1934 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 9 June 1934 to elect 17 of the 34 members of the state's Legislative Council for six year terms. MLC were elected using preferential voting.
Results
=Legislative Council=
{{Australian elections/Title row
| title = Victorian Legislative Council election, 9 June 1934{{cite web|url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/1934council.txt|title=Victorian Legislative Council election of 9 June 1934|work=Psephos|last=Carr|first=Adam}}
| house = Legislative Council
| series = Victorian Legislative Council election
| back = 1931
| forward = 1937
| staggered = yes
| enrolled = 469,395
| total_votes = 47,375
| turnout % = 10.1
| turnout chg = −9.8
| informal = 799
| informal % = 1.7
| informal chg = +1.1
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = UAP
|votes = 21,743
|votes % = 46.7
|votes chg = −18.1
|seats = 10
|seats held = 22
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Labor VIC
|votes = 8,211
|votes % = 17.7
|votes chg = −0.9
|seats = 1
|seats held = 3
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Country VIC
|votes = 4,844
|votes % = 10.4
|votes chg = +7.9
|seats = 3
|seats held = 6
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Others
|votes = 11,778
|votes % = 25.3
|votes chg = +11.2
|seats = 3
|seats held = 3
}}
{{Australian elections/Total row |
|total_votes = 46,576
|total_seats = 17
|total_held = 34
}}
|}
Retiring Members
=United Australia=
- Frederick Brawn MLC (Wellington)
- Horace Richardson MLC (South Western)
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 ! UAP candidates ! Country candidates ! Other candidates | |||||
| bgcolor="#cccccc"
! | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | {{Australian party style|UAP}}| | {{Australian party style|Nationals}}| | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| | |
| Bendigo | UAP | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|George Lansell | |||
| East Yarra | UAP | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Clifden Eager | |||
| Gippsland | UAP | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Martin McGregor | |||
| Melbourne | UAP | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Herbert Smith | |||
| Melbourne East | Labor | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|William Beckett | Henry Hall | ||
| Melbourne North | Labor | {{Australian party shading/Independent}}|Esmond Kiernan (Ind) | |||
| Melbourne South | UAP | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Harold Cohen | |||
| Melbourne West | Labor | William Walsh | James Gray | {{Australian party shading/Independent}}|Robert Williams (Ind) | |
| Nelson | UAP | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Alan Currie | George Hucker | ||
| Northern | Country | {{Australian party shading/Nationals}}|Richard Kilpatrick | |||
| North Eastern | Country | {{Australian party shading/Nationals}}|John Harris | |||
| North Western | Country | {{Australian party shading/Nationals}}|Henry Pye | |||
| Southern | UAP | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|William Angliss | |||
| South Eastern | UAP | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|William Tyner | Lionel Stark | ||
| South Western | UAP | James Gill | {{Australian party shading/Independent}}|John Jones (Ind UAP) | ||
| Wellington | UAP | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|George Bolster | Robert Ramsay (Ind) | ||
| Western | UAP | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Marcus Saltau |
See also
References
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{{Victorian elections}}
Category:1934 elections in Australia
Category:Elections in Victoria (state)