Victorian state election, 1927

9 April 1927 (1927-04-09)

57 (of the 65) seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Edmond Hogan	Harry Lawson	John Allan
Party	Labor	Nationalist	Country
Leader since		1927
Leader's seat	Warrenheip and Grenville	Castlemaine and Kyneton	Rodney
Last election	27 seats	19 seats	13 seats
Seats won	28 seats	15 seats	10 seats
Seat change	1	4	3
Percentage	41.79%	30.89%	8.13%
Swing	6.92	8.15	3.84

Premier before election

John Allan
Country

Elected Premier

Edmond Hogan
Labor

The 1927 Victorian state election was held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday, 9 April 1927, to elect 57 of the 65 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.^[1] The other 8 seats were uncontested.

For the first time, a Victorian state election has been held on a Saturday, and voting for the Legislative Assembly has been compulsory.^[2] As a consequence, voter turnout in contested seats increased from 59.24% at the 1924 election to 91.76% at the 1927 election, but the informal vote increased from 1.01% in 1924 to 1.94% in 1927.

Key dates

Date	Event
4 March 1927	The Parliament was prorogued, and the Legislative Assembly dissolved.^[3]
12 March 1927	Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.^[3]
21 March 1927	Close of nominations.^[3]
9 April 1927	Polling day.
30 April 1927	The writ was returned and the results formally declared.^[3]
20 May 1927	The Hogan Ministry was sworn in.^[4]
6 July 1927	Parliament resumed for business.

Results

Legislative Assembly

Victorian state election, 9 April 1927^[1]^[5] Legislative Assembly << 1924 — 1929 >>
Enrolled voters		850,494
Votes cast		780,399		Turnout	91.76	+32.53
Informal votes		15,125		Informal	1.94	+0.93
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	319,848	41.79	+6.92	28	+1
	Nationalist	236,428	30.89	−8.15	15	−4
	Australian Liberal	67,663	8.84	+8.84	2	+2
	Country	62,218	8.13	−3.84	10	−3
	Country Progressive	31,849	4.16	+4.16	4	+4
	Independent	51,642	8.16	+1.98	3	−3
Total		765,274			65

Notes:

Eight seats were uncontested at this election, and were retained by the incumbent parties:
- Labor (4): Footscray, Northcote, Port Melbourne, Richmond
- Nationalist (2): Benambra, Polwarth
- Country (1): Goulburn Valley
- Independents (1): Brighton

Outcome

The Allan Country–Nationalist Coalition Government was defeated; a minority Labor Government led by Edmund Hogan took office but was later defeated in Parliament.

References

1 2 Colin A Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890-1964, Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968 (ISBN 0708102700).
↑ Victorian Electoral Commission: Unit 2: Voting rights and responsibilities
1 2 3 4 "Discharging members of the Legislative Council from attendance and dissolving the Legislative Assembly". Victorian Government Gazette. 4 March 1927. p. 1927:1233.
↑ "Ministers of the Crown". Victorian Government Gazette. 20 May 1927. p. 1927:1757.
↑ Election held on 9 April 1927, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).

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