1919 Victorian Legislative Council election

Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Thursday 5 June 1919 to elect 17 of the 34 members of the state's Legislative Council.

Results

Legislative Council

Victorian Legislative Council election, 5 June 1919^[1] Legislative Council << 1916–1922 >>
Enrolled voters		317,619
Votes cast		40,397		Turnout	12.7	+2.8
Informal votes		851		Informal	2.1	+1.3
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats won	Seats held
	Nationalist	21,572	54.5		13	27
	Labor	9,419	23.8	−7.7	3	6
	Victorian Farmers				1	1
	Other	8,555	21.6		0	0
Total		39,546			17	34

Retiring Members

Nationalist

Sir John Davies MLC (Melbourne)
Duncan McBryde MLC (South Eastern)

Candidates

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.

A by-election for Melbourne North, to fill the vacancy caused by Donald Melville's death, was held concurrently with this election and is shown below.

Province	Held by	Labor candidates	Nationalist candidates	VFU candidates	Independent candidates

Bendigo	Nationalist		Alfred Hicks
East Yarra	Nationalist		William Edgar		Frank Cornwall
Gippsland	Nationalist		George Davis
Melbourne	Nationalist		Sir Henry Weedon		John Pearson Harold Ward
Melbourne East	Labor	Daniel McNamara	Frederick Dawborn
Melbourne North	Labor	William Beckett	Thomas Griffin
Melbourne North	Nationalist	Esmond Kiernan	George Wales
Melbourne South	Nationalist		Arthur Robinson
Melbourne West	Labor	Arthur Disney
Nelson	Nationalist		James Drysdale Brown
Northern	Nationalist		Frank Clarke
North Eastern	Nationalist		William Kendell
North Western	Nationalist			George Goudie
Southern	Nationalist		Russell Clarke
South Eastern	Nationalist		Alfred Chandler* William Francis Frederick Hagelthorn
South Western	Nationalist		Austin Austin
Wellington	Nationalist		Alexander Bell
Western	Nationalist		Edward White

References

^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Legislative Council election of 5 June 1919". Psephos.

[1] Carr, Adam. "Victorian Legislative Council election of 5 June 1919". Psephos.

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