1928_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election

1928 Victorian Legislative Council election

1928 Victorian Legislative Council election

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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

Victorian Legislative Council election, 2 June 1928[1]
Legislative Council
<< 1925–1931 >>

Enrolled voters 444,278
Votes cast 85,372 Turnout 19.2 +5.2
Informal votes 1,338 Informal 1.6 +0.1
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes  % Swing Seats
won		 Seats
held
  Nationalist 45,644 54.3 +2.3 11 22
  Country 17,699 21.1 −1.4 2 5
  Country Progressive 7,438 8.9 +8.9 1 1
  Labor 3,438 4.1 –3.4 3 6
  Other 9,815 11.6 −5.4 0 0
Total 84,034     17 34

Retiring Members

Joseph Sternberg MLC (Nationalist, Bendigo) had resigned some months prior to the election, but no by-election had been held.

Nationalist

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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See also

References

  1. [1]
    Carr, Adam. "Victorian Legislative Council election of 2 June 1928". Psephos.
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