Candidates of the 1958 Victorian state election
Legislative Assembly
Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour.

Candidates of the 1958 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	DLP candidates	Other candidates

Albert Park	Labor	Keith Sutton	Roy Schilling	Stan Corrigan	Vida Little (CPA)

Ballarat North	Country	Ronald House	Tom Evans	Russell White	James Meere

Ballarat South	LCP	Maxwell Pinkard	Gordon Scott	Arthur Philips	Leslie D'Arcy

Balwyn	LCP	John MacPherson	Alex Taylor	Leo Erwin	Frank Block (Ind)

Benalla	Country	Jack Ginifer	James Bennison	Frederick Cook	William Mithen

Benambra	Country	Francis Taylor	James Shannon	Tom Mitchell	Henry Richards

Bendigo	LCP	Bill Galvin	John Stanistreet	William Nicholls	James Brosnan

Box Hill	LCP	William Betton	George Reid	Edmund Burgi

Brighton	LCP	Reginald Hayes	John Rossiter

Broadmeadows	LCP	Joseph Smith	Harry Kane	John Donnellon

Brunswick East	Labor	Leo Fennessy	William Burns	Allan Swain

Brunswick West	Labor	Campbell Turnbull	Alfred Wall	Peter Randles

Burwood	LCP	Vincent Scully	Jim MacDonald

Camberwell	LCP	George Blood	Vernon Wilcox	Leonora Lloyd

Caulfield	LCP	Alan Brenton	Alexander Fraser	Celia Laird

Coburg	Independent	Charlie Mutton	Peter Robertson	Kevin O'Dea

Dandenong	LCP	Alan Lind	Len Reid	Reginald Kearney

Dundas	LCP	Bob McClure	Sir William McDonald	John Peters

Elsternwick	LCP	George Smith	Richard Gainey	Rex Keane

Essendon	Labor	Arthur Drakeford	Kenneth Wheeler	Kevin Digby

Evelyn	Labor	Phillip Connell	Russell Stokes	Kevin Gould

Fitzroy	Labor	Denis Lovegrove	Charles Gillies	David Woodhouse

Flemington	Labor	Kevin Holland	Norman Loader	Michael McMahon

Footscray	Labor	Ernie Shepherd	Bryan Tonkin	Robert Kerr

Geelong	LCP	George Poyser	Sir Thomas Maltby	George Taylor	Albert Woodward (Ind)

Geelong West	Labor	Colin MacDonald	Max Gillett	James Mahoney

Gippsland East	Country	Rae Archibald	Sir Albert Lind	Frank Burns

Gippsland South	Country	Sir Herbert Hyland	John Hansen

Gippsland West	Country	James Longstaff	James Hosking	Leslie Cochrane	Kevin Scanlon

Grant	Labor	Roy Crick	John Anderson	Maxwell Campbell

Hampden	LCP	Fred Levin	Henry Bolte	Leo O'Brien

Hawthorn	LCP	Jack Poke	Peter Garrisson	Charles Murphy

Ivanhoe	LCP	David Walker	Vernon Christie	Cyril Cummins

Kara Kara	LCP	Cyril Sudholz	Keith Turnbull	Allen Reseigh	Gerard Gilders

Kew	LCP	Kevin Lynch	Arthur Rylah	John Buchanan	Ralph Gibson (CPA)

Lowan	LCP	Wilfred Mibus	Ian McCann	Edgar McMahon

Malvern	LCP	John Bloomfield	Mascotte Brown (Ind)

Melbourne	Labor	Arthur Clarey	Martha Yuille	Tom Hayes

Mentone	LCP	Alfred O'Connor	Edward Meagher	George White

Midlands	Labor	Clive Stoneham	James Mactier	John Timberlake

Mildura	Country	William Nicholas	Nathaniel Barclay	John Cotter

Moonee Ponds	LCP	Thomas Moloney	Jack Holden	Paul Gunn	Lancelot Hutchinson (Ind)

Moorabbin	LCP	Les Coates	Bob Suggett	Desmond Ward

Mornington	LCP	Gordon Anstee	Roberts Dunstan

Morwell	LCP	Hector Stoddart	Jim Balfour	Alfred Gerrard

Mulgrave	LCP	John Neal	Ray Wiltshire	Leo Sparrow

Murray Valley	Country	Neil Frankland	George Moss	John Patterson

Northcote	Labor	Frank Wilkes	Edward Wells	Thomas Walsh

Oakleigh	Labor	Val Doube	William Downard	John Heffernan

Ormond	LCP	Robert Flanagan	Joe Rafferty	Robert Semmel	Gilbert Smith (Ind)

Polwarth	LCP	William King	Tom Darcy	Ronald McDonough	Michael Finlay

Portland	LCP	Malcolm Gladman	George Gibbs	John Russell

Prahran	LCP	Robert Pettiona	Sam Loxton	Gordon Haberman

Preston	Labor	Charlie Ring	Neville Crocker	Michael Lucy

Reservoir	Labor	William Ruthven	Hubert Joelson	Frederick Whitling

Richmond	DLP	Bill Towers	Nicholas Renton	Frank Scully

Ringwood	LCP	William Webber	Jim Manson	Bruce Burne

Ripponlea	LCP	Jack Kagan	Edgar Tanner	Dermot O'Neill

Rodney	Country	Richard Brose	Spencer Broom

St Kilda	LCP	Paul Fraser	Baron Snider	John Hughes

Sandringham	LCP	Henry Fowler	Murray Porter	Thomas Ryan

Scoresby	LCP	Reginald Robertson	Sir George Knox	George Noone

Swan Hill	Country	Harold Stirling	John Hipworth (Ind Lib)

Toorak	LCP	George Gahan	Horace Petty

Williamstown	Labor	Larry Floyd	Joy Head	Edward Purchase	William Tregear (CPA)

Yarraville	Labor	Roy Schintler	William Lovell	James Eudey	William Keily (Ind)

Sentence(s)

Labor Ernie Shepherd, contested Footscray, in the 1958 Victorian state election.

final_sentence: Labor Ernie Shepherd, contested Footscray, in the 1958 Victorian state election.