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

Victorian state election, 30 November 1929^[1]^[4] Legislative Assembly << 1927 — 1932 >>
Enrolled voters		682,190
Votes cast		639,368		Turnout	93.72	+1.96
Informal votes		6,830		Informal	1.07	−0.87
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	247,251	39.09	−2.70	30	+2
	Nationalist	242,009	38.26	+7.37	17	±0
	Country	55,876	8.83	+0.70	11	+1
	Country Progressive	33,798	5.34	+1.18	4	±0
	Communist	1,962	0.31	+0.31	0	±0
	Independent	51,642	8.16	+1.98	3	−3
Total		632,538			65

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

References

1 2 Colin A Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890-1964, Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968 (ISBN 0708102700).
↑ "VICTORIAN BY-ELECTION.". The Mercury. Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 9 December 1927. p. 2. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
↑ "VICTORIAN POLITICS.". The Barrier Miner. Broken Hill, NSW: National Library of Australia. 3 May 1928. p. 1. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
↑ Election held on 30 November 1929, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).

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