Results of the 1937 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly)

Last updated

Victorian state election, 2 October 1937 [1] [2]
Legislative Assembly
<< 19351940 >>

Contents

Enrolled voters848,680
Votes cast786,492 Turnout 93.96−0.46
Informal votes10,938Informal1.37−0.28
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeatsChange
  Labor 322,69941.03+3.1020+2
  United Australia 311,16839.56+3.3921−3
  United Country 89,28611.35−2.3620±0
  Communist 5,7000.72−0.390±0
  Independent 57,6397.33−3.754+1
Total786,492  65 

This is a list of electoral district results for the Victorian 1937 election.

Results by electoral district

Albert Park

1937 Victorian state election: Albert Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Chapple8,75540.1-0.5
United Australia William Haworth 7,15132.7-20.7
Independent UAP Harry Drew 4,11718.8+18.8
Independent Leah Kloot1,8348.4+8.4
Total formal votes21,85796.3-1.1
Informal votes8383.7+1.1
Turnout 22,69594.2+1.1
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia William Haworth 11,64153.3-2.6
Labor John Chapple10,21646.7+2.6
United Australia hold Swing -2.6

Allandale

1937 Victorian state election: Allandale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Patrick Denigan 4,66147.8+5.7
Country Russell White 2,66427.3+0.9
United Australia Edward Montgomery 2,43424.9-6.6
Total formal votes9,75999.1+0.3
Informal votes860.9-0.3
Turnout 9,84596.1-0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Patrick Denigan 4,92550.6+2.0
Country Russell White 4,83449.4+49.4
Labor gain from United Australia Swing +2.0

Ballarat

1937 Victorian state election: Ballarat
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Thomas Hollway 11,36366.5+10.9
Labor Arthur Loft5,72233.5-10.9
Total formal votes17,08599.2-0.1
Informal votes1420.8+0.1
Turnout 17,22795.3+0.1
United Australia hold Swing +10.9

Barwon

1937 Victorian state election: Barwon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Thomas Maltby 7,25960.4+4.3
Country Warwick Cayley4,75739.6+39.6
Total formal votes12,01698.9+0.3
Informal votes1341.1-0.3
Turnout 12,15094.8-0.1
United Australia hold Swing N/A

Benalla

1937 Victorian state election: Benalla
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Frederick Cook 4,12638.5+38.5
Labor Jack Devlin 3,83635.8+35.8
Country Mervyn Huggins2,76225.8-74.2
Total formal votes10,72498.9
Informal votes1171.1
Turnout 10,84195.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Frederick Cook 5,80654.1+54.1
Labor Jack Devlin 4,91845.9+45.9
Independent gain from Country Swing N/A

Benambra

1937 Victorian state election: Benambra
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Roy Paton 5,07260.4+7.6
United Australia Thomas Mitchell3,32939.6-7.6
Total formal votes8,40199.3+0.9
Informal votes610.7-0.9
Turnout 8,46294.5+0.8
Country hold Swing +7.6

Bendigo

1937 Victorian state election: Bendigo
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Arthur Cook unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Boroondara

1937 Victorian state election: Boroondara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Trevor Oldham unopposed
United Australia hold Swing

Brighton

1937 Victorian state election: Brighton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Ian MacFarlan 21,53982.0+30.9
Communist Gerald O'Day4,73718.0+18.0
Total formal votes26,27697.8-0.6
Informal votes5932.2+0.6
Turnout 26,86992.7-2.3
United Australia hold Swing N/A

Brunswick

1937 Victorian state election: Brunswick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor James Jewell 18,14474.0-26.0
United Australia Charles Hartley6,38426.0+26.0
Total formal votes24,52898.6
Informal votes3551.4
Turnout 24,88394.1
Labor hold Swing N/A

Bulla and Dalhousie

1937 Victorian state election: Bulla and Dalhousie
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Harry White 4,24345.4-0.6
Labor Charlie Mutton 2,86630.6-3.3
Country John Milligan2,24124.0+3.9
Total formal votes9,35098.9-0.1
Informal votes1021.1+0.1
Turnout 9,45293.6-0.8
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia Harry White 5,26256.3-2.6
Labor Charles Mutton 4,08843.7+2.6
United Australia hold Swing -2.6

Carlton

1937 Victorian state election: Carlton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Barry unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Castlemaine and Kyneton

