1928 Victorian Legislative Council election
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{{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}}
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.
Results
=Legislative Council=
{{Australian elections/Title row
| title = Victorian Legislative Council election, 2 June 1928{{cite web|url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/1928council.txt|title=Victorian Legislative Council election of 2 June 1928|work=Psephos|last=Carr|first=Adam}}
| house = Legislative Council
| series = Victorian Legislative Council election
| back = 1925
| forward = 1931
| staggered = yes
| enrolled = 444,278
| total_votes = 85,372
| turnout % = 19.2
| turnout chg = +5.2
| informal = 1,338
| informal % = 1.6
| informal chg = +0.1
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Nationalist
|votes = 45,644
|votes % = 54.3
|votes chg = +2.3
|seats = 11
|seats held = 22
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Country VIC
|votes = 17,699
|votes % = 21.1
|votes chg = −1.4
|seats = 2
|seats held = 5
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Country Progressive
|votes = 7,438
|votes % = 8.9
|votes chg = +8.9
|seats = 1
|seats held = 1
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Labor VIC
|votes = 3,438
|votes % = 4.1
|votes chg = –3.4
|seats = 3
|seats held = 6
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Others
|votes = 9,815
|votes % = 11.6
|votes chg = −5.4
|seats = 0
|seats held = 0
}}
{{Australian elections/Total row |
|total_votes = 84,034
|total_seats = 17
|total_held = 34
}}
|}
Retiring Members
Joseph Sternberg MLC (Nationalist, Bendigo) had resigned some months prior to the election, but no by-election had been held.
=Nationalist=
- Theodore Beggs MLC (Nelson)
- James Merritt MLC (East Yarra)
- Thomas Payne MLC (Melbourne South)
=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.
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| Province
! Held by ! Labor candidates ! Nationalist candidates ! Country candidates ! Other 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}}|George Lansell | James Curnow (Ind) Alfred Wallis (Ind) | ||
| East Yarra | Nationalist | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Robert Menzies George Swinburne* | |||
| Gippsland | Nationalist | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Martin McGregor | Thomas Anderson | ||
| Melbourne | Nationalist | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Herbert Smith | |||
| Melbourne East | Labor | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|John Jones | |||
| Melbourne North | Labor | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|Esmond Kiernan | |||
| Melbourne South | Nationalist | Hector Bell | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Norman Falkiner* Frederick Hughes Edgar Morton Edward Reynolds | ||
| Melbourne West | Labor | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|Robert Williams | |||
| Nelson | Nationalist | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Alan Currie | |||
| Northern | Country | {{Australian party shading/Nationals}}|Richard Abbott Robert Gordon Richard Kilpatrick* | |||
| North Eastern | Country | {{Australian party shading/Nationals}}|John Harris | Albert Heaney (CPP) | ||
| North Western | Country | Robert Elliott | {{Australian party shading/Greens}}|William McCann (CPP) | ||
| Southern | Nationalist | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|William Angliss | William Macleod (Ind) | ||
| South Eastern | Nationalist | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|William Tyner* Harold Wilkinson | |||
| South Western | Nationalist | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Horace Richardson* Julius Solomon | |||
| Wellington | Nationalist | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Frederick Brawn | |||
| Western | Nationalist | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Marcus Saltau |
See also
References
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{{Victorian elections}}
Category:1928 elections in Australia
Category:Elections in Victoria (state)