1919 Victorian Legislative Council election
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}}
Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Thursday 5 June 1919 to elect 17 of the 34 members of the state's Legislative Council.
Results
=Legislative Council=
{{Australian elections/Title row
| title = Victorian Legislative Council election, 5 June 1919{{cite web|url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/1919council.txt|title=Victorian Legislative Council election of 5 June 1919|work=Psephos|last=Carr|first=Adam}}
| house = Legislative Council
| series = Victorian Legislative Council election
| back = 1916
| forward = 1922
| staggered = yes
| enrolled = 317,619
| total_votes = 40,397
| turnout % = 12.7
| turnout chg = +2.8
| informal = 851
| informal % = 2.1
| informal chg = +1.3
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Nationalist
|votes = 21,572
|votes % = 54.5
|votes chg =
|seats = 13
|seats held = 27
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Labor VIC
|votes = 9,419
|votes % = 23.8
|votes chg = −7.7
|seats = 3
|seats held = 6
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = VFU
|votes =
|votes % =
|votes chg =
|seats = 1
|seats held = 1
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Others
|votes = 8,555
|votes % = 21.6
|votes chg =
|seats = 0
|seats held = 0
}}
{{Australian elections/Total row |
|total_votes = 39,546
|total_seats = 17
|total_held = 34
}}
|}
Retiring Members
=Nationalist=
- Sir John Davies MLC (Melbourne)
- Duncan McBryde MLC (South Eastern)
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.
A by-election for Melbourne North, to fill the vacancy caused by Donald Melville's death, was held concurrently with this election and is shown below.
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| Province
! Held by ! Labor candidates ! Nationalist candidates ! VFU candidates ! Independent candidates | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="#cccccc"
| | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | {{Australian party style|Nationalist}}| | {{Australian party style|Nationals}}| | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| | |
| Bendigo | Nationalist | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Alfred Hicks | |||
| East Yarra | Nationalist | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|William Edgar | Frank Cornwall | ||
| Gippsland | Nationalist | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|George Davis | |||
| Melbourne | Nationalist | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Sir Henry Weedon | John Pearson Harold Ward | ||
| Melbourne East | Labor | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|Daniel McNamara | Frederick Dawborn | ||
| rowspan=2|Melbourne North | Labor | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|William Beckett | Thomas Griffin | ||
| Nationalist | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|Esmond Kiernan | George Wales | |||
| Melbourne South | Nationalist | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Arthur Robinson | |||
| Melbourne West | Labor | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|Arthur Disney | |||
| Nelson | Nationalist | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|James Drysdale Brown | |||
| Northern | Nationalist | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Frank Clarke | |||
| North Eastern | Nationalist | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|William Kendell | |||
| North Western | Nationalist | {{Australian party shading/Nationals}}|George Goudie | |||
| Southern | Nationalist | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Russell Clarke | |||
| South Eastern | Nationalist | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Alfred Chandler* William Francis Frederick Hagelthorn | |||
| South Western | Nationalist | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Austin Austin | |||
| Wellington | Nationalist | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Alexander Bell | |||
| Western | Nationalist | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Edward White |