1937 Victorian state election: Castlemaine and Kyneton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Clive Shields 5,40451.7-2.9
Labor Jessie Satchell 5,05148.3+2.9
Total formal votes10,45599.40.0
Informal votes590.60.0
Turnout 10,51494.4-1.2
United Australia hold Swing -2.9

Caulfield

1937 Victorian state election: Caulfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Harold Cohen unopposed
United Australia hold Swing

Clifton Hill

1937 Victorian state election: Clifton Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bert Cremean 15,11367.8+6.3
United Australia Rhys Davies7,16732.2-6.3
Total formal votes22,28098.5+0.2
Informal votes3401.5-0.2
Turnout 22,62093.0-1.4
Labor hold Swing +6.3

Coburg

1937 Victorian state election: Coburg
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Frank Keane 16,21862.8+1.6
United Australia Henry Richards9,61337.2-1.6
Total formal votes25,83199.0+0.7
Informal votes2681.0-0.7
Turnout 26,09995.2+1.2
Labor hold Swing +1.6

Collingwood

1937 Victorian state election: Collingwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tom Tunnecliffe 17,28681.5+15.3
United Australia Oliver Dixon3,91518.5-3.4
Total formal votes21,20198.2+1.0
Informal votes3921.8-1.0
Turnout 21,59392.6+0.6
Labor hold Swing +4.5

Dandenong

1937 Victorian state election: Dandenong
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Frank Field 14,37450.6+8.8
United Australia Frank Groves 14,06449.4-8.8
Total formal votes28,43898.7+0.3
Informal votes3631.3-0.3
Turnout 28,80194.40.0
Labor gain from United Australia Swing +8.8

Dundas

1937 Victorian state election: Dundas
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Slater unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Essendon

1937 Victorian state election: Essendon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia James Dillon 12,99954.7+2.9
Labor Arthur Clarey 10,75245.3-2.9
Total formal votes23,75198.9-0.3
Informal votes2621.1+0.3
Turnout 24,01396.7+0.3
United Australia hold Swing +2.9

Evelyn

1937 Victorian state election: Evelyn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia William Everard 6,31558.5-4.2
Independent John Jessop2,61324.2+24.2
Country Thomas Mitchell1,86217.3+17.3
Total formal votes10,79098.9+0.4
Informal votes1191.1-0.4
Turnout 10,90993.5+0.3
United Australia hold Swing N/A

Flemington

1937 Victorian state election: Flemington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Jack Holland 13,95365.9-2.8
United Australia Malcolm Fenton7,21434.1+2.8
Total formal votes21,16798.5+0.3
Informal votes3341.5-0.3
Turnout 21,50196.1+2.1
Labor hold Swing -2.8

Footscray

1937 Victorian state election: Footscray
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Jack Mullens 13,85754.9-29.4
United Australia Edward Hanmer11,37145.1+45.1
Total formal votes25,22898.7+2.8
Informal votes3231.3-2.8
Turnout 25,55196.1+0.2
Labor hold Swing N/A

Geelong

1937 Victorian state election: Geelong
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor William Brownbill unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Gippsland East

1937 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Albert Lind unopposed
Country hold Swing

Gippsland North

1937 Victorian state election: Gippsland North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent James McLachlan 4,03838.8-23.6
Country William Heath2,23921.5-0.9
Independent Archibald Gilchrist 2,16420.8+20.8
Labor Alexander McAdam1,97719.0+19.0
Total formal votes10,41898.9+0.3
Informal votes1131.1-0.3
Turnout 10,53194.1-1.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent James McLachlan 5,41852.0
Country William Heath5,00048.0
Independent hold Swing N/A

Gippsland South

1937 Victorian state election: Gippsland South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Herbert Hyland unopposed
Country hold Swing

Gippsland West

1937 Victorian state election: Gippsland West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Matthew Bennett unopposed
Country hold Swing

Goulburn Valley

1937 Victorian state election: Goulburn Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country John McDonald unopposed
Country hold Swing

Grant

1937 Victorian state election: Grant
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Frederick Holden unopposed
United Australia hold Swing

Gunbower

1937 Victorian state election: Gunbower
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Norman Martin unopposed
Country hold Swing

