# Candidates of the 1947 Victorian state election

The 1947 Victorian state election was held on 8 November 1947.

## Retiring Members
### Country

* Alfred Kirton MLA (Mornington)

## 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 | Liberal candidates | Country candidates | Other candidates |
| Albert Park | Labor | Frank Crean | Roy Schilling | | |
| Allandale | Country | Thomas Powell | Hector Alcock | Russell White | |
| Ballarat | Liberal | James Miller | Thomas Hollway | | |
| Barwon | Ministerial Liberal | Don Ferguson | Thomas Maltby | | |
| Benalla | Country | | Thomas Nolan | Frederick Cook | |
| Benambra | Country | | | Tom Mitchell | |
| Bendigo | Labor | Bill Galvin | Eric Thomson | Norman Oliver | |
| Borung | Country | | | Wilfred Mibus | Finlay Cameron (Ind CP) |
| Box Hill | Labor | Bob Gray | George Reid | | Reginald Cooper (Ind Lib) |
| Brighton | Liberal | | Ray Tovell | | Ian Macfarlan (Ind) |
| Brunswick | Labor | James Jewell | Alfred Wall | | |
| Camberwell | Liberal | | Robert Whately | | Walter Fordham (Ind Lib) |
| Carlton | Labor | Bill Barry | Stanley Lang | | |
| Caulfield | Liberal | | Alexander Dennett | | |
| Clifton Hill | Labor | Jack Cremean | Neil McKay | | |
| Coburg | Independent | George Henderson | Walter Perse | | Charlie Mutton (Ind) |
| Collingwood | Labor | Bill Towers | William Boughton | | |
| Dandenong | Labor | Frank Field | William Dawnay-Mould | Alexander Caldwell | |
| Dundas | Labor | Bill Slater | William McDonald | | |
| Elsternwick | Liberal | Gregory Gowans | John Don | | |
| Essendon | Labor | Arthur Drakeford | Allen Bateman | | |
| Evelyn | Ministerial Liberal | Roderick Leeson | William Everard | | Patrick McKie (Ind Lib) |
| Footscray | Labor | Jack Holland | William Massey | | |
| Geelong | Labor | Fanny Brownbill | Edward Montgomery | | |
| Gippsland East | Country | Thomas Parkinson | | Albert Lind | |
| Gippsland North | Labor | James Johns | | Bill Fulton | |
| Gippsland South | Country | Percy Vagg | | Herbert Hyland | |
| Gippsland West | Country | Fred Rush | Basil Morris | Matthew Bennett | |
| Glen Iris | Independent | | Les Norman | | Ian McLaren (Ind) |
| Goulburn | Labor | Joseph Smith | Philip Grimwade | Cyril Davy | |
| Grant | Country | Horace Hughes | Tom Austin | Frederick Holden | |
| Hampden | Labor | Raymond Hyatt | Henry Bolte | | Alfred Matthey (Ind CP) |
| Hawthorn | Liberal | Charles Murphy | Fred Edmunds | | Leslie Hollins (Ind) |
| Ivanhoe | Independent | | Rupert Curnow | | Robert Gardner (Ind) Leighton Weber (Ind Lib) |
| Kew | Liberal | Rupert Purchase | Wilfrid Kent Hughes | | |
| Korong | Country | Ernest Duus | | Albert Dunstan | |
| Malvern | Liberal | | Trevor Oldham | | Mascotte Brown (Ind) Andrew Sinclair (Ind Lib) |
| Melbourne | Labor | Tom Hayes | George Crowther | | |
| Mentone | Labor | George White | Harry Drew | | |
| Mernda | Country | | Arthur Ireland | Leslie Webster | Jack Gill (Ind Lab) |
| Midlands | Labor | Clive Stoneham | | Thomas Grigg | |
| Mildura | Labor | Louis Garlick | | Nathaniel Barclay | |
| Moonee Ponds | Labor | Samuel Merrifield | Wallace Crichton | | |
| Mornington | Country | Bertram Maslen | William Leggatt | Eric Rundle | |
| Murray Valley | Country | Neil Stewart | | George Moss | |
| Northcote | Labor | John Cain | Jack McColl | | |
| Oakleigh | Labor | Squire Reid | John Lechte | | |
| Polwarth | Country | Edwin Morris | | Edward Guye | |
| Portland | Labor | Robert Holt | James Lindsey | Harry Hedditch | |
| Port Melbourne | Labor | Tom Corrigan | Stanley Evans | | Ralph Gibson (CPA) |
| Prahran | Labor | Bill Quirk | Martin Smith | | |
| Preston | Labor | William Ruthven | Frederick Lee | | |
| Rainbow | Country | Raymond Peake | | Keith Dodgshun | |
| Richmond | Labor | Stan Keon | Roland Leckie | | |
| Ripon | Labor | Ernie Morton | Rutherford Guthrie | Leonard Rodda | |
| Rodney | Country | | Morton Garner | Richard Brose | |
| Scoresby | Liberal | | Sir George Knox | | |
| Shepparton | Country | Edward Newman | | John McDonald | |
| St Kilda | Ministerial Liberal | Bill Bourke | | | Archie Michaelis (Ind Lib) |
| Sunshine | Labor | Ernie Shepherd | Lindsay Smith | | |
| Swan Hill | Country | Philip Meehan | | John Hipworth | Stanley Taylor (Ind CP) |
| Toorak | Liberal | | Robert Hamilton | | Edgar Morton (Ind Lib) Peter Ryan (Ind) |
| Warrnambool | Country | Fred Reid | | Henry Bailey | |
| Williamstown | Labor | John Lemmon | Clifford Rankine | | George Paine (Ind Lab) |
| Wonthaggi | Labor | William McKenzie | | William Buckingham | |