Informal votes 283 1.3
Turnout 22,568 87.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ray Tovell 14,106 62.9
Labor Val Doube 8,269 37.1
Liberal hold Swing

Brunswick[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Brunswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Jewell 16,211 73.0
Liberal Alfred Wall 5,991 27.0
Total formal votes 22,202 98.7
Informal votes 300 1.3
Turnout 22,502 87.4
Labor hold Swing

Camberwell[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Camberwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Whately 8,775 40.6
Independent Walter Fordham 6,542 30.3
Independent Dora Nankivell 3,476 16.1
Ministerial Liberal Norman Mackay 2,801 13.0
Total formal votes 21,594 97.5
Informal votes 549 2.5
Turnout 22,143 88.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Robert Whately 11,556 53.5
Independent Walter Fordham 10,038 46.5
Liberal hold Swing

Carlton[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Carlton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Barry 15,862 78.2
Communist Gerald O'Day 4,430 21.8
Total formal votes 20,292 92.9
Informal votes 1,554 7.1
Turnout 21,846 85.4
Labor hold Swing

Caulfield[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Caulfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alexander Dennett 12,408 58.2
Independent Andrew Hughes 8,925 41.8
Total formal votes 21,333 98.1
Informal votes 415 1.9
Turnout 21,748 86.9
Liberal gain from Independent Swing

Clifton Hill[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Clifton Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Cremean 13,115 58.4
Liberal Neil McKay 6,271 27.9
Communist Kenneth Miller 3,061 13.6
Total formal votes 22,447 97.3
Informal votes 612 2.7
Turnout 23,059 88.3
Labor hold Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Coburg[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Coburg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labor Charlie Mutton 10,986 52.1
Labor Arthur Lewis 5,213 24.7
Liberal Allen Bateman 4,899 23.2
Total formal votes 21,098 98.4
Informal votes 341 1.6
Turnout 21,439 87.7
Independent Labor hold Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Collingwood[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Collingwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Tunnecliffe unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Dandenong[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Dandenong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Field 10,764 52.0
Liberal Alexander Caldwell 7,007 33.8
Independent Gladys Roberts 2,260 10.9
Independent Liberal Clyde Hoffman 670 3.2
Total formal votes 20,701 96.9
Informal votes 656 3.1
Turnout 21,357 89.0
Labor hold Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Dundas[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Dundas
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Slater 8,022 65.1
Country Arthur Carracher 4,307 34.9
Total formal votes 12,329 98.8
Informal votes 144 1.2
Turnout 12,473 90.4
Labor hold Swing

Elsternwick[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Elsternwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Don 10,019 49.9
Independent Karl Dorr 5,357 26.7
Ministerial Liberal Roy Schilling 4,880 23.3
Total formal votes 20,056 97.8
Informal votes 456 2.2
Turnout 20,512 88.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal John Don 11,347 56.6
Independent Karl Dorr 8,709 43.4
Liberal hold Swing

Essendon[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Essendon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Drakeford Jr. 14,007 63.4
Liberal James Dillon 8,073 36.6
Total formal votes 22,080 98.0
Informal votes 442 2.0
Turnout 22,522 89.7
Labor hold Swing

Evelyn[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Evelyn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Clifford Wolfe 4,610 39.3
Ministerial Liberal William Everard 3,668 31.3
Liberal Frank Le Leu 3,445 29.4
Total formal votes 11,723 98.5
Informal votes 175 1.5
Turnout 11,898 87.6
Two-party-preferred result
Ministerial Liberal William Everard 6,693 57.1
Labor Clifford Wolfe 5,030 42.9
Ministerial Liberal gain from Liberal Swing

Footscray[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Footscray
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Holland unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Geelong[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Geelong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fanny Brownbill unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Gippsland East[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Albert Lind 6,812 65.2
Labor Reuben Basham 3,638 34.8
Total formal votes 10,450 99.2
Informal votes 87 0.8
Turnout 10,537 87.7
Country hold Swing

Gippsland North[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Gippsland North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Johns 5,807 50.3
Country Bill Fulton 2,728 23.6
Country William Moncur 2,499 21.6
Independent David White 506 4.4
Total formal votes 11,540 98.5
Informal votes 177 1.5
Turnout 11,717 89.9
Labor gain from Country Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Gippsland South[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Gippsland South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Herbert Hyland 7,788 63.0
Labor Cecil Shellew 4,576 37.0
Total formal votes 12,364 99.2
Informal votes 94 0.8
Turnout 12,458 89.7
Country hold Swing

Gippsland West[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Gippsland West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Matthew Bennett 6,707 53.9
Labor Robert Baker 4,044 32.5
Independent George Calderwood 1,687 13.6
Total formal votes 12,438 98.5
Informal votes 193 1.5
Turnout 12,631 87.8
Country hold Swing

Glen Iris[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Glen Iris
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alan Moir 8,305 40.6
Independent Ian McLaren 6,223 30.4
Labor Thomas Brennan 5,921 29.0
Total formal votes 20,449 98.6
Informal votes 287 1.4
Turnout 20,736 87.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Ian McLaren 11,646 57.0
Liberal Alan Moir 8,803 43.0
Independent gain from Liberal Swing

