# Candidates of the 1961 Victorian state election

The 1961 Victorian state election was held on 15 July 1961.

## Retiring Members
### Liberal and Country

* Sir Thomas Maltby MLA (Geelong)
* Charles Bridgford MLC (South Eastern)

### Country

* Frederick Cook MLA (Benalla)
* Sir Albert Lind MLA (Gippsland East)

## Legislative Assembly

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.
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidates | LCP candidates | Country candidates | DLP candidates | Other candidates |
| Albert Park | Labor | Keith Sutton | Thomas Merrett | | Albert Jones | |
| Ballarat North | LCP | Philip Gray | Tom Evans | Alexander Hoffert | Walter Brown | |
| Ballarat South | LCP | Ron Wilson | Gordon Scott | | Francis Brown | |
| Balwyn | LCP | Edmund Du Vergier | Alex Taylor | | Leo Erwin | |
| Benalla | Country | Jack Ginifer | John Hanson | Tom Trewin | Bartholomew O'Dea | |
| Benambra | Country | Reginald Mortimer | Robert Kilpatrick | Tom Mitchell | William Findlay | |
| Bendigo | Labor | Bill Galvin | Thomas Flood | | Paul Brennan | |
| Box Hill | LCP | William O'Grady | George Reid | | Edmund Burgi | |
| Brighton | LCP | Geoffrey Blunden | John Rossiter | | Edwin McSweeney | |
| Broadmeadows | LCP | Joseph Smith | Harry Kane | | John Donnellon | Anthony van der Loo (Ind) |
| Brunswick East | Labor | Leo Fennessy | Warren Mills | | Allan Swain | |
| Brunswick West | Labor | Campbell Turnbull | Norman Glass | | John Flint | |
| Burwood | LCP | Peter Lynn | Jim MacDonald | | John Duffy | |
| Camberwell | LCP | Anthony Giblett | Vernon Wilcox | | Celia Laird | |
| Caulfield | LCP | Sydney Edwards | Alexander Fraser | | Walter Culliford | |
| Coburg | Labor | Charlie Mutton | Bryce Pyatt | | John Livingstone | |
| Dandenong | LCP | Alan Lind | Len Reid | | John Simmons | |
| Dundas | LCP | Bob McClure | Sir William McDonald | | James Eveston | |
| Elsternwick | LCP | George Smith | Richard Gainey | | Edward Preece | |
| Essendon | LCP | Leslie Edmunds | Kenneth Wheeler | | Kevin Digby | Norman McClure (Ind) |
| Evelyn | LCP | Donald King | Russell Stokes | | Kevin Gould | |
| Fitzroy | Labor | Denis Lovegrove | Maxwell Lee | | Bill Barry | |
| Flemington | Labor | Kevin Holland | John Marshall | | Michael McMahon | |
| Footscray | Labor | Bill Divers | Peter Oliver | | Walter Byrne | |
| Geelong | LCP | William King | Hayden Birrell | | William Mithen | |
| Geelong West | LCP | Neil Trezise | Max Gillett | | James Mahoney | |
| Gippsland East | Country | Neil Rosser | Rae Archibald | Bruce Evans | Frank Burns | |
| Gippsland South | Country | Albert Thexton | Leslie Horsfield | Sir Herbert Hyland | Geoffrey Farrell | Bryan Fitzgerald (Ind) |
| Gippsland West | Country | Eric Kent | Toni Garside | Leslie Cochrane | Kevin Scanlon | |
| Grant | Labor | Roy Crick | Max Crellin | | Robert Bainbridge | William Wilson (CPA) |
| Hampden | LCP | George Price | Henry Bolte | | Francis O'Brien | |
| Hawthorn | LCP | John Reeves | Peter Garrisson | | Charles Murphy | |
| Ivanhoe | LCP | Norman Rothfield | Vernon Christie | | Cyril Cummins | |
| Kara Kara | LCP | Cyril Sudholz | Keith Turnbull | Bill Phelan | Vincent Gervasoni | |
| Kew | LCP | William Cooper | Arthur Rylah | | Francis Duffy | Eric Thornton (CPA) |
| Lowan | LCP | James Redford | Wilfred Mibus | | Derek Williams | |
| Malvern | LCP | James McGarvin | John Bloomfield | | Thomas Carty | |
| Melbourne | Labor | Arthur Clarey | Bill Burns | | Tom Hayes | Henry Roche (Ind) |
| Mentone | LCP | Nola Barber | Edward Meagher | | George White | |
| Midlands | Labor | Clive Stoneham | Keith Lewis | | John Timberlake | |
| Mildura | Country | Douglas Burgess | Raymond Dixon | Nathaniel Barclay | William McInerney | |
| Moonee Ponds | LCP | Tom Edmunds | Jack Holden | | Paul Gunn | Peter Kirchner (Ind) |
| Moorabbin | LCP | Les Coates | Llew Reese | | James Healy | Bob Suggett (Ind Lib) |
| Mornington | LCP | Brian Pigott | Roberts Dunstan | | John Cass | |
| Morwell | LCP | George Brown | Jim Balfour | John Vinall | Leslie Hilton | |
| Mulgrave | LCP | Vincent Scully | Ray Wiltshire | | Leo Sparrow | |
| Murray Valley | Country | Ronald Kirby | Bruno Marmo | George Moss | John Patterson | |
| Northcote | Labor | Frank Wilkes | Julian Sullivan | | Jack Little | |
| Oakleigh | Labor | Val Doube | Alan Scanlan | | Morris Kinnane | |
| Ormond | LCP | Kenneth Stone | Joe Rafferty | | Robert Semmel | |
| Polwarth | LCP | Edwin Morris | Tom Darcy | Lloyd Kidman | Alan Bruce | |
| Portland | LCP | George Gowty | George Gibbs | Stewart Price | John Russell | |
| Prahran | LCP | George Gahan | Sam Loxton | | Gordon Haberman | |
| Preston | Labor | Charlie Ring | Colin Pritchard | | Michael Lucy | |
| Reservoir | Labor | Harry Jenkins | David Welsh | | Frederick Whitling | John Arrowsmith (CPA) |
| Richmond | Labor | Bill Towers | John Ridge | | Leo Gardner | Harry Bocquet (CPA) |
| Ringwood | LCP | David Ould | Jim Manson | | William Johnson | |
| Ripponlea | LCP | Steven Goldberg | Edgar Tanner | | Michael Cunneen | |
| Rodney | Country | Neil Frankland | Francis Charlton | Richard Brose | Spencer Broom | |
| St Kilda | LCP | Leslie Atherton | Baron Snider | | John Hughes | |
| Sandringham | LCP | Kenneth Farrall | Murray Porter | | John Ryan | |
| Scoresby | LCP | Ronald Wanklin | Bill Borthwick | | George Noone | |
| Swan Hill | Country | Clarence Wohlers | Gordon Harrison | Herbert Hilton Harold Stirling* | John McMahon | John Hipworth (Ind Lib) |
| Toorak | LCP | | Horace Petty | | John Speed | |
| Williamstown | Labor | Larry Floyd | Neil McNeill | | John Twomey | William Smith (CPA) |
| Yarraville | Labor | Roy Schintler | Neal Greig | | Alfred Gerrard | |

