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 edit
Legislative Council edit
Victorian Legislative Council election, 2 June 1928[1] | ||||||
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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 edit
Joseph Sternberg MLC (Nationalist, Bendigo) had resigned some months prior to the election, but no by-election had been held.
Nationalist edit
- Theodore Beggs MLC (Nelson)
- James Merritt MLC (East Yarra)
- Thomas Payne MLC (Melbourne South)
Country Progressive edit
Candidates edit
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.
Province | Held by | Labor candidates | Nationalist candidates | Country candidates | Other candidates |
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Bendigo | Nationalist | George Lansell | James Curnow (Ind) Alfred Wallis (Ind) | ||
East Yarra | Nationalist | Robert Menzies George Swinburne* |
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Gippsland | Nationalist | Martin McGregor | Thomas Anderson | ||
Melbourne | Nationalist | Herbert Smith | |||
Melbourne East | Labor | John Jones | |||
Melbourne North | Labor | Esmond Kiernan | |||
Melbourne South | Nationalist | Hector Bell | Norman Falkiner* Frederick Hughes Edgar Morton Edward Reynolds |
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Melbourne West | Labor | Robert Williams | |||
Nelson | Nationalist | Alan Currie | |||
Northern | Country | Richard Abbott Robert Gordon Richard Kilpatrick* |
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North Eastern | Country | John Harris | Albert Heaney (CPP) | ||
North Western | Country | Robert Elliott | William McCann (CPP) | ||
Southern | Nationalist | William Angliss | William Macleod (Ind) | ||
South Eastern | Nationalist | William Tyner* Harold Wilkinson |
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South Western | Nationalist | Horace Richardson* Julius Solomon |
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Wellington | Nationalist | Frederick Brawn | |||
Western | Nationalist | Marcus Saltau |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Legislative Council election of 2 June 1928". Psephos.