1937 Victorian state election

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1937 Victorian state election
← 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 Tom Tunnecliffe.jpg Albert Dunstan (cropped).jpg
Leader Sir Stanley Argyle Tom Tunnecliffe Albert Dunstan
Party United Australia Labor National
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
National

Elected Premier

Albert Dunstan
National

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.

Background[]

On 21 March 1936, Patrick Denigan of the Labor Party won the seat of Allandale in a 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
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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[]

References[]

  1. ^ "LABOUR WINS ALLANDALE". The Argus. Melbourne. 25 March 1936. p. 7. Retrieved 23 May 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
  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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