Hampden

1937 Victorian state election: Hampden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia William Cumming 4,51643.0+10.1
Labor Michael Nolan3,39432.3-5.7
Country Thomas Moore2,59924.7+24.7
Total formal votes10,50999.1+0.2
Informal votes920.9-0.2
Turnout 10,60194.90.0
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia William Cumming 6,21959.1+1.3
Labor Michael Nolan4,29040.9-1.3
United Australia hold Swing +1.3

Hawthorn

1937 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia John Gray 14,19260.5+6.4
Labor Herbert Oke9,27539.5+39.5
Total formal votes23,46798.9+0.3
Informal votes2671.1-0.3
Turnout 23,73492.1-2.4
United Australia hold Swing N/A

Heidelberg

1937 Victorian state election: Heidelberg
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Henry Zwar 14,66652.3-2.5
Labor Morton Dunlop13,38747.7+2.5
Total formal votes28,05399.3+0.5
Informal votes2090.7-0.5
Turnout 28,26295.1-1.2
United Australia hold Swing -2.5

Kara Kara and Borung

1937 Victorian state election: Kara Kara and Borung
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Finlay Cameron 6,24860.4+32.8
Independent John Green4,09339.6+22.5
Total formal votes10,34199.4+0.8
Informal votes1451.4-0.8
Turnout 10,40594.1-0.6
Country hold Swing N/A

Kew

1937 Victorian state election: Kew
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Wilfrid Hughes 17,05368.1+2.2
Labor Arthur Kyle8,00231.9-2.2
Total formal votes25,05598.8+0.1
Informal votes3151.2-0.1
Turnout 25,37092.0-1.5
United Australia hold Swing +2.2

Korong and Eaglehawk

1937 Victorian state election: Korong and Eaglehawk
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Albert Dunstan 8,39577.5-22.5
United Australia Archibald Moses2,43122.5+22.5
Total formal votes10,82699.4
Informal votes630.6
Turnout 10,88993.7
Country hold Swing N/A

Lowan

1937 Victorian state election: Lowan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Hamilton Lamb 7,51465.8+10.8
United Australia Jabez Potts3,89934.2+34.2
Total formal votes11,41399.3-0.2
Informal votes780.7+0.2
Turnout 11,49194.4-0.1
Country hold Swing N/A

Maryborough and Daylesford

1937 Victorian state election: Maryborough and Daylesford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor George Frost unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Melbourne

1937 Victorian state election: Melbourne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tom Hayes 10,90263.0-1.5
United Australia Reginald Archer6,40737.0+1.5
Total formal votes17,30997.0-2.6
Informal votes5373.0+2.6
Turnout 17,84688.4-6.9
Labor hold Swing -1.5

Mildura

1937 Victorian state election: Mildura
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Albert Allnutt 7,15259.3+4.8
Labor John Egan4,91340.7+40.7
Total formal votes12,06598.9+3.8
Informal votes1331.1-3.8
Turnout 12,19892.8+3.0
Country hold Swing N/A

Mornington

1937 Victorian state election: Mornington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Alfred Kirton 6,55453.1+0.6
Country George Bowden 5,78046.9-0.6
Total formal votes12,33499.3+0.8
Informal votes860.7-0.8
Turnout 12,42092.3-0.6
United Australia hold Swing +0.6

Northcote

1937 Victorian state election: Northcote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Cain 16,51371.4+3.7
United Australia Jonas Holt6,59128.6-3.7
Total formal votes23,10499.1+0.7
Informal votes2160.9-0.7
Turnout 23,32094.8-0.9
Labor hold Swing +3.7

Nunawading

1937 Victorian state election: Nunawading
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia William Boyland 6,71729.9-13.4
Independent Ivy Weber 5,97026.6+26.6
Labor Arthur Lewis 5,43024.2-4.2
Independent John Mahony4,33519.3+19.3
Total formal votes22,45297.4-1.3
Informal votes6002.6+1.3
Turnout 23,05294.1-1.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Ivy Weber 12,09553.8+53.8
United Australia William Boyland 10,35746.1-15.3
Independent gain from United Australia Swing N/A

Oakleigh

1937 Victorian state election: Oakleigh
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Squire Reid 15,75152.3+2.6
United Australia James Smith 14,34047.7-2.6
Total formal votes30,09199.2+0.3
Informal votes2580.8-0.3
Turnout 30,34993.9-0.9
Labor gain from United Australia Swing +2.6

