1937 Victorian Legislative Council election
Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 12 June 1937 to elect 17 of the 34 members of the state's Legislative Council for six year terms. MLC were elected using preferential voting.
For the first time, voting became compulsory for elections for the Legislative Council, having been compulsory for the elections for the Legislative Assembly since 1927. However, the turnout increased from 10% to only 46%.
Results
Legislative Council
Victorian Legislative Council election, 12 June 1937[1] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 449,694 | |||||
Votes cast | 208,925 | Turnout | 46.5 | +36.4 | ||
Informal votes | 2,480 | Informal | 1.2 | −0.5 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats won |
Seats held | |
United Australia | 107,157 | 51.9 | +5.2 | 8 | 19 | |
Country | 51,491 | 24.9 | +14.5 | 6 | 9 | |
Labor | 35,523 | 17.2 | −0.5 | 3 | 4 | |
Other | 12,274 | 5.9 | −19.4 | 0 | 2 | |
Total | 206,445 | 17 | 34 | |||
Retiring Members
Note: Herbert Keck (UAP, Bendigo) died shortly before the election; no by-election was held.
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.
Province | Held by | Labor candidates | UAP candidates | Country candidates | Other candidates |
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Ballarat | UAP | Paul Jones | Edwin Bath Alfred Pittard* | A R Stewart | |
Bendigo | UAP | John Lienhop | R A Rankin (Ind) | ||
Doutta Galla | Labor | Percy Clarey | |||
East Yarra | UAP | William Edgar | |||
Gippsland | UAP | George Davis | William MacAulay | ||
Higinbotham | UAP | Henry Cohen James Kennedy* | |||
Melbourne | UAP | Daniel McNamara | |||
Melbourne North | UAP | L G H Marshall | Herbert Olney | ||
Melbourne West | Labor | Arthur Disney | J T Gray | ||
Monash | UAP | Sir Frank Clarke | |||
Northern | Country | E A Norton | George Tuckett | ||
North Eastern | Country | Percival Inchbold | |||
North Western | Country | George Goudie | |||
Southern | UAP | Gilbert Chandler* Russell Clarke | |||
South Eastern | UAP | Charles Gartside | Alexander Goudie | ||
South Western | UAP | Gordon McArthur | T Walls | ||
Western | UAP | E C Cameron | Leonard Rodda | William Williamson (Ind) |