Victorian Legislative Council election, 1937

Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 12 June 1937 to elect 17 of the 34 members of the state's Legislative Council.

Results

Legislative Council

Victorian Legislative Council election, 12 June 1937[1]
Legislative Council
<< 1934 1940 >>

Enrolled voters 449,694
Votes cast 208,925 Turnout 46.5 +36.4
Informal votes 2,480 Informal 1.2 −0.5
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats
won
Seats
held
  United Australia 107,157 51.9 +5.2 8 19
  Country 51,491 24.9 +14.5 6 9
  Labor 35,523 17.2 −0.5 3 4
  Other 12,274 5.9 −19.4 0 2
Total 206,445     17 34

Retiring Members

Note: Herbert Keck (UAP, Bendigo) died shortly before the election; no by-election was held.

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
 
Ballarat UAP Paul Jones Edwin Bath
Alfred Pittard*
A R Stewart
Bendigo UAP John Lienhop R A Rankin (Ind)
Doutta Galla Labor Percy Clarey
East Yarra UAP William Edgar
Gippsland UAP George Davis William MacAulay
Higinbotham UAP Henry Cohen
James Kennedy*
Melbourne UAP Daniel McNamara
Melbourne North UAP L G H Marshall Herbert Olney
Melbourne West Labor Arthur Disney J T Gray
Monash UAP Sir Frank Clarke
Northern Country E A Norton George Tuckett
North Eastern Country Percival Inchbold
North Western Country George Goudie
Southern UAP Gilbert Chandler*
Russell Clarke
South Eastern UAP Charles Gartside Alexander Goudie
South Western UAP Gordon McArthur T Walls
Western UAP E C Cameron Leonard Rodda William Williamson (Ind)

See also

References

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