1934 Victorian Legislative Council election
Appearance
Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 9 June 1934 to elect 17 of the 34 members of the state's Legislative Council for six year terms. MLC were elected using preferential voting.
Results
[edit]Legislative Council
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Victorian Legislative Council election, 9 June 1934[1] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 469,395 | |||||
Votes cast | 47,375 | Turnout | 10.1 | −9.8 | ||
Informal votes | 799 | Informal | 1.7 | +1.1 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats won |
Seats held | |
United Australia | 21,743 | 46.7 | −18.1 | 10 | 22 | |
Labor | 8,211 | 17.7 | −0.9 | 1 | 3 | |
Land | 4,844 | 10.4 | +7.9 | 3 | 6 | |
Other | 11,778 | 25.3 | +11.2 | 3 | 3 | |
Total | 46,576 | 17 | 34 |
Retiring Members
[edit]United Australia
[edit]- Frederick Brawn MLC (Wellington)
- Horace Richardson MLC (South Western)
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 | UAP candidates | Country candidates | Other candidates |
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Bendigo | UAP | George Lansell | |||
East Yarra | UAP | Clifden Eager | |||
Gippsland | UAP | Martin McGregor | |||
Melbourne | UAP | Herbert Smith | |||
Melbourne East | Labor | William Beckett | Henry Hall | ||
Melbourne North | Labor | Esmond Kiernan (Ind) | |||
Melbourne South | UAP | Harold Cohen | |||
Melbourne West | Labor | William Walsh | James Gray | Robert Williams (Ind) | |
Nelson | UAP | Alan Currie | George Hucker | ||
Northern | Land | Richard Kilpatrick | |||
North Eastern | Land | John Harris | |||
North Western | Land | Henry Pye | |||
Southern | UAP | William Angliss | |||
South Eastern | UAP | William Tyner | Lionel Stark | ||
South Western | UAP | James Gill | John Jones (Ind UAP) | ||
Wellington | UAP | George Bolster | Robert Ramsay (Ind) | ||
Western | UAP | Marcus Saltau |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Legislative Council election of 9 June 1934". Psephos.