1928 Victorian Legislative Council election
Appearance
Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 2 June 1928 to elect 17 of the 34 members of the state's Legislative Council. MLCs were elected using preferential voting.
Results
[edit]Legislative Council
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Victorian Legislative Council election, 2 June 1928[1] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 444,278 | |||||
Votes cast | 85,372 | Turnout | 19.2 | +5.2 | ||
Informal votes | 1,338 | Informal | 1.6 | +0.1 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats won |
Seats held | |
Nationalist | 45,644 | 54.3 | +2.3 | 11 | 22 | |
Land | 17,699 | 21.1 | −1.4 | 2 | 5 | |
Country Progressive | 7,438 | 8.9 | +8.9 | 1 | 1 | |
Labor | 3,438 | 4.1 | –3.4 | 3 | 6 | |
Other | 9,815 | 11.6 | −5.4 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 84,034 | 17 | 34 |
Retiring Members
[edit]Joseph Sternberg MLC (Nationalist, Bendigo) had resigned some months prior to the election, but no by-election had been held.
Nationalist
[edit]- Theodore Beggs MLC (Nelson)
- James Merritt MLC (East Yarra)
- Thomas Payne MLC (Melbourne South)
Country Progressive
[edit]Candidates
[edit]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 | Nationalist candidates | Country candidates | Other candidates |
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Bendigo | Nationalist | George Lansell | James Curnow (Ind) Alfred Wallis (Ind) | ||
East Yarra | Nationalist | Robert Menzies George Swinburne* |
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Gippsland | Nationalist | Martin McGregor | Thomas Anderson | ||
Melbourne | Nationalist | Herbert Smith | |||
Melbourne East | Labor | John Jones | |||
Melbourne North | Labor | Esmond Kiernan | |||
Melbourne South | Nationalist | Hector Bell | Norman Falkiner* Frederick Hughes Edgar Morton Edward Reynolds |
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Melbourne West | Labor | Robert Williams | |||
Nelson | Nationalist | Alan Currie | |||
Northern | Land | Richard Abbott Robert Gordon Richard Kilpatrick* |
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North Eastern | Land | John Harris | Albert Heaney (CPP) | ||
North Western | Land | Robert Elliott | William McCann (CPP) | ||
Southern | Nationalist | William Angliss | William Macleod (Ind) | ||
South Eastern | Nationalist | William Tyner* Harold Wilkinson |
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South Western | Nationalist | Horace Richardson* Julius Solomon |
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Wellington | Nationalist | Frederick Brawn | |||
Western | Nationalist | Marcus Saltau |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Legislative Council election of 2 June 1928". Psephos.