Goulburn[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Goulburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Joseph Smith 4,970 45.5
Liberal Philip Grimwade 2,374 21.7
Independent Country Edwin Mackrell 1,822 16.7
Country Cyril Davy 1,748 16.0
Total formal votes 10,914 98.9
Informal votes 118 1.1
Turnout 11,032 87.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Joseph Smith 5,664 51.9
Liberal Phillip Grimwade 5,250 48.1
Labor gain from Country Swing

Grant[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Grant
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Frederick Holden 5,280 42.0
Labor Geoffrey Ryan 5,257 41.8
Liberal Albert Pennell 2,035 16.2
Total formal votes 12,572 98.7
Informal votes 171 1.3
Turnout 12,743 86.5
Two-party-preferred result
Country Frederick Holden 7,123 56.6
Labor Geoffrey Ryan 5,449 43.4
Country hold Swing

Hampden[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Hampden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Raymond Hyatt 5,458 44.0
Country Harold McLennan 2,417 19.5
Liberal Henry Bolte 2,317 18.7
Ministerial Liberal William Cumming 2,224 17.9
Total formal votes 12,416 98.0
Informal votes 254 2.0
Turnout 12,670 89.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Raymond Hyatt 6,506 52.4
Liberal Henry Bolte 5,910 47.6
Labor gain from Liberal Swing

Hawthorn[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Charles Murphy 7,738 35.4
Liberal Fred Edmunds 7,139 32.7
Independent Leslie Hollins 6,975 31.9
Total formal votes 21,852 98.0
Informal votes 443 2.0
Turnout 22,295 87.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Fred Edmunds 12,062 55.2
Labor Charles Murphy 9,790 44.8
Liberal gain from Independent Swing

Ivanhoe[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Ivanhoe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Robert Gardner 10,162 51.0
Liberal Maxwell Dunn 9,756 49.0
Total formal votes 19,918 97.9
Informal votes 419 2.1
Turnout 20,337 87.0
Independent gain from Liberal Swing

Kew[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Wilfrid Kent Hughes unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

Korong[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Korong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Albert Dunstan 7,662 67.8
Labor William Casey 3,647 32.2
Total formal votes 11,309 99.2
Informal votes 91 0.8
Turnout 11,400 88.5
Country hold Swing

Malvern[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Malvern
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Trevor Oldham unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

Melbourne[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Melbourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Hayes unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Mentone[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Mentone
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George White 10,768 49.9
Liberal John Warren 7,708 35.7
Independent Robert Roberts 3,095 14.4
Total formal votes 21,571 98.4
Informal votes 346 1.6
Turnout 21,917 88.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor George White 11,633 53.9
Liberal John Warren 9,938 46.1
Labor gain from Liberal Swing

Mernda[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Mernda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Leslie Webster 3,991 34.0
Labor Arthur Turtle 3,880 33.1
Liberal Arthur Ireland 3,847 32.8
Total formal votes 11,718 98.2
Informal votes 220 1.8
Turnout 11,938 87.2
Two-party-preferred result
Country Leslie Webster 6,898 58.9
Labor Arthur Turtle 4,820 41.1
Country hold Swing

Midlands[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Midlands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Clive Stoneham 7,621 59.6
Country Thomas Grigg 5,166 40.4
Total formal votes 12,787 99.3
Informal votes 96 0.7
Turnout 12,883 90.9
Labor hold Swing

Mildura[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Mildura
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Louis Garlick 4,797 43.7
Country Nathaniel Barclay 3,144 28.6
Independent Country Albert Allnutt 2,582 23.5
Country John Edey 461 4.2
Total formal votes 10,984 97.6
Informal votes 269 2.4
Turnout 11,253 86.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Louis Garlick 5,620 51.2
Country Nathaniel Barclay 5,364 48.8
Labor gain from Independent Swing

Moonee Ponds[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Moonee Ponds
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Samuel Merrifield unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Mornington[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Mornington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Alfred Kirton 6,205 54.5
Liberal Frank Sharpe 5,188 45.5
Total formal votes 11,393 97.1
Informal votes 337 2.9
Turnout 11,730 83.8
Country hold Swing

Murray Valley[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Murray Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John McCabe 4,679 40.9
Country George Moss 4,224 36.9
Independent Country Percy Snowden 2,551 22.3
Total formal votes 11,454 98.8
Informal votes 137 1.2
Turnout 11,591 85.5
Two-party-preferred result
Country George Moss 6,263 54.7
Labor John McCabe 5,191 45.3
Country hold Swing

Northcote[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Northcote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Cain unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Oakleigh[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Oakleigh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Squire Reid 13,683 63.2
Liberal James Smith 7,959 36.8
Total formal votes 21,649 98.9
Informal votes 229 1.1
Turnout 21,871 89.6
Labor hold Swing

Polwarth[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Polwarth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Edward Guye 7,625 62.6
Labor Thomas Carmody 4,555 37.4
Total formal votes 12,180 99.1
Informal votes 111 0.9
Turnout 12,291 89.4
Country hold Swing