Ouyen

1937 Victorian state election: Ouyen
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Albert Bussau unopposed
Country hold Swing

Polwarth

1937 Victorian state election: Polwarth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Allan McDonald 6,22055.8-44.2
Country Leonard Parker4,92344.2+44.2
Total formal votes11,14399.4
Informal votes630.6
Turnout 11,20695.2
United Australia hold Swing N/A

Port Fairy and Glenelg

1937 Victorian state election: Port Fairy and Glenelg
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Labor Ernie Bond 8,81478.0-22.0
Independent Robert Roberts2,48722.0+22.0
Total formal votes11,30199.4
Informal votes710.6
Turnout 11,37294.8
Independent Labor hold Swing N/A

Port Melbourne

1937 Victorian state election: Port Melbourne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor James Murphy 15,01476.2+2.4
Independent Mary Jones4,70323.8-2.4
Total formal votes19,71798.2+0.9
Informal votes3541.8-0.9
Turnout 20,07193.8+0.9
Labor hold Swing +2.4

Prahran

1937 Victorian state election: Prahran
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia John Ellis 13,24355.5-1.9
Labor Archibald Fraser 10,59944.5+1.9
Total formal votes23,84298.9+0.3
Informal votes2591.1-0.3
Turnout 24,10194.2+0.6
United Australia hold Swing -1.9

Richmond

1937 Victorian state election: Richmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ted Cotter 15,99669.8-2.8
Independent Cecil Lee-Archer6,90830.2+30.2
Total formal votes22,90498.4+0.8
Informal votes3841.6-0.8
Turnout 23,28892.7-1.8
Labor hold Swing -2.8

Rodney

1937 Victorian state election: Rodney
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country William Dunstone unopposed
Country hold Swing

St Kilda

1937 Victorian state election: St Kilda
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Archie Michaelis 17,55966.7+12.1
Labor Marks Feinberg8,78333.3+33.3
Total formal votes26,34298.2+0.3
Informal votes4761.8-0.3
Turnout 26,81892.5-3.8
United Australia hold Swing N/A

Stawell and Ararat

1937 Victorian state election: Stawell and Ararat
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Alec McDonald unopposed
Country hold Swing

Swan Hill

1937 Victorian state election: Swan Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Francis Old 5,54064.2+21.6
Country Percy Byrnes2,24626.0+26.0
United Australia Alfred Jager8429.8+9.8
Total formal votes8,62898.6+0.4
Informal votes1261.4-0.4
Turnout 8,75493.1+1.1
Country hold Swing N/A

Toorak

1937 Victorian state election: Toorak
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Stanley Argyle 15,11067.5-32.5
Labor Frederick Botsman7,27832.5+32.5
Total formal votes22,38898.3
Informal votes3991.7
Turnout 22,78791.6
United Australia hold Swing N/A

Upper Goulburn

1937 Victorian state election: Upper Goulburn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Edwin Mackrell unopposed
Country hold Swing

Upper Yarra

1937 Victorian state election: Upper Yarra
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia George Knox unopposed
United Australia hold Swing

Walhalla

1937 Victorian state election: Walhalla
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country William Moncur 4,93746.9-12.1
Independent Labor Arthur Fewster3,02928.8+28.8
Independent Country Daniel White1,43713.7-27.3
United Australia Claude Lewis1,12010.6+10.6
Total formal votes10,52397.9-0.1
Informal votes2272.1+0.1
Turnout 10,75093.8-1.3
After distribution of preferences
Country William Moncur 5,43551.6
Independent Labor Arthur Fewster3,16430.1
Independent Country Daniel White1,92418.3
Country hold Swing N/A

Wangaratta and Ovens

1937 Victorian state election: Wangaratta and Ovens
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Lot Diffey unopposed
Country hold Swing

Waranga

1937 Victorian state election: Waranga
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Ernest Coyle unopposed
Country hold Swing

Warrenheip and Grenville

1937 Victorian state election: Warrenheip and Grenville
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Edmond Hogan 5,56056.1+56.1
United Australia Fred Edmunds 4,35643.9+43.9
Total formal votes9,91697.6-0.5
Informal votes2442.4+0.5
Turnout 10,16095.5+0.7
Country gain from Independent Swing N/A

