Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 18 June 1955 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.

Results

Legislative Council

Retiring Members

Country George Tuckett MLC (Northern)

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.

Province Held by Labor candidates LCP candidates Country candidates Labor (A-C) candidates Other candidates  Ballarat LCP Harold Williams Herbert Ludbrook Bendigo LCP John Murley Thomas Grigg John Brosnan Doutta Galla Labor Bill Slater Francis Williams East Yarra LCP Francis Cranston Ewen Cameron Leonora Lloyd Clifden Eager (Ind)Gippsland Country William MacAulay William Phelan Higinbotham LCP Lindsay Thompson Melbourne Labor Fred Thomas Frank McManus Melbourne North Labor John Galbally Frederick Riley Harold Harvie (Ind)Melbourne West Labor Buckley Machin Les Coleman Monash LCP Henry Peagram Charles Gawith Northern Country Percy Feltham Stephen Donelan (Ind) Morton Garner (Ind) James Mosby (Ind)North Eastern Country Keith Bradbury North Western Country Arthur Mansell Southern LCP Arthur Carpenter Gilbert Chandler David Purcell South Eastern LCP Charles Bridgford Jack Austin Charles Gartside (VLP)South Western LCP Edwin Morris Gordon McArthur Michael Findley Western LCP Roy Cundy Ronald Mack George Fitzgerald Hugh MacLeod (VLP)

Results by province

Ballarat

Bendigo

Doutta Galla

East Yarra

Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Gippsland

Higinbotham

Melbourne

Melbourne North

Preferences were not distributed.

Melbourne West

Sitting MLC Les Coleman was elected in 1949 as a Labor member, but defected to Anti-Communist Labor in the 1955 split.

Monash

Northern

Preferences were not fully distributed.

North-Eastern

North Western

Southern

Two party preferred vote was estimated.

South Eastern

Charles Gartside had been elected as a Liberal party MLC in 1949, but was expelled from the party in 1952.

South Western

Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Western

Hugh MacLeod had been elected as a Liberal party MLC in 1949, but was expelled from the party in 1952.

See also 1955 Victorian state election

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