1937 Victorian Legislative Council election

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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 for six year terms. MLC were elected using preferential voting.

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For the first time, voting became compulsory for elections for the Legislative Council, having been compulsory for the elections for the Legislative Assembly since 1927. However, the turnout increased from 10% to only 46%.

Results

Legislative Council

Victorian Legislative Council election, 12 June 1937 [1]
Legislative Council
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Enrolled voters449,694
Votes cast208,925 Turnout 46.5+36.4
Informal votes2,480Informal1.2−0.5
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeats
won
Seats
held
  United Australia 107,15751.9+5.2819
  Country 51,49124.9+14.569
  Labor 35,52317.2−0.534
 Other12,2745.9−19.402
Total206,445  1734

Retiring Members

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.

ProvinceHeld by Labor candidates UAP candidates Country candidatesOther 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)

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References

  1. Carr, Adam. "Victorian Legislative Council election of 12 June 1937". Psephos.