1937 Victorian state election













Victorian state election, 1937







← 1935
2 October 1937 (1937-10-02)
1940 →


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










































































 
First party
Second party
Third party
 

Sir Stanley Argyle.jpg


AlbertDunstan-cropped.jpg
Leader

Sir Stanley Argyle

Tom Tunnecliffe

Albert Dunstan
Party

United Australia

Labor

United Country
Leader since
3 September 1930
14 July 1932
14 March 1935
Leader's seat

Toorak

Collingwood

Korong and Eaglehawk
Last election
25 seats
17 seats
20 seats
Seats before
24 seats
18 seats
20 seats
Seats won
21 seats
20 seats
20 seats
Seat change

Decrease 3

Increase 2

Steady 0
Percentage
39.56%
41.03%
11.35%
Swing

Increase 3.39

Increase 3.10

Decrease 2.36








Premier before election

Albert Dunstan
United Country



Elected Premier

Albert Dunstan
United Country




The 1937 Victorian state election was held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 2 October 1937 to elect 45 of the 65 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.




Contents






  • 1 Background


  • 2 Results


    • 2.1 Legislative Assembly




  • 3 See also


  • 4 References





Background


On 21 March 1936, Patrick Denigan of the Labor Party won the seat of Allandale in a by-election following the death of UAP member Thomas Parkin. This changed the number of seats in the assembly to UAP 24, Labor 18.[1]



Results



Legislative Assembly


























































































Victorian state election, 2 October 1937[2][3]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1935–1940 >>


Enrolled voters
848,680


Votes cast
786,492


Turnout
93.96
−0.46
Informal votes
10,938

Informal
1.37
−0.28
Summary of votes by party
Party
Primary votes
%
Swing
Seats
Change
 

Labor
322,699
41.03
+3.10
20
+2
 

United Australia
311,168
39.56
+3.39
21
−3
 

United Country
89,286
11.35
−2.36

20
±0
 

Communist
5,700
0.72
−0.39
0
±0
 

Independent
57,639
7.33
−3.75
4
+1
Total
786,492
 
 
65
 


See also



  • Candidates of the Victorian state election, 1937

  • Victorian Legislative Council election, 1937



References





  1. ^ "LABOUR WINS ALLANDALE". The Argus. Melbourne. 25 March 1936. p. 7. Retrieved 23 May 2012 – via National Library of Australia..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Election held on 2 October 1937, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).


  3. ^ Colin A Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890–1964, Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968 (
    ISBN 0708102700).











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