1952 Victorian Legislative Council election

Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 21 June 1952 to elect 17 of the 34 members of the state's Legislative Council for six year terms. MLCs were elected in single-member provinces using preferential voting.
The election was the first following the abolition of property qualifications for voting in the Legislative Council, and saw a large increase in the number of Labor MLCs.

Retiring Members

Labor

William Beckett MLC
Pat Kennelly MLC

Liberal and Country

Candidates

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	Other candidates

Ballarat	LCP	Jack Jones	James Kittson
Bendigo	LCP	Arthur Smith	Sir George Lansell
Doutta Galla	Labor	Paul Jones
East Yarra	LCP		George Hannan		Sir Clifden Eager
Gippsland	Country	Henry Harvey	Mac Steward	Trevor Harvey
Higinbotham	LCP		Arthur Warner		Grace Stratton
Melbourne	Labor	Pat Sheehy
Melbourne North	Labor	Archibald Fraser
Melbourne West	Labor	Bert Bailey			Alexander Dobbin
Monash	LCP	Thomas Brennan	Alfred Wilde
Northern	Country		Wollaston Heily	Dudley Walters
North Eastern	Country		Robert Vroland	Ivan Swinburne
[North Western Province (Victoria)\|Western Province (Victoria)\|North Western]	Country		Robert Linton	Percy Byrnes
Southern	LCP	Roy Rawson	Albert Pennell		Harold Harvie
South Eastern	LCP	George Tilley	John Rossiter		Cyril Isaac
South Western	LCP	Don Ferguson	Edward Montgomery		Keith McGarvie
Western	Country	David Arnott	Robert Rankin	Ernest Walliker

Results by province

Melbourne North

Southern

Two party preferred vote was estimated.

South-Eastern

Cyril Isaac lost his endorsement as a member of the LCP and contested the election as an Independent.

South Western

Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Western

Two party preferred vote was estimated.