## Legislative Council

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 | DLP candidates | Other candidates |
| Ballarat | LCP | Jack Jones | Pat Dickie | | William Bruty | |
| Bendigo | LCP | Patrick McMahon | Thomas Grigg | | William Drechsler | |
| Doutta Galla | Labor | John Tripovich | Kenneth Jones | | Barry O'Brien | |
| East Yarra | LCP | Leo Bartley | Sir Ewen Cameron | | John Hoare | |
| Gippsland | Country | George Evans | Archie Tanner | Bob May | John Hansen | |
| Higinbotham | LCP | Eric Perryman | Lindsay Thompson | | Henry Moore | |
| Melbourne | Labor | Doug Elliot | Reginald Cannon | | Harold Powell | |
| Melbourne North | Labor | John Galbally | Alfred Carter | | Kevin Daniel | |
| Melbourne West | Labor | Buckley Machin | Dudley Coombes | | Bert Bailey | |
| Monash | LCP | Frederick Levin | Charles Gawith | | Thomas Brennan | Arthur Bennett (Ind) Frank Power (Ind) |
| Northern | Country | John Cameron | Laurence Troy | Percy Feltham | Bernard Hallinan | |
| North Eastern | Country | Lorne Collins | Jim Plowman | Keith Bradbury | Arthur White | |
| North Western | Country | Thomas Gilhooley | Geoffrey Harding | Arthur Mansell | Michael Howley | |
| Southern | LCP | Stanley Willis | Gilbert Chandler | | Raymond Studham | |
| South Eastern | LCP | Reginald Butler | Alan Hunt | | Martin Curry | |
| South Western | LCP | Stanley Nash | Sir Gordon McArthur | | Newell Barrett | |
| Western | LCP | James McIntyre | Ronald Mack | | Geoffrey White | |