1932 Victorian state election

Australian state election April 2022 June 2020 1932 Victorian state election Victoria 1901 parliamentary no 1929 Victorian state election 1929 1935 Victorian state election 1935 44 (of the 65) seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly33 seats needed for a majority yes 1932 5 14 Agyle, Stanley (cropped).png 130 130 170 0 0 center Sir Stanley Argyle 3 September 1930 United Australia uap vic Toorak 40.12% 1.86 17 seats 18 seats 31 seats 13 29Johnallan.jpg 130 130 170 5 0 center John Allan 1917 United Country Party (Australia) Rodney 12.33% 1.84 15 seats 15 seats 14 seats 1 Tom_Tunnecliffe.jpg 130 130 170 7 0 center Tom Tunnecliffe(acting) 8 March 1932 Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch) Collingwood 35.14% 3.95 30 seats 30 seats 16 seats 14 Premier Edmond Hogan Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch) Sir Stanley Argyle United Australia Party The 1932 Victorian state election was held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 14 May 1932 to elect 44 of the 65 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The other 21 seats were uncontested. Political changes The previous election for the Legislative Assembly took place on 30 November 1929. At the 1929 election, the Labor Party won 30 seats, the Nationalist Party won 17, the Victorian Country Party won 11, Country Progressive Party won 4, and there were 3 Independents. Since that date a number of political changes took place. By-election The Nationalist Party gained the seat of Caulfield in a by-election on 22 November 1930, arising from the death of independent member Frederick Forrest. The seat was won by Harold Luxton, who at the time was Lord Mayor of Melbourne.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article54681834 CAULFIELD BY-ELECTION. The Morning Bulletin Rockhampton, Qld. 24 November 1930 23 June 2012 10 National Library of Australia Amalgamation of the Country parties The Victorian Country Party and the Country Progressive Party—two separate parties representing rural interests—amalgamated in late 1930 to form the United Country Party. After years of negotiations, between 300 and 400 delegates of the parties met at a joint conference, and on 23 September, voted to amalgamate into a single party.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article33358228 VICTORIAN POLITICS. The West Australian Perth 24 September 1930 22 June 2012 9 National Library of Australia The proposal was put to the parties' branches, and confirmed at a joint meeting of their parliamentary parties on 28 October.Colin A Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890-1964, Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968 (0708102700). United Australia Party In 1931, the federal Nationalist Party of Australia merged with a group of defectors from the Labor Party who supported Joseph Lyons, and formed the United Australia Party (UAP). A meeting of the state Nationalist Party on 15 September 1931 confirmed the name change of the party's state branch in line with the federal party.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2255080 NATIONALIST PARTY. The Canberra Times 16 September 1931 22 June 2012 1 National Library of Australia The Premiers' Plan One of the key factors in the 1932 election was the Premiers' Plan—a deflationary economic policy to negate the effects of the Great Depression—which had been agreed to by Australia's state Premiers in June 1931. Although supported by Victoria's Labor Premier, Edmond Hogan, several of his ministers, and a majority of the Labor parliamentary caucus, the Labor Party in general did not support the plan—a meeting of the Victorian Labor Conference in August 1931 passed a motion 143 to 87 opposing the plan, and calling upon the Victorian parliament to reject any legislation to enact it.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4533993 OPPOSITION TO PREMIERS' PLAN. The Northern Territory Times Darwin, NT 4 August 1931 30 June 2012 5 National Library of Australia Suffering from ill health, Hogan departed by sea to London in February 1932 and arrived in April. Although his journey was principally a "health trip", he also undertook to perform some official duties, including investigating the functions of the Agent-General's office, and marketing Victorian products in the United Kingdom.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4428860 MR. HOGAN FOR LONDON. The Argus Melbourne 11 February 1932 6 July 2012 6 National Library of Australia On 12 April, opposition leader Sir Stanley Argyle gave notice that he would raise a motion of no confidence against the government, following what he saw as an equivocal reply from the Acting Premier, Tom Tunnecliffe, to a question regarding the government's intentions to re-enact the Financial Emergency Act—in effect, a continuation of the Premiers' Plan.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article29951045 NO-CONFIDENCE. The Mercury Hobart, Tas. 13 April 1932 6 July 2012 7 National Library of Australia On 13 April, Argyle's motion was carried, defeating the government in the assembly. Tunnecliffe consulted the Lieutenant Governor (Sir William Irvine), and the parliament sat on 19 April to pass the supply bill and was then prorogued with the Assembly dissolved.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article80158493 DISSOLUTION OF VICTORIAN PARLIAMENT. The Border Watch Mount Gambier, SA 16 April 1932 6 July 2012 1 National Library of Australia As Hogan was overseas when the election was called, the Labor Party was led into the election by Tunnecliffe. As cables from Hogan affirmed his support of the plan which included wage reductions, the central executive of the Victorian Labor Party refused to endorse Hogan as the Labor candidate for the seat of Warrenheip and Grenville, nor Ernie Bond for the seat of Port Fairy and Glenelg. Despite Tunnecliffe's denials, Hogan confirmed via cable that the government had offered him the role of Agent-General which he had declined.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32663354 VICTORIAN LABOUR. The West Australian Perth 25 April 1932 30 June 2012 6 National Library of Australia Key dates Date Event 13 April 1932 The Hogan government was defeated in the Victorian Legislative Assembly by a motion of no-confidence. 22 April 1932 The Parliament was prorogued,1932 945 Proroguing the Parliament of Victoria 21 April 1932 and the Legislative Assembly dissolved.1932 947 Discharging Members of the Legislative Council from Attendance and Dissolving the Legislative Assembly 21 April 1932 23 April 1932 Writs were issued by the Lieutenant Governor to proceed with an election. 29 April 1932 Close of nominations. 14 May 1932 Day of polling. 19 May 1932 The Lieutenant Governor accepts the resignation of the Hogan ministry, and appoints the Argyle ministry.1932 1133 Ministers of the Crown 19 May 1932 14 June 1932 Parliament resumed for business. Results Legislative Assembly Results of the 1932 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) Victorian state election, 14 March 1932Election held on 14 May 1932, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia). Legislative Assembly Victorian state election 1929 1935 729,332 687,042 94.20 +0.48 9,676 1.41 +0.34 yes UAP 271,778 40.12 +1.86 31 +13 Labor VIC 237,993 35.14 −3.95 16 −14 yes United Country 83,519 12.33 −1.84 14 −1 Premier's Plan Labor 17,347 2.56 +2.56 2 +2 Communist 953 0.14 −0.17 0 ±0 Independent 65,776 9.71 +1.55 2 −1 677,366 65 |} Notes: Twenty-one seats were uncontested at this election, and were retained by the incumbent parties: UAP (4): Boroondara, Polwarth, Toorak, Upper Yarra United Country (7): Benalla, Gippsland East, Gippsland South, Gippsland West, Goulburn Valley, Rodney, Wangaratta and Ovens Labor (3): Collingwood, Port Melbourne, Richmond Premiers' Plan Labor (2): Port Fairy and Glenelg, Warrenheip and Grenville See also Candidates of the 1932 Victorian state election 1931 Victorian Legislative Council election Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1932–1935 References Category:1932 elections in Australia Category:Elections in Victoria (state) Category:1930s in Victoria (state) Category:May 1932 Category:History of Australia