Victorian Legislative Council election, 1925

Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 4 June 1925 to elect 17 of the 34 members of the state's Legislative Council.

Results

Legislative Council

Victorian Legislative Council election, 4 June 1925[1]
Legislative Council
<< 1922 1928 >>

Enrolled voters 399,510
Votes cast 56,033 Turnout 14.0 +0.7
Informal votes 847 Informal 1.5 −0.4
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats
won
Seats
held
  Nationalist 28,708 52.0 −1.8 11 22
  Country 12,976 23.5 +10.0 3 6
  Labor 4,133 7.5 −17.5 3 6
  Other 9,369 17.0 +9.3 0 0
Total 55,186     17 34

Retiring Members

Nationalist

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 Nationalist candidates Country candidates Other candidates
 
Bendigo Nationalist Herbert Keck
East Yarra Nationalist William Edgar Wilbur Anderson (Prog Lib)
Gippsland Nationalist George Davis
Melbourne Nationalist Henry Cohen
Melbourne East Labor Daniel McNamara
Melbourne North Labor William Beckett
Melbourne South Nationalist Richard Keane Murray Jones
Frank Clarke*
Melbourne West Labor Arthur Disney
Nelson Nationalist Edwin Bath William Hedge
Northern Nationalist William Day
George Tuckett*
Alfred Wallis
North Eastern Country Albert Zwar
North Western Country George Goudie
Southern Nationalist Russell Clarke Randall Green
South Eastern Nationalist Alfred Chandler
South Western Nationalist Howard Hitchcock John Hancock
Wellington Nationalist Alexander Bell Robert Cooke (Ind)
Western Nationalist Edward White William Laird William Williamson (Ind)

See also

References

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