1935 Victorian state election

Regional elections in Australia April 2022 1935 Victorian state election Victoria 1901 parliamentary no 1932 Victorian state election 1932 1937 Victorian state election 1937 53 (of the 65) seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly33 seats needed for a majority yes 1935 3 2 Agyle, Stanley (cropped).png 130 130 170 0 0 center Sir Stanley Argyle 3 September 1930 United Australia uap vic Toorak 36.17% 3.95 31 seats 29 seats 25 seats 4 BourchierMurray.jpg 135 130 170 0 2 center Murray Bourchier 27 June 1933 United Country Party (Australia) Goulburn Valley 13.71% 1.38 14 seats 17 seats 20 seats 3 Tom_Tunnecliffe.jpg 130 130 170 7 0 center Tom Tunnecliffe 14 July 1932 Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch) Collingwood 37.93% 2.79 16 seats 16 seats 17 seats 1 Premier Sir Stanley Argyle United Australia Party Sir Stanley Argyle United Australia Party The 1935 Victorian state election was held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 2 March 1935 to elect 53 of the 65 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. 12 seats were uncontested. Background At the 1932 state election, the United Australia Party won 31 seats, the United Country Party won 16 seats, and the Australian Labor Party won 14 seats. Since the election the UAP had lost two seats to the UCP in by-elections: Benambra on 15 October 1932,http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72613775 BENAMBRA BY ELECTION WON BY U.C.P. The Horsham Times Vic. 25 October 1932 29 May 2012 4 National Library of Australia and Gunbower on 1 May 1934.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article24933794 GUNBOWER BY-ELECTION. The Mercury Hobart, Tasmania 17 May 1934 29 May 2012 11 National Library of Australia On 16 May 1933, the UAP member for Waranga, Ernest Coyle, resigned from that party and defected to the UCP.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4736399 DEFECTION FROM U.A.P. The Argus Melbourne 17 May 1933 29 May 2012 7 National Library of Australia James Vinton Smith was unendorsed by the UAP at the time of the 1932 election, and won the seat of Oakleigh as an Independent, but was fully endorsed by the party at the 1935 election.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11017718 ELECTION CAMPAIGN NEARS END. The Argus Melbourne 27 February 1935 29 May 2012 8 National Library of Australia At the end of the Parliament, the United Australia Party held 29 seats (down from 31), the United Country Party held 19 seats (up from 16), and the ALP held 14 seats (unchanged). Results Legislative Assembly Results of the 1935 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) Victorian state election, 2 March 1935Election held on 2 March 1935, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).Colin A Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890–1964, Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968 (0708102700). Legislative Assembly Victorian state election 1932 1937 904,191 853,470 94.39 +0.19 14,150 1.65 +0.24 Labor VIC 318,390 37.93 +2.79 17 +1 yes UAP 303,626 36.17 −3.95 25 −4 United Country 115,064 13.71 +1.38 20 +3 Communist 9,301 1.11 +0.97 0 ±0 Independent 92,939 11.08 +1.37 3 ±0 839,320 65 |} Notes: Twelve seats were uncontested at this election, and were retained by the incumbent parties: UAP (4): Boroondara, Polwarth, Toorak, Upper Yarra United Country (5): Benalla, Gippsland South, Goulburn Valley, Gunbower, Korong and Eaglehawk Labor (2): Brunswick, Williamstown. Independent (1): Port Fairy and Glenelg Subsequent events The United Australia Party and the United Country Party had entered the election as a Coalition. The coalition won a comfortable majority, winning a total 44 seats in the 65 seat assembly. UAP leader Sir Stanley Argyle was confirmed as Premier, and formed what was known as the National Ministry, which included three members of the Country Party (Albert Dunstan, John Allan and George Goudie). On 5 March, rumours began to appear which suggested that the Country Party would demand a greater proportion of the ministry, including the Deputy Premiership, four of the eight full portfolios and at least one Honorary Minister, and it was suggested that they would challenge the UAP on the floor of the Assembly if this was not granted.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46684295 RUMORS REGARDING VICTORIAN CABINET. The Barrier Miner Broken Hill, NSW 6 March 1935 28 May 2012 4 National Library of Australia On 15 March, the United Country Party overthrew leader Murray Bourchier, and replaced him with Albert Dunstan. On 19 March, a joint conference of the Country Party's central council and the parliamentary party voted in a secret ballot to discontinue the party's association with Argyle's National Ministry, and Dunstan, Allan and Goudie resigned from Argyle's cabinet the next day.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12221192 WITHDRAWAL FROM THE MINISTRY COUNTRY PARTY'S MOMENTOUS DECISION. The Argus Melbourne 20 March 1935 28 May 2012 7 National Library of Australia At 10.30pm on Thursday 28 March, after a spirited sixteen-hour debate, Dunstan moved a motion of no confidence against Argyle's government. With the support of the Country Party, the Labor Party and three independents, the motion was carried on division by 40 votes to 23.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12224186 ARGYLE MINISTRY DEFEATED RESIGNATION EXPECTED TO-DAY. The Argus Melbourne 29 March 1935 28 May 2012 7 National Library of Australia Argyle informed the Governor of Victoria, Lord Huntingfield, of his ministry's resignation on 29 March. The Governor sought a meeting with Dunstan, but postponed the decision to commission him as Premier until the following Tuesday (2 April), due to his doubts about Dunstan's ability to form a stable ministry with Labor support.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2388279 New Turn in Victorian Crisis. The Canberra Times 30 March 1935 28 May 2012 1 National Library of Australia Dunstan was appointed Premier on 2 April 1935 and formed a minority Country Party government with Labor Party support in return for some legislative concessions. This Country-Labor minority government would last until 1943. See also Candidates of the 1935 Victorian state election 1934 Victorian Legislative Council election References Category:1935 elections in Australia Category:Elections in Victoria (state) Category:1930s in Victoria (state) Category:March 1935 in Australia Category:History of Australia