1937 Victorian state election













Victorian state election, 1937






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 2 October 1937 (1937-10-02)
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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


See also: Results of the Victorian state election, 1937 (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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