Candidates of the 1955 Victorian state election
Legislative Assembly
Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour.

Candidates of the 1955 Victorian state election

Section Title: Legislative Assembly
Table Section Text: Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour.

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidates	LCP candidates	Country candidates	Labor (A-C) candidates	Other candidates

Albert Park	Labor	Keith Sutton	Thomas Merrett	Albert Jones

Ascot Vale	Labor	Ernie Shepherd	George Evans	Paul Gunn

Ballarat North	Country	Jack Smethurst	Arthur Nicholson	Russell White	Thomas Lane

Ballarat South	Labor	John Sheehan	Gordon Scott	Alfred Purdue

Balwyn	LCP	Florence Rodan	Alex Taylor

Benalla	Country	Jack Pennington	Frederick Cook	Ernest Straughair

Benambra	Country	Norman Attree	Tom Mitchell	William Findlay	James Prendergast (Ind CP)

Bendigo	Labor	Bill Galvin	John Stanistreet	Norman Oliver	Arthur Cook

Box Hill	Labor	Bob Gray	George Reid	Maurice Weston	Leslie Bawden (HGJP) Leslie McCredden (Ind)

Brighton	VLP	John Rossiter	Marcella Sullivan (Ind Lab) Ray Tovell (VLP)

Broadmeadows	Labor	Joseph Smith	Harry Kane	James Webster

Brunswick East	Labor	Leo Fennessy	Alfred Wall	Joseph O'Carroll

Brunswick West	Labor	Campbell Turnbull	Alisa Gaston	Peter Randles

Burwood	LCP	Gwendolyn Noad	Jim MacDonald	William Mahoney	Ivan Robinson (HGJP)

Camberwell	LCP	Barry Jones	Robert Whately

Carlton	Labor	Denis Lovegrove	Francis Michaelson	Bill Barry	John Prescott (CPA)

Caulfield	VLP	Joe Rafferty	Alexander Dennett (VLP)

Caulfield East	LCP	Robert Flanagan	Alexander Fraser	Bernard Tarpey

Coburg	Ind Labor	Donald Abernethy	Kevin Hayes	Charlie Mutton (Ind Lab)

Collingwood	Labor	Bill Towers	Martha Yuille	William Livy

Dandenong	Labor	John Tripovich	Ray Wiltshire	Reginald Kearney

Dundas	Labor	Bob McClure	William McDonald	John O'Brien	John Peters

Elsternwick	VLP	Richard Gainey	John Don (VLP) Donald Tottey (Ind Lab)

Evelyn	Labor	Phillip Connell	Arthur Ireland	Michael Lucy

Flemington	Labor	Jack Holland	John Hayes

Footscray	Labor	Roy Schintler	George Punshon	William Lloyd

Geelong	Labor	George Poyser	Thomas Maltby	Norman MacKay (Ind) Charles Plummer (VLP)

Geelong West	Labor	Colin MacDonald	Geoffrey Thom	James Mahoney	James Dowsett (Ind) James Dunn (Ind)

Gippsland East	Country	Sir Albert Lind	Frank Burns

Gippsland South	Country	Sir Herbert Hyland

Gippsland West	Country	Colin Ferres	Leslie Cochrane	Walter Doig (CPA)

Grant	Labor	Roy Crick	Max Gillett	Leslie D'Arcy

Hampden	LCP	Ernie Morton	Henry Bolte

Hawthorn	Labor	Jack Poke	Jim Manson	Charles Murphy	William Pitt (HGJP)

Ivanhoe	Labor	David Walker	Vernon Christie	John O'Dwyer

Kara Kara	LCP	Keith Turnbull	Ian McCann

Kew	LCP	Norman Williams	Arthur Rylah	Ralph Gibson (CPA)

Lowan	LCP	Wilfred Mibus	Griffith Perkins

Malvern	LCP	John Bloomfield	Mascotte Brown (VLP)

Melbourne	Labor	Arthur Clarey	Alan Etherington	Tom Hayes

Mentone	Labor	Alfred O'Connor	Edward Meagher	George White

Midlands	Labor	Clive Stoneham	James Mactier	Alexander Lee

Mildura	Labor	Alan Lind	Nathaniel Barclay

Moonee Ponds	Labor	Samuel Merrifield	Jack Holden	Harold Hilbert

Moorabbin	Labor	Les Coates	Bob Suggett	Edward White	William Dawnay-Mould (VLP)

Mornington	LCP	William Leggatt	Fred Jarman (VLP)

Morwell	Labor	Hector Stoddart	Jim Balfour	George Purvis	Gordon Green

Murray Valley	Country	Kenneth Lenne	George Moss	Stewart Morvell

Northcote	Labor	John Cain	Neil McKay	David Woodhouse

Oakleigh	Labor	Val Doube	Max Fox	Donald Murray

Pascoe Vale	Labor	Arthur Drakeford	Rudolph Reid	George Fewster	Lancelot Hutchinson (HGJP) Colin Portway (Ind)

Polwarth	LCP	Phillip Denning	Edward Guye	Ronald Harris

Portland	Labor	Malcolm Gladman	George Gibbs	Cyril Brimblecombe	William O'Sullivan

Port Melbourne	Labor	Archie Todd	John Talbot	Stan Corrigan	Laurence Troy (CPA)

Prahran	Labor	Robert Pettiona	Sam Loxton	James Johnson	Leonard Bennett (Ind)

Preston	Labor	Charlie Ring	Frank Block	Thomas Hartnedy

Reservoir	Labor	William Ruthven	Frederick Capp	Edmund Morrissey

Richmond	Labor	Patrick O'Connell	Barry Dove	Frank Scully	Kenneth Miller (CPA)

Ripponlea	VLP	Edgar Tanner	George Miller	Thomas Hollway (VLP) Ted Laurie (CPA)

Rodney	Country	Leslie Lord	Richard Brose

St Kilda	Labor	John Bourke	Baron Snider	Arnold Blashki (VLP)

Sandringham	LCP	Henry Fowler	Murray Porter	John Ryan	Alexander Steele (Ind)

Scoresby	LCP	Reginald Robertson	Sir George Knox

Swan Hill	Country	Harold Stirling	Duncan Douglas (Ind CP) John Hipworth (Ind Lib)

Toorak	LCP	Horace Petty	George Gahan (Ind Lab) Geoffrey Kiddle (VLP)

Williamstown	Labor	Larry Floyd	James Wilkie	Herbert Stackpoole

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In the 1955 Victorian state election, William Ruthven of labour contested for the Reservoir.

final_sentence: In the 1955 Victorian state election, William Ruthven of labour contested for the Reservoir.