1929 Victorian state election

Australian state election April 2022 June 2020 1929 Victorian state election Victoria 1901 parliamentary no 1927 Victorian state election 1927 1932 Victorian state election 1932 All 65 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly33 seats needed for a majority yes 1929 11 30 150x150px Edmond Hogan Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch) Warrenheip and Grenville 39.09% 2.70 28 seats 28 seats 30 seats 2 150x150px William McPherson 1927 Nationalist Party (Australia) Hawthorn 38.26% 7.37 15 seats 17 seats 17 seats 0 150x150px John Allan Country Party (Victoria) Rodney 8.83% 0.70 10 seats 10 seats 11 seats 1 Premier William McPherson Nationalist Party (Australia) Edmond Hogan Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch) The 1929 Victorian state election was held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 30 November 1929 to elect the 65 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.Colin A Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890-1964, Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968 (0708102700). Background Seat changes The Nationalist Party had gained two seats in the Assembly since the previous election, having won two by-elections in seats held by independents. Henry Bodman (Gippsland South) died on 2 November 1927, and Walter West won the seat for the Nationalists on 3 December.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article24188422 VICTORIAN BY-ELECTION. The Mercury Hobart, Tas. 9 December 1927 18 August 2012 2 National Library of Australia Speaker Oswald Snowball (Brighton), who had been disendorsed by the Nationalists in the previous election after voting against the redistribution bill, had rejoined the Nationalists since but died on 16 March 1928. Ian Macfarlan won the seat in the by-election on 24 April 1928.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46017424 VICTORIAN POLITICS. The Barrier Miner Broken Hill, NSW 3 May 1928 18 August 2012 1 National Library of Australia Results Legislative Assembly Results of the 1929 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) 1929 Victorian state electionElection held on 30 November 1929, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia). Legislative Assembly Victorian state election 1927 1932 682,190 639,368 93.72 +1.96 6,830 1.07 −0.87 yes Labor VIC 247,251 39.09 −2.70 30 +2 Nationalist 242,009 38.26 +7.37 17 ±0 Country VIC 55,876 8.83 +0.70 11 +1 Country Progressive 33,798 5.34 +1.18 4 ±0 Communist 1,962 0.31 +0.31 0 ±0 Independent 51,642 8.16 +1.98 3 −3 632,538 65 |} Notes: Twenty seats were uncontested at this election, and were retained by the incumbent parties: Labor (14): Bendigo, Brunswick, Carlton, Clifton Hill, Coburg, Collingwood, Flemington, Footscray, Maryborough and Daylesford, Melbourne, Northcote, Richmond, Williamstown, Wonthaggi Nationalist (3): Allandale, Benambra, Upper Yarra Country (1): Goulburn Valley Country Progressive (1): Ouyen See also Candidates of the 1929 Victorian state election 1928 Victorian Legislative Council election Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1929–1932 References Victorian state election Category:Elections in Victoria (state) State election, 1929 Category:History of Australia Category:November 1929 in Australia