1937 Victorian state election
Appearance
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45 (of the 65) seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1937 Victorian state election was held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 2 October 1937 to elect 45 of the 65 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.
Background
On 21 March 1936, Patrick Denigan of the Labor Party won the seat of Allandale in a by-election following the death of UAP member Thomas Parkin. This changed the number of seats in the assembly to UAP 24, Labor 18.[1]
Results
Legislative Assembly
Victorian state election, 2 October 1937[2][3] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 848,680 | |||||
Votes cast | 786,492 | Turnout | 93.96 | −0.46 | ||
Informal votes | 10,938 | Informal | 1.37 | −0.28 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Labor | 322,699 | 41.03 | +3.10 | 20 | +2 | |
United Australia | 311,168 | 39.56 | +3.39 | 21 | −3 | |
United Country | 89,286 | 11.35 | −2.36 | 20 | ±0 | |
Communist | 5,700 | 0.72 | −0.39 | 0 | ±0 | |
Independent | 57,639 | 7.33 | −3.75 | 4 | +1 | |
Total | 786,492 | 65 |
See also
References
- ^ "LABOUR WINS ALLANDALE". The Argus. Melbourne. 25 March 1936. p. 7. Retrieved 23 May 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Election held on 2 October 1937, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).
- ^ Colin A Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890–1964, Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968 (ISBN 0708102700).