1934 Victorian Legislative Council election

Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 9 June 1934 to elect 17 of the 34 members of the state's Legislative Council for six year terms. MLC were elected using preferential voting.

Results

Legislative Council

Victorian Legislative Council election, 9 June 1934^[1] Legislative Council << 1931–1937 >>
Enrolled voters		469,395
Votes cast		47,375		Turnout	10.1	−9.8
Informal votes		799		Informal	1.7	+1.1
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats won	Seats held
	United Australia	21,743	46.7	−18.1	10	22
	Labor	8,211	17.7	−0.9	1	3
	Country	4,844	10.4	+7.9	3	6
	Other	11,778	25.3	+11.2	3	3
Total		46,576			17	34

Retiring Members

United Australia

Frederick Brawn MLC (Wellington)
Horace Richardson MLC (South Western)

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.

Province	Held by	Labor candidates	UAP candidates	Country candidates	Other candidates

Bendigo	UAP		George Lansell
East Yarra	UAP		Clifden Eager
Gippsland	UAP		Martin McGregor
Melbourne	UAP		Herbert Smith
Melbourne East	Labor	William Beckett	Henry Hall
Melbourne North	Labor				Esmond Kiernan (Ind)
Melbourne South	UAP		Harold Cohen
Melbourne West	Labor	William Walsh	James Gray		Robert Williams (Ind)
Nelson	UAP		Alan Currie	George Hucker
Northern	Country			Richard Kilpatrick
North Eastern	Country			John Harris
North Western	Country			Henry Pye
Southern	UAP		William Angliss
South Eastern	UAP		William Tyner	Lionel Stark
South Western	UAP		James Gill		John Jones (Ind UAP)
Wellington	UAP		George Bolster		Robert Ramsay (Ind)
Western	UAP		Marcus Saltau

References

^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Legislative Council election of 9 June 1934". Psephos.

[1] Carr, Adam. "Victorian Legislative Council election of 9 June 1934". Psephos.

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