1929 Victorian state election

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1929 Victorian state election
Flag of Victoria (1901-1952).svg
  1927 30 November 1929 (1929-11-30) 1932  

All 65 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
33 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  30Nedhogan.jpg Will McPherson.jpg 29Johnallan.jpg
Leader Edmond Hogan William McPherson John Allan
Party Labor Nationalist Country
Leader since1927
Leader's seat Warrenheip and Grenville Hawthorn Rodney
Last election28 seats15 seats10 seats
Seats before28 seats17 seats10 seats
Seats won30 seats17 seats11 seats
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Steady2.svg 0Increase2.svg 1
Percentage39.09%38.26%8.83%
SwingDecrease2.svg 2.70Increase2.svg 7.37Increase2.svg 0.70

Premier before election

William McPherson
Country

Elected Premier

Edmond Hogan
Labor

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. [1]

Contents

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. [2] 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. [3]

Results

Legislative Assembly

1929 Victorian state election [1] [4]
Legislative Assembly
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Enrolled voters682,190
Votes cast639,368 Turnout 93.72+1.96
Informal votes6,830Informal1.07−0.87
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeatsChange
  Labor 247,25139.09−2.7030+2
  Nationalist 242,00938.26+7.3717±0
  Country 55,8768.83+0.7011+1
  Country Progressive 33,7985.34+1.184±0
  Communist 1,9620.31+0.310±0
  Independent 51,6428.16+1.983−3
Total632,538  65 

Notes:

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Colin A Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890-1964, Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968 ( ISBN   0708102700).
  2. "VICTORIAN BY-ELECTION". The Mercury . Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 9 December 1927. p. 2. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  3. "VICTORIAN POLITICS". The Barrier Miner . Broken Hill, NSW: National Library of Australia. 3 May 1928. p. 1. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  4. Election held on 30 November 1929, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).