Victorian Legislative Council election, 1934

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.

Results

Legislative Council

Victorian Legislative Council election, 9 June 1934[1]
Legislative Council
<< 1931 1937 >>

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
  Country 4,844 10.4 +7.9 3 6
  Other 11,778 25.3 +11.2 3 3
Total 46,576     17 34

Retiring Members

United Australia

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 UAP candidates Country candidates Other candidates
 
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 Country Richard Kilpatrick
North Eastern Country John Harris
North Western Country 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

References

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