Warrnambool

1937 Victorian state election: Warrnambool
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Henry Bailey 6,79558.0+18.0
United Australia Keith McGarvie4,92842.0+5.9
Total formal votes11,72399.30.0
Informal votes820.70.0
Turnout 11,80595.9+0.6
Country hold Swing +0.6

Williamstown

1937 Victorian state election: Williamstown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Lemmon 13,53461.0-39.0
United Australia James Gray8,66039.0+39.0
Total formal votes22,19499.0
Informal votes2331.0
Turnout 22,42796.0
Labor hold Swing N/A

Wonthaggi

1937 Victorian state election: Wonthaggi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor William McKenzie 8,33489.6+31.3
Communist Alfred Watt96310.4+2.4
Total formal votes9,29798.9-0.1
Informal votes1011.1+0.1
Turnout 9,39893.7-1.8
Labor hold Swing N/A

See also

Related Research Articles

Democratic Labour Party (Australia) Political party

The Democratic Labour Party (DLP), formerly the Democratic Labor Party, is an Australian political party. It broke off from the Australian Labor Party (ALP) as a result of the 1955 ALP split, originally under the name Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist), and was renamed the Democratic Labor Party in 1957. In 1962, the Queensland Labor Party, a breakaway party of the Queensland branch of the Australian Labor Party, became the Queensland branch of the DLP.

Two-party-preferred vote Result of an election or opinion poll after preferences have been distributed to the highest two candidates

In Australian politics, the two-party-preferred vote is the result of an election or opinion poll after preferences have been distributed to the highest two candidates, who in some cases can be independents. For the purposes of TPP, the Liberal/National Coalition is usually considered a single party, with Labor being the other major party. Typically the TPP is expressed as the percentages of votes attracted by each of the two major parties, e.g. "Coalition 50%, Labor 50%", where the values include both primary votes and preferences. The TPP is an indicator of how much swing has been attained/is required to change the result, taking into consideration preferences, which may have a significant effect on the result.

The Australian Labor Party split of 1955 was a split within the Australian Labor Party along ethnocultural lines and about the position towards communism. Key players in the split were the federal opposition leader H. V. "Doc" Evatt and B. A. Santamaria, the dominant force behind the "Catholic Social Studies Movement" or "the Movement".

The Voluntary Euthanasia Party (VEP) was a minor political party in Australia, founded in early 2013 by Corey McCann to advocate for legislative change to allow voluntary euthanasia in Australia. The party's inception was strongly supported by Dr Philip Nitschke, director of Exit International and Richard Mills, then President of Dying with Dignity NSW.

National Party of Australia – Victoria Political party in Australia

The National Party of Australia – Victoria is a political party in Victoria, which forms the state branch of the federal Nationals. Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally. The Victorian Farmer's Union formed in 1914 was the precursor to the Victorian Country Party, later the Nationals.

2015 Polwarth state by-election

A by-election for the seat of Polwarth in the Victorian Legislative Assembly was held on 31 October 2015. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Terry Mulder on 3 September 2015. Former Premier of Victoria, Denis Napthine, resigned his seat representing the adjacent district of South-West Coast on the same day as Mulder. The by-election for South-West Coast was held on the same day.

Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 18 June 1955 to elect 17 of the 34 members of the state's Legislative Council for six year terms. MLCs were elected in single-member provinces using preferential voting.

This is a list of electoral district results for the Victorian 1935 election.

This is a list of electoral district results for the Victorian 1932 election.

This is a list of electoral district results for the Victorian 1929 election.

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1927 Victorian state election.

This is a list of electoral district results for the Victorian 1947 election.

This is a list of electoral district results for the Victorian 1945 election.

This is a list of electoral district results for the Victorian 1943 election.

This is a list of electoral district results for the Victorian 1940 election.

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1941 Queensland state election.

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1935 Queensland state election.

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1917 Victorian state election.

Australian Federation Party Political party in Australia

The Australian Federation Party (AFP), formerly known as the Country Alliance and the Australian Country Party, is an Australian political party. Founded in 2004 by four rural Victorians, the party lodged its initial registration with the Victorian Electoral Commission on 15 August 2005.

This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Wynnum in Queensland state elections.

References

  1. Election held on 2 October 1937, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).
  2. Colin A Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890-1964, Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968 ( ISBN   0708102700).