1928 Victorian Legislative Council election

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Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 2 June 1928 to elect 17 of the 34 members of the state's Legislative Council. MLCs were elected using preferential voting.

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Legislative Council

Victorian Legislative Council election, 2 June 1928 [1]
Legislative Council
<< 19251931 >>

Enrolled voters444,278
Votes cast85,372 Turnout 19.2+5.2
Informal votes1,338Informal1.6+0.1
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeats
won
Seats
held
  Nationalist 45,64454.3+2.31122
  Country 17,69921.1−1.425
  Country Progressive 7,4388.9+8.911
  Labor 3,4384.1–3.436
 Other9,81511.6−5.400
Total84,034  1734

Retiring Members

Joseph Sternberg MLC (Nationalist, Bendigo) had resigned some months prior to the election, but no by-election had been held.

Nationalist

Country Progressive

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.

ProvinceHeld by Labor candidates Nationalist candidates Country candidatesOther candidates
 
Bendigo Nationalist George Lansell James Curnow (Ind)
Alfred Wallis (Ind)
East Yarra Nationalist Robert Menzies
George Swinburne*
Gippsland Nationalist Martin McGregor Thomas Anderson
Melbourne Nationalist Herbert Smith
Melbourne East Labor John Jones
Melbourne North Labor Esmond Kiernan
Melbourne South Nationalist Hector Bell Norman Falkiner*
Frederick Hughes
Edgar Morton
Edward Reynolds
Melbourne West Labor Robert Williams
Nelson Nationalist Alan Currie
Northern Country Richard Abbott
Robert Gordon
Richard Kilpatrick*
North Eastern Country John Harris Albert Heaney (CPP)
North Western Country Robert Elliott William McCann (CPP)
Southern Nationalist William Angliss William Macleod (Ind)
South Eastern Nationalist William Tyner *
Harold Wilkinson
South Western Nationalist Horace Richardson *
Julius Solomon
Wellington Nationalist Frederick Brawn
Western Nationalist Marcus Saltau

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References

  1. Carr, Adam. "Victorian Legislative Council election of 2 June 1928". Psephos.