Victorian state election, 1929

Victorian state election, 1929

30 November 1929 (1929-11-30)

45 (of the 65) seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly   First party Second party Third party   Leader Edmond Hogan William McPherson John Allan Party Labor Nationalist Country Leader since 1927 Leader's seat Warrenheip and Grenville Hawthorn Rodney Last election 28 seats 15 seats 10 seats Seats before 28 seats 17 seats 10 seats Seats won 30 seats 17 seats 11 seats Seat change 2 0 1 Percentage 39.09% 38.26% 8.83% Swing 2.70 7.37 0.70

Premier before election William McPherson Country Elected Premier Edmond Hogan Labor

The 1929 Victorian state election was held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 30 November 1929 to elect 45 of the 65 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.^[1] The other 20 seats were uncontested.

Background

Seat changes

The Nationalist Party had gained two seats in the Assembly since the previous election, having won two by-elections in seats held by independents. Henry Bodman (Gippsland South) died on 2 November 1927, and Walter West won the seat for the Nationalists on 3 December.^[2] Speaker Oswald Snowball (Brighton), who had been disendorsed by the Nationalists in the previous election after voting against the redistribution bill, had rejoined the Nationalists since but died on 16 March 1928. Ian Macfarlan won the seat in the by-election on 24 April 1928.^[3]

Results

Legislative Assembly

Notes:

• Twenty seats were uncontested at this election, and were retained by the incumbent parties:
  • Labor (14): Bendigo, Brunswick, Carlton, Clifton Hill, Coburg, Collingwood, Flemington, Footscray, Maryborough and Daylesford, Melbourne, Northcote, Richmond, Williamstown, Wonthaggi
  • Nationalist (3): Allandale, Benambra, Upper Yarra
  • Country (1): Goulburn Valley
  • Country Progressive (1): Ouyen

See also

• Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1929–1932

References

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