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1929 Victorian state election

Australian state election


Australian state election

FieldValue
election_name1929 Victorian state election
countryVictoria
flag_year1901
typeparliamentary
ongoingno
previous_election1927 Victorian state election
previous_year1927
next_election1932 Victorian state election
next_year1932
seats_for_electionAll 65 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
33 seats needed for a majority
election_date
<!-- Labor -->image1[[File:30Nedhogan.jpg150x150px]]
leader1Edmond Hogan
party1Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)
leaders_seat1Warrenheip and Grenville
percentage139.09%
swing12.70
last_election128 seats
seats_before128 seats
seats130 seats
seat_change12
<!-- Nationalist -->image2[[File:Will_McPherson.jpg150x150px]]
leader2William McPherson
leader_since21927
party2Nationalist Party (Australia)
leaders_seat2Hawthorn
percentage238.26%
swing27.37
last_election215 seats
seats_before217 seats
seats217 seats
seat_change20
<!-- Country -->image3[[File:29Johnallan.jpg150x150px]]
leader3John Allan
party3Country Party (Victoria)
leaders_seat3Rodney
percentage38.83%
swing30.70
last_election310 seats
seats_before310 seats
seats311 seats
seat_change31
titlePremier
before_electionWilliam McPherson
before_partyNationalist Party (Australia)
after_electionEdmond Hogan
after_partyAustralian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)

33 seats needed for a majority

The 1929 Victorian state election was held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 30 November 1929 to elect the 65 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

Background

Seat changes

The Nationalist Party had gained two seats in the Assembly since the previous election, having won two by-elections in seats held by independents. Henry Bodman (Gippsland South) died on 2 November 1927, and Walter West won the seat for the Nationalists on 3 December. Speaker Oswald Snowball (Brighton), who had been disendorsed by the Nationalists in the previous election after voting against the redistribution bill, had rejoined the Nationalists since but died on 16 March 1928. Ian Macfarlan won the seat in the by-election on 24 April 1928.

Results

Legislative Assembly

| turnout % = 93.72 | informal % = 1.07 |votes % = 39.09 |votes % = 38.26 |votes % = 8.83 |votes % = 5.34 |votes % = 0.31 |votes % = 8.16 |} Notes:

  • Twenty seats were uncontested at this election, and were retained by the incumbent parties:
    • Labor (14): Bendigo, Brunswick, Carlton, Clifton Hill, Coburg, Collingwood, Flemington, Footscray, Maryborough and Daylesford, Melbourne, Northcote, Richmond, Williamstown, Wonthaggi
    • Nationalist (3): Allandale, Benambra, Upper Yarra
    • Country (1): Goulburn Valley
    • Country Progressive (1): Ouyen

References

References

  1. Colin A Hughes, ''A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890-1964'', Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968 ({{ISBN. 0708102700).
  2. (9 December 1927). "VICTORIAN BY-ELECTION.". National Library of Australia.
  3. (3 May 1928). "VICTORIAN POLITICS.". National Library of Australia.
  4. [http://elections.uwa.edu.au/elecdetail.lasso?keyvalue=893 Election held on 30 November 1929], Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).
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