1924 Victorian state election

Australian state election April 2022 June 2020 1924 Victorian state election Victoria 1901 parliamentary no 1921 Victorian state election 1921 1927 Victorian state election 1927 All 65 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly33 seats needed for a majority yes 1924 6 26 120px George Prendergast 18 June 1918 Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch) North Melbourne 34.87% 0.79 21 seats 23 seats 27 seats 4 122px Sir Alexander Peacock 28 April 1924 Nationalist Party (Australia) 6495ED Clunes and Allandale 39.04% 6.55 31 seats 28 seats 19 seats 9 118px John Allan Country Party (Victoria) Rodney 8.83% 2.04 10 seats 11 seats 11 seats 0 Premier Sir Alexander Peacock Nationalist Party (Australia) George Prendergast Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch) 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.Colin A Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890-1964, Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968 (0708102700). Background Seat changes 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 Legislative Assembly Results of the 1924 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) 1924 Victorian state electionElection held on 26 June 1924, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia). Legislative Assembly Victorian state election 1921 1927 626,250 370,963 59.24 +1.97 3,739 1.01 +0.23 Nationalist 143,379 39.04 −6.55 19 −9 Labor VIC yes 128,056 34.87 −0.79 27 +4 Country VIC 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 0 367,224 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 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 Candidates of the 1924 Victorian state election Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1924–1927 References Victorian state election Category:Elections in Victoria (state) State election Category:History of Australia Category:June 1924 in Australia