Portland[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Portland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert Holt 6,913 54.5
Country Harry Hedditch 5,779 45.5
Total formal votes 12,692 99.5
Informal votes 66 0.5
Turnout 12,758 90.8
Labor gain from Country Swing

Port Melbourne[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Port Melbourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Corrigan 16,777 76.4
Communist Ralph Gibson 5,177 23.6
Total formal votes 21,954 95.3
Informal votes 1,076 4.7
Turnout 23,030 86.1
Labor hold Swing

Prahran[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Prahran
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Quirk 11,949 53.4
Liberal Peter Isaacson 8,977 40.1
Independent Labor Arthur Jackson 1,459 6.5
Total formal votes 22,385 97.8
Informal votes 495 2.2
Turnout 22,880 85.6
Labor gain from Liberal Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Preston[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Preston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Ruthven 10,200 47.3
Ministerial Liberal Henry Zwar 9,779 45.3
Independent Albert Davis 1,590 7.4
Total formal votes 21,569 98.5
Informal votes 335 1.5
Turnout 21,904 91.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor William Ruthven 10,856 50.3
Ministerial Liberal Henry Zwar 10,713 49.7
Labor gain from Liberal Swing

Rainbow[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Rainbow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Keith Dodgshun 7,156 63.9
Labor John Tripovich 4,042 36.1
Total formal votes 11,198 99.4
Informal votes 65 0.6
Turnout 11,263 89.2
Country hold Swing

Richmond[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Stan Keon 16,621 75.9
Communist Bart Flannagan 5,288 24.1
Total formal votes 21,909 94.0
Informal votes 1,402 6.0
Turnout 23,311 86.6
Labor hold Swing

Ripon[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Ripon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ernie Morton 6,424 51.6
Country Alec McDonald 6,031 48.4
Total formal votes 12,455 99.4
Informal votes 69 0.6
Turnout 12,524 90.0
Labor gain from Country Swing

Rodney[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Richard Brose 4,803 38.3
Labor George White 3,941 31.5
Country Wollaston Heily 2,370 18.9
Independent Morton Garner 1,416 11.3
Total formal votes 12,530 98.8
Informal votes 157 1.2
Turnout 12,687 90.0
Two-party-preferred result
Country Richard Brose 7,867 62.8
Labor George White 4,663 37.2
Country hold Swing

Scoresby[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Scoresby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Knox unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

Shepparton[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Shepparton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country John McDonald 8,116 63.0
Labor Frederick Hargreaves 4,775 37.0
Total formal votes 12,891 99.3
Informal votes 91 0.7
Turnout 12,982 87.9
Country hold Swing

St Kilda[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: St Kilda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Dethbridge 9,326 44.8
Ministerial Liberal Archie Michaelis 6,229 29.9
Liberal Leslie Lord 5,284 25.3
Total formal votes 20,839 97.5
Informal votes 534 2.5
Turnout 21,373 86.0
Two-party-preferred result
Ministerial Liberal Archie Michaelis 10,532 50.5
Labor George Dethbridge 10,307 49.5
Ministerial Liberal gain from Liberal Swing

Sunshine[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Sunshine
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ernie Shepherd unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Swan Hill[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Swan Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Country John Hipworth 4,515 39.5
Labor William Kent 3,493 30.5
Country Francis Old 3,429 30.0
Total formal votes 11,437 98.2
Informal votes 208 1.8
Turnout 11,645 86.8
Two-party-preferred result
Independent Country John Hipworth 6,962 60.9
Labor William Kent 4,475 39.1
Independent Country gain from Country Swing

Toorak[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Toorak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Harold Thonemann 5,627 28.3
Independent Labor John Smith 4,518 22.8
Independent Liberal Robert Hamilton 4,278 21.5
Independent Labor Albert Nicholls 3,316 16.7
Independent Liberal Charles Kennett 1,348 6.8
Ministerial Liberal Robert Bruce 766 3.9
Total formal votes 19,853 93.8
Informal votes 1,303 6.2
Turnout 21,156 82.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Liberal Robert Hamilton 11,813 59.5
Independent Labor John Smith 8,040 40.5
Independent Liberal gain from Liberal Swing

Warrnambool[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Warrnambool
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Henry Bailey 6,358 51.6
Labor James Farrell 5,973 48.4
Total formal votes 12,331 98.8
Informal votes 143 1.2
Turnout 12,474 89.9
Country hold Swing

Williamstown[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Williamstown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Lemmon 11,421 51.1
Communist Alexander Dobbin 6,091 27.3
Liberal William Gray 4,828 21.6
Total formal votes 22,340 98.3
Informal votes 381 1.7
Turnout 22,721 89.9
Labor hold Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Wonthaggi[edit]

1945 Victorian state election: Wonthaggi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William McKenzie 7,589 57.3
Country Alexander Shackleford 5,658 42.7
Total formal votes 13,247 99.2
Informal votes 108 0.8
Turnout 13,355 89.9
Labor hold Swing

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Election held on 10 November 1945, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).
  2. ^ Colin A Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890-1964, Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968 (ISBN 0708102700).