1931 Victorian Legislative Council election

April 2022 June 2020 On Saturday 6 June 1931, an election was held in the Australian state of Victoria to choose 17 of the 34 members of the Victorian Legislative Council, the upper house of the Victorian parliament. Preferential voting was used. Results Legislative Council Victorian Legislative Council election, 6 June 1931http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/1931council.txt Victorian Legislative Council election of 6 June 1931 Psephos Carr Adam Legislative Council Victorian Legislative Council election 1928 1934 yes 469,349 93,244 19.9 +0.7 595 0.6 −1.0 Nationalist 60,027 64.8 +10.5 12 23 Labor VIC 17,250 18.6 +14.5 2 5 Country VIC 2,328 2.5 −18.6 3 6 Others 13,044 14.1 −6.4 0 0 92,649 17 34 Retiring Members Nationalist Alexander Bell MLC (Wellington) Howard Hitchcock 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 Nationalist candidates Country candidates Other candidates  Bendigo Nationalist Herbert Keck East Yarra Nationalist William Edgar Gippsland Nationalist George Davis Melbourne Nationalist Henry Cohen Eugene Gorman (Ind)Melbourne East Labor Daniel McNamara Melbourne North Labor William Beckett Herbert Olney Melbourne South Nationalist Percy Clarey Sir Frank Clarke Melbourne West Labor Arthur Disney Henry Hall Nelson Nationalist Edwin Bath George Hucker Northern Country George Tuckett North Eastern Country Albert Zwar North Western Country George Goudie Southern Nationalist Russell Clarke Albert Hocking South Eastern Nationalist Alfred Chandler South Western Nationalist Gordon McArthur* Julius Solomon Wellington Nationalist Alfred Pittard Robert Cooke (Ind)Western Nationalist Edward White William Williamson* See also 1932 Victorian state election References Category:1931 elections in Australia Category:Elections in Victoria (state) Category:1930s in Victoria (state) Category:June 1931 in Oceania