1924 Victorian state election

Australian state election

1924 Victorian state election

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All 65 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
33 seats needed for a majority
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Leader  | George Prendergast | Sir Alexander Peacock | John Allan
Party  | Labor | Nationalist | Country
Leader since  | 18 June 1918  | 28 April 1924  |
Leader's seat  | North Melbourne | Clunes and Allandale | Rodney
Last election  | 21 seats  | 31 seats  | 10 seats
Seats before  | 23 seats  | 28 seats  | 11 seats
Seats won  | 27 seats  | 19 seats  | 11 seats
Seat change  |  4  |  9  |  0
Percentage  | 34.87%  | 39.04%  | 8.83%
Swing  |  0.79  |  6.55  |  2.04

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| Premier before election

Sir Alexander Peacock
Nationalist

| Elected Premier

George Prendergast
Labor

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The 1924 Victorian state election was held in the Australian state of Victoria on Thursday 26 June 1924 to elect the 65 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.[1]

## Background

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### Seat changes

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There had been four by-elections in Nationalist-held seats during the previous parliamentary term: Labor had won the seats of Daylesford on 9 August 1923 and Dalhousie on 31 January 1924. The Nationalists retained the seat of Gippsland South on 18 August 1922, but lost Gippsland West to the Country Party.

## Results

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### Legislative Assembly

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See also: Results of the 1924 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly)

1924 Victorian state election[1][2]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1921–1927 >>

Enrolled voters  | 626,250  |  |
Votes cast  | 370,963  |  | Turnout | 59.24  | +1.97
Informal votes  | 3,739  |  | Informal  | 1.01  | +0.23
Summary of votes by party
Party  | Primary votes  | %  | Swing  | Seats  | Change
| Nationalist | 143,379  | 39.04  | −6.55  | 19  | −9
| Labor | 128,056  | 34.87  | −0.79  | 27 | +4
| Country | 43,961  | 11.97  | −2.04  | 13  | 0
| Australian Liberal | 23,062  | 6.28  | +8.84  | 5  | +5
| Progressive Liberal | 16,986  | 4.62  | +4.62  | 0  | 0
| Independent | 11,780  | 3.21  | −1.52  | 1  | 0
Total  | 367,224  |  |  | 65  |

Notes:

* Twenty seats were uncontested at this election, and were retained by the incumbent parties:
* Labor (12): Abbotsford, Brunswick, Carlton, Collingwood, Fitzroy, Flemington, North Melbourne, Port Fairy, Port Melbourne, Richmond, Warrenheip, Williamstown
* Nationalist (5): Allandale, Gippsland South, Kara Kara, St Kilda, Waranga
* Country (3): Gippsland East, Goulburn Valley, Wangaratta

## Outcome

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The Peacock minority government was defeated; a minority Labor Government led by George Prendergast took office but was defeated in Parliament in November 1924 by the Allan Coalition Government.

## See also

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* Candidates of the 1924 Victorian state election
* Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1924–1927

## References

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1. ^ a b Colin A Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890-1964, Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968 (ISBN 0708102700).
2. ^ Election held on 26 June 1924, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).

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