Victorian state election, 1947

8 November 1947 (1947-11-08)

65 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly

	First party	Second party

Leader	Thomas Hollway	John Cain
Party	Liberal/Country coalition	Labor
Leader since	3 December 1940	18 October 1937
Leader's seat	Ballarat	Northcote
Last election	29 seats	31 seats
Seats won	47 seats	17 seats
Seat change	18	14
Percentage	52.08%	40.87%
Swing	12.90	0.15

Premier before election

John Cain
Labor

Elected Premier

Thomas Hollway
Liberal

The 1947 Victorian state election was held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 8 November 1947 to elect 65 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

Results

Victorian state election, 8 November 1947^[1]^[2] Legislative Assembly << 1945 — 1950 >>
Enrolled voters		1,291,515
Votes cast		1,206,815		Turnout	93.44	+5.46
Informal votes		16,102		Informal	1.33	−0.75
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	486,635	40.87	−0.15	17	−14
	Liberal	442,451	37.16	+16.65	27	+17
	Country	177,698	14.92	−4.05	20	+2
	Communist	1,575	0.13	−2.73	0	±0
	Independent	82,354	6.92	−3.57	1	−2
Total		1,190,713			65

↑ Election held on 8 November 1947, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).
↑ Colin A Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890-1964, Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968 (ISBN 0708102700).

Elections and referendums in Victoria

General elections	1856 1859 1861 1864 1866 1868 1871 1874 1877 1880 (Feb) 1880 (Jul) 1883 1886 1889 1892 1894 1897 1900 1902 1904 1907 1908 1911 1914 1917 1920 1921 1924 1927 1929 1932 1935 1937 1940 1943 1945 1947 1950 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1976 1979 1982 1985 1988 1992 1996 1999 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 by-elections

Upper house elections	1851 1856 1858 1860 1864 1866 1868 1870 1872 1874 1876 1878 1880 1882 1884 1886 1888 1889 1890 1892 1894 1895 1896 1898 1900 1901 1902 1904 1907 1910 1913 1916 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1940 1943 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958

Referendums	1898 1899

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