1937 Victorian state election

State election in Victoria, Australia April 2022 1937 Victorian state election Victoria 1901 parliamentary no 1935 Victorian state election 1935 1940 Victorian state election 1940 45 (of the 65) seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly33 seats needed for a majority yes 1937 10 2 Albert Dunstan (cropped).jpg 130 130 170 0 2 center Albert Dunstan 14 March 1935 United Country Party (Australia) Korong and Eaglehawk 11.35% 2.36 20 seats 20 seats 20 seats 0 Agyle, Stanley (cropped).png 130 130 170 0 0 center Sir Stanley Argyle 3 September 1930 United Australia uap vic Toorak 39.56% 3.39 25 seats 24 seats 21 seats 3 Tom_Tunnecliffe.jpg 130 130 170 7 0 center Tom Tunnecliffe 14 July 1932 Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch) Collingwood 41.03% 3.10 17 seats 18 seats 20 seats 2 Premier Albert Dunstan United Country Party (Australia) Albert Dunstan United Country Party (Australia) The 1937 Victorian state election was held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 2 October 1937 to elect 45 of the 65 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. Background On 21 March 1936, Patrick Denigan of the Labor Party won the seat of Allandale in a by-election following the death of UAP member Thomas Parkin. This changed the number of seats in the assembly to UAP 24, Labor 18.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11023565 LABOUR WINS ALLANDALE. The Argus Melbourne 25 March 1936 23 May 2012 7 National Library of Australia Results Legislative Assembly Results of the 1937 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) Victorian state election, 2 October 1937Election held on 2 October 1937, 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 1935 1940 848,680 786,492 93.96 −0.46 10,938 1.37 −0.28 Labor VIC 322,699 41.03 +3.10 20 +2 UAP 311,168 39.56 +3.39 21 −3 yes United Country 89,286 11.35 −2.36 20 ±0 Communist 5,700 0.72 −0.39 0 ±0 Independent 57,639 7.33 −3.75 4 +1 786,492 65 |} See also Candidates of the 1937 Victorian state election 1937 Victorian Legislative Council election References Category:1937 elections in Australia Category:Elections in Victoria (state) Category:1930s in Victoria (state) Category:October 1937 in Australia Category:History of Australia