1955 Victorian state election

1955 Victorian state election
← 1952 28 May 1955 (1955-05-28) 1958 →
65 (of the 66) seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
34 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Henry Bolte John Cain
Party Liberal and Country Labor
Leader since 3 June 1953 19 October 1937
Leader's seat Hampden Northcote
Last election 11 seats 37 seats
Seats won 33 seats 20 seats
Seat change Increase 22 Decrease 17
Popular vote 487,408 420,197
Percentage 37.78% 32.57%
Swing Increase 12.93 Decrease 16.50
TPP 57.92% 42.08%
TPP swing Increase 14.64 Decrease 14.64
  Third party Fourth party
 
(A-C)
Leader Herbert Hyland Bill Barry
Party Country Labor (A-C)
Leader since 20 April 1955 April 1955
Leader's seat Gippsland South Carlton
Last election 12 seats New party
Seats won 11 seats 1 seat
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 122,999 162,660
Percentage 9.53% 12.61%
Swing Increase 1.19 Increase 12.61
Premier before election

John Cain
Labor

Elected Premier

Henry Bolte
Liberal and Country

The 1955 Victorian state election was held in the Australian State of Victoria on Saturday, 28 May 1955 to elect 65 (of the 66) members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

The incumbent Labor Party Government was defeated by the Liberal and Country Party (LCP) led by Henry Bolte with a swing of 14.6%.